Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1926, Page 19

123,000 AT SESQUI FOR OPENING DAY Philadelphia Expects Millions| to See Exposition During Next Six Months. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-—Phila delphia today assumed the role of host | the world with the opening of the Sesquicentennial. A program of events | been arranged for the | next six months that is calculated to draw visitors from the four corners of the globe. The gates of the exposition mark inz the 150th anniversary of American freedom were thrown open yesterday an impressive cere- ny in'the municipal stadium. High ofticials of city te and Nation - ticipated and the guests included rep- resentatives of many foreign govern Some Buildings Not Ready. On the 1,000 e site, which four months ago was a marsh, stand five bition ha' 10 speci: t houses and nearly 1.000 sn 1 uctures. Only a few of the build: | s are completed. but many of them, | ixing exhibits depicting the pros. | s of many countries of the world | Wl literature, science and industry | For the last 130 vears, were vt receive the millions of visitors expect el during the ix months. . \ steady st through the Liv, but the e the exact number. ¥ d between 100,000 z Cabinet Members 5 that the exy in_its > of Amer- A renewed ti bouniy of America’s | erco Her- was a | ociation | the ex the exposi Fuest of the exposition vesterday Both oke form: ‘T like to thir sald Sccretary auguration « exposition t3 which has its foundat and history of 150 vears will represent In its completion the achievement of a virile and versatile people, dedicated to the peaceful pur- Suits of art. commerce and industry. ceremony.” | the in e which this an edifice ns in the pride and which is ncestral Spirit. e to the people | States of celebrations | commemerating _great history, lies in the live the spirit ancestors in of the United such as this, moments in our fact that they keep which animated o their strugzla ‘or ‘ndependence and that they constantly bring to the mind of the present generation the benefits of that representative’ e mocracy under which. for nearly a century and a half, we have enjoved that blessing of liberty and the sta- bility and sacurity of law."” Declaring that America had held fast to the declaration of liberty and human rights and those principles of governmer* enunciated in the Declara- tion of Independence and promulzated in the Constitution of the United Mr. Kellogg said that at heart n had not changed and tha onged for, “we they have not ve are will tain those things which they fought for.” Embodies Best Relations. “That no nation. however.” he added, “is more reluctant than our own to enter war has been shown forcibly by our stimulation and par- ticipation in all forms of international | gatherings for the maintenance of peace and for the finding of methods for putting an end to war. However, in the last analysis, this meeting in Philadelphia is the sort of interna- tional gathering that we really prefer ions come togzether to show @ < in friendly r to stimulate their le and try to make them stood by their neighbors Like history, each cup repeats itself! Ronsted RIGHT here in Washington The L 4 Chicago to St. Paul and Minneapotis World-famous train on the pioneer railroad from Chicago to the North- west—the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. More people travel on it than on any other train between Chicago and St. Paul-Minneapolis. No train anywhere excels it in com- forts, conveniences or meals. All its equipment, including the Club Car, Sleeping Cars, and Dining Car, and the service, is distinctively “Milwau- kee.” Take it on your next trip! Write, or call on our Travel Experts for full details and held in planning your erip Geo. J. Lineoln General Agent C.M. & 8t. P. Ry. 1309 Finance Bids. Phones Rittenhouse m&mw | 8 UM T S0AC-LLICTRF L0 55676 {10 2 cemetery ORDERED TO VISIT GRAVES Sentenced at Sur- lon, Freed for Holiday. (#).—Hold- 75 “drunks"” vesterday, Municipal Judge David | Moylan ordered them to visit the; graves of mothers friends and take the “pledge he defendants arrested Sunday night. Judge Moylan held court so they might not d the holiday in jail. ‘I want every one of you today,” he vour mothers are buried here visit the | graves and vow that you will never | drink again. The rest of you take the pledge at the grave of a friend.” June 1 urt” for c we to go It through their exhibits and friendly in- |2 tercourse, that indeed is the happlest form of international gathering.” A warning that the American Na- tion stands in need of a moral and piritual reawakening if it is to main- tain its present position in the world and withstand the dangers that beset it sounded by Secretary Hoover. Mr. Hoover declared that the dan- gers of America today are not eco- nomic or foreign, but “lie in the pos- sible submergence of the moral and spiritual by our great material suc- tel W st cel Reviews Nation’s Progress. *Mr. Hoover reviewed the many changes that have manifested them- selves in the life of the Nation since the Centennial Exnosition was held here in 1876, ° Nation,” he sald, “has been gre: blessed b ty providen ¢, and any recount- of these I -ssings must be ad- ed in grat ude to that guldance en our pec e, Recalling : .me the inventions overics made in sclence and stry dui.ng the past half centur . Hoover mentioned the steam-tur- vs, moving pictures, refrigeration, the ter, the harvester, the . the automobile, the dio. i Politically we have gained greatly | national unity,” he continued. | “This great experiment in democracy | demonstrating the hopes, the | vs and the wisdom of its found- | Our natio institutions have | grown stronger and the resolute spirit | or o democracy dedicated to an equal ity of opportunity among men has not diminished, but has gained in strength. | We have risen in power and influence | among nations until no foreign danger | threatens our shores. | Fears Disrespect of Laws. | “Morally we have made gains to- | ward a higher plane in the conduct | of our commerclal relations. In many particulars we show Improve- ment in the conduct of our national ind local government, though we suf- fer a national misfortune in the grow- ‘ ing disrespect for law. “Our dangers today are not eco- nomic or foreign: they lie in the possible submergence of the moral spiritual by our great material And if this exposition and ny conferences and congresses to be held here serve to stimulate the moral and spiritual sense of our peo- will have served a great and Re tu Ar sel in American University afternoon on the campus at Massa- chusettes and Nebraska avenues. formed in tory prepa versity THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, CONVOCATION HELD AT ANERCAN L. orner Stone o( Battelle Me- morial Building Laid by Bishop Hamilton. RS onvocation of w held this 1 The twelfth annual | At the academic procession e Hurst College of His- ory to visiting the Bat- lle Memorial Building. Bishop John ". Hamilton, ex-chancellor of the uni- was chosen to lay the corner one of the Battelle Memorial. The annual convocation address was red by Dr. Edward T. De- ntrepid Scholarship.” Dr. Earl Woodever conducted the o'clock Dr. Luclus Charles Clark, chan- llor, presided. Walter F. Sheiton acted as chief marshal, being assisted by the following aides: George L. Con- ner, Arthur Gerth, Willlam Warner and Herman McKay, Charles Pergler, sland Parrish, Three Fellowships Awarded. Three fellowships are to be awarded Swift Foundation, Lowell Bres- tel, Hazzard, to study New Testament rsity of Edinburgh; the Mas. Toundation, Edward Killoran . to study comparative litera. re at the University of Paris; Carl rthur Pollock, to study natural ience at the University of Oxford. The following candidates were pre- sented for degrees: Bachelor of political science—Am- BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS Commencing January 1, 1926 Assets Over $12,000,000 Surplus, $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. Temporary location during _construe- tion of our new bldg.. 1004 E St. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. 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Smith\of 210 Clarendon avenue, and Mr. Snith today is thanking a shower of westerday afternoon for saving him {irom serious injury or possible death. Mr, Smith “fu-l burning the rubbish in the rear of*his grounds. He had gone to the howse to get another bar- rel of trash foe! the fire and it was while he was @waiting the end of the rain that the explosion occurred. Besides diggingi a great hole in the ground, the expldsion sent. tin s, old wood and oth\r pleces of m fiving in all directhns. An old piece of skate barely mA'ssed a woman a hundred vards away Boys In the neighborhood threw some light on the possible cause of the explosion. They \say that several months ago two of gheir friends, in| HKERXEXEXZXEXEXEIEXEEXEXEXEXEXEXER RS some unexplained way} came into pos- | session of two big shef's. The father! at the District Building. JUNE 1, 1926. of one of the youths took possession of one of the shells and to get it out of harm’s way carrled it to his office, This_inci- dent, it will be remembered, started rumors at that time of a “mysterious stranger leaving a bomb in the Dis trict Building." The other boy, who formerly re- sided at the Smith home, the story goes, fearing parental scolding, buried his shell, and it is generally believed that Mr. Smith started his rubbish fire atop the hidden explosive Pioneer Graduate Dies. NATCHEZ, Miss., June 1 (#).—Mrs. Martha Farrar, 95 vears old, gradu- ate of the Eliz: demy near Natchez, died yest: She lived longer than any member of a class of women said to be the first of their sex In the' world to receive college degrees. t Shortage of hands is delaying cot- ton picking in Argentina, and part of the crop may be*lost is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It kills the germs. THIEVES USE COAL HOLE. $50 Taken From Temple of Wash. ington Hebrew Congregation. Thieves entered the temple of the ssation and 50 from a cash drawer in the Washington Hebrew Con; through a coal hole last n stole offic zht The robbery was reported to police | by Joseph Abel, 1454 Clifton street retary of the congregation id entry might have been made Sun ay night. ADOLPH KAHN President He 19 NEW CARDINAL PREDICT—ET) Mgr. Van Roey May Be Named ot Consistory June 21. ROME, June 1 (#). —Cardinal Merrs Val has been appointed papad legate to the Franciscan centenary., which will be held at Assizi on O tober 4. - La Tribuna says that a third card: ,| nal will be created at the consistory on June 21, possibly Mgr. Van Roe -| newly appointed archbishop at Ma' lines ARTHUR J. EUNDLUN Treasurer MEMBERS OF AMSTERDAM DIAMOND EXCHANGE ‘Aalkndne. 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