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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
OLD DISTRICT BLUE LAW STILL
ON BOOKS, MINISTER REVEALS
Landlord Rest Bill Agitation Brings Re-
vival of Ancient Restrictions In
herited From Maryland

books of the District Of Columbia for
more than a hundred years.
It is proper to regard the statute be-
fore us not only as obsolete, but as
repealed by implication in such es.
sential parts as an advance and en-
lightened civilization justifies with
due regard for the personal liberties
of the citizen, The Judgment
of the Police Court is affirmed -
According to Mr.. Colcord. the first
Sunday law of which history has
preserved copy was that of Con
stantine in 321 A. D., under whom
the Christian Church and the Roman
Empire were first united.
"Out of this union" Mr.. Colcord
asserts, grew all the religious estab-
lishments, religious laws and religious
bigotry. intolerance. oppression and
persecution that disgraced Europe
during the long dark night Of the
Dark Ages.
Brought Old-W0rld Ideas.
1.-THE early emigrants to America
brought with them old.world ideas.
and hence we find the settlers at
jamestown, only three years after
their landing. enacting the following
law in 1910:
Every man and woman shall re-
pair in the morning to the divine
service and sermons preached upon
the Sabbath day. and in the afternoon
to divine service. and catechising,
upon pain for the first fault to lose
their provision and the allowance for
the whole week following; for the
second, to lose the said allowance and
also to be whipt; and for the third to
suffer DEATH
This was Americas first Sunday
law, and it carried with 1t not only
whipping for both men and women
but the death penalty. There Is no
record of the death penalty Of this
law ever having been put into
execution, but. so far as the law It.
self was concerned, there was nothing
to prevent 1t.
with one notable exception only,
the early settlers Of New England
likewise brought over with them
these same ideas. Each of the New
ecclesiastical establishment and its
compulsory Sunday laws. Roger
Williams alone. Baptist minister of
Salem, Mass, declared that a Union
Of church and state was unchriS6an,
and that there should be soul lib.
erty,' as he called it, granted to every
individual in every commonwealth
formed by men.
"a few years later this sentiment
found expression in the National
Constitution In the words: Congress
shall make no law respecting an es.
Enlistment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
VETS DECLINE DEBATE
WITH DRYS AT OMAHA
Stayton Cites Pussyfoot johnson
in Giving Reason for Re-
fusing Invitation.

The vets as represented by the AS.
ISOLATION Against the Prohibition
Amendment have refused to meet the
drys as represented by the Anti.Sa.
loon League in a joint debate at
Omaha, Nebr., February 26.
Declining yesterday the debate in.
vitation extended by r. H. High,
Nebraska Anti-Saloon League super.
intendent, w. II. Stayton, national
chairman of the association. said:
1.-THE Anti-Saloon League has never
repudiated the public statement Of
Pussyfoot Johnson to the effect that
he used the lie. the bride and the
drink to advance the prohibition
cause. Neither / nor any official Of
the Association Against the Prohibit
ton Amendment will have any rela.
tions with an organization which
stands Tor such practices"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
MEXICAN QUESTION
TO Be DISCUSSED
Public Mass Meeting Will Be
Held Tomorrow Evening
in Auditorium.

A public mass meeting will be held
at the Auditorium tomorrow evening
for discussion Of the present Mexican
situation in an effort to reach a bet
ter understanding Of the political, re-
ligiouS and economic aims of the
Gales regime. The meeting follows
a meeting with similar aims arranged
recently by the knights of Columbus.
Among the speakers will be DIR.
Hubert c. Herring of Boston, secre.
tary of the social relations depart
ment of the Congregational Church
of the United States; Harry E. Wool
ever, representing the Methodist
Church; DIR. Albert II. Putney. direc-
tor of the School of Political Science
Of American University, and Bishop
James Cannon of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
Made Extended Visit.
DR.. Herring has returned recently
where he made a close study of the
political. religious and economic aims
Of the Gales regime.
Mr. Woolever is a deep student Of
international affairs. He will devote
part of his time TO explaining the posi-
ton of Methodist bishops who have
had missionaries in Mexico covering
the past eight years.
DR.. Putney, a former official of the
State Department, is a recognized
authority on international affairs and
his comments on the Latin American
situation have been quoted widely.
Will Be Solos.
Bishop Cannon has been prominent
in missionary work in Mexico during
the past eight years, having acted as
bishop of his denomination in its con-
ferences there. He has written ex-
tensively on mission work in Mexico.
the attitude of the government
towards Protestant missions and it's
intentions in the present reform
movements.
There will be baritone solos by
Harry Angelica, accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. Angelica. The Audi
torium will open at pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
EvANGEL|NE BOOTH
TO SPEAK TUESDAY
Evening Lecture, ''In Rags -
at Auditorium, Part of
Elaborate Program.

