Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1927, Page 17

HOLIDAY MARATHO! m v in the Aloysi who scored h ative Hamilto: h V. Represen re the trophies of | Agee of Iilzllfl PRESIDENT address on Ges preme Court ington's birth rays Washington ) and Se , Mr. Coolidge OFFICIAL COMMITTEE HOLDS EXERCISES IN WASHINGTON CIRCLE. The committee of 25 rangements for the celebration yesterday conducting exercises at Washington’s statue. Boy and of Washington are flag bearers. In the group, left to right: Reeves F. Strickland, Charles W. L. Darby, who delivered the prayer; Jesse C. Suter, Capt. Conway W. Cooke, Maj. F. W. Keoug! !ll_xi.uiun?r Dougherty, who placed the wreath; Brig. Gen. George Richards, U. 8. M. C iaferro. and Commis: Washington Star Photo. s and Representatives, In setting in motion pla TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON BEFORE NOTABLE GATHERING IN HOUSE CHAMBER. esterday to an audience that filled the House chambe and galleries and included ns for the nation-wide dwelt parti . President Coolidge delivering his celebration of the bicentennial a 1 vision as one least emphasized by hist members of the cabinet, the Su- iversary of Wash- ans. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. SSAY MEDAL. Sir Esme Howard, the to Miss Adelaide Emley, a Wask school girl, the gold medal awarded by the Sons of the Revolut the best essay on “William Pitt, Lord Ch: m, His Services for Ameri- *s Welfare.” Tk ion was made at the Capital’s offi rele- Henry Miller AMBASSADOR PX British Ambassado SCOUTS PLACE WREATH AT TOMB. Several hundred Boy Scouts of Washington and other cities jo i Vashington birthday pil- grimage to Mount Vernon yester Robert Burke, Daviid Miller and Lewis Lowder, honor Boy Scouts i ith ‘wre they placed at the tomb on behalf of the Scout assemblage. Copyright by P. & A. Photos MASONIC CLUBS MEMORIALIZE W ton Monument yester F ducted b Museum to the Monument. presided at the Monument exercises, at which a w the clubs in the New National Museum. The SHINGTON AT MONUMENT. A view of the exercises at the Wash- es of the District of Columbia Masonic Clubs. Maj. Gen. Amos A. th w placed, nd at the earlier exercises con- Aln mple Band led the procession. from the Washington Star Photo. PSTREETZONNG . CHANGE REQUESTED Block Near Temgorary White | House Wanted for Com- mercial Purposes. between Sev- in man- Presi- porary ing of for Property enteenth the vicinity of sion, on Dupont dent Coolidge quarters dur the White I enth Patterson streets, Airplanes in Use On Brittany Coast In War on SeaPests By the Associated Pross. LORIENT, February 23.—Air- s are being used to police the grounds of the Brittany to drive off porpoises and great white sturgeon that live on the fish and ruin the nets of the fishermen, When these intruders are sighted the rmen signal shore and a bombing plane goes to the scene and drops explosive: The raids of the belugas, many of them 20 feet long, were threat- ing the 1velihood of the fisher folk. e section, had not lue of the but had property for made Other Ke it i E ¢ ' nt | THBUTETOFRST PRESIENTVOTED | Senate Approves Call on States for Celebration of 200th Birthday Anniversary. The Senate today passed a concur: esolution approved by the House viting the governors and the 48 States to co- iking the celebration of ersary of the birth of gton in 1932 a success, s brought up in of the to resol e Congress rnestly and r full co-operation the - chief States and United States in the resolution of ies the birth | ho was “first in d first in the vmen”—the pioned tesman, the husbandman American citizenship hington—m » war, arts of the sol com in such | that future zens m cording le and the precepts of life and charact te the American Repub exalted thus perpety e resolution will be sent | by log rvation of ind com- the sun | when the had in hi HONOR FELLOW ian Meeting iation; John Assa William B. Mackey, grand master of New Jersey; John homa. MASONS OF ons, who arranged the exerci House Restoratjon € A. Daville, grand secretary of Loulsiana; WASHINGTON AT ALEXANDRIA BURIAL GRO 1d at the South Fairfax street graveyard in Alexandria dwin F. Gayle, grand master of Louisi: H. Anderson, grand master of North Carolina, ommittee. In the group, left to right: Rev. William J. Morton, chaplain of the Georze Wasl J. M. Charteri: and Earle C. Flesher, gra D. Members of the committee of Grand Masters of Va., yesterday, under the auspic of the Pres- ngton Memorial ster of Montan; d master of Okl; Pr grand n Washington Star POLICE DETAIN MAN ON MURDER CHARGE Police t harg ra v placed a ¢ About & man _Stap, called at t} ported shooting and was ly that the vietim | We third house to investi colored, a rovmer. womian dollar. Woody enterec police were ind wl involved in the Smith. Woody Is reported to have ask es to tell the police tl ) had tried to commit suicide. to have succee several cartrid refused to lend him a the room n h controve 1way room Ordered to Hospital. Col , United § ster € have bheen to this city for treatment at W Reed C.neral Hospital, | Members of Conference, Recertly n | congress took action upon a v HEBREWS PAY RESPECTS $6,0fl0,000 P[_EDGED TO PRESIDENT COOLIDGE| 10 yALE ENDOWMENT 1 By the Associated Pre: NEW HAVEN, Conn., Februa 23.