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200 SINGERS HEARD
AT CENTRAL HIGH
Three Choral Groups Are Di-
reCted by ]. r. William
son of Dayton.

The Central High School Audi
,torium was filled to capacity last
night with Washington citizens who
seemed most enthusiastic over the re-
markablv fine work of nearly 700
local singers in three choral groups,
under the direction of John Finley
Williamson, conductor of The West
minister Choir of Dayton. Commits
sioner J. Franklin Bell opened the
program with brief greeting TO the
audience and a comment on the
unique quality of the gathering Of
singers in choirs of many denomina-
tions and other choral groups into
one large chorus that was so well
amalgamated.
", f. Braithwaite. general chair.
man, spoke of the occasion as making
musical history in Washington. Miss
Esther Linkins. president of the D. c.
Federation of Music Clubs. also
touched upon the subject of this as
semhlage of singers being the realiza-
tion of an ideal long held by the fed
Grafton and the splendid cooperation
of the y. c. Council of Churches.
Rev John r. Duffield, chairman. The
classes in conducting held by Mr..
Williamson for 100 Washington choir
leaders. teachers and singers were
emphasized
Calls City Cultural Center.
Mr. Williamson said: "Washington
should be the cultural center of our
land. To one who has had experience
in meeting difficulties in raising a
chorus Of 300 voices in other large
communities. it is most gratifying TO
find a response Of more than 500
purely volunteer singers for an initial
event of this nature in Washington.
It is proof that there is material here
that well warrants the belief that here
is the place for the cultural example
of our country"
The consensus last night seemed to
be that not only was the program
highly admirable, but also it gave firm
ground for encoura cement in plan.
ming even more solidly on such pro-
cedure next year. Each group had
only two rehearsa1s under Mr.. VIII
hanson. after having had rehearsals
under Herndon Morsell for the wom-
ems chorus, Thomas Moss for the mix
ed chorus and B. Lewis Goodyear for
the mems chorus. The last-mentioned
group showed good tonal control in the
"Integer Vitae" of F'lemming, and good
work in phrasing in Parker's THE
Lamp in the West" BeethoVen's re-
sounding worship of God in Nature"
brought this group at its best. with
Grace Harmon showing good support.
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sons" quite the most effective was
Winter" when Georgette Yerbey, an
especially talented young dancer. was
the spirit of Winter" and the COS.
tunes of the snowf1akes proved par
ticularly charming.
Mr.. Tchernikoff won applause for
the Mazurka danced with Catherine
Brown and Jeanne Densmore, and
again in the lovely "Claire de Lune'
of Debussy Mr.. Tchernikoff and Miss
Gardiner shared honors for one of
the leading artistic performances of
the entire program. Louise Arnold.
who was the princess in the ambitious
I'm a Persian Market" number, was
unusually good and showed fine com.
mand of dance technique and the art
of posturing. The program lasted so
long that there were those who could
not stay to see the lovely Between
the Tides" finale. 1t is a picturesque
tale which inspires this dance and the
atmosphere of the story was well
worked out by the characters in
volved, led by Miss Gardiner and Mr..
Tchernikof
The list of those taking part in solo
and ensemble numbers includes
Courtney Owen, Frances Smiler, Jean
Davis, Gloria Hill, Nancy Thompson,
Edith Graham, Yolanda Alfaro, Edna
Duncan, Alice Louise Hunter, Mar.
garet Stewart, Ann Vucinovich, Helen
Clark, Frances Whiting, Mary.Agnes
Mackay, Meriel Scull, Martha Stout,
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M u S | C.
THE TCHERNIKOFF- GARDINER
DANCERS.

A big an enthusiastic audience, bou-
quets of flowers for all the solo per.
formers and many graceful young
dancers in unusually beautiful cos
TUNES were features that contributed
to make a success of the annual re-
cital of the Tchernikoff Gardner
Dancers in the varied and rather
lengthy program given at the Presi-
dent Theater last night.
The opening number was THE Chill
dren's Hour" when some of the tiniest
tots cavorted about and aroused ad-
miration for their antics. These babies
showed in many cases even more poise
and stage presence then some of the
older, more self-conscious dancers.
Those in the quaint old costumes
such as Nancy Thompson and Gloria
Hill wore, in "Minuet Piquante," were
applauded, and little Eleanor Shea
Oliver, who wore a miniature replica
of the traditional Spanish costume,
tiny -high-heeled red shoes and all,
had to come out and bow again and
again after her number.
OF the series of dances in "The Sea-
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Palmer. Adele Haggart.

