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Evening star., 1920-03-30
BRADSHAW Faction
TO PICK DELEGATES
Representatives Of G. 0P.
Clubs Meet to Choose Men
to Go to Chicago.

More than hfty delegates and alter
mates from twenty-five republican
clubs of the local Bradshaw faction
of local republicans met at noon to-
day in the @. A. r. hall to select DEL
egates for the republican national
convention.
These delegates were elected. it was
announced, at meetings held at the
republican clubs Of twenty-five dis
tricts of Washington last night.
Aaron Bradshaw called the meeting
response to the call of the republican
national committee the committee will
elect delegates and alternates to rep
| resent the District at the national
convention In Chicago. Following the
| reading Of the official call for local
can national committee the balloting
for delegates was started.
Mr.. Bradshaw and Daniel Murray, col
ored, were selected a. delegates to the
republican national convention shortly
before adjournment. Paymaster A. E.
bury Boyce, colored, were selected as
lalternates.
Delegation Opposed Before.
The Bradshaw faction held a similar
convention in 1916, resulting in the
selection of delegates who contested
the seating of another delegation
| elected in local primaries. The oppos-
ing faction this year is headed by w
T. Galliher. and Edward f. Colladay
1t has been announced that q primary
will be held for the selection Of dele
gates of this faction, at which every
republican in Washington may vote.
Mr.. Colladay is a member OF the re-
publican national committee: ..,
he would enter the primaries as q
candidate for delegate. 1t lis under
stood that he will be opposed by
Frank ]. Hogan.
o. J. Ricketts, Made Chairman.
Oscar J. Ricketts,. former public
printer, was installed as chairman OF
the convention. Representative Rich
ard Yates. former Governor Of Illinois,
attacked the democratic party for its
pre-war and postwar governmental
tactics.
J. W. Mckinley. chairman Of the
committee on resolutions. presented
the following platform. which was
Equal suffrage for women.
mo increase in taxes for the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
I'VE favor the election Of members
of the board of education by the, di-
rect vote of the citizens. and indorse
Senate bill No. 4001. introduced by
Senator Sherman, granting this right
to the people of the District of Co.
lumbia.
For National Representation.
I'VE favor the immediate enact
ment of a law granting to the citi-
zens of the District of Columbia the
right to be represented in the House
of Representatives by a delegate, and
commend Senator Poindexter for his
efforts in this direction. We are op-
posed to holding up this movement,
awaiting the passage of a constitu,
tional amendment seeking full statel
hood rights.
1--WE favor a substantial increase
in the salaries of the teachers and
other public school employees of Wash
ington, as we'll as the prompt con-
struction of an ample number of
school buildings to properly accom-
modate the enrolment of pupils.
1--WE pledge our delegates to the
Chicago convention to work for the
foregoing declaration of principles
and for such other principles as will
promote the Americanization Of the
National Capital"
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LETTERS OF THE CZARINA
TO THE CAR IN WAR Time

with a clearness and fnality that are
We learn that the car was a mere
nonenity: Bang on the table," she
frm." Don't dawdle." Russia loves
to feel the whip" Phrases like these
permeate the letters. How 1 wish I
could pour my will into your veins.''
the czarina writes to her 'agoo-wee-
| one" as she calls her imperial hus-
band. She never tires of telling the
czar that he is the autocrat, the mas
! ter. and that he should act accord
ingly.
There Is nothing more amazing In
this series of letters than the COM
plete sway over governmental affairs
exercised by the empress at the in
stigation Of Rasputin. Ministers. like
SO many puppets. appear and disap-
pear with startling rapidity in the
panorama here unfolded.
The Rule OF the Czarina.
Gradually the empress concentrated
all power in her hands. In 1914 and
largely in 1915 she is still absorbed in
her hospital work and indulges in
politics only occasionally. But as time
goes on we see all thr eads running into
the palace at Tsarskoe Selo, where
the czarina received the ministers.
read their reports and acted upon
them and where she wrote these
startling letters. for the part played
by these communications ina the his
tory OF Russia was enormous. Through
them ministers were appointed and
discharged. generals promoted and dis
missed. orders affecting the whole
structure Of Russian life issued and
Cancelled.
The czarina ruled the car through
these letters. The two passed very
little time together during the war.
Nicholas was at the front. at main
army headquarters. 1t is there that
she addressed to him most of the cor
respondence. Necessarily, since she
welded such tremendous power. these
letters become important state papers.
To be sure. they are not written in
the traditional form Of state papers.
blunt, sometimes a little too blunt.
For instance. when she says that "the
ministers are rotten-they need your
iron will, which you will show, won't
you?"
The letters do not prove that the
with Germany. On the whole. she can
not be called the pro-German plotter
and conspirator she Is said to have
been.
When Rasputin Was Slain.
The letters Of the cbarina begin
with an exquisite love missive written
from peaceful Crimea in the spring of
1914, three months before the war
broke out. They end on December 80.
1916. the day following Rasputin's
murder at the house Of Prince Yusu-
pow. with the poignant cry:
II cannot and won't believe he has
been killd! God have mercy"
The csarina was prostrated by the
event. The czar hurried to her bed
side from the front. to lose his throne
and liberty several weeks later at the
hands of his people brought to the
point Of rebellion by the misery tyr
amy and corruption of govern
ment run by a crafty peasant monk
and a naive but domineering woman
who was unfortunate enough to be-
como tho wife of the weakling czar
Of all the Russias.
Copyright, 1920, by the Chicago Daily News
Company. All rights reserved in Gfeat Britain.
Scandinavia, France. Italy. Spain. South Amer
lea and all other countries.)
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BY ISAAC DON LEVINE.
First Article-What the Letters
Show.

