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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-20
8 BALL PLAYERS
F|NEDF0R
RIOT
MesueI, Cole and Ruth Draw
Suspensions Also For
Detroit Fracas


CHICAGO, June 20.-Bob Meusel,
New York American League out.
fielder, was fined 500 and suspend
ed ten days. Pitcher Cole, Of Detroit.
was fined $50 and suspended ten
days and Babe Ruth, home-run
king, was fined $50 in final de.
cision reached here today by Presi-
dent Ban Johnson, Of the American
League, for their part in the riotous
game at Detroit last Friday when
Umpire Evans forfeited the game to
the Yankees.
Meusel and Cole already are un.
DER automatic suspension. Mr..
Johnson's decision only sets a limit.
Ruth's filming and the fines given
Meusel mad Cole are the new find.
tngS In today's decision.
Reviews Trouble.
Mr.. Johnson's decision was a
siderable resume Of the trouble, In
tactics OF the players, but pointed
Chs
The player should have ODa.
stantly before him." Mr.. Johnson.s
statement asserted, "the elevation OF
his profession SO that baseball NAV
serve as q wholesome and manly
recreation for boys and young men
OF this country. The employment
Of rough tactics viii never have the
Endorsement Of fair-Winded Ameri.
cans.
There was not blow struck by
the players in the riotous scene
at Detroit, but their beiligerent at.
titude and frenzide conduct plainly
excited the multitude to a point
where all measures for its control
were speedily wiped away. The for
feiture OF the game resulted"
Reveals RmOrs.
Mr.. Johnson revealed that the
American League has been full of
rumors that Detroit pitchers have
been overly carettI IN pitching to
batters. This, he said, provided the
incentive for the trouble when Heu-
sci was struck by the first ball de.
l1vered to him.
"Meusel's conduct on that coca
sion was highly censurable," said
the statement. HE precipitated the
outbreak and added fuel to the
fire by his menacing attitude to.
ward Cole in passing through the
dugout Of the Detroit players.
when a player Is ordered from
the field by the umpire he must 10
direct to his dressing room. Il is
not permissible for him to taxry on
tho players betnch. The second
outbreak would not have occurred
had Cole followed the well-prescribed
line Of procedure.
Player Ruth cannot go unre.
buked. His frenzied efofrt to par
ticipate in the trouble was, repre-
hensible." a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-20
BIBLE LESSON REQUIRED
IN SCHOOLS OF 9 STATES

- Nine States now require that the
Bible be read at stated times in the
public schools, according to infor.
nation recently compiled in the
Bureau of Education.
The States are: Alabama, Della,
ware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine,
Massachusetts,, New Jersey, Penn.
sylvania and Tennessee.
Three states, Maine, Delaware and
Kentucky, have passed Bible-reading
laws since the publication of Blu.
reau Of Education Bulletin 1928,
No. IT,. in which six States were
reported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-20
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS
TAKE UP BIOLOGY

Biology, according to a study Of
science in California reported in the
University High School Journal.
has made rapid development in that
state within the past few years. In
19O7.s biology appeared in only two
high schools In 1929 it was
given in sos per cent of the
schools and Is still on the increase.
General science, more evenly dis.
tributed than any other science ex.
cept physics and chemistry, ap.
pears in 96.4 per cent OF schools
with an enrolment Of 1000 or over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-20

McAdoo and McAdoo returned the
call, the Virginia Senator did not
call elsewhere nor was he called on
by others.
The anti.McAdoo forces contend
that McAdoo can deliver" but few
Of his delegates.
He has more delegates than any
one else right now. That ID con-
coded" said one Of the leaders.
but he can't control them TO the
point OF delivery. He knows it
and we know It,"
Cluttered With Rooms.
The Waldorf began cluttering up
today with Vice Presidential booms
and more arrived during the day.
In addition to virtually every
Presidential candidate also being a
Vice Preid@tial possibility. there
are numerous others who are ad.
mittedly shooting at nothing else
but second place.
Governor Smith was asked wheth.
er he would accept such a post.
Y am not a Vice Prudential
candidate, he said. 1T has never
been considered"
Major George L. Berry, Of Ten
nessee, head Of the Presamen'H
Union, and Col A. o. Owsley, Of
Texas, former commander of the
American Legion. are two Of the
outstanding aimers at second place.
Berry has a considerable delegate
strength, picked up here and there.
Owsley contends that q veteran on
the ticket will be necessary to off.
set the Dawes candidacy on the Re.
publican ticket.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-20
ENGLAND GAINS m
AUTOMOBILE LICENSES

