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mo special COMMITTEES plan. declared
that ne would not'be bound by the vote
Senator Bailey sought to convince Mr..
Martlne that no must submit. After the
wordy war abatcd, an agreement was
reached tina tho meeting should be
classified ms a conference and not a
Caucus" and mat each Senator should
be free TO act as he considered bcst.
As a result OF subsequent nesotia-
ions a tentative plan was framed UP
20 amend the Martin resolution for an
investigation by the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections to have Il made BY
a sub-oommittee.
Mr.. Dillingham; agreed 90 accept that
plan and gave u that any sub
committee named would be acceptable TO
the Democrats. II Is believed from this
guarantee that Senators Kenyon and
Kern, strong Anti-Lorimer men. viii be
made members OF the COMMITTEES 90 per-
form the work OF inquiry.
Senator La Toilette viii to-day deliver
the fourth In ytalment Of mis- anti-Iori-
mer speech.
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L0R|MER INQUIRY
LIKELY TO Be LEFT
TOSUB-COMM|TTEE
Compromise Expected as Re-
suit of Democratic Con-
ference Over Matter.

WASHINGTON. May e.-TNe precise
method by which the Tsortmer oese shall
be %reopened Is expected 70 be settled
to-day. The Indications are that the In
ve~tigation viii be intrusted to a sub
committee Of tho Committee on Prvi-
legeS and Elections to he approved by
tho Senate.
TIT Democrats of the Senate held n
four hour conference on the matter yes
terday. There were twenty-eight Sena-
tors present.
The conference developed that some
Democratic Senators favored the special
committee plan OF Investigation, the
la Toilette idea, but by a vote Of q 20
Il was decided 10 support tho Martin
resolution. A wrangle followed rs to
Whether this was binding on all those
present. Senator MARITIME, who favored
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eLKS TO BROWSE; NOT LAVA.
wine barred at Reunion of order
in Atlantic city.

ATLANTIC CITY. May 2s-rhers
will be no winins and dining of dele
gates to the tw~enty-ffth annual re-
union OF the Benevolent Inc Protective
order of Elks in Atlantic City during
the week of July 10. according to a
statement issued by Joseph a, Nc
Nance, chairman OF the Finance Com
mittee.
Committeeman explained hat tho
decision accords with the Wishes Of
Grand Exalted Ruler Garrett Herr
mann OF Cincinnati.
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GIRL FASTENING TO Join
FRIENDS KILLED BY CARS.
Horse Show Spectators See Miss
Gibbs Run From Behind One

Train in Front Of an Express
CAMDEN, n j.. May %. - Just as
Mss Louisa Gibbs. aged sixteen, daugh-
ter OF . wealthy family Of EIaddonHeld.
reached the main railroad crossing at
that place yesterday the guard gates
ware lowered for a local train. The
girl was In such haste to Join friends
at the Haddonheld horse show that
she slipped under tho gates and started
across the tracks.
The neld where the horse snow was
being held is rear the crossing. and
several hundred spectators saw Miss
Gibbs run from behind the local. They
saw also the PennsyIvania's New York
and Atlantic City express approaching
at high speed. The men and women on
the grand stand shrieked q warning
20 Miss Gibbs. but apparently she was
so intent on Joining her friends that
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to Find a Good
Minister Than an Hon
ssf Politician, Asserts
Rev. Dr.. Berg, but He'll
Keep Pulpit and Try to
Be Both.
b More Min listers Held
Public Office the Cause
Of the People Would Be
Improved and Clergy
Certainly Not Harmed,
He Declares.
BY Ethel Lloyd Patterson.

VI y nov. 1T
James Berg is In
politics. Since last
( b or he has
boom Republican
Alderman. repre-
sentns the Fourth
Ward In Mount
Vernon. Yesterday
he announced his
determination 20
continue as pastor
Of the English In-
thsran Church In
with
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m. neither heard n shout. nor ssv

she neither heard the shouts nor sew
the onrushing express.
