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was to arouse feeling against the
union.
under the present scale receive $50 a
week.
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A. man committed suicide in Lon
don the other day after visiting an
undertaken and paying his funeral
expenses in advance.
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ARMOUR GRAIN CO.
WILL CLOSE OUT
Stockholders to Liquidate
and Sever Connection
With Business
By the Assoc,Ated Press.

By the Assoc c>eted Press.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE Armour
Gra>rn Co. which has been ordered sus-
r>eflded from privileges on the Board
of Trade, is IN process of liquidation.
This was formally announced last
night by Phillip ID. Armour and Lester
Armour, nephews of j. Ogden Armour,
in statement that explained the con-
Germ had been liquidating both its
property and its grain since July, 1922.
The statement revealed that in July,
1925, the two Armours voluntarily
guaranteed the entire outstanding
amount of acceptanccs of the grain
marketing company"
VIII Quit Grain Trade.
We in connection with other stock
holders definitely decided that the Ar
mour Grain Co. would liquidate and
all stockholders would cease to have
any interest in any grain business.
The Armour Grain Co. was sus-
pended effective Saturday by directors
of the Board of Trade after they had
heard a preliminary report from u
special committee, which declared tes-
timony clearly showed wrongful
acts
The board is continuing it's inquiry
into the operations of the Armour con
Germ. Two months will be required
to hear testimony upon which any
action looking to the suspension of
individual members of the Armour
company might be taken.
Lack of Confidence Seen.
The suggestions were sent to Presi-
dent John Bunnell of the board by
l.. A. Fitz, supervisor for the grain
futures administration of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
There has been manifest more or
less lack of confidence on the part of
Evening star., 1927-05-13

Dawes to President Harding as direc.
tor of that new economic machine,
and he made it work from the start,
holding the executive departments to
their necessities instead of allowing
the qualification of their desires. He
Topped off nearly a billion dollars of
expenditures in one year and then
resigned.
Gen. Dawes was the victim of an
investigation by a Democratic com
mittee that went to France to inquire
how he spent the money and whether
he kept strictly within the law, but
in Paris the committee discovered
that Dawes was one Of the most pop
ular men in all France and they did
not care to put him on the grill. They
waited until he came back to Chicago
and then they called him to Washing
ton to explain. His explanations We're
so emphatic and SO clear to the man
in the street, although at times not
strictly parliamentary, that he became
the whole show and the committee
quit in disgust and never made re-
port.
'As a politician and business man
Dawes has shown extraordinary COM
mon sense and he has also had ex-
perience as well as ability. AS Vice
President, Dawes, like Roosevelt, may
be sort of lost as presiding officer over
the Senate, but 1 predict that he will
keep the Senators In a quandary as
to what he may do next"
Up to date this prediction Of Mr..
Cannon's has been verified.
fCopyright 1927
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500 LOCAL SINGERS
ENROLLED IN CHORUS
John F. Williamson, Conductor in
Charge, Begins Final Rehearsals
for Massed Choir Concert.

John Finley Williamson, conductor
Dayton, Ohio, arrived in Washington
yesterday and held his first rehearsals
for the big civic massed chorus pro-
gram, to be given next Wednesday
night at Central High School. w. E.
Braithwaite, chairman of the commit
tee in charge of the concert, stated
yesterday that more than 500 local
singers will appear in this concert.
The affair is under the joint auspices
of the District Federation of Music
Clubs, Esther Linkins, president, and
the Washington Church Music Coun-
Gil, composed of representatives of
various denominations.
For several weeks Mr. Braithwaite,
B. l.. Goodyear, Herndon Morsell and
Thomas Moss have been holding pre-
iiminary rehearsals with various
groups. Mr.. Williamson will conduct
each of these groups in final rehears-
ais for their special numbers as well
as the big massed rehearsals just be-
lore the concert. Last night the
mems groups had rehearsal at Epiph-
any Hall and tonight, at 1880 o'clock,
t'NS'AAP@ASs ttlC WOlIlCil 4lufnUGTS VIII
De rehearsed at the same hall. Other
rehearsals will be: Monday, a short re.
hearsal at 1880 pm. for mixed
group, followed at $50 by a rehear-
sal of the mems numbers, both in
central High School. Tuesday, the
women rehearse at 1880 pm. and the
mixed choirs at $50 pm, also at
Central High.
mr.. Williamson opened his lecture
course yesterday afternoon, in which
ne addressed nearly 100 Washington
cholr directors and others interested
IN choral development in this CITY. The
SUBJECT of this first lecture was ''Phys.
lcai Development and Tone Beauty" !"
me second in th9 series will be given
tnls afternoon. Mr.. Williamson
showed much ingenuity and a practical
attitude in his comments. He de-
scflbed the strictness of the regula-
tions governing the taking of people
INTO his choir requiring proper weight,
diet IN some cases, regulated eyer.
clses and everyday methods Of apply.
ing the fundamentals Of tone produc.
ton and color.
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Freed i'm Stealing
Bread for Family:
Helped in Court