The use Of motor vehicles is grad
ually increasing in England, and
the revenue from licenses also shows
a gain.
During the year 1923. total Of
1906, 900 licenses were granted. an
increase Of 1882 over 1922
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-20

Council Of Churches
Says PheIan Told
FaIsehood

Ex-senator James D. Phelan
Of California was charged to-
day by the Federal Council Of
Churches evith "falsehood and
malicious insinuations" in con-
nection with charges he made
against Doctor Si4ney L. Gu
lick, one Of the secretaries Of
the council.
Phelan has insinuated, ac-
cording to the church council,
that Doctor Gulick was Gin the
employ of Japan" The coun-
ell denied this and also de-
clared that none of It's funds
had been received from Japa-
neSe sources.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-20
Chiropractic Exercises

Closing exercises Of the Central
Chiropractic College will be held TO.
night in Dunbar High School. The
Reverend Charles e. Stewart will
address the graduates. Doctor Ed.
win B. Henderson will preside.
Evening star., 1924-12-08

one of the supreme acts. of Govern
ment care for the welfare of the peo-
pie. Many years ago, when this was
known as the life-saving service, the
facilities for patrolling the coast and
rescuing those in danger from the
fury of the sea were meager. They
were the best possible. but crude in
comparison with modern equipment.
The spirit of the men who faced the
dangers Of the coast, who maintained
long sleepless vigils. was high. They
were poorly paid. They were barely
able to live on the meager stipends
granted them. 1t was hard to keep
the force fully manned, and some
times. owing to vacancies, the life
guards did double duty. They were in
spired by the feeling that they were
serving humanity.
The same spirit prevails in the Coast
been allotted to this service. A patrol
of the coast is maintained at sea as
well as on shore. The range of the
protective system is extended. Cutters
are plying the waters continually, on
the lookout for lawbreakers and for
ships in distress. They go far out at
sea to answer radio calls for help, fac
ing the toughest weather. No storm
is too great to deter them.
A computation of the lives and prop
erty saved by the Coast Guard and
the old preceding life-saving service
and internal revenue service, which
were merged in the present corps,
would yield astounding total figures.
The cost of this service has been made
good many, many times. That fact
should always be borne in mind when
the time comes TO make provision an
nually for maintenance and develop
ment
Evening star., 1924-12-08
VITAL THEMES
THE President on the Protocol
BY JAMES T. SHOTWELL.
| Who. With Gen. Tasker Bliss,
| Defined Aggressive War
In the Protocol.

There Is one portion of the Presi-
oents message which will be read
with more interest throughout the
world than most Americans realize
IL Is that section in which, repeat
| ing almost verbally his statement in
the letter accepting nomination last
Summer, he indorses the attempt to
outlaw aggressive war, reminding
the country that such a plan Is but
the fulhllment of it's traditional
policy. but indicating at the same
| time that its achievement must come
only after mature study of the actual
plans proposed. This does not sound
like an inspiring program to those
| who wish, as has been said, to take
heaven by storm; to them 1t will
seem unduly cautious. But the
| Presidents action is none the less
sound and enheartening to all who
| really weigh the greatness of the
step proposed.
To outlaw war is a revolution which
goes to the roots of international
! dealings. War has been the final
argument of states and nations since
! before history began. and to declare
il illegitmate as u means of settling
/ international disputes is the greatest
| innovation in the political history OF
the world. The President, it is true,
COHIneS Hl1nSelI TO lne OulidW1S VI
aggressive war, that is, of a war at
| tack, but If no one can strike first 1t
follows that no one can strike at all.
Hence the whole war system is out
lawed If aggression is forbidden. De-
fense is, of course, legitimate and
proper measures taken to help any
unarmed victim which trusts to inter
national law instead of to courts
would also seem TO be necessary, but
the President does not discuss these
matters, merely remarking as an
axiom that we must not commit our
selves to plans which jorpardize our
own independence or invite the IN
vasion of our domestic rights.
To the consideration Of these
matters the President apparently
calls for study not only by Congress
but by the American people as
whole. He calls for study, for ma
ture and serious realization or the
momentous nature of the REFORM
proposed. This call should go ring
ing into the conscience of the coun-
try, benumbed and self satisfied as IL
has become in these post war years
Unless we listen to it our moral
judgments and denunciations of the
governments and peoples who were
responsible for the last war may De
turned against us for our RESPONSE
bility in not preventing the next war
We have protested much of our
peaceful policies. Now the President
asks us to examine what we really
mean.
But the President speaks to the
world as we'll as to America lie
saws in substance that the protocol
Of Geneva should be studied sincerely
and not in partisan MOOD. Ihis is
sign that we have at last turned into
a new era when plans and policies
can be weighed for what they really
are and party advantage and per
sonal rancor no longer block the
free path of Americas aspiration 70
cooperate for world peace with all
eace-loving nations.
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-08