The locomotive struck the girl. toss
ing her high in the air. Many women
In the grand stand saw the accident
and swooned. Miss Gibbs was hurled a
dozen yards and was dead when picked
ZIP. The tragedy cast a shadow over
the horse show for the rest Of the
day.
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Il docs eound less a~we-inspir1nG. SO,
then. ! hope to taxi r1ghtness into poll
tics and mak 1, a workable Aystem.
You see. my whole idea 10 this"
concluded Dr. Berg. Il DO not bclieve
a minister Is a superior being. TOO good
30 mix with oommon mortals. I do not
believe a minister should spend his en-
tire time with his congregation. A
church congregation in most cases is
largely composed OF women. II is good
for a minister Of tho Gospel to got out
and do a nan work with men. Lastly.
I believe In a religion that La not too
good 10 be taken anywhere or 70 be
used on any occasion. In short. I be-
lieve in putting ministers and the Cos
pol both on a working basis"
80 that all here remains for mo 10
say 81: "Hurrah. for DR.. Berg"
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fic in and use of opium is a matter OF
moment" Acting on the suggestion,
Elihu Root. who was then Secretary
of State in that same year, initiated a
correspondence with those powers
having possessions in the Far East.
the object being the formation of an
international commission to study the
opium problem as it then appeared
in the Orient and to report the wisest
measures for its solution. The diplo-
matte correspondence thus begun in
the autumn of 1906. extended over a
period of some eighteen months ere
it was cordially agreed by all the
governments concerned that there
should be an International Opium
Commission and that it should meet
in Shanghai in China on the first of
January, 1909.
The Commission was a month late
in converting, but when It did get
down to work it discussed Cat the sug-
gestion of the United States Govern
mentl the moral. economic. scientific
and political aspects of the opium
problem, not only as seen in the Far
East, but as existing throI ghout the
world. This broadening of the scope
of the movement occurred because
our officials had in the meanwhile
awakened to a realization of the ex-
tent to which our own country has
become contaminated through the
misuse of morphine and other opium
preparations. The nations represented
at Shanghai were virtually the same
that will send delegates to the Hague
and indeed, the Hague Conference is
the sequel and outgrowth of the earlier
meeting.-a project for completing
the work thus inaugurated and for
putting into effect the measures which
the men gathered at Shanghai could
no more than recommend.
The Commission that assembled at
Shanghai wrestled with the problem
for month and then in a series of
short and concise resolutions recon-
mended to the governments one and
all that they overhaul their regula-
tons with reference to the traffic in
opium; take measures for the sup
preston of opium smoking; and re-
strict the manufacture and sale of
The international Com
mission at Shanghai having unani-
mously agreed that the opium vice
must cease it was open to our govern
ment to propose further international
cooperation for the placing Of the |
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and inasmuch as each delegation will
have one or two secretaries it is ex-
pected that there will be not less than
fifty or sixty participants. The Meth
erlands government will arrange the
customary social functions in con-
nection with the gathering, including.
probably. receptions at Queen Will
helmina's palace and at the palace
of the Queen Mother Queen Emma)
who is quite as popular in Holland
as is her daughter.
The Conference at the Hague which,
as has been explained, has been
brought about by the United States,
comes as the climax of agitation that
has extended over a number of years.
Uncle Sans wider interest in the in
ternational opium problem and the
American effort to find a solution
are the outgrowth of Yankee occu-
patton of the Philippines. No sooner
had the United States taken over the
islands beyond the Pacific than our
officials found themselves confronted
with 4 serious problem owing . the
presence there of great numbers of
Chinese who were confirmed opium
smokers. Moreover the vice was
spreading rapidly to the native Philip
pine population. The agitation that
resulted served to induce Congress
to pass laws prohibiting the importa-
ton of opium into the Philippines ex-
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cept for medicinal purposes.
Fully as impor tant as the effect of
this turn of affairs in the Philippines
was the influence of the object lesson
upon China. She saw a friendly
power successfully combating at her
very doors an evil which, as all pro-
gressive Cinnamon realized, was sap
ping the life blood of the empire.