BY ISAAC DON LEVINE.
First Article-What the Letters
Show.
/ A large black case bearing the
number Is and the engraved initials
IN. A." was found among the per
sonal effects Of the, Romanoffs after
the czar, the czarina and their five
children had been assassinated ir
Ekaterinburg July 49,. 1918. In the
black case. which belonged to Nicho-
las Alexandrovitch. the car. there
were seventy-three letters from the
German kaiser and 402 letters from
the czarina-
The original letters are now kept In
Moscow. I examined them during my
stay in soviet Russia in October. 1919
and caused copies Of them to be made
The letters from the czarina. written
In the years 1914. 1915 and 1916. Inn
pressed me as the most amaztng hu-
man documents in modern history
In comparison with these letters the
the car, remarkable as they were
seemed Of secondary Importance.
The czarina's correspondence com
bines every element that enters into
the drama Of life. Here is revealed
the mind Of the last real empress on
row. jealous. religious to the point
Of fanaticism. the most misguided
woman in the world. who dominated
her imperial husband. ruling him and
his government at the behest OF an
ignorant but crafty peasant monk.
The evil genius Of Russia. the czar-
ina, sincerely believed everything she
did was for the good of Russia the
czarina, more than any other person.
was responsible for the downfall OF
the Romanoff dynasty. This is clearly
shown by her letters to her HUSBAND
Yet in all this voluminous correspond
ence there is not one hint that her
relations with Rasputin were other
than those Of a disciple to an apostle
The Three Outstanding Figures.
TO the czarina the uncouth monk
was the Friend" She never Calls nlm
TO her he is either Friend" or Greg
ory." She is furious whenever any
hodv refers to him as Rasputtn. He Is
"a man Of God" and she repeatedly
speaks of him by this term TO the
c1ar.
in this extraordinary drama-the
csarina, Rasputin and Ania Virubova.
The czarina was. however. clay In the
crafty hands of Virubova and Raspu-
tin. Virubova-or "Ania. a. ehe 10
familiarly called by the czarina-is
the young woman who INTRODUCED the
a Russian functionary. Taneiev. she
had been befriended by the empress
some years previous In time the en-
press became her slave and the en-
psror her lover.
The letters fortunately were VIII
ten in English. the language OF the
Russian imperial family.
Orders to the Weakling Gar.
But there is in these letters the COM
plete unwilling of that heretofore
mysterious background where the no.
torious dark forces'' operated. For
the flrst time in history mighty
court. with all Its sinister lntrigues.
ness before the world. For the hrst
time a hundred pushing questions OF
great historic moment are answered
Evening star., 1920-03-30
SUGGESTS AIR SQUADRONS
TO FIND STORMS NESTS
Prof. Todd Believes Cyclones Could
Be Prevented by chipping
Them in the Bud"

