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as to make the risk of attacking Great
Britain a very serious consideration in
the mind of any country thinking of
doing So. Answering the attacks Of
labOurite extremists, he asserted that the
government was just as anxious for a re-
ductiOn of ornaments as they. The Prime
Minister had authorized him to say that
the Government would take the first op
|portunity. Nhethes by conference, or
other means that could be suggested, to
effect a reduction which he believed
every member of the HOeSe desired. Mr..
Baldwin speaking later, said the Foreign
Office estimates would come up Tor de-
bate on March 9Th, when, if the question
of disarmament was raised, MIR. Cham
berlain the Foreign Secretary, would
give all information possible regarding
prospects in Europe and would state sen
orally the governments views on disarm-
ameut.
New York, March LIST. Old mother
earth shook herself Just a trifIe last night,
sending a vigorous little earthquake
peiImeii throughout the northeastern
part of the United States and Canada.
The tremors were noticeable for about
two minutes at 9,23 O'Clock, and although
not strong enough to cause damage, they
shook territories from north eastern New
EngjanI TO The Mississippi and from the
province OF Ontario as far south IS Wheel
ing, w. Va. Richmond and Louisville.
In the great centres of population, New
York, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto. PhiJa
deIphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Cieye-
land, Boston. Detroit and others, the
earthquake was severe enough TO alarm
millions OF people III sou. cities, aota-
bly, Detroit, hotel guests hurried into the
streets. In others, theatres and movie
halls we're Vacaated, their patrons mis-
taking the quake for a serious explosion.
New Yorks man-stCried canyons OF steel
ana concrete felt The shock too. In fact,
reports from observers at F0rdham
University said that the t15mors
lasting moe than two minutes were The
Strongest ever fo.J in the metropolis.
The needle OF the Fordham S~oism0graph
wig ID oV-r au amplitude OF seven inch
es. The disturbance appeared to have
been OF varied intensity, aud was de-
scribud bv s~aIsmegraphic experts at
Georgetown University in Washington
as very severe The quake was said to
have lasted from Is to 20 seconds IN
Hartford, conn. but for more than two
minutes IN several other cities, including
New York.
Mexico City, March 1st. Five thou
sand workers are on strike in tn oiitields
of the Ruasteca Oil Company in Tampico
and Vera Cruz. Other groups threaten
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Washington, March lst.-Rear. Admir-
al VIM. S. Sims, retired, turned loose
before The House Air Craft Committee
Yesterday broadside OF criticism against
naval officers who sill hold the battle
ship supreme in naval warfare and also
trained his fire against proposals Of the
Air Service as urged by Btig-GeneraI
Mitchell, Assistant Army Air Lhief.
Admiral SINS touched upon the subject Of
naval conservatism" and SAID that the
Naval Air Service has done pretty
well under It's handicaps. AT another
poinl IN his testimony, afJer saying ne
considered batlleshIps 'ob5o!eJe, the
Admiral, answering questions said the
air. craft carrier had replaced this type
OF vessel. Then you do not agree with
the Navy General Board that the battle
ship is most important to the deat?'
Mr.. Perkins asked. No Sir, The wis.
ness asserted. Asked if he dill 0Ot think
that the battleshlp was stiii the back
bone Of The navy, he replied. Yes. out
it's broken" The armament race is still
going forward, he declared, stating that
Great Britain and Japan were laying
down many cruisers.
London, March 1st. The House Of
Commons last night passed the air esLl-
mates presented by Sir Samuel HOare,
the Air Secretary, and involved an eX-
penditure of e3I, 3I9. 300. The 5ecre-
tarv declared that a system Of air dc.
fence would probably be established so
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DAME RU NOR
HINTS AT
ROMANCE
as Senator Walsh to
Marry Mrs. Hartmann"
Is Query

