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The Washington herald., 1919-04-17
Poli,S-.sunshlne.S

An indication of how Sunshine"
the new musical comedy which
comes to Polls next Sunday night.
has impressed the theatrical man
ayers of New York Is evidenced in
the news that the Messrs. Shubert
have offered the producers. Shaw
and Johnstone, a Broadway theater
after the play has appeared here.
Seldom, il ever. is a new play booked
into a New York theatef before at
least a preliminary tryout of from
three to four weeks on tour.
The final rehearsals. at which a
few OF the more important managers
were present. are said to have
labeled Sunshine" a real success.
the consensus of opinion being that
Johnstone and Duncan. the authors.
have achieved a real distinction
among plays with music.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-17
Next Week at Iheaters
Belases-AThe Crowded Hour

Belasco-AsThe Crowded Hour
The Crowded Hour" the newest
Selwyn and Company dramatic HIT.
bids fair to equal its series Of record
breaking business and triumphs which
IL has achieved in New York, Boston
and Chicago before coming next week
to the Belasco Theater. 1t was writ
ten by Edgar Selwyn and Claiming
Pollock. 1t Is difiicult to imagine a
better cast. both as to the American
and French contingents of the COM
pany,
The company which will be seen
here 10 the original one which created
all the yirile roles of the piece.
NationaHGeorEe Ariiss.
A particularly dominant figure OF
the stage Is George Arliss. who. un-
der the direction of George c.
Tyler. is presenting this season
most unusual double bill. Sir James
NJ. Barrfe's "A Well-Remembered
Voice." and The Mollusc." by HUI
bert Henry Davies. In the presen-
tation of these two plays. Mr.. Ar
liss demonstrates beyond perad
venture how great an artist he is.
Mr.. Arliss Is admirably supported.
The cast includes Philip Merrivale.
Elsie Mackay, Viva Birkett, Harry
Maitland and George Wright. Z.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
BELGIAN QUEEN
| MAY VISIT HERE
Elizabeth Hopes to Cement
Ties Of Friendship Made
in War.

Queen Elizabeth OF Belgium hopes
soon to make a visit to the United States
to further the friendship between Belgian
and American women. according to Mrs.
Charlotte Kellogg, the fret American
woman to enter Brussels after the Ger
man evacuation. The Queen expressed
great admiration for Herbert Hoover and
emphasized her desire to come to this
country as soon as possible. Mrs. Kellogg
said yesterday.
When the gray clad German legions
evacuated. Brussels before the advance
Of the victorious allied ranks their 60
ing was marked by sullen detection. ir
striking contrast to the high headed
haughtiness they displayed when they
marched in as conquerors. so Mrs. Kel.
logg said. She was the sole woman
member of the American Committee for
Relief in Belgium and she preceded ever
King Albert into his capital at the END
OF its occupation by the hostile forces
Mrs. Kellogg. whose home Is in Pale
Alto. Cal. arrived in town on the Hol-
land-American liner Nieuw Amsterdam
She told yesterday how she crossed the
lines Saturday, November 10, in a dilapi.
dated automobile driven by a Belgian
cnauHeur. Ihey passed through thou
sands of refugees making their way to.
ward the allied troops, all frenzied with
Joy at their prospective deliverance from
the Germans She reached Brussels Sat
urday afternoon and the Germans left
the next day. Mrs Kellogg viewed the
evacuation from behind n window curtain
In friends house. She said the streets
were thronged and lone British soldier
was being idolized by the people.
On the boulevards Mrs. Kellogg said
the crowds maintained an air of seeming
indifference as the Germans marched
past with bowed shoulders. Every face
showed a contempt which was more bit.
ing than bodily wounds could have been
Although the Reds had assumed s,ntro
Of the German army in Brussels during
the week preceding their departure from
the city. Mrs. Kellogg explained that the
machine drilled soldiers IN order thai
the retreat be orderly and some semblance
Of dignity be maintained had allowed
their deposed officers to have full com
mand. Prince Rupprecht, however, hat
been forced to fee and all officers ha6
been stripped of their insignia.
For hours, she said, the German troops
loaded hacks. baby carriages and i'm.
provised vehicles of every description
with loot. As the last gray uniform dis
appeared the people began washing dowr
the streets and dislnfecting the houses
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y have professed to go forth and fight

