Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1927, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, MEMOIRS OF UNCLE JOE CANNON | FLODDADFUND A8 Told to L. WHITE BUSBEY, His Confidential Secretary for Many Years. CHAPTER XXIIL Cannon who, whilt we at peace with Spain, suddenly astounded the country | and the whole world by unob-| trusively dropping on the clerk’s desk | & bill appropriating $50,000,000 for na- | tional defense. The amount called for was unprecedented. We were on the | = verge of war and every one knew the | \ X ‘ bill was intended for Spain. It was \ ! the first lightning flash | What most was that Mr be against war, a pacifist. ¥ House leaders, dent himself ot Officers of the e 7 ! g 1) | pressed confidence held the purse st £ the Goverr ] { /i / 4 B ment. liis for / St down expense his demand for | [ s this enormous sum all sen- | [triet’s Shar sational. Hlief budget | doubled Tater. ‘Thc ; Contributions reccived today electrica District _chapter included $330 against us was pupils of Miss Maderia’s School Austria had al »m employes of the Post Of stood ‘that ase of The Star has received §80: with & ni The Phi Delta Sigma ;,::o g 1 ¢ of Central High School do titude 10 Red «Cross e day follows the Cannon bi | Country Expresses Wonder. s B 3 bridge | ill wonde My clamp, © defiance Woodford T was Mr. were still District’s Quota Increased to $133,084 as Additional Contributions Come In. jons continue to come into women and Contribu | the Red Cross from men, aste v Cannon was known to He was even called | that matter, all the | Reed, and | opposed | suf" flood | had | today total to do their relieving th r opi Valley national fund 9 at noon flood relief part in | reached | and the stood at § local ex this m fund will soon chapter ning that pach the $135 exactly treble the n|U.mul 5,000 assigned as the Dis » of tne national flood re- This initial quota was the more water was iropean ailiance st under way. it to be under- Wi e woul ! that she wo weatening at- | modified after Con- | thusiasm, effect the by the frgm nd A Y 17§ N !41' { was 00! e list announced to- passed Maurice Otterback, 35 v n by Lydia F. Beau Martha Otis and B. Morgs $40; wlditional But the country s the very led Ameri and Austri ister ir Presid Cannon of Spain $10 £34.35 unor cash Chapter, [ 5 A 3] Roberts, $10; Laura A, I William 8. Lyon, $10 TPost Office Department £20: Frank Murphy, I'ownsend, $15; Mr: £20; officials and e Interior Department, Donations Received by Star. Contributions received by The Star Inclnde | Previously Junior Dept Refor Phi Dy Central High John M Flora M. F n.. Soviety of G hurch indeavor Society Grace Reformed Church esese $401 wernment, if not com from the nd s was that Mr, Can- | e tactics he often awal is The favor non was following th employed playing poker—bluffing | on a pair of deuces until he made his | opponent believe ho held a full house. f .y ol hing possible The erplexed and | o prevent war, but it must come, and Tumors w Cannon could | we are not prepared for it. Who | have ¢ mystery up, but he | knows where this war wiil lead us; it maintained Most exasperating | ;yay he more than war with Spain Outside of th How can I get the money fc he to traordinary expenditures?’ on Other Matters Excluded. | Havana on a ¢ introduced it w < 3 ; i e = gt “We were still standing where the | ! President me as I entered the . 5 0 Prastaant. voom. He had matter his mind to the exclus f everythin M tey Tells Story Long Ater. else. 1 had known McKinley fror “He did atterward he (0ld me the in- |the time he entered the House in 1877 | S S0 while we talked nervous strides wh He paced the floor with quick, acknowledged | history. He felt we had reached a Church of the crisis and the people were driving the Administration to desperate me: ures. A sensitive and humane man, | the criticism of the | held him e battle: press Wwa 1 the S mm\ 10.00 5.00 2.00 responsibl hip Maine to 1l of courtesy, only to and hundreds of and the opposition in Con- | press, w these h [ Mrs 25.00 bill was the Housc by the was i men ed Bt im on the Paces Floor. (‘ Total to date.. not sit hut quick nervous \n u|4 1 had gone over the easury and felt suve | an appropriation of without embarrassment having to y ide for | e taxa o We ‘Commlmes to Be Set Up in Vnnous national defense. 