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Evening star., 1919-05-12
'DC. ART|[LERyMEN MAY
| Be AWAITING TO SAIL
Mai. Vogt Writes Wife Men We're
to Leave for Port of EN-
barkation on April 21..

That the 10th Field Artillery, includ-
21 from the interior of France for a port
of embarkation is indicated in a letter
received today by Mrs. Louis c. Vogt,
1853 Adams street, wife of a major in the
unit.
The letter was dated April 20, and in
day the 10th would begin the trip to
ST. Nazaire, France, where they expected
to embark for the United States. Off
cial word of their sailing has not yet
been received at the War. Department,
however The assumption here today
was that the unit is at the port awaiting
its turn for shipping space on a trans
port.
Maj. Vogt, who has been detached
from command of the I'd Battalion of
the 10th, has no chance now of re-
turning with his men. In the letter
received today he tells Mrs. Vogt that
his assignment to conduct Polish
troops home from France to Lodz will
last at least two months and possibly
three.
In this letter the major says that
a dozen other officers of the 29th Divi-
sion, of which the 10th Field Artil-
lery is part. have been detailed to
conduct Polish soldiers through Ger
many, but he does not say whether
any of the others are Washingtonians.
The ladies' committee in charge Of
a welcome for the men of
the 10th renewed its appeal today
for contributions, which should be
sent to Mrs. Ross Thompson, 2121
kalorama road.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
.MR. CALDER MAY HEAD
SENATE D. c. COMMITTEE
Craftsmanship Likely to Fall to
Member Now Fifth
in Line.

The Craftsmanship Of the Senate Dis
trict committee is still unsettled .o-
cording to reports today. It appeared
however, that Senator William M
Calder of New York may be called
upon to fill this position.
Senator Calder is the fifth m., ~,
the Est of republican senators who
are members of the District commit.
tee. The ranking republican upon the
committee is Senator Dillingham He
will become chairman of the commit
tee on privileges and election. SEN
ator Jones of Washington is the sec-
ond man and he will become chairma n
of the committee on commerce. Next
to him is Senator Kenyon of Iowa. who
is slated to become chairman of the
committee on the Philippine Islands
Senator Sherman of Illinois is fourth
on the list
1t has become known, however that
Senator Sherman is averse to accentine
the Craftsmanship of the District com.
mlttee, although he has made no state
ment for publication in regard to the
matter. He has said. however. that
he will not be a candidate for re-eiection
to the Senate and his term expires in
two years.
Senator Calder is from BROOKLYN. He
entered the Senate in March, 1917. and
was member of the House for a num-
ate. Senator Calder has been promi-
nently known in business circles in his
own city and has conducted MANY /, roc
building enterprises.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
AGE COSTS HIM HIS lob
White Haired Messenger. Who
Helps to Support Grandchil-
dren, Victim of Rule.

There'll be a familiar face missing
next week from the crowds that hurry
along on the business streets of the
city every day. =
It's not face of prominence-just q
plain, white haired man in the uni
form of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, one sleeve pinned empty to
his coat.
For more than a year this mes
senger, H. c. Wolford, of Chevy Chase,
Nd, has picked his way back and
forth through the downtown crowds
delivering his messages This week he
is making his last trips. for the COM
pany has notified him that his serv-
ices will end on May %.
The passersby who have seen him
as they hurried along the streets.
however, will not miss him in their
everyday rounds as much as the
three little children of a deceased SON,
whom the old man says he helped sup
port in addition to himself.
Il feel as able to do my work now
as / ever did," said Wolford, as he
hurried along with his messages.
And they say my work is satisfac-
tory, but they have orders not to
keep man past seventy, and they
have to let me CO.
An official of the company said that
there was no new rule about the age
limit of messengers, but that seventy
is the age of compulsory retirement
under the pension and sick benefit
plan of the company.
He explained that the company finds
it necessary to reduce the big mes
senger force it had to maintain in
Washington during the war rush, and
that if there was a messenger on the
force past seventy during the war
period it was an unfortunate error In
judgment in employing him.
Wolford was not with the company
long enough to benefit under the PEN
sion system.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
SAYS VOTE OF. D. c.
WOULD AID LABOR
J. B. CoIpoys Urges Conven-
ing Engineers to Aid District
in Their Own Interest.