Evangeline Booth, commander of
the Salvation Army in the United
States for % years, is completing
plans today for her lecture at the
Washington Auditorium Tuesday
night.
The lecture, I'm Rags" will be pre-
sented with an elaborate. program and
Hoover will be the presiding officer.
A half-hour concert by the United
States Marine Band will precede the
lecture program, which begins at 8:15
o'clock, and Miss Booths address will
be augmented by music of the Staff
Band and male chorus Of New York
headquarters of the Salvation Army.
Special lighting effects have been
arranged for manipulation during Miss
Booths talk, and solos of her own
composition will be sung by Walter
Mabee. brigadier of the Salvation
Army.
Wears Tattered Dress.
In her address, Miss Booth portrays
the type Of person that Is being aided
throughout the world by the Saliva
ton Army. The customary neat blue
costume of the Salvation Ar1ny's
women workers will be replaced by a
tattered dress and ragged shawl dur
ing the lecture.
Tuesdays lecture will be the third
public address by Miss Booth since
her recovery from a years illness six
months ago. Because of her physical
condition. the commander will take
part in no public demonstrations ex-
cept the lecture during her stay in
Washington. She was to have Wis
tied the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
der at Arlington yesterday morning
to lay upon the shrine the floral
tribute of the Salvation Army but
weather conditions forced a cancela-
ton of that feature, along with all
other proposed demonstrations.
CIergymen to Assist.
Rev. DIR. Jason Noble Pierce, pas
tor of the First Congregational
Church. will recite the prayer at the
opening of the program Tuesday
night, and Rev. w. S. Abernethy,
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
will pronounce the benediction. Sec
rotary Hoover will be presented as
chairman by Lieut.. Col. William A.
Mcintyre, Southern territorial COM
ma nder.
Reservations have been made by
members of the cabinet and of both
houses Of Congress, the city Commits
sions and other District officials;
members Of the foreign legations, and
Army, Navy and Marine Corps off,
GERS. Mrs. Coolidge will be repre-
sented by Miss Mary Randolph, her
private secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
MOFFATT TUNNEL
TO OPEN EMPIRE
Great Divide HinterIand to
Be Tapped by New Ave-
nue. in Rockies.

Friday evening President Coolidge,
seated in the White House, touched
button.
Shortly thereafter there was an ex-
plosion under James Peak, Colo.
The pressing of that button IN
Washington meant the complexion Oh
the Moffatt Tunnel under the Great
Divide, and the Atlantic and Paclnc
Coasts were brought about 1fo miles
nearer. Unusual precautions were
taken by the telegraph company over
whose lines the spark Travelled to IN
sure the success of the ceremony
When the flash reached a point 200
feet back OF the last barrier OF rock
that marks the east portal OF the
tunnel 1t rang a bell. Simultaneous
". a tunnel driller closed an electric
switch and an instant later the Dig
boom under the Rockies was heard.
Work Still Incomplete.
The ceremony. however. by no
means indicates the completion of the
work, In fact, the real work is yet
to come, for the first tunnel 10 pe
completed Will not be the railroad
tunnel, but IL water tunnel approx
,nately miles long which Will carry
millions of gallons of water from the
west slope of the Rockies TO supply
Denver. The laying of the rails VIII
come later.
The Moffatt Tunnel when entirely
completed, will be bore soy miles
long and 16 by "a feet. About $50 men
are employed in building the tunnel.
TO help motorists over the mountain,
automobiles will be hauled through
In fiat cars.
Doomed Chesapeake Beach.
The promoter of the tunnel was
David Moffatt, who was the orlglnal
promoter of Chesapeake Beach. Nd,
and the Chesapeake Beach Rallroau'
Later he went into mining near Lead
Vile. Colo, and planned the Denver
& Salt Lake Railroad. He spent mil
lions on this road. which became one
of the great scenic lines of the coun-
try, but was unable to get an outlet
10 the west.
His efforts to secure the tunnel,
bitterly opposed by financial interests,
were futile. and he died penniless.
The Moffatt Tunnel will cost about
$4,000 900 1t is a public enterprise,
authorized by the Colorado Leglsia'
ture. The completed tunnel Wall be
leased to various railroads, and two
lines already have surveyed their con-
nections to the Moffatt road.
Opens Up Empire.
The present terminus of this road
is at Craig, Colo. from which point
the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
plans an extension on almost a direct
line to Salt Lake City. Three or four
transcontinental lines will be able to
use the tunnel.
The effect of the tunnel will be to
open up what is virtually an inland
empire behind the Great Divide.
which hitherto has languished for
want of transportation. The country
is srich in grazing and farming land
and in minerals. This territory is
greater than all of France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
PHI KAPPA PSI ALUMNI
OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
Fraternity Members Here Hold
Dinner to Celebrate Seventy
Fifth Year of Organization.