PHILADELPHIA. March 3o-Dimi.
mutton Of damage caused by violent
windstorms. through the agency Of
air squadrons properly equipped to
find the nests" in which such ele-
ments are born" Is declared a pos
sibiiity by Prof. Todd. conservatory
director at Amherst College.
He said that such squadrons, noting
direction and velocity of the storm,
might be able to discover how cy-
clones and typhoons are formed, and,
aside from warning people in their
paths. might nip them in the bud"
before they were well under way.
The daring airmen of today" Prof
Todd declared. may be able to apply
the necessary human means to appre-
hend tornadoes or cyclones in their
infancy. and SO shatter and scatter
their embryonic energy that they will
be dreaded no more. Who knows but
a cyclone that devastates portions of
Illinois and Indiana may be born
when an innocent zephyr struck a
cliff in Arizona or New Mexico and
was sent spinning on its way, gaining
momentum and size at every mile?'
Evening star., 1920-03-30
MAJORITY WOULD Z
EXPEL SOCIALISTS
IN N. Y. ASSEMBLY
CONTINUED from First PaRe.)

dering end obstructing the government
of the United States. and the dues
paying members of this group, includ-
ing the Ave assemblymen, by their
membership. activities and contribu-
tions of funds were and are,
disloyal to this government.
THE socialist party of America, as
now constituted, with its present pro-
gram, is not a loyal American organiza-
tor or political party disgraced occa-
sionally by the traitorous act or decla-
ration of member, but is a disloyal
organization composed exclusively of
perpetual traitors. Therefore the act
of member of that party in subscrib-
ing to the constitutional oath of office
to support the Constitution of the
United States and the constitution of
the state of New York should be ut
terly diSregarded as patiently sham
and mere cloak Tor treachery."
Two Republicans Dissent.
Two republicans of the committee,
William w. Pellet of New York and
Theodore Stitt of Brooklyn. signed a
report expressing the belief that the
socialists were entitled to retain their
seats. They maintain that no evil
dence was produced to show that the
attitude OF the socialists during the
war was not other than negative
Withholding aid and comfort to their
government. rather than a positive
one of giving aid and comfort to the
nations enemies.
TO exclude a duly elected member
because OF his membership in a par
ticular political party or because Of
his political or economic views. they
say. not only would be contrary to
the spirit of the Constitution. but
would be a most dangerous attack
upon the right of representative gov
ernment and free political action"
None OF the assemblymen. they say,
was charged with breach of the Grim
inal anarchy statutes of the state or
the espionage act. and it may be
safely assumed that their speeches
were not considered by the authori-
ties charged with enforcing those
laws as violation thereof.
Views Of Democrats.
Two democratic members of the
committee. Maurice Bloch and VIII
liam IS. Evans of New York. hold
that members Of the assembly cannot
unseat the five socialists without vio-
lating their own oaths Of office.
Evans contends that under the con-
stftution of the state the assembly
lis forbidden from imposing. upon
any member any test Of loyalty and
cannot exclude any of these FIVE So
cialist assemb1ymen because they
are disloyal or believe that force
and violence are necessary in estab-
fishing a socialist state"
Radical minorities." says Evans
report. must not be driven from the
legislature. 1T Is better to have
them in the legislature than in secret
meetings in cellars"
Liberty involves the right to think
wrong" says Assemblyman Bloch in
his report. LAS experienced and prac-
tical men of affairs political, the
members Of the assembly know that
they cannot be held personally re-
sponsible for every declaration made
in any party platform"
Evening star., 1920-03-30
th.. could be used against her in

that could be used against her IN
Il told Mr.. Thurston at the time I
gave him q COPY Of the memorandum
tressinE case. told him had talked
It over with my colleagues at the de.
partment, and they had agreed that
in her present status Miss Hunter Was
not likely to do any harm as teachS
or. There was no evidence regard.
might have been brought aRainst her.
womsn Vol Of hir type n tie schools.
There was nothing said to the su-
perintendent at thst time abcrt any
PENDING trial. 80 far as can recall.
I lsssumed that he would bring the
:natttr at oece to the attention OF MI.
Bruce. but that official never saw the
memorandum until several months
later"
CeulA Have Suspended Her.
Questioned by Senator Harrison as
to what action he thought the super
intendent should have taken. DR..
Learned said he understood that the
superintendent could have suspended
her.
DR.. Learned said. in answer to fur
ther questions, that he was familiar
with all the angles Of the Moens case.
and that there had never been any
evidence that pupils or former pupils
Of the District :cn1S,s %hsd naS Sv 0es1 Mosn: %
though improper pictures had been
found in his possession. He also said
that the Department Of Justice never
had been able to show that Moens
had received German money. or had
been . part Of the German spy sys-
tenn.
I'VE would have been very glad to
have gotten him on that charge II
we could have done So" said the
witness.
When adjournment was taken until
10 O'clock tomorrow Senator Harrison
assured DR.. Learned that the COM
mittee would be through with him
In time for him to start back to Call
fornia next Thursday night.
Evening star., 1920-03-30
THREE SLEEPING DISEASE
CASES REPORTED TODAY

