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them 1 was advised that the pack
ers would send representative 10
speak for all of them from that point
of view without regard to the merits OF
the case"
Mr. Durham visit followed, Mr.. Pal
mer said. and from that meeting the
plan of settlement resulted.
Question of More Legislation.
At the outset of the hearing there
was "A long discussion as to how the
committee should proceed. Mr.. Palmer
suggested that the agreement with the
packers and a long statement concern
ing it, recently issued by him, be read
Senator McNarN, republican, Ore
Eon. suggested that 1T was simply
question whether. in view of the
terms of the settlement, further leg
islation dealing with the packers was
necessary.
Senator France. republican,. Mary
land. wanted to know if the agree
ment was designed to put an end to
long-standing violation. or If it meant
there was no violation, declaring that
in his opinion the entire plan of set
tlement was improper
Mr. Palmer said A great volume az
matter relating to the packers was on
file al the Department of Justice when
he took office last March, and that
he assigned three lawyers TO max"
an independent investigation.
After studying their report. he
said, II concluded the department
would be justified in bringing action.
Criminal or Civil Action.
"I was facing the question whether
it should be on the criminal or clNll
side The Sherman antitrust law
had been on the books thirty years
and there was no record of anybody
ever being sent to Jail under II"
Mr.. Palmer declared the thought
uppermost in his mind was that there
should be a settlement which would
benefit the people.
TT seemed proper to me-" he said.
"to require in the circumstances tina
certain things be done and that II
we could get them done it would mean
more for the public than if I blazed
away in adverse proceedings in civi!
or criminal courts.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
CRlTICISES PRESIDENTS
STAND ON CUBAN SUGAR

Following the receipt of cable
gram from Rafael Montoro. secretary
TO the President of Cuba, urging that
the United States purchase the re-
mainder of the Cuban sugar crop. est-
mated at 2250,000 tons, Senator Me
Nary of oregon issued statement
criticiSing the action of President
Wilson in Withholding from the sugar
equalization board the authority to
purchase the cuban crop. He said:
The Presidents decision. he said,
"to withhold from the sugar equaliza-
ton board the authority to acquire
the Cuban sugar crop for 1920 comes
as a distinct disappointment to those
who were active in legis siation de-
signed to he corrective of the present
unfortunate sugar situation which
was brought about by the refusal of
President Wilson to purchase raw
sugar last summer when urged to do
so by the sugar equalization board.
Il think great blunder has al
ready been committed by not entering
this market in the summer or fall of
last year. and now again to hesit at q
will result in still further conscience
less profiteering by the spectators at
the expense of the American people.
who have already paid toll of sew
eral hundred millions of dollars on ac-
count of the Presidents mistake"
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Mr.. LANSING PROPOSES
RD|PL0MAT PAY
Recommends $35, 900 Minimum for
Ambassadors and $4,000
for Ministers.

Minimum salaries of $4,000 for
ambassadors and $4,000 for minis
terS, with rnment-owned embassy
buildings and allowances for upkeeP.
were recommended to the House for
eisn affairs committee today by Sec
retary Lansing. The committee is
holdlng hearings on the annual dip
lomatic and consular service appro-
priation bill
Am bassadors now receive S17,500
and ministers S12.5O0.
Only rich men can represent this
country abroad said Representative
Begg, republican, Ohio
Always Exceed Allowances.
That is true" replied Secretary
Lansing. Am bassadors always eX-
ceed their allowances. Some spend
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually. To
limit to men of wealth the ambassa-
dorships is one of the most undemo-
cratic things this government does
The State Department must be reor-
ganization of the State Department. Mr.
Lansing said this had been abandoned
until the peace treaty was disposed OF
by the Senate.
''The State Department must be reor-
ganiZed on a better business basis" he
said. IF the treaty is approved it will
impose greater burdens on the State De
partment. Twenty-three commissions
VIII De appointed. 1t may be necessary
to establish a separate bureau to direct
them.
L. s. Interests Abroad
1.-The reorganization of the diplomatic
and consular service is demanded by the
American public. Adequate compen-
sation is essential to the enlargement
OF the service. America has ten times
more interest money in Europe than
ever before. American tonnage in for
eign waters has increased 357 per cen,
since the beginning of the war;
Reductions of the American embas.
sizes in Austria, Hungary and Turkey
to legations is being considered by the
department, Mr.. Lansing said The en-
bassy in Germany, however, will be
continued.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
RUSH TO JOIN CHORUS
AT "WET" SWAN SONG

