Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1925, Page 4

CONGRESS EXPRES HITHNUCH UNDONE Less Than Half of Officially Approved Legisla Is Enacted. sixtyleighth Congress expired with less than half the of- legislative program The erday ficially approved written into law With the executive approval ithin the legal deadline, of egislative and deficiency appropria- tion bills, all the vital supply meas- ures were successfully enacted, bu there remained on the calendar sev- eral bills of national interest which had been given lled *‘priority” by the administration leade A" vote upon these had been blocked by a combination of delaying tactics on the party of opponents and lack of me for consideratio No measure of general public im- portance which did get through the am, however, fa of executive ap- proval, it was d ared at the White House last night, though two or three bills were understood to have been left on President Coolidge's when he departed for his tion at the Capital. They were sald to measures dealing with private claims, but whether they were ziven “pocket vetoes” or were signed before ft was not definitely just be he le wn Shoals Bill Diex. The Muscle Shoals leasing bill died conference, despite the expression ite Houre that some ity would be given n of hope at the W legislative autho for disposi Farm re various stages, bBill, on the Senate calends Nary-Haugen farmers’ expo ation bill in the Senate asricultural committee files, d several less widely discussed proposals in varying degrees of consideration Enactment of a public building pro- £ram, approved by administration kpokesmen to make up for the lack of construction during the last decade, failed when the House and Senate came to a deadlock upon the matter of jurisdiction over approval of proj- ects Settlement of French spoliation ciaims also went over another year, after waiting more than a centur hecause vigorous opposition by eral Senators threatened to prevent more pressing legislation, Banking Bill Fails, The McFadden bill to authorize na- tional banks to maintain branches der certain conditions and other- wise to compete with State institu- tions on a more equal basis had been put aside in the Senate after three days' discussion and remained truly s well as technically the “unfinished siness” when the final gavel fell An amnibus pension bill, changing the basis of compensation for Civil War widows, and a similar measure combin- ing hundreds of individual proposals for pensions and increases of gratuity already authorized, also were left on the Senate calendar. Among the bills on the leaders’ program which were approved were those increasing postal rates and salaries. providing for a system of “selected settlement” of Government reclamation projects, liberalizing the Issue of credit from farm loan and agricultural credit - banks, and the naval omnibus measure containing many items of interest to that serv- fee The first Senate bill of the Congress was a pension measure. proposing an annuity to Mrs. Warten G. Harding: the last was similar in character, pro- posing a pension to a widow of a Spanisn-American War veteran igns 70. Bills. final legislative suggestion in ate was offered by Senator peland, Democrat, New York, and oincided in context with the speech made a few moments later by Vice President Dawes. The New York Senator, by resolution, proposed to amend the Senate rules so as to re quire three objections to preven unanimous consent, instead of one, measures were left in the Capper-Haugen the Me- corpo- The the Se the final drive of the last two days the Senate disposed of more than 150 bills which had alreally been given House approval. No less than 70 were laid before President Cool- idge, when, in accordance with cus- tom, he stopped at the Capitol before the inauguration to attach his signa- ture. Nearly 18,000 were placed before the Sixt Congress in the course of its sessions. Bills and resolutions in- troduced in the House totaled 13,000 and in the Senate about 4,800. CONGRESS MEMBERS ARE PLANNING TRIPS Several Groups to Get First-Hand Knowledge of Projects legislative proposals During Recess. Members of Congress, wearied by Auties in the session just closed, are aceking rest and a more Intimate knowledge on which to base their gislative action in the new Congress hy taking trips into fields afar during the congressional recess Six members of the House, includ- Ing members of the insular commit- tee, plan to leave New York March 28, review the naval maneuvers at Hawail, stopping on the way back at Porto Rico, d returning to the United States late in May. Plans are being made for a joint congressional committee of three Sen- ators and three Representatives to