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Evening star., 1921-06-12
BIG PARTY CERTAIN
ON BOOSTER OUTING
Chairman Leese Says 1t
Will Be Most Widely Rep
resentative to Date.

Omcial. professional. civic and busi-
ness Washington. including represent
atives from the White House. Capitol
and the courts CT the city. will ac-
company members of the Merchants
1921 booster trip. which will leave
here Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
on the Washington and Norfolk
steamer Midland for Norfolk and ad-
janent summer resorts.
Former President NJ. A. Leese, chair
man of the committee in charge of
arrangements, is gratifed with the
progress of the plans for the outing,
and said last night that the personnel
of the party is the most representa-
tive that has ever left Washington on
a similar trip.
Sailing List Closes Wednesday.
In order that the officials of the
steamboat company will be advised
Of the exact number of those to take
the trip. the sailing list will be closed
at IL o'clock Wednesday morning. at
which time the outing committee
will meet in the assembly room of the
association to arrange final details.
The first run Of the steamer will
end at Yorktown, Va, OF 8 o'clock
hours will be made at this point to
allow the party to attend church At
10 o'clock the steamer will leave for
Old Point. and thence to Ocean View.
where an elaborate sea food luncheon
will be served and tho members will
be given an opportunity for bathing
and other entertainment.
Norfolk Final StoD.
Norfolk will be the next stop, from
which port the excursionists will
leave at 6 o'clock for Washington, ar
riving here Monday morning
I. L. Goldheim will act as chairman
Of the committee on operations
aboard the Midland.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
The House.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

House Leader Mondell expects
that the House will finish with the
peace resolution tomorrow and
recess over Tuesday.
Wednesday several bills from the
committee on merchant marine ana
fisheries are to be called up. the
principal one being the Scott bill
to amend the seaman's act with
respect to shipping on the great
lakes.
What will be done the latter part
of the week is not yet clear There
is a road bill that may be taken
up. and the committee on military
affairs is seeking action In re-
gard to certain camps.
BY unanimous vote the House ap-
proved the Sweet bill Friday, pro-
viding for the consolidation OF all
services for relief of the service
men.
The House District committee
has given assurance that 1t VIII
force a reduction Of street car
fares and gas charges in the Ma
tional Capital. Several meetings
which the District Commissioners.
as the Public Utilities Commission.
were censured for not administer
ing the law. The Commissioner
were called before the committee
Friday night and told that they
must reduce fares or Congress
would pass bill specifically order
ing them reduced.
Representative Gallivan, demo-
crat. of Massachusetts,. caused a
sensation Friday by introducing a
raSol,tfinv, Ci mo
as IAN undesirable alien
The House had a program Of
eulogy' yesterday as send-o6 to
Representative James W. Good Of
Iowa, who has been chairman of
the appfppriations committee for
more thah.two years. and who led
the fight for the Institution Of
federal budget system. Mr.. Good
has resigned to practice law in
him with a silver service.
The first installment of the War
Departments official list of slack
ers'' appeared Wednesday in the
Congressional Record.
A resolution which would prevent
the Dempsey-Carpentie or any
other fight, until former soldiers
had received bonus from the
government was introduced We'd
ucSooy pS ncpIeSoHl0llSc 6dlllNdu
Of Massachusetts.
Representative Dyer of Missouri
introduced a bill to create two new
justices for the Supreme Court of
the District.
Chairman Focht Of the House
District committee introduced Fri
day a bill Identical with that in
troduced in the Senate by Senator
Capper of Kansas. providing for a
school census and extending the
compulsory school age from four
teen to sixteen years.
Secretary Mellon. before the
banking and currency committee
Tuesday. urged legislation placing
$50.000.0o0 at the disposal of the
federal farm loan board for relief
of agricultural interests. j..
A bill was passed Monday au-
thorizfng the erection of a me-
mortal to the 1st Division, Amer
lean expeditionary forces, on gov
ernment land south of the State,
War and Navy building and east
of the Corcoran Art Gallery.
Evening star., 1921-06-12

