Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1926, Page 27

\ ore- U. 5. TO MARIC OLDBATTLER L5 Two Bull Run Hi-toric S'ter Near Ton eof List to Be ‘eved. BY v“TLL The twn Fu!l | fields, where rs of the 1 War coenrr Jacksen the sohriquet o Stonewall,” and ¢l ire the neir et of all the hat lofie’ds to the Na- tinnal Capital, hoty < havinz heen fought ecpecially “¢ profection of vthe Capit are he < lied and investizated War Denar ment. as directe{ ‘ongress, with A view to recoriends i . gress for 1 rkinz of theze areas fer histori vation, With'n an he from Washinzt m over motor reads, i* is believed 1 battlegrounds il e visied by thonzands «f ten 1 come in effer: a pendant on the park way ehain eniive. m rounding the Japital Ciiy Reprezenta-ve 1. Walton Fairtax. Va. a lifelonz resident the half point betwoen the Can ftal and e 1 n hat where, the = fght o Civil War members of Congres: gociety p opie ou oo fa'hered a acted providinz for an Bull hun battlef from clud'ng Centervil and to cluding Thoroughfare Gap renton The Senate's Bill General. The Senate acted favorably upon a *mare comprehensive measare provid Ing for the Secretary of War 1o have made stidies and investigations and where naressary, survers of all battie field= within the coniinental limits of fhe United Srates whereon troops of the United States nr of the or zinal 13 rolonis < have heen enzaged against common enemy. with a view to pre paring a general plan and snch de 1ailed projepts as may Fe required for preperiy commeniorati urh battle. firlds or other admceent wnints of his torie and military interest V'nder this measure the Secretary of War, through the President, iz to sub- mit hefore December 1 to Congress a preliminary plan by which the purpose this act can, in his opinion, be most economically carried out: and nnually ther,uter he shall submit ‘throuzh the President to Congress a detailed report progrezs made un- der this act together with his recom- jmendaticns for further operations. The Secretary of War is directed to fnclude annually in his War Depart- ment appro ation estimates a li of the hattlefields for which surveys or other field investigations are planned for the fiscal year in question, together with the estimated cost of making each survey or other fleld investiga- tion The Secretary fecting hisx plans for e dictates of this legislation, and the Rull Run battlefields are to be put near the head of the list Four battles of the Civil War are put in elass 1: Gettyshurg, Jniv 1- w3 battle and siege of Vicksbu May 1 te Inly 4, 1863: and the hattles of Chickamauza and Chattapon September 19-20 and November . 1583, an the ground that the vear 158 f= considered the critical or decisive 1ear o the war and these ha he decisive events of that year. Varfous Battles Listed. The Bull Run battlefields are in- eluded in a class of battles of such great military and historic interest as ant locating and indicating the battle lines of the forces engaged hy & seri>s of markers or tahletg, hut not necessarily hy memor monuments. In this class are placed bhattles of far reaching importanc in which the numbers engaged and the losses sus. tained. the resultant military or political effects, were so great ax to their inclusion While the portion of these fields lies in e of Virginia, the States of ieorgia and North Carolina represented in the list. Should e deemed important to preserve one of these fisids for professional military and historfeal study, it woul he sufficient to mark the battle lines us on the field at Antietam. otherwise the battle might he ¢ imemorated 88 an orical event by the cree: moniment. The listed in chron- olegical order, as it has been found impracticahie to arrange hattles foruzht by different armies, in differ ent theaters, with different ohjectives Jtisfactory order of importance of Bull Run, Va July 21, Q. ot KENNEDY, Nt hel haitle whers Gen il rocervec o preper Mese Ay woell nt new . Manrs B avenir ' and the B ah House, drove i mea pen in ide the t450 of War i= now rrving out the per- awy important n el hattles are Rattle 1861 Fort Donelson 1415, 1862, Army Tenn Wf the Pich 1862, Army February Fennessen ad, \a June 8 of the ot Nugust 30 Army of ehsbuy Manassas or Groveton Army, of Virg Potomee Va. - December Tenn.