conduct a postal rate survey, as pro- vided in the pay and rate increase measure, and this is likely to entall considerable traveling Representative Knutson, Republican, Minnesota, intends to sail March 15 on a trip to the West Indies, where he will meet six other Representa- tives for an unofficial survey of Porto Rico, Haiti and Santo Domingo. About a dozen members of the House naval committee plan to accept Secretary Wilbur's invitation to visit Pearl Harbor, Hawali, leaving about Tune 4 Other members are preparing to look over proposed irrigation and reclamation projects and those that are now under way. INFANT UNIDENTIFIED. Baby, Found in Trash Box, Prob- ably Will Recover. Wothing has been learned by the police to suggest the identity of the two-week-old infant found aban- @oned in a trash box at Pennsylvania Cvenue and Eighth street southeast, early Tuesday night. Pollce of the fifth precinct have questioned persons on a local military reservation about the affair, the name of an officer on the reservation having been scribbled on the paper in which the child was wrapped. 1t was sald at Children’s Hospital this morning that the waif is slowly recovering_from the effects of ex- posure. The baby had a slight temperature vesterday and seemed to be in a serious condition, but the im- provement shown this morning au- gurs probable pecovery. the | | I | panied by his aides, Col. |in his own right was made in a most desk | in& baked beans or sausage and buck- inaugura- | w11 | Instead of a banquet.” {tn | this announced lack of stiffnes: | pause to consider the question of cor- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, “BOYS” FROM BAY STATE CAPITOL HAVE COOLIDGE Legislators Stage ““Old Home”’ Celebration, Banish- ing All Formality, to Signalize Accession to Presidency of Former Associate. “Old Home night” was celebrated last night by the members of the Massachusetts State delegation to the inaugural ceremonies at a banquet at the Cairo Hotel, with their fellow statesman, Calvin Coolldge, as guest of honor, and with a galaxy of other notable Bay State men filling out the honor roll as lesser lights. During an evening of jovial expres- sions of state pride, of anecdotes of which the points were personal rather than general, the nearest approach to solemnity was the President's en- trance into the dining room, accom- Sherrill and resplendent in full uniform, while the guests stood at attention and the orchestra played “The Star Spangled Banner.” Calvin Coolidge's first appearance after his accession to the presidency Comdr. Andrews, informal atmosphere. As ‘“Tom” White, ting as general factotum and handy man of the occasion, expressed its in- formality, “We might as well be eat- wheat cakes and calling it supper In accord with such members of the Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representatives Who left Boston without their boiled shirts and “tuxes’ came to the banquet in such business suits as they had on—some in gray, some in homespuns, some in dark Dblue, They did not rect evening shoes, but wore every- day tan oxfords. With the same geniality with which they have taken | charge of the Cairo, where they are | making headquarters, they entered upon an evening of entertainment President Relaxes. The cheertul grins which adorned the faces of the men who stood about the Cairo lobby awaiting the Presi- dent’s arrival did not allow them to resemble the cold. scholarly counte- nances which elemental schoolbooks use to typify New Englanders. Nor did their forms, apparently well fed and in the majority of instances built upon a rotund pattern, resembls the wiry bodies which this same source of ‘information suggests as “New England” type. Their guest of honor himself, Calvin Coolldge, represented that type in appearance more nearly than any of them, and even he re- laxed into old home-town smiles in his quiet way. He could not but par- take of the spirit which preceded his arrival when his hosts, distinguished in their own homes and professions, stood about in expectant groups of three and four, smoking and telling stories on one another with all the zest of small boys out on a school holiday Evidently dinner had been served at the White House earlier in the| evening. for the Chiet Executive con- tented himself with a long black cigar and sat quletly, as is his wont, exchanging a word now and again with his partners, Senator William West, President of the Massachusetts State Senate, who acted as chalrman | during the evcning, upon his right and Gov. Alvan Tufts Fuller upon his left. Later Senator West let his fel- low legislators in on one of the dry bits of wit which made him smile during dinner. A lady had compli- mented the President upon a recent | i i | | | dent had answered her, in true Cool- HOME FOLKS HONOR address and had sald she had stood more than an hour listening to him during its. delivery.. And the Presi- idge fashion of brevity, ma'am.”