priations cut for caring for our great
est asset. our tree population. which
exceeds that of any city on earth
Nowhere in the world is there a city
with such tree-lined streets and with
trees so we'll taken care eft.
What do we find in other catcs?
Minneapolis. for example. has Just
planted this spring a five-mile me-
mortal avenue OF double rows of New
England elms that have been in
training in a nursery for two years
to take the shape desired fifty years
from now. From hundreds of cities
we have examples of tree planting
and more tree planting. In scores Of
places city-plan experts are making
over towns to provide for more trees
and park spaces
ASK any real estate man what he
thinks of trees as value makers. Put
homes on two streets, one without
and one with trees, and. other things
being equal or even perhaps d little
unequal, the customer takes the
home with the trees.
THE Evening Star is certainly TO
be congratulated on calling this need
of little spraying material to fight
insects to the public's attention and
the American Forestry Association is
glad, indeed, to have small part in
helping correct it. Will civic or citi-
zens' associations act with US quick
Ivy"
Evening star., 1921-06-12
What Congress Is Doing
The Senate. q
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The packer bill for the regula-
ton by the government Of the
meat packing business will hold
the center OF the stage in the Sem
ate this week. with its considera-
ton likely to be interrupted now
and then by discussion of confer
ence reports on the Army and
Navy appropriation bills. The sec
ond deficiency appropriation bill
Is in its final legislative stages
and as soon as the two houses have
given their approval to the con-
ference report that measure. which
contains the Curtis emergency
school building program for the
District. will be sent to the Presi-
dent for his approval.
That the packer bill will pass the
Senate is the prediction of its sup
porters. The opponents of the
measure probably will concentrate
their efforts largely upon having
the House bill accepted by the Sem
ate, rather than the bill reported
by the Senate committee on agri-
culture as a substitute. The Sem
ate committee bill is declared to
be much more drastic than the
House bill.
The conferees on the Army bill
have made some progress. and the
House conferees have agreed to
recommend to the House that the
Sutherland amendment providing
100000 for beginning work on an
increased water supply for the
District be accepted. The Norris
amendment providing for q SINH
lar sum for beginning work on the
proposed Great Falls waterpower
plant. however. the House con-
ferees will ask the House to re-
ject. on the ground that it is not
an emergency measure and Is not
properly in the Army bill.
So far as the Navy bill is con-
cerned. the conferees have made
practically no progress In settling
the dispute over the Senate in
creases in personnel and appro-
priations and over the disarma-
ment amendment.
Senate committees will be busy
tee Wednesday will endeavor to
frame a bill to extend the opera
tion Of the Ball rent act beyond
October. AS soon as that has been
disposed of, the committee will
tackle the street railway merger
tangle.
The joint committee on reorgan-
ization Of the executive depart
ments is to hold its first meeting
since the election of Walter F.
Brown. the Presidents representa-
tive On the committee. tomorrow.
Senator Sterling. chairman Of the
joint meetings Of the Senate and
House civil service committees.
plans to reopen the hearings on re-
classification to hear few more
witnesses. It is his hope that as
' soon as all the hearings have been
printed the two committees will
then get down to work on a re-
classification bill.
The Senate finance committee
may report out a soldier adjusted
compensation bill.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
OIL NOTE J0DUTCH
MADE PUBLIC HERE
State Department Reveals
Course of Negotiations on
East Indies Field.

A paraphrase OF the note of May q
of the American government to the
Netherlands. protesting the policy OF
that government with respect to the
exploitation OF the Djambi oil fields of
the Dutch East Indies. was made pub
lie at the tate Department last nlght
1t does not vary substantially from
previously published summaries or
the communication.
Addressed to the Netherlands for
eign office through the American lega-
tion at The Hague, the note expressed
the hope that the Dutch government
would yet find itself able to settle the
question involved lin accordance with
the fundamental principle of reciproc-
ity. which is regarded as OF the
greatest Importance in relation to the
exploitation o. natural resources
Excludes Americans.
Referring to the bill recently passed
by the second chamber of parliament
at The Hague. closing the Djambi
fields. the note said that, although
the law appears to allow aliens to
own stock in the companies engaged
in the development of oil lands in
the Dutch East Indies, the execution
of the Law. as stipulated by the pro-
posed legislation under discussion.
can only be regarded as indicating
that the Netherlands government at
present purposes to exclude citizens
of the United States from any partici-
patton o. substantial character in
its mineral oil industry. and. accord
irgly. to prevent American citizens
from enjoying the equality of oppor-
tunity which citizens Of the Neither
lands have enjoyed in this country"
The conversations and negotiations
conducted at The Hague by William
Phillips. the American minister, were
reviewed 20 show that the position
of the American government had
1< fr n ft-yf
on two separate occasions American
companies had applied for conces
sions in the field in question long
before the exclusion bill had reached
a vote in the second chamber. "Ac-
.'ordingly" the note said. 1.-The lega-
'nited States government finds it
npossible to regard the applications
Of American companies or its own
expressions of interest in the matter
as having been communicated too
late to the government of the Neither
lands"
Legislative PrOvisiOn.
Referring to the concession granted
to the Bataafsche Petroleum Com
pany in the Djambi Fields, the note
said it had understood that only pro-
visional decisions had been reached
in the matter. as the oil concession
bill made no reference to any earlier
ernment had formed with that COM
pany. The legislation. it added. was
understood to provide for a new COM
panr. to be known as the Netherlands
Indies Mineral Oil Company. to which
would be turned over operation of the
concession for the Djambi oil lands.
The note of the American gov
e-ament has not as yet been replied
to by the Netherlands government.
Minister Phillips, it has been an
nonnced, will sail from The Hague on
July for visit to this country,
but it is said that his visit in no way
concerns the civil controversy.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
FAY FINAL TRIBUTE
TO COL. GALbRA|TH
Roosevelt and D'0lier Among
Those EuIogizing Loved
Legion Commander.

