Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1926, Page 19

L] RAILROAD FUTURE DECLARED BRIGHT Depew and CroWIey Speak at New York Central Centennial Pregram. e Associated Pres YORK A bieture iy “far moie n that of the past the principal s { a din nemmo the 100tk of the New York Centr: Itailroad Co., of which < hairman of the board and Mr. Crow- | in paying ribute to] Vanderbilt. to whose ef-| ributed the greater vart success. ew, who has beel ed with the road for 60 v nirked that he was onl rail hich at the time he b ciated with it, had only ek ‘I remember in the e ¢ suid, "¢ * % g stateme mile of new railway brought into tivating and production, 100,000 acres | o g land and it was 2 wonder. piciure to see these new com. munities and happy homes risi as the steel rails brou out of the wilderness into particip tion with civilization and the pros perity of the country.” First Work Is Slow. 1tes its his- | of the Mo- ad. which us of the New © became the nucle York Central lines, Mr. Crowley recounted that it five vears after the incorpor the Mohawk and Hudson before the first 17 miles of track were completed. From the humble beginnings 1 ha ned, Mr. Crowley sa £rown within a period of 100 ye the system known as ‘the New Central Lines,’ with 66 miles of | main line, gerving 12 States and the | q\\o dmos( populous provinces A_hundred Central can indus the bicenten tem, they hundred y of progres: r more wonderful than that of these first| hundred vears, which seetas so great | nd leaders of meet here to celebra upon ~ a f: from President Coolidge and Smith of New York congratd ng the road. upon the were read at the dinner. occasion | Other Ceremonies Held. i Ceremonies at. Albany and Sche-| nectady also were held in connection with the centenary At Albany, President Crowley un- veiled a tablet in Union Station com memorating the granting of the char- | ter 100 years ago. He also unveiled | another tablet at Schenectady, the Western terminus of the Mohawk and Hudson. A pageant of locomotives depicted the evolution of the steam engine. Headed by the Dewitt Clinton, which hauled the first train on the le run to Schenectady, August 19, 1531, | the string of iron horses included the famous “999,” holder of the un- broken speed record of 1123, miles an | hour and first pilot of the Empire State express. Later types of locomothes,| both steam and electric, followed in the order of their development. I itk e Favors Postal Rate Cut. The Senate post office committee | ordered vesterday a favorable report | on the Senate bill to reduce by 50 per cent postage rates on farm pro-| ducts mailed directly from farm, g , den, orchards or groves for delivery | at the post office from which the route | used starts. The reduced rates would be effective for three yea 'MANY CIVIC LEADERS | Reservations Indicate Representa- | Allen, | for the National Capital” will be the | New J | operates the *Weather Report” Filed in Code to Solar Expedition 1.913. Soon the cables will be carr i ze like that Bruk s, Southwest Africa, Washington It a code, om 0 but there is noth- is merely vort” tiled hond of the National Society tolar radiation expedition in cooperation with the Smith tonian Institution. : I means that the sun's radin- tion on the day in quesilon was 1913 calories ver square centi- fcter per minute. A “calorie” is the unit of heut mes therefore of solar radiation. One calon the amount of enersy requircd te raise one cubic cenii meter ¢f water 1 degree. By the dafly measurement of this | r variations over period o may be noted. These variation “ hold the key to future long-range weather fore- casting. “lorsepower” rement, and - TO ATTEND BANQUET tive Attendance at Monday Evening Club Affair. attendance of A representative and civic organ- members of social ations of the District at the thirtieth ary banquet of the Monday Club, to be held at Rau: tomorrow evening at 7 o'cloc is assured by reservations already | made with the banquet committee, 0 which Mrs. R. Thomas West is chair man. for the oc n were an- | Mrs. West today, as_fol-| s George A. Ricker, Mrs.| . . Chamberlain, Mrs, Walter S.