In common with similar groups in
various sections of the country the
Washington Alumni Association Of
the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity last
night observed the seventy-fifth an
niversary of the founding of the fra
ternity.
The local celebration took the form
of a. dinner gathering at the Carton
Hotel attended by about so members
of the fraternity and addressed by
prominent speakers. including John
w. Davis, former Democratic candi-
date for President.
Mr.. Davis spoke on "F'raternalism,
and his address, which was along fra
ternal lines, paid tribute TO the his
tory of Phi Kappa Psi and the ideals
for which 1t stands.
Judge Ernest H. van Fossan was
the POSTMASTER. Other speakers in
cluded Senator James E. Watson of
Indiana, Bernard Wyckoff and Charles
H. Lefevre.
During the course of the dinner a
committee appeared from the Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity and extended
the congratulations of their order to
Phi Kappa Psi. The visiting deiega-
ton comprised Maj. George V. Trip
lett and DIR. James J. Tigert, United
States commissioner of education and
national president Of Phi Delta Theta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
SILVER COINS PASS
THROUGH SAND CRUSHER
By the Associated Press.

CAPE MAY, N. j.. February 10
Capt. Kidds buried treasure is still
safe wherever it is cached.
A lot of sand diggers here became
excited today when ii was reported
that a chest full of silver coins dated
1886 had been found at Cape May
Point.
The coins We're discovered when
they came through crusher at the
plant of the Cape May Sand Company.
three miles from where the sand was
dredged. Some other material found
in the sand was believed to be bits OF
copper bands that bound the supposed
chest. 49,.
officers of the sand company con
firmed the findings of the coins. but
said that none of them carried a date
further back than 1887. About $40
in coins was found 1t was recalled
that the place where they We're dug
up was near an old excursion steam
boat landing. and it is believed the
money was lost by luckless excursion
lists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Bill Gives Virginia
Battery Cove Tract
OF About AZ Acres

mo mans" land in Alexandria,
which has been without police
supervision for years and which
was described to Congress as
place for hootleggers and illicit
stills, Is about to be ceded to the
State of Virginia. The measure
providing for this has passed both
the Senate and House and their
conference report has been adopted
by both Houses, SO that the meas.
ure. is now awaiting only the
Presidents signature. The House
took final action Friday night.
This measure cedes to the State
of Virginia the Battery Cove tract
of land. comprising about At acres,
which was made by dredging OPP
erations during the war. The SUI
preme Court decided that this land
was part of the District of Co
lumbia, and in consequence of that
decision it has been without police
protection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
NEW REPR|MANDS
CH|CAGO.P. 0. CHIEF
Alleged Political Activity OF
Postmaster Lueder Brings
Official Action.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreSs.
Postmaster General New yesterday
sent letter to Postmaster Arthur c.
Lueder of Chicago, reprimanding him
for political activity in a recent cam
paign.
Complaint had been made to tho
Postmaster General that Lueder had
violated the rules of the Post Office
Department by issuing a circular and
causing newspaper articles to he print
ed showing strong partisan state
ments (which in their terms must be
construed as politically offensive"
The departmental announcement did
not say what campaign was in ques-
ton.
Offense Termed Grave.
1T is true that you have not signed
the circular referred to in your official
capacity as postmaster" Mr.. News
letter to Lueder said, but the text
ana the references to you on it's title
page are certainly meant to convey to
the reader the idea that it emanates
from the postmaster at Chicago.
1t is impossible for me to overlook
the gravity of this offense. No in
stance of political activity has oc-
CURED in the service since I have
the issuance of the orders prohibiting
it than your conduct in the case under
consideration.
While there is no intention or
desire on the part of the department
to interfere with a postmaster's right
to exercise all the privileges that go
with citizenship, it is perfectly APP
parent that partisan activity, cannot
fail to result in annoyance to the
department as Is so clearly indicated
In this case. The Post Office Depart
ment cannot with propriety engage in
partisan affairs and must diSclaim
the act of any of it's officers or en-
ployes that may give it the appear
ance of having done so.
postal Service Involved"
I'm this instance, by lengthy and
strong statements which you, as post
master at Chicago. appear to have
published to the people of that city,
you have involved the postal service
and have clearly gone beyond not only
the limits of the rules. but the clear
limits of propriety.
The immediate approach of the
primary elections precludes the posi-
bility of my awaiting longer for
reply to my letter asking for an ex-
PLANTATION, if any you have, of these
publications. Therefore. to my regret.
1t becomes my duty to remind YOU in
this manner of your offense and to
insist that hereafter you give due
heed TO the. regulations on this sub
ject promulgated by the department
for the guidance of it's officers and
employees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
CHEER FOR PATIENTS.
Entertainment at Naval Hospital
Tomorrow Night.