BY tDe AsSoclaleQ freSe.
CINCINNATI. June 11.-Thousands
of persons from all walks of life this
afternoon paid their last solemn trib-
ute to the memory of Col. Frederick
w. Galbraith. national commander of
the American Legion, who lost his life
last Thursday morning in an automo-
bile accident in Indianapolis.
The funeral services were held in
Music Hall under the auspices of the
American Legion, and long before
they began. and while there was an
endless procession of mourning men.
women and children passing the
body Of Col. Galbraith, which lay in
state in the rotunda Of the big build
ing, every one of the 1000 seats in
the auditorium of the hall was taken.
Roosevelt One Of Speakers.
The obsequies were under the aus
pices of the American Legion and
were marked by great simplicity.
Brief orations were delivered by Rev
John Herset. who was the chaplain of
manded by Col. Galbraith in France:
Rev. Frederick McMillin. who also
was an overseas chaplain; Theodore
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy, who represented the federal
government: former Representative
Victor Heintz of Ohio. who was a cap
tain under Galbraith: Col. Franklin
D'Olier. former commander of the
legion. and Marcel Knecht. director OF
the French Information service in the
United States, who was the Official
representative of the French govern
ment.
In his address Mr Roosevelt said:
In the great service movements that
have strengthened our citizens. through
the toll Of everyday life. on the she'll
torn battlef1elds Of France-where serv-
ice could be found-there you found
Col Galbraith, at the forefront Of the
battle. gallantly fighting for the right.
"Proud of His Lffe.-
I'VE mourn his death. but we are
proud of his life. We shall miss him
in the troubled days that lie before
us, but our faith in our country is
strengthened in that it can breed such
father. valiant soldier. splendid ideal
ist-his death has left US poorer. but
his life has left us richer. His pilgrim
age is gloriously finished"
Col. D'Olier said in his eulogy:
The legion has lost its great lead
er: the service man. and especially
the disabled man, has lost his best
friend; this city. this state and this
nation. has lost one of its most USE
full citizens. The service man, be-
cause of his training and discipline in
the Army, is not much given to eX-
pressing his deepest feelings, and
having known this great character so
intimately, / am sure that the greatest
tribute he would wish for would be
has gone his spirit is still carrying
on"
Evening star., 1921-06-12

Of $4.ooo.0o0 on which to base a fair
rate Of return. Attorneys for the
protestants. representing citizens as
soGations in Alexandria, Falls
Church. Clarendon and other points
and organizations along the COM
pany's lines claimed a fair value of
the physical property of the road was
100000. On this point the commits
sion made no comment except to state
that the record shows overcapitaIiza-
ton.
The report said the road. under the
proposed increased fares, WILL fail by
$19.S06 to meet operation and interest
charges. Major renewals amounting
to $64.452 are now in sight for 1921,
the report said. including improve
ments in Potomac Park. required by
the War Department and the District
Commissioners. and As miles OF new
trolley wire between Vienna and Fair
fax. Va
Security Values Per Mile.
Based on 44.51 miles of road. bonds
of the company represent about S70.-
900 per mile. the report said: bonds
and other obligations represent about
$130,644 per mile. ana bonds. stocks
and other obligations combined repre-
sent about S1S4075 per mile. Only
11.40 miles Of the road are double
tracked, the report said, and there are
no expensive terminals. No appraisal
Of the road property has been made.
The proposed rate on the authorized
fifty-two-trip fare books compares
favorably with the rates paid by
passengers on other suburban electric
railways about Washington, the re-
port concludes.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
KRAMER SUGGESTS
: POINTS TO HAYNES
Commissioner Details Prob
lens Of Enforcement Con-
fronting Successor.