Three additional cases of sleeping
sickness were reported to the health
department today. One of them. how
ever. was q patient in nearby Mary
land.
These reports are being sent in vol
UNFAIRLY by the physicians at the re-
quest OF the health officer, who wishes
TO keep informed as to the extent Of
this illness in the District.
Evening star., 1920-03-30
U. S. BUILDING EQUIPMENT
FOR STORM SWEPT AREA

Surplus building equipment and sup
plies held by the War Department have
been offered to cities devastated by re-
cent storms.
E c. Morse. director of sales, tele-
graphed mayors and postmasters of
more than score of municipalities.
suggesting that it was to the mutual
advantage of the government and the
stricken industries of those places to get
into direct communication concerning
the reconstruction which they will have
to do.
Reasonable prices and emergency con-
sideration of such orders were promised.
Evening star., 1920-03-30
ALFRED B. BEERS, ONCE
G. A. R.LEADER, DEAD

BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,. March 30.-A-
fred il. Beers. commander-in-chief Of
the G. A. r. Of the United States In
1912-T3. died at his home here today.
He was seventy-five years old.
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|DR. H. B. LEARNED
HEARD AS WITNESS
AT SCHOOL INQUIRY

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the schools.
ut was not unusual for some of us
to say, What is the gist Of thisr after
reading such q report from the SUPER
facts succintly," said the witness. Hi.
for one. felt that our time was being
wasted by these literary efforts Of the
superintendent. 1t was rather his Gus
tom when asked the simplest question
to say. 4 will take it under. advise
ment.' and to later file complicated
SPIEL II may use that expression"
In 1918. said DR.. Learned. Mr.. Thurs
ton and his assistants worked laborious-
Iy in drawing UP a system Of regula-
tions for the high schools. which the
board ordered printed. Continuing tho
witness said:
I'm the autumn Of that year I made
some inquiry as to whether the rules
had been put into print. and was told
they had not been. This was brought
up before the board at its next meet
ing. and the superintendent acknowl-
edged the rules had not been printed.
saying there was some doubt in the
minds Of tho school principals az to
whether they should be printed in the
form prepared. I have never seen Mr..
Hamilton. then head OF the board. lose
his temper. but he expressed some i'm
patience over the delay. and the rules
were printed late in October or early
In November. I have never heard an
adequate explanation Of the delay
Goes to Next Case.
Going next to the case Of Charlotte
Hunter and Moens. DIR. Learned said
he first saw Moens when the latter was
a guest at the Cosmos Club. He said
their acquaintance was slight, and that
on going to the Department Of Justice
he found there file of the activities
Of Moenu. and that he had kept track
of further information obtained regard.
ing him.
At the instance Of the department
said the witness. he prepared q lone
memorandum covering the entire his.
tory of Moens in this country and OBJ.
tanned permission to have copies made
Of about thirty pages Of that memo.
randum which related to the schoo
situation. He said the evidence
showed Miss Hunter and Moens to be
more or less intimate. but nothing
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

adjourn for the summer after its meet
ing next week
The matter of increased salaries was
not on the calendar at the meeting,
because the Board of Estimate has not
vet referred ii to the Aldermen. 1t was
the subject of general discussion, how
ever. 1t is necessary for the alder
manic board to authorize issuance of
the bonds. The board also has to fix
the different grades to conform with
the salary increases. The increases
were promised the city employees by
August /, and every effort will be made
to dispose of the matter by that time.
The resolution fixing the different
grades of employees will be referred
TO the Committee on Salary and Grades,
CT which Alderman James r. Ferguson,
of the Bronx, is chairman. If the
resolutions are introduced next week,
the reports may be ready by July l3.
If there is fight on the plan of the
distribution the report may be held up
indefinitely.
/: cakes ffty-hve votes to pass a
resolution for special revenue bonds.
The Democrats have forty-one votes,
and the four Socialists probably will
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