—- i) the Cumber Aemy of the Potomac, The Wilderness, Va my of the Patomac Army of the Potomac Coud tavio June 1 Army. of the 1" Rattles aron n-September Comberland the i " Fre 13, Avmy Musfreesd Army mber 31, nd. 1-4, 1863, o~ May 54, 1864 A 1864, \a 1564, ma 1 Atlanta, Ga. -July 1863, Armies of the Tennesses a Ohio, Petershurg. Va. April Army nd the Tames. the Opequan (or Winches September 19, 1364, Army of the Shenandeah Nashville, Tenn December 1864, Corps of the Armies of Cumberiand. the Tennessee and Ohin Rentonville, N. ¢ 1865, Army of Geor Bull Run Fields Overlap. The fields on which the two battles of RBull Run were fought to some ex tent Both hattlefields lie along the I hway, which is he. ing developed one the great F.ast and West As ore ite absorbs the ald Warrenton which was one of the ma roaiis of Virginia It extent agton through Fairfax peper Cou v, Luray o Newsnarket in the Shenandoah Vailey The distance from Washington the two batiie fields is not mo! than 30 miles. W§ in the last two sears, the distance be tween Washinzton and Fairfax has been shorte v the uction of a fine new crete road ng the Bridge. By that road the distance s 14 mil r A similar dikrance haond Fairfax thers i: an other concrete road fully or neariy completed In the War Department record A letter from the late Lieu'. George Carr Round. a Northern soldier who settled in Manassas many vears Ago He was esteemed one of the most broad minded. progressive and public. ‘epirited men of Prince William Coun t¥, and for many years was one of the prime workers to have the Bull Run battlefields preserved. In this letter he save “There is no such property in the United States or in the world. It is the place where occurred the first piched battle of-the greatest war in les aroun; 1864, to 1n0a 15-16, the the March 198:21, A ile roads om Pike cons bm KKev i r 0 ) G PEACE | PARLEY 'orran Poner Says Anglo- f~r~-n Cenfe-ence May fn ' “at.Throat Policy. 1 ! T i & Ri the Asenriaras LONDPOX Ohorvar iesnter 9. -The Sunday 4 < *ht the Anglo-German . whneh de seheduled to ac- "k end here, is an ation for 2 European L warno.” ver sate that it has only d hy the s:ame events| hith po tponed Germany's admis- ion into ihe League of Nations. The i the conierence, the 2,18 to substitute co.opera- curthroat competition and +the ground for a League »conomic conierence next P e oaver n unofticial v onomie The Oh heen dal o prep Nation ing ‘oréign Minister St-esemann was | nded for his opinion on the mat. | Schacht. head | ank. kave his | ared ! gone al ter when he <xned the Lo ot | in Lopden " avs. While Dr Hia'ma ¢ the Germen Mefch 1to ihe pr seopw of the di-cussions will widened later. They include ! and other nation:, and the | su rounding the conference is | 1 to be partly due ‘v the fact that | euabracs. the delicate question of | it batween ihe nations con-; ied. Otner s<ubjects likely to be | need ncinde depreciated ex- | chaneas pnd the Eurspsan debts to | the Tnited Siates Ten disinguiched German indus- jats. headed by Dr. Duisberg.| chairman of the Federation of Ger. | man Industriee arvived in London | Friday to he the week end guesi of | Col. Wilfrid Ashiey, minister of ansport. for a conference with lead. | 2 Britich mdustrialists Hewr Kastie, “etary of the dele. that there was no the conference, tut tha have o (viendly views on indns trial Which would enabie more definrre discussions later, HIS PRIDE HARD HIT. Finds “Ab- serrded Without Paying Rates.™ LONDON. October & (@).-Mayfair | is having a good laugh at the expense of an American who came all the way to Enurope 1o trace his ansestor of | some 300 vears ago. who was a tax-| payer in Holbern, of Lon- don The hooks wera hrought down frem their dusty shelves and in due Ume the name of the ancester was found. American Ancestor a section THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, REALTORS ELECT ALLEN PRESIDENT Richmond Man Honored and Virginia Beach Given 1927 Session. | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. October §.