NEW YORK, January The
celebration of prohibition eve on
January Is promises to surpass any
New Year eve event in the history
of New York. judging by the rush
of applications for reserved ia
bles at hotels Managers of the
Waldorf-Astoria, Claridge, the Nc
Alpin and other hotels announced
today that patrons who wished to
be present when John Barleycorn'
official swan song" is sung. have
declared that they intend to cele-
brate his wake" in the manner
that has come into vogue since
the advent of wartime prohibition.
The patrons will carry to the Ia
bles their own wines and other
alcoholic liquors and celebrate In
public for the last time 'the pass
ing of the old, the coming of the
new"
Evening star., 1920-01-07
CITIZENS ARE CALLED
TO DISCUSS VAN SCHAlCK
Federation Will Hold Special
Meeting at District Build
ing FRIDAY

The Federation of Citizens Associa =
tons will hold a special meeting in
the boardroom of the District build
ing Friday night to discuss the NOM
ination of DIR. John Van Schaick, jr.,
to be District Commissioner.
The printed announcement of the
meeting states that it was called at
the request of the Renning Citizens
Association to consider its resolution
of protest against DR.. Van Schaick' S
appointment.
The federation also has before it
a resolution from the Mid-City Citi-
zens' Association indorsing tho nomi-
nation.
Both resolutions have been referred
to the committee on civic develop
ment and federal relations. and it is
expected the committee will make a
report at the meeting. The notice
of the meeting sent to the delegates
TO the federation by w. b. Westlake,
president, reads, in part:
THE matter is of such Importance
that "A full and free discussion should
he had and | urge that you he pres
ent and assist in reaching proper
conclusion in harmony with the pur-
pose of the federation to deal with
every question coming before it in
q frank and fair manner"
1t is expected that there will be a
lively debate with claims both for
and against DIR. Van Schaick.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
NAMED FOR COMMISSION
ON REORGANIZATION
Henry Breckenridge of Augustus
P. Gardner Post to Represent
the D. c. Legion.

Henry Breckenridge, a member of
Augustus p. Gardner Post, No. IS. of
the American Legion, has been named
as member of the Americanization
committee of the national organization
and Americanization officer of the
legion for the District of Columbia
department.
In this work Mr.. Breckenridge will
be one of the national Americanism
commission" created by the legion at
it's first regular convention in Minne-
apolis last November.
1t was decided to create such a
commission Ito endeavor to realize in
the United States the basic ideal of
the American Legion of 100 per cent
Americanism, through the planning,
establishment and conduct of a con-
tinuous constructive educational sys-
tenn designed to combat all anti
American tendencies, activities and
propaganda"
Arthur Woods, formerly head of the
New York police department, has been
chosen by National Commander
Franklin D'Olier as head of the COM
mission, and its first meeing will be
held in New York January 19. The
commission expects to give much at
tention to the education of immi-
grants and alien residents of the
United States. and will foster the
teaching of American principles and
ideals in public schools.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
TREATY WATSON
IMPORTANT" WORD
Senators Delay Action Until
Presidents Message to
Diners Is Revealed.

Not until the democrats of the SEN
ate hear the important message
which, it is announced. President Will
son will send to the party chiefs as
sembled at the Jackson day banquet
tomorrow night. are any further de-
velopments in the peace treaty situa-
ton expected at the Capitol.
While the subject matter of the
Presidents message has not been dis
closed. it is confidently expected in
some quarters that the President will
discuss the peace treaty and the
course which the democratic party
should adopt regarding it. Others
think that the President will officially
announce that he is not to be a can
didate for reelection.
If the Pesident says Thumbs down"
to ratification of the treaty with res
ervations. and undertakes to force the
Senate to accept the treaty without
reservations some of his party as
sociates will be in considerable of
a stew. They believe it will weaken
the party in the coming campaign.
If the President announces that he
will not again be a candidate for the
presidency. it might have considerable
effect on the treaty situation. 1t was
said today His influence with dem
ocratic senators might begin to
wane, and they might more readily
agree to a compromise. For this
reason it was predicted by some that
the President would make no sucn
announcement.
Underwood Delays Motion.
Senator Underwood of Alabama, in
a brief statement in the Senate today.
announced that he would not at this
time press for action on his resolu-
tion for the appointment of a concilia-
ton committee of senators to frame a
compromise on the treaty. He said
that efforts are being made at present
by the senators to get an agreement,
and that he did not desire to throw a
monkey-wrench into these proceed
ings. He added. however, that he has
not abandoned his resolution, and that
if no solution is found for the treaty
deadlock In the next few days he will
call up his resolution and seek to
have it adopted.
A telegram from Mayor William
Hale Thompson of Chicago, received
by the Vice President and members
of the Senate today, urged that the
treaty be not ratified either with or
of Senator Walsh of Montana, demo-
crat, the telegram was read to the
Senate.
Called "Hellish- Scheme.
Mayor Thompson declared that the
proposed league of nations would re-
suit in the United States abandoning
it's old policy of avoiding entangling
foreign relations. He characterized
it as "a hellish scheme to deprive us of
our independence" In conclusion he
asked that the people be given an
opportunity to vote on the question
of ratifying the treaty, claiming it
was their right to do so.
Numerous informal conferences
among the senators were continued
today, Notwithstanding the fact that
nothing is likely to be done until after
the President is heard from.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
RATIFY SUFFRAGE IN KY.
Statewide Referendum Proposition
Killed in Senate,

