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Evening star., 1926-05-23
WELSH MINERS HUNGRY, LONGING
FOR WORK. BUT HOLD FIRM LINE
Think Standard of Living in Danger If They Capitu.
late-Still Feel Pinch of Last Strike of
Thirteen Weeks.

been received anywhere III South
Wales. and the school children are be
ing fed at public expense. Strikers
wives in many communities are re
2eiving approximately $3.50 weekly
from the local poor funds. Some
strikers are being fed in union soup
kitchens. others are going hungry.
but as yet there are no indications of
surrendering.
Everywhere there is evidence that
the miners believe they are fighting
for the present standard of living and
fear that a return to work would
mean worse times. The history of
these valleys has been continued re-
volt against the lot of the miners. In
1870. IS. 90 and 9S and in 1912, 20
and . the South Wales miners were
on strike through deadlocks over
wages and conditions.
Neither the miners nor the trades.
people have recovered yet from the
13-week strike of 1921, and many
Evening star., 1926-05-23
CATHOLICS AID SOUGHT
IN MILK FUND DRIVE
Rev. John O'Grady Cites Heavy
Expenditures This Year in
Appeal for Donations.

Aid for the milk fund for poor chill
dren was asked of the Catholics of
Washington in statement last night
by Rev. John OGrady, director of the
Catholic Charities, who said SS59.25
had been expended for this cause alone
this year. Donations will be received
at the headquarters of the charities in
the Barrister Building.
Relief expenditures of the organiza
ton during the past Winter nearly
doubled those of the preceding year,
it was stated. the figures for the year
thus far being $6.065.36. as compared
with $3.26007 spent in the same
period in 1925.
The charities will maintain tent
this Summer at the Woodrow Wilson
reservation. Burnt Mills. for members
of the Catholic Boy Scout troops Of
the District.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
BAN ON SCHOOL USE'
|RES LIBERTY UNION
New York Education Board
Faces Court Action as Re-
suit of Decision.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 22.--The action
of the board Of education in refusing
the use Of public schools to it's speak
ers will be contested by the Civil Lib
critics Union. DIR. Harry F.. Ward,
chairman, said today.
''The action of the board of educa-
ton in refusing the American Civil
Liberties Union the use of the schools
for public meetings is decidedly
backward step" he said. "The board
declares that all persons representing
the American Civil Liberties Union
shall be denied the right to speak in
the schools unless we repudiate our
stand on the principles of free speech.
We shall not repudiate our stand on
these principles.
THE decision of the board will be
contested The executive committee
of the American Civil Liberties Union
will formulate it's plan of action at
meeting to be held on Monday,
May "a"
Samuel Entermeyer. attorney for
the union. declared the matter had
become a question for the courts to
decide. He said an appeal probably
would be made to the State commits
sioner Of education.
Spokesman for the union charged
the board kept q blacklist of organi-
Zations barred from the schools but
this was denied by school officials.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
EVANGELIST SLAIN,
HER MOTHER FEARS.
Cites Opposition OF Lega|ized
Sunday Dancing by Mrs.
Mcpherson.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 22.-Authori
ties of Santa Monico continued search
ing the sparsely settled hills north
east of that city today in the belief
that Mrs. Aimee Semple Mcpherson
evangelist, who disappeared four days
ago while surf bathing at Ocean
Beach, may have wandered away a
victim Of amnesia.
Meanwhile Herman Cline, Los
Angeles detective captain, who be-
lieves Mrs. Mcpherson was drowned
announced that he would establish
patrols along the whole of Santa
Monica Bay to watch for the body.
Most of the evangelist S followers are
also convinced she lost her life in
the surf.
Title to Angelus Temple. a struc-
ture covering square block which
Mrs. Mcpherson built three years ago
with contributions from her flock, was
vested in Mrs. Mcpherson, the pastor,
and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Ken
nedy, the latter said today. If the
death Of Mrs. Mcpherson is legally
established, it was pointed out.
her mother would have title to the
temple property with a valuation close
to million dollars.
Besides this property, Mrs. Ken
nedy said, the two owned a knoll near
Elyzian park. valuable Close-in prop
erty which was given them. and their
home in the fashionable West Adams
district.
Mrs. Kennedy. who heretofore had
Sreadfastly held to the belief that her
daughter had been drowned acci-
dentally. expressed the view that the
evangelist may have been murdered.
AS a possible motive she cited the
evangelist'S opposition to the dance
hall measure recently carried in an
election which permitted resumption
Of Sunday dancing at Venice.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