1 \ Areas Under General Plan Given President. down, side story of what happened on the I had never seen him display | night of March 6, 1898, the evening anxiety. His manner before he fired what wa ¢ the his face showed the lines un in the w pain, It was not his way to ntroducing that bill he consulted [c He had the philosophical | in the House, not even the |temperament that sustained him in |, Speaker. The $50,000.00) he handed |times of depression. He went through McKinley was something Presi- | the stormy in the Fifty-first || dent had ev been given before even |Congr and to defeat in 1800, buried | bt when, war was imminent, and it was |under his own McKinley bill,_gs was | U880 given by a reputed pacifist, a strictly |his party, without any “fan of | economical watchdog the Treas. [emotion. ury, a House leader who, like the| “But the other House leaders, saw no neces- | foreign war for the fir S var ity for war with Spain. It heartened |2 century and was not ready. It| ff threw the fear of God |Would mean the transport of troops | d paralyzed Austria. over the sea for the first time in our FORMALLY OPENS It was a groundhc The vernment was bein into | ar, without power and shot enou Eastern High Company- First | on Field in 40th Annual Competition. was | of show reports of the | we could make £30,000,000 and without hond 30 0,000,000 nobody issue surplus ted to the send a mes next day recommendi priation T would unde | co-operation of Senator Allison, chair- the appropriations committee . to have the hill passed “end of the week." (Cony local subscriptions made in PRLSBYT[RMN ! 4”;, United Church to Begm An-| nual Assembly Tomorrow Night——Closes May 31. no scenes President of take, with the facing [ ated Press. st time in 1f 1 devised by business interests i toward immediate economic wilitation of the Mississippi River | flood aveas was submitted ‘o President | Coolidge yesterday v officers of the | Chamber ‘of Commerce of tho United ites, led by Lewls I. Pierson, the chamber’s president Although details of the plan remain to be worked out, the general program contemplates obtaining subscriptions country \ wro- | {8y the, Aaso [ the country into Spain : e is in: the first: round; @ jut proper equipme ficient in cas rampant forced by my little. Th, to Congre nexation hings. Nor did bill but was delayed a ands of petitions came s demanding war, the an- of Cupa, other dangerous McKinley did not want war. Reed, the Speaker of the House. Nearly all the leaders were opposed to it, but there was an al- most overwhelming sentiment for war on the Republican side, and the 1 jority .of the Demacrats were equally as strong for bundling Spain out nl‘ Cuba and giving Cubans their inde- | pendence Crisis Is Precipitated. “The destruction of the Maine pre- | cipitated matters. The President knew war was inevitable, but we were | not prepared, and the President could not get ready without an emergency appropriation. The fact is this country has never heen ready for war until war was upon us. “On nday evening, March 6 President McKinley sent me an urgent message to come to the White House. I went at once and was taken to the library. His greeting expressed his apprehension. He hegan: ‘Cannon, T | to get ready for Committees will he set up in various | cities to assist in the effort, a state- ment by the chamber said, and an executive committee will be named to co-ordinate the work The chamber's statement said the Federal farm loan will co-operate. } The flood. problem, according to Mr. Pierson, divides itself into three parts: an Chureh will| 1. Immediate relief in the way of pnual assembly | 000 clothes and medicine: the pre- annual as | vention of epidemics and the resettle- Wallace United | ment of lands. Randolph m-.