There resulted a new anti-opium move
ment in China and out of this grew
direct appeal to President Roose-
welt from representatives of mission
ar societies there and from CONNER
cial institutions in this country to the
effect that the United States Govern
ment, considering it's historical atti-
tude in regard to the opium traffic
in the Far East, should take the initi-
alive in assisting China to secure the
prohibition of that traffic. That was
in 1904. and the movement thus
started has progressed steadily until
it now seems to be on the eve of full
and final realization at the Hague.
The definite idea of an interna-
tional concert of action with refer
ence to the opium evil came in 1906,
when Bishop Charles H. Brent, of
the Philippines, wrote to President
Roosevelt appealing to him ''to pro-
mote some movement that would
gather in its embrace representatives
from all the countries where the traf-
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lishmen recalled their Guy Fawkes
thanksgiving, and the Dutch remem-
bered hearing their ancestors speak
of the great day of praise and prayer
held at Leyden, Holland, in 1873.
when that city was delivered from
siege. So, the entire colony be-
gan their pious preparation for what
proved to be the gayest Thanksgiv-
ing the colony ever knew for after
the first one, which lasted several
days, the Puritan Thanksgiving meant
long. sermons, long prayers ard long
faces. Governor Bradford deter
mined that the initial Thanksgiving
should be celebrated with no little
ceremony and that feasting should
play a part in the occasion. His
tory tells US that he sent out four
men who were to search for game for
the feast. Many fowls were shot-in
fact enough to meet the wants of
the colony for a week. Wild turkeys
predominated. so 1t seems that the
turkey made its appearance early in the
history of Thanksgiving. The Gay Sc
lected was December thirteenth Gold
style). AT the dawn of that day q
small cannon was fired from the hill
and a procession was formed near the
beach, close to where the Plymouth
Rock now rests Elder Brewster,
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Congress and issued a proclamation
appointing November 26th of that
year as the day for the American
people to join in Thanksgiving to God
for the care and protection He had
given them in their plentiful harvest
and freedom from epidemics.
From time to time our Presidents
issued proclamations, but 1t was gem
orally left to the Governors of the
States to determine on what day it
should occur. Under the administra-
ton of John Adams two national fast
days were observed, but no real
Thanksgiving. 1t was not until 1915,
after three national fasts on account
of the war, that another national
Thanksgiving was appointed by the
President, James Madison. This was
due to peace with Great Britain. At
ter this there was another Iull in proc
lanations as far as Presidents were
concerned until 1849. when President
Taylor set a day of fast on August
the third, account of the cholera.
Meanwhile the national Thanksgiving
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or sometimes a year or two were
skipped just as it pleased the Gov
ernor of the colony until 1864. when
the day became a formal one in Mas
sachusetts. Other colonies followed
the example. and pretty soon all New
England Joined in giving thanks on
the same day.
During the Revolutionary War
Thanksgiving Days became a fashion,
and the Continental Congress set
apart at least eight days during one
year for that purpose. On December
18th, 1877, General Washington issued
a proclamation for a general Thanks
giving to be celebrated by the soldiers
of the Continental Army. IN 1889,
Congress decided to ask the President
to issue a proclamation asking the
people to suspend work anG give
thanks on certain day of the year.
There had been considerable opposi-
ton to the passage of the Bill, some
of the reasons given being more hui
morous than serious. President Wash
ington acquieseed in the wishes of
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production and traffic in opium IN
der international law. This they lost
no time in doing. and now. after many
months of correspondence and inter
change OF views we are to have the
great gathering IN Hollands capital
And because the ground was so care
fully gone over at Shanghai and the
problems threshed out the deleEatea
at the Hague will be able to get down
Immediately to actual work. con
ditiOn that would not have been pos
sible without such preliminary ac-
tivities.
Foremost of the objects to be
sought through the Hague Conference
will be uniform national laws and
regulations throughout the world to
control the production, manufacture
and distribution OF opium and It's
preparations. Secondly. there is to
be regulation by the Universal Postal
Union Of the transmission OF opium
through the mails. Then there will
be a restriction OF the cultiva
ton OF the poppy from which opiunf
is derived, and a restriction Of the
number of ports through which opium
may be shipped by opium producing
countries. Uniform marks OF identf-
fcation will be adopted FOR packages
containing opium in International
transit. and there will be arranged a
reciprocal right OF search of vessels
suspected Of carrying contrabana
opium.
