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Evening star., 1923-08-12
NEGROES now PATRONS
OF FAMOUS HULL HOUSE
Netghborhood of Jane Adams Set
tlement Work Changing It's
Identity Once More.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, August 1.-THE neighbor-
hood Of Hull House. for thirty years
the center OF Miss Jane Adams work
among the foreign population of Chi
cago, is changing again, according to
the staff at Hull House and officers of
the Chicago Urban League. This time
the newcomers are negroes. thought
to be moving from other sections Of the
city and southern states.
The population of the South Hal
stead street district has changed con-
siderably since the esta blishment of
the settlement by Jane Adams in
1889. workers there say. As one
group becomes more prosperous. it
moves into less crowded quarters Of
the city. Early canyasses made OF
the district show large mum bers or
Italians, Greeks and d sprinkling Of
Irish. Greeks and Italians are still
in the majority, although Hull House
has in the last decade been Offering
hospitality to large numbers of inn
migrant Jews and to a small colony
OF gypsies who are making their
home there.
When Hull House. one of the
pioneer settlement houses in the Unit
ed States, was established. Miss
Adams threw open her doors to the
community and founded a neighbor-
hood gathering place as a democratic
institution. Everybody was welcomed
regardless of nationality, in friendly
spirit. An effort has been made at all
times to persuade the various ma
tionalities to cooperate in the life of
the community.
Evening star., 1923-08-12
"MAMMY," 81 YEARS OLD,
HERE SINCE 1850, DEAD
Tennessee ex-Slave Brought to Cap
ltal by Col. Pearson, Merchant.
From MARYLAND.

Mrs. Emily Clark, born a slave in
tennessee, one Of the few remaining
black mammies." and who has been
a resident of Washington since 1850.
died Friday noon at her home, 2l45
Newport place northwest. aged ninety
one years. The funeral will be held
this afternoon at . o'clock from
Walker Memorial Baptist Church,
13th and V streets northwest. The
interment will be in Harmony ceme-
terry.
To what family Mrs. Clark belonged
as slave could not be learned At
one time she served as slave with
a family in Howard county, Nd. She
was brought to this city a slave. in
1850, by Col. Joseph Pearson. a mer-
recently demolished. stood at 921 18th
street. When the home was built all
that section of the city was in woods.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sutton of 2O1S Kiln
gle road. granddaughter Of Col. Fear
son, has many Interesting remi-
niscences of the ex-slave. col. Fear
son before the emancipation freed
Emily. but Notwithstanding that she
made her home with Col. Pearson for
many years. She was possessed OF
her physical faculties despite her ad-
vanced age. She had been partially
disabled from time to time for the
past five years. but was only con-
fined to her bed for ten days prior to
her death.
After receiving her freedom she
married John Clark and reared a
family. She is survived by her daugh-
ter. Lottie Clark. and a granddaugh-
ter. Minnie Simms Of this city.
She was a communicant Of Walker
Memorial Baptist Church and the
Phyllis wheatley Society. a Charitable
organization. She had a record of
her birth showing that she was born
December 4, 1882.
Evening star., 1923-08-12

when he lect college. became an
assistant secretary to Senator Lodge
Of Massa chusetts and later secretary
to the senator. About eight years
ago he resigned his office and entered
the employ of Stone & Webster
of Boston, big engineering and
construction company. After the
election Of Mr.. Coolidge to the vice
presidency. Mr. Clark was offered
and accepted the position of secre-
taIy to the Vice President.
Isaac Cans, president of the Cham
bor of Commerce OF the District of
Columbia, was a caller at the tenn
porary White House yesterday af-
ternoon. Mr.. Cans called to pay
his respects to the new President.
He discussed briefly with the Presi-
dent District affairs and expressed
the hope that the President at some
time in the future would be a guest
of the chamber
Felix Cordova Davila, resident
commissioner from Porto Rico, also
was caller on the President yes
terIlay afternoon.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
tomorrow will attend services at the
First Congregational Church. as they
q la SUNDAY.
Evening star., 1923-08-12
STRAW GAS VAIN
FOR FARM HEAT