-x; Leonomic rehabilitation |and New Hampshire avenue. | ,.(n.jx s o St e | sembly and will be | 15 | preceded by a conference on the evan- | listic work of the church, which will | pen with a devotional service and end tomorow Rev. Dr. A,k ahan of Boston | {and Rev. Dr. George C. Pigeon of To- {ronto, Canada. will speak tonight, dis- | High | cussiz “personal evangelism.” A Will {round table conference of church After | workers will be held tomorrow morn- | in re-|inz. Rev. R. A. Hutchison, retiring ss’ the field | moderator, who wiil pre the as to receive the decision of the judges. |sembly scssions, will also preside at Big Thrill in School Life. | this preliminary evangelistic confer- | The award of the first honors in the "“'\‘ . | company competitive drill is | g e 5 assembly i to. disc | ceded by school officials to he AhA EniAL e thrill” in high school life. | 1 Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chiel of staff, United es Army, | will present the $3,000 Allison Naylor | diamond medal to the winning cap ke also will give the winning plica of the medal for sion. Maj. Summerall also ward the medal tor the winner the contest to be held tomorrow ternoon to determine the “distin- | uished non-commissioned officer.” Possibility Cited. t cadet history may be terion, Company ¥ of « Il he one of the three comp: be placed in the drill. In pa the company, which acted !|Luard of honor company at lad”” €2 800 | presentation of commissions in March Star office. | hias either won the drill or has been | placed second or third. Company was the guard of honor company last March. The McKir nies, howeve; competition, Marching on the base ball field at morning, Com B of Eastern High | School formally opened the fortieth £ al compa .mnpmmu drill of merican League o'clock this | The United Presbyte begin its sixty-ninth & tomorrow night at | Presbyterian Chureh, will close CHANGE DUE T0 FLOOD. Permitted to Employ Water Route for Freight. Holding that flood conditions in the Mississippi Valley warranted the tate Commerce e 24 companies will ‘have gone through their maneuvers before the War D partment judges. Tomorrow morning the mnine Cen- tral High School companies will drill, | while in the afternoon one company | from each of the five high schools, se- | lected by lot, will be seen on the Company K of Western School, the last company to dill, leave the field at 4:30 o'cl this the 24 companies will p: view and be massed acr tonight | ernoon | Railroads | road to route fr leans by water to Galveston, Houston \d other Texas points. The road will allowed to disregard shippers’ in structions for land conveyance of freight and to turn over such ship- it receives to boats for ocean it until such time as its s arve again available for Otders of the commiss Iy gave the road permi the watcr route into service as an al ternative to the usual overland ship- ment. By an order issued several weeks ), when the flopd on the Mississippi became s all rail- roads concerned or affected were au- thorized by the commission to disre. -d the usual routing for inland and to move the shi will around the flooded a s in the Texas & New O 1<e allows the road to take railroad | shipments completely off railroad rails for the same purpose. EARLY FLOOD BILL URGED. to ! be object of the | activities of the which is con- “the AND STOR- , Church nor Ul Church, leaders in the church indi- | cated that the question of uniting with one of these hodies may be broached o, assembly It was regarded as iable that any action will be n at this time. Approximately 300 delegates will | tend the assembly. They will he | tertained by members of the local con gregation. DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN SERIES OF SERVICES st. atholic Parish Lay-| men Planning for June Opening at Ne Retreat House. st 1902 mya0® 3 LOADS | ane one 1 i Main i \ THAT THF | Of ple. for any | Pilts.. 