fication Of the federal suffrage amend
ment was completed by the Kentucky
legislature late yesterday afternoon. The
house of representatives voted ~ to %
and the senate 80 to to ratify the
amendment.
There was little debate in the lower
house, but action in the senate was not
taken until an amendment which would
ha'> submitted the question of ratifica-
to- to a statewide referendum was re-
iected by a vote of % to Is.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
SUCCESSOR TO WATSON
TO BE NAMED APRIL II

RICHMOND. Va, January (Spe-
cial) 1.-The governor has changed the
date for the special election of a
representative in Congress in the
fourth district, to succeed the late
Walter A. Watson, to April 81. The
date first chosen was March 9. 1t is
stated that the change is made to
allow the party authorities to arrange
for a primary to make a nomination,
if there shall be more than one can
didate.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
ORGANIZATIONS ENROLL
FOR ORPHANS RELIEF
Movement Started to Aid Those in
Armenia and Syria Will Be
Pushed Here.

Movement for the enroIlment n,
clubs, churches. Sunday schools and
schools Tor the assistance of Armenian
and Syrian orphans is gaining i'm.
petus, according to an announcement
today by the American Godmothers
League.
According to statement issued nv
Miss Minna f. c. Stevens, women's or.
sanizations of Connecticut have
pledsed themselves to support ter
cure action in this city has result ed
IN the present appeal, it was declar red
job Not Yet Finished.
america started mothering the
world when Belgian and French ba
bies called for help. want ever,
woman's club to adopt one or more
children in the Bible country now
because our mothering job is not fin
ished while $4,000 children cry to MS
Mhoml We could not reach during the
/ war. the statement declared
America can never desert a Chris
tlan or Jewish race doomed to deatf
/ n she does not intercede. Mrs. Wood
row Wilson has provided for full
maintenance and education of an or.
phan IN homes being established b.
the National Near East Relief"
! Contributors to Relief.
| Others who have followed Mrs. Will
son lead IN W ashington are: Mrs
| Thomas X. Marshall, Mrs Josephu.
Daniels. Mrs. Cary T. Grayson. Mrs
| Duncan c. Phillips. Mrs Theodore w
Noyes, Mrs. Walter |. Mccoy. Mrs
Cabot Stevens. Mrs. William II. Bald
win, Mrs. Adds b. Browne, Mrs. G. F,
| Columbus, Mrs. George II. Myers. Mrs
Harriet S. Turner, Mrs. Harvey w
Wiley. Mrs II. Mel. Gift. Mrs. Carl A
! Droop, Mrs. William T.. Clark, Mrs. O
r, French, Mrs George T. Price. Mrs
II. w. Fitch, Mrs. Mccarthy Hanger
| Mrs. Alfred f. Isaacs Mrs. l.. w
Johnson. Mrs. William A. DeCaindry
Mrs. Ellen w. Warder, Mrs. Mary 4
| Sharpe. Mrs. w. A. Croffut, Mrs
Charles Lands Wheeler. Mrs Eta 7
| Taylor. Misses Ellen A. Vinton. Doro
| thy Jacques. Louise Middleton. Mar,
| G. Carr, Evelina Crosier, Lucy Nj
Graves, Myra NJ. Laverty. Agnes 1
Minick. Edith c. Straus, Helen Nico
| lay, Mary Owens and Lucretia X
Baldwin fund. These have adopte,
one or more orphans by their gifts
| and some of the men who followe,
suit were: ]. A. Whitfield, Whitman
| Cross, J. w. Gregg, DR.. H. w. WileA
| Rev. George w. Atkinson, jr.; s. Hod
dod. r. G. Hardwerk. 0. d. Holmes
David White, william II. Baldwin
J f. p. Adams. S. T. Cameron, c. T
Healey. c. w. Skinner. w. D. Porter
Hugh Reilly, DIR. w. l.. Rust, Jane
Sharp, J. Mcbride Sterrett, F. c. Por
ter. f. NJ. Talbot Rev. Father +. X
Bischoff of the Church of the Nativity
Mrs. Charles J. Bell and Mrs. Merrill
| f. Gates.
Evening star., 1920-01-07

ment and a more efficient adJus.in,at,, J.i,',na
all round. We accept WIN I,. - -;
your statement that this is already IN
-.i,,d.d in ohicct one, and also the prir-
ciDla of the same salary for grace anu
high school teachers possessing the same
qualifications ,1 1o
NO board of education would DE
fit to hold office an hour II II per mn M
ted a difference of opinion on lesser
matters of reorganization TO eludiiS''
the success of this great program
The board is on record as iaNo'
ing these other things;
I. Lengthening of the course OF
the normal schools
- More assistant superintendents
- Substitution of group PrihciPais 10
for supervising principals.
Il 4 personnel committee suo)ect
10 the superintendent to study srleN-
:nces and keep up morale
70. \ permanent board of eSamln-
ers free from other duties
20 Substitution OF head teachers
for heads of departments.
View. of Superintendent.
All these things and other minor
changes were included III the briei
10 the Joint commission on reclassi-
'.fication submitted at its request In
preparing that brief the board had
the help of the superintendent OF
schools who indorsed every change
suggested except three-the union OF
the offices of director of primary and
director of kindergarten work; the
substitution of head teachers ior
heads of departments. and the substi-
tuition of group principals for super
, Vising Observation-Disclosures he was IN
favor of certain group principals ana
larger divisions.
This board proposes now. as 1t has
always proposed. to put first things
first. Where matters of reorganlZa-
tion will help accomplish the five OBJ
jects they will be pushed.
Where they will endanger the f1ve
objects. they will be delayed.
Where they need to be changed
they will be changed.
THE board has no pride of opinion
to safeguard.
The task before us calls for mod
: esty as well as courage. The great
| need of all of us is intelligence. un-
selfshness and cooperation.
Purposes of Survey.
The board finally calls the atten-
ton of the committee to the misun-
Outstanding of the purposes of the
survey of the United States bureau of
education. begun some weeks ago.
The object is to get the advice of
educational leaders who live in our
community. While other cities pay
for this service, this community gets
it without cost Neither the board
nor the community is bound by any
findings. The bureau does not ap-
proach it's work in destructive
spirit. nor does the board, concerned
as it is with the honor and good name
Of the schools, fear the result.
ITO stop the survey now because of
misunderstanding would create a
false impression and might prove dis
aStrous to the success of our pro-
gram. The board asks the help of the
committee in making it's position un-
derstood by the community.
IF in principles we are in cordial
agreement, in details open minded,
and in all things actuated by the
single purpose to serve the children
and SO serve the nation, we cannot
fail to work as one man, and thus get
what we seek"
Evening star., 1920-01-07
THEATER De LUXE TO GO
UP ON FIFTH AVENUE

NEW YORK. January Fifth ave-
nue.. New York's historic thorough
fare, will he graced by S7.500.00
theater and Office building at 57th
street. according to plans made pub
lie today. The new building will be
eleven stories in height with a tower
in the center rising an additional
nineteen stories.
The theater will be small, seating
about 500 persons, and it is pro-
posed to use it for elaborate produc-
tions, with tickets at high prices
The building will occupy the site of
the residence of the late William
c. Whitney, former Secretary of the
Navy.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
SUNSHINE MARY"
LEAVES PAPER lob
Cold Weather Forces Her to
Retire From Post at
18th and G Streets.