Marcella Palmer, Adele Haggart,
Miriam Leeman, Alice Victoria Jones.
Kathleen Piazza. Peggy English, Nat
allie Margetts, Amelita Alfaro, Kitty
Marie Delaney, Nancy Hall. Mary Vir-
ginia Trammell. Janet Woods, Wilmer
Colwell, Maria Caballo, Eleanor Shea
Oliver. Madeline Palmer, Millicent
French, Ann Pace, Jane Davis. Mary
Magdelen Aires, Catherine Brown,
Ellen Kelly, Jeanne Densmore, Olga
Luffgren, Jeanette Helhig, Georgette
Yerbey, Doris Harter. Berenice Pitzer,
Alice Jones, Betty Hartshorn, Olive
Ruth Hathaway. Arthur Bracy, Mary
Catherine Burke. Garcia Morris. Adri-
ana Petrenko. Rebecca Norris. Mar
guerite Merigold, Betty Crane, Mil
dred English, Ann Hall, Eleanor Kent,
Maria Olaya, Lila La Garde, Harriet
Louise Hunt. Marguerite Weighell,
Kathryn Mullowney. Mary Augusta
Hoover, Jean Sotherone, Louise Ar
mold, Helen Sweeley Ellen Kelly, Mar
rian Dowling and Priscilla Bogue.
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Peruvian Scientist Killed.

AKRON, Ohio, May 10 UP).-Jose J.
Bravo, so, a scientist, of Lima, Peru.
who was with a party of Latin Amer
leans on visit here, was struck by
an automobile and killed yesterday.
Bravo and Carlos Marino Of Argentina
were on their way to a country club,
where they and other members of the
party were to be entertained at dinner.
The visitors came to Akron to study
industrial conditions
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PLAN VETERANS OUTING.
Club will Give First Motor Trip
Sunday.

With veterans from the hospitals as
guests, the American War Veterans
Club will hold the first of a series
of Summer motor outings Sunday
driving to the Henry Estates, on the
Severn River, where a picnic will be
held.
Cars will line up at the Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth street and New
York avenue, ut 1880 o'clock in the
morning, and will be directed by Lieut.
Floyd G. Caskey, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee. All car own
ers have been requested to attach q
small flag to their cars.
Ladies of the Herald Harbor Asso
citation will entertain the veterans
upon their arrival at the picnic
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grounds. A program OF games has
been arranged for the outing and
children will be provided with pals,
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RAILWAYS AND MOTOR INDUSTRY
NOT RIVALS FOR SAME TRADE
Short Haul, Distinctive Field of Truck and Bus.
Brings Little Profit TO Rail Carrier Under Best
Conditions, and Often Nets Loss.

mon carriers can make Of the motor
vehicle.
Fortunately, it seems as IL the rail.
ways in the United States were
awakening to the trade-getting bene-
TITS OF the store-door delivery that
Great Britain and other European
countries were, enjoying long before
the motor truck was ever heard of.
TWO roads entering New York have
made contracts with large trucking
corporation to deliver and receive
freight at the corporations five ware
houses in Manhattan, and If the con-
slgnee desires to pay an added fee. the
shipment may be delivered directly to
Its ultimate destination.
In Cincinnati the railroads have
saved much time and capital invest
ment in additional individual terminal
facilities by organizing an interchange
able container operation, with large
motor trucks conveying the contain
ers back and forth between stations.
or even greater eventual importance
with this motor truck development Of
terminal facilities is the growing sub
stltution OF the truck for local trains
carrying package freight. At least
10 railroads are shipping goods in nn-
broken cars to a zone station. Motor
trucks are then used to carry the
l. C. /. freight TO intervening stations
at which the heavy freight train used
to stop to discharge even single
small package. When the railways 20
step further and find that the same
motor truck can pick up freight in
the city, transport 1t and actually de.
liver 1t to the village. they will be app
proximating the service that is now
oelng given by independent trucking
companies
II the railways try to get on with
out the motor truck, they will hurt
no one but themselves. We are living
In a very modern, very rapid world.
Old ways. old mechanisms are useful
only as long as they are productive;
and now the motor vehicle, a new and
very useful article, has come to claim
public approval.
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robs, murders and kills to get the
wherewithal to please his girl friends
New York is full of such cases. The
modern girl is enjoying her freedom
fully. She dictates the terms of love
And they are in terms of high-priced
cabarets, night clubs, fine dresses and
jewelry And these girls never lose
Their suitors may don black caps, but
the girls enjoy the fruits of the con.
demned boys unlawful endeavors. We
have a new environment today. Per
haps it is hard to reconcile the freedom
OF the modern girl with a proper sense
of responsibility. But what | want
ople to do is to open their eyes TO
the fact that we live in a new social
environment in which new conditions
have practically destroyed the home
as a moral influence. 1t is now up to
society to set up something that will
take the place of the homes former
function in developing morality and
character. DO | make myself clear?''
X 4 i x
Perfectly so. But please tell me
why our present environment has
demolished the homer / asked.
Before we had the cinema. the
automobile. the dance hall, the musi,
Cal SHIlDilOIlYt lltE blAOdSctIO anu oAiS
diversions outside of the home, the
home was a place of joyful retreat.
In pioneer days to sit about the fire.
side was a real treat TO step outside
was to offer ones self as target fol
arrows. Even when we got rid of In
dians-as far as the beginning of the
present century--the home could still
outrival any pleasure outside. But in
the last 90 years we have introduced
into society diversions outside Of the
home that make the home seem mo-
notonous inside. Is it any wonder
that people spend SO little time in the
home?
And with respect to children, an
other Misunderstanding influence has
been set in motion. Today the school
claims most of a child's time. Among
the children of the well to do the
school practically takes a child away
from parent. The preparatory
school takes four years, college four
more. When a boy comes home for
vacations he has stack of invitations
awaiting him to go out of the home
Among the families Of the poor father
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-of the Nationalist forces is being
holly contested. The general opinion,
however, seems to be that the defense
will suddenly crumble, Slapped by
propaganda. Space is lacking for
notice of other details of most in.
teresting week. as, for example. the
incident which may cause Moscow to
break off relations with Picking, with
further fateful possibilities. I think
/ have done well to stress the Hankow
episode as the most pregnant of the
weeks possibilities.
x X y X
NOtes.-Mussolini has ordered ex-
pulsion from the Fascist ranks Of
"all Adventures, profiteers, takers,
towards, Boosters; all vainglorious,
ostentatious and puffed-up persons;
all spreaders of rumors and sewers of
discord and all those who live with
out the sources of their income being
public and obvious. 1t, is officially
announced that Fascism is Identical
with the Italian state.
The President has returned without
approval "An act tof the Philippine
LEGISLATURE to hold plebiscite of the
peoples Of the Philippine Islands on
the question of Philippine independ-
ence.' This is the first veto by an
American President of an act of the
Philippine Legislature. The veto mes
sage is a very interesting document.
I'm frankness," says the President;
and with the utmost friendliness,
must state my sincere conviction that
the people of the Philippine Islands
have not as yet attained the capability
Of full elf-government.
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RAID ON SOVIET EMBASSY
ELIMINATES OLD FEUD
Soviet Officials Have Delighted in
Embarrassing Diplomatic Corps
Stationed in Picking.

their wall, The holes were shoulder
high and conveniently located for a
fusiliade 10 be poured through from
the Soviet side. The British were
worried, but in China one loses face"
when one appears worried. So the
British did not try to plug up the
holes.
Instead, there appeared the next
evening a green light on the radio
tower IN the American legation com
pound across the street. Stimuli
taneously, Ambassador Karakhan was
Informed through a discreet channel
that If the attack occurred upon the
British legation through the wall
the signal light would turn red. which
was signal for an American field
gun to open fire. The gun. Ambassa
dor karakhan was informed was
trained upon his own house. Very
shortly thereafter the holes in the
wall were plugged up from the Rus
sian side
Not long after this incident about
800 Chinese coolies employed in the
compound of the British legation went
on strike. They walked out at 5
IN the morning, after smashing most
OF the electric bulbs, damaging the
electric plant and using sledge ham
ISM legation in order to be self.sup.
porting in case of siege. had its own
water and electrical systems, and for
few day both were paralyzed.
All Blamed OH Russia.
Lack of sewage disposal almost up.
set the equilibrium of the most digui.
ned British diplomats. Moreover.
When the British cook appeared at the
market he was unable to buy food.
When Chinese police interviewed and
forced the merchants to sell, the price
was increased in some instances 500
per cent.
All this, however. whether rightly
or wrongly, was blamed upon those
who dwelt in the Soviet Embassy, and
eliminated, with many other Incl.
dents, in the granting of permission
by the Picking Diplomatic Corps, of
which Minister MacMurray is a mem.
Der. for Chang Tso-lins troops to
enter the Legation Quarter last Wed.
nesday and raid some private Russian
buildings attached to the embassy, but
not legally part of it. Dispatches
from Picking state that no permission
was granted for Changes troops to
enter any part of the embassy COM
pound. but knowing the hatred of
Chang Tso-lin for the Russians. and
knowing the passion of the Chinese
soldier for looting, it appears almost
as If the Picking Diplomatic Corps had
winked one eye in granting its per.
mission.
At any rate, diplomatic immunity
was in the end violated. and even
members of the diplomatic corps in
Washington have expressed them.
selves as worried at the precedent,
by which other foreign powers ap.
pear at least to have connived at
violating the privilege Of another
power. The Cantonese, of course, will
place the blame entirely upon the
foreign diplomats in Picking.
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People Most Loyable
When Humane, Is View

People are most lovable when they
are humane. There was outstanding
evidence of goodness in the human
heart in Cleveland the other day when
throngs of citizens watched an I'M
usual parade, when BALTIC and his
teammates pulled an Alaskan dogsled
through the streets, following a band
of music.
Most readers will recall BALTIC of
two years ago. He was the lead dog
Of the team that mushed over ice
and snow in the dead of Winter to
carry medicine to the stricken chill
dren of Nome. Through public sub
scriptIons a fund was raised to bring
the hero dog and his mates to Cleve-
land, where they will have a place in
the Brookside Zoo.
Cleveland gave the dogs an official
welcome and dignifled it with a cere-
monial. But more inspiring than the
spectacular reception was the simple,
heartedness, the tenderness, that
moved the people to provide a per-
manent home for the dogs. No more
mushing for BALTIC and his team.
mates.-The Toledo Blade.
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Continued from First Page.)
with the undertaking if the country
approves, if Congress can agree on the
plan and if Canadian cooperation is
forthcoming that is divorced Of trade
reciprocity conditions. Obviously these
are big 'ifs,' and the end is nowhere
in sight One thing alone is certain
that Great Lakes-to-Atlantic water
way will be open to navigation long
years before ships pass from Atlantic
to Pacific through a Nicaragua canal.
Recent history shows clearly how
Mr.. Coolidge feels about reciprocity.
Formal declaration of Canada's readi-
ness to make a reciprocity agreement
was incorporated in the Canadian tariff
act of 1923. 1t explicitly authorized
the negotiation of treaty.
The Coolidge administration gave no
heed to this proffer. The Canadian
law also provided that If Mr.. Coolidge
should be willing to exercise his au-
thority under the flexible clause of
the tariff act and reduce by so per cent
existing import duties on Canadian
agricultural products and on cattle
and fish, then Canada was prepared to
reciprocate by making equivalent re-
auctions of it's own import tariff duties
on the same commodities. Recently
the report of the Royal Commission
On Maritime Claims" known in Canada
as the Duncan report, strongly urged
the lifting of the American tariff bar
riers. and has thereby given fresh i'm
petus to the reciprocity issue.
The radio question which concerns
the two countries is simple to state,
but difficult to solve. Since 1923 six
wave lengths have been reserve6 90
the exclusive use of Canadian broad
casting stations. Air pirates in this
country infringed on the air channels
alIocated to Canada, but without sane
ton With the setting up of the new
Federal radio control board. Canada
sought to have increased the allotment
OF wave lengths reserved for Canada's
exclusive use from to IL. This re-
quest was turned down. but assurance
was given that as to the six air chan
nels previously reserved to Canada
prompt action would be taken to pre-
vent interference by irpirates or 9TH
erwise on this side of the line. Canada
can meet the issue by licensing fur
Their broadcasting stations on her own
account without reference to the de-
srees of the United States Radio Board,
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and mother don't want to sit home at
night like they used to do and answer
with enthusiasm their children's cute
questions. They wend their way to
the picture show themselves or they
find some social club very nice to go
and visit.
1.-The home. therefore. is being out
rivaled by the attractiveness of the
outside world. The home has ceased
to be place where boys and girls sit
around the fireplace and listen to
father and mother talk or a place
where mother assigns the boys daily
chores to do and knows every minute
of the day where her children are.
what social agencies would you
set up to take the place of the old
fashioned home as trainer of
moral~?" I asked.
1.-THE school has taken the child
q great deal away from the parent.
Why shouldn't the school go the
rest of the way? 1t is the spare
time of children that is responsible
for our juvenile crime condition.
In the past generation boys time
was fully taken UP during the day.
Boys went to school same as they
do now. But after school they re-
turned home to do the chores about
the place. Most of those chores
are now done by machinery. The
splitting of logs for fuel is now
supplanted by purchasing your fire.
wood from local dealers. Running
errands to the corner grocery is now
obviated by the use of the telephone
and an immediate delivery system.
We now act on the educational theory
that when a boy gets through school
he should be free to play And it is
this new liberty of youth that is being
abused so badly. Ninety per cent of
all juvenile crime is committed in the
spare hours of boy.e Regulate those
spare hours of youth and we have
solved our juvenile crime problem. /"
And you would let the school regu-
late the spare hours of children" l
queried.
Exactly" replied Mr.. Butcher.
when a boy gets through grammar
grade or high school for the day he
should Immediately be given an en-
tirely different kind of instruction
under" different leaders. He should
have his play hours supervised and
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AMERICAS WAR ENTRY
TURNED VICTORY SCALE
Claims United States Holds Are Mere
BagateIIe Compared With Tolls
Victor Would Exact.