0 Red Ball 1S HEREDY taken ntral T WILL Martin's Robinson Wnnts Have Measure Ready. Returnin Senator Robi Democratic Committees High School comps promise to offer stiff inasmuch as the McKin- | boys have carried off the re ntal and battalion honors The companies to drill tomorrow fol Tow ompanies B, H, C, A, I', K, | 2. D, all of Central High Q:u.u om pany |, of Busin Compiny € of y ; “entral, Com K w Jesuit ashington vesterday of Arkansas, the leader, issued request for meetings of hoth the House flood committe and the Senate commerce ! committee in June to begin immediate consideration of flood control legis- lation Participation of leader tin's parish in ! 12 laymen’s re to the new Manresa-on-the-Severn which is being arranged for Ly the South Atlantic Holy Club, under the leadership of Martin 1J. MeNamdra, was made at a meet ing in St. Martin's Clubhouse, North Capitol near T street, last night The speakers included Rev. Fran cis X : altigan, i t sment__in | for in | Washingtor Martin | sion. ©Other Democrs J. O'Donc inning, | Senator Broussard of | Adolph Box; said, coneur in i Adolph By i to org parish Carror s in St. Mar of I NEVER \»\‘...fi'\‘r“’” — BYRON & ADAMS PRINTING IN A HURRY but not high oriced 1ith St Coolidge fused tg call a special s the Arkansas 1d be saved if the mnumlm at once and drafied presentation at the has 2r time met NEW YORK SINGER LISTED‘ Horace Smuhey to Appear Church Benefit Concert. Horace Smith and younger and ur \d Charles T organize the older men The dozen ' more the | parish who will make the Smithey, June 3 with the Holy » of baritor quality, | le; umni John H. Marville, | subsequent | due to sudden ill . which is expected to ancel his engag t house to ful has not Holy Cross a here p all of the vears he n Washington achers includi the three-d David Bispham, Mme. are to ne ind the late Adele Loeis in the also was a student | Musical i ch i Mrs. Smithey —— ! hushand in the |evening nkins ' s With local composer, as a plano, Philip’ Dunn_ are men of the John M are to Here's the way/ the Brookfield (3fo | < editor voices the universal wail: \\ hen, oh, when, will the ather t away from ‘unsettled’ ng recker A b“tos Rcormg C’er. i B nade (¢ zixe | church buildin DOLLAR i will substitu: poed to handle every | The Nanoml Capital Press D121 1 ST, N.W Phone M. 650 BETTER TAKE HEED! B the Chami . for the benefit of fund. Mr b men M Street, Georgetown Brick Building Large store and two apartments of 4 rooms and bath cach. Brick garage for 1wo cars. Owners Will Sell at Low Figure Shapiro-Katz Realty Company Realtorg—Builders lfi 9111 141 St. N.W. | on loc n Mr ! pul the foremost mithey recital 5 Catholic who int rety startin fy Mr. McNam vestment Buildin, . £ New Pastor Named. The St A W. Va., May _ Samuel Dichl of Plymouth, Pa., Club was elected yesterday at a congrega- | gesent selec: | tional meeting of the Presbyterian LBell -known | Church here to succeed Rev. Dr. F, M. ompanist at the | Woods, pastor emeritus, who resigned from active work some months ago, parish to make n itute City He of and IEOONS s Dcnt Roll and Toss¢ H: ss. box suring and pi pund. sleep. BEDELL’S FACTORY €10 E St. N.W. will program tomorrow e Esther For s e e e NOW §13 %2836 nd which will be used to sup- | | children from all walks of life eager | | $10; | sant, Von- | \Will Hutching a o |} 6.00| Nr ntion; 1 fst |evel | to | will he ] 3.60 | bill of next s 82| Heidel 'BUSINESS INTERESTS | DEVISE AID PROGRAMi | | l( Ilrun ists in lh? l‘nllrlh National lirulm Contest ARTS CLUB WILL CLOSE DRAMATIC PROGRAMS | Histronic