Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1924, Page 4

CATHEDRAL HEAD STONECUTIER DS Charles Austin Resident of Capital Since Work on Edifice Began. Charles Asutin, head stonccutter at the National Cathedral, died at Georgetown Hospital at 4 o'clock this morning. Funeral services are being condueted in Bethlehem Chapel of the cathedral this afternoon by Dean G. C. F. Bratenahl and Canon W. F. De Vries, and the body will be taken to Marshaltown, lowa, tonight for interment. Mr. setter and stonecutter on some of the finest buildings in the United States, his work having carried him all over the country. He had resided Washington since the cathedral construction was begun, with his sister, Miss Eleanor Austin, the only surviving member of his family, at Copley Courts. Mr. Austin was born in Lancaster, Ohlo, the descendant of Samuel Austin, who settled in Calvert County, Md,, shortly after the restoration in Eng- land. ~His grandfather was a master carpenter, employed In the butlding of the first Capitol Building in Wash- ington. His father also was a car- penter, but served in the ministry of the Méthodist Church. Cut Keystones. n Mr. Austin cut only the keystones in the vaulting at the National Ca- thedral. which required careful | workmanship, all other stones being | cut and finished in the quarries at| Ind., according to the arch- pecifications. Austin,” said an _ an- nouncement from the cathedral to- lay, “talked like a cathedral bulld- eri he impressed his fellow work- inén with the -great privilege they enjoyed. He personified the cathe- dral builders of all time, but when it was suggeated that he should put his daily preachings in writing, he <aid: ‘There are so many others en- gaged in this work who deserve more Tecognition than I that I should not care to do it~ Asked hy a photographer one day ‘o smile while posing for a picture, Hr. Austin said: I don’t smile when 1 think of the cathedral. The enthusiasm displayed by Mr. nnection with the is exempiified in the fol- wing statement credited to him: or me to take part in this construe. lon. each stone as true as human hands can fashton it and lald with Austin was the expert stone-|: { rubcommittee exac ss and due reverence to God, often seems almost téo good to he true. I h often wondered at the | devotion shown by the workmen r\n mon's Temple, but 1 believe Hu\e begun to understand how th felt as the building zrew each d Mr. Austin was a member of Bed- ford Lodge, No. 14, 3¢ and Bedford Councll, A. A. M. Bedfard, Ind E was a_member of Bedford Lodge, $2 B.P. O. E. JEROME AEOIIE‘J—S_ DEAD Former Employe of Government | Printing Office Succumbs. Jerome A. Collins, 460 vears old, for- merly an employe of the Government Printing Office, and a lifelong resi- dent of this city, died at his resi- dence, 1025 Jackson street northeast, saturday. He had been ili about a year. Funeral sérvices will be conducted at the residence tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, and later at St. Aloysius Catholle Church at 9 o'clock, where mass will be sung. Interment will Te tn St. Mary's Cemetery. Mr. Colling is survived by his wife, Mrs. Johanna E. Collins: a deughter, Miss Dorothy Collins; two sons, Jer- e Collins and William Collins; his ther, Mrs. Mary Collins; five sis- ters, Mrs. R. Shropshire, Mrs. R. T. lolden, Mre. E. W. Brown, Miss Lvelyn Collins and Miss Hilda Col- Ims. and two brothers, W. L. Collins and John Paul Collins. | | | PROVIDES FREE BURIALS. Dresden City Council Votes Aid to Dead Citizens. DRESDEN, Germany, December 15 —By a vote of 35 to 36 the city coun- cil of Dresden has passed a resolu- tion to provide free burals for its citizens. Tha motion, introduced by we Communists, found sufficlent sup- no#) among the non-partisan depu- ties, although the bourgeols parties solidly opposed it. Men’s and THE EVENING UNITY OF AMERICAS CHARLES AUSTIN. COMMITTEE NAMED TO PROBE EDITORIAL Senators to Investigate Attack on Underwood and His Muscle Shoals Bill. Br the Associnted Press The Scnate § executive s Washington Herald cditorial attack- ing nator Underwood and his Muscle Shoals bill. Agreement was reached unanimous- Iy by the committes to appoint the subcommittee. An investigation of the editorial was ordered by the Sen- ate under a unanimous consent agree- ment obtained by Senator Under- wood after he had denounced the edi- torial and its writer on the floor of the Senate Chairman Cummins said he would not announce the membership of the sulcommittee until tomorrow in order to le if the appointees would be willing to serve. . E. G. Lowry Nominated. Lowry, 2 Hillyer place. a Universit has been nominated for the office of parmanent y of the senior class of the He is an editor of the Harvard Crimson | | pality | & lengthy URGED BY PERSHING Says Only by Common Pur- pcse Can New World Na- tions Achieve Destiny. BY CLAUDE 0. PIKE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LINA, ' Péru, - December 15.