— With the selection of Virginia Beach for its 1927 tion of officers the sixth annual con vention of the Virginia Real Estate Association came to a close afier a | three-day session here this afternoon The new officers Richmond. president: vice presidents, Edgar Allen, Opposite his name was the remark: | ‘Absconded without paying his rates, W. Ludwell Balawin, Norfolk: Guy Webh, Virginia Beach: H. E. Steptoe, Lynchburg: Guv Church, Falls Church. and 8. B. Pace, Roanoke. and VIEWS OF BATTLE convention and the elec- | | H. W. King. Richmond. was re-elected | our historv and the greatest ameng | all_civilizad peante in all history. It | embraces the field where twn great battles sbhad, the nearest hattlefield to the National Capital. hoth bhattles heing fonght especially for the pro tection the This was the fiald whers Jackson ‘stond like a_stone wall' in the frst battle and Svkes, | Renn and Re-~'A= in the second, the | lines of hattle reversed in the two engagements and the result, so far ae the field was concerned. helng reversed alsn. the Confederates hatv- ing held the Henry House at sundown July 21, 1861, and the Union forces At sundawn, Augnst 30, 1862, “In this same field exactly half a century later the Rlue and the Gray Iined up. the one on the North and the ather on the South, and shook hands in friendship and ate and drank te- gether as a token of peace and good will, #n event ahsolutely unprece dented in the history of the human race “The Henry Hill the first monnment battlefield of the great war. The site was selected hy the veterans them- salves from all possible sites hetween the Susquebanna and the Rio Grande. In the apinion of the soldiers, who fought the great war to a finish, it i€ worthe of consideration as the most interesting In the ‘far-flung hattle line’ the fact of its deliherate selection in the Spring of 1885 and | the most Impressive ceremonial and | formal dedication Sunday, June 11, 1865, leaves no manner of doubt as | tn what the soldiers themselves | thought Region Rich In History. Noné of the hattles of the Civil War has heen more strikingly or bril lantly descrihed than those two which are cov indetail the Life of Sonewall Jackson the ate Col. lenderson of the lish army. In those encounters there were numberiess incidents of individ- ual Importance, one of the most s ing being that in the first hattle Jack son received his sobriquet tone- wall” and was slightly wounded, and in the second hattle the same great soldier, (Gen. Lee being in command), grappled wlth the *Fede; Army under the command of Gen. Pope. Practically ali of the country tra versed by the highwavs mentioned was all the time within the avea of conflict during the Civil War, and is full of memories of events that took piace. * It was the scene of mast of Moshy's operations. At Fairfax he captured Gen. Stoughton. When the news was communicated to President Lincel he =aid that ft was not such a seriou matter to lose one brigadier xeneval hut it was a very had thing to lose a lot of horses. A little off the highway westward from Fairfax are monu ments indicating where Gen. Phil Kearney and Gen. Stevens wer killed. The country is full of his terest reiative to happeningzs the Civil War. The oli At Fairfax was put in operation the vear afier ‘ien. Washingion's death, Monnt Vernon heing in the suutheriy part of the county. The cleri’s office contains the original Washington and minnte books of the court. kept dur ing the period when Gen. Washingion and George Mason of Gunston Hall mong the “zentlemen justices. sreen at Fairfax stands a monument commemorating the first open fighting of the Civil War, which taok place there an June 1, and neartn is 2 monument tn the memory ©f the bovs of the county who died in_the Waorld War. e Lartlefields are located in Prince William County, and how rich that and tne adjoininz counties are in historic intersst is admirably evi denced by Fairfax Harrison's recent work in twe volumes entitled “'Land marks of O/d Prince William." On the two battlefields are a few monuments and markers, but not a great dea! to present a sufficienty vivid pieture of what took place. In constructing tne new hizhway, ne use made of ths stone bridge across Bull Run. which is so often mentioned in accounts of the batiles, but al though a new bridge will be built, the old one will be preserved | At Centerville. on the highway to| the