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The Washington herald., 1921-05-10

and is head OF more than 5oo.ooD
Shriners.
With President Harding as he re-
viewed the mobiles as they passed
up West Executive were Mrs. Hard
ing and her secretary. Miss Harlan;
Postmaster General Hays and George
Christian, the Presidents secretary.
Soldiers I'm Line.
Led by the Alnas Oriental Band.
in full Oriental regaIia, the parade
started at Fifteenth street and Ohio
avenue, around the White House
and down Pennsylvania avenue.
Wounded Shriners, veterans of
the war from Walter Reed Hospi-
tai, were conveyed in automobiles.
The formation of mobiles follows:
Almas Oriental Band, Alnas Temple
divan and past potentates; visiting
potentates and members of their
divan; Almas Military Band; Almas
Arab Patrol drill corps; mobiles from
walter Reed Hospital; candidates:
Almas Patrol floor team: Almas
drum corps; Almas Glee Club and
chantess; mobiles appearing IN full
dress; mobiles. in army, navy and
Marine Corps uniforms: mobiles in
tuxedo or business attire: Almas
AnAnnohil4 Glah
The Washington herald., 1921-05-10
HARDING PRESSES
FOREIGN POLICIES
DESPITE CRITICS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
an association to keep the world
peace, may be using the delay in de-
veloping a European policy to give
the American people time to forget
the rancors Of the campaign. With
the education of the people away
from a league of nations recediug.
the league becomes more and more
probable.
Every week sees some small
wedge biting into the Senate's anti
Wilson policy. The appointment of
the American observers" at the
conference of the allies is a small
wedge. And the fact that George
Harvey most irreconcilable of all the
anti-wilsonites. is to sit in that con-
ference. is a most deadly bit of di-
plomacy. or. sitting in the con-
ference, George Harvey will be
brought to see the wisdom Of the
conference and the need of more
power to protect American inter-
ests in Europe. II Harvey is con-
mitments for America, the Senate
will follow.
This is the essence of the Harding
NlCIOTy. 1He 10
sader. He will not be Rooseveltian
uncompromising position. He will
not go over the heads of the Senate
leaders to the people in a thunder
clap.
Yet he realizes that the Senate
intellectuals-Lodge for instance.
and Borah and Johnson-sometimes
act as il they considered Harding
not quite big enough for the job.
He is in the act of showing them"
most politely. even most affection
ately, that he is big, really, enough
for the job. Hence his quiet gesture
Of delay in matters relating to the
treaty. Hence his tentative posi-
tion with the people; not against
the Senate, but on his own account
for his own. policy. Hence the
daily strengthening Of the hand OF
Hughes. Hence the counter-play
of the Senate against the House.
1t Is not a row; nothing like II.
The situation Is a pleasant bit of
political jockeying.
But the significance lies in this:
President Harding, being his own
master at the moment, Is gently
working out a foreign policy which
will land America In whatever
league, association or court Repub-
licans like Root, Hughes, Nicholas
Murray Butler, Wickersham, and
Lowell decide shall be established
upon the debris In Europe. That
big, fundamental fact is growing
more obvious every day.
Harding has not ditched the ir-
reconcilables. But he Is letting
them use an awful lot Of gas while
they stand at the curb and blow
out their cylinders. They may run
clear out of gas and have to be
hauled in. Harding is kind man.
He viii tz1<e care of them.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-10
|ASTRCT SPENDS
|A7O PER PUPIL,
SAYS CLAYTON
Commissioner Points to
Four States That Beat
Capital.