debts made in that period still are
unpaid. School teachers say that the
children have shown signs of under
nourishment since then. Estimates
in various quarters show that the
wage Of the average miner i'm South
Wales is about 4S shillings. or about
$l1.50.
Housing Shortage Acute.
a stone house of from three to five
rooms costs about s. Il week. The
housing shortage is acute and people
live in all sorts of places. including
tin huts and even in box cars oc-
casionally.
The houses often are in a danger
Gus condition. At Mardy. at the
head of the Rhondda Valley, settling
of old pits has caused some houses
to fall. whole rows of them to crack
and lean at every angle. The miners
are forced by the shortage of houses
to buy many OF these places or to pay
prohibitive rents.
Debts add distress everywhere, as
the miners owe rent for months back
and are unable to pay for the years
grocery bills in. some cases The
tradespeople. as a result. are threat
ened with bankruptcy in most vii
lagos.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
VETERANS VISIT
STONE MOUNTAIN
1000 Gray-Clad Ex-Soldiers Make
Pilgrimage to Southern
Memorial.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
STONE MOUNTAIN. Ga, May Is
A thousand old men, once pride of a
gray clad South. today looked up at the
head of Robert l.. Lee. carved in the
living granite of Stone Mountain.
A thousand bent and gray, repre-
senting the armies who fought for the
caus<, that was lost. stood in the hot
MAY sun with heads barred. with eyes
sauinted as the drills of Workmen
perched atop the giant monoltth clip
ped away big blocks of stone to inn
mortaliZe the lik@neSSeS of the leaders
of the gnarled old men below.
They were on their way back home,
the men Of the COS: perhaps on their
last journey. from Birmingham, where
Friday the thirty-SiXth annual reunion
of their fast diminishing clan had
come to an end. From the plains
of Texas, from the Blue Ridge Noun
tains of old Virginia, from the red
hills of Georgia and Alabama, they
came like boys on picnic.
Lees hat ought to come OF, sald
some. They remembered him best
bareheaded.
Others we're silent, they looked on
and said nothing. Col. ClinkscaleS
Of san Antonio insisted on clamborlnS
atop the huge pile of drilled stone at
the base and having his picture snap
ned with a group of good-looklng
sponsors.
There weere four coach loads of Old
veterans and their sponsors. 1t made
a special train from Atlanta TO the
base of the mountain. where Mayor
Walter a. Sims of Atlanta, Atty. Gen.
George y. Napier of Georgia ana Hoi-
Nns Randolph of the memorial assocla-
tion delivered addresses.
Following the ceremonies, luncheon
was served. after which parties form
cd and explored the mountain vicinity,
gathering souvenirs of granite chips
to take back home.
It. was the greatest and grandest
party of old fighters ever to come
10 look at tie gigantic memorial. Old
uniforms were pressed; gold braid
flashed in the bright Spring sun, and
ewes were sparkling or dimmed with
age and tears of "reminiscences.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TONYPANDY, Wales, May 22.--A
quarter of a million miners, their
wives and children in the coal valleys
of South Wales are praying for the
return of the dust -blackened air they
are accustomed to know
1t would mean work and the end
of hardships which stalk along the
black rivers these sunny days of May.
Yet the miners, budding on the
shelves of the mountain sides. where
their barra ok like homes are terraced
row on row, say they are determined
to starve before they will return to
work at lower wages than they We're
receiving when the impaSSe between
the miners and the employers was
reached May !.
Public Feeds Children.
1t is now two weeks since the last
miners pay check was drawn in the
valleys of the Rhondda, the Merthyr
and Aberdare. Strike pay has not
Evening star., 1926-05-23
FRENCH SOCIALISTS
TO DECIDE POLICY
Are Expected to Vote to Back
Governemnt Only on Own
Principles.
NV the Associated Press.

Nv the Associated Press.
CLERMONT- FERRAND, France,
Nav 22.-The attitude of the French
Socialists toward participation in the
government will be decided for the
third time in two years at a national
convention, opening here tomorrow.
The delegates will decide whether
to help the radicals in an attempt to
form q new Herriot cabinet: whether,
on the contrary, to join hands with
the Communists in an uncompromis-
ing position, or whether to stick to
the middle of the road, as they have
Ipeen doing.
The most active of the party lead
era outside Parliament oppose par
-4cfpation in the government, holding
that the party already has been weak
ened by it's compromising relations
with the radicals and is steadily los
ing forces to the Communists.
The more extreme members are in
favor of a coalition with the Com
munists. Between these two ele-
ments are the parliamentarians, with
ministerial ambitions. who will fight
vigorously in favor of a, governmental
alliance with the other group Of the
Left bloc.
A majority of the delegates are said
to be pledged to vote against partic-
ipation. The impression tonight was
that compromise resolution would
he adopted, authorizing the Socialist
members of Parliament to support
any government that proposes meas
ures in accord with the Socialist
policy. but forbidding them to accept
any post in the government.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

The government of Latvia has con-
troll of the fax crop of the country.
and farmers are being compelled to
deliver their crops to government
warehouses to await the sale by Off
cialS
Evening star., 1926-05-23