they have professed to go forth and fight
for victory.
There Is abroad in the land the OPP
position TO the processes of Justice be-
cause they are the processes of Justice.
We have not destroyed the menace of
force because we have licked the
Kaiser; the menace Of force resides in
every community.
'Tynching Is the most deplorable and
despicable sign Of that revolt against
justice as such.
Justice in America Is not to be
bought. 1t is not necessary that any
one should give his blood. but to the
black man. who in this great crisis has
proved his bravery. his honor and his
loyalty to our institutions, we certainly
do owe the performance of this duty"
The conference will hold sessions this
morning and this afternoon at the rooms
of the City Bar Association and a mass
meeting will be held tonight in the
rooms of the Society for Ethical Culture.
The conference states it's objects to be
to make lynching a Federal offence. to
start Congressional investigation of
the subject and one by the Department
OF Justice, to draft a model State law
against the practice, to investigate each
individual case of lynching through a
trained STAFF and to carry on a campaign
In press, pulpit and pamphlet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
CITY MOTOR DRIVERS
MUST GET LICENSES
Governor Says He Will Sign
the Stringent Knight
WheelOck Bill.
Special Desputch 10 THE Sun.

ALBANY, May Gov. Smith said to-
night that he probably would sign the
knight-Wheelock bill requiring a license
by every one In New York city that de-
sires to operate a motor vehicle, an ex-
animation and a road test to prove ability
being provided
The Governor made his statement
after a hearing on the measure, which
was opposed by Neil F. Towner for the
Automobile Club of America, Judge
Charles Thaddeus Terry for the New
York state Motor Federation and other
automobile associations and Herbert l.
carpenter of the Brooklyn Motor Vehicle
Dealers Association.
Judge Terry commended that the bill
was fake" in that It purported to be
a measure to afford greater safety on
the streets of New York, while In reality
It is tax bill, providing a fee of 50 for
each operators license granted with 81
as renewal fee. He objected also to
the fact that It applies only to New York
1T might as well have been limited to
certain city, whose Mayor has hair OF 4
certain color and whose friends call him
Mike" declared Mr.. Terry.
Those who favored the Dill were A. w.
Seaman. chairman Of the law and legis-
lative committee of the New York State
Automobile Association; Magistrate NJ.
Bruce Cobb Of the New York Traffic
Court, Melvin T. Bender for the New
York State Automobile Association. Sec
rotary of State Francis NJ Hugo. who is
to enforce the law. and Charles G. Bond
OF the Motor Truck Association of Amer
lea.
The Governor gave a hearing also on
the proposed s20.0oO.O00 highway bond
issue bill. designed to give the state a
fund with which to meet Federal con-
trfbutions for the construction of post
roads. Gov. Smith criticised the fact
that the bill sets aside certain amounts
for each county when 1t is not yet known
where the roads are to be built. He
commented on the fact that neither he
nor the new State Highway Commits
sioner. Col. Frederick Stuart Greene, had
been consulted about the bill
The Governor gave out a list of 1o5
bills that he signed Saturday and Sun
day. He vetoed eleven bills. This leaves
500 bills for him to dispose of in the
next two weeks.
One bill signed permits a court TO
amend a divorce decree within three
years instead OF FIVE so as TO permit the
defendant to marry Another appro-
PIRATES $1,000 for towing facilities on
the barge canals. He signed also the
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HUGHES MAKES PLEA
TO END LYNCHINGS
Great War Fought for Moth.
ing If Violence Goes On,
He Says.
MODS MENACE FUTURE
National Conference Sessions
Opened Here-Plan to
Draft Laws.

