Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1927, Page 7

MONUMENT BODY INANNUAL SESSION Meets at Metropolitan Club With Maj. Gen. W. N. Black as Presiding Officer. The ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Washington National Monu ment Society was held the Metro- politan Club at 12:30 o'clock this aft ernoon. with Maj. Gen. William N Black preriding. Announcement was made hy the chairman of the death during the vear of Robert T, Lincoln and Dr. Charles D. Waleott. Appropriate resolutions of regret were adopted by the society Willlam R. Harr, soclety, read several communications, including one on the installation of the North Dakota memorial stone in | 't which | were held | veport | the Monument April 20, 1925, time appropriate ceremoni within the shaft. In the same Mr. Harr declared that E. H. Wells, president of the New- Mexico School of Mines, had written a letter to the so clety informing that bodv of the ship ment to Washington of the New Mexico memorial stone. Nr. Wellx lstier was dated January 20, Many Members Absent. Since many of the members of the society are out of the city, no attempt | ‘was made to elect two new members to the vacancies created by deaths. It was pointed out. however, that a spe eial meeting might he called during the coming vear for the purpose of electing new members The present officers ‘were re-elected | to membership and these inclnd with President Coolidge as ex off president: Willis Van Devanter, firet viee president: Charles (. Glover, ond vice president: Theodare ‘Noyes, treasurer, and Willlam rr, mecretary neluded in Mr. Harr's report was aecount of the laying of a wreath the base of the monument this 'ning. The wreath presentation wss in aecordance with the society’s an- nual custom, although no cerémonies ‘were held and no members of the so- clety were present. Mr. Noyes read the treasurer's ro- R port. Folowing the business meeting, the members of the society were enter- tained at luncheon in the Metropolitan Club by Mr. Glover. Those who attended included., with Mr. Glover, Dr. Herbert Putnam, Maj. Gen. Black, Bishop James E. Free. man, George E. Hamilton, Dr. Charles 8. Wood, Mr. Noyes and Mr. Harr. Citizens Promote Project. The Washington Monument, as it stands today, was completed largely through the efforts of the “Washing- ton National Monument Society: In 1833 a group of Washington's leading citizens organzied themselves for the | purpose of erecting “a great nation- | Al monument .to the memory of ‘Washington at the seat of the Fed- eral Government” and elected Chief | Justice John Marshall as their first president Ax early as 1799 Congress had adopt- ed a resolution calling for the-erection of a “marble monument” to the mem- ory of Washington. A committee was appointed at that time to proceed with the action ag outlined in the resolution, | but until 1333 nothing bad been done toward the erection of the memorial. The National Intelligencer, a publica- tion of the time, protested.in Septem- ber, 1833, against the inactivity and called for a public meeting of citizens to formulate plans for immediate con- struction, and on September 26 of the same year a_meeting was held in the aldermen’s chamber of the city hall, ‘which resulted in the organization of the Washington National Monument lorlo!). - The society rought to raise funds | for the erection of the shaft by pop- \ “ular subscription, but progress in ob-| talning an adequate sum was slow, due to restriction imposed by the so- ciety that only $1 could be donated by a subscriber. This limitation was removed, however, in 1845 and by 1847 the aggregate of collectinos nnd accumulated interest was about $87.000, or an increase of over $30,000 since 1838, Corner Stone Laid in 1848, The corner stone of the Monument laid on July 4, 1848 under auspices of the sciet and Robert (. Winthrop, Speaker of the House, de- livered the oration. In 1858 the shaft had reached a height of 156 feet. In 1859 Congress incorporated the’| society for the purpose of completing the monument and in the charter granted, it was provided that the President of the United States should be the ex-officio president of the organization. Efforts to raise funds for the completion of the memorial were Increased but the intervention | of the Civil War considerably slowed up the progress in this direction. At the annual meeting of the society in | 1866, however, President Andrew Johnson presided and contributlons ‘were received in rapid order there- after so that on August 2, 1876, Con- gress saw fit to make appropriations for the monument. In the resolutions by which the appropriations were made, it was made clear that the soclety should not be prohibited from eontinuing its efforts to conplete the shaft and they further called for , appointment of a commission com- posed of five Senators, eight Repre- sentatives and three members of the aoclety to supervise the completion of the memortal. Cost Was $1,1 10. Eight years later :he Washington Monument was completed at a total cost of $1.187,710, of which the Na- tional Soclety had collected $300,000. Under an act of Congress, October 2. 1388, the joint commission was dis. solved, but the society was continued. Washington National Monu- v is one of the oldest or-. 5 District and it s, in effect, an honor guard of the Wash ington Monument. Its members have always been composed of representa. tives of the Army and Navy, legisla tive and executive departments of the Federal Government, and busi eivie lead The total membership is confined to 18 and it has included fn it enrollment Chief Justice John Marshall, Admiral Dewey. Generals Grant and Sherman. Prof. Langley W. W. Corcoran. Alexander Rhepherd and many others. PAPERS TO BE SOLD. Lea and Caldwell Comnct to Buy Memphis Commercial-Appeal. MEMPHIS, Tenn., February (#).—Col. Luke Lea and Rogers Cald- well of Nashville, Tenn., have entered Into a contract with the stockholders the C nercial Publishing Co., publishers of the Memphis Commer?| clal-Appeal and the Memphis Evening | Appeal. to purchase stock of the Com- mercial Publishing Co. at a fixed price and the contract calls for the pur- chase and delivery of the stock not later than May 14, Lovick P. Miles, president, told the Associated Press here it night. T have no reason to assume that the sale will not be consummated as contemplated,” Mr. Miles sajd. Mr. Miles' declaration was in an- swer to reports that the sale already had been made. secretary of the | last. | { Bast Ri i tical jokers™ and | | AUTO INJURES BOY ON SAFETY PATROL Joseph Bass, 13, Struck 1 When Collision Hurls One Car to Sidewalk. Joseph Rass. 13.vearold member of Pierce School safety patrol, residing |at 1351 H street northeast, was e | verely injured by an automobile while on duty near the school yester- day. His left leg was so cut that sur | gecns at Casualty Hospital took 50 | stitehes to close the wounds. Rass was standing near a lamp-post | when a collision hetween tha automo. biles of (*harles B. Ricks, 120 C street northeast, and Robert H. Kerr, Hyattsville, Md., occurred, Kerr's car being forced to the sidewalk, striking {and pinning (lw Bass boy against the lamp-post Mrs. Anna N. Racon, vears old, 2400 Nineteenth street, was cut about the head yesterday afternoon when a taxicab in which she was a passenger collided with an automobile at New Jersey avenue and B street. She re- ceived surgical aid at Sibley Hos. pital. Another Boy Hurt. In a collision between automobiles driven by Walter H. Marlow, College Park, Md.. and Matilda H. Reese, verdale. Md.. vesterday after- noon at Eighth and ¥ streets north. east, George Reese, 11 1 old. oc cupant of the latter car. was hurt | He was treated at Casualty Hospital | for an injury to his head. Whila hoarding a street lnunh between T and U7 vesterday morning. 5 vears old, 13 road northeast, was an automobile ard was inju: his hoc, ear on streete Leroy 2 Rrent ruck by about He was treated by his fam- cian. Inquests in two tra ing conducted at the Coroner Nevitt. \. s deaths are he- norgue todey by One is in the care of Mrs. Mary Spirns, 65 years old, 1349 Sixth street, who died at Frcedmen’s Hospital yesterday as a result of an injury, to” her head and internal in- juries received the night of Fehruary 16. when knocked down in front of 1205 Sixth street by the automobile of Miss Hazel Morse, 1206 Shepherd street. Man’s Death Also Probed. The second inquiry involves the question of responsibility for the dcath of Lang Nelson, colored, 37 yvears old, 904 § street, who died at Freedmen's Hospital vesterday morning as a result of injuries received Saturday after- noon at Lincoln road and T street northeast, when an automobile in which he was a passenger collided with another automobile and was over- turned. When taken to Freedmen's Hos pital, police reported, he was iniormed he was not injured. Later Dr. Simeon L. Carson, 1822 Fourth street, found it necessary to perform an operation | for internal injurtes. MYSTERIOUS BLASTS BLAMED ON JOKERS Explosions That Wrecked Large Oak Trees Are Laid to Prank. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, February 22.— Three mysterious explosions, which tore holes In as many large oak trees on a hill near Lake Nagawicka Satur- day night, were attributed to “prac- by authorities yesterday. An investigation was abandoned after a piece of flesh found near the trees proved to be that of a squirrel. The identity of the “‘jokers” was not learned, and authorities said they were still puzzled as to a motive. Experi- enced blasters were thought to have set off the explosives after much Work in getting them in place. The trees were 150 feet up a steep hill, and the “jokers” used a sled to drag’ up their material from automo- biles on the road below. The charges were placed high up in the trees and set off in quick succession, ‘The only material damage came when 28 windows in a nearby farm- house were shattered. LITVINOFF 1S CAUTIOUS. Quiets Soviet Parliament’s Bitter Attack on Britain. MOSCOW, February 22 (®).—After | severul of the delegates had bitterly attacked Great Britain for its anti- Soviet policy at last night's session of the Soviet Parliament in the Kremlin, M. Litvinoff, vice foreign minister, cooled the heated atmosphere with an extremely cautious and conciliat speech He declared that the Soviet ¥overnment would, as before, observe every clause of the 1921 trade agree ment and was ready to resume nego- tiations for the establishment of normal relations, Obviously disappointed at Litvinoff's moderation, the delegates promptly voted adjournment DRY CLEANIN WOODRV] 10 ot the Hiehest Quality am it x— Glov , Lonih. Oaty se Priatiny 34 410" 18th 400410 For Estimates. Maln 1400, 1 Bring or enciose this ad wi N Rw. { THE EVENING s Darkest Moment RTAR, WASHINGTON, som, HAVE OF YOU. ASITIS, 1GHT %ufi COounTRY, B AFFAIR WiLL BE MEMBER. YO " st e iral Copr. 1927 (N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co. QuT To BE A GREAT Even BECOME HEROIC DEED S THI By WHICH PCO'LI- 1T'S REALLY A PITY THIS e TiHIMG EVER. HAPPENE D, YOU SHOO! HAVE LIED ABOUT CHOPPING DOV SHOULD CHERRY TREE AND | hril VVHALED THE DAYLIGHTS OUT You MAY TURM rMAar — Yoo THE FATHER OF UT OF ALL YOUR 5 SILLY “LITTLE THE QNILY OME e Wit ~ICL RE- — D. 0, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY WATRES ELECTED BY MASONS' BODY Washington Memorial Asso- ciation to Adjourn in Alex- andria This Afternoon. Special Dispatch to The Star, 5 ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 22. The George Washington National Ma- sonic Memorial Association, ,4at. its closing session here this aftérnoon, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Louis A. Watres, Pennsylvania, president: James R. Johnson, South Carolina, first vice president: James R. Gillon, Michigan, r'?(‘nn(l v presi- dent; Harry C. Noy Hamp: shire, third vice nr!!}den Bert F. Lee, Missouri, fourth vice president, | and J. Claude Keiper, District of Co- lumbia, secreta Melvin M. Johnson William 8. Armour, Ne K. Lee, Wyoming, and Ralph E. Lum, At the session this morning the grand masters of the various States reported $125,000 additional received for the memorial This brings the total received to § 000. A large group of delegates made a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon this morning, where a wreath was placed on the tomb of Wm-hlnmon COUPLE FOUND SLAIN. TOLEDO, Ohlo, February 22 (#).— Mr. and Mrs. Alex Schuster were found shot and hacked to death in their home here today. The supposi- tion is that the husband killed his wife and then committed suicide. Three yotng children were asleep in an adjoining bedroom when police ved. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings from New York, x ARRIVED YESTERDAY. rornJV:rmm-Bermud. u Santa Tereaa—Valn Eruador—San Francisco. . | rinidad Pastores—Puerto. Limon DUE TODAY. tania—Southampton merican Shipper—Londoni Caledonia— West !ndle- cmlnt Robert E. Lee—Havan: Rellance—est Indi Conte faunia—TLiverpool Main—Antwerp . Borota—Kingston DUE TOMORROW. Paris—Havre Letitia—Glasgow Kibert BaiineHami anchuria—s Estonia—Dai ST St heriver 1 EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT | Antonia—Southampton_ ... | Bogota—Puerto Colombia. . Minnewas! | Muenwhen—Bremerhaver " President Adamie—World ‘cruise. revident Garfield—World criie. Providence—Marssille | Southern Cross—Buenos “Aires oUT SAIL Siboney—Havana . | Avon—] uda : | Columbus—West indies” eriise. } SAILING TOMORROW. Adriatio—Mediterranean crulse. Republie—Cobh. Plymouth. Cher. nd Bremen. steel | 1% cfen Lara—8an Juan. Maracaibo Tivives—Kingsion. Puerto_Colombi Ancon-—Port 3 STEAMERS. Winter holidays bring out more travelers on London's transportation vatems than the Summer holiday: Washington’s Birthday THIS STORE CLOSES Were $55 to $70 Now 35 ALL KNITTED at 1 p. m. Today REDUCTIONS Entire Winter Stock of Suits & Qvercoats INCLUDING STEIN-BLOCHS Were $35 to 850 Now 25 Were $75 to $90 Now *45 TOPCOATS, $15 Alterations at Cost Sidney West (INCORPORATED) 14th & G Streets N. W. CY PRES CLUB DINNER. Noted French Woman Lawyer One of Principal Speakers. Mme. Suzanne Grinbers, viee presi- dent of the French Union for Woman Suffrage and a member of the French Court of Appeals, will be one of the principal speakers at the annual ban- quet of the Cy Pres Club, National Unive women's organization, which is to be held tonight at_the Women's University Club. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General, will be the other leading speaker of the evening. Mme. Grinberg will speak on “Women and the . French Courts.” She long has been identified with the woman's suffrage movement in France, and is one of the few French woman lawyers. Mrs. Willebrandt has chosen as her subject “The Wom- Mrs. Ann Webster, president of the club, will Introduce the toastmistress, Mrs. Pearl Bellman Klein. Dean Charles F. Carusi of the university | will extend greetings on behalf of the ||| school, and addresses will be given by Prof. Glenn Willett and Justice J. F. Siddons of the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Lolel in 82000000 Suit. The De Forest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co. was unsuccessful in the Supreme Court of the United States yesterday in effort to re- cover $2,000,000 from the Government for use by this country during the World War of “audions’” or vacuum radio tubes that .were patented by MERCHANT MARINE BILL IS FAVORED Senate Committee 0.K.’s Measure to Provide Per- manent