Better industrial conditions in Italy
have kept at home great numbers who
periodically went to other countries
to work, and have caused many Ital-
ians to return home.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

The boys seem to be going back to
the farm again." grins the HOPKINS
Journal, "but only as far as the golf
links"
New Britain herald., 1926-12-11
Bible Class Orchestra
 Gives Pleasing Concert

Tn an effort to place the orchestra on basis of independence. finan- cially, from the class. the Every mans Bible class last evening gave . public concert before a medium sized audience in the Trinity M. E. church.
 Under the direction of c. H. Clarkson the program arrange was well presented and enthusiastically received. Eleven selections were played by the orchestra, readings by Mrs. Laurence c. Edwardson, violin solos by A. A. Menta and W. Nor rison, vocal solos by Miss F. Kal- watt, exhibition of club swinging by W. c. Gladden., cornet solo by Miss A. Howarth, F. Melander and Miss B. Kalwatt, accompanist,
New Britain herald., 1926-12-11
Legal Notice

The annual meeting of the share holders of the New Britain National Bank for the choice of directors for the ensuing year and for the trans action of any other business proper to come before said meeting will be held at their banking house in New Britain on Tuesday, the 1lth day of January, 1927. Polls will be open from eleven to twelve a. m.
 F. s. CHAMBERLAIN, Cashier. December II, 1926.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-11
EDUCATIONAL
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-11
ristmas Gift Suggestions

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New Britain herald., 1926-12-11
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-11
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-08

and must spend a large sum to catch
up to current requirements. 1t is In
the same situation, on a large scale,
as that in which the District finds it.
self with respect to public school con-
struction.
Delay adds to the accumulation and
to the ultimate cost of provision to
dispose of it. Had the Government
built two department structures on the
five-square site at the west end of
the Mall-Avenue triangle Immediately
after the land was acquired. their cost
would have been very much less than
would precisely similar buildings cost
today. The true economy lies in inn
mediate beginning on a comprehensive
building program.
In delaying for fifteen years con-
struction in the fiye-sQuare site. the
Government has lost a heavy sum in
rentals for inadequate quarters for de-
partmental housing. 1t has received
in rents from the area thus taken only
a small percentage of the rents that it
has been paying. AS a business prop
osition this transaction of purchase,
non-use, rentals of privately owned
structures and consequent congestion
has been most unbusinesslike. 1t
would seem that the time has now
come when action is made imperative
through a realization of the poor econ
omy Of delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-08
Henry 3. F. Mcfarland.

In memory of a man who was
greatly beloved by the community and
whose services in it's behalf are highly
appreciated, a tablet was today
unveiled at the District Building,
with ceremonies as simple as he
would, if living, have required, and
yet deeply sincere in significance,
Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland. Com
missioner of the District of Columbia
for ten years, in a period of vital i'm
portance in its history, passed away
a little more than four years ago, hav-
ing retired from office and devoted
himself to his professional practice.
He accomplished much for Washing
ton during that decade of public duty.
and after that he gave himself unre-
servedly to all works for the better
ment Of the Capital. The inspiration
of his personal character was in itself
potent in the community. He lived
with the utmost Righteousness. His
deeds were prompted by love of his
fellow man. In all his words and all
his works, Henry B. F. mcfarland
was a helpful example to others. It
Is meet and fitting that this tablet
should be placed within the building
that was the scene of his devoted and
valuable services for the District Of
Columbia, and that it should in its
inscription reflect the sentiment of the
w.
be always remembered for his devo-
ton to their city, which was his own
city for the greater part Of his life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM U'JIF