- - “Gee, but I'd give the world to see that old gang of mine,” as played by “So did I, EVERETT SANDERS Inaugural Ceremony Attend- ed by Presentations of Gifts by Indianans. Everett Saunders of Indiana, the President’s new secretary, had a lit- tle inauguration of his own at the ‘White House late yesterday after- noon. Shortly after the President's big| show had come to a close a small company gathered in the secretary’s | office and witnessed him take the| oath of office administered by Nelson | P. Webster, disbursing officer of the White House, who also is the White House notary public. The secretary's desk was banked with flowers and nearby stood Mrs. Sanders, Will H. Hays, former Postmaster General; a score or more of close personal friends, most of whom were fellow Indianans, and a large group of news- paper men who “cover’ the White House. Gift From Home Citizens of Terre Haute, Ind., his home town, gave to Mr. Sanders a combination radio receiving set and phonograph. The presentation was made by Robert D. Heinl, a Washing- ton correspondent, formerly from Terre Haute. As the first plece to be played, Mr. Sanders received a| record of “On the Banks of the Wabash,” the Indiana State song. | Also upon behalf of the home folks Mr. Hays gave to Mrs. Sanders a| large leather case and purse. Present was Representative Noble Johnson, | who succeeds Mr. Sanders in_Con- | gress, and Representative Fréd S. Purnell, president of the Washington Indiana Society. I COL. TILSON RECALLED. | House Leader Ordered to Duty ‘With General Staff. Col. John Q. Tilson, Ordnance De- partment Reserve, who in his civillan capacity Is the new majority leader of the House of Representatives, is called to active duty at the War De- partment for a period of three months beginning March 9, under Army or- ders published today. The order di- rected that he report to the chief of staff for duty “as an additional mem- ber of the War Department's gen- eral staff.” . Representative Tilson served as a second lieutenant, 6th Volunteer In- fantry, during the war with Spain, and as colonel of the 2d Connecticut | Infantry at the time that regiment| was mobilized for border service in 1916, He has been interested in preparation of commerclal plants for the production of ordnance material. Folks. iy Held on Housebreaking Charge. | Frank J. Blodgett, 31, 129 D street southeast, was arrested last night by Traffic Policeman O. T. Clatterbuck and held to answer a charge of house- breaking at the place of business of W. F. Roberts, 818 Fqurteenth street. It s charged that he tried to enter the place with a pick. He denies the charg: | Shrine. AS HONOR GUEST the McWilliam Orchestra, elicited the use of a collection of basses and ten- ors of somewhat doubtful quality, but sincere fervor, from “that old gang” which was hanging out around the long presidential table. The oysters were not allowed to interfere with harmony on “How I miss you, dear old pal of mine.” And the usual fa- vorite of a masculine quartet which desires to appear at its best came along with “Sweet Adeline.” The chorus came out bravely on that, as they did on “I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old dad.” Something more than an hour had ed since the President's airival then with a wave of the presi- hand and a genuine home- around and he was P an dential town grin all gone. Thereupon, Senator “Billy” West entered into a full account of the vir-| tues of the guest who had just passed from the portals. He spoke of the honor which had been given all mem- bers of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts by the President’s presence at the Massachusetts delegation ban- quet and the pride which members of the State might justly feel in the election and inauguration into office of a citizen of their State—the first to attain the presidency in 100 years. He extolled the qualities of character which he thought most outstanding in Coolidge, mentioning as proof of the aincerity of his friendship his presence on the night of his inaugu ation at such a small “family party. Juat Like 0Old Times. Representative Martin Hayes, con- tinuing this thought, said that the hard trip to Washington had proved well worth while when he heard the President call him by his first name, just as he used to do when they were closely associated together in legis- lative work From the badinage which flew back and forth it was apparent that the last bill which the Mapsachusetts State Legislature had been