—The groat destiny ordained for the Amer- ican peoples can be obtained only through & unity of purpose, a com- mon understanding and an earnest desire for the maintenance of peace. Through thcse alone will the (Amer- lcas progress together in -harmony toward the fuifiliment of their des- tiny, Gen. Pershing declared Satur- day at a ceremony in which he laid a wreath on the monument to Georse Washington, commemorating the 125'h anniversary of his death. Participating In the ceremony were Roar Admiral John Dayton and the Hon. — Frederick Slkes, envoys extraordinary and ministers pleni- potentlary, ‘constituting a special mission to Peruws centenary: Am- bassador Miles Poindexter and Dr. Alccerto Salomon, the Minister of foreign affairs, who represented Prestdent Legula. Other members of the forelgn diplomatic corps and many American citizens living in Peru attended the impressive cere- monie Dr. Salon, in behalf of the munici- Lima, placed a magnificent wreath on the monument, and offered urce outlining the of ington's leadership on the uetions of the South Amarican colonies. Which were then under Spanish rule, and comparisons batween the lives and acts of Washington and Simon Bolivar, the Peruvian liborator. Gen. Pershing sald in part: “We North Americans sincerely appreciate the honor extended by the govern- ment of Teru in memory of the 125th anniversary of the death of George Washington. With a deep feeling of reverence we agsemble in the shadow of this beautiful and yet modest statue of that great man. “These surroundings arc with recollections of those immortal heroes of South American independ- ence, San Martin Sucre and Simon Bolivar. And it is fitting that we should pause now at the foot of this shrine to pay homage, because wherever men are -gathered In the name of liberty, there engraved on each and every heart fs found the name of Washington “The story of the efects fortitude and ERERERERERLRVRRVERE COAL Of Greatest Efficiency We are interested in the satisfaction-giving quality of every ton of coal we sell—and when we advise on the fuel for your particular plant vou are assured of the limit of efficiency from vour heating appliance. Clean Coal—Quality R J &MC | GRACE Coal—Fairest Price 4th and F N.E. Linc. 233 Linc. 234 LTI P RERTRTRTAT Y BN, S PINDLER’ 801 11th N.W. Main 2704 LEAN and PRESS ALL and DELIVER MEN’S SUITS .. LADIES’ SUITS GLOVES ...... ......5cand 10c We Do Repairing Young Men’s Suits Reduced to restless | drawing | resonant | | | i | loyaity of ihe ro utionary patriots during rs of privation and suftering, and of their faith in, the gulding hand of Washington has become an epic unparalleled except by the bitter struggles of their brothers in South America who later espoused the cause. of through the Bolivar. “Discouragement only fortifled George Washington's determinatjon, anid defeat and banishment only served to arouse Simon Bolivar more desply. The shot that was fired in 1276 at Bunker Hill reverberated throughout the continent, and the call to freedom thus sounded found its ultimate response for the two Americas In the brilliant victory of San Martin Sucre In the battle of Ayacucho. “Washington's masterly conduct of the campaigns made him a great milltary figure, yet his deep con- vietion ‘of his continued obligations to his countrymen was never alter- od by the acciaim of his fellows, nor his_vanity tinged by martial imspiration “of Stmon glory. His single thought was for p freedom under a government in which (Copyri Announcement! very large will reveal three days VALUES—SELECT— people would have a Voice. - the 1indepéndence of the was acknowledged he was ready, like Bollver, to lay down it arms and live a peaceful life as-a citizen amang. friends under the pro- tection the Nation's efforts had made independence | P “Recently I'stoad at the tomb of Napoleon, - whose {rresistible mag- netism and marvelous power of or- sanizing military successes once sur- prised the world. I contemplated the exceptional . ‘possibllities for: service to the downtrodden which were pre- sented to him, but his character was tainted . with that inordinate im- perious - ambition which Jed him -to ignore the .primary object -of the French: revolution. “The contrast 1o my mind recalled the consecrated devotion to humanity and the extreme unseifishness of con- duct that marked. the . careers of Washington and.Bolivar in the pur- suit of their ideas. I would rather go down in history like those great patriots than sit on a throne and wear the Jeweled crown of the great- cst monarch that over ruled -an op- ressed people.” . 1824, by Chicago Daily News Co.) following his unusual talent. 3-Day SACRIFICE CHOICE OF THE HOUSE |MRS. SOPHIE BRILL DIES.| 1005. Funeral Bervi This Afternoon, Burial in Hebrew Cemetery. Mrs. Sophie Brill, 29 -years old, dicd at her residence, 1019 B strest north- east, yestérday after a lingering - ness. Funeral services were con- ducted at.the.chapel of Bernard D zansky, undertaker, 3501 Four street, at 12:30 @’clock this afternoon. Interment was in the National Capi- tal Hebrew Cemetery. Mrs. Brill Is survived by her hus- band, Abratam O. Brill, two daugh- ters Miss Mirlam Brill and Miss Lillian Brill; two brothers,- Sam Zeltzer of New York and Oscar Zelt- zer of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Estella Kuufman of this ity and Mre. | Pauline Sanders of Detrait. o SRS - Atrplane’ passenger lines now are operated from Vienna, Austria, to Prague, Paris, Budapest, Constanti- nople and Munich, the last named connecting with Zurich, Geneva and Berlin services. S. Cleus. Esq., who hasa especially among the younger element, has been engaged by The Hecht Co. to do their Christmas sketching. A page of gift suggestions in Tuesday Star Wm%as fomen fordce (B EVERY SUIT AND OVERCOAT MUST GO— our entire stock—we must clear our store of all present suits and overcoats AT ONCE! Just remain in which to do so—COME EARLY IF YOU WOULD GET THE BEST Suits and O’coats That Sold As Follows: 1724 Pa. Pn. AVC D. V Kaubndsw) " OREGON CITY VIRGIN WOOL OVERCOATS Gifts Men Like Where Women Like to Shop Mrs. Katherine Settle, Harrisonburg, Va. 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