Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1925, Page 8

8 : THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 10, 1925—PART 1 DENY NEARLDSS % 66K vowwaiep 1o 10 sams OF DREADNAUGHT o st | |—grmma—1 St et at His Usual Work in Flagship Staff Scouts Report | Office. | Maryland, Queen of Navy, eTies Aimost Capsized. | | | {Commands His Camp of Confederate Vet- | Br the Associated Pre erans. ABOARD U, T Hawaii, May 9.—The s | =hip Seattle received no report that Ninety-three years old tomorrow | B s and still going strong, Col. Lee Cran dall, 1822 Calvert street, is already | planning to celebrate his 100th birth- | day in 1932 when a great Federal | | memorial will celebrate the 200th | birthday of George. Washington. | v refers to the| Col. Crandall, who has worked for | following the | Uncle Sam more than 11 yéars with- | outside the ‘harbor t|out taking either an annual leave or lulu with the rest of the battle {¢jck leave. is full of “pep.” h.s eyes fleet, when the Maryland rolled so [twinkle when he talks and his eager heavily her quarter deck was under | hangg ges! water from a heavy swell and dragzed her anchor slightly necessitated the shifting of ancho but the ship was in no danger suffered no injury ate with a mervous COL. LEE CRANDALL. energy becoming in a man of 30 or 40. Tomorrow—his birthday—Col. Cran ;| dall plans to spend as usual, working | companies from Arkansas, two com- | elght hours or more, at his regular | panies from Missouri and one com- ‘.\’l’;;(hm.r|:2> ‘I‘Nm »\-hfimm a\'fex[\ue, «he; | pany from T a " L | office of the deputy collector of interna After the war, Col. Crandall was SAW KEEL, SAYS WITNESS. | evenue for Washington. He 18 not | connected with the New York Daily {due at his post until 8 o'clock, but 8 | Graphic, then the only daily illus - o'clock every morning finds him | (rated newspaper in the world, and SAN DIEGO, Calif The superdreadnau land, { promptly on duty. He spends every | in he was placed in charge of Ame powert ship. |day there, meeting the taxpavers office during the cen. rec 0| the District of Columbia as they file | tennial. Col. Crandall founded and | destru by, and {5 known to thousands for his | edited the National View in Wash out | Kindly smile, his ready wit and his|ington until 1894, when he went to tran | plentiful long. flowing white hair. Arizona, taking an active part in eral mo . With* ¥ | the polities of that day, and being | crushe Stays With' Youngest. a close friend and cou ! Oahu man of remarkable vitality, ( W. P. Hunt, who W the ndall goes through each rush Governor of the State, and now the quarterly income-tax payin ucceeded himself four times. ifonolulu. | periods with the youngest.in the es | Crandall came from Arizona to Wash. officer which a According se 1l reports, | tablishment and stands on his feet all | ington and was appointed to the In the A dimage of {day long. serving the tax rs. ternal Revenue Bureau about 11 more $150.000 and. narrowly | Asked . how he preserved his ur-| years ago. escaped turning turtle, with heavy 1oss | banity, his disposition and most of | Col. Crandall's physical strength at {all his health at this age, Col. Cran-| his age has been a wonder to his wceording to the [dall replied: friends. This was demonstrated most mbers of her crew | “Be cheerful. Don’t worry. Cut| markedly during the funeral of Presi hip West Virginia, [out thinking of sickness and de dent Harding, when Col. Crandall, in iere on the Henderson. | Live the Golden Rule. Be temperate. his warm Confederate uniform of bital 'ship to anchor | Be moderate in eating.” colonel, went on foot the full length o d On this simple formula this young-| of the line of rch from the White coming *to | old man continues to live in a spirit | House to the Capitol Building, with. rest in-shore, [of content and satisfaction that has|out faltering. He was among those er, it is|long younger per-|who helped to pick up vetarans of degrees. | are of health, | the World War who had fallen out of yvered her quar- | - | line when overcome by the heat. flooded the | anchor terdeck. Ton fection and longevity i‘l enjoy them all.” ST Bht that the Confederate Honor. ey Eoicntens Dl |MAY ASK HIGHER GAS TAX. | | tid one of the men who watched the | In his ninetysecond vear another | thrilling scene from the deck of the |honor came to Col. Crandall in being = ship keeled |elected commander of Camp | 1ld see the |United Confederate Veterans, apse before | which he takes a deep interest 7 Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 9.