Sunshine Mary" newswoman. and
known to hundreds for the past ten
years at 18TH and G streets, has re-
tired from business. The severe cold
weather has banished her cheerful
smile and warm greeting from her
hundreds of daily customers.
During the past decade she missed
not one day, until last winter when
the weather began to tell upon her.
self from the corner for half a dozen
days.
In 1910 her husband was stricken
with paralysis. She assumed the
burden of supporting her daughter
and husband, and placed herself at
the corner with papers and peri
odicals. A year later. when she was
supporting the family, her husband
died.
Daughter Broke Down.
With only one person to care for
then, and with her daughter ready
down under the strain anu upon the
mother was thrown the additional
responsibility of providing for the
daughter. In 1917 the daughter re-
covered and started to work.
Wartime high prices and general
pressure of affairs demanded that she
continue her street sales. The year
of 1920 broke upon the hardy wom-
an facing icy blasts at her old stand,
after subscribing to five liberty
so that she decided to discontinue
newspaper selling in Washington
and take western trip.
She asked The Star today to an
nounce to her customers that she was
leaving. She wanted to say good bye
to all her friends, she declared, and
to tell them where she was going.
With warm woolen muff1er over
her ears and bright eyes dancing from
her smiling face, she said:
I'm going and I'm sorry. I can't
stand it. The weather is SO cold and
the mpetition-although it is the
| life of trade-is getting worse.
Will Work Way West.
80. I'm going to work my way
west. I'll go from here to Brooklyn,
N Y, and sell papers there until
have enough saved to go to another
city. / am going to work from city
| to city until l reach Kansas City or
| St Louis, and then I am going to work
my way back to dear old Washington.
MY daughter is now working and
can provide for herself. I can stand
! on my own feet. l can still work and
| make my living. And I'm going to
! keep on doing SO.
Il want to ten my friends and those
| that helped me. that my smile is not
| happy when / say goodbye. I'm sorry
| to go. People have been SO very kind
| to me- and it's such wonderful work
! that | believe if we look for it we can
! see some of heaven on this earth. It's
| in peoples hearts. Goodbye and good
| luck"
| During the past ten years she has
sold more than 500 papers a day on
| an average. The total reaches ap-
proximately 100000 papers.
! Eighty closely packed papers placed
| fat on the ground. reach a height OF
| one foot The papers sold by Sun
shine Mary" in the last ten years
would reach a height of 100000 feet
! The Washington Monument towers to
| hut little more than 500 feet.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
WOULD DEAL WITH
FORCE ADVOCATES
Senator Sterling Urges Ade-
quate Laws to Handle
Foes of Government:

The need of adequate laws to deal
with persons advocating the over
throw of government by force or vio
lence was urged today by Senator
Sterling, republican. South Dakota.
during consideration of the sedition
bill in the Senate.
There is an urgent demand for
legislation of this character at this
time Senator Sterling declared. The
public is familiar with disclosures in
Department of Justice Investigations
and the fact that in many of the
larger cities there were found organ
izations and individuals advocating.
in one way or another, the Overthrow
of government"
The bill Senator Sterling declared
did not prohibit discussion as to forms
of government pointing out that a
man could advocate a soviet govern
ment without violating its provisions.
Force and violence runs through
every line" the senator added. and
that element must be necessary ="
make a person amenable to it.
Debate Giving of Power.
An inquiry by Senator Gronna, re
publican, North Dakota, as 10 the WIS
dom of giving one man the power to
say whether a book or newspaper
violated the sedition act provoked a
general discussion. Senator Sterling
Sdfu tiit po" tt llda " bO iouSci ooill'
where. and since the Postmaster
General was the head of the mail sys-
TEN, he would be the proper man to
determine whether the law had been
violated. The right of appeal to the
court always was open. he added.
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho.
declared the bill, in authorizing the
Postmaster General to exclude certain
books and paers from the mails,
could ruin a mans business before he
could obtain a hearing.
The business of advocating the
overthrow of the government is not
a business that is entitled to any con
sideration." said Senator Edge, repub-
lican, New Jersey.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
JURORS FOR POLICE COURT.
Selection of ~ for First Quarter of
Year Is Made,

The selection of jurors to serve the
first quarter of the calendar year in
the Police Court was completed to-
day 1t consists of twenty-seven men
taken from three sets of talesmen,
numbering sixty-seven men. They are
Andrew j. Boyer. w. II. Spragg. Will
liam Prospere, James Thomas OBrien,
Herbert N. Taylor, J. S. Buynitzky,
Joshua Evans, jr.; John NJ. Kirby. Da-
vd G.. Pfeifer, Charles Turner, c.
Eugene Doyle. Robert S. Downs. J. f.
Whately, Snowden Keys, James j.
Spaight, John r. Haislip, William
Moore, William Smith, Alphonse c.
Hammer, William S. Minnix, Henry F.
Spencer, Harry Mitchell, Frederick
b. Harper, Meyer Bremmer, Harry
Coleman, Charles F. Linges and
George W Parker