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The Washington times., 1924-06-19
ROTARIANS OF WORLD
HEAR DOLPH, OF D. C.

TORONTO, Ontario, June 49,
John Dolph, Of Washington, D. c.,
was the principal speaker on the
problems Of community service in
boys work before special assembly
of officers and members Of Rotary
clubs Of the larger cities of the
world, held in connection with the
fifteenth annual convention of Ro.
;ary international in session here.
Mr.. Dolph was formerly president
Of the Washington Rotary Club,
and at one time was in charge of
Rotary boys work throughout the
world.
Washington Rotarians are here in
large numbers renewing acquaint-
ances made at previous conventions
with fellow members Of the organi.
zation from all parts of the world.
Every continent and the islands of
the seven seas are represented in
the 10000 Rotarians attending the
convention. Toronto has been lavish
in hospitality. There will be ses.
stons of the convention every day
this week except Saturday. Many
side trips to interesting sections OF
Canada are planned by the Wash.
ington delegates before they re.
turn home.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
JAPANESE FREE
To ABROGATE
pact
"GentIemen's Agreement" No
Longer Binding, but May
Be Enforced

Although Secretary Of State
Hughes, by his note replying to the
Japanese exclusion protest, released
the Japanese government from the
"gentlemen's agreement" with re-
spect to the control Of immigration,
1t still remained today for Japan to
decide whether or not the agree
ment is to be abrogated.
Hughes went into considerable de.
tail in support Of his position that
the Oriental exclusion provision In
the new immigration bill was not
much different than the regulations
now in force between the two gov
ernments to shut out an influx OF
Orientals.
He explained, however, that It
had been the desire Of President
Coolidge, as made known several
times, to continued to regulate i'm
migration through diplomatic chan
nels rather than by Congressional
enactment, adding that the law,
having been duly enacted must be
enforced.
Flat denial was made that the
immigration law, as alleged by the
Japanese government, violated any
Of the provisions of the commercial
treaty Of 1911 between the United
States and Japan.
The Hughes note, made public to-
day in Washington and Tokyo. was
friendly in tone and emphasized
that no affront to Japan was in
tended by the exclusion law.
It was problematical today
whether the Japanese government
would elect to formally accept the
release from the gentlemen :
agreement" or whether that pact
would be permitted to remain in
force in the hope that it could
again be used as a basis for the
regulation Of immigration from the
Orient.
This question will be cleared up
in future correspondence between
Masanoa Hanihara, the Japanese
ambassador, and Secretary Hughes.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
.PLOW UNEARTHS
REMAINS Of
INDIANS
Farmer Finds Skulls on Land
Near Leesburg That He Has
Titled 80 Years
By JOSEPHINE TIGHE.

LEESBURGH, Va, June 19.-Fcr
thirty years, Harvey Frltapoe, q
farmer living near Point Of Rocks,
eight miles from Leessurg, has each
spring plowed over a ten.foot rise OF
ground in one OF his fields and
nothing ever happened. But last
week, in a furrow left by the plow.
share, on the side Of the rise"
Farmer Tritapoe was amazed to see
skulls, large and small, and other
human bones. He decided to dip q
little deeper" and uncovered not
only more bones but also stone
tomahawks, utensils, crudeIy made
stone implements for scraping and
cleaning the inside Of hides, and
arrow heads of flint and slate stone.
AS the land was virgin forest
when cleared by Mr.. Tritapoe, three
decades ago, he knew that his find
must be of ancient origin and was
eager to have the bones submitted
to experts for a decision. Sections
Of the skulls and bones were taken
to Doctor Ales Hrdlicka. director of
the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnolo.
gy. whose verdict was that the
fragments submitted are the re-
mains Of Indians and that the
hillock in the Tritapoe cornfield is
in reality an Indian burial mound.
The laboriously.built Indian mounds,
according to Doctor HrkliclSa, were
used for four purposes-religiou
ceremonials, burial places, gathering
places and boundaries Of tribal ter.
ritoriRs. The fact that some OF
the bones examined by the Smith.
sonian authority were bones Of
women and children as well az Of
men. proved that the mound near
Point Of Rocks was a burial one.
All evidence obtainable indicates
the remains are those of the Sus.
quehannock tribe who inhabited this
part of the country until driven
across the river by the Dogs and
Senecas in about 1874, before anv
white persons except an occasional
trapper had come this far up the
Potomac.
1t has not yet been decided
whether the Smithsonian Institu.
ton will send agents to investigate
the Tritapoe mound. It's represen-
tatives are discouraged in coming
to Virginia because of recent ex.
perience in Clarke county where
owners of land where Indian re-
mains had been washed out by the
violent spring floods of 1924, under.
took to charge exorbitant prices
for the privilege of exploration.
1t Is a curious fact that the
Tritapoe land, not many feet from
where the Indian mound relics were
discovered, has been extensively
dug up by treasure seekers. The
revival of a story that a confederate
refugee, one of Mosby's guerillas,
buried $4,000 during the civil war
on the Douglas estate, now the
Tritapoe place, has several times
caused frantic and tremendous up
heaval o. earth by men and youths
armed with picks and shovels. The
Douglas estate is near the battle.
field of Balls Bluff.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
FLORIDA HAS BIG CROP
Of MELONS THIS YEAR