From experiments conducted by the
Department of Agriculture "it appears
that the destructive distillation of straw
and similar material for the production
of gas for heat, light and power Ola
farms is not practicable at the present
time" a statement issued yesterday by
the department said. The statement
continued:
1.-The department wishes to emphasize
this statement in view of the fact that
false impressions may have been made
as the result of certain advertising lit
erature which has recently been circu-
lated among farmers. Some of the
pamphlets and circulars issued have
been written with the obvious intent to
create the impression that the Depart
ment of Agriculture has tested and in
dorsed straw gas equipment manufac-
tured by certain concerns. No tests of
this kind have been made ard the de-
partment has Endorsed no equ:r ment.
1.-THE department has experimental on
and studied the production of gas from
straw and similar material But it has
never made the statement that it is
economical and feasible to produce gas
from straw or other cellulose material"
Evening star., 1923-08-12

of the most critical stages of the
world war when bitter controversy
arose over the question of who should
be appointed postmaster Of a small
city in northern Ohio. 1t was al a
time when David Lloyd George was
crying out that the world war was a
struggle between Won Hindenburg
and Wilson. Various factions of the
democratic party were interested in
the selection of a particular man for
the northern Ohio post. Many con-
ferences were held The Postmaster
General had refused to recommend
for the place the man chosen by the
representative from that district. The
senator's from the state were at odds,
and thus the controversy, in Its
f1nality. with all the soreness and bit
terness that had been engendered,
had to be passed on to the President
for decision. Feelings must not be
hurt in this matter And thus we
found the President at a time when
critical war matters pressed upon
him compelled to give his time and
energy and his vitality TO this mat
ter of secondary Importance
1t is reported in the daily press
that efforts will be made to relieve
the presidency through congressional
action by making it unnecessary for
him to sign various commissions.
grants OF public lands. etc. In my
opinion, this attempt to relieve the
President would be performing but
a minor operation where a major one
Is necessary
Ny plea, therefore, is to amend the
Constitution SO as to provide for a
single term of either four or six
years. This would leave the Presi-
dent free to carry out his respons!-
bilitfes to the nation as a whole and
would relieve him of all worries and
anxieties incident to a campaign for
a second term
Evening star., 1923-08-12

To what extent the presence of Cal
vim Coolidge in the White House will
tend to check the threatened drift OF
republicans into a third party-par-
ticularly in the west and northwest,
where the farmer-laborites have.
within a year or two, had a succession
of victories at the polls in important
elections, is a subject to which the
practical republican leaders are giving
not little thought.
The revolt of the farmers in the
northwest. which has swept into the
United States Senate Shipstead and
Johnson of Minnesota OF the farmer
labor party, and radicals from other
states, under other party designa-
tions, has caused a great deal of un-
easiness in inner circles in both of
the great political parties.
Senator George H Moses. represent
ing the republican senatorial com
mittee, spent some time in Minnesota
in the special election campaign,
where Gov. Preus. radical republican
though he was. was defeated by Mag
nus Johnson for the seat in the Senate
made vacant by the death of the
sturdy and regular Knute Nelson.
Senator Moses discovered that as
the representative of the republican
organization. the part of wisdom was
to speak softly and in secret places.
In other words. republican organiza
tion men. in Minnesota, were disposed
to take Moses by the lapel and lead
him out of sight behind the barn for
conferences They feared the result
on their own political fortunes of
too open association with the New
England senator who represented
the great party organization against
which thousands of Minnesota repub-
licanS were up in arms.
Both Parties Affected.
If republican party lines were
broken out through the west in re-
cent elections. it Is likewise true that
there is a similar lack of political CO.
hesion on the democratic side. 1t is
admitted that, so far as the west is
concerned, both of the major parties
are in a bad way.
The advent of Calvin Coolidge
brings TO the White House and to
! the leadership of the republican party
the unknown quantity" in national
politics He has been governor of
his state and for two years Vice
President. but he has no voting rec
ord on national questions. which he
could not have escaped If he had
been a member of either the United
States Senate or House of Represent
Evening star., 1923-08-12
Coolidge Prospect as Check
On Third Party Considered
Practical Politicians Take account of
Fact That He Has no Recorded Votes
on National Questions.