—A 1-cent lincrease in the gasline tax probably West ove: keel the sk . only to list| Having fought the Northern rur.-.w‘\\\fll be recommended to the next again ; degree when |in his gray uniform under “Stone-|Legislature by State Roads Commis- sideswiped 1 nber | wall” * Jackson, and having been | ioner Mackall. The money would go e now an vea Without wait mission, Capt. F. H Wl for per-|wounded at Port Republic )t the | rounding out his nonagena to eliminate all grade cre sings on Maryland under way, pulling out her | serving the Government which once [State roads, in accordance with a anchors to escape further danger | he _opposed | plan agreed upon by Mackall and the Alarmed at the narrow escape of| Col. Crandall has known many |railroad companies which operate in the Marviand, the commanders of the |public men of his day and says he re-|the State. It calls for equal division other ha chor and | members personally every President [of the $20,000,000 expenses of brids- | but even | Since Grant |ing or tunneling the crossing: Tt was soon after Louisiana seceded | The increase would force every {from the Union that voung Lee. a |motorist to pay 3 cents tax on every | resident of Louisiana, was chosen cap- | gallon of gasoline he buys. n of the Rapides Invincibles and | It would vield about $1,000,000 ordered to Camp Moore, La. Serving |year to the State and would average hrough the early part of the war as |in increased gasoline cost about $4 a aptain of Company I, Sth Louisiana Infantry, Lee Crandail took part in the first battle of Bull Ri Spring of 1862, when G Jackson began organi ley campaign, he detailed Capt. Cran dall to report to him for special serv- ice. CGen. Jackson's first battle w with ridiculous ease | wiih Gen. Banks, who was d defenses™ of Oahu | jarpers Ferry. With Gen.-Jack made by the re-|then (apt. Crandall moved up the val other men had a small boat heavy seas, men et on the Hen year to every motorist narrow escape were wrecked by s from the reported n. ing 0 marines from Quan- who comprised the force ard the The Ambassador 1750 16th St. Apartments in highgrade building on fashionable 16th St. 24-hour elevator and telephone service. Apartments contain 3 rooms, bath and porch. Convenient to bus line and two car lines. - Representative on premises. ticers. ley of Virginia, followed by Gen. F mont, who was defeated at Cross Key ackson then crossed the river, and the Confederate forces defeated 5. Sheilds at Port Republic, where Capt. | Wiiistleston. Pigeon's: Tails; . [Crayaiitpwas swounded . G With Lee at Richmond. 1 such a way that | Crandall was with Jackson when v plaintive m s [he went on tosRichmond and joined rd. The whistle with Gen. Robert E. Lee, in defeating bamboo and the music | G feint toward a Oahu and landed point o the M are th ed may Le heard even | Promoted to major of cavalry, Cran- t B nce from the ground. The | Price’s forces at Little Rock, whervn‘ - L. Rus! ompany whistles are very light and do not|after a few months' special servic 912 15th St. N.W. M. 6888 | tmped pigeons nor cause them |he was chosen colonel of the 47th The Big U. S. Bureau of ing an 16(h and Printing. | Our electrie fixtutes contiact I fixtures, $4,500. as $17,895. Home for Incurables on Wisconsin Ave. Lighted thruout by us. as shown here C. A. Muddiman Co. 709 13th St. i One Door Above G St. Est. 1888 Phones, Main 140 and 6436 %E —have filled the biggest contracts of lighting # for any building in this city, and are new at | work on the largest job of electric wires and fixtures ever given out. 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