Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1926, Page 7

HOME T0BE BEC Mrs. Coolidge to Turn First Shovelful of Earth for Buildings Tomorrow. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge fomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock will turn the first shovelful of earth for the new building of the Washington City Or phan Asylum on Nebraska avenue. Hill Crest, as the institution will be known, will be situated on a mag nificent tract of 131 acres just east of Mount Vernon Seminary, but the school will retain its century-old corporate name the' Washington City Orphan Asyium With its history are wrapped gome of the oldest and finest ditions of the National Capital, & names like Dolly Madison and other omen who dominated the social L 100 vears ago. nonies v ors vium, of which Mrs. aunders, Mrs. g rk Kauffn A wright, ) Andrew Colt,” Miss_Carric enning. Mrs Mrs. lhu. e M A and | p ame year interested 4 number Wiashington women establish an orphans them, Mrs, J then Pr Cong ind in 18 W ‘lum, amons wife of United a charter was made esident of the rs, though she i Mis. and head Madison pre: to the asylum, th her interest in the physic the child inmates. Mrs. gave the land for the first a ge site on I Ninth and Tenth the child Corcoran Gave ' The City no permanent large tract of knd ot Pour-| and S stree v . Orphi ome a block take apitol when by the British o | ! eign office In those streets in W try roads wer passable. Whil ment was in occt mote quarters, questio; In 1875 or 1876 ' into its own buildi re v the time, but unfit for institution a large help. n funds available. NEW OFFICIALS TAKE TAKOMA PARK REINS Mayor Ben G. Davis. Town Clerk for 25 Years, Announces Council Committecs. — | | A - Taff made o brief address to the new mayor and the council and town offic those present at former Mayor J innear, who 20 vears ago last ni: relinquished the office. Ben. ;. Davis, the new mavor, who was sworn in a few days ago at Rtockville, Md.. then ceded 1o or | ganize the council, three members of which were elected with hin last month. The new members are Capt. Charles V. Johnson, I. . Crittenden ard M. D. Finch, postmaster of | Takoma Park. The three retiring members, Lloyd W. Riddle, I°. D. B, Austin and Willlam A. Kroll, were also present to extend congratulations to the new officials. The purpose of night was to org appointments. Ma served the town for clerk and treasurer. announced the appointment of Maj. William Fischer as_superintendent of publ works and Bryan Davis as town clerk and treasurer. Both appointments were ratified by the council. A num er of matters pertaining to the f ture expansion of the town were dis- russed, as well as many important public’ improvements which will re: celve the attention of the council in the near future. The following committees were an nounced by Mayor Davis: Finance, Councilmen Rogers, Adams and Cri tenden; streets, Councilmen Johnson itogers and Adams; health, Counc men_Salisbury, Finch and J ordinance, Councilmen § Salisbury and Finch; civic improv ment, Councilmen Adams, Johnson and Rogers, and police, fire and lights, Councilmen Finch, Crittenden and Salisbury. The council as at present consti- tuted includes H. ¥ John R. Adams, Dr. E. G. e Charles V. Johnson, and M. D. Finch. Former Slave, 126, Dies. LOS ANGELES, June 8§ (#).— Allen, who was a middle aged negro “mammy”’ on a plantation in Ken- tucky before the Civil War started, is dead here. She dled yesterday at the home of her daughter. According to the only figures obtainable, she was born years ago near Louls- wville. the meetir meeting lasi nounee | who as town gl 8o vast has been the improvement in engine boilers and fireboxes that . the puwer derived from a pound of iU “!qone most things through his well has said what he thought. bama Member to Re- tire in March to Vir- zinia Home. ] 1Only T show » in Congress Can Longer Record of Service. By Consolidated Pross. He has so completel Limself since those days two yea ugo. when the rafters of old Madison rden were vinging with the for Underwood,” ilized that the of Senator Os- Alubama 1s 1 close. Senator | rom public life Like John Sharp ppi, who said he aller dawg bayin’ than’ rexanin longer in ates Senate, i Un- loubtedly few { long o jat the moon { the United & T derwond is u | that the o tom raiment &lo Oscar Underwood belongs to the old He came when Grover Cleve- as in the White House. There has been a long procession of Presi- dents since then - McKinley, Roose- velt. Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge ‘There are only two men in Congress who were here when Oscar Undes wood came. Senator Warren of Wyo- minz, dean of the Senate, is one, and Representative Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin, dean of the House, is the Senator Warren first came to nate in 189036 vears ago. Mr. ame to the ilouse in 1893. Underwood came to the House in 5 and served there until 1915. When irch 4 next, he will ars in the Senate. of the opinion is but a phan. . cloak of departed Speaker when st took his oath » uphold and defend the Constitution against all its enemies from within or without, Suctessively he served under Speaker David B. Henderson, “Uncle Joe” Cannon and Champ Clark, who I was in the chair when Mr. derwood’s constituents transferred him to the Senate. 1t will be seen from this that Mr. Underwood has served his country through an interesting span of hi tory, but he is done with it all now. He has bought a great manor house and estate down the Potomac River, and when he takes the papers from desk in the Senate chamber next March he is going to retire to the Classic shades of old Virginia and de- | vote himself to reading, and possibly to the writing of a book or two. Ala- which on more than one occa- ght to honor him with the the presidency, is loath to lose her “first citizen” but Mr. Underwood feels that in Virginia he will find greater seclusion than would he possible at “home” and, furthermore, he will be removed from | all further political “threats™ or temp- | tations Delik ately and calmly, as he has Mr. Underwood is removing from the zonmes of political nd ambition. He is retiring nd com Tt will be indeed, at the next Demo- tic national convention not to hear Alabama start the long roll with her, htul votes for Underwood filled lif { himseif activit ‘ever Expected Nomination. senior Senator from Alabama seriously_entertained hopes of : the White House. For one| felt he always was too This was a trait which 3y s friends and sup- Vorters “down home,” but it was not tonducive to getting a presidential nomination. Osear Underwood always Political hypoerisy has been abhorrent to him and he would not stoop to it. Because he lived in the busy indus- trial atmosphere of Birmingham and icker than many of his South- ants in Congress to grasp was bursting nd industrial er the fact that the South into great business d center, with interests akin to those of the North and with a prosperity bound un with other sections of the Mr. Underwood was written < ago as a representativ “the interests.” He was, indeed, a representative of “the interests,’” but | the interests were those of his home nd State. 5 outh still is ‘“‘cursed in Con- 1 some representatives who | live in a departed era, who have no appreciation of the changes the vears ve wrought in_their own -section and who are harping upon the issues of 40 years ago. | Conservative in Views. 1 Oscar Underwood admittedly has been a conservative. His whole life, public and private, has been one of conservatism. Despite the conserva- tism of his views, however, he be- came by power of brain and per- snality the leader of his party, first the Ho! nd then in_the Senate — Smith’s Drug Store 7th and O Streets N.W. Is a Star Branch Your Classified ads for The Star will re- ceive prompt attention through any of the Branch Offices — one of which is in your neighborhood— whether you live in town or the nearby suburbs. Fecl perfectly free to avail yourself of their convenience. They serve without fees of any kind. Only regular rates are charged. The Star prints MORE Classified ads every day than all the other papers here combined. Results tell why. “Around the Corner” is Star Branch Office. coal today is nearly three times as prual i it was 30 vear: tge. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, {DERWOOD’S SENATE CAREER IS RAPIDLY DRAWING TO CLOSE SENATOR _UNDERWOOD. lle attained the rare distinction of having a tariff bill named for him. Some two years ago Mr. Underwood gave up his leadership. That was the first step in his retirement. He had served as a_member of the American delegation at the arms conference con- vened by President Harding in 1921, and a few harping critics claimed this had stopped Mr. Underwood from bold criticism of the administration a prerequisite of an opposition lead- er. So Mr. Underwood gave up the title. ‘There was little to lead, as he saw it. The Democrats were pulling v and then the other, asso ciating and conniving with the dis- gruntled eclements of the Republican party instead of setting forth-a pol- icy of thelr own. There has been nominal leadership since Mr. Underwood stepped down, but divided councils agzin besei the party. On March 4, next, the United States loses one of the best brains it has ever had. ; R. 1 RHINE EVACUATION LODMINGAS S5 Germany Repoljted Preparing Request for Reduction in Allies’ Forces. By Cable to The Star and New York World. PARIS, June 8.