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The Washington times., 1919-05-27
.EMERSONRITE
SET FOR TOMORROW

Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at St Patrick S
Church for Mortimer Emerson, one
of the most widely known figures in
theatrical circles in Washington. Mr..
Emerson died suddenly Sunday night
at his home, 1924 Massachusetts ave-
nue. northwest Interment will be in
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Emerson, Familiarity Known as
Mort" to his friends in the profess
sion, had been chief doorkecper at
the Gayety Theater here since his
retirement from the stage about four
years ago. He was native Of
Philadelphia, and answered the call
of the stage az a boy. At the height
Of his career he was known as the
best "sOft-shoe" dancer and knock
about comedian in America. He was
connected with one Of tho first
vaudeville acts 10 20 on an extensive
tour. The act. known as The King
Of -kIckers." toured all this
country and Europe
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Julia Horn Emerson.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
RUTH ISABELLE CARROLL.

The body Of Miss Ruth Isabelle Car
roll, fourteen years old, who died in
COvington. Ky. last December, VIII be
buried in Arlington next Thursday
afternoon. beside her father. the late
Major James Carroll. Of III" medical
corps Of the army. wh" lost his life
IN the yellow fever investigation.
Funeral services will be held at j.
William Lees chapel 329 PcnnsyI-
vania avenue northwest. at o'clock
Thursday
The body Of Miss Carroll was
placed in the vault at COvingtun
awaiting the return Of her brother.
George Carroll. who was m tn" army
in France. after her death last De
"ember Major Carroll and his family
formerly lived here. and Miss Ruth
was born in Washington.
She is survived by her mother. Mrs
Jennie Carroll: three brothers, james.
David, and George Carroll. and three
sisters. Nabelle. Carlyn. and Ethel
bcrta Carroll. The family is at pres
ent living in Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
PRESIDENT DEFENDS
JANE adams NOTE

President Wilson is quite willing
to stand for any criticism Of his at
titude in behalf Of women and chill
dren."
This statement was contained in a
eablegram from the President. re-
ceived at the Executive Cfhce Of the
White House today, in reply to a
message stating that there was con-
siderable criticism in this country of
his recent telegram TO Miss Jane
Adams at the International Women's
Conference in Switzerland.
There has been a general misunder-
standing with regard to the Presi-
dents note 10 Miss Adams. it. was
stated by White House officials. His
message. expressing sympathy with a
recommendation Of the meeting, was
IN reply to q message from Miss
Adams urging that the blockade on
Germany be modified. and not. as re-
ported, urging more lcnIent peace
terms, White House officials said.
From the Presidents CableEram to-
day. officials pointed out, il was ap-
parent that he was not aware that
there had been any misunderstanding
as to Miss Adams communication.
-he belief that President Wilson's
sympathetic note was in response to
a recommendation for more lenient
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
Births, marrlageS, Deaths
Notices Nag Phonsd p Katn $3.50, Branch >
Copyright, 1919,
BY +. L. Goldberg.

her home, 5JO1 Fifth street north
west yesterday. She will be buried
in Mt. OlIvet Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
POLICEMEN DRIVE
MACHINE INTO CAR