extreme groups. OF much importance,
too, is whether the Centrists and So
cialists can muster sufficient
strength in the Reichstag to be able
to dictate positively to the Strese-
mann group. Stresemann, former
premier and now minister Of foreign
affairs, has been inclined to lean to-
ward the monarchists. He was with
difficulty prevented from securing
ministerial positions for Admiral Won
Tirpitz and Count Won Westarp. who
are decidedly monarchical in their
views
The division of the German cleo
torate into numerous groups makes
parliamentary government difficult.
There are no less than IL distinct
in the tabulated election returns as
Others" These IL are the Social
Democrats, the German Nationalists,
the CentriSts. the Communists, the
German Peoples Party, the Extreme
Nationalists, the German Democrats,
the BaVarian Peoples Party, the Eco
nomic Party, the Farmers Party and
the Hanoverians.
The diminution Of the Communist
strength in the Reichstag is evidence
Of the failure of the bolshevik propa
ganda to sway the German people.
That Moscow has striven vigorously
to spread the red doctrine is clearly
understood. The Communist move
ment reached its height in the Sparti-
eide revolt. and since its suppression
there has been a steady recession.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
Restoring Warder Home
Mr.. Totten Corrects Report OF
Presentation to Museum.
rn the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
7 would like to correct the state
ment in The Star of SATURDAY. NO
vember 29. to the erect thal hau
presented the front door of the war
dor house to the National Museum.
The residences of &. H. Warder,
John Hav and Nicholas Anderson were
designed by the late H. H. Richardson,
who is recognized as the greatest archl-
tectural genius of the last century. lhe
Warder house, Mr.. Richardson consld-
cred his best example of domestic archl-
lecture.
had an ardent admiration for the
house, and was greatly dismayeo
while passing one day to see work
men taking 1t down. Upon inquiry
learned that it was being wrecked TO
make room for an office building, ano
that the material was for sale and
that. through the generous EFFORTS OF
Messrs. Peaslee and Donn the front
door had been saved and presented oy
Mr.. Whitty, the contractor, TO the
National Museum.
felt an instant desire to save this
building, and Immediately bought
everything that was aValla pie. Ihis
included much of the beautiful oak
and mahogany interior ana the en'lre
exterior except the doorway and gate.
had been impressed as student
in Paris with the artistic value or
such buildings, for the French gov
ernment has preserved in the court
ward of the Ecole des Beaux Arts
portions of the facade of the Chateau
de Gallon and the house of Diane de
Poftiers. etc, and the French would
have classed the Warder house as a
historic monument, and seen to 1t
that it was preserved as work OF
art. 80
/ endeavored to get several wealthy
persons interested in the re-erection
of the house. Failing in this, some
one suggested that, as the house was
rather large for one family, 1 re-
erect It for three families, with but
one large apartment de luxe on
floor. 7 am now carrying out this
suggestion. so that the house, when
recompleted. will contain three very
large and very handsome apartments,
one of which will have offices so that
It may be occupied as a foreign en-
bassy. The building is now in course
of erection in my garden on upper
sixteenth street and, although 1 have
not the front door, I shall apply to
Ithe Museum authorities to allow me
to incorporate 1t In the building,
where I believe 1t would be of more
value to the world, as thousands of
people would thus see 1t, rather than
being isolated in the courtyard of
the Museum. Should my request be
denied 1 will have a replica Of the
front door made. I am re-erecting
the exterior, following as nearly as
the changed conditions will permit,
the original design of this beautiful
building.
GEORGE OAKLEY ToTTEN, JR.
Evening star., 1924-12-08
The Coast Guard.

