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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-26
Minister of Finland
To Glue Dinner.

The Minister of Finland, Axel
Leonard Astrom, will be host at din
ner on May Is, when he will enter.
tain in the Presidential suite of the
Willard
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter will
be hosts at a dinner of twenty-four
tonight.
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss has been
forced TO cancel her at home to,
morrow afternoon on account OF
Illness
Mrs. South TrimbIe. ir., is the
guest of honor al the bridge party
Miss Rebecca Dia! is giving this
afternoon. There will be twenty
guests, and Mrs. Nathaniel Dial and
Miss Grace Roper will preside al
the tea table.
Miss Emily Dial. who has been
visiting in Baltimore, returned to
Washington today.
=
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe will he al
home this afternoon when she will
have assisting her Mrs. Thomas w
Cauldwell of Morristown. ". j. Mrs
Cauldwell is guest of Mrs. Rad
cliffe
=
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney
will be hosts at a small dinner this
evening.
s.
Mrs. George McNeir, OF New York,
who is staying at the Hamilton
Hotel, has been joined there by her
daughter-in-law, Mrs Burrows Nc.
Neir, and her granddaughter, Miss
Almeda McNeir, OF Green Bay, Wis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-26
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Archie Turner, %, and Mary Boston
IT. The Rev. stephen Morris.
Arthur Curtin. Il, and Clara Wiener
II. The Rev w j. Brooks.
Frank Higher 90. and Grace Leebrick
&c. The Rev. Anderson Brodie.
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Va. and Rose Yaw, 10, Winston Salem
y. c. The Rev H. d. Mitchell.
John Houck, 27 and Gladys Schaefer
81, both of Baltimore. The Rev. H. F
Anthony Ferrars. IS, ouantico, Va.
and Philomena Xavier, e. of this city.
The Rev. Father Morris.
shirley smith. 20. chiffon Station, Va.
The Rev. H. r. Downs.
Raymond BaitOn, "a. Remington. Va,
and Ethel N. Glaseock. p, Culpeper, Va.
The Rev. H. F. Downs.
James Turner Riuen. %. aberdeen
Nd. The Rev. I'll. T. Stevenson.
Nd. and Florence Oakford, Is, Philadel-
phia. The Rev. "a 7. Stevenson.
Harold NJ. Shaw. 20 and Effie Savage,
Sc, both of Richmond, Va. The Rev. e
Stevens.
Maitland Martin. "a and Beatrice
Butler. a. both of LynehburE, Va. The
Rollin Bell. %. and Mildred MELON
ough, %. both of Carbonate, Va. The
Rev. John Martin.
Karl Thomas. 50, Kansas City, Mo-.
and Mary Hagen, SS. Boston. Judge
Robert E. Mattingiy.
: Charles Mainhail. %. and Mary
Bishop Il The Rev. P; 6. Gayan.
house, IA. The Rev. C. r. Stauffer
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guerite Johnson, 81. The Rev. c. NJ.
Diffenderfer.
Hudson Grunewald. 22, and Arts Hen
rietta Berry, 20 The Rev. John B.
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Mass Judge Robert E. MattinElv.
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Margaret Boston, %. The Rev. s.
Morris
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Donough. %. both of Carbonate pa.
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and Helen g Murphy, 90, of Gathers
burs' Md. The Rev. j. J. Ringer
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-26
Writers Club to
Be Guests at Art Center.

The Writers Club of Washington
will be guests of the Art Center
Club on Friday evening from S to
10 o'clock, when a literary program
will be presented.
Lieut.. Col. John NJ. Field U. S.
A, with Mrs. Field, have reopened
their apartment at the Burlington
Hotel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-26
MEXICO NAMES ENJOYS
FOR RECOGNITION FARLEY

The State Department today re-
ceived official confirmation Of the
appointment of Ramon Ross and
Fernando Gonzales Ron as Commits
sioners to represent yfexfco in ne
gotiations with the United States
looking toward recognition OF the
Obregon government
Exclusive announcement of these
aaa1ANAi K.aeasaHsa r...,. H..A--
Evening journal., 1923-01-10
EcoNoMIzING A THANKLEss Jon