battlefleld. is the house which was the headquarters of Gen. Me. Dowell prior to the first battle. " af same. is the lacation of erected on any 1 in hy in rior to house orie n. the were 3 On the co 1= wa ecretary and treasurer. The -names of all of the forecoing wera brought in by the nominating committee, and theier report was unanimously adopt- ed. There was no opposition to Vir ginia Reach While no date was determined for the convention next vear, it probably Wil be held in Augu Immediately after election the new president wasz ezcorted to the stage in the Young Peoples’ Bnildinz. and made a short ‘A nrging enoperation in making Fis adminfstration a suceess He said if thev save supnort the or ganization would make much progress Auring tha vear. The members by rising pledged him support To Continue Publication. The association adopted the report of a special committer that the publi cation of the \irginia Realtor, a monthly. he continued. The commit tee's recommendation, amonz other hings, provides that each local hoard pay a part of the operating cost by aking advertisements. said cost 1o he hased on membership. Considerahle debate followed presentation of the report Retiring Presdent Thomas J. Hund- ley of Newport News was presented with # handsonie leather traveling hag by the asanciation. A speech of presentation was made hv John G Graham, past president of the assn clation. Mr. Hundley thanked the assaciation for fis 'ft Resolutions of thanks to the Alex andria, Arlington and Fairfax County real estate hoavd. tn the ladies citizens of Alexand the Washing ton Real Estate Roard. the George Mason Hntel and athers who helped to make their convention the hig suc- cess It was were presented and adopted orfolk City was winner of the at tendance contest. The prize was a slver cup donated by Charles A. Rall presid { Roanoke. The per- aze of mee from Norfolk 83 Newport News Second. Others in their order were: Newpaort News, 80; Vircinia Reach, 38: Lynch- burz,’ 300 Richmond. 4. Charlottes ville, 37: Alexindria, Arlington and Fairfax wera not eligible in the con teat The cup w s accepted on hehalf of the Norfolk delozation by F. A. Page. # speech of piesentation heing made hy D. E. Hollandsworth of Roanoke The five-minute cup contest for the talk on “Memher's City." staged hefore the Washington Real Ea Board at the meeiinz held at Ward man Park Hotel ‘n that ity st night went to D. E. Hollandsworth of Roa- noke. and sacond honor was awarded W. Ludwell Baldwin of Norfolk The delegates this afternoon were entertained 11 the Belle Haven Coun- try €1 whore a match was staged A resnlution offerad hy Jacob Lefht of Norfc which waz adopred, pro. Aes that the prezident of the asso- m nania three 1 ers to confer the five nam Ge qa. who w 2 i Rich- bes with the | | committee. | business and addresses. D._C Upper: General view of the country over which both battles of I were fought. Center, left: Feder erate monument. Lower: House erected on the site of the otd Hen mother of {he man shown in the photog now holds a collection of hattle rel Loses 840 in Game Of Union Station’s Penny Matchers Union Station® magnates have clean-up. his time the victim was Russell E. Wranche. 308 Soutin stecet, kst Mauch Chunk, P, who was wait- ing for a train Wranche was $40 poorer after session with two strangers. After mature refloction he decid- ed that it was not all clean. inno cent fun and reported to the police KIWANIANS GATHER AT ROANOKE FRIDAY Two-Day Capital District Conven- tion Will Draw Thousand Delegates. < penny-matching made another ROANOKE, Va., nd or more Kiwanimns Virginia, Maryland, Delaw District of Columbia will Roanoke this week for the eighth an f the Capital district, ional. The conven be in session Friday Octoher A thou am o and the invade nual convention Kiwanis Interns tion prop and Satnrday The secretaries ference will e led hy George H. Winslow etary of the Washington, D. C. ciub. Harry B. Caton of Alexandria will preside at the conference of cliub pre district committee chairmen and Josse C. Oakes of Salem will conduct the trustees’ conference. The music con ference will he in charge of G. Frank Young. chairman of the d T music Friday will be devated to At the morn- ing