Rudolph Ruehl, a garment maker,
has been trying his best to provide
for his wife and their 11-year-old
daughter and their 7-month-old
baby in their little home at 105
Sixth street southeast, but he
couldn't get work anywhere and
his family needed food-just plain
bread. There was a loaf on
doorstep in the neighborhood and
the man took it. He didn't deny
that, but he did explain why he
took it, and So
In court yesterday Assistant
United States Attorney Ralph
Given nolle pressed the case against
Ruehl. The wife and the little girl
and the baby were there at the
time and Mr.. Given tucked a 81 bill
into the garment makers hand,
A bailiff in the court followed suit
and a newspaper reporter did the
same thing.
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you can get the information, and what
their attitude is on this question"
"Those paragraphs" said Mr.. Stay
ton, cannot be construed in any
other light than a deliberate attempt
upon the part of vicious propaganda
machine to control the utterances of
public health officials upon purely
scientific question"
The officials, Mr.. Stayton explained.
had decided by specific vote to dis
cuss. May 23, the subject of the ris-
ing death rate from alcoholism
throughout the United States.
Charges Attempt to Control.
With respect to the American Medi-
cal Association. Mr.. Stayton calls
special attention to Mr.. Wheeler's
statement that "for the past year or
two they have been using the asso-
citation to circulate considerable wet
propaganda, and / hope that there
will be some physicians sent as dele
gates from your State this year who
will help check this tendency" This
was said to Indicate very clearly on
the part of Mr.. Wheeler an attempt
to control by propaganda the great
convention of the American Medical
Association"
For several years." continued Mr..
Stayton, Representatives of the
American Medical Association have
endeavored both in Congress and
from the courts to get relief from the
onerous provisions of the Volstead
act, limiting doctors to the prescrip-
tion of one pint of liquor every 10
days for any individual patient, and
also limiting the number of prescrip-
tions that any physician may write to
300 within ono year.
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| 80 years; knew his father before him,
than 40 years ago; knew his brothers
and knew his family. The general can
play the political game, but always
played it on the square. In the pre-.
liminary campaign in Illinois in 1896
I did not know that Charlie Dawes
had become a citizen Of Illinois until
| discovered that he had committed
the State to Mckinley against Senator
Cullom, who was our favorite son.
He had located in Illinois quietly and
canvassed the situation, and when the
State Republican convention met the
poll was for Mckinley. Charlie Dawes
had done that. When Mckinley ap-
pointed him controller Of the currency
some of the older heads wagged un-
easily. He was too young to control
all the national banks, but he made
good, and was soon recognized as an
authority on finance as well as on
banking.
As Aide to Pershing.
when he Joined Pershing in France
no Co-OEullIdleu lHe purchase OL sup
plies and other expenditures for the
Army and saved billions for the, Gov
ernment. He saw the economic neces-
sity of cutting red tape and he did it.,
and thereby helped Pershing to get
his men to the front and drive the
Germans back and back until they
saw the end and sued for peace. AS
an advocate of the national budget,
was one of those who recommended
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CENSUS TAKING REAL JOB,
Enumerators Travel 4,4OO Miles to
Record 1900.

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, May 13
R.-Census taking in the vast, desc.
late regions of Siberia, now going on,
is a man size job. The only means of
travel is by foot or horse in Summer
and by reindeer or dog teams in the
Winter.
A party of enumerators sent out to
the Tassovskaya Tundra, in the Yenis-
sci district, an area Of $4,000 square
miles, travelled 4,400 miles, mostly on
foot, all to record 500 inhabitants of
the Ostiak, fungus and Eskimo tribes.
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STAyTON CHARGES
PLOT BY WHEELER
Alleges Attempt to "Pack"
Meetings of American
Medical Association.