champion arbitrator. President Cool.
ldge has just appointed him to serve
on the newly organized commission 10
ADJUST American claims against Mex.
leo. Judge Parker expects this wear
10 wind up an exceptionally merit O.
rlouS career as umpire of the Ameri-
can-German Mixed Claims Commits
sion. in which capacity he has served
since 1923. During the war Parker
was a member of the War Industries
Board and OF the Priorities Commits.
sion. Later he was chairman of the
United States Liquidation Commission.
Arbitral talent was called for in each
and all of these activities When
Germany and America joined in Sc
lectlng him as umpire three wears
ago. Parker was paid a tribute UNIQUE
In the annals of international arbftra
ton. To date the AmeriCan-Germ n
commission has made $3.50 awards
totaling s126.366.227. At one time the
commission faced 1880 claims, acgre.
eating sl,5O0,000. 600. but the pruning
knife has been ruthlessly applied
The ku Klux Khan may not use the
rotunda of the Capitol for midnight
Initiation ceremonies, as a weird story
legged, but one of the Klan's favorite
sons Is noY ensconced beneath the
dome. He Is Rice w. Means, Junior
United States Senator from Colorado,
who is mentioned as the future grand
kleagle of the hooded organization in
his State. The local Khan organ in
its current issue calls Means 1.-The
luckiest man in Congress" The why
and wherefore is that the "Coloradan
has just persuaded the Senate rules
committee to turn over to him a COM
mittee office adjoining the Senate
chamber in the Capitol. Just for fun,
Means asked for the quarters former
ly occupied by the late Senator Robert
M. La Toilette. Just for fun, the COM
mittee gave Means the rooms Thus
the Senator obtained quarters after
one years service in Congress which
La Toilette won only aften serving a
decade" Then the Khan Newspaper
remarks: THE luck of Means is one
of the Senate mysteries"
X \ X
Hugh Gibson. American Minister to
Switzerland, who is certain to be one
of Americas representatives at the
preliminary Geneva disarmament con-
ference, is a bosom friend of Herbert
Hoover. Gibson always stays with
the Hoovers at their home on S stree,
whenever he is in Washington. They're
fellow Californians, for one thing, the
Minister being a native of Los Ange-
les. But their real friendship dates
from World War days, when Gibson
was ,Hoover's chief co-operator in
Belgian relief work. The young diplo-
mat was at that time the right-hand
man of Brand Whitlock, our Ministe,
at Brussels. Gibson is one of Amer.
ica's outstanding career" diplomats
He's been In the service continuously
since 1908. If he were rich he'd have
been an ambassador by this time
Secretary Kellogg thinks very highly
OF his talents. Gibson's wife is 6
Belgian.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-08
Building Needs Recognized.

At a hearing held yesterday before
the House committee on public build
ings and grounds there was a general
admission Of the urgency Of the need
for better housing Of Government &C.
tivities in Washington. 1t was also
the prevailing opinion that the pro-
posed appropriation at the rate Of
s25 100000 year is but the beginning
on a public building program which
has been completely neglected for
more than a decade.
This Is a good start on the consid-
Grafton of the public buildings bill. If
the measure is pressed in this spirit Of
recognition as an imperative need
from the point Of view of public econ
omy it will be enacted into law early
In the present session and work will
start with no further delay on this
long postponed program of construc-
ton.
A public building program cannot,
in its nature, be an all-inclusive, COM
plete project. 1t Is inevitable that
new needs viii develop while the con-
structions FIRST authorized are In prog
ress. The fact is that the Government
is in arrears heavily In this respect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-08
New Traffic Lights
Make for Safety
To the Editor of The Star:
Hurrah for Eldrtdge!

Hurrah for Eldridge!
From the vantage point of Rapid
Transit bus Zone of the larger, respect
| able ones) 1 had my first view of the
workings of Washington's brand new
automatic traffic signals. They worked!
So did many a decrepit brake, grown
stiff with idlenesS. The air was cleo
| trical with protests, muttered and un-
lmuttered, from usually care-free motor
lists at this unwonted discipline. The
red stop held them like roaring lions
on a leash; the yellow found them al
| ready poising and snortng for q
spring, and at the first glimmer OF
green they had already landed, some
times upon the launches OF the hon
just ahead. Here and there driver,
still living In the fond dream of yester-
day, sped his lonesome car across the
current, Withdrawing his hind wheels
| just in time to save them from the
drowning wave.
For the first time in the modern his
tory of Washington the pedestrian
was really a factor in the equation.
No sooner did he see before him
straight and narrow path set apart
and dedicated to him, and guarded by
the watchful red eye, than he tr1pped
his way across with such an air OF the
habitue as would do credit to an actor.
For the first rehearsal he did well.
DtileNe tnlS eTSiWi ME jay "dlhci VI
newspaper fame went back and forth
across the boulevard checkerwtse, at
, alternate stops, just to show that he
was capable of anything when he was
given half a chance and half an Idea
as to which way, and when, the enemy
would charge. He always knew he was
capable of this sort of rational proce-
dure. but he wants little practice to
acquire more nOnchalance, to lose the
hunted look and put grace into his
movements.
To be sure il is hard for a spoiled
child to submit TO discipline. The
Washington motorists have so long
been accustomed TO having their own
sweet way in an every man for him
! self, etc" spirit. that it is hard to
recognize systematic crosS-current of
mere pedestrians, and to actually be
required to stop more than 10 times in
cutting across town. What we need
is more stops and more discipline, with
all due regard for the worthy Senator
on the hill. How often would few
wise stops and a bit of. discipline
obeyed have avoided an unhappy col
lision in our dignif1ed halls of Congress
and saved a most unworthy situation.
1t might be suggested that those mem
bers of Congress who find too many
impediments in earthly paths invest III
airplanes while the air is free.
Still more enforced stops, much less
speed at all street intersections, less
taking a chance" and a few adequate
EXAMPLES of punishment melted out to
criminal careleSSnesS which holds
human life too cheap, would do much
toward solving the traffic problem.
Hurrah for Eldridge. Help him along,
VERA +. ADAMS.