seesion the address of welcomo will be delivered by Charles D. Fox of the | al monument on the second battlefield. R ELECT END SESSIONS HERE Organic Branch cf Science Receives | | dents and | ! Roanoke club and the response will he | <eid change in ! REVIVALS PREDOMINATE By the PAR The predomi e of rey and the absence of avs marked the opening of the theatrical season ) Nanetre” and the F of “Nothinz But on at tha Mozador ¢ le Paris. respectivel Asso na va Pa adaptation Truth.” put the Theatrs gave the n=v what rench of any hean impor- Eugene Family.” recent efforts of the azed Goods.” met with ion from the crities t achieved by Brieux Poincare out of : For the first time since 1 former President a _“first nigh-er.’ M. Poincare, espec invited by hiz fellow member of the French Academy, took decided issue with the critics and warm congratulated Brisux after the play. “It is a master- plece,” the Premier sald. | paror Wilhelm has eased up ox made by J. Randall Alexandria. fmmedi of the district. The feature of *he afternnon will he an address by William €. Alexander, vice president. Kiwanis International, an “Organization and Relations—In’ ternational. District and Clibs. A nieht hanquet will he held. The S nrdav morning session will ba devoted tn husinesg, the alection of a new dis. trict governor and four lieutenant governors and convention city are being plannad, DEMANDS OF KAISER FOR CASTLES LESSEN Caton, jr., of ate past governor Many social affairs New Offer for Adjustment With Prussia Is 10 Per Cent Below Former. By the Aseociated Prees. BERLIN. October 9% —Former Em his de- mands from the State of Prussia for a cash settlement and the return of his castles and estates valued at approxi mately 70.000.000 marks. His “agent general for royal reparatione,” Dr. Frederick von Berg, returning from Dohrn, announced that the former morarch {s willing to relinquish his claim to a number of castles which he considers of cultural and historic icnificance to the German people Where these castles are and their value iz not vet known, but the Prus- sian government appears inclined to resume negotiations, agthe ex-Kaiser's new offer represents apout a 10 per cent decrease of his previous claim. the selection of the 1227 | whie The hou house, in ph was killed by a shell. ROCHEMISTS Attention at Conclud- ing Meeting. chemical fiftioth meeting following a three. nica American Bleet adjourned vesterday afternoc series of means of corrosion the Society discuissions on and st otals. The last teehnical session of the ciety’s convention was held vesterd: 1t the Wasnington Hotel and its ch topic organic chemistry. Int asting papers were read hy Dr ander Lowy, professor of chemistry at the niversity hurgh, and three of his a that institution. Prof. ¢ Croca, Prot. Jacoh Nevvas amd Pr fohn 1. Conn. These papers. with athers ¢ during the course of t wag of Pit ciates viton meeting. will he hound in hook form | voters have the right to s Wl <old to the publi Following the ad ment delegates visited several of the ernment hureaus in order to the ectroplating plants, ings visited included of Standards and the Printing and Engraving. Next” Spring the societa brate its silver where the organization was April 3, 1902, Many foreign scienti of < well as most of Americ: ma the Rure Burean will note, leaders in the profession, are expected Officers for the next at that session vear will he elected at the short hi ness meeting which will he held conjunction with the technical sress. Dr. Hugh S Taylor of Prin ton University preside at convention. Dr Bureau of Standa society, was chair ington convention prestdent of 1 nan the Hon. Peter Heenan, minister Iabor in the new Canadian cahinet, a Don Wisconsin some store in your rates are charged. “Around a Star =ht: Confed the aheir tech Alex eloctro. W Gov insnect The huill cole ubilee at Philadelphia ounded con “hat m of the Wash locomotive engineer and a veter | trade unionist The Star prints MORE Classified Ads than all the other pape on Star Classified Ads, they will get you Results. OCTOBER 10, 1926—PART 1. FIELDS TO BE STUDIED BY WAR DEPARTMENT VIRGINIA CONGRESS CAMPAIGN DRAGS Offer Only Pre-election Interest. Special Dispatch to The Star. | | RICHMOND, Va., October 9.