Four States - Washington, Ne
ada. Montana, and California
,ent more for the education OF
heir children per capita from 1905
, 1918 than the District Of Co.
imbia. according to the sta.emsnt
lade yesterday by p. p. Claxton.
nited States Commissioners of Edu-
ationf who deplores the small
mouFEiused for the education of
outhfuT America,
according to the chart prepared
y Commissioner, Claxton. it cost
ne nistrict OF Columbia S4T0 Cor
ne public school education of chill
rem Mo reached the school age
{ Stsrs in 1905 and the normal
ge OF high school graduation in
s1S. Montana leads with S63!,
Shile Alabama is the lowest with
; cents.
Cost Raised to s7ss.
II expenditures are continued at
he same rate from 1918 to 1881. the
district will spend s7s5 for the edu-
atiogzof each child attending pub
ic sc 66ls. -
In <is- statement Commissioner
claxt3v says:
''Consdered alone. expenditures
or public education in the United
stateSimay seem large. Figures and
ompadsons recently published show
low small they are when compared
with expenditures for other spur-
poses, public and private.
''These expenditures are also small
IN comparison with the number of
children to be educated. We forget
row numerous a people we have
,Ome to be.
Millions to BE Educated.
In thinking of hundreds of mil
ions of dollars for public schools
We forget that there are tens of
Millions of boys and girls to be
sducatsd. Keenly conscious of the
,ize of the dividend we forget the
,ize ofNthe divisor. We forget that
here are in the United States more
han 100000 boys and girs be-
tween the ages of 6 and 1s. that is,
between the age. at which children
= most'States enter school and the
age of, those who graduate from the
nigh school having gone through
the grades of the elementary school
md the high school without the loss
Df more than one wear. II children
of kindergarten age are counted in
there are more than 3O.o0o,oOo."
The Washington herald., 1921-05-10
TAX EXEMPTION
ISSUE DIVIDES
BUSINESS men
City Club Group Favors
I Plan: Trade Board !
Men Opposed.

washington business men divid-
ed over the issue of tax exemption
for new dwellings in the District
when Board OF Trade and City Club
committees yesterday reported op-
posing views on the question.
The housing group of the City
Club went on record last night In
favor of application to the Dis
plan of tax exemption, as means
of stimulating home building and
aiding business generally. 49,.
Declaring the building program
of the District was hampered be-
cause Of wartime restrictions ana
would be seriously endangered
through adoption of the tax exemp-
ton policy, the committe on mu-
nicipal finance of the Board of Trade
opened a vigorous campaign on the
negative side of the issue.
would Wait for Normalcy.
I'VE are not prepared to urge
building exemptions in Washington,
believing that with the annulment
Of war restrictions the city will
return to normalcy," reads the re-
port given by Henry B. f. Mac
farland. chairman Of the committee.
The City Club resolution, intro
duced by C. r. Nesbit, was passed
by q unanimous vote, although pre-
ceded by two hours discussion IN
to the plan were raised and argued.
CnniaQ - he
dered sent to the District Commis-
sioners, the members of the House
and Senate District committees and
the civic bodies to which the prop
osition has been presented.
Proposes u 900 Per Room.
The resolution asks that all new
buildings planned for dwelling pur-
poses, except hotels, and on which
building operations shall be begun
within one year from passage of
the act and completed within two
years from date of commencement
be exempted" The exemption ask
ed is at the rate of $1,000 for each
room, but not to exceed 5000 on
any single house, or $4,000 on any
two-family house. For apartment
buildings an exemption of $1,000 on
each soom up to five would be al
lowed
The need Of stimulating build
ing here is shown by the building
inspectors reports for the District"
said Claude w. owen. From 1911
to 1914 a toal Of 1850 single homes
were built in the District. In the
next three years only $3.50 such
places were built, while the past
three years the number was only
$500. In the meantime the popula-
tion has increased over 100000.
owen then pointed out what a stim-
ulation Of building would mean to
business generally.
Approves Baseball Game.
There is only one kind of law
Congress can pass which will in
crease prosperity and that is one
that takes the taxes OFF production
and industry" was the reply made
to other objections that Congress
sional action was impotent to bring
a business boom.
The executive committee of the
Board of Trade approved the pro-
posed baseball game between the
Washington and Detroit mines on
June 9. the proceeds of which will
be turned over to the Boys Work
ing Home of Washington. The COM
mittee requested the membership
committee to cooperate with lall or
ganizations working for the success
of the event.
The following were elected to
membership of the Board of Trade
at the meeting: C. Dean Gallagher.
Milton J. Hine, Fred w. Knessi.
Robert NJ. Testes, G. Harris White.
John H. Yates.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-10
Bandits in Automobile
Rob Detroit Pau Can

DETROIT. sisy e.-Twelve ban
dts in three automobiles held up
pay car OF the Detroit United
Railway today and escaped with
$4,000.
The bandits machine ''pocketed"
the paymaster's automobile and
forced IL to the curb. When Il
stopped the bandits from two OF the
cars slighted. leveled shot guns at
the three men in the pay car and
rihed the lock boxes. The bandits
three cars then sped away in dif-
ferent directions.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-10
VIII GiUe Toy ShoUer
For Palestine Children

Washington is asked to play the
role of Santa Claus next Wednes-
day evening when a toy shower for
Palestine children will be given by
the Washington Hadassah Chapter
in the auditorium of the Margaret
Wilson Community Center, Eighth
and T streets northwest.
Every person who attends is re-
quested to bring a toy of some
kind for the destitute children.
Mrs. NJ. B. Dodeck, chairman OF the
committee, is arranging an attrac-
tive program.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-10
EXPLAINS Church Movement.