Needs Will Be Discussed Tonight and “The Gull” Will Be Given. The the sea dram Aris when tk club will be diseu f the clu with o number 1 talks by Dr. De Witt €. Cy Johu J. Daly, Gideon A. 1 nd othe A feat evenin will the preser Ldith Odzen Heidel The Gull,” the f the author. Special guests of the clhih will Jeut, Col. J. Franklin Bell, retir Engin missioner. and | Bell; Clifford Brooke, divector of cater Players; Miss 1 hy L.erney, 3 director f R stlonal: THastex Plivers wiih Taud Howell Smith ramatic committee, 4 ling Ihe thres prize plavs v have heen presented as t obet h of Drean and “Ov Aws osing + program Club will t drama n spe of the tion of play tio be n under dir N s of s hoste lays are | by Fdna sed by met his | 1| pion »f the Dis | 1and {work so th: | best representation. BUMES TOMORROW C. who will contest. Miss Dorothy | city, In Othe the cht Tursday arrival ha e it short, e Mrs the »or the Iy chaivman of the | the | S-M-L-L-E At the Weather With €ne of Cur BEST-BILT GARAGES All Steel & $ PER ‘ 8 MONTH Wood Frame W ASHINGTON CONSTRUCTION €O, 200 K St. N.E. 10160 Close-in row house ground in Mount Pleas- ant, west of 16th street, south of Park road. Will trade. Close-in acreage in built-up community, near one of Washing- ton’s main highways. $6,000 per acre. Sale only. William Todd Main 9111 Co-operative Apartment Homes Washington's Mose D Co-overative Build umn by WHZBN Ottice on vremises Phll]lps Terrace Apartment 1601 Argenne Place Just North Col. Rd. at 16th Several very aftractive Apartments ranging siza from one room, reception hall, kitchen, bath, to four rooms, kluzhen. reception hall, bath and porch. SERVICE UNEXCELLED RENTALS REASONABLE William S. Pllillips & Co. Iney ol 1516 K St, N.W. Adams 8710 Main 4600 % % 72222 ur William M a display of admirable good will and sportsmanship, will fete the seven finalists at luncheon Friday afternoon. | Eastern has sent its students into the | contest two yvears to win the cham-| plonship of this area. Asenath Graves, in 1925,*and Myrtle Posey, in 192 were the Easternites who fought in the national finals for The Stat's zone, | and on each of those vears that school | gave a hm ‘heon in honor of ail the nationalis School Oficials Invited. In spite of the fact that her own entrant was defeated by “Aleck” Loker in the contest this year, East- ern is giving the luncheon oftribute les Hart, principal, will be chair- | ‘n n of the affair, which is to be at tended by school officials, including Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent | | of schools; Stephen E. Kramer, as- Friday nig will be | sistant_superintendent in ok tomorrow morning with | high schools, and Robert L. rrival al Union Station of Carl | assistant superintendent. Miss Kate Albert, the McAlester, Okla.. boy | C. Buc in charge of contest ac represent the Midwest in th stern, and Mis: stant principal of guests along with Randolph E. Albert, Midwest Cham- pion, to Be Initial Con- testant to Arrive. 'GULDENS rrival of orators here the fourth National ¢ Carlson of § Utah, the entrant from zone, will reach the Capital at 9 | Jorning he Music will be furnished by the or. a of the school, directed by Mrs. ‘. V. Byram, faculty leader. School ells and cheers will complete the pro gram \\'I\‘EIIHKY' Leonardtown . who was expected to reach the tomorrow, will not be here unti fay morning, his mother. Mrs. | Lok 1id this morning. int » the 17-vear-old cham ‘District of Columbla, Mary- LI SRS alee Distlee 10m | cach of the seven champion orators et | will be introducec e may give this zone it | " The Utah State Society is planning | to tender its heartv support to Miss o definite arrangements fe yet, since it was « that the time of the I girl's arrival was known. It is under steod, howaver, that a committee of | | the society’s members, including Sena- tor Re will 11 on her at her hotel Thursday evening Younz Carl