GRACEVlLLE. Fla. June 49,
The best watermelon crop ever
grown In this section will be pro.
duced this season. according to in.
dications reaching Graceville from
farmers.
The season 30 far has been al.
most ideal for the famous South.
ern melon. It was said, and a large
crop Is expected from North Flori.
da and South Georgia.
The greater part of the crop this
year VIII be shipped to Eastern and
Northern markets. according b
present indications.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
SUN IS GIVING
OFF LESS
HEAT
D. c. Scientist Expects This
Condition to Be Remedied
With New Spots
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where before 1922 1t had a fever Of
/ per cent above normal. The extra
solar radiation, he explained, was
due to the suns spots. which since
have nearly disappeared.
when there are many Of these
spots breaking out like a rash," he
continued, "the amount of solar ra-
diation is heightened. The sun soon
will have another crop of spots.
There will be more heat thrown off.
We may as a consequence have
warmer weather on earth. Local
conditions, however, may counteract
that"
What are sun spots, doctor?"
was the next question.
you may compare them" he
said, ito the little whirls Of dast or
sand you see in the streets or on
a desert The whirl Is one Of gases
which constitute this thing we call
the sun. The whirl mounts higher
and higher, like a parasol or a
mushroom. At the top the heat
drawn into the whirl Is spread out.
Like Stirring Goals.
THE result is the same as
stirring a CRATE Of Goals with q
poker. Fresh surfaces are exposed
and extra radiation provoked"
Then the scientist was asked
what caused the spots to come
and go.
THAT is a matter Of conjecture u
he confessed. Doubtless it Is an
internal feature. We have been OBJ
serving this phnomenon only in re-
cent years. We do know that the
period of spotting is spread over
eleven years. Draw an equator
around the sun. The first spots
appear in the higher attitudes. They
thicken in passing years and be-
gin to break out in greatest mum
bers toward the equator of the sun.
The minimum is reached near the
equator as the eleven years draw
to a close. We now are at that
minimum and about to begin new
cycle"
Doctor Abbot's attention was d.
rected to the predictions recently
made by some scientists that the
sun was about to crack and one
half divorce the other half for good
and form new suns; that the sur
was going to freeze to death anC
frost-bite the earth with it; that II
was going to blow up and that al
manner of catastrophes were i'm
pending.
II think nothing Of the kind will
happen" he said. Conservation
have convinced me that the sun will
90 on functioning as it now is fol
an indefinite time"
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
VA. COUNTY
GAMBLING
WHEELS
cherrydaIe Fire Department
Will Elect Officers Tomor-
row Night