1t is true that Great Britain paws
a somewhat larger proportion of her
revenue. about Al per cent, as her
debt settlement, and that country Is
entitled 10 the greatest credit, for. with
their backs against the wall. with a
desire to maintain their credit unim-
paired, they have sought to pay their
obligations to us and have taken ad-
vantage of none Of the options they
have for making the burden lighter
for them.
To go to the very core Of this cues.
ton, what are some of the reasons
why we thought payments should be
made by these foreign countries?
First. the sanctity Of international
obligations. Second, these loans were
obtained from the people by intensive
campaigns, by sacrifice on the part OF
our citizens. In some communities a
quota was assigned to all the citizens
as to how much they should subscribe.
And so. in very important sense,
the Government of the United States
is a trustee for the people Of the
United States for the payment OF
these loans. In the next place,
proportionately, our sacrifices have
been as great as those of any
other people. When we entered this
war our national debt was barely
81 900 900 900. our rate of taxation was
very light. that is for Federal taxes,
but as the result Of our participation
in the struggle we expended s35, 0o0,-
000,0 900. Our debt at one time was
S25 500 100000 and we are expendlng
SAYS 900 900 every year for the susie
| nance and the compensation of the
veterans of the war. We are paying
an interest charge of $500 900 900 on
our national debt
Ledger Of Results.
We gained no accession of territory
from the late war, while some coun.
tries multiplied their areas. We have
claimed no large PREPARATIONS. Every
patriotic citizen will say that a lead.
ing motive in that struggle was a spir-
1t Of altruism, desire for the main
tenance of popular government and
for liberty in the world.
On the other hand, the very life Of
these countries was at stake. If they
had been overcome, the indemnities
which would have been imposed upon
them by the conqueror would have
made the debts due TO us seem Ike a
| mere bagatelle. l think 1t will be the
honest judgment of history that our
entrance into that great war turned
the scale.
(Copvright. 1927
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Drives i'm Auto Across
Sahara in 30 Days

Rolling 11,16O miles in a vest
pocket sized automobile through the
vast Sahara In 36 days, a young
French officer. Lieut.. Etienne, has
Just ended trip that is a splendid
example of both human energy and
skillfulness. Lieut.. Etienne left
Paris January Z, and the next day
his tiny sixhorsepower car humrned
out of Colomb- Bechar (Morocco) to
follow the trails over the sand hills
and barren valleys. For hours ait
a time he covered the long. hot
stretches, making on the average of
80 miles a day and stopping only
for brief rests at occasional military
outposts. When he reached Lake
Chad and the River Niger, he cut
across British Nigeria, visited some
places in French Black Africa and
then made his way to Algiers via
El-Golea, Ghardaia and Laghouat.
towns well known to Saharan tour
lists. Lieut.. Etienne arrived here in
perfect health and with his car In
good condition.