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Evening star., 1924-04-27
PROPOSE TO BLOCK
TRAIN OF PACIFISTS
Daughters of 1912 Hint Matter
Will Be Broached at Patriotic
Mass Meeting.

An attempt to blockade the PAX
Special" in its propa ganda spreading
tour from Washington to Chicago,
bearing delegates who will then have
attended sessions of the peace con-
gress of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom, loomed
up last night as the latest move on
the war between patriots and paci-
fists, when it became known that
this proposition would be broached
at the mass meeting called by the
District Daughters of 1872 at the
Hamilton Hotel at } o'clock this af-
ternoon.
The Pax special is planned as the
climax to the international peace
congress to be held here, starting
Wednesday at the Washington Hotel.
Dele gates from number of foreign
countries and leaders in the inter-
national peace movement in this
country are scheduled to leave the
Union station Immediately after the
sessions of the congress to go to
Chicago by WAY of principal cities,
in each of which meetings viii be
staged to fight military establish
mentS and to denounce war.
BiOckadinS of Train.
1t became known last night that in
addition to deviSing ways and means
for blocking the congress here, the
meeting today at the Hamilton will
also take up the subject of blockading
the train. In fact. it was officially an
nounced. correspondence has already
been established with patriotic groups
in Cincinnati. where one of the most
pretentiouS peace meetings is plan
ned. in an endeaVor to check the
trains progress across the state in
some manner through the cooperating z
joint efforts of the groups here and
in that state
In the attempt to stop the meeting
here it is understood an effort is to
be made to have the Washington
Hotel cancel arrangements for the
accommodation of guests and dele
gates to the convention.
Police Not to Act.
Police officials here declared them
selves unable to see how the meeting e
OF the congress could be stopped
without an abridglnent of the right
of free speech In the absence of an
overt act or of measures subverSive
to public morals, il was stated, the
meeting could go forward without
legal interference of any sort, par
ticularly when peaceful measures
were advocated and violence in de-
throning the government was an
tithetical to the program of the
league.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
HEALTH week OPENS
IN CITY TOMORROW
Washington Council of Social
Agencies Sponsors Program.
MONDAY Meetings.
VISITING NURSES TO AID
Exhibits Will Be Held at 1888 F
Street.