Albert Union Station tomor Mr. The Society Plans Support. the SEC Im\ OF THE luncheon a enen Ul | body and Thinking of Building ) ,gi sgggjfitlls OHCI‘S ap E\Lluswe stern to Entertain. Washington Fr are expected to reach the cits also; but no_ definit time o been set by them. How- the seven orators will he here be- | Thursday afternoon, when the en- inment of=the contenders for the 2l championship wiil get under will W he met morning b ntative of me reception will he the orators as he N \\u\hxm.:lnn v the program which unned for their enter School, with Bargain Homes in Beautiful Edgemoor Tt is only because of an unusual realty transaction that it is possible to offer Homes of the Edgemoor character—in that magnificent environment—at such 810,750 to $14,250 —with accommodating terms Wholly detached, equipped most attra expansive lawns, Come and see them—you can’t imagine how appeal- ing they are. envn‘onment acces= sibility and individu- ality—yet at moder- ate cost. Villa Sites ani Wooded Plots of different types, finished and ely. Each Home surrounded by f d"es & '\luldl('um sted OPEN FOR INSPECTION EVERY DAY AND EVENING. MCKEEVER--\-!GOS TORS. ] Deal with a Realtor - *Frank. 1503 1115 K Street Steneleigh Court Bining Room Connecticut Avenue and L Street N.W. Wardman Management special Luncheon and Dinner 12:30 to 2:00 Seventy-five Cents 6:00 to 8:00 . One Dollar and a Quarter ' Glistening Teeth Q) days! Remarkable Results from a Simple Device . . . | DENTALau!horities agreethattwo separatesubstancesarenecessary | o whiten teeth. Yet if these two substances re put in one tube, they are useless. They it be kept separate until themoment of use. | The double tube solved this problem! JEW-MIX uses a double tube—one tube hin the other. The two necessary sub- wces are there—but held separate—in lividual compartments untilthe moment 1 squeeze them on the brush. And what lifference it makes in the result. NEW- IX is the ultimate dentifrice. * Why idn’t you do it long ago?” asks one dentist. | Whiter Teeth now in 9 Days! NEW-MIX is not only safer and surer, but quicker than other methods. 9 days is | enough to whiten teeth and its continued use keeps them like pearls, gums hard and | mouth sweet and wholesome. Dentists and | users enthusiastically approve it. Begin today. Yourdruggist hasit—ask him! Werite today for free trial tube. X at any DRE or at Club Breakfasts and Breakfast. a la Carte Luncheon and Dinner The KNOWING MOTHER WILL HAVE NO OTHER _ ¥ F I (‘O'I TA(JE A(;fi p‘g lt ite Y CHEESE ing “hestnut make it a wonderful food for Spring there’s noth- ing quite as NAT[JRE’S appetizing as OWNFOOD s Co' i tage Cheese. Its wholesome, vitalizing properties days. You can have it delivered to you daily with your milk. 1SK FOR B()OKIET 01‘" RECIPES .‘ POTOM A( 4000 Pennsylvania Avenue at 26th St. N.W. You Are Invited to Inspect Our Plant at Any Time. PLANT NOW Annual Sale of Two-Year Old Monthly Blooming ROSEBUSHES Including the varieties of Columbia, Premier, Crusader, Butterfly. Aaron Ward, Templar, etc., at— 50c Each We have a limited quantity of Souvenir de Claudius Pernet—color is golden yellow. The most sensational rose ever introduced. At 75c. These roses will give an abundance of blooms this season. All the roses used in Speedway planting are bench roses. Plant the same in your garden, as they are best. We Also Have a Wonderful Collection of 52 Choicest Named Varieties of IRIS Including ALCAZAR, PALLIDA-DALMATICA (pale blue). GEOR( ;1A (orchid pink), PAULINE (wine), ISOLINE S VIC. LOUISE (yellow and violet), at the extremely low price of 25¢ each. Privet IP}::ES;;:;S Evergreens Hydrangeas Shrubbery Other Plants The demand for these roses has been so great that we have decided to continue the sale for one more week. For Sale at Our Greerhouses Good Hope Rd. S.E., Anacostia, D. C. THIS WEEK ONLY GUDE SONS CQO., Inc. Ophelia, Mrs. Boxwood