An illustrated lecture. Around
the World With the Centenary"
was delivered last night at the
Metropolitan Church by DR.. Ralph
f. Diffenderfer. The speaker told
the story of the Centenary move
ment and detailed the manner in
which the funds had been spent.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-10

Charles NJ. Keefer. president, was
toastmaster. and the committee
was comprised of the following: A..
Coonin, chairman: Fl. v. ostermayer.
q. H. Trueworthy, X. A. Pearson, G..
c. DeNeale, c. NJ. Weigle. Carl
weakley, Miss Clarine Miles, and
Miss Elsie Lee.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-10

Three hundred free scholarships
have been offered in this country
by no less than fifty American COL
leges and universities to Mexican
young men.
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SEND ENJOYS TO
PLEAD FOR HELP
SAY PROPAGANDA HAS BEEN
STOPPED AeRoAD-oRpERs
FOR GOODS HELD UP.
RICH PEASANTS ARE SLAIN
Accused by Bolsheviks Of Having Hid
Grain-American Prisoners Will
Be Safely Or If Russia Soon
Is Promise.

Riga.-An intercepted soviet wire
less message states that the Mariupol
government authorities have executed
several rich peasants who had hidden
grain. In the Naratof district bandit
bands are reported to be committing
depredations and in several cases they
burned what little was left of the
crops. The soviet government is max
ing an example of a number Of farm
ers who refused to pay produce tax.
London-The soviet authorities have
decided to send three special delega-
tions abroad on behalf of starving
Russia, declares Reval message for
warded by the Exchange Telegraph
Agency from Copenhagen.
Prof. Bechterey, formerly of the Uni.
versity of Petrograd, will head the
delegation to England, France, Spain
and the United States, the message
said. Adolph Joffe will head the dele
cation to Switzerland, Italy, Czecho-
Slovakia and Poland, while M. Lunar
charsky, former minister of education,
will head the delegation to Sweden,
Denmark, Norway, Holland and Bel
GUM.
Meanwhile, asserts the dispatch, the
soviet representatives abroad have
beee ordered to suspend propaganda
work. 1t also is reported that orders
for machinery and other goods will be
held up, the money RENTED being
used for the purchase of food.
All the American prisoners in Mos
cow and Petrograd will be sent across
the Russian border soon, according to
a message received here by Walter l..
Brown, European, director of the Amer
lean relief administration from Leo
Kameneff, chairman of the Russian re-
lief committee.
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Cortot Gives Exquisite
Rendition Of Chopin-Liszt
Number

Today when melodies like the
Melody Polonaise" are known
and beloved the world over, it
seems strange that when it was first
written only a few men of genius al
most equal to Chopin's own should
have recognized to the full its almost
miraculous beauty. Chopin, the poet
among composers, was so little UNDER
stood that he left word to destroy after
his death one of his most beautiful COM
positions, but this world-sick mandate
was disobeyed. 1t was due to Franz
List, ever swift to recognize power,
that the present one was saved. The
world is thus richer by one more in-
mortal work, and richer by one more
record through the beautiful interpreta-
ton of Alfred Cortot, the French
pianist, has given on new Septembeu
Victor Record.
AS John Mccormack has learned to
sing something representing almost
every type of civilized human music, he
has earned the right to sing for his vast
record audiences song of popular
description. Such number is Learn
to Smile" of which a new Victor
Record has just been issued. 1t is
tuneful and in a sort of slow fox trot
rhythm, and even Mccormack might be
excused if he rocked to and fro bit
IN singing it.
Sibella's "Vi11anella" is a dainty
number which Lucrezia Bori has con-
tributed to the list of new Victor
Records. The melody is swift and
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fers in the list of new Victor Records
for September, and as you hear this
number you readily become fascinated
with its beauty. 1t is really a song
pf homesickness-for the little isle of
Santa Lucia, in the Bay of Naples,
named after Santa Lucia, the city's
own patron saint. The twang of the
accompanying guitar, the cool tones OF
ahe flute, the soft tremolo of the man
dolin, and the blending of the violin,
dover with melody the pure, golden
voice of Gigli which crowns all.
In Farewell, My Joyous Home"
Frances Aida has the type of compo-
sition in which she rejoices, and her
Meteor Record of this number is mark
ed by intense emotional power as well
rs singing technique. 1t is beautiful
though sad song from Catalini's opera
Ia Wally, and those who are familiar
with modern Italian opera will recog-
slize in it new and individual style
of composition. 1t might we'll be con-
sidered almost a farewell utterance of
sts composer, for he died young and
virtually unknown.
The September Victor contribution of
Toscanini and La Scala Orchestra is a
fiery record of the famous "Rakoczy
March," the old Hungarian national air
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Other New Record Offermgs