—Elec- tion of the full delegation from Vir | ginia in the next Congress will take | place three weeks from Tuesday. and up to this time there is no life what lever in the campaign. save in the ! seventh and ninth districts. In the | seventh, Representative Thomas W. Harrison of Winchester has two oppo- nents—W. R. Talhot of Winchester, lately from Ohio, and Dabney C. Har- | vison of Clarke. who sought to wrest { the seat from Judge Harrison two vears ago and failed. In that district 1he contest is heing waged largely by Mr. Harrison through the newspapers. while Judze Harrison is speaking to the people at such times and places 1. | as is considered essential. Mr. Talhot “lis a lawyer, retived from active prae- tiee, and is making a few speeches Representative George C. Peer: fazwell and & R. Hurley of Wi —County, ont in the ninth. are making the eampaign in the usual manner N1 with addresses every day. In vet. the candidates are not only mak nz tours, hut the party workers are locking after the vofers in small winchea and seking to get every man |and woman qualified to the polls on the day of election The distriet is close, and has heen since the day that Representative Slemp threw the nomi ation handed him back the Re. Jicans and they lost the election to have kept the or intact for many of 1se I the Demoerats who sanization machine | Representative R. Walton Moaore of alrfax has epposition in the person of J. I.. Leedy of Manassas, a former sheriff. but this campaign i< one which giving no concern to the Demoe There is a fairly good centtering Republican vote in the up per end of the district, but that has alwavs heen the case. The second distriet. which is about as salid as the third. has apposition to Representative Deal of Norfolk in the person of Lester &, Parsons of Nor. folk. With half a vote by the Demo the election of Mv. Deal is de o he a certainty he no further eandidates < under the laws of Vir e date for the filing of notice having explired. The rateh hoth candidates in anv case and write whatever name they may choose: on the hallots, this applving even when there is a sincle candidate Monday morning will see the Meth- odist ministers and the lay delegates to the annual canference of the State heginning the journey to Norfolk where the bady will meet Tuesday for | the opening sermon. There are some 300 ministers in the conference and about as many laymen. among a's | latter being several women whe are active in the work of the church Rishop Collins Denny of this city will preside over the conference. and the nnderstanding i< that he will try to complete the work not later than Mon- day night. Octoher 18, by rushing the work and cutting many mg addresses — having the latter made at night when the conference is not actually in session. | __One haif of the ministers are due to | receive new assignments for the vear. according to reports. For the fi time in the history of the church in Virginia there are enough ministers to supply each of the organized cir. cuits and charges. ro. m. re in ay ts at of. all he ny u of 1si in e ont he of an ohue’s Pharmacy Ave. and O St. Is a Star Branch You will find the above sign displayed at neighborhood—indicating that there is a Star Branch there, where Classi fied Ads for The Star may be Ileft. Branches are maintained for your convenience and will serve you without fee. These Only regular ers day here combined. Depend the Corner” is Branch Office. %Seventh and Ninth Districts; 1 | the | CRITIC DISLIKES - 27 WELLER'S STAND AMERICAN ANTHEM JARS DEMOCRATS \ British Musician Holds “God|Demand for Modification of | 'BRITISH MUSICIANS SEE | Cite Orchestra’s Invitation to Ital- [ tor of the | Volstead Act Destroys Save the King” Is Great- | ; Campaign Issue. est National Song. anthem. | is the | a The Australian national Srecial Disnatch to The Star iGoa Preserve. the Empive BALTIMORE, October 9.