Charles E. Hughes told 5000 persons,
half Of them white and half negroes, in
Carnegie Hall last night that unless
lynching in the United States is stopped.
I'VE will have fought the great war
for nothing but words"
Il am confident in the future, despite
those who are nothing but visionary and
impractical" he said. II bottom that
confidence on the popular common sense
OF our people. But that hope will be
shattered whenever the popular common
sense yields to mob violence"
Mr.. Hughes was the principal speaker
at the opening session of the National
Conference on Lynching. called on the
summons of committee representing
every section of the Union, and sitting
in New York for two days. Former
Governor Emmett O'Neal of Alabama
told of the experiences of a Southern
executive In the suppression of lynch
ing. He advocated as remedial measures
the death penalty for the crime against
women. usually alleged as the reason for
lynching, and the imposition upon every
Governor of the duty to remove the
sheriff of any county who permitted or
connived at lynching. He also advocated
death for lynchers as guilty Of premedi-
tated murder.
Brighten. John H. Sherburne. who
commanded the 18TH Field Artillery
Brigade Of the 92d Division, the only
negro artillery ever organized, told OF
the fine record OF his men in the warfare
In France and DR.. Anna Howard Shaw
pleaded that lynching be called by It's
proper name. murder.
During the course of the meeting II
was announced from the stage that Mrs.
l. j. Walker. negro woman, had con-
triouted $4,000 to further the propa-
sanda against lynching and a negro in
the audience WHO said he was Scott
Bovine of Arkansas promptly pledged
another thousand. Moorfield Storey was
chairman OF the meeting and a report
waSamade by James Weldon johnson.
held~secretary of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of the Col
ored People.
Mr.. Hughes in his speech said in part !:
in any community where the courts
are open and the processes Of justice are
available Jlynchlng is murder of the foul
est sort We condemn this crime in
particular as crime, unhappily. against
race to which we are under peculiar
obligations We have brought this race
out Of servitude into freedom We must
perform this sacred trust. and the funda-
mental postulate of that trust that We
have assumed is that the black man shall
have the essentials Of justice.
The salvation OF democracy must lie
In those days of peace after the victory
has been won, when citizens under a
democratic Government prove them
selves capable of self-restraint and prove
themselves able to maintain a Govern
ment assuring the justice. in whose cause
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TWENTY OR MORE
TRAPPED IN FIRE
Women Leap From Burning
Building in Columbus.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 5.-Fire In a
downtown business and apartment,
building at midnight tonight unques-
tionably has trapped many persons
Men, women and children jumped from
upper floors into life nets. One baby
was thrown from the third floor and
caught in the arms of n youth aiding the
firemen. All fire apparatus has beer
summoned.
Scores OF women who jumped from
upper apartments of the seven story
building have been conveyed to hospitals
as seriously injured. Thirty minutes
after the fire started police reported
one known dead and estimated those
trapped may run to twenty or thirty.
dozen small children and babes in
arms were tossed out windows. The
entire upper half OF the building is 9
mass of flames and there Ia no way
Of knowing how many had escaped OF
were cut off.
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There has likewise been n reduction IN
fare. for the dual system has so ex-
panded the cent ride that thousands
or passengers save half the money they
formerly paid to ride to and from their
work.
1T may be that rates and service
were pushed too far in favor of the pub
lie, particularly with war conditions, and
1t may be that the pendulum will try
or need to swing back"
The commissioner expressed the opin-
ION that 1t was mistake to separate
the regulatory and construction work Of
the commission, and he hoped that the
Governor now would veto the bill for
the appointment of a construction COM
missioner.
He brings to the solution Of the many
serious problems confronting the COM
mission wide experience In public af-
fairs and an undoubted ability which
will doubtless go far in meeting them"
said former Commissioner Kracke.
speaking of Commissioner Nixon THE
task is a difficult and in some measure
a thankless one. and any incumbent OF
the office of Public Service Commissioner
soon comes to realize that fact. In his
work Commissioner Nixon should have
the support and cooperation Of every
good citizen Of New York"
Mr.. Whitney has opened an office in
sol Fifth avenue, where he will act as
counsel for and participate In the activi-
ties OF W. J. Norton and associates,
utility and Industrial engineers. Mr..
Norton was at one time an assistant
secretary OF the Public Service Commits
sion.
Mr.. Kracke made no announcement
Of his future work, but said emphati-
cally he would remain active In Repub-
lican politics.
Mr.. Hervey has accepted the post of
auditor of the Famous Players-Lasky
Film Corporation.
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DUDLEY P. BROWN SUES WIFE
wealthy Manufactures Asks Di-
| vorce for Hotel Episode,