National representation for the
District was urged on delegates to
the convention of the International
Brotherhood of Stationary Engineers
at the opening session in Pythian
Temple this morning. John B. Col
poys, former president of the Local
Central Labor Union, made the ap-
peal.
With 10000 trade unionists and
labor supporters here" he declared,
Il feel sure that if representation was
ever granted the District of Column
bic a man would be sent to the floor
of Congress who would consider 1t his
duty to look out for the interest of
the workers..
He asked the 200 delegates to take
this message back to their homes and
remember it when the campaigns of
their respective districts got under
way.
Samuel Gompers Sends Message.
Commissioner Louis Brownlow de-
livered an address of welcome Daniel
Tobin, treasurer of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in a short address,
asked the delegates to guard against
dissension in their ranks. Timothy
Healy, international president of the
organization, also delivered an ad-
dress.
Newton James, acting chairman,
read message from Samual Comp
ers, president of the American Feder-
alton of Labor. stating that Mr..
Gompers would be unable to attend
on account of illness
The convention will continue
through the week. Plans for the
coming year will be shaped.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
WEATHER MAN WARNS
TO KEEP ON ''HEAv|ES"
"Cloudy and Cool' Is the D. c.
Forecast for Tonight and
Tomorrow.

The weather man warns WASH
ingtonians to keep on their ''heav-
ies."
The best he has to offer for to-
night and tomorrow is weather
which is to be partly cloudy and
cool To allay the fears of the pub
lie here that it is missing something
in the line of good weather the bu-
reau stated this morning that the
temperature remains below the sea-
sons average in practically all parts
of the country and that a storm of
intensity had settled
near Cape Cod. All territory east and
west of the Mississippi has been hit
by unusual weather for this season
of the year.
When the sun came out yesterday
afternoon there was a rise in the
temperature of seven degrees over
that of Saturday. The temperature
than was 10 degrees. Overnight it
took a tumble and many Washing
tonians awoke shivering A drop to
SIS degrees was noted at noon to-
day. Continued sun and the circus
indicate that Washington will be
given some chance to forget the un-
seasonable weather.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
EIGHT c. 0.P. SENATORS
OPPOSE Mr.. PENROSE

Senators Borah of Idaho and john
son of California formally notified re-
pblican Leaders Lodge today that eight
republican sena tors, regarded as repre-
senting the progressive group of the
party. were opposed to the election of
Senators Penrose of Pennsylvania and
Warren of Wyoming as chairman of the
finance and appropriation committees.
respectively, and that, if necessary, a
ma jority of them were willing to record
their opposition on the floor of the Sen
ate.
Senators Knox of Pennsylvania and
Brandegee of Connecticut, who were
present when the notification was made,
were regarded as representing the regu-
lar group of the party.
1t was understood that Mr.. Lodge
told Senators Borah and Johnson that
the matter was one for consideration
of the republican conference to or
ganize the Senate, which will be held
Wednesday.
Immediately after today's meeting
Senators Borah and Johnson called
conference of senator's for late today
to discuss the situation. Those invited
to attend included Senators Kenyon
and Cummins, Iowa; Jones. Washing
ton: McNary, Oregon; Mccormick, IL
linois, and Norris, Nebraska.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
STOP RUMANIAN ADVANCE.
Allied Powers Order, and Reported
Repulse Protect Budapest,

GENEVA, Saturday, May 10 (by the
Associated s).-The Rumanian
advance toward Budapest has been
halted by orders from representative
of the allied and associated powers,
according to the Rumanian bureau
at Bern. The bureau sent the fol-
lowing message to the Associated
Press here: "The American and Eng.
lish governments. through their reps
resentative missions in Vienna, have
stopped the advance of the Rumanian
armies upon Budapest. The reasons
are unknown, but probably are po-
litical."
LONDON, Saturday, May 10.-The
Hungarian war office reports a res
pulse of the Rumanians near Szolnok,
on the Thesis river. says a Vienna
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company. A Rumanian retreat is dc.
clared to have been compelled.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
PRESIDENT WILSON DENIES
AMERICANS WORSHIP MONEY
Asserts in Address in Paris People Of United
States Are Actuated by Common HUI
manity and Sympathy.