Health week" opens here tomor-
row. under the leadership of the
Washington Council of Social Agen-
street and MONDAY meetings at
keiths Theater each day as features.
Tomorrow is to be observed as
public Health day" the program for
which is IL be sponsored by the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society. Mrs.
whitman Cross. chairman. At Keith :
Theater between IL and l o'clock the
first of the weeks series of MONDAY
meetings will be held. Secretary of
Labor Davis viii preside and the
speaker will he Or. Victor G. Vaughn.
During this meeting II free motion
picture is TO be shown. entitled
working for Dear Life" which has
been sponsored by the National
Health Council in its campaign for IL
periodic health examination.
The members of the board of the
as hostess at Health week head
quarters, among those on the list for
this service being Mrs. John Davidge,
Mrs Louis 4. rockingham, Mrs. Il.
Brown Miller and Mrs. David Potter.
Nurses in costume are TO act as
uSherS at the meeting.
Many Organizations Aid.
The organizations which have
pIacad their work and its aims on
exhibition at the Health week head
quarters for the week are as fol-
lows: Child Welfare Society. lnstruc-
live visiting Nurse Society. various
hospitals Of the city. mental hygiene
committee. Social Hygiene Society.
METROPOLITAN Life Insurance Company.
10: iil committee of thr National can
Ger Control, Washington tuberculosis
Associations local chapter of the
American Red Cross and women 5
welfare committee.
Following are the members of the
board of managers of the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society: Miss Cora
Barry. Emile Bcrliner, Mrs. Montgom-
cry Blair. Mrs. j. Vaudeville Carlisle,
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Mrs James
Couzens, Mrs. Whitman Cross. Mrs.
John Davidge, Mrs. Northrup Dean.
Mrs F. A. pelano, Mrs. Franklin
Ellis Mrs William &. EuStiS. Joshua
Evans. jr: Mrs. Louis A. Frothtng-
ham Mrs. Charles 4. Goldsmith, Mrs.
William &. Grinneli. Mrs. Herb, rt
Hoover. Il. : liuid dekoper, J2hn Nnl
Ihlder Mrs. Il. NJ. Kaufman, Mrs.
Emory Land. Miss Sarah Ice, Miss
G. Brown Miller, Mrs. GEORGE Myers
Mrs. John Newbold. Mrs. David Pot
ter. ORD Preston. Mrs. David Reed
Roland Robbins, Mrs. {. J. Rowciih'
Miss c. Farrar-S Smith. Mrs. Corcoran
Thom, Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth. Mrs.
Frank Weldon and Mrs. VI lillian II.
Wilmer.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
MOURNERS STREAM
PAST MURPHY'S BIER
1000 Policemen Detailed to Route
of Funeral Parade on
Monday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April ga steady
stream of mourners, including polit-
ical associates and women and chill
dren he had befriended and aided.
today filed past the bier of Charles
+. Murphy, Tammany chieftain, who
died yesterday, in the parlor of the
Murphy home on East 18th street
Mrs. Murphy, suffering from a nerv-
Gus collapse. lay abed on the second
floor of the house. attended by two
nurses. DR.. Herrity, family physi-
clan, who attended the dying chief
tain, said, however, her condition was
not serious.
Police on Guard.
Policemen kept the line of. visitors
moving. Automobile traffic was reg
ulated within a radius of several
blocks.
Secretary Daniel f. Ryan of Tam
many Hall announced that the fu-
neral procession would leave the
Murphy home at 10 am. Monday, and
proceed up Fifth avenue to st. Pat
rick's Cathedral. Auxiliary Bishop
Dunn will officiate at the solemn
high mass of requiem at 1890 in the
bsence of Cardinal Hayes, who is
day, on the Leviathan. The process
sion will then proceed to Calvary
cemetery. There will be no parade.
Mounted police will escort the cor
tege, however, and 1000 poliCem en-
will be stationed along the route.
Among the honorary pallhearers
selected for Mondays services are:
List Of Bearers.
Gov. Smith, Mayor John F. HyIan,
United States Senator Royal s. Cope
land Norman r. Mack of Buffalo,
national committeeman; Bernari f.
Baruch. George f. Brennan, political
leader of Illinois; j. Sergent Cram,
former Sheriff Thomas +. Foley, MUIR
of aldermen; William K. Kelley DEM
ocratic leader of Syracuse. n. Y:
John Fl. McCooey, Democratic leader
of Brooklyn; Samuel S. koenig, Re
publican leader of New York county:
Herbert B. Swope OF the New York
World, John r. Voorhis, commits
sioner of elections; Grand Sachem
OF the Tammany Society Lewis
Nixon, Supreme Court Justice Robert
j. Walker
kilograms of sympathy poured into
the Murphy home from all parts
of the country today. Tributes came
from John d. Rockefeller, jr.; George
NJ. Cohan, Dudley Field Malone,
former United States Senator Jam IS
Smith, members of Congress and
public officials in scores of cities.
Resolutions paying tribute We're
of the Democratic committee of Kings
county and the Council OF Sachems
of the Society of Tammany, or CO.
lumbian Order.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
M'FADDEN BANKING
MEASURE REPORTED
Would Stop Further Extension of
Branches by State
Institutions.

The McFadden bill was reported
fsvorably to the House yesterday by
it's banking committee without sub
stantial change as introduced by Rep
resentative McFadden of Pennsyl-
vania, chairman of the committee
Designed to place national banks
more nearly on a par with state banks,
the measure would stop the further
extension of state wide branch bank
ing in the federal reserve system by
state member banks and would per-
NIT national banks to have branches
in those cities where state banks are
allowed 20 have them under state
laws.
Facing Emergency.
In its report the committee de-
clared that the nations banking sys-
tenn is facing an emergency which
affects its very existence and ulti-
mately the existence of the federal
reserve system"
This situation" it added, "is due
to the fact that the national banks
operating under the law of 1854,
with amendments, lack the necessary
charter powers to give the most COM
plete banking service. They are de-
pendent solely upon Congress for
these grants or power.
Two kinds of legislation are ur-
gently needed at this time, the one
TO permit national banks effectively
to carry on the banking business and
the other to protect them in so far as
Congress can do so from the inroad 3
of competition from state member
banks of the federal reserve system,
which are operating under charter
powers granted by the state legisla-
ture.
Restriction on Branches.
This bill is designed to meet this
emergency by amending the national
banking laws in several important
particulars for the purpose of meet
ing the outstanding needs of the ma
tional banks for more charter powers
and by putting certain restrictions on
branch banking by state member
banks in the federal reserve system.
The legislation here recommended
would permit national banks to have
more freedom in carrying on the
banking business. The enlarged
powers granted in this bill are along
conservative lines and nothing is
permitted which has not already been
demonstrated to be sound banking"
Evening star., 1924-04-27
FEDERATION FOR AID
OF DEAF WILL MEET
Fifth Annual Convention to Con.
vene in Washington
Next June.