Two policemen were injured yeSter-
day when the motorcycles they were
riding collided at Twentieth and r
streets northwest, with a street car
Of the Capital Traction Company.
Private a. G.. PyweIl. OF the Third
precinct. suffered injuries to the lega
and body. while Private P. T. Lom-
ardy, Of the Seventh precinct. wh0
was operating the machine, was only
slightly injured. They were treated
at the Emergency Hospital The po-,
licemen were responding TO an emerg-
ency call at Twentieth and streets
northwest.
Charles A. Burdine, seventy-eighe
years old. OF 1918 Fairmont street
northwest, fell from the rear plat
form Of a car OF the Washington
Railway and Electric Company and
was taken to the Emergency Hospital
suffering decorations on the head.
Struck by an automobile operated
by Frederick Blankenship. OF 607 o
street northwest, at Seventh and o
streets northwest, last night, Eugene
SpFiggs, eolored, nine years old, OF
1926 Fourth street northwest. was
taken to the Emergency Hospital
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Thomas Leo Little, % NJ Hancock. Nd.
and Ethel Marie Hightman. "a. OF Bur
kttsvllle. The Rev. Howard r. Downs
Frank =. Butler, IS. of Bridgeport. Conn.
and Ruth May johnson. -, Of this city.
The Rev. George !. Dudley.
ENahgeIos q. PARIS. 81, and Belle Floyd.
q. both al LambertOn, =. G. The Rev.
John n. Iehrics.
Louis Emory BirSgt. q. and EIoise f. JEFF
icrs Il. Doth OF this city. The Rev. 7.
Nike A TozuIin. g. and Vera Dupkurnas.
IS, both Of Baltimore. Nd. Judge Robert
William George Thomas. -. and Mary
Helen Magee, -, both OF this city. The
oscar George Gabel. 81. Of Fort Benton
Mont, and Bertha Lee Gardner. p. OF
Richmond, Va. The Rev. John II. JEFF
Claude p Benedict %. and Eva NJ Hall.
-, RIycrdalc. Mu. ne Rev. j. 7. Hand.
Charles :. SIsN. 3D. and Beulah Cpok. II.
boih # CulP"Por, Va. Re-. Howard r.
oscar !. Morgan. q. and Elizabeth W.
Hudson. =, both Of Baltimore. Md. The
Joseph O. K Miller. .. Of Koarncysyirlo.
". Va. ana Florence Irene k!ser. %.
81 Keyser. ". Va. The Re-. T T.
Edward NJ David. -. and Sadie Hayagc.
20, both OF this city. The Rev. Hugh
Daniel IRWIN Hagor. -. Of Huntington.
". Va, and Lucrotia Mcclure. - Of
Wayne. ". Va. The Rev. Il. II. Nc
Raymond Thomas Goodwin. %. and
Celeste Mar Tay Tor. r., Of DunLrookc
g., Va The Rcy J. r. H93r,,I,hamP:
20. both Of th.- city. The Rev. Z. A.
Hannah.
Brandon. -. and Parl Brooks. IS. The
I;'v. \ Sa. les
II Jackson. -, and Martha scot. % Tho
Rev ". j RUbcnscn
g NIlhsmS. -, and Dorothy 4. ferris
% Tho Re- r. Williams
\ !. Gather. 50. and Mabel BUmCry, So
tn" Rev. william n. Don'y.
" W4nz"r, -. and Ida +. Doll, q. The
Rev. - n wood.
G. Terrell, -. and Mabls Snecd, 20. The
Rev. = n Randolph.
G. T.. Cooper. =. ana Louise f. Crockett
80 The Rev. O l.. Mitchell
r n. Ha"k"tl. =. and Constance Lane,
- Tn" Rev r y Hart
d Williams. y. and Dorothy Wilson. %.
The Rev. William !. Howard.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
EVANSVILLE NEWS
City Council Authorizes Mayor
To Urge Extension of Ana
costa Reclamation.

HYATTSVILLE, Nd, May 2T.-At
the May meeting of the mayor and
city-council last night Mayor Matthew
L. Halloran was authorized to COM
municate with Congressman Sydney
L. Mudd. OF the Fifth Maryland dis
trict, and Senators Joseph l. France
ard John Walter Smith of Maryland.
urging them 10 use their influence in
securing the extension of the Ana
costa river reclamation project to
Hyattsvills. 1t was set forth that
authorization already has been made
for this work from Anacostia to
Bennings.
This resolution was also adopted:
The mayor and council of Hyatts-
Vile. in view of the increased cost
of living herewith request the State
Board of Education to recommend to
the Maryland Legislature at it's next
session increased compensation for
teachers of the State sufficiently
great to attract and keep teachers
of the proper ability to instruct the
children of Maryland.
The movement for home rule in this
country appears 10 be gathering force.
Citizens believe the act of the 1918 ses-
sion of the Maryland legislature pro-
viding for county home rule or coun-
t. charter government stands a good
chance of becoming operative within
the next year. The bill provides. that.
upon the petition of 30 per cent OF
registered voters OF the county, the
board OF election supervisors shall
place upon the official ballot the
question as to whether or not county
home rule SHALL be put in force. The
movement has the Endorsement of the
county community council. the county
Pomona Grange. the Evansville Farm
srs' Club. and the Federation Of
Women's Clubs OF the county.
Arrangements are being made for
the closing exercises of Surrattsville
high school which are to be held
the morning Of June 20. In the grad
uatinS class are Charles Roy Baum
George Vernon Thompson, jr.: Rob
ert Sprigg Blandford. John Alexander
MsrbUry Coo. Dorothy Allene Young
and Emily Claire Lyons.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
w. REESE MURRAY.