dolls, who fed with Grover when he
escaped from the Bergdoll castle" on
May p; Harry Schuh, who is now
charged with being Erwin's companion
IN flight, and the two draft dodgers
themselves. The first four are those
who were admitted to bail tonight.
~ D. Clarence Gibboney, council for the
bergdolls, who obtained Growers re-
lease from Fort Jay for the pot of
gold pilgrimage, was not indicted. but
ne was censured for his connection with
the case, as were Samuel T. Ansell and
Edward s. Bailey, Washington counsel
tor tor the Bergdolls, and Major John E.
hunt commandant of the disciplinary
barracks at Fort Jay, from which Gro
YER Bergdoll was released to 20 to
of gold" p0'
The jury further concurred with Colo
rei nnnrar I: 9; Donaldson, who investigated
Erover Er bergdolls escape for the War
Department, in his recommendation
that Major Hunt, together with Ser
geants Calvin York and John O'Hare
Growers guard on the pot of gold
trip, be tried by general court martial
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
penaed ON the request Of Deputy At

pnnaed, on the request Of Deputy At
torney General Rand.
viii he insist on subpoena here
alter" Mr.. Mooney was asked.
~ don't think there'll be any here
after" he laughed.
1t was learned that after the court
room had been cleared Foreman Al
mirall repeated to Justice Weeks the
questions that had been put to Mayor
Hylan. The Mayor reiterated his re-
fusal to reply to them unless directe d
to do SO by the court. He said he was
acting on the advice of counsel.
Justice Weeks remarked that the
questions were not such as would re-
quire a witness to be instructed to
answer. The Mayor responded that he
would, nevertheless, refuse to answer
Unless he were so directed Then the
court ordered him to answer and he
did.
What the questions were could not.
Of course, be discovered.
Messrs. Hyian, O'Brien and Mooney
left the building and the grand jury
resumed its sessions unstairs, adjourn
ing for the day after about quarter
of an hour.
Every effort will be made, it was an
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Girl Driver Whose Car
Killed Two Men Is Freed
Washington Heights Magistrate
Holds Miss Epman Was Not
to Blame in Accident

Miriam Epman, twenty years old, of
656 West 162d Street, driver of an auto
mobile which took to the sidewalk at
Broadway and 151st Street, June 6, and
killed two men. was discharged yester-
day in Washington Heights police
court. The charge against her was
homicide. 1t was dismissed without
calling upon Miss Epman to testify.
Magistrate Douras heard the testi
mony of half a dozen persons who
had seen the accident and then granted
the motion made by Miss Epman's at
torney for the dismissal of the case.
Patrolman John Reardon, the Police
Departments automobile expert, test-
fed that the mechanism of the car was
in perfect condition but that tho acci
dent occurred through no culpable
negligence on the part Of Miss Epman.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

vote with the Democrats. Eighteen
Republicans will have to be relied upon
to pass the bond issue. F. H. La Guar
dia, Republican President of the Board,
is opposed to the 20 per cent fiat pay
increase, approved by Comptroller
Craig and other members of the Fin
ance Committee.
Party lines were forgotten in the
board when a vote was taken on the
resolution for the appropriation OF
s500,000 for an emergency Aeet OF
trolley cars, which the city intends to
use on the Staten Island surface lines,
whose franchises were recently for
feited. President La Guardia, voting
with the Democrats, denounced the
traction interests, declaring the cues
tion was not one Of municipal owner
ship OF transit lines. but traction own
ership of the municipality. Several
of the Republican and Socialist alder
men attacked the resolution, and when
the votes were counted there were four
lacking of the necessary fifty-fve. On
motion of Alderman Collins, the reso-
luton was placed on next weeks CAL
endar for reconstruction.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Almirall Jury
Forces Replies
From Hylan
Continued from paoc cne)

out of the court room. He was smiling
broadly. He shrugged his shoulders
when asked if he had anything to say
about the proceeding. He drew Mr.
O'Brien and Mr.. Mooney into a corner,
conversed with them for moment and
then told reporters that his counsel
would do all the talking for him. Mr..
Mooney said the Mayor approved of
what he had previously stated as his
position in the controversy. He added
that Mr.. Hylan had appeared before
grand jury without having been sub.