One OF the interesting features OF
the present project Is the stand which
China is taking. She has appointed
a delegation of her most distinR1lished
men. headed by Sir Chentung Liam
Cheng and Dr. Yen (both graduates Of
American colleges) and is prepared
to make war not only upon her tn
ditional enemy, opium. but also uno~
morphine. which during the past te1
years has been consumed in CO.
stantly increasing quantities In ~.
Empire. The delegates representir,,
the United States are Confronted -.
virtually the same problems OWL.
70 me great numbers Of Chinese -
TINS country and in the PhiIinnt,s--
Uncle Sam will have able spol-ee.-'-.-
at the Hague At the head OF m. d.,-
CATION Is Bishop Brent, who has -.
SO uch' all along to promofe ne
"a, movement zen Associated with hin, M. ms
Ds .Aa pr Wright. OF the De
Pc 1,nt.n OF State. ana H. ]. Fi,a De
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lature. It is expected that the con-
ference will be in session for three
months or longer and the especial
significance of the Conference lies in
the fact that the delegates will have
full powers from their respective
governments tc execute agreements
relative to the regulation of traffic in
the habit-forming drugs. In other
words each nation has pledged itself
to put into force the regulations
adopted by this group of experts and
it is expected that our own Congress
will at the coming session carry out
Uncle Sans part of the bargain by
enacting such legislation as may be
necessary to restrict the traffic in
the tabooed drugs to its proper chan
nels.
Twelve nations will be represented
at the Hague Conference. The par
ties to the consultation. in addition
to the United States, include China,
Great Britain, France, Germany. Italy,
Japan, the Netherlands, Persia, Por-
tugal. Russia and Siam. Austro-Hun-
gary, although she will have no dele
gates in the assemblage lowing. to
her lack of commercial interest in
the opium trade) has agreed to ac
adopted by the conference. Most of
the delegations at the Hague will be
made up of three. four or five members
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Day seemed to be dying out except in
the New England States. Then came
the Civil War. and the nation was
again summoned to fasting, and two
such days were kept in 1S61-January
fourth and September twenty-sixth.
but it was not until 1863 that the
horizon had so frightened as to war
rant the appointment of a national
Thanksgiving. Immediately after the
Battle of Gettysburg Mrs. Sarah J..
Hale, a Boston woman, wrote to
President Lincoln suggesting a ma
tional Thanksgiving, and following
her advice the President set apart
Thursday August the sixth. as a day
of praise and prayer" On Novem-
Der 26th of the same year another
Thanksgiving was kept, and this was
really a great festival and observed
in every Northern State. In 1864, the
twenty-fourth of November was kept.
After this, with one exception. our
great national day of thanks has
been celebrated on the last Thursday
in Novem Der.
The Presidential Proclamations
contain very little that is new or
original and usually take the form Of
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an .ssav. In 1898, after the Spanish
1,,,.-,,s, war. President Mckinley
mad a chance to vary the convenuonai
form by giving special thanNs -ol
the restoration Of peace" This waJ
lust one hundred years after
ington's proclamation fresioe'.
Roosevelt. who always did orisinH'
things. declared that ThanksslVlns
proclamation could not be mace
brilliant epigrammatical paper. me
proclamation Of the President stamps
the feast with q sort OF official char
acter-something possessed py no
other holiday This proclamation does
~ot nate n a legal holiday-it merely
recommends that the people suspend
business for the day. A special
statute in each State Is required 20
make the day a legal holiday ana THIS
has not been enacted In every stare
The day was originally set apart for
Thanksgiving. fasting, prayer ana re-
ligious devotions. but the modern
Thanksgiving has become a day OF
feastina and jollity and Is made the
occasion of all sorts OF sports and
Festivities. The craze for outdoor life
keeps many from the churches, al
though the places OF worship con-
tinue to be filled with "a goodly COM
pany," who gather TO give thanks toe
Him from whom cometh every good
and every perfect gift-"
The turkey IS still king OF the
Thanksgiving feast and as an add
ton the good things OF the field and
vineyard have been added. The
famous pigeon-pie. which was a
popular Thanksgiving dish OF TIE early
part OF the nineteenth century is
rarely seen. In those days the wild
pigeons which lighted in great num-
bers on the buckwheat fields were
enticed by a decOy duck within a
spring net and caught by tho hun
dred. They were kept alive and fat
tened on grain until the day before
Thanksgiving, when they were killed
and made into pie for the Thanks
giving table
Many of the old customs OF the day
have passed out Of existence. The
turkey rattle with dice is still a Gus
tom in some parts OF the country.