atives Nor has he been actively
identified with the national organiZa-
tion of the republican party. Fur
thermore, his political training has
been pretty much restricted to Mas
sachusetts and has been less on ma
tional than on local lines.
His imm ediate predecessor. for
whom the day of official mourning
is over, was product of the Ohio
school of politics. His was long
training for high national public Of
fice. The offices in Ohio which Mr..
Harding held before he came to the
United States Senate and his politi-
cal activities In his own state were
merely stepping stones to a definite
career in national public life. He
was heralded as a coming man as
early as 1912. when he was put for
ward to make the speech nominating
William Howard Taft for the prest-
dency. On that particular occasion
the then Lieut.. Gov Harding talked
to a great gathering of delegates and
spectators, one-half of whom We're
noisy and in revolt But. like most OF
the regular republicans of that day
who remained regular. he survived
Armageddon and was elected to the
selected to preside over the repub-
lican convention in 1916.
In strong contrast. Calvin Coolidge
has never been identified with the
national activities or the repuDllcan
party He has never held national
office, except the vice presidency and
has never been a delegate to ma
tional party convention.
Unknown Equation.
1t may be that the third party
movement. which is today admittedly
much larger than a mans hand on
the political horizon. Will disappear
by reason of the policies and accom-
plishments of the Coolidge admins
tration. That, of course, is what the
party leaders are hoping. The new
President is the unknown equation
did the populist party thirty years ago.
and public life in 50 far as he can be
Judged by a political training or
record of votes on national questions.
They have his speeches, his record In
Massa achusetts politics. his attitude
on the Boston police strike and his
stand for law and order. which thrill
ed the nation. He may be the Moses
who will lead his party out OF the
wilderness of doubt and uncertainty
and distrust. -
Back OF the present movement for
a third party is the distress OF the
farming population. If times grow
better for the farmer. the farmer :
labor party may fade into the politi-
cal history of the United States as
did the populist party thirty years ago.
Evening star., 1923-08-12
FATHER OF PRESIDENT
DID NOT GO TO MARION
John c. Coolidge Reported as Go
ing to Harding Rites by
Misunderstanding.

By the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH, VT. August 11.--Presi-
dent Coolidge's father, John c. Cool
idge did not go to Marion to attend
the funeral of President Harding,
contrary to a dispatch sent out yes
terday.
Mr.. Coolidge has remained In
Plymouth, except for short trip
Thursday to Ludlow, since the mem
orable morning of August 8, when.
as a notary, he administered the oath
of office to his son.
The report that he had started for
Marion arose apparently from a mis-
understanding of a telephone con-
Evening star., 1923-08-12
Old Superstition
Brought to Light
ByHarding Death

Out of the death OF President
Harding has sprung a superstition
which may become historical. II is
based on the fact that every twen-
tieth presidential election year. since
1910. has later seen the chief execu-
tive die IN office. A fatal significance
attaches to the presidential election
year divisible by twenty, and here
is the record:
William Henry Harrison. elected
1870, died shortly after he assumed
office.
Abraham Lincoln. elected 1860, as
sassinated at the outset of his sec
Ond term.
James a. Garfield. elected 1880.
assa ssinated soon after he took
office.
William Mckinley. elected 1900 for
the second time. assassinated in
September of 1901.
Warren G. Harding. elected 1920.
died suddenly after two years and
seven months in office.
Evening star., 1923-08-12
VIEW PRESIDENCY
AS TOO STRENUOUS
American Residents Abroad
Join Fellow Countrymen
in Relief Plea.