Charges that Wayne B. Wheeler
general counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League, was attempting to pack" the
forthcoming meetings of the Ameri.
can Medical Association in this city
and public health officials of the
United States, to prevent purely scien-
tiffc discussions of prohibition prob
lens. were made public last night by
w. II. Stayton, national chairman of
the Association Against the Prohibi-
ton Amendment.
Mr.. Stayton announced he had sent
to DIR. Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon
general Of the United States Public
Health Service, a copy of a letter sent
by Mr.. Wheeler to all State superin-
tendents of the league. In this letter
Mr.. Wheeler was quoted as asking su-
perintendents ito get in touch with
any of your State health officials who
are right on this question (meaning
the prohibition question: and get them
to attend this meeting if possible,
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Fixtures Are StoIan

Plumbing fixtures valued at s1.15c
are missing from six houses under
construction on Veazey street be
tween Thirty-sixth and Thirty.seventh
sCreeIs. property of b. F.. Saul Co.
szo f1fteenth street, during the past
two weeks, the police have been in
formed. Part Of the fixtures had been
Installed and part had been delivered
preparatory to installation.
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Reserve Officers Assigned.

Capt Aubrey o. Dooley and Second
Lieuts. John +. Kowaleski and
Sumner f. Smith, Quartermaster
Corps Reserve, have been ordered to
Camp Holabird. Md. for active duty
in training. Capt. Dooley and Lieut..
Kowaleski are residents of this city
and Lieut.. Smith lives in Bethesda,
Md,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

A DIVIDEND OF ONE AND ONE-F0URTH
Iler cent II u C ON the common STOCK OF
the Washington Railway q Electric company
has been declared payable June !. 1927; TO
common stockholders Of record at the close
of business on MAY II. 1927.
Tho transfer books OF the common stock
will be closed from the close OF business on
May IA. 1927. TO the opening OF business on
In accordance with action heretofore taken.
the books. for the transfer OF the pre-
Electric Company viii be closed from the
close OF business on May II. 1927 % the
opening Of business on May lS. 1877; Tor
the payment on June J., 1927. ot the oaIance
of the forty-sixth semi-annual dividend.
II. NJ. KEGSER. Secretary.
GENT. WHO INQUIRED OK MAY II. BE
tween q and IT, at Commercial Garage for
chauffeur. please cali r. 3tl0
j WANTED-,A RETURN LOAD or FuRNIii. tI,I.i
m89Ts, ore ct,S SMJTHys I TRANSFER AND sToR'
! 100 MIMEOGRAPHED LETTERS. 81: Null.
tigraphing. addressing. etc ACE LETTER
sL'2r q. Nv -Yi FranIin RSI M 7i43 Open $40 an an
faded-ou- rugs? Hooyer's cyclone Will wash
rugs like new; q gallons 81 25 delivered
/ PROGRESSIVE SALES CO., COS + Est. 1902.
wANTED 70 ITATI, Fill. or P4ET LOAD a,
VA: BOsToN PITTSBrRGH, OR ANY
PQlT5T;TT,S;, sPEcIhL, RATES NAJIoNyAtLI
MAIN 1850. LOCAL MOVING ALSO.
: ] WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts unless contracted by myself. J. N.
POWER. 1912 L. Capitol St l5'
THE FOLLOWING CAR TO BE SOLD AT
Neschlers public auction. for charges. on
Saturday. May 2sth 1927: Dixie Flyer
Roadster left by Mr.. IL, Sherman. CALL
I tFAE
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GETS JEFFERSON BUST.
New York College Given Statue bv
Alumni.

NEW YORK, May 13 LP.-~A hust
OF Thomas Jefferson was presented r.
the College of the City of New York
by the associate alumni at the eight
leth charter day exercises YESTERDAY
Calling Thomas Jefferson the "anos
tie Of the highest form of Individual
ism" President Frederick Robinson
said "h> believed in the sacred right
or the individual to shape his owr
destiny in the practical affairs of life
to develop his intellect to its highest
capacity and to determine in his owr
way his relationship to the Almighty
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Suggests Sending Opinion.

"If not, have them send DIR. Cum
ming their opinion" the quotation
continues, ito be brought before the
convention. 1t will take quick action
to meet this situation, and ] trust you
will do your best. Please let me know
who is coming from your State, if
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Heath Elected President.

MANILA, May 13 R--H. l..
Heath, president of the America n
Chamber of Commerce here, TODAY
was elected president Of the National
Development Co., a government.con.
tro1Ied institution
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Honest and Courageous.

1.-THE man who broke up the Demo
cratic party for 20 years was Grover
Cleveland. He was an honest man
and courageous, sincere, with the in
terests Of the country at heart, but
as a President he was not a success.
His was a personal administration. A
stubborn man, he demanded that his
party do as he ordered instead of con-
sulting them. That is always a mis-
take. No President can play lone
hand; If he wants to give the country
an effective administration he must
encourage team work. Cleveland,
playing a lone hand, disrupted his
party.
"Mr. Cleveland was elected on a
tariff reform platform. In his in
auguraI address (March 4, 1899 he
stressed the importance of immediate
revision of the tariff, but in the fol
lowing August he called Congress in
extra session not to repeal the McKin-
ley law, but to repeal the Sherman
silver law. 1t was to the latter Mr..
Cleveland attributed the acute bust
ness depression then existing. We
Republicans knew better. We ascribed
it to the fear of a low tariff, which
would enable foreigners to invade our
markets and bring about a reduction
in wages. On silver he broke with
his followers and was directly respon-
sible for making Democrats the free
silver party.
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'IntoIerant as jackson.

1.-THE President was accused of hav.
ing fallen into the hands of his politi-
cal opponents and advocating Republi,
can rather than Democratic policies.
That, of course, was nonsense; there
never was a better Democrat than
Cleveland, but he was as intolerant
as Jackson in having his own way
and seemed to think his opponents
had no feelings. 1t is true the Re-
publicans helped Cleveland to secure
the repeal Of the Sherman act,
but we were not playing politics.
We believed the Sherman law was
a menace to the country and we were
glad to have it out of the way. My
purpose is not to discuss the tariff,
but simply to call attention to the
mistake Mr.. Cleveland made in try
ing TO turn his party about face. That
is difficult thing for President to
attempt.
Democrats were agreed on the
| necessity for tariff revision and split
on the money question. Mr.. Cleve
land did what every Republican had
| tried to guard against. He divided
Democrats on geographic lines. The
East was for gold and the West for
silver. BY the time the next Demo.
cratic convention met, in 1896, the
division was clearly marked. The op.
ponents OF free silver were merely a
handful. Cleveland was practically
read out of his party.
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public imagination" said
n Uncle Joe Cannon. He
used to be called cold, indifferent, in
consiGerate and ungrateful. Once a
member Of the House was laid up in
bed with a heavy cold, and one of his
colleagues said: It's not surprising.
He had an interview with the Presi-
dent and foolishly forgot to wear his
overcOat and ear muffs.'
"a lot of equally sarcastic things
were said about Harrison, but my ex-
perience with him doesn't justify any
of them. / don't think I ever made
an unreasonable request, and / know
he was never indifferent in consider
ing my recommendations. My posi-
tion in the House, my relations with
Reed as Speaker and the early cool.
ness that developed between him and
the President at times caused me some
embarra ssment, but as / never in
duIged in the recreation of tale-bear-
ing l got along very well. I suppose
| could have contributed to the i'll
feeling by repeating the remarks each
made about the other. It was anus
ing, though, to hear them. Reed had
the tongue of a wasp and Harrison
distilled poison like an adder; the dis
like was cordial and undisguised. The
safe thing was to avoid discussing
any matter that involved Reed.
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Failed of Appreciation.

''IIis reputation by the Democrats
completely changed the party's prin-
ciples. 1t threw off it's old conserva-
tive tendencies and fathered the radi-
calism of the Changers, the Populists
and other dissatisfied elements anxious
to try rash and visionary experiments.
No man in public life since the Civil
War ever did so much to change po-
litical conditions as did Mr.. Cleveland
when he challenged his party after
his second inauguration. In Office his
great qualities were not appreciated;
it was only after he retired, and espe-
cially since his death, that the coun-
try took the real measure Of the man
and recognized him as one of the out
standing Presidents"
Mr.. Cannon had no affection for
President Wilson. For one thing, Will
son was a Democrat, and Mr.. Cannon
honestly believed the Democratic party
was unfit to govern. More than once
1 have heard him repeat with evident
relish the reply of Gov. Dick Oglesby
when he was asked If he did not think
the Democrats able to govern the
country: Great God, it is as much
as we can do"'
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ScornfuI OF Wilson.

