Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1925, Page 5

URGES COMMISSION T0 PLAN FOR D.C. Senator King Addresses As- | sociation of Oldest Inhab- itants’ Banquet. D J. Kaufn‘larh Inc. 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 pa. AVC. Creation of a commission to prepare 4 plan for the development of the Nationul Capital advocated by | Senator William M. King of Utah in #n address at the sixtieth anniversary {banquet of the Association of Oldest “Come On” ! Inhabitants of the District of Columbia at the Franklin are Hotel last night. 4 The address of tor King was the climax of a zram in which cer Washingtonians called s that have Sq We're all set for the final rush; and don’t forget to re- fresh yourself with those nice crisp “doughnut and “See morning”! And in the midst of these reminis cences the oldest inhabitants paused to pay honor to the memory of their 7 comrades who died during the year. {Following an annual custom. there | was placed on the banquet table u | white flower for each associate who | was called by dexth. H The gathering stood | bowed while Secretary .. holes” | read the roll. as folu 10tes S. D. Boss, Frederick | 1. Gec “sweet cider.” 1. ‘\fliif:ll‘,y;' | A the with b Eliot Wright Swett | Ottern, annell Rogier. G Thorpe. James Whie. S, Dana Dermady, Van Ars homas W John 1 Martin )01, s | W. Evans, . Oyster. { Lincoln Henry J dale. John Ruckey Ruppert, Enoch 1. Juliue Husle, Bradly. J T. Tenn Milton Henry Lansbursh, { Wiezand, John H. Mazruaer The assoclation w addressed by r A. Fen e m»hurlsd hen ientioned the fact ing’s appointment had been confirm d by the Senat The membe: #lso were enter ociate and correspondin John MeCarthy. who read [hmm\ of the growth of the i tlon nce its formation, on December 7. 1865, together with an outline of the high ideals for which it has stood Vice President Bryan. in pening the program. extended a welcome on ‘M\hdlf of the gathering to Theodore Nove: president of the associa who recently returned from to forelgn shores | A touch of the patriotic spirit al { ways present at gatherings of the | organizatior to the meet ing when all stood joined in re leiting the Amer Creed and in singing “‘America. John Clagétt Proctor, poet laureate of the association, read an original poem, dedicated to the Ebbitt House one of Washington's oldest hostelries which is soon to give wayv to an e tensive structure for the National Press Club. association ir vetrean secretary + brief st Day Specials All at one price! | rion. visit 1.500 Silk-and-Wool ‘ TIES J 69c 3 for 82 | iven and n's Opposes D. (. as State. In advocating a commission to pre e a comprehensive plan for the development of the city. Senator King ressed the helief that some of the | attractiveness of the District already { had heen marred by cheap co ruc | tion in certain sections. The Senator declared |he does mot always asree with the people here. he ha en as much attention to the needs of Washington | %< Pe has to the problems of his‘own | state “1 don't agree with those whe think the District should be a State.” said Senator Kins. vears ago and | was told that when they were having trouble there the zovernment of Germany did not have power to bring in soldiers. I would never vote to surrender control of the Federal Government over the District. “There is much to he said in favor of the District havinz a Representative Delezate in the House of Repre-| nd vet the views of the are made known vocally otherwise to members of Con- I have many people calling on about District matters, and 1 {1inow that the same is true of other members of the District committees of Congress. that, while 500 Boxcs Initial HAND'K'FS (3 in a box) 69;. 3 boxes, $2 Says Growth Will Continu This is our city as well as It is the Capital of the greatest repub. |tic in the world and we are interested ‘u\ it. We want to see the finest tvpe {nf architecture developed here. 1f I {had my way I would not permit some ! veal estate men and others to control 5“” 1 (it to the extent they have in the past | 1' Paxrs | 'nd dextroy its heauty by cheap apart- ment houses and business blocks. v 50 | What “\n the situation here be in > ? enue will be | 1.200 Pairs Silk-and-Wool HOSE Senator King's Address. In beginning his addre: Senator King said he wanted to give recog nition to the long and valuable serv- y &, president of the asso- c ciation, has rendered to the City of | Washinzton. 