working on was a police bill for the city of Boston. A few boosts and many knocks flew thick and fast across the tables—all in a spirit of hilarity matching the pride which those pres- ent felt in a State which had pro- vided not only the one Vice President, | except Roosevelt, who was elected to the presidency after serving part of a term due to death, but a man who was elected by a large popular mae jority. | Senator Willlam M. Butler mention-J ed Inauguration day as the end of a long. long trail which he had trav- eled with but one aim in view—Cal- vin Coolidge as President of the United States! Senator Frederick H. Gillett, jocu-| larly doubting the truth of a promo- tion which reduced his salary several thousand dollars, confessed March 4, 1925¢ to be a Massachusetts day. He said that old New England principles had won for Calvin Coolidge, in hisi estimation. the love of life, liberty and safe property. Among_the 125 guests were State Senators Snow, Howard, Frothingham, Stoddart, Gallup, Bacon, Draper, Mar- tin, Fish, Walter McLean; State Rep- resentatives McCormick, Rice, O: borne, Hays, Jewett, Everberg, Kid der, Conlon, Hale, Haskins, Suther- land, Ager, Benton, Washburn, Sal- thonstall, E. F. Lilley, Wiagg, San- born, Bliss, Chisholm, Wadleigh, New- hall, Leonard, Cassassa, Sparrell, Moyne, Danker, Daley, Monk, Nash, Bean, Delaney, Englert, Kasanoff, Perham, Phinney, Spear, Brady, Kelley, Jordan, O'Neill, Carews, Gar- ofano, Monarty, Meins, Lasker, Peters, Felt, Davenport and Baxter. GEN. W. L. DAVIS DIES AT HOME HERE Veteran of Civil War and For- mer Officer of lowa Na- tional Guard. Brig. Gen. William L. Davis, vet- eran of the Civil War and for many years prominent as an officer in the Towa National Guard, died at the residence of hjs daughter, Miss Car- | rie M. Davis, 2525 Ontario road, early | today, after a short illness. Gen.| Davis was prominent in Grand Army | of the Republic circles. He was born at South Bend, Ind., and during his vouth enlisted in in Company B, 3ith lowa Infantry. This was in 1862, and he participated in all of the engagements in the Civil War in which his regiment took part, with the exception of a battle | at Fort Blakely. He was appointed a | second lieutenant in the United States | volunteers and assigned to duty with Company B in 1864, and was breveted a captain in 1865. Commanded Military Prison. Gen. Davis was in command of the United States milftary prison, “Irving Block,” at Memphis, Tenn., in 1865. He was mustered out of the service | in 1866. Soon thereafter he was re- | commissioned a lieutenant in the| Iowa National Guard, and rose through the various grades to the rank of brigadler general in Novem- Dber, 1889, and retired in 1894. He wWas a past commander of John A. Buck Post, G. A. R, and a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and was a Mason, Knight Templar and @ member of the Mystic Funeral services will be conducted at the daughter's residence, 2525 On- tario road, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Charles Fultz will officiate. Interment will be in Cedar Rapids, Towa. Gen. Davis had made his home with his daughter here for the last four years. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Davis of Washington and Mrs, Millard F. Cox of Cedar Rapids.,, Iowa; a son, Arthur W. Da- vis, also of Cedar Rapids; ‘three grandchildren and one geeat-grand- child. His wife, Mrs. Martha W. Da. vis, died January 23. ™™ HUSBANDS SUE. Absolute Divorces Asked on Charges of Misconduct. Thomas Lynch today filed suit in the District Supreme Court for an ab- solute divorce from Annie M. Lynch, alleging misconduct and naming a co- respondent. They were married in New York, July 29, 1900, and haye three children. He is represented by Attorneys Hawken & Havell. Misconduct is also alleged ir e suit for an absolute divorce filed by John Angelo against Evelyn Angelo, They were married September 25, 1916, and the wife, he says, deserted him April 10, 1921, and went to the home of the co-respondent. They have two chil- dren whose custody the husband asks. Attorney James P. Farmer appears tor the husband. - Decline in the price of coal in Italy saved the government railway $10,- 000,000 last year. | Cooliage Upper left: Senator Charles Curtis, Repul | tor George Moses. President pro tempore; lower left, G. A. Sanderson, secre- y. and lower right, d 8. Barry, can leader; upper right, Sena- ergeant-at-arm: ANTI-CRITICISM PACT TRIED TO CLINCH MARRIAGE CONTRACT New York Couple Before Wedding Agree Not to Ex- press Adverse Opinions for Five Years, Nor Act on Same Stage. By Consolidated Press NEW YORK, March old quest for a wreckproof marriage tie has produced many a startling theory