Behind the bare statement in the
annual report Of the Coast Guard
that during the past fiscal year 2,462
persons were rescued from positions
Of peril lies a story of continued hero
ism. The men in the Coast Guard
Service constantly risk their lives in
the patrol Of the coasts Of this coun-
try and the succor of those in danger
from the violence Of the sea. It is
not only when they put out in the
surf boats to reach stranded ship
that they are themselves imperiled:
they must walk the shore at all hours
in all weather. Back and forth they
have tramped from station to station,
exchanging checks as they meet, al
ways watching the sea. Sometimes
they must go forth in the fiercest
gales. Indeed. it is when the weather
is worst that they must keep the
closest watch for trouble off shore.
The maintenance Of this service is
Evening star., 1924-12-08
Sinking of Washington Seen
Both as Lesson and Pledge

Editors view with varied reactions the
sinking of the battleship Washington
in conformity with the disarmament
treaties. Some regard it from the angle
of the lesson taught remaining craft for
future war use. Others see it as having
taught nothing new in that respect,
while still others believe the cost thor
oughly justified in the exemplification of
the spirit of disarmament held by the
United States.
80 far as has been disclosed the
sinking of the Washington simply con-
firmed prior judgments, founded on ex-
perience, that the mightiest battleship
will stand a poor chance, or none at all,
IL it can be hit" in the opinion of the
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. which goes
on to say: Protective arInor is a mis-
nomer. The real defense of warcraft is
speed. And speed. plus gun range. is
its chief reliance in effective attack. If
nothing more than this has been demon
strated in the sinking of the Washing
ton nothing has been learned that was
not known many years ago. But the
underwater tests carried out against
the Washington may prove of value.
The craft seems to have withstood these
which may be important in view of the
expanding use of submarines and mines"
The New York Times does not
doubt that the experimenters learned
something OF Importance to the ord
nance experts and the naval design
ers, but adds: 1.-THE great question
is whether 1t Is worth while to re-
tain the battleship as the backbone
of the fleet. That question was evil
IDENTIFY not settled to the satisfac-
ton Of the airplane bombers. They
will ask what would have been the
effect on the buoyancy of the Wash
ington If a 2,000-pound bomb had
been dropped on her deck; and there
is the use of poisonous gases to be
kept in mind, gases discharged on
contact with parts of the ship occu-
pied by the crew. Z AS it has been al
ready proved that large bombs sink
when exploded in the water at her
side one would like to know some
thing more about the bombs explod-
ed round the hull, Of the Washing
tom" On the other hand. the Mil
waukee Journal holds. these tests
made on the washington would ap-
pear to tell US that the backbone of
sea strength has not been transfer
red to underwater craft nor to bomb
Ing planes, but is still the great bat
tleship, built with power to resist
any attack"
Whatever the bombardment of the
Washington may prove to the satis-
faction of the naval experts" the
New York World holds Its destruc-
ton is demonstration that the
world has come to a pause in the
mad race of naval armament. 1t may
seem a tremendous waste of money to
sink this great warship. but it is a
sacrifice that the United States makes
toward the limitation of armament.
For that reason, regardless of
everything else, 1t is worth doing,
because disarmament by agreement
among the powers makes a day of
peace more sure" The important
thing, the Brooklyn Eagle also
thinks, "is not whether the Washing
ton was destroyed by gunflre from
the Texas or by bombs or torpedoes,
but that In the fact she has disap-
Evening star., 1924-12-08
Germany Votes for Stability.