PARIS, Saturday, May 10.-Presi-
the French Academy of Moral and
Political Sciences, entered a strong
disclaimer of the idea that the Amer
lean people were largely materialists
or dollar worshipers.
Il have had in recent months one
very. deep sense of privilege" the
President said. Il have been keenly
aware that there have been times
when the peoples of Europe have not
understood the people of the United
States. We have been too often sup
posed to have been devoted chiefly, if
We have been supposed, in the COM
mon phrase, to worship the almighty
dollar.
I'VE have accumulated wealth, sir
We have devoted ourselves to ma
terial enterprises with extraordinary
success, but there has underlain all
Of that. all the time, common sense
of humanity and a common sympathy
With the high principles Of justice
which has never grown dim in the
field. even of enterprise, and it has
been my very great joy in these re-
cent months to interpret the people
Of the United States to the people of
the world,
Il have not done more, SIR I have
not uttered in my public capacity my
own private thoughts. I have ut
tered what I have known to be the
thoughts of the great people whom
I represent. have uttered the things
that have been stored up in their
hearts and purpose from the time of
our birth as a nation
People Consecrated to Liberty.
1t was at this point that the Presi-
dent made his declaration that the
American people who came into the
world consecrated to liberty: were
ready to cast in their lot in common
with the lot of those whose liberty is
threatened whenever the cause of lib
erty was seen to be imperiled.
This is the spirit of the people of
the United States" he continued. land
they have been privileged to send
100000 men over here to tell you so.
1t has been the great privilege not
merely to tell you SO in words. but to
tell you so in men and material-the
pouring out of their wealth and the
Offering of their blood"
President Wilson alluded to his
studies in the field of political sci
ence and of the attempts he had made
Evening star., 1919-05-12
C. 0. P. STEERERS
MAY Be INCREASED
Party Conference Expected
to Enlarge House Commit
tee to Nine Members.

The republican steering committee
in the House is expected to be en-
larged from five members to nine MEM
bers at the republican conference Sat
urday night. There was contest
over the size of the steering commit
tee in the committee on committees
when the republican organization Of
the new Congress was under discus
sion.
At that time Representative Royal
C. Johnson of South Dakota, war
veteran and a medal of honor man,
contended that the states west of the
Mississippi, the southern section, labor
and the farmers should have repre-
sentation. He attempted to name the
four men. Then when Representative
Longworth of Ohio failed in his fight
against the seniority rule in naming OF
committee chairmen he took up the
johnson fight for an enlarged steer
ing committee.
Claimed to Be Powerless.
The committee on committees
claimed that it was powerless to act
because it had been instructed by the
republican House caucus to name
steering committee of five. This linn
1t was proposed by the 'GlIlett 1Oi-
lowing and accepted by the Mann ele-
ment that had a majority in the COM
mittee on committees.
1t is now admitted by leaders in
both factions that it is probable the
steering committee will be enlarged
by the conference Saturday night.
If there is any contest 1t is ex-
pected to be over who shall name the
four new members.
The Mann following which had a
majority in the committee on COM
mittees will demand that the choice
of the men shall be left to the COM
mittee on committees. and 1t is prob
able that they have strength enough
to carry this point.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
FRENCH RESENT HUN REPORT

PARIS, May 11.-An official note is
sued today says that a German corre-
spondent sent to the Neues Wiener
Tagblatt dispatch that the hotel at
Versailles, where the German dele
gates are housed. is full of spies act
ing as hotel attendants, and that mi
crophones have been installed in all
the rooms.
The note brands the report as an
odious and caluminous invention and
says if it is repeated the French gov
ernment may find it necessary to expel
the German correspondents.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
LEADERS IN CONGRESS
HURRY FOR CONFERENCES