between Mother Eve's day and the present. But for sheer original- ity consider the plan of Elsie Bart- lett, star in “Houses of Sand” and Joseph Schildkraut, famous portrayer of juvenile roles Elsle and Joseph, recently married as the result of a romance that start- ed on the stage, have contracted, pledged and promised, in a duly signed. sealed and recorded legal document, that for five years, at least, neither will criticize the other. On and off stage alike, the contract holds. The whole town may be ring- ing with condemnation of Joseph or Elsie's latest stage role—but quiet, at least, can be had at home. Joseph can develop any little personal idjo- syncrasies he likes, or Elsie can get herself up like a perfect frump and never a word of it will electrify the domestic atmosphere. Adopt Tdea Readily. The anti-criticism idea really was Elsle Bartlett's, but hildkraut adopted it by acclamation. The idea was about the first one that popped into Miss Bartlett's head when the handsome Joseph, pressing a kiss on her lips on-stage, whispered endear- ing words that were not in the script and followed them up with a pro- posal of marriage. 5.—The age- So. on their way to shop for & marriage license, the pair dropped in at the office of a Broadway lawyer and placed an order for a rock- ribbed, anti-criticism contract Moreover, they stipulated the con- tract should provide that husband and wife should never appear in the same play. This, despite the fact that it was as stage lovers that the ro- mance ripened. Mrs. Schildkraut, by the way, gets first chance at any play that offers parts for both. If she takes it Joseph will have to find work elsewhere. Belleves in Permanency. believe {n staying married if you're going to make the leap,” the bride told the writer today. *Too many men get half their fun criti- clzing the manner in which their wives keep house, cook muffins and arrange the furniture. Too many women immediately decry their hus band's wavs of swinging big deals and spend irritable hours elucidating just why ‘that tie is not right for the office.’ “Mr. Schildkraut is the devoted lover and husband 1 wanted. He brings me to the theater for every performance and escorts me home afterward. And as for our acting in the same plays—if we exhausted all our artificial love expressions on each other on the stage there'd be too little left for real life.” 2 (Copyright, 1925.) 20,000,000 Heard Inaugural Oath Over $200,000,000 Worth of Radios Most Elaborate Broadcasting Feat Since Election Represented Elaborate Activities Behind the Scenes at Capitol and Throughout Nation. By Consolidated Pross. ‘When Calvin Coolidge faced a bat- tery of six microphones on Wedne day and took the first presidential oath ever broadcast it required a working force of approximately 250 men, scattered throughout the United the use of 6,000 miles of wire, some 50,000,000 dimly lit tubes and a million or so sensitive bits of crystal to carry his words to the four cor- ners of the country. In all, including loops and aerials, loud speakers and other apparatus, the cost of the material used is sald to have exceeded $200,000,000 The audience that heard President speak, although not the greatest radio gathering that has ever been addressed, is estimated to have totaled approximately 20,000,- 000. The number of listeners is thought to have been larger when President Coolidge spoke by radio to the country the night before election. The time of the day probably kept Woman Serves Two Years in Congress Without a Speech Mrs.NolanRefutes Theory Of Female’s Loquacity in House Term. The one woman in the 68th Congre: just closed has notably given the lie to the quip about woman's proverbial talkativeness, for while most members of Congress not only occasionally take time on the floor to make speeches:but also set forth their views extensively in the appendix to.the Congressional Record on every subject under the sun, Mrs. Mae E. Nolan of California, a member. for more than two years, has yet to make her malden speech in the House. She quit Congress yesterday. i Mrs. Nolan completed the unex- pired term of her late husband and was elected in her own right, but did not seek re-election. She in- trodueed three or four bills of gen- eral application and many private pension measures. In the next Congress Mrs. Florence Kahn, also of San Francisco, widow of the late Representative from California, and Mrs. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, first woman Demo- orat to be elected to the House, will be the only women members. Mrs. Nolan plans to spend some time in Washington before returning to San Franoisoo. the number of hearers down on Wed- nesday. To the listener—in the District of Columbia, in Florida, or in Oregon— who heard the President take his oath of office and deliver his inaugural ad- dress the whole matter seemed easy enough. But a look behind the scenes of this glgantic presentation would have disclosed the most elaborate bit of electrical transmission of sound that the world has known. There were stationed in Washing- ton two men whose sole task was to listen for distress signals from ships on the Atlantic. Fortunately enough, none was heard. Although a complete report on the reception of the inaugural broadcast will not be obtainable for several days *it is believed that President Coolidge’s voice was heard across the Atlantic, in the northernmost parts of Canada, in Mexico and possibly in the Philippines. 107th Anniversary Of Birth Observed By Oldest Mason Missourian, Wed 73 Years, Has Never Had Quarrel With Wife. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo, March b5—Dr. Joseph Singer Halstead, probably Missouri’s oldest ploneer and believed to be the oldest living Mason in the United States, yesterday celebrated his one hundred and seventh birthday. Moderation in_eating s the main reason for longevity, the aged physi- clan said, “and I never use liquor, ex- cept as.a medicine. I have used tobacco all my life and felt no il effects from it.” Dr. and@ Mrs. Margaret Halstead have been married 73 years, in which time they said they never had a quarrel. ecause we were considerate, each of the other,” Mrs. Halstead, who. is 97, stated, “we have had five boys and three girl e continued. “Now there are 11 grandsons, 21 granddoughters, 68 greatgrandchildren and I don’t know just how many great- great-grandchildren. cently at the age of 70.” 4 . - Following {nauguration of low gas ‘rates in Austria, the domestic de- mand for gas stoves and heaters has caused the stove factories to operate at capacity.. One son died re- |} 1925, SPEECH BROADCAST WITHOUT BREAK Perfect Trénsmission of President’s Inaugural Ad- dress Is Reported. ' Perfect transmission marked the broadcasting yesterday of President Coolidge’s inaugural ceremonies from the east portico of the United States Capitol, according to G. Wilfred John- stone, publicity representative of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Not a break occurred, he said, in the long telephone cirduit which zig- zagged its way across the continent, connecting the 21 high-powered radio stations with the battery of micro- phones on the inaugural stand. As a result every word and Inflection of the President's incisive voice was heard clearly and distinctly by the vast radio audience, scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. A vast invisible audierce, estimated at 25,000,000 Americans, visualized the event on the east portico of the Capitol through the vivid word plc- tures of two radlo announcers. These millions, grouped around radio sets in every type of American home, also | | heard Mr. Coolidge solemnly repeat the oath that binds him four more years of heavy responsibilities, as well as | every word of the Inaugural address and the martlal music of the United States Marine Band. Two Chains of Stations. Two separate chains of high-pow- ered radio stations, interconnected by special long-distance telephone circuits, carrfed the inaugural cere- monies from sea to sea and border to border. The American Telephone and Telegraph Co. had the longest link with 21 stations, reaching from New Yorg in a zigzag course across the continent. Four stations, includ- ing Washington's WRC, were in the Radio Corporation of America’s chain In the American Telephone and Telegraph Co’s nation-wide link were WEAF, New York; WEEI, Bos- ton; WIAR, Providence; WTIC, Hart- ford: WOO, Philadelphia; WCAE, Pittsburgh: WGR, Buffalo; WFBL, Syracuse: WEAR, Cleveland; WLW. Cincinnati: WSB, Atlanta: WWJ, De- *roit: WMAQ, Chicago; WDAF, Kan- sas City; WHO. Des Moines: WCCO, Minneapolis: KLZ, Denver; KFJ, Los Angeles: KPO, San Francisco; KLX, Oakland, and WCTS, Worcester, Mass, | Besides WRC, the Radio Corporation’s <hain included WJZ. New York; WGY, Schenectady, and WBZ, Springfield. Stands in Glass Cawe. Graham McNamee, WEAF's popular announcer, in a glass-incased booth djrectly behind the inaugural stand, described the ceremonies to the great audience served by the stations on the coast-to-coast hook-up. About 60 feet away Norman Brokenshire, the star announcer of station WJZ, told a similar story to the thousands listen- ing in on the stations linked by the Radio Corporation of America While taking the oath of office and reading his inaugural speech Pre dent Coolidge faced a bank of six microphones. Two led to the remote control and amplifying apparatus mounted on a truck beside