—A report from London that Germany is preparing an official request for a reduction in the effective troops of the allies oc- cupying the second and third Rhine- land zones has caused some disquiet | here. It is belleved that the ques- | tion will be raised before the admis- sion of Germany to the League of Natlons. It !s feared that at that time the Reich will ask for more, pos- sibly complete evacuation. Germany would invoke article 431 of the Versallles treaty, to which, i Germany fulfills all her engagements under the treaty within 15 years the occupational troops are to be with- drawn. As a member of the league, with a permanent seat in the council, | it is considered that Germany might | argue that the allies should conside: her as having fulfilled her obligations, | while as for her financing engage- ments, so long as she conforms to the | Dawes plan she could claim to be be- | yond reproach. French nationalists are seriously | disturbed at the prospect. They point out that while every one in_France thought the latter’s army wa$ estab- lished at Mayvence until 1935, with time after that to organize a defense behind Lorrain Beach, through which the Germans passed in 1870, no one now can count on this. . | giving utterance to frav | the Midan bomb: | were fired. SYRIAN FRUIT LOST BY TONS IN REVOLT French Refuse to Risk Being Shot to Save Crop in “Apricot War.” | By the Associated Press DAMASCUS, June 8.—"“The apricots’ revolt” is the term used by the French soldiers to designate the sporadic warfare going on avound this city between bands of brigands and un organized rebels oceupying the Damas cus gardens and the French forces. The presence of the rebels fs pu venting the gardeners from gathering thousands of tons of apri ripen, fall and rot on the ground. The gardens belong to wealthy pro- prietors, who parade about Damascus aphile senti ments, but who, nevertheiwss, last O tober are said to have with handits French. soldiers be s swine to protect their fruit gathering. the same time they have received an offer of from the rebels if they give them one- third of thelr crops. The French authorities refused to send soldiers to their deaths for the benefit of the land owners, and when they tried to gather fruit under the protection of the rebels the latter sniped any soldie coming within sight. This brought a vigorous re turn fire, the fruit gatherers being the principal sufferers. They then gave up the work. The present situ- ation has been In progress since the bombardntent of the Midan quarter of Damascus by the French May 6. Causes Now Known. inquiries made by spondent of the Asso- ciated Press have made it possible to determine the responsibility, reduce s to a real proportion and give res of the killed and wounded in dment. Although sed since the bom- Exhaustive speclal corre a month has p bardment, this is the first authentic account published of the affair. During the first days of May Col. Clement Grandcourt, commanding the French Damascus garrison, was in- formed by the intelligence service that bandits were concentrating and gathering together a stock of gren ades, cartridges and rifles in a tumble- down house in the Midan quarter with the view of a concerted attack on Damascus the night of May 7-8. Col. Grapdcourt sent native emis sarfes to warn the brigands that u less they ceased all military activities within 30 hours, the quarter in which they were located would be bombard- ed and destroyed. As soon as th received the warning, the rebels hastened to evacuate the women and children, who took refuge in the gar- dens of Damascus and adjoining villages, but continued to concentrate munitions. At the hour fixed in the ultimatum Col. Grandcourt opened fire on the section, which is more tha a quarter of a mile from the cit Five and three inch shells rained down upon the quarter for three- quarters of an hour. In all, 60 rounds Several shells hit the store of munitions gathered by the rebels, causing explosions, resulting in heavy loss of life. 71 Killed, 16 Badly Hurt. The French authorities announced the number of persdns killed was 71 Sixteen persons, seriously wounded, were treated at the City Hospital The number slightly hurt was impos- ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 643 Louisiana Ave. N.W. S6th issue of stock now open for subscription. Shares of stock, $1.00 each payable monthly. Five per cent interest paid on stock withdrawn. James E. Connelly, President James F. 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There are machine guns posted every 200 yards around Damascus. The rebels have no cover. BOY BURNS TO DEATH. Throws Wet Rope Over High-ten- sion Wire. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 8.— Thomas, aged 8 years, son of Thomas | liebeck, died early today at Allegany Hospital from burns, his clothing aving caught fire while playing ne his home. His mother think arried ¢ e thrown it while plaving cowboy. The ground and rope were wet. A ash was seen and the boy With Proven Ability The Officers and Directors of the American Security and Trust Company are men who by constant effort have reached a goal in their work. They now direct and administer the policies of this institution with the ability gained through years of experience. i1 Corcoran Thom JUNE 8, 1926. PLANTOFORESTALL SCARGITY OF WORY Foundation Will Study Labor Statistics to Anticipate Employment Slumps. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 8.-—A plan to forestall perfods of extensive unem- ployment by collection of employment statlstics by State labor bureaus, with co-ordination by the United States Department of Labor, was set forth in the report of a _committee of the Amorican Statistical Association. The committee, headed by Mary | Van Kleeck, director of the Russell | Sage Foundation's department of in- | dustrial studies, proposed monthly surveys of the number of emploves and wages for the following indus- tries: Manufacturing, quarrying, communication, building, wholesale trade, retall trade, logging and Such information would be sified mining and | lumber work and agriculture. |of the Preshyterf: both as to Industries and section. Monthly reports would “enable local overnments and welfare agencies to foresee widespread unemployment many months earler than fs at pres- ent possible and to initiate municipal improvements and other relief meas- ures_before a crisis develops,” the comirnittee reported. Comparison of the statisties with those of the preceding month, vear or business cycle would provide “facts needed to understand and control fluc- tuations in the production of goods and obstructions to their sale, ac- cording to the report, and would thereby lessen “these interruptions in economic processes,” which result in unemployment. PRESBYTE&IANS PICK NEW MISSIONS CHIEF Rev. Charles R. Erdman Made President of Foreign Board to Succeed Late Dr. Ewing. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 8.—Rev. Charles R. Erdman of the Princeton Theologi- cal Seminary and former moderator General Assembly. was elected to succeed the late Dr. OFFICERS President Charles J. Bell Vice Presidents Secretary Frederick P. H. Siddons Real Estate Officer William L. Beale B E. Saul Treasurer Charles E. Howe A.uditor J. Dann Faber Assistant Secretary Albert H. Shillington Assistant Trust Officers David N. Houston Eliot Moran T. Stanley Holland ichols Arthur G. N Earl G. Jonscher Assistant Treasurers William W. Keck Main Office Hans W. Ireland Central Branch Percy C. Brady Central Branch James C. Dulin, Jr. Main Office C. A. Aspinwall Charles J. Bell Harry K. Boss John C. Boyd George W. Brown William M. Coates William S. Corby William W. Everett William J. Flather, Jr. William E. Bradley Alexander S. Clarke George L. Dant Charles R. Denn Horatio A. Garr John B. Geier M. G. Gibbs Charles M. Hammett Edward E. Swan Central Branch Richard E. Harris Howard Moran C. R. Ewing, also of Princeton, as president of the Presbyterian Doard of Foreign Missions. In accepting the presidency Rev Erdman made it plain that he is conservative in his theology. declarir | he “accepts all the fundamentals the Presbyterian faith and is allie with no particular faction.” Concerning the sessions of the Gen eral Assembly just concluded at Balti more, Dr. Erdman made this state ment: “It seems to me that the lust sembly marked an actual re the divided conservative three years the been split through cumstances. But af! by the assembly of th special peace comm great many of the so-called mentalistsp including some members of Philadelphin Presbytery, expressed the conviction and determination that conservative and loyal Presbyterians should not longer be placed in sep. arated camps, but should co-operate heartily for a forward movement in the church. It is my sincere convic tion that such a great advance such a true reunion have been fected.” as The microscopes of today will veal a particle the half-millionth of an inch in diameter. The size of an atom may be judged when it is sald that such particles probably contain at least 6,000,000,000 atoms, Southwest Branch Harry P. White Northeast Branch Fred U. Hanks Main Office Assistant Auditor John E. Benton Directors M. G. Gibbs Cary T. Grayson James M. Green Gilbert H. Grosvenor J. P. Herrmann Jares F. Hood Joseph Leiter G. Percy McGlue Edward B. McLean . Howard Moran Clarence Newbold James F. F. Norment Noyes Howard S. Reeside B. F. Saul William E. Shannon Shea Charles A. Spalding Corcoran Advisory Board ‘of Branches ¥ en AMIERIICAN L. A. Herman J. P. Herrmann Frank A. Johnson Charles Kattelmann G. Percy McGlue William Miller Howard Moran James C. Nealon James F. SECURIT AND TRUST COMPANY o 15th and Penna. Ave. M. Frank B. F. Saul William E. Shannon Thom John F. Wilkins R\uppert Shea Jacob Shulman Alexander J. Taylor Henry Wahl George M: Yeatman Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits Over $6,500,000 Northeast—S8t! TOTAL BRANCHES: Central—7th and Mass. Ave. N.W. h and H Sts. N. RESOURCE Southwest—7th and E Sts. SSW. Northwest—1140 S OVER 15th St. N.W. $37,500,000