The United States Marine Band gives
through the Victor two Sparkling
marches. The Marine Corps Insti-
tute" has a splendid Changing rhythm,
and its melodies are punctuated with
the beating of drums and the shrilling
of picco1os. THE Rifle Regiment" IS
a typical Sousa march, swift and active
in style. with brilliant dourishes Of
brass.
:, This months contribution to the
sacred list is by two of the best-known
evangelistic singers in America. "All
the Way to Calvary" sung as a solo
by Homer A. Rodeheaver, and duet
|'Where the Gates Swing Outward
Never" by Rodeheaver and Mrs. VIII
liam Asher. The records are sung
smoothly throughout, the words being
clear and the accompaniment harmon-
lied in simple and familiar fashion.
A good comic is Walter c. Kelly'a
"Third Session" of his Virginian Judge
MIR. Kelly in this new Victor Record
repeats the successes of his first two
and reveals new possibilities to those
who possess them.
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Ases..s@.;SS

this month is an altogether lovely
and poetic composition already known
to the greater part of the music
loving world. Drdla's Souvenir" is
both sweet and sad. The violin tells
its own story, and the tonality of the
record as well as its fuctuant sensi-
;iveness of expression bespeak the
power of the great master who is play
ing.
E. H. Sothern has made two extra
ordinary Victor Records of "Antonys
Grafton" from julius Cesar. They are
beautiful, clear, and sonorous, every
word being sharp and distinct. The
records are not only acclaimed but
acted-as you can understand when you
hear Mark Antony control the Roman
mob.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-25
Charming New Music That
VIII Delight Dancers

HE Victor is turning out dance
music so rich and so versatile that
every dancer can find records to
his or her particular taste and style of
dancing. In the September list are
issued the first records by the Hackel-
Berge Orchestra. The chief members
of this organization were formerly with
McKee's Orchestra and Castle House,
the historic shrine of American floor
Hancing. The two numbers are both
waltzes-'In My Tippy Canoe" and
where the Lazy Mississippi Flows"
and in the former there is vocal solo
sung by Arthur Fields. Both are
charming waltz records, and perfectly
adapted to the contemporary style OF
abe waltz.
"Na-Jo" and "San" are two queer
fox trots recorded for the Victor by
the Benson Orchestra of Chicago
s'Na-Jo" is presumably American Indian
since it introduces the favorite "Hia-
watha" 1t has curious drum-beatings,
with wailing string melodies and the
acid, biting tone-colors SO beloved of
the wide-awake fox trotter. "San" IS
Japanese in character, full of long
drawn cadences, and alternately sooth-
ing and disturbing in emotional effect.
i Ut IllyllIu Is SlSdUy dLQ TIC tOliS ok
abe record full, rich and strong as BELTS
q big dance.
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
also present a lively fox trot medley,
s.You're the Sweetest Girl" brilliant
and varied in its orchestral effects
Another fox trot, "Vamping Rose"
played by the All Star Trio and Their
Orchestra, steps in and out of minor
keys in somewhat unusual fashion, and
In style it tends to the grotesque. There
is long saxophone solo, plenty of
xylophone work and some frework
t.spillikins" for combined instruments.
Pietro, with his accordion, this
month also gives two waltz numbers,
my Treasure" and "Marsovia." They
are fine examples of accordion playing,
and adapt themselves to the walking
steps of the fox trot with the. sudden,
swift, almost fierce glide-steps in which
80 many dancers delight.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-25
The Choicest Of the
Popular Songs

Trust Billy Murray to find something
newt His latest Victor Record is
"Stand Up and Sing for Your Father
Quartet represent Michael McCoy's
laughter and oblige with bits of some
old favorites. On the reverse, Aileen
Stanley sings II Wonder Where My
Sweet, Sweet Daddy's Cone"
@There's Only One Pal After ALP is
a mother" song by Charles Hart and
Elliott Shaw. "S1eepy Head" by the
Peerless Quartet is in waltz time, slow
and swinging, and has bass solo.
Henry Burr and the Peerless Quartet
sing beautiful and affecting number.
I'm Take You Home Again, Kathleen"
and another gem of popular miustrelsy,
when the Corn Is Waving, Annie
Dear" in which toward the close the
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winds, the blare of brass and the shrek
of strings in wild and unexpected
rhythm, affording record of most un-
usual appeal.
The famous air for baritone which
opens the prison scene in the opera
of Don Carlos is sung in splendid style
10y Giuseppe De Luca as a new record
and further extends the collection of
Victor Records from this fine old opera
so recently revived in the United States.
The air of "The Day Supreme" is
strong, slow, tender, and richly melo-
dious-an air from an opera in a day
when melody, and vocal melody, was
the one goal of the composer.
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CALI urci Thrills With z
Brd-like Coloratura Aria

HE aria "While Ny Heart Its
Joy Revealing" from Bellinl's
opera of Sonnambula is one Of
the most charming in the whole of the
early nineteenth century Italian opera.
and new Victor Record of it BY
Galh-Curc shows it to distinct advan-
tage. Rich, ford, delicious, this great
singer gives it in such style that not
until you listen carefully do you realize
that it carries her voice to the high E
fat which is taken with the same ex-
quisite care as if it were an octave
below.
LISTS "Liebestraum" may best be
described as a love-song for the piano,
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heard in two duets. There's Corner
Up in Heaven" is more evidence that
they know how to sing pickaninny songs
very effectively, and Little Tin
Soldier" is another childhood song in
which the two voices blend beautifully
Several months ago the Victor pre-
scented the FIRST series of Sarasate's
world-famous melodies picked up
among the Spanish gypsies, and played
by Jascha Heifetz. In the record of
Gypsy Airs No. =" Heifetz with his
violin gives new series, complete in
itself and additionally interesting in the
light of his first record.
These new Victor Records open up
untold enjoyment for Victor owners
They will bring added delight to the
thousands of homes which have Victrola
instruments, and the opportunity is
given to every one to hear these records
at any Victor dealers.
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which has been as
much a part of
history, perhaps,
as any melody in
Europe. 1t is not
only a march, but
a ba t I'll e-piece.
Berlioz introduced
it into his Damna-
ton of Eau S t
when that opera
w a s given in
Hungary and his
audiences ere
thrown into fren-
zies Of enthusi-
a sm- Toscanini
plays it superbly-
the squeal of pic
49, II NI
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-25
Legion pleads for Life of Negro.

Montgomery, Ala.-Members Of the
American Legion petitioned Gov. Kilby
and the board of pardons for the co1n-
mutation to life Imprisonment of the
death sentence imposed on Grant
Cooper, overseas negro soldier, con-
victed of the murder of his wife and
sister-in-law here.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-25
Race Reported BY Wireless.

Chicago.-Chicago newspapers re-
ceived results of the speed boat races
off the municipal pier by wireless tele-
phone through the Associated Press.
For the first time in history wireless
telephone direct into a press associa-
ton office is being used to cover q
news event.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-25

vivacious. with
little cooling in
terludes, t h e
singer using a
delicate rubato
and treating the
whole in a pure
spirit of caprice.
Not until YOU
hear t h e close
may you realize.
however, tn a t
you are hearing
a co1oratura re-
cord of unusual
subtlety.
! The exquisite
bit of m u sic
w h j c h Fritz
Kreisler records
for the Nsctor
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Gets New Coat Of Paint.

Washington.-Ths White House IL !
getting new coat Of paint. The White
House IS the whitest building in the
world jus. now they are making I'll
winter l6 Is getting its yearly coat
OF paint.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-25
ARREST TOWN MAYOR.
Charged With Operating Still on Most
Prominent Corner in Town.

San Antonio, Fla.-Mayor George j..
Frese of this place is out on bond
pending trial on the charge of violat-
ing the liquor law. He was arrested
by Sheriff Sturkie of Pasco county,
who claims that Frese was operating a
moonshine still on the second floor Of
his residence, on the most prominent
corner in town,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-25
DRY DELEGATES SAIL.

Go to international Congress Against
Alcoholism.
New York.-American delegates to
the international congress against al
coholism, to be held at Lausanne,
Switzerland, are passengers on the
steamer iceland, sailing for Plymouth,
Cherbourg and Antwerp.