Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1927, Page 4

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

4 * RESIDENT GREETS NEW YEAR THRONG Diplomats, Officers, States- men and Plain Cilizens Welcomed Alike. room Amb Cartier de C nied by official stafl. = British Ambas o sacond nat Came Neat. line, bearing | medals from the | sonflicts. Of- | Marine Corps | hen came the | of the District | Public Health and Geodetic ofiicers down to de of lieu- nander. little cabi- ive assistants of o headed ¢ officials who carry heavy s the adminisiration of vernment under the Chief Execu- s next eet the Chief. three Commis- istrict of Columbia, or L. Dougherty, Col. J. Frank- n Bel and Sydney F. 'ru]:m:n: “le officials in this group listed to ‘-»xur;n» President included: The ents and Secretary of the Smith- Institution, the civil service the interstate com- ission the members of teserve Board, the fed commissioners, the United iff commissioners, the com- nited States Ship trustees of the 4 States Shipping Board Emer- . Fleet Corporation, the United employes' compensation com- the members of the Fed- al Education, divectors of War Finance “orporation, the Federal Farm Loan Board, the United States Board of Tax Appeals, the controller general of the United States, the director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, the chairman of the Amerjcan ) tional Red Cross, the treasurer of the Un'ted States, the chief of the United States Bureau of Efficiency, the director general of the United States Railroad Admin- istration, the alien property cus- todian, the public printer, the heads of bureaus in the several depart- ments, the president of the Columbia Institution for the Deat and Dumb. G. A. R. Files Past. The last of the formal official re- ception of the morning included greetings from the patriotic bodles of the cit~ with the slowly thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic. These bodies were headed by the Society of Cincinnati and in- ciuded also: The Aztec Club of 1847, the Associated Veterans of the War of 1846-47, the Military Order of the Joyal Legion of the United States, the Medal of Honor Legion, the Union Veterar Legion, the Union Veterans' Union, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Soctety of the Army of Santiago, the Spanish War Veterans, the American legion, the Army and Navy Union, the Minutemen, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of the Revolution, the members of the Oldest Inhabitants’ Associa- tion of the District of Columbia. The line for the public recebtion Legan to form at a Pennsylvania ave- nue gate to the White House as early as 10 o'clock, although the head of 1his column was_not scheduled to pass the portals of the mansion until 1 o'clock. The first person in line was Miss A. K: Hannay, a student, accom- panfed by her mother, Mrs. A. M. Hannay, who was second. The young woman spent much of her time, wait- ing the three long hours in the cold, by studying Latin, All Ages Represented. In the long procession of Amorican citizens who filed into the White Jlouse there was every age from Labes in arms to men and women tot- tering under the infirmities of age, gome helping thelr faltering steps with the aid of crutches. They kept in line, however. on up the curved #'dewalk to the portico, and through the open bronze and plate glass front doors to the reception hall with its reception of stirring martial e, patriotic colors, flags and ar tistic floral decorations. Little children toddled along be- tween ther elders, eager for their first chance to touch the hand of a President of the United States and the wife of the President. White and col- ored, they came, intermingling in the tong column of democratic American- ism to which the doors of the White }ouse had been thrown open. In they walked gay and happy, while the sharp eves of the Necret Service watched caretully each one, vet so courteously that few knew they were there. One little colored boy, however, who came through the portal with a big! grease-stained bag, which may have been his noonday meal, or might have been something else, was halted, and his bag checked until he had been | through the line An air of gayety and vet of intense earnestness and erness pervaded the slowly moving lire of the American public, which at this one time of the, year is welcome at the White House without personal invitation. None is ed unless undoubtedly suspicious, was known yesterday everyone who came saw and shook hiands with the President and Mrs. Coolidge. Reinforcements Arrive. The long line had Lrought its rea up almost to the portico of the White llouse when reinforcements from people arriving late kept its flank well on the sidewalk. But at 1:30 the end came, and the President and olidge walked out for their s New Year picture with the satisfy the everanxious cameramen, Stirring music from the orchestra, ander the baton of Capt. William H. santelmann continued throughout both morning and afternoon recep- tions, the leader being relieved by his second lcader The or- of THE _SUNDAY o = | | | | UNPERWOOP. BRUCE SAYS UNITY OF NATIONS IS BASIS OF RECONSTRUCTION Australian Prime Minister Pleads for Mutual Understanding Between English-Speaking Peoples. The achievement of a system of government by the integral parts of the British Empire. which not only gives freedom, autonomy and self-gov- ernment, but assures unity by alle- glance to the crown together with s mutual understanding _between empire and the other English-speak- ing nation, the United States, are the | basic factors upon which world eco- | nomic reconstruction depends—that was the outstanding theme of the ad- dress which the Right lHon. Stanley intervals to