CLARENDON, Va, June 49,
Last night ended the Wheels Of
Fortune" in Arlington county at all
carnivals and amusement parks,
The law comes under what is
known as the willis BILL" which
passed at the last session Of the
Virginia legislature at Richmond.
The bill amended the old law so as
to include wheels Of fortune, com.
monty known as paddle wheels. The
law says in patr, "All money seized
shall be forfeited and wheels and
other gambling devices shall be de-
stroyed."
The annual election of officers
will be the principal business be,
fore the Cherrydale fire department
at their monthly meeting to be held
In the board rooAa or the Central
fire house tomorrow night at 8
o'clock.
Mary Washington Chapter, No.
30, o. e. S., of Clarendon, will hold
benefit 500 card party tomorrow
night In the Clarendon citizens hall
at 8 o'clock.
! District Deputy Grand Master
Harry K. Green, accompanied by a
number Of the members Of Column,
bia Lodge No. 2S5, A. F.. and A. NJ.
last night attended a special meet
ing OF Temper Lodge at Falls
Church.
That more active organization
OF the Republican party might be
perfected in Arlington county, L. c.
MACPHERSON, chairman Of the coun
~ committee, announces a meeting
OF the committee to be held tonight
at 734 Fifteenth street northwest
washington. D. c., at o'clock.
Commander r. Blakley James. Of
Arlington Post, No. 13S, American
I Legion, announced last night thai
the post has received a special "cita
ton for meritorious service in in
creasing the membership Of the post
which he said has put them In
class "a"
Official notification, according t.
Mr.. James, was received yesterday
from John j. Wicker, jr., State com
mander, and w. B. Crush, depart
ment adjutant.
The finance committee of the
town Of Potomac, consisting Of A
G. Zimmerman and Charles L
Adams, will meet with the treasurer
j. w. Varney, and William Kley
stenber, the mayor, tomorrow night
at which time plans will be made tt
take care of the cost Of operating
the town government.
The executive committee of the
Potomac Civic Association met yes
terday in the town hall and laic
plnas to hold a banquet on the
night Of July 8. The night is to be
known as Booster Night in Pc
tomac."
Among the honor graduates Of
the Columbia Junior High Schoo
from Arlington county were Vir
ginia Bushong, Dorothy Hall, Heller
Steele, Lorena Lewis and Catherin,
Fisher.
More than 200 attended the sup
per given last night in Lake Hall
zoo Lee Highway, by the Park Lane
Citizens Association. The proceeds
will be used by the, association ir
making Improvement to their hall
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
RUSSIAN IS HELD
IN MAT TEOTT|
KIDNAPPING
Mussolini Still in Control and
Conditions Reported Be-
coming Normal
BY International News Service.

ROME, June ia mysterious
Russian was arrested today at
Milan in connection with the kid.
naping and killing Of Socialist
Deputy Giacomo Matteotti. The
prisoner is said to have confessed
shadowing Matteotti prior to the
crime and travelling to Milan with
the slayers after the murder.
Despite agitation in some quart.
ers conditions are rapidly becoming
normal. Premier Mussolini is still
in control. From all indications
the present cabinet will continue
without any further important re.
visions.
Practically all persons suspected
Of completely in the killing Of Mat
teotti are now under arrest, and
the fascist authorities promise
speedy justice.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
Brennan Urges Plank
Denouncing Khan
By Name

NEW YORK, June IA
fight over the insertion in the
Democratic platform of q plank
denouncing the Ku Klux Khan
by name became virtual GER
tainty today when George e.
Brennan, the Illinois "boss,"
and Thomas Taggart, the In
diana leader, both allowed it
to be known they favored such
a declaration.
ard call 'em by name If ]
had my way" said Brennan
tersely.
Taggart is opposed to the
khan because the hooded order
recently named its own candi-
date to be the Republican
nominee for governor in In
diana and the fight there next
fall will closely approach an
out-and-out khan fight.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
WORLD FL|ERS
ARE RESTING
IN SIAM
Intense Heat Prevailing Over
India Chief Obstacle in
Next Few Hops

BANGKOK, Siam, June 1s.-The
United States army round.the.world
aviators who arrived Wednesday
afternoon from Saigon, French
Indo China. spent today overhaul.
ing their machines and resting.
Intense heat prevailing over India
viii be their chief obstacle during
the next four or five legs Of their
flight.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
TRADE UNION FOR WIVES
Is FORMED IN ENGLAND

LONDON, June 10. - A 'rade
union for wives is the latest thing
in England.
At the annual conference Of the
Associated Society of Locomotive
Engineers and Firemen 1t was
voted to establish a women's go
ciety, as a branch Of the union,
the membership Of which will be
composed entirely of wives Of
members.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
PRODUCING CLASSES BACK OF POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE
BONES FOUND IN INDIAN MOUND

Skulls bones believed be the of
Indian burial place. have just been ON the
farm Point of Rocks, eight miles Leesburg
Doctor As Hrcka director of the SmitsOnians
ethnOIogy examined the skulls bones states the
Smithsonian Institution investigate the Ttapoe
mound Farmer TtapOe made the discovery while blowing
week.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