Cheer will be brought to patients at
the Naval Hospital tomorrow night by
an entertainment program presented
under the auspices Of the American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Those participating in the program
will be Miss Elsie Jorss. soprano;
Blue Bird Orchestra. under the direc'
tion Of Louis Mugs: Paul Bleyden's
Duet: Buck WOLF in "A Musical Fairy
Tale" and the Griffith Variety Enter
tainers.
refreshments will be furnished by
enuloyes of the Veterans Bureau.
Charles Kohen, chairman of the hos
nital welfare committee Of both organ
izations, will be in charge OF the pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Agitation over the Landlord Sunday
rest bill has brought to light the fact
that the District of Columbia already
has a Sabbath observance law on the
statute books, Rev. Willard Allen Col
cord. a Baptist writer and author, who
has investigated the subject historical
", points out in statement prepared
for The Star.
This law, inherited from Maryland
in 1901 with the formation of the Dis
trict, has never been repealed by act
act of Congress, Mr.. Colcord states.
but it has been declared obsolete and
imperative" by the District Court OF
Appeals.
It provides: THAT no person what
soeyer shall work or do any bodily
labor on the Lords day, commonly
called Sunday, and that no person
having children, servants or slaves
shall command or Willingly or un-
willingly suffer any of them to do any
manner OF work or labor on the Lord S
day works of necessity and charity al
ways excepted. nor shall suffer or
permit any children, servants or
slaves to profane the Lords day by
gaming, fishing, fowling. hunting or
unlawful pastimes or recreat1ons, and
that every person transgressing TINS
act, and being thereof convicted by
the oath of one sufficient witness, or
confession of the party before the Po-
lice Court, shall forfeit 200 pounds OF
tobacco, to be levied and applied as
aforesaid"
This old law was enacted in Mary
land in 1923. The District fell heir
to 1t when, Is years later, the laws
Of MARYLAND were incorporated In
those of the newly formed District
of Columbia.
Was Revived i'm 1897.
The law was not invoked for more
than a century and had virtually been
forgotten until in 1907, 1t was busted
off and used in an effort to bring one
Charles Robinson to justice for haul
ing a load of dirt along Massachusetts
avenue on Sunday.
The offender, Mr.. Colcord recalls.
was arraigned before Judge Mul.
lowry of the Police Court, who at
once decided that the law was OBJ
solete and imperative. Appeal was
taken to the Court of Appeals OF the
District. The decision Of this court,
as rendered January 81, 1908, was
that "such laws were the outgrowth
of the system of religious intolerance
that prevailed in many of the colonies.
They prescribed religious and not
civil duties"
In concluding it's decision the court
said, ut was admitted at bar that
no former attempt had ever been made
to enforce the statute in question,
though it has been on the statute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
SNAKE BILL WITHDRAWN.
Measure Providing Bounty Rattles
House in Texas.