LONDON, August H. American
residents abroad join whole heartedly
in the opinion expressed by many
prominent fellow countrymen visit
ing Europe that some means should
be found of lessening the physical
and mental strain attendant upon
the most strenuous job on earth-the
presidency of the United States Most
Americans abroad are outspoken in
their conviction that the United
States needs none of Europe's king
time 1t is admitted that British roy
atty serves its purpose and part,
which is to receive most Of the en-
pire's bowling, scraping and hand
shaking while the prime minister
goes on about his business Of running
To the British. the American Presi-
dent is king, premier and Prince of
Wales rolled into one. The President
must keep himself constantly before
the people; he must be the head OF
the government and his political
party, and when it is possible for him
to leave Washington he must travel
from end to end of the vast continent
on such trips as broke MIR. Harding and
Mr.. Wilson.
Matter OF Positions.
If Mr.. Harding's position had been
similar to that OF Prime Minister
Baldwin, the President would have
retired to the country when Congress
adjourned, and the swing through
the states would probably have fallen
TO some one else.
When the Prince of Wales is away
his father and mother are left in the
British capital to go through the
grind OF handshaklng, laying corner
stones. and receiving petitions Roy
atty here is kept pretty busy salts
flying the peoples desire for pageant
ry and display. but the monarch does
not have to bother with politics The
king $ name cannot even be mem
toned in the house OF commons IL
Ut IS likely to influence legislation.
This arrangement enables the pre-
mier to devote himself solely TO work
OF state, and he can continue to re-
side in the disreputable looking build
ing, No. 10 Downing street.
The British system has been evolv-
ed from the days when the king, usu-
ally assisted by a chief executioner,
did most OF the governing. Ameri-
cans probably Will find a closer
parallel in the governments Of con-
tinent republics like France and
Switzerland. when the president is
relieved OF much routine labor and
has an equal chance with his fellow
citizens for life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness"
Evening star., 1923-08-12

that the country was restless at the
time of President Harding's death. 1t
was a restlessness suggestive Of a
change. The country was in a mood
for experimentation.
Providence Acts Quickly.
Now. through an act of Providence.
the change has come. There is a new
deal at the White House, new deal
without any upset to the party In power.
without any gchism within the ranks.
The leaders believe that much Of the
restlessness will be relieved: that there
will be disposition instead to give the
new man his chance. They believe
there will be at least a temporary sober
ing of the more radical thought.
The leaders are here to discuss the
situation, and the more they study it
the better they are pleased with the
prospects. =
So much for the republicans.
The democrats view the situation
from an entirely different angle. They.
too, agree that the Harding adminstra-
tion Is thing Of the past. but they
say that republican responsibility for
the situation which may confront the
country next year cannot be shifted
from the party TO the individual The
democrats will attack the party and its
capacity to govern.
Harding Generally Liked.
The democratic attack will swing
away from the White House to the
Capitol. 1t was never the democratic
disposition to make fight upon Mr.
Harding himself. They have preferred
all along to take the position that
Mr.. Harding was good man. a man
trying to do the right thing. but that
his party leaders in Congress would
not support him in his principal poll
icies and would not fall in with his
beneficent leadership.
AS the democratics see II, President
Coolidge Will not be able to do much
more with a recalcitrant Congress
than Harding accomplished The
democrats Will turn their guns upon
Congress, upon the Senate In partic-
ular. and believe that IL they can con-
tlnue the swing away from the re-
publican party, which was so mani
fest in the 1922 elections they can
sweep the presidency along with a
possible congressional overturn.
Evening star., 1923-08-12

nous mines, by which the working
miners do not pay union dues them
selves, but have the amount assessed
by the union taken out of their pay
by employers and turned over to
union officials When the anthracite
operators declared their determina-
tion not to bind themselves TO install
the practice all discussion OF other
controversial points in the wage con-
tract ceased.
The union also has voted to de-
mand a So per day increase for all
men employed by the day in the
mines and a 20 per cent increase in
the piece-work rates for actual coal
digging. These questions and one as
to the duration of the new contract
were left in the air when the Allan
tic City conference broke UP.
Evening star., 1923-08-12
Must Be Accessible.

Do we realize that, while the Presi-
dent is thought to live in lonely iso-
PEELED daily to be accessible to 435
representatives and ninety-six SEN
ators, not to mention the multitude of
diplomats. bankers. business men Of
affairs and delegates from all over
the country? And added to these bur
dens the President must be ever ready
to confer with the political chieftains
of his party who report to him the
condition of his party in all states
of the Union.
It Is my opinion that II the Presi-
Evening star., 1923-08-12
PRESIDENCY HARD, CRUEL
TASK, TUMULTY ASSERTS