Funeral services Will he held to-
morrow afternoon At 80 o'clock for
". Reese Murray. dVe-year-oId son Of
Arthur II. and Anna Jewell MURRAY,
talrmont street northwest. The
child died yesterday. He will he
buried in Rock Greek Cemetery. Hi,
father. Arthur II. Murray, is a clerl,
in the Treasury.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
CLIO CH0 DATED TO PERFORM
AT Benefit IN EDGEMORE

Che Cho. the clown engaged by the
Department OF the Interior as new
health teacher, will appear this after
noon at Edgemore, the home Of Mrs
Walter TUckerman. where a benefit
performance will be given for the
Working Boys Club.
Che Che will continue at his post
Of duty at the Interior Department
until Thursday night. Yesterday was
his record day. More than 800 chill
dren came TO hear him.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
BIRTHS

SONS
John 5 and Bernice N Meade
Harry 4. and Sadie Lemmer.
Albert and Marguerite HendIey.
Arthur ". and Mildred Eldridge
Max and Annie Every.
Paul and Vivian X. Dunbar.
Henry /. and Rosetta Walker.
James y. and LOttie '. Payne.
John {. and Gladys EChols.
DAUGHTERS
Christian and Lillian ThOrOe
Noble ?. and Eliza beth G. SwearinEcr
Henry i. and May A. Hcrzer.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
FORD HELD PLACES
FOR MEN IN RANKS

MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich, May -
After a vacation Of a week the jury
In the $1,000. 900 suit OF Henry Ford
against the Chicago Tribune was
brought into court and the taking OF
testimony was started.
Alfred J. Murphy. OF the Ford
counsel, offered in evidence the edi-
torial. Ford Is An Anarchist" At
torney Kirkland of the defense, pro-
tested that the entire paper should be
offered. but Judge Tucker ruled the
editorial was sufficient. Mr.. Murphy
then read the editorial and the letter
OF Henry Ford to the newspaper, de-
manding a retrsctiOn.
John J. Henkel. OF the sociological
and employment department of the
Ford Motor Company, was the first
witness. He said that in 1916 the
policy Of the company was TO REIN
state all employees who had been alb
sent for causes beyond their control,
such as sickness. death in family or
military duty. This included attend
ance at national guard encampments.
Places Held For Army Men.
He said the men who went to the
upper peninsula in 1913 TO QUen dis
turbances in the copper country
got their jobs back. When men left
the plant for the Mexican border each
was paid in full and received an
Identification tag which would en-
title him to his JOB on his return.
Samples Of these tags were offered
in evidence. On some Of the tags the
words ito return" were written; on
others they were not and the wit
ness explained by saying different
clarks made out the tags and did not
word them alike.
A book showing the record Of the men
who went to the Mexican border was
introduced. Il showed forty men left
the plant for this service. In all,
about eight-nine Ford employees went
to the border. All were told they
would be put back to work in good
standing on their return, the wit
ness said. In hiring men, he said,
men who had served in the army
were given preference. as the army
discipline was considered an asset
Policy Remains.
Mr.. Henkel received no orders to
change the policy always in force
when the Mexican trouble came up.
when the soldiers came back from
the border. did they get their jobs
bsck?'' asked Mr.. Hoffman.
They did"
"Did you ever receive instructions
to discriminate against soldiers"
Mr. Stevenson objected and the
court sustained him.
Was any penalty ever meted out
To men in military serv;Se or about
to enter military service
Never, in ny department"
Ewes there ever apy discrimination
against men who were IN the military
service, OF about to enter IL
There was not
Two other Witnesses gave tsStl-
mony along similar lines
The Washington times., 1919-05-27

peace terms, as adopted by the Berne
conference, resulted in a broadside of
criticism. drawing fire, even, from
former President Taft. leading Repub-
IIcan exponent of the league Of ma
tons.
That the President should allow
il to be inferred" was the former
Presidents comment. that he thinks
the Germans are justified in refusing
10 aCcede to the terms which, in case
Of refusal, he. as commander-in-chief
OF our army is about to join with the
allies in forcing upon the Germans,
is hard to believe"
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
KILLED BLASTING srUMPs.