—Pledges totaling $6,000,000 b |already been made, two months in ad- | vance of the opening of the campaign for ¢ ,000,000 Ya ndowment fund i > e se | to promote distinction in teaching and | President James Rowland used the occasion him a paper citing the ) 4, pe)l announced at the Adjourned, Make Courtesy Cajl Today at White House. officers and members of the » committee of the it s, which just on_here, paid Jew President ¢ ud e hefore nt study, conclusions reached | [ ni exe been iis $6,000,000 duates, President 1S composed 300 g , Vi Dl $20,000 each, his statement Archibald S0L wrd (€ Max_ Bloombursg imin_ Winter, inder, guished teachers and at the student body of the ¥ ee of r' | attention necessar: maintain the highest standard of ed- President Angell expressed his complete satisfaction with the re- sponse. | present siz rith Abraham The 400 accredited delegates to the subjects lookir oward of Jewish wnd the po of faculty members was as a principal reason why the university must have addi- tional funds. The announcement was at the luncheon of alumni and faculty in the university dining hall. Dean Clarence W Wendell, of Yale College reported a total of 500 men re being veached hy the daily and unday chapels, at which attendance s voluntary, rights central new highway system, 900 s nd costing $70,000,000, be ructed by American con cerns, cons [3 nual alum- | Urged for Salvation. nefit of 15 a su- vation by opening Adventists koma Park | Personal activity for the | one’s fellow men was perior means of spir E. F. kman sion of the Seventh-da North America, at this morning, when he initial meeting of the home ary leader: Sermoni | man ach ual of Satan the remainder of the week and it is attended by representati of all the local and union conferences in the New England, Midd t Lakes States. se of the meeting is to study ways and means of promoting the * ture feature” of the Adventist de- nomination. In opening the convention, Rev. J. L. McElhaney, presiding elder of the Seventh-day Adventists in North America, declared: “There ought to come among us a new breath of power and earnestness in endeavoring to awaken the world to the consciousness of the soon-com- ing of Christ. It is time for us to ex- press what we beligve, and to open Jur hearts so that we will be really and tryly ‘adventists,” for the world needs the witness Christians so living and working t! be behold the The deley i Bridge Player Gets 13 Spades; Rivals Refuse to Double { $8,491,000 to Construct New | ADVENTISTS’ CONVENTION. | Personal Activity to Aid Neighbor | addressed the mission- | ‘The convention will continue through [AFOLLETTE PLAN FIGHTS THIRD TERM | Senator to Urge Colleagues Be Placed on Record on Resolution. to h Senate ainst r term lidge was offered by ve tk ane off with was then three. F for Preside o and later ve tactics Apanes terday, on the anniversary h of George Washington. ent leader said he would n at the earliest oppor- that it was his purpose ators to go on record. d With to double. HOUSE APPROVES Smiles. 1 other Presidents al concurrence a epublican system of gov- | nent. idded that any depar- ture from *this time-honored custom o 1 Quarters Authorized—Boll- | would be unwise, unpatriotic, ana ; ; ; | frauzht with peril to our free insti- ing Field on List. aent Senator La Follette presented his resolution just after ‘the Senate had tened to th ading of Washing- ton's farwell address. A dozen Sena- s were on their feet seeking recog- . but Vice President Dawes gave flc to the Wisconsin member, lution was greeted with les, but no comment. Moves in House. A similar resolution has been offered e House by Representative Beck, iblican insurgent of Wisconsin, e another by Representative Fair- re- | . Republican, New York, would about [ permit a_ President to serve a maxi- | mum of 10 years. There is littlo pros- pect of action on any of them at this - | session, ‘The La Follette resolution text fol- Resolved that it Is the sense of the Senate the precedent established by Washington and other Presidents | of the United States in retiring from | the presidential office after their see- ond term has become, by universal concurrence, a part of our republican system®of government, and that any departure from this time-honored cus- tom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our free insti- tutions. — FREE OIL NOT SO GOOD. Fuel Taken From Wrecked Cars Nearly Demolish Autos. NUNDA, N. Y., February 23 (#).— Motorists in this section are ha an epidemic of engine trouble. Sev- eral tank ears overturned in a recent lrfl!lh‘(;fll: wrefik' nmllh rno!m'ht.uk got a ot of free ofl for the crank cases their automokbiles. - The oil was in a raw state, howsever, and the natural parafin in many cases “set” the pistons, would be made 1t received from the sale ill passed by th included $150,000 as iation on a $450,00 House today and $300,000 $£160,000 Field for 300 en now occupying £ ed men who are Supper to Aid Two Funds. FAIRFAX, Va., February 2 Community League of Clifton, V: give a chicken and oyster supper Fri- day night from 5 to 9 o'clock for the library and high school funds. ernoon in three groups under the re spective chairmen of each, including Rev. Mr. Hackman, home missionary secretaries: Rev. N. Z. Town and Rev. W. W, Eastman, field secretaries, and Rev. H. H. Hall, Bible hous6" secre- taries,