dent Of the United States were per-
mitted to handle the purely admins.
trative side of his office, free from
the blighting entanglements Of poll
tics. his energy and resources could
be utilized in the handling of the
greater problems. both international
and domestic. which confront him
But the fact is (and when / say this
1t Is without disparagement of the
distinguished occupants of that high
office) too much of the Presidents
time is given to a consideration of
problems that, in their last analysis
are purely political and have to do
with that side of his administration
which should be subordinated to that
OF weighter measures. In other
words, the President is no sooner
comfortably seated in the White
House than the urge" of friends is
thick upon him to "selI himself and
his administration to the country"
He Is. of course, always averse to
propagandizing and resorting to
swings around the circle" But his
intimate friends and advisers impress
upon him the wisdom of appealing to
the people. explaining that the sue
cess OF his administration depends
upon his going before the country,
ana so the strategy of "campaign-
Ing" is urged upon him.
Would Limit Term.
Inc only solution of the problem
is 10 make the term of a president
one OF four to six years duration
with the proviso that he shall be in
eligible for reelection. Were the
presidents terms limited in this way,
now different from the present atmos-
phere' surcharged as 1t is with clam
orous demands Of over solicitous
friends would be that in which he
would work and labor for the big,
exalted ideals of his country. Far
removed from the exigencies of poll
TICS and the needs OF constituencies,
OF representatives. and senator's. the
president would be free to consider
calmly and dispassionately the needs
or the whole country. His selections
to high ONCE would be made. regard
less Of the effect they might have
upon the political future of statemen
and politicians.
/ recall a story of President Lin
coin. 1t appears that in the early
days of the civil war, when the nor
thern armies were sorely pressed and
bad news was reaching the White
House that the president, when seen
by an intimate friend visiting him.,
was walking UP and down his study,
careworn and greatly disturbed. The
friend said: II wish / could relieve
you of your burdens, Mr.. President
The news We are getting from the
northern armies is discouraging
The President turned and answered ::
"I am not now thinking of the nor
thern armies. I am wondering whom
viii appoint as postmaster at Shell
byville, Kentucky"
In this story there is illustrated
the demands made upon a President
of the United States at a time when
personalities and the success of this
or that individual in the political
field should be subservient to the
welfare of all.
During my term in the White House
striking incident occurred at one
Evening star., 1923-08-12
Is HURT IN TRAIN CRASH,

HUNTSVILLE. Ala. August IL
Fifteen persons were slightly hurt
today when three cars of a freight
train on the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis railway crashed into a
passenger train at Hobbs Island Ala
according to railway ofncials here.
Evening star., 1923-08-12
FATE SAVES COOLIDGE
FROM G. 0. P. DISCARD,
MAKES HIM 1924 CHOICE

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the tenure Of the office itself. 1t Is only
an unfortunate happening like the
death of a President that brings US
face to face with a stern fact. and
that fact is that within a decade the
duties of the presidential office have
increased in alarming fashion. More
and more our people have demanded
presidential leadership of an individ-
ual and special nature so that with
the tremendous growth of the coun-
try the varied needs of forty eight
prosperous and growing states. the
administration Of the Philippine
Islands, Porto Rico and our widely
separated insular possessions, the
trials and cares of the President
have broadened until, with uncom-
planning patience and fortitude, the
pilot of this great ship of state must
be at the helm both day and night,
guiding the destinies of 110,000.000
people through dangerous waters.
The war itself and it's aftermath,
which brought new and additional
burdens In the way of grave world
problems, have drawn greatly upon
the energy-physical and mental-of
the President Only robust and
vigorous man can hope to Withstand
the resultant strain. worry and
anxiety.
Saw Heavy Burdens.
While in the White House l was
fortunately in a position to witness
mands upon war Presidents time,
patience, stamina and energy. Time
and again l saw a sorely burdened
President, with the weight Of per
picking cares ard sponsibilities
upon him. indulgently listening to the
partisan claims of special pleaders"
from Capitol Hill. even at a time
when solemn decisions affecting the
destiny of the nation and the world
had to be made.
In the face of all these hardships
and cares. it was a fine, noble. COM
mendable thing, an act characteristic
OF the geniality and goodness Of
''open-door policy" at the White
House shortly after his inauguration,
but ] am expressing the opinion now
that l then expressed to his friends
and advisers, that this benevolent,
democratic policy could not be salts
factoriIy carried out without a severe
charge upon the energy and time OF
the President. Such a policy can only
result in physical and nervous ex-
haustion.