CoNNRRSvILLE. Ind, May ~
David Chrisman. q farmer. was out
blasting stumps. The explosion Of
dynamite placed under Z stump threw
a number OF stones into the air. One
struck Chrisman on the head. c1us-,
ing fractured skull, which resulted
in his death.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
GERTRUDE C. DONOVAN.

Requiem mass will be celebrated
thursday morning at the Church Of
The Nativity for Gertrude e. Donu-
van, daughter Of Richard T and the
late Margaret Donovan, who died at
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
LECTURES ON LEAGUE.

An Illustrated lecture on the League
OF Nations was given at the Y. VI.
&. 4. last night by George X. George
before a meeting of the citizens com
mittee favorIng q league. Nj George
was in favor of the league which he
declared would keep US out Of future
wars.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
PRAGUE WELCOMES PADEREws

PRAGUE, May 2T.-Ignace Jan
Paderewski. Polish premier, with his
wife. reached here on his way from
Warsaw 10 Paris. He was reCeiN ed
by President Mazaryk. OF Czecho-
SlOvakia-
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
DEATHS

NOLAN-On May 26. 1918, Mrs. GATHER
me T. NOLAN, beloved wife. OF u. :
Nolan.
Funeral Will take place Wednesday
morning. May IS. at $50. from residence
1l9 Thirteenth street southeast. Inter
mcnt Holy Rood Cemetery. re
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-29
TAFT EXPLAINS LEAGUE
States Basic Purpose in First Of
Series of Six Short
Articles.
BY Ex-PREsIoENr WIN. n. TAFT.

The chief purpose of the League of
Nations is to keep the world in state
! of peace. Another way of expressing
1t is to say that the League is de-
signed to prevent wars.
We have just finished the greatest,
which is to say the most horrible, Of
all conflicts between nations. We
have won glorious victory. But that
victory will be wasted unless this war
has made the nations ready to put
aside their differences and cooperate
to end war forever.
1t is not enough, however, to provide
| for the prevention of wars and the
settlement Of disputes after they have
| arisen. We must foreSee causes of
| trouble and remove them before they
have reached an acute stage. Hence,
there must be provision for frequent
consultations of members of the
League for exchange of information,
for agreement on common policies and
for the gradual formation of rules Of
international law which at present are
uncertain and incomplete.
The representatives of the great free
nations which won the war have met
at Paris and, after long consultation,
have drawn an agreement which they
believe will accomplish these ends. At
the very least it will set in motion
great changes which will result in uni
versal benefit to all mankind This
agreement is called the Covenant of
the League of Nations and it is part
of the peace treaty.
There will be no League worth talk
ing about, however, unless the United
States is a member. The decision as
to whether the United States shall join
rests with our Senate. The Senators,
chosen by the people, will in the end
vote as the people desire. For this
reason the people themselves will de-
eide whether or not the United States
will join the League. In this question
every citizen should have a voice. He
or she can express opinion either by
writing direct to Senators, by letters
to the newspapers, by speeches in his
lodge or local union or in conversation
with friends.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-29
Commemorative and States.

Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia and Kentucky are officially styl-
ell commonwealth, although there
seems to he no particular reason ex-
cept custom, as it has practic ally the
same meaning as state. A common
wealth is a democratic form OF gov
eminent, such as that of each state of
the Union, the four using the name
commonwealth not differing from the
others. As far back as 1886 the Mas
slchusetts colony was spoken of as the
nnrr1rn nnwaalth.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-29
Ups and Downs.