AUSTIN, Tex, February 10 R).-
Rattlesnake rattles so ratified the
House Of the Texas Legislature today
that bill was withdrawn for adjust
ments.
Representative J. III. Boggs intro.
duced measure for bounty of 81
for each snake killed, upon presenta-
ton Of the rattles as corpus deficit. An
amendment was offered to require the
head with the rattles. Boggs fought
the amendment, saying he wouldn't
touch a rattler's head for $500.
Another declared that unless the
head was produced as evidence, every
parlor vase in the State would be emp
tied of rattles and cashed in.
The clatter ceased with withdrawal
Of the bill for the present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Lord in Air Taxi Business.

CHILLINGHAM, England, Febru-
ary 10 P).-Lord Ossulton. heir to the
Earl of Tankerville, has converted
his paternal estate into a base for his
air taxi business.
His lordship owns a Moth light
airplane with which he pilots passen.
gers anywhere at the rate Of about 25
cents mile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
DIVORCES OLD HUSBAND.
Wife of Bank President Names
Three Correspondents.

WEST PLAINS, Mo-. February 10
UP.-Charging that her husband,
aged II. had been going to dances
with other women, and naming three
of their home townspeople as core
spondents, Mrs. Mary f. Tunnel 81,
Yesterday was awarded a divorce from
Joseph Tunnel, president Of the PEG
pies Bank Of Mountain View, Mo. She
clsxs s=-u ERaAsA sii0Ao0y Of $1,000. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
TRAIN WRECK PLOT SEEN.
Pennsy Switch Found Wedges
With Piece of Coupling.

COLUMBIA CITY. Ind. February
10 .CP.-A rusty, broken piece OF
coupling knuckle, found wedged into
a frog switch here today caused Penn
sylvania Railroad detectives to believe
that the wreck of 20 freight cars here
last night was the result Of a plot to
wreck the pennsylvania Special, No.
Q, crack train from Chicago to New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
LUEDER SEES ENUMERATION.
Says He Can Prove He Is Not Guilty
of Misconduct

CHICAGO, February 10 CR.--In-
formed by the Associated Press of the
reprimand on the way from Post
master General New, Arthur G..
Lueder, Chicago postmaster. declared
today that he is sure he will be able
to ''exonerate himself both in the eyes
Of Mr.. New and the public
IF a letter of. criticism is on the
way to me it must be based on com
plants in connection with my recent
statement declining an opportunity to-
enter the Republican race for nomi-
nation for mayor of Chicago" Mr..
-Lueder said. II know from what
quarter such complaints would emu.
late"
In refusing to run, Lueder termed
thompson traitor to the Republican
party and asserted that big Bits"
protestations of sympathy for the Ger
mans during the World War were in
sincere.
Supported Robertson.
In the statement issued December
20 last, Lueder advocated the candi-
dacy of DR.. John Dill Robertson, in
dependent mayorality candidate. but
since then has been claimed by the
forces of Edward Litsinger, Thomp-
sons opponent, as a supporter.
MIR. New, in his letter of censure.
told the postmaster that 1.-THE imme-
date approach of the primary cleo
lions precludeS the possibility of my
awaiting longer for a. reply TO my let
ter asking for an explanation"
Lueder had not received Mr.. News
reprimand tonight, but said that he
was confident that when l reply the
Postmaster General will find me not
guilty of conduct unbecoming a post
office official"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Like Calfskin Wraps.

BERLIN, February 10 @.-Spotted
calfskin sports coats. which origi.
nally made their appearance In the
French Riviera, have made q hit with
fashionable German frauleins for
morning wear. Since good furs are
rare and expensive, calfskin wraps
are being adopted with acclaim as a
substitute. Natural white skins pro.
fusedly blotched with black or brown
are most popular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
War Obligations
OF Eight Southern
States Are Cited
By the Associated Press.

by TIC AbBUclateQ Ffees.
DANVILLE, Va. February 10.
Inasmuch as the United States Is
seeking payment of. World War
debts, 1t is incumbent on eight
Southern States to make good their
obligations incurred during the war
between the States. This is the sub
stance of a statement addressed
to the. United States Congress
by firm of Scottish solicitors, a
copy of which was received here
from Scotland.
A statement announced that an
other effort is to be made to col
lect on bonds issued by the eight
states during the war between the
States. and which totaled $75,200,-
600 exclusive of interest. The bonds
were issued by Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida. Georgia. Louisiana,
Mississippi. North Carolina and
South Carolina.