Leaders in Congress are hurrying
back to participate in the party con-
ferences before the formal opening
OF the extra session on Monady.
Representative James w. Good of
Iowa, who is to be chairman of the
appropriations committee. arrived to-
day. Representative Gillett, who is
to be Speaker. is due back tomorrow.
Representative Nicholas Long
worth of Ohio. who made stubborn
fight against the republican method
of organization in the committee on
committees, charging that the House
organization was dopninated by Rep
resentative James r. Mann, will be
back tomorrow. Representative
Mann has not notified his office when
he will be back. but the republican
leaders expect him on Friday.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Landing Place Prepared
for Navy DirigibIe C-5
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. JOHNS, n. F., May ia
landing party from the United States
cruiser Chicago today began to pre-
pare a stretch of cricket field in
Quidividi valley as a landing place and
mooring grounds for the naval dirigi-
BILE C-5, which Is to make test cruise
here from Cape May this week. Under
orders of Lieut.. Charles G. Little of
Newburyport, Mass, charged with the
direction of the airship's fight from
this end, American sailors are making
Near British Plane.
Anchors have been installed about
$50 feet apart to provide a mooring
for the ship. No construction work
has been necessary, as the airship will
he anchored in the open, removed only
by a little more than it's length from
the comparatively tiny Martinsyde
plane in which the British aviators,
Raynham and Morgan, plan their flight
across the Atlantic.
Whether the big gas bag will be start
ed overseas after the arrival here will
not he decided until she lands. Aboard
the % cruiser Chicago in the harbor as
The base ship for the dirigible expedi-
tion. mechanics have overhauled a spare
motor available for use should either of
the two engines carried by the C-5, go
wrong ana the ueClSlOIl Iildue TO ny
back or proceed.
Weather Service Cooperation.
Cooperation between the weather
service set up by the British air min
istry for the contenders in the $4,000
intercontinental flight and that of the
and dirigible expeditions has become
closer as the time to hop off a pproaches.
Lieut. c. N Keyser is the liaison mete-
orologist and will plan out the weather
mans for such trips as the C-5 may
make from here. Other, members of
the aviation group aboard the Chicago
have been working on charts to lay
out possible courses for the dirigible
between here and England and from
The British flyers, facing the con-
tinued delay because of low pressure
conditions over the Atlantic, are per-
fecting their preparations. Harry G.
Hawker has tested the wireless equip
ment to decide on the desirability of
installing new high-powered transmit
ting set.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Clifford B. Mccoy Dies.

COSHOCTON. Ohio, May 12.-Clifford
B. Mccoy, president of the Ohio Manu-
facturers' Association. vice president
of the National Association of Manu-
facturers and prominent many years
in national and state republican poli-
tics, has died at his home here fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
He was fifty-two years old.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Liberian President Peace Envov

PARIS, May 1.-THE Liberian lega-
tion announces the election of C. =. B.
King president of the republic, who is
now In Paris, as the first Liberian
peace delegate.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
Netherlands Body Backs Women

THE HAGUE. Friday, May s.-The
second chamber of parliament today
adopted the woman suffrage bill by
large majority.
Evening star., 1919-05-12

"to put into the words of learning the
thought of nation. the attitude of a
people toward public affairs" He
continued:
"a great many of my colleagues
in American university life got their
training. even in political science. as
so many men in civil circles did, in
German universities. I have been
obliged at various times to read a
great deal of bad German, difficult
German. awkward German, and
have been aware that the thought
was as awkward as the phrase; that
the thought was rooted in funda-
mental misconception Of the state of
the political life of peoples. And it
has been portion of my effort to
disengage the thought of American
university teachers from the mis-
guided instruction which they had
received On this side of the sea. Their
American spirit anticipates most of
them, as a matter of course, but the
form Of the. thought sometimes mis-
led them. They speak too often of
the state as a thing which would
ignore the individual. as q thing
which was privileged to dominate the
fortune of men by sort of inherent
and sacred authority.
Not Able to Accept View.
Now as a democrat I have never
been able to accept that view of, the
state. My view of. the state is that
1T must stop and listen to what I
have to say. no matter how humble I
am, and that each man has the right
to have his voice heard and his coun-
sci needed. in SO far as it is worthy
of him.
II have always been among those
who believe that the greatest free
dom of speech was the greatest safe
ty,sbecause if man is a fool the
best thing to do is to encourage him
to advertise the fact by speaking. It
cannot be SO easily discovered If you
allow him to remain silent and look
wise. but if you let him speak the
secret is out and the world knows
that he is a fool.
so it is by the exposure of folly
that it is defeated: not by the Sc
clusion of folly, and in this free air
OF free speech men get into that sort
of communication with one another
which constitutes the basis of all
achievement. France, through MANY
v1cissitudes and through many bitter
experiences, found the way, to this
sort of freedom and now she stands
at the front of the world as the
representative of constitutional lib-
erty."
Evening star., 1919-05-12
8-Hour Day on Italian Railways.