Usually the turkey Is a tough bird
which was purchased. cheap. by the
proprietor Of the saloon (for the raj
fe usually takes place there). The
rattle. of course. draws crowd OF
men who incidentally patronizo the
bar during the proceedings.
Thanksgiving has always been a
day of charity. and in the old days
it was considered bad luck 10 turn
even tramp from the door. and to-
day our Friendly Inns. aims houses
and charitable institutions have their
turkey dinners, usually gifts from
charitable people. our prisons. too, 4
serve their inmates with hearty meSf
and have some sort Of a service OF
praise. The customs of the great
national holiday may have changed
somewhat, yet the spirit Of the first
Thanksgiving which was held at Ply
mouth. in 1921. still hovers about the
national day of prayer and praise OF
the twentieth century spirit Of
thankfulness to God for his mercy
and kindness to the people of c''r great
American Republic.
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- THANKSGIVING DAY has a long
and curious history and did not
originate entirely with the PHI
grims at Plymouth, for Thanks
giving Days are mentioned in the
Bibie-days set apart for giving
thanks to God for some special mercy
These days Of fast and prayer were
customary in England before the
Reformation, and later the Protest
ants appointed certain days of praise
and thanks for various blessings. The
discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in
1905 in London brought the common
sentiment of Thanksgiving. A scheme
had been formed to blow I'D Parlia-
ment House on the fifth of Novem-
Der, the first day of the session. Great
quantities of gunpowder and fnf1am-
mable material were found con-
cealed in the vaults underneath the
building. The plot was discovered
and the traitors were executed. In
consequence of this deliverance the
day was ordered to be kept as "a
public thanksgiving to Almighty Cod
every year that ''unfeigned thankful
ness may never be forgotten, and that
all ages to come may yield praises to
Gods divine Majesty for the same
All ministers were ordered to say
prayers thereon, for which special
forms were provided. This annual
thanksgiving. together with one es-
tabiished later on May 29th was
abolished in 1888 in England for both
had fallen into disuse. For several
years afterwards. however, these days
were recognized in New England by
the Episcopal Church on account of
its place in their church calendars.
England continued to have special
days appointed for giving thanks. and
as recently as 1872 there was a day
selected for the public to offer pray
ers of thanksgiving for the recovery
of the late King Edward, then Prince
of Wales, from typhoid fever.
The first Thanksgiving on the Ameri-
can continent was held by an English
minister named Wolfall. and was cele-
brated off the coast of Newfoundland.
This pious man accompanied the
Frobisher expedition which brought
the first English colony to North
America. The log of the ship gives
the record of the days observances
and tells how on Monday. May 2Sth,
1873, aboard the "Ayde'' the men re-
ceived communion, and how Minis
ter Wolfan in a sermon gave humble
and hearty thanks to God for His
miraculous deliverance in these dan
gerous places. This was the first
Christian sermon preached in North
American waters. Again in 1907
there was a similar service held at
Sagadahoc-a little village on the
coast of Maine. There is little record
of this thanksgiving except that it
consumed only a few hours of the
day after which the people returned
to their labors.
The great American Thanksgiving
Day had its origin in the Massachu-
sets Colony in 1921. and Governor
William Bradford, the first Governor
of that little band of sturdy pilgrims,
sent out the first Thanksgiving Proc (
lamation, setting apart a day for
prayer and rejoicing over the plente-
Gus harvest of that year. The Eng