Mary Washington Chapter, No.
80. o. e. s., of Clarendon, will hold
a benefit 500 card party tomorrow
night In the Clarendon citizens hall
at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

the Level Club, is chairman of the
general committee of arrangements:
Doctor George L. Edmonds, of
Rockville, will be marshal Of the
day; the program is in charge Of
the Reverend o. A. Gillingham, of
Germantown, and Doctor Bates
Etchison, of Gaithersburg, : will have
charge of the seating arrangements.
All lodges, Eastern Star chapters,
communicates and Royal Arch
chapters Of the county have &C.
cepted invitations to attend, as
has the lodge at Mt. Airy, Md, and
the gathering is expected to mum.
Der at least a thousand. Members
Of the commentaries will appear in
uniform.
The rules and regulations for the
welfare and government of section
4, Chevy Chase, Nd, prepared by
the citizens committee of the Sec
ton, have been approved by the
county commissioners and are now
in effect. BY an act of the last
legislature, Chevy Chase Park was
included in the section. -
Sheriff H. Clay PlumI1er has
bought ninety acres of the Mary
Bowman farm. on the Germantown
Frederick pike, the consideration
being around $4,000. The place is
improved by an eight-room dwelling
and fine barn.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
.MRS.N|CHOLSON
TO HEAD MD.
WOMEN
Chevy Chase Woman to Vote
National committeewoman's
Proxy in N. Y.

ROCKVILLE, Nd. June 19.--Mrs.
Jesse w. Nicholson Of Chevy Chase,
Nd, who is president Of the United
Democratic Women of Maryland, a
federation Of the numerous women 3
Democratic clubs of the State, and
also president of the Women's Dem
ocratic Club of Montgomery County
will represent Maryland on the
Democratic National Committee at
the national convention in New
York next week. Mrs. James Ham
ilton Briscoe OF Hagerstown, Demo
cratic National Committeeman
will not be able to attend and has
given her proxy to Mrs. Nicholson.
It is understood that Mrs. Nichol.
son will have charge Of the tickets
for distribution among the Mary
land women who attend the con-
vention. She will leave for New
York tomorrow.
It Is also understood that Mrs.
Nicholson will be made q member
Of the national committee in place
Of Mrs. Briscoe, who does not de.
sire to continue a member. She
not only has the enthusiastic. sup
port Of the 1900 Democratic club
women Of her home county, but is
understood to be the choice of
many influential men and women
members Of the party in all parts
OF the State
Sheriff Plummer and Deputy
Sheriff Stanley Gingell are endeav-
oring to locate the man who as
saulted and robbed Henry T. Sham
al 81 IrY
after o'clock Monday night. Ac-
Is a Government employee in Wash
ington, had just left the car at
Glen Echo Heights and was pro-
ceeding along q lonely path to his
home when accosted by q man who
demanded money. Before he could
comply or refuse, the highwayman
struck him a blow on the mouth,
knocking him down and rendering
him partially unconscious. When
he recovered he found that his
money was gone. He has given, the
officers a good description Of his
asSailant and an arrest IL expected.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage Of Wright Sine, TWEEN.
ty-four years old, and Miss Louise
j. Poore, twenty-five, both Of Wash.
ington. and John M. Kennedy, thir.
ty-nine, of Takoma Park, Md, and
Miss Esther M. Nelson, thirty-six,
Of Washington.
The county commissioners have
accepted the joint bid of the Con
tinental Trust Company. Maccub
bin, Goodrich & Co. and Strother
Brogden & Co., of Baltimore, for
the $685. 900 in bonds issued by the
county to pay the county's share
Of this years Improvement Of col.
lateral and post roads, the offer
being 100.Si8 with accrued interest.
The bonds bear interest Of ~ per
| cent and are in denominations OF
$1,000, two of them to be redeemed
each year. The issue was authorized
by an act Of the last legislature.
Tbs third annual st. Johns Day
service Of the Level Club of Master
Masons of Montgomery county will
be held in the auditorium at Wash.
ington Grove at o'clock next
Sunday afternoon. The Reverend
James Shera Montgomery, chaplain
Of the United States House OF
Representatives, will deliver the
sermon, an orchestra and vocaI
music will be provided, and a hand
concert will be given. c. F. Welsh
| of Washington Grove, president Of
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

District Deputy Grand Master
Harry K. Green, accompanied by a
number Of the members Of Column.
bia Lodge No. 2S5, A. F. and 4. NJ,
last night attended a special meet
Ing OF Temper Lodge at Falls
Church.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Fine Arts Program.