Important problems facing the prohi-
bition enforcement forces were outlined
last night by John F. Kramer. retiring
national prohibition commissioner. To
A Haynes. easier. Mr. Kramer suggested
that Congress enact law giving him
authority to limit the number Of pre-
scriptions for whisky which physicians
may issue and the quantity of whisky
which may be manufactured and i'm
ported and to prevent the use Of whisky
in medicines in which alcohol has Gus
tomarily been used.
Loyal Agents Needed.
Primary among the problems facing
the new prohibition commissioner. Mr..
Kramer said. will be the necessity OF
maintaining an organization which will
Loyalty do the work he has to do. While
a few prohibition enforcement officers
have betrayed their trust. he declared.
the great majority of them are abso-
lutely loyal and honest
Second, alcohol will continue to be
a problem" he said.
1T must be encouraged for industrial
uses and purposes. yet the very alcohol
which is SO valuable in industrial lines
of work can easily be made a potable
liquor.
rather serious one in that liquors
are smuggled into the country. This
will remain a problem until foreign
governments can see their way clear
to so adjust their laws that they will
not make it difficult for their neigh
Dor and friends to carry out the laws
which have been enacted by their
said neighbor and friends.
Fourth, the Illicit making Of
whisky. and this especially in the
south. will rem&in a problem for some
time to come.
Fifth, the withdrawal of whisky
and alcohol from bond on forged per-
mits- This has been one of our great
est problems and is not altogether
solved"
Support Growing.
Local and state support to federal
officials has become more pronounced,
Mr.. Kramer continued
1.-The people," he added, have to a
great extent adapted themselves to
the new law and to the changed con-
ditions which it brought about This,
of course. helps greatly in carrying
out the work under the law"
Commissioner Haynes announced the
appointment of James E. Jones.
formerly of Youngstown, Ohio, as as
sistant federal prohibition commits
Sioner.
Mr.. Jones has been connected with
the Department of Agriculture since
1853. recently as assistant in charge
Of business operations Of the bureau
Of plant industry.
Evening star., 1921-06-12
OFFERS MEMORIAL PLAN.
Forestry Association Would Homo
Col. Galbraith. II