The fifth annual conference Of the
American Federation of Organiza tions
for the Hard of Hearing will be held
here June to 6.
Among the features of the confer
ence will be a reception by Mrs. CAL
vim Coolidge. who is a member of the
advisory board of the speech reading
club of Washington, the local "a
ganization.
During the conference one of the
centers of interest will be the Volta
bureau, 1901 35th street northwest,
founded and endowed by DIR. Alex
ander Graham Bell for Investigations
to improve the condition of the deaf
This bureau now has one of the best
collections of works relating to the
deaf and hard of hearing in the
world, and annually distributes free
large quantities of literature.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
URGES GOLDEN RULE
TO CONQUER UNREST
Judge Peelle Declares Application
by Nations and individuals
Will Aid Humanity.

Application of the golden rule IN
all walks of life, in the courts ana
among nations as well, was urged by
Judge Stanton J. Peelle, chief justice
of the United states Court Of Claims,
and president of the board of trustees
of the Washington College of Law.
at the twenty-seventh annual ban
ouet of that institution last Light al
Rauscher's Strict adherence to that
law, Judge Peelle, the evenings prin-
cipal speaker. said, would mo- only
cure evils among men. but also among
nations. with the ultimate result that
all wars would cease.
Judge Peelles address followed a
presentation to him by tn. under
graduates of a large silver vase hlled
with flowers in appreciation OF ms
seventeen years service as preSluant
of the board of trustees. IN closing
the Judge warned the undergraduates
never to lose their temper in trying
their cases in court. declaring that
many cases were lost 20 the clients
because of this fault in their lawyers.
Chauncey ID. SNOW speaks.
The other sneaker was Chaunccy
Snow spoke upon The Business Mans
department of the United states
Chamber of Commerce, a graduate of
the college in the class of l'lf. MI.
Snow spoke upon THE Business Mans
Interest in Federal Legislation" He
told of the close contact between the
lawyersof today and the federal gov
ernment, pointing out this contact
did not exist few years ago. in
his remarks he defended the United
States Chamber of Commerce as not
an invisible government, but an or
ganization made up of leading busi-
ness men of the country, who, through
the chamber, are trying to enhance
the aims and desires of the followers
of honest and fair business.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, honor
airy dean of the college, presided.
Grace NJ. Whelan. president of the
class of 1925, acted as toaStmaster.
Greetings were given by Dean Emma
NJ. Gillett. retired. and the present
DEAN Elizabeth c. Harris.
interpretive Dance Given
An interpretive dance was given by
Katherine Louis Arnold. Prior TO
this several vocal selections were
rendered by Doris Waters Hartshorn.
accompanied on the piano by Eathf T
c. Ramsey. one-act playlet, sally
and Sammy was presented by Mary
b. Linkins and Thomas III. King, MEM
hers of the junior class.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
CIRCUS GIVEN WELCOME.
Capacity Crowd at Union Station
Plaza Opening Performance.

Showing under what Is claimed to
be the second largest top" for trav-
cling circuses, the George w. John
son circus. at Union station plaza,
under the auspices of the Kallipolis
Grotto. had a capacity crowd at the
opening performance last night.
The crowd was made up principally
of the grotto members, their families
and friends.
Besides the many attractions in the
big tent, Prince Random, in side
show, proved entertaining Without
arms or legs, he manufa ctured his
own cigarettes and shaved himself,
doing the tricks with his mouth
Members Of the kallipolis Grotto
Band, Bugle and Drum Corps and
drill corps acted as ushers. Begin
ming Monday performances will be
held regularly at 2:15 and S:15, it
was announced.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
PROGRAM BENEFITS FUND
Brentwood Women's Civic Club
Assists Literary Work.

An entertainment was given Friday
night In the Farmers Hall, Brent
wood, by the Brentwood Women's $
civic club, the funds derived there
from to go into the literary fund.
Ihe program was I'm the charge of
Mrs. Lulu Castle, chairman of the
entertainment committee.
Those participating were Miss Ruth
Boiln, IN both reading and solo
dance; reading by B. II. Kaufman
vocal solo, by Mrs. Edith *. McIn-
tosh; reading by Miss Aubria Elaine
Cope; piano solo, by Miss Doris
Healey: fancy dancing by the Misses
Carolyn and Becky Fainter: monologue
by Sidney Healey: reading by Miss
Evening star., 1924-04-27
TOBACCONISTS TO SAIL.
Mission Will Arrange Terms With
European Purchasers.

A mission is to be sent to Europe
May by the tobacco co-operatives
of the country for the purpose of
stabilizing dealings between tobacco
growers of the United States and Eu-
ropean countries, including the sew
eral foreign government monopolies.
The mission will be headed by
Judge Robert w. Bingham of Louis
VILE, KY, chairman of the National
Council Of Farmers Cooperative
Mark citing Associations, who discuss
ed the subject today with President
Coolidge. T. L. Hudges, chief of the
tobacco section of the Department of
Commerce, will accompany the mis-
sion as the representative of his de-
partment. The mission will visit
England, France, Italy. Czechoslo-
vakia and the Scandinavian countries.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
WAR WOMEN PRESS
MOVE FOR HOSPITAL
Representatives of Many Organiza.
tions Called Here for Election
and Other Work.

To forward organization and elect
national officers for the movement to
build a War Women's National Me-
mortal Hospital for tuberculosis, repre-
sentatives of many veterans organiza-
tions have been called to meet at the
New Willard Hotel here, April 2S-29.
Two sessions will be held, at ? pm. and
Z pm. each day.
The hospital is to he a. memorial
with q heart for service" according
to the official announcement, and will
be open to dependents and descend
ants of veterans of all wars"
The memorial project contemplates
the building of a plant of eight
units one for each state, each unit to
care for one hundred patients. The
location will be decided by the Selec-
tion of committee of the national
organization meeting, which will in
vestigate and report back to the as
soCiation.
Money Already Pledged.
"A sufficient amount of money has
been pledged it was said today in
an official statement. Ito carry on the
promotion work of the memorial. The
memorial itself will be financed
through an appeal to ex-service men
of all wars for pledge of 81 per
year for a period of five years. A con-
servative estimate by the heads of
the various veterans organizations
places the number who will respond to
this appeal at four out of every ten,
or 40 per cent, $4,000, 900.
Veterans organizations which have
approved the proposal in national
conventions, it is announced, include:
The American Legion, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, the Disabled
Veterans of the World War, the
United Spanish American War Vet
Grams. the Auxiliary of the American
Legion, Daughters of Patriots and
the Founders of America, S. A. w,
Commandery Army and Navy League
the Auxiliary of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the Auxiliary of the
Disa bled Veterans, the Auxiliary of
the United Spanish American War
Veterans, the Gold Star Mothers of
America, the American War Mothers.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
WILL HOLD EXERCISES.
Foreign War Veterans to Conduct
Annual Ceremonies.

Arnual AmericaniZation exercises
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will
be held at 1880 Tuesday evening at
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, 9Th and Massa-
chusetts avenue. These meetings are
a regular part of the work Of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and are
held throughout the country.
Among the speakers will be SEN
ator Smith Brookhart of Iowa, Gen.
Anton Stephan, senior vice com
mander of the V. F. W., and Capt.
Alex T. Jenkins. Department Com
mander Kenneth i. Coontz will pre-
side. Chaplain Evan w. Scott of the
Navy will deliver the invocation and
benediction will be pronounced by
Rev. William A. Lambeth. pastor of
the Mount Vernon Methodist Episco-
pal Church South.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
SIGNED OTHER NAMES
GOV. MORAY SAYS
Indiana Governor Testifies He Sold
Paper to Banks-Did Not Want
Own Name Used.
FEARED BLOT ON POSITION
Prosecution Says Notes Involved
Total of $999,O0o.
BY the Associated Press.


INDIANAPOLlS. Ind, April 20
Gov. McCray, on trial in federal court
on charges of using the mails in fur
therance of a scheme to defraud, tes-
tifying in his own behalf today, ad-
mitted signing the names of other
persons to cattle notes which he sold
to banks. and said the reason was
that he did not want his name. "the
Governor of Indiana" on the books
of the banks as a borrower.
The governor, who took the stand
as the first defense witness, immedi-
ately after the government closed.
said he realized he did some foolish
things, and that was one of them"
My purpose in sieninSethe names
OF others to notes" he said, was to
carry on my enterprises. ! was Gov
ernor of Indiana, and had "a certain
prfde-a certain name that | was
proud of. ] thought that in signing
these notes | was amply able, per-
Soually, TO take care of them when
they fell due. thought my per
soma responsibility so great that no
one would even lose nickel.
didn't care TO have my namo-the
Governor of Indiana--in the banks of
my state"
The governor said his principal oc-
cupation during the past twenty years
was that of cattle raising and farm
ing. His land holdings in 1920. he
sa d, amounted approximately TO
/ 900 acres. mostly in Indiana.
Mcrray was frequently cautioned d
by Judge a. 3. Anderson.
United States District Attorney
Homer Elliott, in announcing the
close OF the governments case, de-
ctareG that there had been introduced
in evidence notes totaling about
s"9a,000, all of them discounted by
banks and practically all payable to
MeCT2y, which were identified and
teStifiad g about hy witnesses
Evening star., 1924-04-27
CIRCUS ADVANCE Men
PLAN FOR Big SHOW
Ringling Brothers and Barnum G.
Bailey to Exhibit Here
May IL, Is and Ia.