Tourist -"Anything remarkable
about this hill, driver?" Driver
There's nothing peculiar about the hill
itself, but there's a queer story con-
nected with it, A young lady and gen.
tleman went for walk up here; they
assembled higher and higher and never
came back" Tourist-"Dear, dear me I!
What, then became of the unhappy
pair?" Driver-"It is supposed that
they went down on the other side. sir"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-29

The Maplewood Lumber Company
of White River Junction has filed ar
ticles of association in the secretary
os states Office for the purpose OF
conducting lumber business in that
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-29

section of the state. The capital
stock is $4,000, and the papers are
signed by N. E. Borden and William
Batchelder of Hartford and l.. Bor-
den Of Fall River, Mass.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-29
lnLarns Sunnlv

When you start to borrow trouble
the loan is generally versubscribed.-
Boston Transcript,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-14
FOES MANNERS
INCENSE FRENCH
snecial Cahle Disnateh.l

London, May ia dispatch from
the Daily News correspondent. John
Bell, at Paris, says: IT am assured
by good authority that President vii
son was greatly surprised at the chief
German delegates attitude and tone
at the great ceremony at Versailles.
another offense in the French eyes
is that Count Won Brockdorff Rantzau
came to the Trianon Palace hotel
smoking cigarette, which he threw
into a group of allied officers before
ascending the steps.
"a further point is that a paper
cutter placed on the table in front of
him was f5dpd 20 be broken after he
mad ierr. 06a CHI ontciei' tfiso- 30 !, st.St.
that he did not show the necessary
respect for the treaty after it had
been handed to him. otherwise why
should he have covered it with his
gloves"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-14
MARINE GAIN Of
j. 8. CRITICISED
BY THE BRITISH
by Joseph W. Grigg.
Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publish
inc On
tThe New York WORLDLY
Especial Wireless Dispatch,)

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-14

the United states are interested di-
rectly or indictly in the $lE0OO,0OO.-
600 Of securities representing the rail-
road investment of the country, and
that one-quarter of the savings of
thirty million people holding policies
in the great life insurance companies
is invested through these companies i'm
railroad securities. That however,
he continues, sis only a small part of
the reason for some arrangement
which will maintain the value of
these securities Railroad securities
are chief basis of credit on which
depends all the business of the coun-
try, and if that credit is destroyed the
consequences TO all American pros
perity will he intellectually disastrous. =
Federal INSPIRATION.
In regard to federal incorporation
Mr.. Root says;
There is only avowed purpose
which could be accomplished by this
plan, and that is to withdraw the
railroads entirely from the jurisdtc-
ton of the state commissions. This
e unnecessary because congress has
power to authorize the federal rate
making authorities to oVerrule the
state commissions in respect to rates
which interfere with the interstate
commerce rates. The state commits
sIunS ought not to be destroyed. The
people along the lines of the rail-.
roads in the several states ought %
have near their homes bodies TO
which they can go for redress OF
grievances against the railroads, They
ought not to be compelled to go to
Washington for that purpose"
The proposal for a government
guaranty is objected to by Mr. Root on
the ground that as the government
must make the guaranty good there
would be neither opportunity nor in
centive for private enterprise in the
management or development of rail-
roads. THE guaranty plan" he says,
gives them their living whether they
work for it or not" This is fatal TO
enterprise and efficiency.
In commenting on Mr.. Roots letter
Mr. Warfield said
THE danger that confronts the
country is not that there is a senti-
ment at this time for government
ownership or governmental control
and operat ton: but, that in the null
tiplcity of plans that have been sug-
gested for the relief of the railroads,
legislation may fail altogether at the
special session of congress and gov
eminent ownership may be forced upon
us because of non-action. If the rail-
roads are returned without adequate
legislation financial chaos will result"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-14
GE RMANS WANT ON
GROUND FLOOR Of
NATION s LEAGUE
Wants All the Powers Which
Signed Hague Convention
and the Pope of Rome ADJ
mitted to the Organization,
vpr MORNING. JOURNAL spscr., LEASED w,arI


Paris, May IS (by the Associated
Press 1.-The German plan for a
league of nations submitted by the
German delegation at Versailles and
now in the hands of the peace confer
ence committee on the league of ma
tons to which it was referred, con-
tains thrty-six articles, together with
a supplment setting forth the charter
for an International labor league.
The special aims of the league of ma
tons devised by the Germans are set
forth as follows:
"A--PreventiOn OF international
disputes.
"B-Disarmament.
"c-Securing freedom of traffic
and general economic equality of
rights.
"D-Protection of national minor
tiles.
"E-Creation of an International
workers charter
"F-Regulation of colonial ques-
tons.
"G--Unity of existing and future
international institutions.
"H-The creation of a parliament. I"
Another provision of the draft
reads:
The league of nations shall COM
prise (A) all belligerent states taking