But Mr.. Wilson's personality also
grated on the ex-Speaker. He thought
the President was always seeking to
advertise himself. He said that when
Lincoln signed the emancipation
proclamation he "did not think 1t
necessary to assemble the leaders OF
his party to witness the rapid change
Of pens in signing different parts of
his name and deliver speech" The
most blistering thing he had to say
about Wilson was: 1.-THE wisest COW.
ard is not fit to govern" Mr.. Wilson'S
fondest dream, the League Of Nations,
always excited his scorn, and he
missed no opportunity to ridicule it..
Once he said: 81 wonder if it would
not soon become a League OF Appro-
priatiOns."
For years Uncle Joe was known as
the Watch Dog of the Treasury, and
it was as an expert that he discussed
| President Coolidge. II once had some
| reputation" he told me, 'for trying
to economic in Government expendi-
lures and appropriations. / must
acknowledge, however, that President
| Coolidge did more in that line in
| one year that l did in the 10 years
was chairman OF the appropriation
committee. With a budget law au-
| thorizing the President to make the
| budget through his Bureau Of the
| Budget and one committee on appro-
priations in the House authorized to
report appropriation bills, President
Coolidge was able to cut the expendi.
lures by billion dollars the first year
Of his administration, and he proposes
to cut deeper and deeper while he
continues in office.
Praise for Dawes.
president Harding showed good
Judgment when he selected Charles
G.. Dawes as the first director Of the
budget. I've known Dawes for nearly
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president Harding showed good
|. Judgment when he selected Charles
G.. Dawes as the first director of the
budget. I've known Dawes for nearly
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MEMOIRS OF UNCLE JOE CANNON
WHITE BUSBEY His Confidential Secretary for Many Years
CHATTER XII.

<<THE Harrison / knew was
ss not the Harrison of the
public imagination" said
III Il.
The Washington times., 1927-04-25

manifest, but the Germans do this
sort of thing so much better, THE
Merry-go.round," for example.
This is a tale Of a sailor on
leave and two women, the wife
and his old sweetheart. Comes
time for sailing and the old
sweetheart fastens herself by
crook to the tar and plans TO
be off with him to Hong Kong.
The wife prepares to end it all
but through the Intervention Of
divine providence lie spared.
Towards the close the picture
reeks with sentimentality.
Lnis Moran fails admirably 70
act LILLIAN Gishish. Lya de Putt,
however, is a great deal better
than in anything since or during
Variety" Jack Mulhall and
William Collier. Jr., complete the
cast. Collier shows fine promise.
The Rialto this week has one Of
the most charming and enjoyable
stage presentations seen there in
sornS time. 1t is a dance novelty
featuring Flo and Ollie Walters.
A comedy and international
News Reel complete the pro-
grant,. p.
The Washington times., 1927-04-25

tantrum wherein all Of the dress.
ing room accoutrements are
turned into wreckage. There IL
less os-comedy than in her recent
pictures. For her leading man,
John Boles was seized from the
legitimate stage to debut before
the camera. He Is & handsome
fellow with an excellent screen
profile, but his hardest work In
this opus Is to grasp Gloria at
opportune times and embrace her
fervently. This Is no hard task
and Mr.. Boles does It nicely.
Florelle Fairbanks, a niece Of the
famous Douglas, plays her first
film role and gets away with 1t
pleasingly. The little girl has
much promise.
There is a very silly Christie
comedy, a screen magazine and
an excellent news reel as EN-.
broidery for the feature. But
for the Swanson fans the trim
mings are non-essentials. "Sunya"
and Gloria viii be all they viii
ask.
The Washington times., 1927-04-25


''Sunya" is the Hollywood YER
sion of the dramatic play, 1.-THE
Eyes Of Youth" AS a stage We
hicle It brought eminence to Mar
jorie Rambeau ana later to Alma
Tell. Clara Kimbsll Young
starred in the first film version
of the play but it remained for
Gloria Swanson to revive It with
all the benefits OF expert photog-
raphy and the novelty Of camera
tricks.
The loves OF Sunya Ashling,
plus the revelations provided by
the Yogi's crystal provide enough
entertaining action TO make first.
class screen entertainment. To
those unfamiliar with the story
1t can be told that Sunya, sought
by q trio Of suitors, all with
some desirable ualities, is enabled
to make a happy choice through
gazing into the mysterious crystal
OF the Yogi and getting q
graphic glimpse Of her future as
the wife Of all three. Provided
with this advance information
Sunyas Of course. picks the man
of her heart, and thus the happy
ending. The sequences in the play
which showed Sui1ya az q teacher
have been dropped from the film
version.
The role Of "Sunya" gives
Gloria a part which shows her
to best advantage. She wears
some Of the gorgeous gowns with
which no Swanson film woulG be
100 per cent without and az prima
donna. reyels on q temperamental