Dedication Of the intersection OF.
the Dixie and National highways az.
Vandalia, Ohio, near Dayton, to thu
memory of Col F. W. -Galbraith. who
planted memorial trees there a yeat
ago, is proposed by the American.
Forestry Association. Col. Galbraitf's q
successor as commander of the Amer
loan Legion will be asked to take up
the project. =,
'One of the last things Col CAL
brafth- did," said Charles Lathrop
Pack. president OF the association,
yesterday, was to plant memorial
trees at the intersection of the Dixie
and National highways at vandalis.
Ohio. The association has what ig
perhaps the last picture Of the coni-
mander ever taken.
IF Ohio erects a monument to Col.
Galbratth, what better place can be
selected for 1t than at the intersection
Of these two great roads of remem-
brance lined with memorial trees"
Evening star., 1921-06-12
ATTACK ON WOMAN
ST|RS RACE FEELING
States Attorney Acts Quick
Iy at Aberdeen-NeW Clues
Sought by. Police.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ABERDEEN. Md. June 11.-Fear-
ing that serious trouble might arise
between the white and colored men
Of this section. due to the assault on
Mrs. Lille Singleton, wife of Frank
Singleton, on his farm near Aberdeen.
Thursday afternoon. by colored man.
States Attorney Walter r. McComas
of Hartford county held a meeting of
the leading white citizens here this
afternoon to form plans to prevent
trouble.
Before leaving Belair this morning
States Attorney McComas said the
danger of a serious clash between
the whites and blacks at Aberdeen
was real and he added steps must be
taken at once to check the danger.
He said he was told that the negroes
became more incensed after Elliott
Bosquit. colored. of Washington.
caught on a freight train yesterday
afternoon. was shot by Richard
Singleton, brother-in-law of Mrs.
Singleton. and because of the arrest
of Shirley Harvey, who, with several
colored men, made threats that they
intended to bring about the release
| of Bosquit
Wounded Man Not Guilty.
At the Havre de Grace Hospital this
morning 1t was said that Bosquit was
resting easily, but that he will have
| to remain in the hospital for several
days. He was shot in the left thigh.
Mrs. Singleton said Bosquit was not
her assailant when she was brought
before him.
George Neal. colored. who was ar
rested shortly after the assault in
aberdeen was taken before Mrs.
according to States Attorney Nc
Comas. she said while she was unable
to say positively he was the man
who assaulted her. his clothing re-
semb bied that worn by her assailant.
ever. that Mrs. Singleton was not
positive about the clothing. The
stains on the clothing of Neal, which
at first were thought to be blood
stains. were found to be stains from
i6trawberries.
State Police Hunt Clues.
The state police. under command
the case, and 1t was said they have
unearthed some clues that may lead
to the Identification Of the assailant.
1t was announced here today that
several more state policemen will be
sent here to nip in the bud any out
breaks that may occur.
Think Guilty Man Mt Larxe.
There was no repetition here tonight
OF Fridays disorder. when a clash be-
tween several white men and a party of
armed negroes was narrowly averted.
1t is thought that the prompt arrest
last night Of Shirley Harvey, colored, al
legged to be the leader of the party of
armed negroes. acted as a quieting in
f1uence upon the colored population of
the vicinity. and no further trouble is
anticipated.
While three negroes are now under
arrest on suspicion Of having perpe-
trated the assault, none Of them has
been identified by Mrs. Singleton, and it
is felt here that the guilty man has not
yet been apprehended. Police are still
searching for some new clue, but posses
have discontinued their tours Of the
neighborhood.
Evening star., 1921-06-12

mendation on the subject to the Sen
ate committee.
Advocates Of Measure.
Senators Sutherland and Capper
took prominent part in getting the
water legislation through the Senate,
where sentiment appeared to be en-
tirely favorable to it. In the House
the principal advocates Of water leg
islation are Representatives Zihlman
of Maryland and Moore of Virginia,
although sentiment on this side Of the
Capitol in favor Of the provision is
thought to be general
Board Of Trade members and Wash
ington water consumers generally were
in happy frame of mind last night
over the outlook for favorable vote in
the House. They do not discount the
fact that the present conduit may 60 out
Of business before a new one can be
built but, with the authority for new
construction granted, much of the
menace to Washington In the present
situation will be removed. they point
out.
Board of Trade Statement
The water supply committee of the
Board of Trade, Of which Francis R
Weller Is chairman and which has been
active in the effort to acquaint Congress
fully with all the facts in the water
situation. prepared a statement yester-
day to be sent to the conferees on the
Army bill The statement says. in part: !:
1T is difficult to exaggerate the
seriousness of the present water
supply situation. We are wholly de-
pendent upon the single aqueduct at
Great Falls. which aqueduct has been
in continuous service for over sixty
years. Naturally at the present time
it requires considerable repairs and
thorough examination. II q serious
accident occurs to any part Of this
nine-mile aqueduct, which would in
terrupt the supply Of water for over
one weeks time. the resulting condi-
terrible beyond description. There
are several days supply In the reser-
voir, and during a number Of days
in the year the actual water con-
sumption is in excess Of what 10 con-
sidered to be the safe capacity Of
the aqueduct. Unfortunately. for the
past ten years, since the question Of
increased water supply has been
agitated, this proposition has been
tied together with the project for
developing water power at Great
Falls, so that nothing has been done
The present Recommendation Of the
Federal Power Commission contem-
plates the construction Of the second
aqueduct independent Of any water
power development. so that We now
believe that there should be no
further obstacles in the way Of i'm
mediately starting work on this
project. ~
Evening star., 1921-06-12
HARVARD MEN SAIL.

NEW YORK. June 11.-Fifty-six
of the Harvard University
Giee Club sailed today on the steamer
Lapland from New York Ell route to
France, where they will give several
concerts at the invitation of the
French government. The principal
concerts will be at the Trocadero in
Paris, July 4. and at Srassburg July
IA, Bastille day.