elapse between numbers. Military airs, marches, interspersed with the favorites of the Marine Corps, provided most of the prog: Floral decorations were artisti arranged and blended with the col of the different rooms. The great east room and the state dining room were profusely embellished, with poin settias, red carnatlons, maiden hair, ferns, palms and baby's breath. In| the red room there were both white [ and red roses, with ferns; in the blue | room yellow roses, white carnations and ferns were used, while the green room was decorated in pink l'nsvs,l ferns and palms. ! The occasion moved smoothly, with | ease and dispatch, and vet without the atmosphere of being rushed John Coolidge, the son of the Presi- dent and Mrs, Coolidge, enjoyed the reception at first from distant corner, behind the orchestra, from which ' the college vouth looked on | the proceedings. But as some of his | young acquaintances from the of-| ficial group came in he 1 with chestra on_either side of and, playing luernll “allowed but the briefest o th other them, and later went i blue room to mingle with the guests of the day. M. Bruce, prime minister of Australia, made Friday afternoon before the English-Speaking Union at a recep- tion in his honor at the Carlton Hotel. Mr. Bruce concluded his sight-seeing tour Friday With a trip to Mount Vernon. He left for Philadelphia yesterday morning after heing the guest of Henry Getty Chilton, counsel- lor of the British embassy, at dinner, and of Edward Beale McLean at a dance, Following a conference between Frank W. Kellogg, Secretary of State, nd Mr. Bruce Friday morning, garding the extension of time of pass- ports issued to Australian business | men, Sir Hugh Dennison, Australian | high commissioner, announced that Mr. Kellogg had requested a thorough review of the subject in order to as- sure favorable revision. Mr. Chilton said that formal communiques fol- lowing an agreement between the Australian and United States govern- ments would be exchanged through rthe British embassy. The prime minister was introduced to his audience by Brig. Gen. Henry T. Allen. Among those in the receiv- ing line wero 8ir Hugh and Lady Den- nison. Brig. Gen. C, E. G. Charlton, military attache of the British em- hassy, and Mrs. Gordon Cumming. Mr. Bruce prefaced his epeech by volc- ing the wish that the Washington branch of the English-Speaking Union would prosper in its new headquarters at the Carlton Hotel. The future of the world and a real- ization of what the World War was fought for is dependent upon the mu- tual sympathy of the English-speak- ing race, according to Mr. Bruce, who warned agalnst alllances made with other nations by Great Britain : & AR, WASHINGTON. D. C., JANUARY No. 1, President and Mrs. Coolidge, with Army and Naval aldes; No. 2, Secretary of State and Mrs. Kello‘:_: No. 3, Army officers awaiting_thel turn to greet the President; No. 4, Naval officers marching into the White House; No, 5, Chief Justice and Mrs. .| Taft; No. 6, Gen. John A. Lejeune and Brig. Gen. Williams, at heac of the Marine Corps contingent; No. 7, Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassa- dor; No. 8, Baron de Cartier, Belgian Ambassador; No 9, The Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mrs, Nicholas Longworth; No. 10, the Per- sian Minister, Mirza Davoud Kahn Meftah; No. 11, Lieut. Gen. Phya Vijitavongs, the Minister from Siam; No. 12, Dr. Alfred Saoke Sze, the nese Minister. and the United States, and urged in- stead the fostering of 4 mutual under- standing between the two nations, through the common aspirations, Mr. Bruce said that the idea that Great Britaln was an imperialistic grabber was dissipated in the United States in his belief. He emphasized that a new British Empire policy had been developed out of the lesson of secession of -the American colonies, and that the empire today was a com- monwealth of peacéloving partner nations. CELEBRATION IS FATAL. New Year Eve Crackers in Hono- lulu Kill, and Injure Eyesight. HONOLULU, January 1 (@).— Three persons were killed and 36 in- jured in traffic and firecracker accl- dents during the New Year eve cele- bration. Firecrackers, traditionally used in Honolulu New Year celebrations, as- sumed cannon cracker proportions to usher in 1927. They were used in the principal downtown streets despite the police. Four persons suffered partial loss of eyesight as a result of severe burns received when large fire- crackers were thrown from sidewalks into their automobiles. 50 ARRESTED IN DENVER. One Dead, Five Hurt, New Year Auto Toll. DENVER, January 1 (#).—One death, five persons-injured in auto- mobile accidents and more than 50 arrests, mostly on charges of drunk- enness, marked Denver's celebration of New Year eve, according to police and bospital reports today. Clifford Karthauser, 15, was Kkilled when the automobile upon which he was riding was struck by a street car, st PSRRI (R BOBBED HAIR AT 103. Parisian Woman, Dead at 104, W Active Nearly to End. PARIS, January 1 (#).—Said to be the oldest bobbed-haired woman, Mme, Rectitude Touzet died the other day at the age of 104 at her home near | Arras. Until she reached the age of | 103 she let her white locks remain long, but then she yielded to the modern mode and had them shingled. Almost until her death, Mme. Tou- | zet was actlve, fond of dancing and cheerful. P 5 (1)~ POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS PROSPER IN GERMANY Government Department Reports One of Best Fiscal Years Since World War Started. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 1.