Many.tongued gossip is toying de.
IiohteCIIy with the conjecture that
senator Thomas j. Walsh, who
sailed TODAY on the Leviathan,
ostpnsiblv for a summer of refresh
rnent in Europe, will have as the
high spot OF his vacation a consuI1i'
nation of his long-rumored romance
with Mrs. Borden Harrimen. This
marriage, "tney" say, will probably
take place in Paris, where MRS.
Hartman is with her daughter.
Mrs. Henry Potter Russell, OF New
York, who is getting a divorce, her
marriage having lasted since 1els.
This is not the first time THAI
gossip has married Senator
Walsh and Mrs. Hartman. Indeed,
1t seemed from various reports
that an engagement at least was
inevitable at the national Demo
cratic fracas In New York q year
ago when both were the center or
much attention. At this time the
chairman of the convention nlado
his headquarters at the home in
New York OF Mrs. Hartman >
daughter. which the latter had
turned over to her mother for that
period.
senator WlISH UdtS UCSAA ASNA0 ~
say that he would be interested in
marrying q, woman only IL she had
''sense'-no matter what knock
out" in pulchritude. 1t would seem
that Mrs. Hartman fills the bill in
"sense"--and especially political
Sense" in which phase Of human
knowledge the Montana Senator 10
so excellently informed.
This gossip about Senator Walsh
and Mrs. Hartman has put some
what in the background of CONVEX
sation talk of the Gerry-Welles ro-
nance, and the reported one or
Henry Breckenridge and Bessie Nc
Keldin, which has been bobbing up
lately.
Senator Is Taking Niece
On First Trip to Europe.
On his trip abroad the Senator
is taking with him his niece, Miss
Elizabeth Walsh, which may be
taken as an indication that he is
not contemplating matrimony-or
may not. At all events, his an.
nounced program includes visits to
England and Ireland-the Emerald
Isle being his home Of his fore.
bears-The Hague, where Is Is to
stay with Richard H. Tobin, our
minister to the Netherlands, and
watch the World Court in action,
to Geneva for the meeting of the
assembly of the League Of Nations,
and to Rome by way OF Holy
Year pilgrimage.
No mention is made Of a stop
in Paris, which may be significant
or may not.
Miss Elizabeth Walsh. who is
eighteen and just out of school, is
making her first European trip un-
der the wing of her distinguished
uncle. She is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Walsh.
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Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams has
returned from a fortnight's stay in
New York.
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WHITE H 0 i Sc
PLANS ARE
BACKED
Protest to Coolidge on Rede-
signing Based on Misunder-
standing, Is Claim

Washington architects and In
terror decorators stand solidly be-
hind the project OF converting the
White House into a colonial mansion
Of the purest design.
The protest sent to President
Coolidge by f. c. Kemper. excel
tive secretary Of the American In.
stItute Of Architects, does not repre-.
sent the real sentiment OF that pr
ganization or of the architectural
profession, it was said today.
The present White House inter.
Tor, rernodeled by the late Charles
r.. McKim, is technicallv called
French Empire in architectural
style, but in reality ID colonial In SIS
effects, and there Is not the slight
est intention Of proposing to Con
gress that a remodeling Of II
should be attempted.
The moving spirit in the pro-
posed refurnishing Of the White
House, Robert w. de Forest, has
just supervised for the Metropoli
tan Museum Of Art in New York
| a new wing devoted entirely 10
the colonial period in American
architecture. Many Of the choicest
examples Of furniture in this col
lection win, 1t IL said, be duplicat
ed in the work to be done at the
White House in the next few years
| Members Of Commission.
The other members OF the com
mission include Charles A. Plat.
New York architect; r.. y. Jones
r. T. Halsey, expert In period fur.
niture for the Metropolitan Mus
cum; Luke Vincent Lockwood, Mrs.
Harold Pratt, Mrs. Miles White.
and Major Oscar n. So1bert.
Washington architects and col
lectors and connoisseurs of period
furniture are not represented In
| the membership OF the committee,
but will be consulted from time to
time in connection with the work.
especially on the historical features
Of the work to be undertaken.
Interference Not Likely.
President Coolidge already has
given his approval OF the plans, and
| it is not regarded az likely, there
fore. that he will paw any attention
to the protests filed with him, which
are based on Misunderstanding of
I the project, in the view Of Wash
lingtonians.
1T IS high time that the hetero-
geneous mass Of furniture In some
OF the rooms of the White House
should be cleaned out, said one
architect today. There are colIec-
tons of furniture dating back q
good many years and representing
the tastes Of many different Prest-
dents and their wives. Naturally.
there are q good many artistic dis
Icrepancies, and It is these that
should be eliminated. We think the
best thing to do is to make the
White House as completely colonial
as it is possible to make il. The
commission which has been APP
pointed will be q permanent one.
and it will function as long as the
President and Mrs. Coolidge have
confidence in it,
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BOOTLEG TRUST
UNDER NEW
ATTACK
Federal Forces Planning to
Stop Supply at
Source
BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH.

BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH.
The United States is ready to
see the bootleg trust put out Of
business. General L. C. Andrews,
field marshal of prohibition en-.
forcement, declared today.
Commenting on national reaction
to the administrations new en-
forcement policies, Andrews said
that everybody accepts the fact
that the time has come for a bust
ness administration Of the Volstead
act"
While General Andrews and his
"chief of staff" Roy A. Haynes,
are studying tactics of the future
land war on the bootleg trust,
Admiral F. c. Billiard is conducting
a survey of progress of the naval
operations against smugglers.
To Make recommendations.
Treasury officials said that Bill
lard will be in a position soon to
recommend just what changes IN
method and additional facilities will
be required to make the anti-smug.
Cling campaign 100 per cent eff
Gent.
With more than three hundred
vessels actively engaged against
smugglers and few more destroy
ers and smaller craft ready to be
thrown into the fight, officials de-
clared that the coast blockade will
continue indefinitely.
Just what Haynes duties will
be under the new prohibition re-
o,inoe is somewhat doubtful iudpipD
from statements at the treasury.
He will supervise enforcement, it
was stated, will spend a consider
able part of his time in the field,
and make a speech occasionally in
an educational campaign against
liquor drinking.
1t was emphatically denied that
the reorganization was aimed at
he will be the chief Of staff" as
Fewer Men Required.
Officials explained today that
while the field forces will be re-
duced the shift in the plan of
attack on the bootleg trust will
require fewer men.
The Government will concentrate
against the sources of liquor sup
ply believing that this will auto
matically eliminate the distributor.
Home brewers, small moonshiners
and the ordinary bootlegger will be
left to local enforcement officers.
If local situations get out of con-
troll detachments of the mobile
force or Flying squadrons" will be
sent in.
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GEN. FRIES AIDS
EVOLUTION
THEORY
Tells of Human Progress at
Oldest Inhabitants An
nual Meeting

The ranks of evolutionists re.
ceived a sturdy recruit today in
the person of Major General Amos
A. Fries, chief Of the chemical war.
fare service Of the army, who sup
ported the theory of evolution in
a speech before the Association of
the Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis.
trict of Columbia at the annual
Fourth of July meeting in the
Western Presbyterian Church, Nine.
teenth and II streets northwest.
Man has developed to his present
high state of religion, morals and
physical stature no less than in
his mental development through
long ages of slow progress" General
Fries said.
Some Evolution Seen.
Each of us is made up Of myriads
of cells developed slowly, one by
one, through untold thousands of
years. However, We may visualize
creation and in whaC manner we
may view the moot subject of evolu
ton, we all believe that man Is
developing physically, mentally
morally and spiritually.
eve cannot look back over
recorded history and think other
wise. If, then, he has developed
sensibly in a thousand years, we
have every reason to believe that
he may have developed almost in
finitely in the ages past"
General Fries made a harsh at
tack on 1.-The bloody revolutionist in
our midst" declaring that there Is
unfortunately. throughout the
length and breadth of this land a
group Of people who praise every
thing in the world except that which
is American"
Hits Detractors of u. S.
He accused the detractors of
America with attempts to poison
the thoughts" of American children
by filling the school textbooks with
thoughts and ideas that our onces-
tors were neither honorable, pa
trlotic nor brave" and by printing
the "scurrilous remarks of muir.
derers and traitors of the past"
GAS we bow our heads in reverence
today" he said, may we take an
oath to fight with all our power
these insidious enemies. If you
kill patriotism and love of country
in our youth, they will fail the
country in the years to come"
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Mrs. Frank Hartman, will join them
later.
Harvey Al. Bashan, Of Mexico city.
who is making an extended visit at
the willard, entertained informally
at dinner on the roof last night.
Nine. Roso has closed her apart.
ment at Stoneleigh Court and nas
gone to Atlantic City for ten days
before going to Bar Harbor, Me-, for
the remainder of the summer.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Hakan Bjornstrom
Steffanson have returned to their
home in New York from Europe.
but propose to go soon to Newport
tc open their villa for the summer.
Mrs. Steffanson is a niece Of Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood and VIII.
liams Phelps Fro, of Washington
and has frequently visited them
here.
The Very Reverend and Mrs. G..
C. F. Bratenahl and their two
young sons, Charles and Alexander,
are occupying for the summer "The
Boulders" at Braces Cove, East
Gloucester, Mass.
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Count Antoine de Laubespin, Sec
rotary OF the Belgian embassy. will
leave Washington next week and
will sail from New York on the
France for his home in Belgium.
Mrs. Warwick Montgomery and
Miss Mary Montgomery have open
ed the Montgomery cottage at Bar
Mn hA
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Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Chappell
are the guests over the weekend
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Flather,
at their summer home near An.
napolis, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Grayson of
Winchester, Va, are spending some
time in Washington at the Shore
ham hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Williams an
nounced the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Stella Williams. to
RAYMOND Gittleman at the celebra.
ton of the silver anniversary OF
their wedding. which took place
June %.
Miss Margaret Spencer, Of New
York, is a guest at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Mrs. David Kaime and her
daughter, Miss Gladys Kaime, will
close their apartment July 90 and
| go to New York. whence they will
sail on July IS for Europe. Mrs
Kaime and Miss Kaime will return
to this country early in October
| They will be accompanied on their
| trip by Miss Virginia Hunt, OF
| Charleston, S. c.. and Miami, Fla
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.TRI-NATIONAL EXHIBIT
IS OPENED IN PARIS