—Senator world's only “blne-blonded” patriotic | O- E., Weller last night threw hymn, but Great Britain's “God Save| “hombshell” into Democratic ran the King." of lowlier origin. leads ali |When he announced that he is for other national anthems in point of alt | Modification of the Volstead act and | for beer and light wines. Not only wund supremeey, in the opinion of | gig o€ B2 FER K <t prohibi . H. Grattan Flood, Mus. D.. K. tion, but declared that he was “the §. . as expresced in an article in the first man in the United States running i for office to come out for modif IO R IRanent | cation of the Volstead act. ang seid America s “The Star Spang'ed Ban-{pe ook this attitude in 1920 ner.” of obscure orfgin. doesn’t make | "Sp0% HIS SIS (I e ‘l\ho-.ilr:g‘ to this distinguished ‘.””"“,‘“,"d since he announced his can B i . didacy fr reelection. and not only The Austrian song is the only ome qlt8il [ 5 0ot on A an of its kind composed by 4 great mas|\hich they had made by decl ter. Dr. Flood declares. It was Writ-| 0 canator was “wet” in Baltimore ten by Joseph Haydn and was first!| i "and “dry" fn the counties. rresented at the celebration of the| = .y ofL FE T TRECOINTES emperors birthday in Vienna in 1797 and well known that it would be un Air Used Elsewhere. +| necessary for me to rea now Thel BHitahe aniheme Dro Flooa It It were noc for the misceurencdta; states, is “the fin of all national | pocer” criaddied the lig of Any songe.” The air is also that of the | o207 “USC0ET The B4 ¥ national anthems of Germany, Rus-| Thomas B. R. Mudd of St. Marvs sia and Denmark. he points oul.|caunty, Republican candidate for the God Save the King" was sat in 1tsiHause of Representatives from the present form by Henry Purcell. thad firrn district, red that he was son ot an Irish exile in London. and | “uncompromisir opposed to pro. it earlier origin can be traced back hihition and the \olstead act.” as far ns 1595 under the title) While Addison E. Mullikin, Repub “Ochone,” he adds. | lican candidate for governor. has not Oscar George sonneck, in his book vet taken a public stand prohih on American national songs. eays tion, he is expected to do so shortls that at the time Franels Scott Key |He has declaed for enforcement of wrote the “Star Spangled Banner.' |All 1aws on the statute books as set an English song. “To Anacreon in |forth in the party pletform. Heaven.” was sweepirz the country | Mr. Mullikin in his speeches so far &nd wae being Sung everywhere Ly | has confined himseif to attacking the all classes of people. Key himself |dministration of Gov. Ritchie ani learned it and in a moment of pa.(has caused the governor to defend triotic stress wrote the words of the |the granting of a charter for the “Star Spancled Banner” to the tuna | CONOWINgo water power hydro-electric of this popular song. Sonneck relates. | PIANt to Pennsylvania capitalists. “To Anacreon in Heaven™ was writ jov. Ritchie. who has been cam fen by John Stafford Smith about |PAIEDINE in southern Maryland and imsy &b was used as the CONSULU-| declared that the rights of the State O e “hieh in.|have been fully protected and that : e p of which in| Maryland would be greatly benef cluded all the highlights of the [ptely ety henedied el ot | by the erection of the plant. addinz { millions of dollars worth of property “Yankee Doodle” Debated. to the State's taxable basis. The meetings of the Anacreontic Open Facts Offered. Society were held in the great ball-| Gov. Ritchie has offered to throw room “of the Crown and Anchor |open the whole proceeding of the Tavern in the Strand, London, once | Conowingo grant to a committee head- a fortnight. and the song was sung |ed or appointed by Mr. Mullikin. at the end of each meeting. The sonz | In the four days of registration was eventually taken up by the Eng- | which closed Wednesday 198.005 per- lish public and then appeared in | sons were registered in Baltimore Ameri | That number is about 50,000 less than “Yankee Doodle.” for half a century | were on the hooks from the last reg the national air of America, is the tration. Of the 198,005, 120,849 are subject of much debate concerning its | Democrats. In the last general regis. authorship and origin. tration 105670 Democrats registered. Several theories have been advanc- | This time 61,588 Republicans register. ed as to when and why it was writ- |ed. as compared to 72,745 in the last ten. Some say it was written by an |general registration. Although the English officer at the time of the rev- | total registration is smaller than it olution, in derision of the Americans; | was, therefore, the Republicans have others, that it is an old Hessian |suffered greater losses than the Demo- march and was brought to this coun- | crats. — tr ¥ -h‘vh'h-’r!