—The govern- mental department of posts and tele- graphs, which owns and operates the telephone, telegraph, radio and postal systems, reports that the fiscal year Jjust closed has been one or the best since the outbreak of the war. Net profits are given as $44,140,000, equivalent to 9 per cent on the invest- ment. The revenues for the year 1925-26 exceeded those of the previous year by $30,000,000, though expendi- tures also increased because of ex- tensive improvements and expansions. Out of the surplus accumulated in the last few years the depgrtment has loaned $§0,000,000 to state banks and the statés. 1t 1s by far the most profit; government enterprise. SEEK DICKENS’ RELIC. Southwark Fathers Have Eye on Oliver Twist's Place. LONDON, January 1 (#).—The Southwark Borough Council is seeking powers to acquire the freehold in a part of Mint Street Workhouse, South- wark, which was the home in his early days of Oliver Twist. The cop- per from which the gruel was ladled into the basin held by the trembling hands of the boy is in the possession of the borough council. It was also in the locality of the Mint Street Workhouse that Little Dorrit spent her childhood days. - AS 1227 ARRIVES Orderliness Replaces Drink- ing and Violence of Former Years—Autos Kill Eight. By the Asocigte CHICAGO, 1P January hibition enforee ment i A themselves { highly the way makers conducted themselves At nightfall there had been no reports of death or fllness from poison liquor Autos Kill F Tn. automobile mishaps, however, the city got off to a bad start, though eight deaths from motor accidents re- corded in the first day of the new year were fewer than those of many recent New Year days. It was a day spent by the firesides, and Chicago's streets were more deso- late than on any other hollday. though the day vas: mild and with n hint of sunshine. Motor traffic and attendance at matinees became fairly heavy toward midafternoon, night's gayety suggested that holiday, though the crowds scarcely greater than those of a no mal Saturday night. Prohibition chiefs did not how much eviden merry i divulge was obtained last in_injunction . Yellowley, district administrator, asked his agents not to arrest drinkers unless thelr behaior was flagrant, but to note any abro- gatlons of the gentleman's agreement by which hotels, roadhouses and night clubs promised to make patrons con- form to the dry law. Pedestrian Dies in Crash. An unidentified pedestrian met death when two motor cars collided. Their occupants fled before police ar- rived. A night watchman at a hotel was killed when he stepped in front of a taxicab. Another motorist was booked when his machine ran down a man on his way to work. A motor car which overturned in a‘' suburb pinned one of three occupants beneath it and cost his life. The driver was held. Four other automobile deaths were reported. The usual shooting marked the in- gress of the new year, but only one injury was reported from stray bul- lets. The employe of an electrical shop, sitting at his desk shortly after dawn, was wounded in the arm when a motor car passed, its occupants firing revolvers. Police made few arrests and said the celebration probably was without precedent in its orderliness, Church services were unusually well attended, and last night's watch services drew larger crowds than in several years. HYDE PARK FORUM PERSISTS IN FAVOR Bad Weather Fails to Deter Rival Orators or Crowds at Out- door Meetings. By the Assoclated Presi. LONDON, January 1. - Thirteen platforms pitched evéry day in Hyde Park in the shadow of Marble Arch, from which men and women address meetings on every variety of political religious and irreligious propaganda, show that London's chief open-air forum persists in favor. Dull, misty, foggy weather has no effect on the oratory and little on the size of the crowds, and from 11 o'clock in the morning until late at night park idlers have their choice of a number of warring creeds. ‘Whether by accident or design, each society has for its immediate neigh- bor the rival society whose teachings it regards as poisonous. This is con- venient to listeners. If they do not like one speaker they can hear him vigorously denounced from the adjoin- ing platform without shifting their position. o~ Methods of controversy are drastic. But they fail to cause any alarm, either to the police or to onlookers. Neither the audience nor the pal seemed concerned the other day when a speaker remarked to a heckler, “You are a llar, sir!" Religlous controversies are the most popular. The Salvation Army sings down the secularist on the next plat- form. A few minutes later the Salva- tion Army is in turn drowned out by the Church Army's band. BERLIN FACES PROBLEM. Effort to Determine Sum Due Ho- henzollerns for Art Treasures. BERLIN, January 1 (#).—Leading art experts are working to determine just what the Prussian State should pay the Hohenzollerns for certain paintings, sculptures and tapestries which, under the terms of the recent settlement with the former rufing, will become the State’s property for a reasonable monetary compensation. The works in question are roughly valued at 3,000,000 marks, but the ex- perts, chosen by agreement between the Prussian government and the ex- Kaiser's family, will determine the exact price. Included in the collection are paint- ings by Watteau, Franz Krueger and Adolph Menzel; numerous busts found during the excavations carriegr on under Willlam II, and several costly Gobelin tapestries. The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and fair—it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank to borrow. fractionborrowed you agree to de- posit $1.per week "'I' an_ Account, the notes are usually made for 1 MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W, ““Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit" .

Other pages from this issue: