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The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Wilson's Present
Farewell Purses
To Servant Staff

With all OF the servants and en-.
ployes Of the White House assem-
bled for a final exchange of fare.
wells a short time before former
President and Mrs. Wilson took
their leave as master and mistress
Mrs. Wilson distributed cash purses
something which has never been
done by any retiring Executive in
the memory of the present stan.
The amounts of the gifts varied
with the length and character OF
service rendered, but IT is under
stood that the average was about
500.
In response TO servants who Of
fered to accompany Mr.. and Mrs
Wilson to their new home, Mrs.
Wilson said:
Il want you to know how / ap-
preciate your kind offer. but ! should
feel as though l was not doing the
right thing by President and Mrs
Harding. ] found you here and ]
think they also have the right 10
find you here. trained TO the service
required"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
INAUGURAL TALK SAVED ~
FOR POSTERITY BY USE
OF COMBINED MACHINES
Ten Miles of Steel Wire Achieves Record o
Harding Speech in Remarkable Manner.

Ten miles OF thin steel wire.
wound on q spool. will carry Presi-
dent Harding's inaugural speech to
posterity. II was learned yesterday.
In the ONCE OF Representative
Fordney. in the northeast corner Of
the House wing OF the Capitol and
$50 feet away from the platform on
which the President stood, were
two machines. combinations Of te-
legraphone and dictsphones, that
recorded the sounds of the event.
Has Every Note.
Using these machines, two COM
plete records of his speech, the ap-
plause. and music were obtained by
r. II. Earnest and II. p. o'Reilly.
Each of these contains about five
miles of wire. 1t Is said. and one
will be presented to the National
Museum and the other to Mrs. Hard
ing. BY running these wires through
the reproducing machine fifty or a
hundred years from now. Harding's
full speech will be heard by those
now not even born. and in conjunc-
tion with the motion pictures of the
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

twelve times as many as in Norway.
There are parts of Galicia which
can be reckoned as among the most
densely populated districts in Eu-
rope.
Poland. in spite of the factories
in Poznan and Russian Poland, Is
an agricultural country looked at
as q whole. and there Is no likeli-
hood at present that she will be-
come an Industrial country In the
English or German sense. She must
develop her agriculture and buy her
comfort from abroad with her agri-
cultural surplus.
Everybody wants to see the life
Of the Polish peasant-who makes
up the big majority of the popula-
ton, of course broadened and
Frightened And this will come In
time. But II must be. remembered
that one isn't dealing with q COM
paratively Homogeneous. Newspaper
reading, public-school-taught popu-
lation such as we have at home.
There is a gap here. particularly
in Russian Poland. between the ton
layer and the mass. not unlike that
In Russia. Habits are hard :. to
change and peasants are stubborn.
The indispensable thing. OF course,
Is peace. to start regular work
again and give education a chance.'
(cepydsht Isai. Asv xsrk Evsaiss 1sst.)
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Pioneer Resident Dies
After Lengthy Illness

After a two years illness. Mrs.
Henry NJ. Simpson. OF Vincennes,
Ind, formerly of Anacostia, D. c.,
and Kensington, Md. died at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. E. Lodge
Hill. 1346 Quincy street northwest.
at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. She
was IS years of age. Her death re-
moves one who was active in Wash
ington life for more than a quarter
Of a century, and who Is well re-
membered by scores OF older. resi-
dents for her work in Women's Re-
lief Corps and Presbyterian circles.
Mrs. Simpson was one of the foun-
ders of the Garden Memorial Pres
byterian Church in Anacostia and
was conspicuous in missionary and
charitable work. She was one Of
the pioneer members Of Burnside
Post, women's Relief Corps, and
became active In the Florence Crit
ton Home organization.
She is survived by her second hus-
band, Henry NJ. Simpson. of Vim
cennes; one son, Frank H. Simpson.
Of Flora, ILL.,, and four daughters,
Mrs. E. Lodge Hill, Mrs. A. NJ Jam
ieson, Miss Esther Simpson, and
Miss Dorothy Simpson. all of this
city.
Funeral services will be held at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
home of Mrs. E. Lodge Hill, 1886
Quincy street northwest, Rev. Geo
NJ. Cummings, of Garden Memorial
Church, oficiating.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
CLAYTON URGES
Use OF SCHOOLS
ON WIDER PLANE
Education Commissioner
Invites Communities
To Cooperate.

The responsibilities and opportu-
mites OF parent-teaeher associations
are greater at this time than ever
before and the use OF the school,
house al a center for community
activities is an urgent necessity.
PhiIander p. claKton, Commissioner
Of Education. declared in a state
ment last night.
'-There are 100000 children OF
school age In the United States
most OF them spend nine-tenths Of
their time in the home environment
and one-tenth of their time in
school," said clsxton. III these
children are Go have proper train
ing. either in the home or in tho
school, IL is necessary for the par
ents TO know the teachers and for
the teachers to know the parents
n order TO Cooperate wisely.
The use Of the schoolhouse as
center for community activities
is an actual necessity in mos,
towns" the statement continues.
THE organization OF community ac-
tivities will do much TO bring about
cooperation"
The Bureau OF Education does not
put out definite programs for par
ent-teacher associations. II is hoped.
Claxton says. that the members OF
each organization will take up the
problems applying especially to their
own locality.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Famine Fund Workers
AnslDer QUESTIONABLE

In response to a QUESTIONABLE
from the Louisville Courier-Journal,
regarding the famine drive in Amer
lea for the relief of 45.000.000 Chi
nese, the Washington committee in
charge of the fund last night re-
piled in part as follows:
The Chinese government has Of
fcially approved the solicitation of
relief funds In the United States.
The Chinese government announced
that s200,000.oo0 CMexican) will be
needed to complete the work. The
Chinese government has borrowed
100000 for relief work. and is
giving relief workers free trans
portation.
American Red Cross funds have
been given for a specific purpose,
ana cannot be diverted, the reply
asserts. The problem Of relief Is
SO great that no agency can solve
more than a small part Of It, IL is
further stated.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
MARINES PREPARE
TO GO TO PANAMA
u. s. Will Send Force If Costa
Rican Army Is Not
Withdrawn.

The United States is preparing to
send a force OF Marines, and will
back them up with army troops. to
drive the Costa Rican army from
Panama, IL it Is not Immediately
withdrawn. it was learned on high
authority last night.
Although the notes sent to the
governments of Panama and Costa
Rica arc precisely alike, the power
of the United States is aimed eS-
clusively at Costa Rica. Panama,
II was learned officially, had al
ready agreed to cease hostilities.
The question is now solely one be-
tween Costa Rica and the United
States. il was stated at the Pana-
manian Legation.
Rear Admiral Bryan. in charge
of the American fleet in Latin-Amer-
lean waters. has been instructed 10
act with the utmost delicacy.
In addition. both infantry and
cavalry troops now in the Canal
Zone will be employed. it is ex-
pected.
The present American army force
in Panama now numbers approx
mately 100 men. exclusive of the
Coast Defense Artillery.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
COlNICE TAKEN
TO FEDERAL PEN
FOR LONG TERMS
Twenty-eight to Spend
Aggregate Sentence of
140 Years.

With an aggregate sentence OF
14o years. twenty-eight prisoners
eight white and twenty colored-
entrained from the Washington
Asylum and Jail yesterday morning
at Sis o'clock bound for the Fed
eral .penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga
The sentences ranged from one year
and a day to thirty years. making
an average term of five years for
each of the members Of the party.
Among those preseDt we're two
murderers, three found guilty OF
mansIaughter. eight guilty Of grand
larceny. and fifteen guilty of breach
of the law regarding house,
breaking. robbery. forgery. emoez-
element. narcotics and assault with
deadly weapons
Those listed as '1ong-termers
were: Isaiah Smith. murder In the
second degree. thirty years; Al
phouzo Edmonson, murder in the
second degree, twenty years; James
Sykes. manslaughter, seven years
Walter Ellis, grand larceny. nve
years: George johnson, assault with
deadly weapons. three years; Phynes
Perry. housebreaking and larceny.
five. years; Henry Jackson, man
slaughter, ten years; Nelson Ellis,
grand larceny and joy riding, four
years
The trip was under personal d.
reetion of Charles c. Foster. gem
eraf superintendent of the Wash
ington Asylum and Jail, accom-
panied by nine guards.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
WOUNDED SENATOR
TESTIFY TO-DAY

Ex-senator Henderson. Of Nevada,
may appear personally against Au-
gust Crock. when the latter Is ar
raigned In the United States branch
Of Police Court this morning to an
swer the charge of shooting to kill
the former solon. II was learned last
night.
Henderson was reported at his
home as resting easily with no sign
OF Infection having developed in the
wound in the right wrist inflicted by
Crock, following an Interview at
Henderson's rooms in the Senate
once Building Saturday morning.
Crock is at liberty under bond of
$4,000 against his appearance today.
1t Is expected the case will be one
of the first taken from the docket.
Crock, the 65-year-old Prussian, re-
paired to his home in Takoma Park
Immediately on being released from
police custody Saturday night after
bond had been furnished.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Fiipinos Press
Need of Own Rule
Before Harding

Although only several days old.
the Harding administration is al
ready being urged to grant inde-
pendence to the Philippines. The
campaign was waged unsuccess-
fully during the past two years by
the resident commissioners Of the
islands in Congress. II will now
be resumed even more vigorously.
according to an announcement made
by the Philippine Press Bureau here
yesterday.
Under the Jones law Il was def
nitely promised that independence
would be granted as soon as a sta
BILE government had been set up in
the islands.
The American governor general
has officially reported the existence
OF such a government, and there
fore we hope and expect that Con-
gress will keep It's pledge with U.S."
declared 1sauro Gabaldon, one of
the two resident commissioners in
the last Congress. discussing the
Independence campaign.
The fact that We wish independ- =
ence does not mean that we are
not grateful to America" he con-
tinued. I'VE are. America has
treated the Filipino people as no
other nation has ever treated alien
people. We love America, perhaps
most of all for her solemn promise
to grant US that which he hold
dearer than our lives our free
dom"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
WAYNE WHEELER
DEFENDS Lands
Anti-Saloon Counsel Scores
Judges Who Protect
Bootleggers.

Instead Of considering impeach-
ment charges against Judge Landis,
who gives offenders short shrift,
Congress would better give some
attention to judges who condone
lawbreaking, in the opinion OF
Wayne Wheeler, counsel for the
Anti-Saloon League.
IF Congress takes up seriously
any impeachment charges against
Federal judges, 1t ought to include
those judges who are denouncins
the law, which, under their oath
they are duly bound to support and
enforce" said Wheeler. Such ON
cials give encouragement to law
breakers, while judges like Kene-
saw Landis are a terror to law vio-
Iators regardless of what people
think of his connection with the
baseball incident.
six Federal judges have been
impeached. Judge Pickering was
impeached in 1903 for refusing to
take a bond in an attachment pro-
ceeding and for being drunk on the
bench.
Judge Humphreys was i'm
DeaCneQ because duNONaAtu
cession in a public speech and one
of the charges against Adrew John
son was because he attempted tc
bring Congress into contempt and
reproach by speeches.
There Is no good reason why a
judge should give aid, comfort and
encouragement to those who violat.
the Constitution and the Federal
laws. He is more blameworthy than
the bootlegger. because for a firsi
offense some do not realize the Sc
riousness of the offense. The Judge
knows the law and ought to know
the result of his vtterances. Thi:
whole discussion about the removal
Of judges reveals the fact that there
Is no fixed standard for misconduct
in office by Federal Judges anc
many other Federal officers. Thai
term should be defined by Congress
so that the public may be freed
from bad oficers."
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
CUlIbIlS TOASK
INVESTIGATION OF
RAIL OPERATIONS
Solution of Problems Un
der Private Ownership,
Senator's Aim.

Public Investigation Of railroad
operations since the roads were re-
turned by the government will be
proposed by Senator Cummins. OF
Iowa. on the opening day Of the
special session Of Congress.
Senator Cummins will ask that
the Committee on Interstate Com
merce, of which he Is chairman, and
which framed the transportation
act. shall make the investigation,
That something Is wrong. Senator
Cummins believes Is apparent. But
Congress and the country are un-
able to tell exactly what the trouble
is OF to what causes It Is attrib-
utable.
He insists that both must know
IL there Is to be removal OF the
mistrust with which the public. he
says, has come to regard the whole
question and II Congress Is to de-
termine properly what can be done
to relieve the situation.
II the present financial embarass-
ment of the railroads Is due to mis-
management and extravaganza, that
should be disclosed. Senator Cum
minis says. II 1t is due to causes
entirely beyond the control OF the
railroad managers. he is very desir-
Gus that these causes should be dis
covered His program. therefore
calls for a hearing of the railroad
operators and Of the railroad en-
ployes, with both to be given full
opportunity to express their views
and present all facts In their pos
session.
Would Avert U. 8. Ownership.
Recently Senator cummins de-
clared that unless the railroads can
be made self-sustaining govern
ment ownership Is inevitable. He
is very desirous that such a devel-
opment should be averted II pos
sible and the investigation is GER
tain to have q most important bear
ing upon the main issue, inasmuch
as 1t should demonstrate whether
better conditions are to be expected
under the present system of opera
tion or II some new system must be
devised.
Prior to the investigation and the
ascertainment Of facts upon which
conclusions may be based. Senator
Cummins Is not willing to venture
any opinions as to how the trans
portation problem may re solved
II Is the general opinion OF the
members OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission that there mugt
be a change in the classification OF
railroad employees and that some of
these employees must be subjected
to reductions in pay.
Wage Board to Act.
William G. McAdoo put the pres
ent classification into effect while
the railroads were under his con-
trtl.. He recognized no distinction
between the employees who perform
only Intermittent service at way
stations and those who are kept
constantly employed in the larger
towns and cities.
1t Is the expectation of the Sem
ate COMMITTEES that by the time the
proposed Investigation Is started
the Railroad Wage Board will have
acted upon the questions now be-
fore it, and that something definite
will have been done bbth with re-
spect to classification and the wages
Of employees.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

event . complete and authentic
story OF the event will be had.
The dictaphones plugged into the
telegraphones picked up the speech
that had been increased in volume
by loud speaking telephones m
stalled on the stands. These sounds
coming into the transmitters acti-
waited a set of electromaenets that
came into very light contact with
the steel wire. one-hundredth Of an
inch thick. that was run quickly
between them from one spool TO
another. These miles OF wire were
magnetized In such way that when
the machine was reversed the
sounds that went into It were re-
produced accurately and distinctly,
The telegraphone, which accom-
plished the recording, was invented
by valdemar Poulsen, a Dane. some
years ago. Although II reproduces
sound as does the phonograph. II
does not employ needles or way
discs. but obtains the record by
magnetizing the steel wire. The
dictaphone that received the sounds
Is called the "acousticon" and Is
similar to that commonly used in
detective or other work.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
ReserUe Bank Loans
Increase $4,000, 900

Aggregate increases Of about sl9.-
900, 900 in loans secured by stocks
and bonds and liquidation of about
$1,000, 900 Of United States govern
ment securities. accompanied by re-
ductions Of s20,000.oo0 in Govcrn-
ment deposits and of S5s.ooo.on9 in
other demand deposits. also an in
crease Of s44.00o.0oo in borrowings
from the Federal Reserve banks, are
indicated in the Federal Reserve
Boards weekly statement Of the
condition on February IS of s26
member banks in leading cities.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
HARDING RESTS
AFTER STRAIN
OF CEREMONIES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

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out large crowds to take advantage
OF the opening of the White House
grounds.
All day long there were groups
of people around the North portion
staring at White House visitors and
crsning their necks TO peer in the
windows. White House policemen
were hoarss last night answering
questions. II was noticed that some
sightseers stood for hours under the
portico, and. judging from the num-
Der of cameras carried and snap
shots taken of relatives passing In
front of the White House pillars,
photographers will have an extra
number of weekend films to de-
velop today.
Stream of Autos, Too.
Not only were White House
paths thronged with pedestrians,
but 1t seemed as though every au-
tomobile along that end OF Pennsyl-
vsnia avenue turned in At the north
gates and passed under the north
portico. Open cars, closed cars,
touring cars, runabouts. fiivvers asd
imported racers-the line of auto
mobiles rolling through the White
House driveway constituted a ver-
liable exhibit Of the development of
the motor car during the past ten
years.
Even trucks and stripped cars
from garages took the White House
detour and stirred up clouds OF dust
while the only form OF vehicle usu-
ally seen on Washingtos streets
tEat continued along the avenue
without turning in were the big
sightseeing cars
Despite the fact that il was Sun
day many members of the Diplo-
matio Corps drove up to the main
entrance OF the White House and
LETT cards, but this formality full
niled' they did not call. It is un-
derstood that the President will
shortly set aside a day for the rccep-
tion OF all ambassadors and min
listers. with their stats.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Feature Irish DriUe
With Ancient Costumes

by Irish women two hundred years
ago will be used by women can
vassing the hotels and large de-
partment stores for Irish Relief,
which begins March II.
This plan was decided upon by
the women workers of the Ameri-
can Committee for Relief in Ire
land at a meeting last night at sol
E street northwest.
Short talks were given by Daniel
W. O'Donoghue. Anthony ]. Barrett
and Andrew ]. Hickey. Mrs. W. H.
Clagett presided.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Irish Pay Respects
To Enanaets MenOr4

Maj. Eugene F. Kinkaid. of South
Orange, N. J.. was the principal
speaker at the Robert Emmet me-
mortal services conducted by the
American Association for the Rec
ignition of the Irish Republic in
Gonzaga Hall last night.
A resolution of sympathy for the
Rev. ]. A H Irwin. q Presbyterian
minister, who was arrested in Ire
land several days ago and sentenced
to years Imprisonment. was
adopted. A massage of coincidence
was sent to the widow of Represen-
tative Champ Clark.
A resolution urging the District
Commissioners not to take any ac-
ton regarding censorship. which
would unnecessarily hamper the NOV
ing picture business was also adopt
ed. John L. Hougardy. presided.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Police Find No Cause
For Mysterious Cries

AFTER spending several hours
dragging the Potomac River in the
vicinity OF the new Key Bridge
yesterday. police OF the Harbor
precinct were unable to find any
evidence OF a drowning in that vi
cinity.
Mysterious cries for help, heard
oy police Of the Seventh precinct
and two soldiers attached to Walter
Reed Hospital Saturday night, led
to the Investigation by the Har-
Dor police.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Liquor Trade Property
Sh0Ics Less Decrease

Experts of the bureau of Internal
Revenue estimate that the total al
lowable deductions for obsolescence
of property OF persons whose busi-
nesses were ended with the enact
ment of prohibition legislation will
not amount to sl.000.o00. Estimates
recently quoted on the floor of the
Senate were from $1,000. 100000 to
$4,000, 600. 900.
The bureaus estimate is made by
experts who continually have dealt
with the rulings under which such
deductions are allowed. and is based
on claims filed by distillery and
brewery interests,
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Chinese Mercenaries Keep
Guard of Red Leaders

HELSINGFORS, March 6.-Lenine
and his colleagues are closely
guarded by a large forcs of Boil
shevik troops and Chinese merce.
naries, reports say.
White forces were said to have
destroyed the wireless station at
Petrograd. where Red officials were
imprisoned as hostages. These in
cluded Admiral Rusmin. commander
Of the Red fleet; Comdr. Vasiliev,
and High Commissioner Cslinin. of
Kronstadt.
A Bolshevik proclamation charged
the French government with re-
sponsibility for the uprisings.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
wounded Policemen
Reported on Mend

sergt. ]. NJ. Roper and Policeman
}: r. Waldron. Of the Second pre-
cinct, who were shot last Friday
nignt by George Ewell, colored, In
pistol battle, are recovering slow
iy' according to the attending ply
sielans at Emergency Hospital.
detective Sergeant Frank Alli-
good who was shot while pursuing
Two men last October. was recently
discharged from the hospital.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
JeUish Club Holds
Installing Exercises

John B. Neviaser was installed as
president of the Sterling Club of
Washington at reception and
dance held by the club in the Y. NJ.
II. A. Building last night. Other
officers installed W re: oscar B. Fet-
terman. vice president: David Said
man, secretary: Benjamin Cohen,
treasurer; DR.. Bernard Kanstaroom.
sergeant-at-arms Louis Goldberg.
vice president of the Y. M. H. A,
served as installation officer.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Fraternity Men Attend
Annual Church Service

Ways to Help in the Reconstruc-
tion of the World" was the subject
Of q sermon delivered by the Rev,
Charles Wood at the annual serv-
ices for Lambda Chapter, o. e. K.
Fraternity of George Washington
University. IN the Church of the
Covenant yesterday.
Upward Of 1000 members of the
fraternity and members of the fac
ulty attended the services. A spe-
cial musical program was present
ed by the Covenant double quar-
tet, under the direction of Sidney
Wrightson.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Winnipeg Finances
Building of Homes

WINNIPEG. Man. March 6. - A
fund Of $4,000 has been accumu-
lated here by the City Housing Com
mission TO start operations. The
fund is available to any citizen as
loan toward building homes.
Last year the commission financed
building OF So homes. the cost OF
which aggregated $4,000.