CER1ES of unusually intriguing
- lecture-recitals on music appre-
citation, art and literature are an
nounced this week by the Washing
ton Society of Fine Arts, one of the
most important of the many orSani-
ZationS in the city striving for
progress along artistic lines here and
the development of greater interest
in those subjects.
Thomas Whitney Surette, authority
on the appreciation of music and
well known in both the lecture field
and that of musical composition, will
talk on How to Listen to Music"
November 8; Alfred J. Swan, Russian
musician and lecturer who spends his
summers in Provincetown giving a
series of informal talks on COM
posers and his Winters in musical
settlement work and lecturing in New
York, will lecture on Beethoven and
Schubert, Two Ideals in Music" De-
cember |; Ralph Leopold, well known
pianist and lecturer, will speak con-
cerning The Romanticists": Marion
Rous, the pianist, especially noted for
4er fascinating ultra modern pro-
grams. will discuss What Next in
Music" ald Sir Paul Dukes, formerly
of the Russian Imperial Opera, will
tell of Russian Music Before and
After the Revolution"
The art lectures will include sew
era1 by noted Washington artists,
Evening star., 1924-10-12
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professional here for the
" and Friday afternoons Emile de Gogorza gen.
of the fact that he IS
will the first solo recital in the city at
leading
Brooklyn N y, although descendant of Spanish
family childhood Europe especially
England He ingu being of the
northern English French,
AM Spanish
FRIDAY afternoon $50 o'clock the dainty Japanese donna
Iamak Mur will her popular role of CoCio- San with
Carlo Company Puocnis Madame Butterfly Polls
1heatcr.
comparatively little toward developing her musical
small fine has the
land fields and this Nine Mura pre-
ihc grand opera
Typical the pllegnatic
hat occurred last when Nine Mura
" her the terrible earthquake which destroyed her
the of
grief
r,,,.,-, l..-.. # 4
ElENA GEREARDT in
- recital this Polls Theater Nine Genardt
oi
that due illness the will coming
son Nine eardt sails for Europe January y to fill
TIE Society of Fine Arts
the list OF lectures appreciation of music be
Walter DanroSch will his popular Explanatory
the New ork symphony Orchestra usual Also Flonzay
quar- VIII three annual chamber
Few have
music among the general public than this Society of Fine
Mr. HARRY CRANDAL Wagner
and Mende on will be
Washington Symphony As no extra charge made
10? tins concert addition the poopay musical
hH OF ta heater Sunday afternoons there
reason why the efforts OF this should
HELEN FETTER.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Lubovska and Her Dancers

In the National American Ballet,
led by Desiree Lubovska, in a per-
formance for the benefit of Joppa
Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star, at
Polls Theater October 8, Washington
has dance organization of which
it may be proud. A lengthy program
of classical and modern dances was
presented with charm of interpre-
tation worthy of comparison with
leading professional organizations
The Summer training camp of the
National American Ballet is on a
Virginia estate just across the Poto-
mac and these dancers evidently have
used the past few months to advan-
tage.
Lubovska, herself, is a fine exam
Iles of the thoroughness of training
in tho Imperial Russian School of
RarIet. combined with intelligent use
or.nuthentic historical material. Her
Egyptian ceremonial dance was one
ofltbe most exquisite of this type seen
iu@.Washington. The postures, cos
tufae and grace of motion were beau
tuf. Her Sun Dance of the Aztecs
was equally well done. In this she
was given fine support by the ballet
members. Lubovska's Vogue dance,
Il satire on modes and manners, was
Interpreted with artistry, and her
Autumn dance to Chopins music,
sympat h etically played on the piano
by Robert Stickney, showed her abil-
ity to infuse the simple classical
dance with subtlety. She also gave
IN Interpretation of Chopin's Flu
ncsal March"
The company as a whole won en-
thuSastic applause in prelude of
The Masks" danced to Beethoven's
music. The girls in 6l@Z costumes
Evening star., 1924-10-12

do not believe that they will help in
developing American music There
are couple of jazz selections used
in this picture to fit the action
AS for the So-called 'ultra-modern'
music, both of American and other
countries. 1 personally do not care
for 1T and cannot see how it can give
anything of lasting value to musical
history. Harmony and melody are
what have given the beauty to the
classics of Beethoven, Schumann.
Shubert, Brahms. and even Wagner,
with the revolutionary style of his
music, held to these rules. I like
especially the music of Wagner and
of Verdi But this dissonance and
JanglinG lack of melody or unified
theme that seems to be typical of
modern music has no innate beauty
and cannot last"
In speaking of tho American Indian
music Mr.. Arundel confessed that
most of the original tribal melodies
that he had heard were extremely
crude and seemed lacking in suffi-
cient scale or variation in melody to
make them very useful for adaptation
into lovely American music without
robbing them entirely of their Indian
characteristics. The real negro mu-
sic, written by the negroes, not by
the white folks as Mr.. Arundel put
1T, the Englishman firmly believes
VIII survive the test OF time and
prove valuable asset to American
music