Fifteen more days and the clowns.
lions, elephants and all the glamour
that surround a big circus will be
reality with the arrival of the
Ringing Brothers and Barnum &
Bailey combined circus.
Already the advance men" have
come and gone and left behind them
orders to be filed in feeding the
hundreds of performers and animals
that will be brought % the city in
the big four-train circus.
A feature of the show will be a
performance given by five herds of
elephants. Many new features will
be included in the show, which will
remain in Washington May Il, Is and ii
Evening star., 1924-04-27
Policeman Leaps
From, Motor Cycle
To AUTO in Chase

After ten-minute chase on the
Speedway drive, Park Policeman j.
NJ Browning leaped from his
motor cycle to fugitive automo-
bile last night and brought
Thomas Davis into the first pre-
ciF.ct on n charge of transporting
liquor.
According to the police, three
and "A half gallons of liquor were
found in the automobile.
In the jump from the motor
cycle to the automobile Browning
narrowly escaped being hurled to
the pavement.
Evening star., 1924-04-27

j. Power Waters.
Officers of the Brentwood Citizens
Association were present in a body.
Others present were Mayor l.. V. Mux-
ley and other Brentwood officials and
residents Of Hyattsyille, Riverdale
and Washington. Mrs. Mary Morton
Gooch. president of the club. made
an address. George Castle was chair
man OF the reception committee.
Evening star., 1924-04-27

ganizations to be staged in All
Soul% sunday school building, 18th
an' " i1''ard streets, at. s;15 We'd
nesday evening, May Il.
Inc speakers will he DR. John
TiScrt. United states commissioner
or education, and Senator Fletcher
author of the Fletcher conservatory
bill. A short musical program also
will be rendered
1t was reported that five SUNDAY
schools have enrolled in the hymn
memory contest The time limit has
been extended until July and if is
hoped many other Sunday schools
Will enter.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
FARM AID BILLS SIGNED,
Measures Give California and New
Mexico Sc. 500, 900.

Bills appropriating s1,500,000 addi-
tional for eradication of the foot and
mouth disease in California and
81 100000 for relief in the drought
affected districts of New Mexico
were signed yesterday by President
Coolidge.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
Sergeant Wins Medal.

Sergt. Thomas Landringham, Quar-
termaster Corps, United States Army
of Johnson City, Tenn. has been
for gallant conduct in rescuing a boy
from drowning in the harbor at Fort
Andrews. Mass. December 13, 1928.
Evening star., 1924-04-27

Mrs. Haldane, mother of Lord Hal
dane, the lord chancellor, has just
entered upon her one hundredtfp year.
She saw the first balloon ascent, in
England, and clearly recoilects
Stephenson's first locomotive.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
MUSIC CLUBS TO MEET.
Federated Organizations viii Con-
vene MAY Ia.

The board OF the Federation of
Music Clubs met yesterday afternoon
ut 1880 q street and completed plans
for the mass meeting of federal ed
Evening star., 1924-04-27

teacher IN a rural school near
Manistique. Mich, earne,
money by splitting wood to buy an
OIL stove 50 that she coulu a,I, ~.
i"' to her pupils at the n"cl
recess. xKsW
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1924-10-24

The funeral of Felix Levesque took
place at St Mary's church Monday
morning at 3 o'clock.
he was born IN Canada forty-four
years ago but had lived most all his
life in Putnam. Since the death Of
his wife three years ago Mr.. Levesque
had been keeping house with his son.
DoHa. He had not been feeling we'll
for three weeks, but was MT sick
enough to have the doctor. The
week before he died one of his sisters
came over 10 see him and stayed with
him for a few days. She had the doc
tor for him, and the night before he
died she went back home thinking he
would be all right because during the
day he felt much better. His son
remained all night with his father
Dir Leyesqae died between 40
and $50 o'clock. He leaves FIVE chill
dren; Francis o. Clair of North
Grosyenordale; Armand, Dora. Fabi-
ola and Pauline and also four sisters
and one brother.
The bearers were his six brothers
in-law, Arthur Dufault, Paul Du-
fault, John Dufault. George Labonta,
Henry Coullard and Antonise Potvin.