the Capitol steps, which flashed the proceedings to New York for nation-wide distri- bution: two to the Radio Corpora- tion of America’'s special pick-up ap- paratus, and the other two to the battery of public-speech amplifiers, which hurled the President's voice far beyond the mass of humanity jammed in the Capitol grounds. * Officials of the two companies which broadcast the inaugural had prepared for weeks for the event. Netweork of Wires. Engineers were at work af the Capitol a week ago. installing the necessary transmitting apparatus. A network of wires under the Capitol steps and the mobile broadcasting equipment on the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.'s truck were the only visible evidence of the re- sults of thelr Tabor. Two complete telephone circuits. stretching from the Atlantic to the Paoific, were connected so that in the case of emergency the other circuit could be switched into the system without interruption. Telegraph oper- ators were on duty at each station. also at the amplifier and repeater points along the line, to correct any troudle detected by the monitoring engineers. Work of McNamee. McNames, who did the announcing for the stations in the A. T. and T. link, has become the idol of radio fans throughout the United States within the comparatively short period of two years. It was his voice that told a vast radio audlence on Decem- ber 4, 1923, that they were to hear for the first time in history Presi- dent Harding’s annual message to Congress. It also was McNamee who reported for the radio audience the proceedings at the Republican and Democratic conventions, the world series and other notable events that have been chronicled in radio’s his- tory in the last few years. While not as familiar, perhaps, as McNamee, Brokenshire also has re- ported many outstanding events for the Radio Corporation of America stations. A.O. N. has been his cryptic nickname on the air. Brokenshire was the assistant announcer at the Democratic national convention last Summer. NURSE STUDENT MISSING. Police Asked to Find Miss Anna Lee Driggers. Miss Anna Lee Driggers, 18, recent- ly In training as nurse at George Washington University Hospital, Tuesday afternoon packed her trunk and disappeared. Relatlves communicated with friends in this city when she did not return to her home in Cumberland, Md., and failing to find a clue to her where- abouts appealed to the police. Miss Driggers is described in a police message as being very pretty. Her brown bair is bobbed, and she has blue eyes and fair complexion. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. EPISCOPAL. Inauguration Day Furnished Lots of Thrill for Ginger| Troop F, 3d Cavalry’s "'Dog Takes Parade All " the Way. BY the Associatéd Press. president -Coolidge had an vited, but not unwelcome guest to his inauguration. More than a score of governors of States 'either de- clined invitattons or didn't show up, dut this particular uninvited guest came early, stayed late, saw the show through to the end ‘and had a very busy time of it He was Ginger, the dog of *Troon | ¥, 34 Cavalry. Some folks might call Ginger a bulldog; perhaps he thinks he'is one, but he bears without shame on his escutcheon the bar sinister. First Sergt. Joe Rock says Ginger is his d®, but every other man in the troop #ays Ginger is the troop's dog and is ready to fight about it. But that's another story. | Ginger made the long trip afoot from Fart Myer and arrived feeling pretty good. Ceremoniously he wad- dled right into the White House grounds shielded by two of his friends—the horses—and when Prosi- dent Coolldge and Vice President Dawes came out for the trip to Capitol, Ginger sailed along down | Pennsylvania avenue with the pro- unin- | cession, very important in the knowl- edge that he was the only dog i | the inaugural ceremony But life with a cavalry troop makes a dog fat and short-winded, and. Capitol Hill almost bushed Gin- ger. His tongue lolled and his kindly eves bulged. He failed to catch his| breath during the exercises on the| Capitol Plaza and was in a fair way to be out of the return procession to the White House. It went hard for a cavalry dog to beg a ride from his ancient enemy, an artillerymar but the gunner had a heart and hoist- ed Ginger to a seat on his calsson where he rode back to the White | House in state and was reviewed b {the President and the official party in passing M STREET WIDENING TO START ON MAY 18 _— | Bids Will Be Opened on March 18. | Three Other Projects to Be Taken Up Soon. Bids for the widening of M in Georgetown will be opened at the District Building March 18, and work | will start May 18, Leonard Robertson of the highway office. announced to- day. The plan