Germany voted yesterday for mem
bers of the Reichstag and, according
to the returns thus far received, the
vote was for the maintenance Of the
present government and for the ratifi-
cation Of the Dawes reparations plan.
The extreme Nationalists, who are
monarchists, and the Communists,
who are anti-moparchists and anti
government. both lost heavily. The
central parties, a group of four or five
organizations which have united in
the support of the ministry and are
favorable to the reparations settle
ment, have gained, and may control
a plurality over the other extreme
parties.
This is a most gratifying result, CIV
Ing assurance Of a continuance Of the
settlement policy which is bringing
while stabilizing European conditions
in general. The setback suffered by
the Ludendorff fascist, who are work.
ing for the restoration Of the mon
archy, is equally important with the
defeat of the Communists. Both of
the antipodal forces are checked. Ger
many is not moving toward monarch
ism or toward communism.
1t remains to be seen whether the
center parties. the Socialists, Centrists
and Peoples party, will be able to
muster an absolute majority over all
of the other scattered factions. If they
do so they will be in a position of
command. irrespective Of the unlikeli-
hood ef coalition between the two
Evening star., 1924-12-08

peared from the Navy's records the
United States stands as having kept
the faith with the other powers who
joined with her in an effort to stop
the building of certain classes of ma
val vessels as a move toward world
peace and national economy"
What the country and the world
Is really interested in" according to
the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 'is
whether the destruction of this great
vessel is really a step in the direction
of disarmament. II ii is, the matter
of cost should not be considered.
But if this Nation is only disfurnish-
ing itself to the benefit of the other
great powers, why-that is another
story concerning which much may be
heard in the future" The feeling of
regret to see the Washington destroyed.
the Columbus Dispatch claims, would
have been less pronounced If Con-
gress, since the Washington confer
ence. had made any adequate pro-
vision either to keep in good condi-
tion the battleships Of the first class
which the treaty permits us to re-
tain, or to build enough of the
auxiliary classes of vessels not re-
stricted by the treaty to keep the
Navy in it's entirety somewhere near
the 6-5-3 ratio upon which the
treaty is based"
* y X
Feeling that "the British and Japa-
nese are taking every advantage OF
their rights under the treaty and the
United States is not" the Chicago
Tribune says: IF we will take care
of what we have we may drop a tear
on the Washington, but We'll be in
good shape. The treaty is not dan
gerous until the United States begins
to neglect the rights II has under II.
Then 1t is. There is worry about the
fleet that is gone. but none about the
fleet in being. The fleet in prospect
was sacrificed to a theory of peace.
1t may have been a good or bad the
ory. We have regarded it as good.
considering all the elements involved
in it. 1t was bad If the fleet in being
is to be sacrificed to the pacif1sts.
We cannot sacrifice both, and that is
what we are doing"
''To the landlubber, the toiling
taxpayer who foots the bills" the
Kansas City Journal thinks, "the ne
cessity for sending to the bottom of
the ocean a vessel which Is said to
have cost about $8o.o00.0oo does not
appear particularly urgent Perhaps
the lessons are worth the fee,
though it is difiicult to reconcile the
studied sinking of stationary tar
get with the conditions of actual ma
val warfare. no enemy vessel Will
ride at anchor while depth bombs,
broadsides from warships and bombs
from airplanes rain down upon her
The layman can see little value in
finding out just how much steel It
takes to sink an enemy vessel, which
must be sunk, no matter how much
1t takes" AS the Des Moines Regis
ter views it: THE money invested in
the Washington was wasted anyway,
and to sink it to the bottom of the
ocean does not lose US any more. On
the contrary, If it will foster a tend
ency to disarm and avoid future
costs, if 1t aids in preventing or de-
laying wars, it will be money we'll
spent. The useless will have found O
service to perform"
Evening star., 1924-12-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Modest, But Influential.

Modest, But Influential.
Among the authors that I read
Is one who brings me joy, indeed
He satisfies my every need;
The press agent.
He tells me when to smile or sigh
And what 1 must applaud and why,
Till half the show is given by
The press agent.
With gifts, by very few acquired,
He labors in a spot retired
That other folks may be admired;
This press agent.
In all the realms of art sublime,
In this or any other time
There's nothing to compare-or rhym
With Press Agent.