CLIFFORD PINCHOT, recently inaugurated Gov
" ernor of Pennsylvania. says that state expenses
are to be cut let the fan where they may
No doubt that there will be Such, least.
the experience in every other state, in
national government
President Harding and the members Of his cabinet
been trying to expenses but every time cut
promised, cry up from the people who are
ierested in the particular item OF that is he
Everybody is for reduction in general-no-
body for reduction when his own interests are af
fected Fortunately President Harding and his cab-
net members have had the courage to go ahead with
the reductions. Fortunately also Congress has had
the courage TO cut the appropriations below the
amounts recommended by the Budget Bureau. They
"let the screams fall where they may"
In these days organization, there is some organ
group fostering practically every activity OF the
The Bureau of Labor sometimes publishes
bulletins statistics which are old to be of cur
interest and publishes them much more exten-
sive form than necessary people ever read these
statistical tables But let suggest that this ex
pense be reduced or that the money be diverted to
some practical purpose the author OF the
suggestion would Immediately be denounced as an
enemy Of iabor-thotgh aborer reads the sta
tstics. Let any man propose reduction OF my item
OF appropriation for the Department Of Agriculture
and he will be classified enemy OF the farmer
Propose cut in the appropriation the army or
navy and you become menace to adequate prepared
Not only appropriation be justified by
plausible arguments, but in most instances the pro-
ponens of the government work be able to demon
that the public interest is suffering because the
appropriation is not large enough
one would think that President Harding and Con-
gress should have received much commendation for
cutting expenses but the commentators are relatively
People take little interest in reductions in gen
eral which for their benefit they get sore if
reduction is made in any particular fund which they
deem important That is what makes difficult the re-
ducton Of public expenditures. 1t that in the
city of Washington. which is up largely of gov
ernment employees and their families Wilson's picture
on the at movie show gets much bearties
round of applause than does the picture of Harding
The is plain. Wilson President during the
period when immense numbers Of people were being
put the payroll and salaries being raised Upon
Harding fallen the unpleasant of cutting sal
detaching people from government positions.
AS Wilmngtonians know it takes courage for a
chief executive Of either the nation a to re-
duce expenditures "let the screams fail where they
may" II would be easier to perform
Evening journal., 1923-01-10
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1923
Ir is A F1NE DREAM. Bur-

A NYTH1NG that the representatives OF organized
n labor may be able 70 reduce the cost OF
living Deiawareans by bringing the producers and
the consumers into direct touch will be welcomed by
the people of State In the condition of the
case however. suggest that neither the Delaware
consumers nor the Delaware producers Of foodstuns
should expect from the movement set on foot
Dover by the Federation OF Labor. It should
forgotten that il producers to reach the
and il the to be kept in touch
with producers there be scientific organizs-
ton produce and sustain the desired contact such
programs automatic in their operation. They
require proper and expensive agencies carry them
in the matters OF intelligent grading, packing
transportation distribution OF products along
mutually advantageous lines
The cry Abolish the middlemen" that just has been
raised anew by the labor in Delaware = old
that covered with the green OF antiquity. It
has been raised in its time in State. county city
town and farming community in our country; and yet
we imagine there wholesale commission
houses in operation in the United States today than
ever before in its history. that too despite
ganization of the many cooperative exchanges in
existence
OF course. it would be the ideal thins if farmers
could sell direct consumers escape the payment Of
freight carriage and commission and with assurance OF
the prompt and proper return Of fruit and vegetable
containers. However. there must be middlemen
where. and the question that confronts the producers
is whether such mddlemen shall be independent
wholesale merchants working prescribed COM
missions. or salared working the direction
Of cooperative exchanges.
We doubt that the Delaware state Federation OF
Labor has at its command the money that would be
needed up and hold cooperative exchange in
Delaware that would drive the middlemen of bus
and automatically, bring lower living the
consumers higher profits to the producers. How
ever, it makes pleasant mid-winter reading and does
nobody special harm. our opinion is that the 1929
crops the Delmarvia Peninsula will be handled in
the old way. with both the producers the
sumers damnng the railroads. the carriers and the mid
demen Of yore and dreaming the same sweet dream
that the labor delegates Dover ths week
The finest a dream but that does not seem
10 work in reality.
Evening journal., 1923-01-10
MARS AT THE PLOUGH