“:“:“h‘-““{nlte:; w hl—:" l“h;h\ - p— : ¥ concl prover | WELLS’ ‘OUTLINE’ BURNED AT PUBLIC BONFIRE 1t has heen pretiy conclusively proven however, that “Vankee Dondle” orig. Kentucky Evangelist Also Bums Zane Grey Novel and Sunday inated as an old_Lancashire hornpipe as early as 1830, and was called “Doodle Dondle Doo.”" It was sung as Papers as Unfit to Read. Spe~ial Dispatch fo The Star HARLAN. Ky.. Octoher guch in the “Spanish Gypsy™ in 1653. When the song had hécome popular |acterized as being poisonous and un- fit to be read. a copy of Wells' “Out- in America about 1767, the name “Yankee" was added and the words changed a bit, “Yankee Doodle Doo | line of History.” Zane Grey's “To the | Last Man.” several other books. a {deck of playing cards and a Sunday then became what was almost accept- ed as the National air of America. | mewspaper ‘have been burned at a | publie bonfire here. Neither the author of the music or | Rev. J. R. Black. mountain evan- the words is known According to another theory. the | zelist. who is conducting a revival at the Harlan Baptist Church, con- tune of “Yankee Doodle” was taken from a song known as “All The Way ‘To Galway.” an Irish air which was sizned the “objectionable” material to the flames, which he had ordered He gave various reasons for hrought to America b+ Trishma in 1736, The B-t inder an Irish bandmaster, McLean of Dublin played this tune, and words were set to it in derision of the Yankee troops. fter the surrender at Yorktown the 1 h air was adopted by the Americar hiels own. | burning the different pleces of wor | He held that Zane Grey's story w trivial and time spent in readigs was wasted The “Outline of History,” particu- larly the first volume, which discusses man's evolution, was held as tending toward the evolution theory of man's origin—a matter anathema to the av erage rural minister in this section- and anvthing that smacked of such subjects was condemned by the evan gelist, who said friends of the evalu tion theory of man's origin were try- Ing in every way fo teach their princi- Ples to the youth of the Nation. The Sunday newspaper was burned he said. because he did not allow his paper to be delivered until Monday that reading a Sunday newspaper con sumed that much time from service of the Lord. Mr. Black said he never reads “funny papers.” 9.—Char. 3 it BAD SETBACK FOR JAZZ ian Millionaire's Home to Play FEnglish Tunes Only. Ry the Acsaciated Prese LONDON, October 9.-—-The anti jazzers of the British musical world are pointing with pride to an Italian tribute to Rritish musicians. A mil llonaire of Naples sent a specfal in vitation to the Squire Octet of a don to travel to Ttaly to play English tunes for a single evening. All ja wag strictly forbidden. The occasion was an elahorate Neapolitan fete to celebrate the birth anniversary of the millionaire’s daugh The orchestra. under the dires. of I H. Squire. played for an hour and a half and received a fee of 63,000 lire and expenses. “The engagement was a pleasant | compliment to our national musie said Mr. Squire. The members of his orchestra have signed contracts never to play 77z in the theater, for radio ng or for phonograph rec. . 2 Martinsburg Merchant Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October 9.--Frank S. Emmert, 72 yvears old, a native of Washington County, Md., in the mercantfle business here for 53 vears, died in a Baltimore hospital te. day after a brief illness He was a | member of the city council two terms {and prominent in financial circles and church work. A son, a daughter and a sister survive Established " KAHN on 7th St. m Specials Monday and Tuesday tion Established Complete Outfit, Case and Cleaner Shur-on Frames Finest Quality Toric Spherical Genuine Toric KRYPTOK Invisible Bifocal Lenses First and best quality. Toric KRYPTOK Spher- ical Bifocal Lenses—(one pair to see near and far). Best lenses made. Sold regularly, $15 to $22. SPECIAL PRICE, Monday and Tuesday.. 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