ROME. May -, (Havas).-By q
ministerial decree. workers on the
italian railways are granted an eight
hour day with one day or duty
weekly.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
MAY ADD TO LOAD
ON HyDR0A|RPLANE
Additional Man and More
PropeIIers for Each Trans
atlantic Vessel.
FOR REPAIRS IN MIDAIR

TREPAssEY. N. F., May 12.-The
American Navy's hydroairplanes will
set out on their transatlantic fight,
carrying, if possible, crews of six men
instead of five as originally planned,
and with extra propellers aboard.
Commander John H. Towers, chief of
the expedition, announced today in a
statement detailing precautionary
measures adopted to insure as far as
possible completion of the projected
nonstop cruise to the Azores.
The extra men and spare parts, to-
gether with a maximum supply of
petrol, would bring the weight of each
plane to 28,S00 pounds, the commander
said. which might prove more than the
1.600-horsepower engines could lift
from the water. In this event, he
added, the craft after a surface cruise
in the harbor would taxi" back to the
the excess fuel. reducing the weight
to $4,000 pounds, the official full load
The motors of the NC-1 and NC-3
easily carried $4,000 pounds from
Rockaway Point, N. Y, to Halifax, and
thence to this point.
Learned From First Leg.
The proposed enlargement of the
crews and equipment was the re-
suit, commander lOWeTS SLdleO, O1
the experience gained in the fight
from Halifax. when the NC-3. flag
ship of the division, was delayed in
her start and then forced to return
to port after cruising fifty miles be-
cause of propeller trouble.
The American airplane mechanics
worked on the NC-3, tied up to the
tender Aroostook this morning, in a
temperature 2 degrees below freezing.
A thin skim of ice covered the harbor,
but melted as the sun rose toward
the meridian.
One of NC-3's propellers was shifted
and the gasoline tanks were filled. The
NC-1 was refueled and passed inspec-
ton yesterday.
For Repairs in Midair.
The planes were fitted with bats for
the mechanics SO that motor repairs
could be made in midair.
There are many icebergs in the
ocean field Immediately ahead of the
flyers.
On the flight here from Halifax,
Commander Towers said, they were to
numerous that the sea in places looked
from his vantage point like a pasture
dotted with grazing sheep.
Evening star., 1919-05-12
SEEK TO ADJUST
ITALIAN SITUATION
Col. House and Sonnino Con-
fer-Fiume Question Not
Yet Before Council.
ITALY SHOWS DlSCONTENT

BY the Associated Press
PARIS. May 12.-Baron Sonnino. the
Italian foreign minister, held a con-
ference today with Col. e NJ House
of the American peace delegation.
The conferees went over the Italian
situation with a view to reaching a
basis of adjustment before the AUS
trians arrive
The conference took place at
luncheon at which Col. House was the
Italian diplomats guest.
No Action Regarding Fiume.
PARIS. May 1.-THE council of four
of the peace conference has not vet
taken up the question of Fiume for
settlement. according to the HavaS
agency.
The council of foreign ministers has
nearly finished the work of delimitat-
ing the Austro-H Hungarian boundary,
1t IS added. The reports of the various
committees on this problem were
adopted in their entirety.
See Change by Italy.
Italy, according to the Echo de Paris
seems Inclined to cease pressing. for
liie eiLie dt ledSt, ner claim to FIum0
and to demand fulfillment of the
treaty of London. upon which her
Dalmatian claims were originally
based.
In several of the newspapers the
view is taken that it is in order for
France and Italy to conclude a formal
pact or friendship and alliance while
In some quarters regret is expressed
that Italy was not invited to join the
defensive alliance proposed for France.
the United States and Great Britain.
Says President Still Obdurate.
ROME, Sunday, May II (by the Al.
soclated Press).-The discomfort and
irritation of the people are again
growing because of news from Paris
that Italy is not likely to get what
she claims on the eastern shore of the
Adriatic. The Mossaggero says:
president Wilson is obstinately OBJ
durate in his views regarding Fiume,
showing that he has not changed his
mind"
Other reasons for dissatisfaction are
the Anglo Franco American alliance
from which Italy was excluded; the
asserted project that the former Aus
trian merchant marine will be divided
among the allies, although it is held
it belongs entirely to Italian firms:
the clause in the treaty with Germany
saying the three principal powers
were sufficient to ratify the treaty,
thus. it is alleged. again excluding
Italy. and the reported scheme to
place Ethiopia under the protection Of
France. All the newspapers of Rome
1 publish adverse comments on these
subjects.