Trade Fleet. A permanent and adequate Ameri- can merchant marine. by Government ownership and operhtion if necessary, i& planned in the Jones bill ordered favorably reported to the Senate to- day, by the Senate commerce com- mitfee, The bill directs that Roard not sell any vessel or vessels now owned hy the Govern ment “when in its judgment the building up and maintenance of an adequate merchant marine can he best served by continued ownership of such vessel 6r such line by the United States." Broader Powers Given. The Shipping Board is directed by the bill also to submit from time to time to Congress recommendations for the construction 'of vessels to replace those now owned by the United States No vessel constructed pursuant to the proposed act “shall be sold without the consent of Congress hereafter give The bill declares it to be the polic of the United States to maintain n adequate merchan: marine for the proper growth of foreign and domestic commerce and for the national de- fense. The Shipping Board is siven broader powers to recondition and fm- prove the asels owned by the United Stat as to equip them for com petition in foreign trade With reference to the replacement of vessels, the hill savs the Shipping line of Adones to Urge Action. “The necessity for the replacement of vessels owned by the United States and in the possession or under the control of the board and the construe- tion of additlonal up-to-date cargo, combination cargo and passenger, and passenger ships, to give the United States an adequate merchant marine, 18 hereby recognized, and the boa:d is authorized and directed to present to Congress from time to time recom- mendations setting forth what new vessels are required, and the esti- mated cost thereof, to the end that Congress may, from time to time, make nrovl!ion for xopla(‘om!nu and additions, ““All vessels built h\ the board shali be built in the United States, and they shall be planned with reference to their possible usefulness as auxiliaries to the naval and military services of the United States.” Senator Jones of Washington. chair. man of the commerce committee, will report the bill for the committee and urge its prompt consideration by the Sepate. 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The Minister of Greece, Charalam- bos Simopoulos, was unable to attend the memorial services for members of the Greek royal family Sunday at the Church of S8. Constantine and Helen, Sixth and C streets, southwest, which was attended by Prince Christopher of Greece. It was erroneously report- ed in The Star yesterday that the Minister of Greece was in attendance. The Minister of Rumanla, George Cretziano, however, was in attend- ance, as were many prominent in various official circles in ‘Washington. AGEE SETS RECORD INTOMILE RACE Lowers Own Tame.Made Last Year in Aloysius Club Run Over Streets. William Agee of Emorywood Ath- letic Club of Baltimore, and South Atlantic A. A. U. cross-country cham- plon. this morning won the 10-mile modified marathon run over the city streets under the auspices of Aloysius Club. His time for the route was 54 minutes 7 seconds. It was his second successive vietory in the an- nual fixture and broke the run record e hy him last year by 41 s avid Fagerlun. Finnish-America Athletic Clun of Now York, finis) second about 100 vards behind Agee. Following Fagerlun were August Fager, Finmsh - American Athletic Club: Hurd Willett, George Washing ton University, and John Davidson of Emorywood, Baltimore, who finished in_order. Fwenty-two race Fagerlun set the early pace from the start at Aloysius Club on I street near North Capitol and led nearly all the way. At about a mile from the finish Agee, who had been trafl- ing Fagerlun by a few vards, as- sumed the lead and steadily drew away from the Finnish-American until abou. '00 vards from the finish. The . Fagerlun caught up with the leader. only to he out-distanced by the latter’s final burst of speed. The team trophy was won by the Finnish-American with 11 points. It placed men second, third and sixth. Emerywood Athletic Club was sccond in team competition. conds. runners started the pect. purse! Finished Family Wash use. Rough Dry Thrift Work damp (not wet): Pamp - Wash home damp. 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The first was his leadership in achleving independence The second was his leadership 13 years later in gecuring the adoption of the Constitution The meeting was opened hy an invo. cation by Rev. Jason pastor of the First Congregational Church, after which there was an ad dress of welcome by Dr. George K Burgess, director of the Bureau of Standards. Dr. Burgess called the attention of the delegates particula to the serv- ices of the Department of (‘am- merce to the bullding industry exemplified in the division of bulld- ing and housing and in the simpli- fied practices work. An address of welcome on behalf of the District then was given by Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who told how the National Capitai had grown from a village of 126 Federal employes to a city of more than a half a milllon. 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