Dudley p. Brown, wealthy president
OF the Bemas Manufacturing Company
Of ia West Thirty-eighth street, has
brought suit for divorce from Mrs. Di-
mond J. Brown. who lives in the Hotel
Hollywood in AZ East Twenty eighth
street, and Is thirty-one years his Junior.
He alleges that on the night of March
he found her in a room at the Hotel
McAlpin with a man whose name is
not revealed.
Mrs. Brown is the daughter Of a con-
tractor of Louisville. KY, and Is 2S years
old. Her husband is So. She was mar
ried to Brown in 1908 in Edwardsville,
Ill. They have one child. a daughter
who died about year ago. They have
been living apart since last March, un.
der an agreement whereby Mrs. Brown
receives alimony of $1,000 a month
Payments ceased two months ago, she
alleges, and she had Mr.. Brown before
the Domestic Relations Court on charges
of non-support.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
PADEREWSKI DENIES
THAT HE WILL RESIGN
Encourage Asserts He Has
United Support in Poland.

PARIS, May 5.-Reports circulated
here recently that Premier Paderewski
of Poland had resigned are denied at
the Premier's headquarters here. Pad
erewskis position in Poland has not
been prejudiced in the least by the ap-
parently unsatisfactory settlement OF the
Teschen and Danzig issues His par
liamentary supporters are aware that
the Premier faced almost Bile
difficulties during the entire time the
questions were under discussion. and
that he obtained more than perhaps any
other Polish statesman could have got
under the circumstances.
member off Paderewskfs cabinet
said to-day that the reports OF his resig-
nation were based on speculation, and
that nobody in Poland thinks of holding
him responsible for the difficulties in
volved in the solution OF the two ques-
lions. The Premier It Is asserted, has
the support of the entire nation, which
openly approves his policy in Paris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
AGREE ON MOONEY STRIKE.
Federated Union. of New York to
Go out July 4.

The Central Federated Union Of New
York has Endorsed a resolution for a five
days general strike, beginning July 4,
IL Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings,
the San Francisco labor leaders. do not
get new trials before that time. The
Thomas Mooney Committee yesterday re-
ceived delayed cablegram from Frank
p. Walsh. now in Paris, to appear be-
fore the Peace Conference In behalf of
Irish freedom.
Greatly regret" he cabled IT cannot
be with you until the monstrous wrong
committed against Mooney and the cause
OF labor Is righted by his liberation. 1t
will be a growing reproach to the admin
istration Of Justice in America"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
Pictures show Western Trees.

The famous spruce trees OF Washing
ton and Oregon. which guaranteed
sturdy airplanes for Uncle Sam and the
Allies in the war, were shown last night
in a series of illustrated views in the
City Club to a delighted crowd of East.
erners- They were part of the pro-
gramme of Frank Branch Riley. a law
yer OF Portland. Ore. who spoke on the
International Northwest" Mr.. Riley
intends to give illustrated talks on Brit.
ish Columbia, Oregon and Washington
His next lecture will be given Thursday
evening at the EXplOrers' Club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
$4,000 FOR vERDINrs ARM.
Verdict for Accident in Subway AZ
Wall street Is Upheld.

Twenty thousand dollars is not an
excessive valuation TO put on an arm
which has been lost through accident.
Justice Philbin decided yesterday in Su-
preme Court. when he denied a motion
before him made on behalf OF the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit Company to set
aside verdict for that amount awarded
to Albert Verdini of ISL Worth street.
The company maintained the verdict
was excessive and contrary to the weight
Of evidence.
Verdini was pushed from the platform
of the Wall street subway station by
crowds on February Is, 1917. and was
crushed beneath a train. Il was alleged
that the company was negligent in not
providing sufficient guards on its plat
form and in not extending ratings to
protect passengers on a narrow part of
the platform. The company said that
the latter course was not practicable and
that In many cases rails of this kind
were the source of danger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
WOMAN KILLS PUBLISHER.
p. r. VolIand Owed Her Royalties
She Asserts