is to widen this busy thor- oughfare between Twenty-ninth and Thirty-Afth streets from 50 to 60 feet The work will cost $97.400. The Com- missioners plan to lay a 7-inch con- crete base on M street, with a smooth granite block surface Three other important street widen- ing projects are authorized in the new appropriation act, but the ity heads have not decided how soon they will be undertaken. They are: Widen E street between Fifth and Thir- teenth streets northwest from 40 to 55 feet, $95.000; widen Bladensburg road between H and L streets to a| vidth of 60 feet. $30,000, and the west | side of Ninth street between New York and Massachusetts avenues by adding 12 feet to that roadway, $3.000 Under the terms of the new appro- priation act nearly a million dollars of the highway funds are made im- mediately available, which means that a considerable amount of new paving will be done during the Spring months, . street INAUGURAL SCENES SENT BY TELEGRAPH Pictures of Coolidge Taking Oath Sent by Wire to New York, Chicago and San Francisco. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March § Photo- graphs of the inauguration, includ- | ing a piocture of President Coolidge taking the oath, transmitted over | telephone wires of the American | Telephone and Telegraph Company, were received yesterday in New York, | Chicago and San Francisco in time for publication in late editions of the afternoon newspapers. Each photograbh was transmitted simultaneously from. Washington to the three cities, in about seven min- | utes. About an hour was consumed | at Washington and another in New York for developing, other processes. The photograph of Mr. Coolidge re- peating the oath of office was dis tributed to waiting newspaper men at the company's office here at 3:48 | p.m. The negative was actually re- ceived over the instrument here about an hour earlier, but officials postponed announcement of the ar- rival until prints had been made for the many waiting newspaper men The actual time of picture transmis- sion is seven minutes. A record run of 3 hours 40% minutes from Washington to New York ( miles) was made by a spectal train of the Pennsylvania Railroad chartered to rush moving picture films to this cify The traln consisted of an engine, one | passenger coach and a baggage car. The fiims were developed en route. printing and | MISCHA ELMAN TO WED. | 5 | ASHEVILLE, N. C, March 5.—The wedding of Mischa Elman, Russian- American violin virtuoso, and Mis Helen Katten of San Francisco will take place early in. May, according ‘to announcement here today by the violinist. The exact date of the wed- ding has not been designated. Miss Katten is a member of a Cali- fornia family. Elman, although of Russian birth, is now an American citizen, he said. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. EPISCOPAL. 18th, Between P’ Condu - - MISSION ST. THOMAS’ CHURCH Q, One Block East From Dupont Circle . DR. CLAMPETT of San Francisco, Cal., and Rome, Italy * ‘Hodvs of Service 7:30 AM., 4 and 8 PM. Don’t miss-the opportunity of fleari;lg this distinguished clergyman. cted by | strong. if not too masterly | help from the Coolidge COOLIDGE SPEECH PLEASES BRITONS Growing Ynited States Inter- est in World Affairs Seen in Address. By the Associsted Press. LONDON, Ma 5 Post The Liverpool Suardian igural continued and the Manchester find in President Coolidge’s laa address and growing American world affairs. They consider his restatement of be- lief in the need of American adhesion to the World Court, and his refetenca to the hope that infernational confer- ences may “frequent vals” of importance Europe T are dent felt the promise of a interest i outstanding Liverpool Post in the ad s the determination of the Presi to make his pers influence and declares that event e nal he ma to 1 energetic schemes for disarmanm and for securing Ame to the ternational be expected toward his nt conferences ica's adherence In ke steps protocol establishing ‘ourt of Justice Sees Trouble in Senate. The President’s chief troubles prob ably will with the Senate, the newspaper thinks, but concludes that may be more tractable to his than when “the good sen of Secretary Hughes was understood to inspire the President's attitude on foreign poltcy and related topies The Manchester be it body wishes it was Guardiar nt's “leve “his refusal to be hu buginess with an the wilder sort pays head ax the inaugural makes it ¢ ar that sympathy a dministration yrmula for which the himself urope n a in the effort to find peace’ on search President” explains he spent earnest thought HOBBS TO TAKE STAND. tha Prosecution Rests in Trial of Lon- don Blackmail Case. 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