PARIS, July AT the sugges-
tiOr Of an American woman, Mrs.
Z. II. Hartman, of New York city,
a novel "tri-national' exposition IF
painting and sculpture has been
opened at the Galleries Durand-
Ruei, in Paris.
French, English and American
works of art are side by side for
the purpose Of comparison and
mutual admiration. Practically
every modern school OF painting is
represented in this interesting and
original exhibition, the aim Of
which Is to promote understanding
between the people OF these three
nations through reciprocal pens-
tration into the domain of art.
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[ PISCOPAL|ANS
To CONSIDER
CHANGES
May Strike Out offensive
/ Invocation OF Mercy on
"AIl Jews, Turks"

NEW YORK, July 4.--Elimtnac
ton from the Good Friday service
Of that portion Of a prayer which
invokes mercy upon ali Jews.
Turks, infldeIs and heretics' 10
recommended. in the fourth report
of the commission on prayer book
revision OF the Episcopal Church,
to be presented at the triennlal
general convention in New Orleans
next October.
The work OF the commission,
made public today by the chair
man, the Right Rev. Charles Lewis
Slattery. coadjutor bishop OF Mas.
sachusetts, is inspired, according
to Bishop Slattery, by a purpose
to put the Episcopal Church in
touch with .'present-day life"
Referring to the proposed ornis
sion from the Good Friday service
prayer. Bishop Slattery said that
the change had been prompted be.
cause the third collect had given
offense to Jews. All reference to
Jews, Turks and infideIs Is stricken
out of the proposed revision. which
will read:
Have mercy upon all who know
Thee not as Thou art revealed IN
THE Gospel Of Thy Son." etc.
Omit Marital "Obey."
The report Of the commission
also recommends final approval Of
Its recommendations for short.
ened form Of the Ten Command
ments, the removal Of obey from
the marriage service and the elm.
nation OF the rubric which forbids
the use Of the burial service over
suicides.
Discussing the revision in gen.
eral, Bishop Slattery says:
81 am asked, Why do you pro-
pose to shorten the Ten Command.
ments?' The answer il that the
Church believes that these com
mandments apply to our present
day life
The use of the shorter or longer
form Of the Ten Commandments
will be optional with the clergy.
Secondly" said Bishop Slattery
II am asked, Why do you drop
'1obey" from the marriage service!
We are coming 10 looh upOA SAS
rights of men and women as
equal. The pledge of the man
therefore, should be the same az
the pledge Of the woman.
Suicide Not Responsible
AS to the elimination Of the
rubric which deprives suicides OF
the burial right Of the Church
Bishop Slattery said:
"The burial office has been
given more Of a Christian hope
and confidence. There is difficulty
| in deciding whether a person who
commits suicide is responsible FOL
| his act. In many cases we Zee
sure that the person is not respon
sible for his act, and that the ac1
| is part of q serious mental disease
A hard-and-fast rule which bars
all such persons from the privilege
of the burial rite, adding grief t.
| the sorrow of the surviving rela
tives, seems not true to the spiri
| of Christ
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been making a 5000 mile auto tour
Of Europe, are now in London.
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The minister of Hungary, Count
Szechenyi, left yesterday for New.
port to spend the holiday with
Countess Szechenyi and their chill.
dren, who are occupying the villa
of her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney, near that of her mother, Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt.
ADMIRAL AND MRS. STRAUSS
PLAN TRIP AROUND WORLD.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Joseph
Strauss and their daughter. Miss
Helen Strauss. will leave on Monday
for a motor trip of a few weeks
along the New England coast.
En- route they will stop in Phila.
delphia to see their son, Ensign
Elliott Strauss, who has just re.
turned with the fleet from a cruise
to Australia and whose ship. the
Concord. is based at the Nevy Yard
Admiral and Mrs. Strauss and
Miss Strauss will leave Washington
the latter part of November for a
wears travel in various places of
| interest around the world. Admiral
Strauss retires from the Navy on
| November Is.
The Australian Commissioner in
the United States, Sir James A. M
Elder, and Lady Elder, who have
an apartment at the Plaza. are
sailing for London on the Beren
/ Z. a ria
| to pass two months in Europe.
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The Charge d'Affaires Of Czecho
| slovakia and Nine. Lipova returned
last evening from a weeks visit in
Chicago.
| Mrs. Loren r. T. Johnson has
zone to South West Harbor, Me-,
for tn summer. She will be Joined
there later by DIR. Johnson.
DIR. and Mrs. Johnson will take
Dossession in the autumn Of the
house at POO Sixteenth street,
the retiring Secretary of War and
Mrs. Weeks.
John w. Davis has gone to New
| Brunswick on a fishing trip with
| Norman H. Davis and his son,
Goode Davis. They will be absent
a fortnight.
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Mrs. Newlands Johnston and ;ler
| son. Alan L. Johnston, are tenn
porarily in New York and are
staying at the Hotel Chatham.
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Commander and Mrs. I. w. Kite
have left their apartment at the
| Cordova for Monterey, Pa, where
] they will pass the summer. Thel
son-in-law and daughter, MIR. and
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eosYR,cH1 HzERIs AE