TIME budget estimate for the War Department for
l. the ensuing fiscal year is something under $780,
900 and when the ARMY appropriations Dill sets
before Congress the pacihsts undoubtedly use this
figure in their opposition to preparedness Yet IN
cluded in this sum is 600 900 for nOnmtary ae-
tvities and nearly $1,000. the Panama Canal.
that all. In address delivered in Bos
ton Secretary Of Weeks gave review Of the sc
vities Of military establishment during peace
times in which he dweH upon the remarkable record
Of the army in constructing roads harbors food |ind
and fire controls sanitation and the prevention OF ais
eases colonization and public works and the under
taking OF such gigantic problems the Panama Canal
He called attention to the record of the army IN
the construction OF the first railroads.
Delawareans no doubt realize that OF the most
important branches of the War Department from the
stand point and OF peace. is the Chemical War
fare Service. For this branch the appropriation Tor
the next year is estimated at under 100000
Speaking in New York last September, Assistant Sec
re;ary OF War Wainwright summarized the activities OF
his branch the service, saying:
Practically every bureau OF the war Department if
dependent upon the chemical industry in time OF war
the Medical Department for medicines, the Quarter
masters Corps gasolines oils graphite greases dyee
and other things; Service for protective coat
ings airplane wings; the Signal Corps Tor certain
electrical supplies; the Ordnance Department Tor
smoke gases and other producing materials and
dsea that limited the of armies and duration Of
campaigns in the past would sull rule. Without in
creased fertility OF fields would not have the
necessary fdodsuns the reduction OF man power
for farming purposes. without inventive genius we
could not take advantage Of the scientific develop
ments made necessary BY every war;"
The Chemical Warfare Service constantly engaged
in research and experimentation developing new chem
cas and Improving the efficacy OF those already dis
covered While primarily this work is for national de-
fense IL eventually benefit those engaged IN
peace pursuits so that the small appropriation made
for this service il returned to thousand fold IN
the way Of insecticides disnfectants and numberess
chemical discoveries which alleviate the distress OF
mankind Important as these to the necessities of
modern warfare. they perhaps more important 10
the requirements of peace. In the course or rev
wears II will be that the discoveries OF the
Chemical Warfare Service have saved more lives and
property than could possibly be destroyed in battle by
gases and explosives.
So after all when Deawareans talk OF the sizable
sums appropriated for national defense. they should
not overlook the large part Of them are re-
turned in the OF activities and discoveries and per
fections which make life itself more pleasant TO en-
iure whence me may appropriately quote Milton: |
Peace hath her victories less renowned than war
Evening journal., 1923-01-10
Hundred and FifHeh Anniversary of
Signing of Declaration Of Independence

While New York is celebrating
this double anniversary what of
America herself?
In 1925. one hundred and fifty
years will have elapsed since this
nation was founder. This gives
every state, city, and commu 1ity an
occasion FOR celebration. Let there be
historical programs and pagean nts.
but let there also he expositiOns Of
the books. inventions. merchandise.
and industries contributed by the
people of each section to the national
life. Here is an occasion for a sitting
OF character and works so that the
worthy Of the past and today may
receive their due need OF praise. and
so that the ideals OF the coming
generations may he nodded by the
Ideals and accomplishments of great
men and women, past and present.
McClure's Magazine welcomes the
coming OF the hundred and fftieth
milestone OF American history be-
cause. since the first number OF Nc
Clure's Magazine. il has consistent
Evening journal., 1923-01-10
TO MAKE LEGION
MORE EFFECTIVE