CHICAGO. May 5.--Paul Fredericl,
VollaRd. wealthy head Of the art pub
fishing company which bears his name
was shot and instantly killed in his
Office here this afternoon by a woman.
The woman gave her name as Mrs
Vera Trepagnier and her age as SO
years. She said she was the widow of a
wealthy New Orleans sugar planter.
According to clerks in Volland's office
the woman had a hallucination that the
publishing company owed her $4,000
in ROYALTIES
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
Rabbis VIII Protest to Wilson,

A protest against the massacre Of
Jews In the Crimea, Pinsk. Rumania and
Poland will be sent President Wilson by
the conference of the Union Orthodox
Rabbis of the United States and Canada,
which met yesterday at the Broadway
Central Hotel. About $50 members were
present The meetings will continue
until tomorrow night when officers will
be elected.
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PARIS. May 5.-The situation in Lem
berg. Galicia has greatly improved. ac-
cording to advices reaching the Polish
National Committee in Paris. The Pol
isl troops are said to have driven back
the Ukranians so far that Lemberg no
longer Is In danger from shells.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
Secretary Daniels Entertained.

LONDON. May 5.--Secretary of the Navy
Daniels was the guest of the American
Luncheon Club at a luncheon to-day.
Afterward the Secretary, Mrs Daniels
and the American naval officers in his
party, went by automobile to Portsmouth.
where they were guests at Amiralty
House.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06

Walker bill authorizing the Mayor Of
New York city to appoint a board of
purchase TO consist of three heads of
city departments or members of bureaus
who shall serve without pay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
Fare Pendulum May Swing Back.

The relationship between the utility
companies and the public has been rec
ognized and improved" he said The
public has the advantage of increased
facilities and of lower electric rates to
tire extent of several million dollars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
Happy Time

it is, when one loses the
cares and worries of
city life by lolJing
around in pleasant
piaces-far from the
depressing heat, the
mosquitoes, the many
things that cannot be
called up by mere de-
scription.
What more pleasant
place than one of these
seemingly crude
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

will reach out the forgivng hand tho hour
they arc convinced Germany rcalizcs her
wrong and brings forth fruit meet for re-
pcntancc. Then food should flow across
her borders and everything possible be
done to lift her up into moro wholesome
atmosphere.
"But even then Germany must suffer She
must expect to carry burden for genera
lions. Forgiveness does not imply escape
from the consequence of wrongdoing
Whatsoever Germany soweth, that shall
she also reap. We may sorrow for her;
we may be disposed to assist her in her
grievous way, but the via doorosa lies be-
fore Germany as surely az lay the black
night along the path Of Belgium and
France
ITO absolve Germany from the conse-
quences of her crime, to welcome her un-
rescryedly into tho sstcrhood Of nations
without regard as to the genuineness of
her contrition and comprehensivcncss Of
her repentance. would be a dangerous pro-
cedure and tend TO Illustrate the very end
for which the nations fought and are still
in process of attaining"
TO which "Thc Manufacturers Rec
ord added that
even If Germany should in sackcloth and
ashes secure pardon and forgiveness, Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

many would still have to suffer the conse-
qucnccs of its crime, for no possible re.
pentancc on The part of Germany could
wipe out the fact that for years it carried
on n campaign of murder and Outrage. No
penitence on the part Of Germany could
bring back to life the millions of dead.
murdered by Germany. No penitence on
the part of Germany could bring back honor
to dlshonored womanhood. As Belgium and
Franco and Serbia and all the Allies are
compelled to bear the sufferings brought
upon them by Germanys crimes, so even
repentant Germany, if ever Germany re-
pents-of which there is no sign at pres
cnt-could not wipe out the consequences
or It's sins. Moreover, there can be no gen
ulne repentance on the part of Germany
and the German people until they are will
ing that Tor generations to come their
country must pay to the utmost farthjng
the financial pcpalty for their crimes so
TAR as IN human power it is possible To do
lhey cannot bring the dead back TO life
they cannot wipe out the stain which will
stand for thousand years against thc:~
own nation, but they can help by their own
sacrifice to restore tho financial losses en-
dured by those whom they sought 10 de-
stroy. They can show works meet for re-
pentance,' but there is no indication that
they will ever do so.'