ROOSEVELT
Who will also be presented winter Miss Roosevelt
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Robert Roosevelt Miss Waggamans
mother is Mrs. Alexander Legare
Clarke Waggaman Both accomplished swimmers and they
snapped Mrs. HendersOns pool.
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WIFE, ASKING DIVORCE,
SAYS RIVAL TOOK SPOUSE

Charging misconduct and naming
another woman, Mrs. jeanette T.
Nickens, 257 N street northwest.
has filed suit in the District Su
preme Court against John c. Nick
ems for an absolute divorce and ali.
mony.
Mrs. Nickens says she and her
husband lived together until July,
1909, bat that her husband is now
living with the other woman as
man and wife. Mrs. Nickens asks
to be awarded the custody of the
minor of the children. Attorney AL
| fred L. Smith represents her.
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UniversitY Club outino

The annual field day Of the Uni
July 10, at the Columbia Country
Club, the program including baseball.
golf. swimming, tennis and dinner.
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ting "Englisher and Englisher, !"
with the Cecil crest poisoning out
wherever it is possible for a crest
to bloom.
Harold H. Sims, of the British
embassy, who, If I remember cor.
rectly, was one Of the ushers at
the marriage Of Mr.. Cecil and Miss
Cornelia Vanderbilt, is now visiting
at Biltmore House.
AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE
RETURNING FOR HOLIDAY
Myron T. Herrick. American am.
bassador to France, will sail for
the United States on July 8. His
trip has a two-fold purpose. He
will visit Washington to blaze a
pathway for the French debt fund
ing commission and will enjoy 4
two months vacation.
The Minister of Sweden and Nine
Wallenberg, who have been making
series of visits on their way from
Washington to Newport, have
reached their destination and arc
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Aspe
grin at Aspen Hall.
The Minister of Finland, Axe
Leonard Astrom, has gone to tbs
homestead, Hot Springs, Va, fpI
the Fourth of July holiday.
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The Minister of China, DIR. SEE
left town yesterday for Monterey
Pa, where he will join Nine. So,
and their children who are estab
lished there for the summer, over
the weekend, returning to Wash
ington on Monday.
Senator and Mrs. Lawrence c
Phipps and their family, who have
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ANCIENT BRONZE STATUE
Is FISHED FROM SEA

ATHENS, July 4.-Fishermen in
the Bay of Marathon have brought
up from the bottom Of the sea an
ancient bronze statue four feet in
height and in " perfect state of
preservation, e. 1T that several
toes are missing
The statue is said to be equal in
value to the well-knoWn statue of
the Ephebos, found in the Island of
Antikythera. 1t has been present
ed to the Archaeological Museum
here.
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GINS Blow KiIIs PIaYmate

CHICAGO, July "a quarrel be-
tween two school girls. in the
course of which one struck the
other. was responsible for the death
Of Helen Becker, ten, who died
of cerebral meningitis, q corcner's
jury decided Caroline StacheI. also
ten, said Helen called her ..pig
tails" and she struck her tormentor.