Mayor Harvey will address Della
ware Post No. I, American Legion.
ut the Armory next Monday night.
His subject will he What the
American Legion Can Do for the
Community" This is to he the first
step in working out a new plan for
the American Legion in this citv
namely one Of activity based on
service.
It has been pointed ont by men
prominent in Legion affairs that
there are between five or six hum
dred ex-serv-ice men in Wilmington.
Organized and active. It is thought
they would be a force that couId
be of incalculable benefit 10 the
city.
Charles Coke. communicated
OF Delaware Post invites all ex-
service men and others Interested I'm
the legion to be present At tho
meeting Monday night.
Evening journal., 1923-01-10
TRY TO AGREE ON
TWIN BRIDGE PROBLEM

The Public Service Com mission OF
Pennsylvania at a meeting in Har-
risburg, yesterday. again took up
the matter Of the inter-county
bridge, ever the Brandywine creek.
above Cossart, Pa. The bridg p,
which is double structure, Is
known as Twin Bridges and on the
Chester county end of the struc-
ture the Philadelphia. and Rea ding
Railroad passes. This makes a dan
gerous grad crossing and many sc-
cidents haYe occurred there. The
bridge has been condemned and is
now closed.
The question in controversy be-
fore the Public Service Commission
is whether the construction OF
new bridge, an extension or overhead
bridge, shall be added TO eliminate
the dangerous grade crossing. Both
Chester and Delaware counties were
represented at the hearing yester-
day. The matter will he given a
further hearing.
Evening journal., 1923-01-10

The "amicable rupture at Paris
between Great Britain and France
was not over the reparation total
There was close approach between
Ronar Laws view and Poincare's
view q Germany's capacity 10 pay
the amount suggested on both sides
being about 5O,O0O.00o,O0o gold
marks.
The agreement to disagree was
over the terms on which mora
torium ought TO be granted and over
Frances inslstence on productive
guarantees" during the moratorium
period Great Britain will not par
ticipate in the French-ltalian-Bel-
gian attempt to prevent further
German defaults. If this attempt
succeeds Bonar Law has said that
he will humbly confess his error OF
Judgment and that nobody will be
more pleased than he.
Great Britain leaves the door open
to proft by the French-ltalian- Bel
efan experiment. The door is also
left open to further discussion OF
reparations The British recognize
that the other Allies are not doing
ANYTHING unauthorized by the treaty.
Evening journal., 1923-01-10

The Republican members NJ the
Assembly from New York city have
already indicated a philosophic will
ingness to let Governor Smith have
his way with relation 10 the control
OF New YOrk's transit facilities.
They accept the election verdicts Of
1921 and 1922 as decisions that the
majority OF the people Of this city
want their subways built under the
direction of city, rather than STATE,
officers
II will not be surprising il the Re-
publican majority in the Assembly
decides TO let Governor Smith and
his Democratic Senate do as they
please, at least to a reasonable ex-
tent. in transit regulation. municipal ]
ownership or certain public utilities
and other home matters. But II is
unlikely that the Republican major
ity in the Assembly. with its sense OF
duty 10 other people of the whole
state and TO othe residents of New
York in particular. will help along
any Democratic scheme for munich
pal operation OF subways or OF the
proposed hydro-electric power sys-
tenn.
II is true that the Democra TIC
State platform called for an amend
ment to the Constitution which
would permit the cities 20 own and
operate public utilities: hut that
platform was drawn with an eve on
the radical vote. Governor Smiths
Evening journal., 1923-01-10