3 for 32 pure Sl“( sidential street ‘nnnecu"u( avenue is now being de There are too many little cheap | subdivisions with no co-ordination be- tween them and the original plan of Washington. I sometimes wish the title had been reserved by the Fed- eral Government and leases made to C | those who warted to build, with re ! strictions to preserve the origin: | plan. The District never was ioteden " i to be a commercial city. 3 parrs, 52 | “If we carry out the original plan 1 will vote larger sums for the develop. | ment of the Capital than if you make | it a cheap commercial city.” I am in | favor of extending the power of the | park commission or of creating a sep. arat= commission to formulate a plan for the beautification of the city and then adhere to it. Senator King declared there need he no fear for the future of Washington. People, he said. always will come here hecause it ix the center of all govern mental activity. It is impossible, ne | continued, to retard the growth of the | National Capital “There is no_man upon whose ad- | { The Willard ) Gifts Boxed Free " Special “COME ON. LADY" : Christmas Dinner Monry‘s Worth or Mcney Back D.J.Kaufman!’ Inc. 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 Pa. Ave. Will Be Served in Crystal Room Noon to 9 P.M. $3.50 Per Cover ‘I was in Berlin two | THE rely more than that of Mr. Noves on local matters,” caid Sen ator King. *I have found him al- ways disinterested, seeking only the welfare of the city as a whole along vice 1 N | move, and has never The = ator devoted part of his address to the condition of the world zenerally and dwelt upon the ‘lue« i on, “Are we really “Intellectual saved a nation or a ma from Utah asserted vests on morals and ciples as personified dignified and zlorified fixion on does wealth wealth sometim things mo: Senator America has no foes from without, that our only foes are ourselves. If the people Lkeep Christian ldeals before them, he | said, the Nation will prosper. In this | connection the Senator said the mem- < of the Oldest Inhabitants’ As tion can render service by im pressing the proper ideals upon younger men. Outlines Association’s Objeets. In his foreword Vice I'residant Bry vecountad Lriefly the history of the ociation. At its formation. he said the association had 20 charter mem bers. Today it has 451 membexs, and of that number, he recalled, 18 have | passed the aze of 85 years and 5 have | entered the 305 Maj. 8. Willard Saxton, 96 vea the veteran of them all, and was cheered us he responded to the invitation of the toastm; Mr. van also mentioned Owen Edgar, 45 vears: Judge Charles 8. Bundy, 94, and Louis A. Dellwig and S. F. Kynex, each 90 years old W declared the purposes of sociation are to cement and strengthen the interests and associa tions arisinz out of a common resi dence for a long period in the locality, to keep alive and press matters of local historic interest niscencas of the past and paternal communion ent and the future. Fenning Discusses “Federal City.” Commissioner Fenninx told zatherin; ince he took office the X months s he has hee s on the point brought out b, King, namely, that i Federal City and all of its problems have I uspect. Even the jon of traffic control, he said. has ational aspect he becanse of the large numbers of visitors never he Senator al progress =fous prin Christ and his_cruci. A N rel in by old, was present ) the pres who come hout the room. Commis ning named many members sciation who hive been hi quaintances and he recall ed pleasant memories of their 5 triendship. The conciudinz speaker thy, who told the story ociation from its organiz present. He snoke in was Mr. of the tion to the 1 follows McCarthy's Story of Organization. This association s diff many particulars from the ordinery issociation of pioneers, old seitlers, patriarchs and those under other names. We uare simply inhabitant caring not where one is born or raised. To be an inhabitant is enough. We are very broad in every respect. Jew and Gentile, rich and poor, are equally ompetent for membership, and equ Iy respected, providinz they are re- spectable and comply with the qualifications, t was not until 1886 that the as- ation had a permanent home. and this came through the beneficence of one of our distinzuished membe Mr. W W, Corcoran also deeded to the asso rent free * suitable r as then known 1= the ¢ Buildinz, now the e of the Hotel Wash ( was occupied until 1911, when the od inted the rded by that ‘prince Americans.” Theodore Roosevelt, | and came into its