Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-25
Washington Briefs


ingtou has become a great convention
city and the long rectangular BALLROOM
Quilted is usually the scene of the
most important national conclaves
held here The apartment commonly
serves the dual purpose Of a convention
hall by day and a banquet chamber by
night 1t was engaged for such proceed
'ngs we'll up to the beginning Of July.
So the news of the fire had no sooner
spread through the capital at breakfast
time than there was a mad scamper-
ing by local entertainment commit
tees to corral new convention and ban
quet facilities in May and June.
number Of dance and ball festivities also
must be transferred on short notice 20
other and less elaborate surroundings.
No OIL her ire could have thrown so many
future schemes out IF gear Some Of
them. no doubt, will have 10 be called
Of altogether. for Washington IS not sur
feited with the accommodations put out
Of commission in sunny dawn.
By April Of 1928 the capital will be in
possession OF a new and its biggest hotel
10 be called the Walker. 1t is to stand
in Connecticut avenue, near Farragut
square, cost S6,O0OO00 and contain LOO
rooms.
Political memoirs are not raining they
pour. ON the heels Of Mr.. kohlSaats
From Mckinley to Harding" Oscar )
~trauS. former cabinet minister and am
,assador. will produce Under -Four Ad
mini~tratiouS a volume of personal rec
elections dealing with service at home
and abroad under Presidents Cleveland,
Mckinley. Roosevelt and Taft Mr.
Straus yields trenchant pen. His stand
ard work on Roger Williams. the Pion-
eer OF Religious Liberty" $500 was
much in evidence at yesterdays corner
stone laying of the national Baptist
memorial to Williams in Washington.
Secretary Hughes referred to the book in
mis- dedicatory address and copy Of 1t
was imbedded in the cornerstone. Mr.
Straus was called upon to stand up and
bow TO the plaudits Of Roger Williams
most famous biographer.
Still another book OF political recollec-
lions author not yet disclosed-is on
r.son To Harding"
What did Rudyard Kipling know when
he averred that East i East ana West
Is West and never the twain shall meet
They are going to meet shortly at Lou
rain, for Japan has just proclaimed her
intention Of helping to rebuild the cele-
brated university and library which the
Germans destroyed when they hacked
their way through Belgium The imperial
government at Toxic has authorized
Prince Saionji 10 organize an influential
national commit tee 20 raise funds. The
scheme is the outgrowth Of friendship
struck up with the Paris peace confer
ence between Prince Saionji. a Nippon
csc plenipotentiary and VI. Nandan Heu-
vel, a Belgian delegate who is profes-
~or at LOuvain. All Of the leading intel
lectual leaders OF Japan will be on the
Louvain committee. The corner stone
Of the new university was laid in the
summer Of 1921 by DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler in the presence Of great galaxy
of international sayants.
Some OF his legion of friends in ami
out Of California are trying To persuade
Representative Julius Kahn to contest
the senatorial primaries with Hiram W.
Johnson The Member for the Golden
cate" said he appreciates the implied
compliment. but cannot consider making
the race. Mr.. Kahn is nc longer spring
chicken. he AYERS. He occupies a unique
POSITION in Congress-the represents tive
Of one Of the biggest. finest and richest
constituencies in the United States,
where he is so beloved that he continues
to be renominated and reelected without
opposition from Congress to Congress.
This is his eleventh term and he appsr
emily can have as many more sS he
wants. There are fifty eight counties
in California and entry into the senatorial
arena would mean campaigning iuces
-f- h. &
Kahn Even if there were no other rea-
sons that would suffice TO deter me.
Mr.. Kahn's admirers think he probably
is the only Republican in California who
could snow Senator johnson under.
Baron James A De ROthschild Of the
celeb-a ed European financial dynasty.
thinks Washington the city beautiful
He is struck by the Francophile note
emphasized everywhere in the capital ;
nomenclature and public monuments.
La Fayette Square. the statue Of 70
chambeau. Argonne Terrace. apartment Mt
houses called 81. Mihiel and Belleau.
and other indications that the heart Of
the Nation beats gratefully with memo
ries Of our earliest ally. Then VI De
Rothschild was here in the week end
when Marshal Joffre is the hours toast.
The young baron. a gallant aviator In
the French army during the World War,
is still on the sunny side of thirty. He
will pass another three months in the
United States learning the kinks of
American banking methods.
II he can be known as the -'most
human" being who ever sa; in George
Washiugton's chair. President Harding
rrnhahIv NrnnId feel his cnreer az The