by the United States.
However keenly one may sym
pathize with the French people in
the hardships imposed upon them by
German evasion OF repsration pay
ments. il Is impossible TO look upon
the present French project with sp-
proval. When the history OF military
occupations and forcible seizures Is
reviewed II will be found TO be a rec
ord OF dismal failure, followed by
hatreds and wars II Germany and
France are to remain Independent
nations and az peace, II is A blunder
for one of them 10 encrosch upon
the territory Of the other, for any
purpose. because the mere act OF oc-
cupation creates a burning hatred
that can not be quenched while the
invader remains. Witness Alsaee-
Lorraine. theN classic example in
voked by Frenchmen as case OF
fagrsnt aggression. which remained
casus belli until the territory was
restored 10 France.
Granting that the German nation
has not done its best to pay repara-
tions, the fact remains that the allies
have not done their best 20 make
Germany pay Discussions among
the allies have now been followed by
a breach OF the AnglO-French ALL
ance on the reparations question.
France is still supported by Belgium
and Haly. The dropping out or Brit
ain practically gives France a free
hand in dealing with Germany on
this question. The complaint Of the
French people and government has
been that other governments inter
fered 10 prevent France from col
lecting reparatiOns from Germany.
Now the way is clear for France.
and instead OF taking the path OF
reconciliation. TO he followed by
friendship and mutual prosperity.
.he French government makes
for selling German ter
-itory and German resources, prin-
,ipally coal fields. without which
Evening journal., 1923-01-10
No Cause for Change
(From the New York Tribune)

The latter is unimpaired by what
happened at Paris. Great Britain
treaty relations to the other Allies
are exactly what they were before
January 8
The same situation exists with re-
gard TO American contacts with the
treaty. Mr.. Hughes has made il
known that he is still exchanging
communications with the French
government on the plan of repsra-
tion reduction which he discussed in
his New Haven speech. There is no
reason why he should not go ahead.
The plan is not dead. What the
French. italians and BeIgians do in
the Ruhr and the Rhineland is a side
issue. They are merely trying to
liquidate a few overdue German ac-
counts. An all-round agreement
on reparation revalustion may. in
fact be speeded up by this collection
campaign which viii AT least show
Germany that she can no longer pro-
ceed on the theory that If she wants
to escape payment all she has TO do
is to refuse it.
why should cur attitude or status
as a signatory Of the armistice and
Evening journal., 1923-01-10
BEGIN HEARINGS
ON new BUDGET
(Conti.ued from First Pege)

(Conti--ued from First PGge.)
cedure of the committee is not en-
tirely completed and that there are
number of items in the tentative
budget bill that can be considered
without the necessity-of representa-
tives explaining them. no one ask
ed to appear before the committee
today. Such appropriations as $500
each to'Dover and Newark fire COM
panies for looking after State prop
erty will propebly be allowed with
out going any further into the
matter. schedule of hearings will
be ready for the committee tomor-
row.
The discussion relative 10 the
University of Delaware was started
following the reading Of a letter
from Former Governor Charles r.
Miller, chairman of the finance
committee of the board of trustees
of the university. In this letter II
was stated that the university was
asking for s351.311.26 for the next
two years. the same Appropriation
that was received the two years end
ing in June.
Mr.. Miller sugg ested in the letter
that there should be an emergency
appropriation Of $4,000 10 take
care of unforeseen expenses. He
said he was going away this week
but would return by January 25 and
would be pleased then to appear be
fore the committee II the committee
go desired. Representative Collins.
whose home is in Newark explained
what Governor Miller meant by an
emergency appropriation. He told
of ligh ming striking a stack at the
college causing 5000 for repairs and
other unforeseen expenses the past
two years.
President pro tenn Murphy al this
point said he had about promised
himself that he would never vote for
another emergency appropriation, as
fl was generally abused He said a
100000 emergency appropriation
was voted for schools and the ap-
preparation for transportation Of
children cut off, and yet the emer-
gency fund was used for carrying
children. he said.
1t was at this point that hf
charged me university with being
extravagant and that he would IA
vor cutting down the appropriation.
He said he felt they som etimes
spent money up there like it was
water" and did not seem to know
the value OF It. He charged that
officials OF the University were
not business men. Senator Murphy
made some remark that ne did not
care TO hurt Mr.. Collins feelings to
which the latter replied, Go ahead,
you won't hurt my feelings
No other section was taken on this
matter. The committee next dis
cussed the advisability OF starting
the work of economy with them
selves and see If they could No, save
money for the State in their own
supplies. etc. Some one suggested !
that they reduce their own salaries ,
but no one seemed to take this seri-
ously