| Ufford, Mrs. John Ihlder, Miss Mary Mrs. Edna_ Johnston, M LO\I]S oty nl-erg Mrs. Julius Lan h, Wilson, Miss Miss Mina C. Van! | A. Roberts and Mrs. nounced b | L Winkle, Mrs Olive Ross A Medern Social Service Program zenerai subject of discu: the t which the principal ad-| dress be made by Representa-; tive Begg of Ohio and Representative Fish of New York. Judge John Bar- . chairman of the American | will introduce the N \mmu.. those invited to the lmnqu('l the club < n of the Representative Zihl- . chairman of the Hduse District committec; Representative Moore of Virginia, ~Representative Iaton of Miss Grace Abbott, Jus tice Arthur C. Moses, J. Harry A. Leese and Gideon A. Lyon. —e At the age of 19 years Miss Freda Bliss of Mansfield, Mass., owns and rgest chic hatchery | New England. S ses from | 0,000 to 300,000 chicl Saul s Addition By Owner Sevenroom house, excellent condition. Bedroom and lava tory on first floor, two baths, large closets, instantaneous hot- water heater, slate roof, awn- ings, open fireplace, garage. 1314 Delafield St. An Old World Chateau With 20th Century Improvements What Could Be More Unique? | tandin; THE SUNDAY Senator Moses of New Hlmpfihh has offered an amendment to the public buildings’ bill pendin { authorizing a building for the United States Supreme Court in accordance with this design !kmfi Henry Bacon. yAMUNDSEN’S OLD SHIP GOING BACK TO ARCTIC Maud, Now Baymaud, to Be Uied| in Effort to Trap Rare White Fox in Far North. | Ly the Assoc Press. | VANCOUVER. B. C., April 17.—Up | on the shores of Boothia peninsula, | as close as It is possiblt to get to| the magnetic pole, the Hudson Bay Co's ship Baymaud, formerly the Maud, in which Roald Amundsen had hoped to drift_across the north nole a few vears ago, will establish | a fur trading post this year to secure rome of the famous iridescent-tipped white fox furs. samples of which came out last vear. Several islands northwest of Boothia peninsula are reported to have these foxes, which are very valuable. Tt is { the intention of the company to leave he Baymaud in the Arctic all nex Winter and she may end her days |in the waters where Amundsen tended she should operate when he {bulit her. | Definite planting of the British flag on all Canadian islands touched by the Baymaud also will be a feature of the trip. e | DANISH FLYER AT CANTON Lieut. Botved of Dopenhngen Nears | | Tokio, His Goal. CANTON, China, April eut. Botved, Danish av: from Copenhagen to Tokio, arrived here today. He reported having suf-| fered d > of Leavy rair The plane of Lieut He: . who started from Copenhagen with Lieut Botved. was wrecked in a forced | near Rangoon, Burma, on| ). — flying 17 to! April 3. I Dr. Clarence True Wilson of Metho- {of the board of temperance, prohibi- STAR. WASHINGT “A. P.” IS ABSOLVED OF PROHIBITION BIAS dist Board Disavows Any Reflection on Fairness. By the Associated Prese. NEW YORK, April 17.—Dr. Clar- ence True Wilson, general secretary tion and public morals of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, while in the city vesterday disavowed any inten. tion of charging that the reports of the Associated Press on the subject of prohibition were at times preju- diced. Statements reported to have originated with him where B Erpite an Basier Bindss, ban baen brought to his attention and, in a let- | ter disavowing such sentiments, he | sfon is that while these contemplated, they v made and I thought they were eliminated from many ad- | vance copies of my speech. I cer- tainly hope that this is true, as upon further examination I find them ab- solutely unjustified. receiving yvour letter gone fully in office and wi evidence that the were not actual T have to the evidence in our to say that I find this | conclusively demonstrates attitude of the Associated handling news relating to the | hibition polic nd enforcement been purely professional and en- | San thndor Archbuhop Dead. SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, April [¢ Archbishop | Antonio Adolfo Pe Aguilar, 87 .u.;hhl«l\op of San Salvador, died heu | today Republic of | Neufield T. 1926—PART 1 |SISTER REGINA LOMAX in the Senate, ed by the late WILL DISCUSS CHILDREN. | Welfare League to Take Up Prob-! lems at Conference. { Industrial, socla! and health aspects | of child welfare work will be consid- ered at the mid-Atlantic regional con- ference of the Child Welfare League America to be held in Richmond wursday and Friday. 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