possession, as the | successors of the Volunteer Firemen's Mo ent in Marked Progres< Noted. “It was during President Allison ncumbency of the presidency marked prog- ress was made us far as the num-| ber of members is concerned, and it will be remembered by many of the| older members here tonight that he | had a wondertul helper in Mr. Croshy S. Noves, then the first vice and father of our now presidi In 18 and in 1 From then and now number “The association has had two mem he who passed the century mark Aduring thew membership—Dr. W. M Starr and Mr. W Sirth have several members whe ing for that honor and h tonight several of the ate: among them Maj. 5. Willard Saxton who has entered into his ninety-zev. cnth year. General Betterment Promoted. ‘What has the : better things or ning right? Many. iation done to | kecpinz them run- many things O. J. DeMOLL Xmas Savings Checks Cashed : ¥ @ g FOR DAD EASY CHAIR Priced at $25 to $100 FOR DAUGHTER Writing Desk 524 to $200 ¥ v ¥ e It i fi atE SOOI OEOIC Book Troughs priced from. .. End Tables priced from. : Bridge Lamps priced from Phone Stands priced from Radio Cabinets priced from ing Desks priced from.. EVENING STAR. | vlace, | on the map. | ohserved and Dirthday. than any other a more than all kept up A co tion on_the ington Monument. evesore and and subscribed and pu mto. position in the morial stone certifying to its pleasure Placed Flag o “1t was this ¢ ized alone s ordained by law cesstully agi tolling when universally v to say, in_disrespect The Rev lections were . Haynie Swanton, Armstrons Cooper. William ¥ Henry 1 Charles Georg Fowler h Hilton. dall, W //W/ 707777777, w e v | DEMoL Twelfth and G Streets Last-Minute Xmas Suggestions Secretary Desks and Ladies’ We Guarantee to Deliver Any Article Purchased Here Tomorrow, Including WASHINGTON, D. ¢ it has kept the Fourth of July Similarly, it_has always honored Washington's sncouraged every good failed, when it o pay its re t has DIXIE ANTICIPATES WHITE CHRISTMAS \c...lutn;\‘South Prepares to Bundle Up as Early Snow Invades Various Points. mually for disgrace, alls of the monument a me- Public Schools. ciation that organ forward, almost in its advocacy, the movement put the flag on our public The regrettable thing about and carried By the Associated Press ATLA . December Dixie today was preparing to flp!lvd : 8 ~ U the kind of Christmas it often reads that it was not until 1891 that labout but experiences only about once ol b s o Stactide in a blue moon—a white Christma e aw“;'m",f T i Snow flurries were reported at sev- ! T e e while one or two told of | bell by all steam craft | Mount Vernon, once rved, but now. I am | it has fallen somewhat and nonobservancc.” invocation was delivered C.E Fultz, DD Vocal rendered by Willard . companied at the piano by t wa the . of passin A temperatures ranzed from at Louisville 1 | at ioth these readinzs were unofficial at 1 o'clock this morning: Atlar as belleved to be the far thest Yhern point reporting snowfall. There were light flurries | here yesterday Snow at Louisville started carly . | vesterday and ceased sbout midafter present [0Bows: | hoon. Various points in Kentucky o Irenning. Jesse | ported temperatures early last 1 | . Wales, Charles | from 15 10 18 degrees and a snowfall JMarry N. Stull, W. Liof from 1 1o 3 inches. Torbert. W. Spence Memphis had snow until about noon . Bennett, Lester A v and reported a temperatirs Louis_Ber- Lm. H. Berg snow at Knoxville Willlam ure dropped to 1f hour. | Nashville was shivering with 19 dn rees and no snow at 1 o'cloc morninz. Snow flurries durin hi and @ thermometer 21 degrees at 1 w.m, Chattannozs by Jist of those r F. A George R. R. V Baker. . W Birch, dson but the t the same “A. Cooper. Wendall E ‘ooper. William D. Crammond harles W Duary Frank W. Dowl Detweiler Itev. J dames L. Dunham Julian (" Davis, Fred E el John Joy nmerich. John vin K. Pywell J iamilton 1. Rothrock, A. Schilli eorze Spransy. W. A. Smith, Odell | <mith, Joseph P. Stephenson ol Smith, Maj. S. Willard Saxton, W. Summy. William Steep John, Dr. William Tindall. H. G. | Matthew Trimble. \\,.qnn.i C. H. Venable. ( v Weber, W. L. Wilkinson w Wehh, Lewis Winters, John F. Woodworth, J. Eliot. Wright, George Wright John M Youns Clazett Proctor Duhamel Em Joseph | Vi b Hartis Harper stian Heurich, D, muel W Karl Heurich. Alfred Holmead S, Hutchinson, Fdwacd e J.H. Houston tsracl Johnson. J. 1. Keefes A, Kinz. 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