Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1927, Page 7

PRESIDENT ACGEPT [~ s ] MEADE NENORIAL Cannon Boom as Monument Is Presented Nation by Pennsylvania. wantinies of appropriate sele~tions were played at_intervals during the ceremonies. Plans for construction of the memo rial were unched formally 16 vears #g0, when the Legislature of Pe vania, June 14, 1911. provided for establishment of a Siate commis 10 proture a suitable statue site in the Capital city.- The United States Congress, January passed a resolution establishing 2 tional commission and design; af site for the memorial in the Botanic rden These were f ive acts of HaeRis Ewine CHICAGO. October Tribine today says Tames E. Watson of Indiana. discus- sing Indiana politics here. said he has , [about “reached the decision not to run for public office again.’ Senator Watson would make no def. inite tatement 19 (). —The that Senator wed by various feg he Pennsylvania law ing bod providin funds fo ryving on the work, which, how ever, was delaved hecause of decisions of the auditor general of Pennsyl-| L AiNate tor Bhe Maouh vania, ' which prevented use of (he|yoqn nomination for President. frnds until favorable interpretation of |10 Nommation for fredident. the statutes could be obtained from {, 11 % Auviolv's sless ne to Wwhe Wil $he courats, and because of the ne.|le Nominated 1o sycceed Fresicent cessity of getting Federal legislation |L000 & BE ST CRecRues of e to permit removal of the tholdi | 4, "t Lawrence and lakes-to Fountain, which encroached on the | (% site for the memorial ! frem the M Contract Signed in 1919, e ippi Valley will be selected FOUR SAVED IN GALE The contract was signed by the sculptor June 7. 1919. The National Commission of Fine Arts approved the sculptor’s model March 1920, and January 19, 1921, the desizn for the FROM SINKING BARGE treatment of the ground around the == Jsvivmial i u vDeu 1 : Coast Guard Cutter Effects Reseue The memorial has a zranite bhase about 30 feel square, upon which theve | Off Ocean City. Md.. After Five 1= a central drum. containing seulp by e tured figures of marhle about nine feet Attempts With Lifeline. Che architects, Januar: *1, sub v e mitted to the commission plans and ~NEW YORK, specifications for the base and drum. | men were and for foundation of the plaza, and its coping, which surrounds the mem- They were approved in August, October 19, - Fonr gale off Ocean City, Md., Guard cutter Gresham reported by wireless 1o the Associated Press last night. Fighting for hours in a heavy rain, high winds and treacherous currents, | the Gresham rescued the crew as the ' barge went down after being buf- Dwight .| feted by the gale since 8 o'clock this Davis of the War Department. Senator | yorning when it broke ioose from a 2 Representative Robert Luce, | tye & D of the House committes on | crawled throush the breakers and lift- Gov. Fisher of PennsvIvania |eq several members of the crew from ut. Col. U, 8. Grant, th 5 et iieS ohoer The rescue was effected after five vain attempts during the afternoon to run a line to the barg: Ground was broken on the site, elaborate ceremonies, March 28. 1 and construction went forward slowly. | being stopped at intervals for various | reasons. The personnel of the National Com mission follows: Secretary th vania Commission ~ follow chairman, Hugh R. man; Benjamin John Hansher, Meade M Gov. Fulton, vice chair- . Taylor, secretary Charles F. Bidels- pacher, Samuel P. Towne, John B. Patrick and John E. Baker. ! The memorial is one of the most | Ma costly for a_single individual ever | erected in Washington, it being ex-| ceeded only by the Washington Mon- | ument and the Lincoln Memorial. It | cost $300,000, and the expense, includ- ing the cost of the unveiling exercises | today, was borne by the State of Penn- sylvania, which 1s presenting it to the Federal' Government. The stone cut. ting was done by Piceirilli_brother: Gov. Fisher and his cabinet as well s the general ufficers of the Pennsyl- vania National Guard -wrrived at Chevy Chase Circle shortly befure noontoday, where they were met by Lieut. Col. Grant. Heuded by an escort of Metropolitan police, the gov- ernor was taken immediately o the White House, where, with his daugh- ter, Mrs, Hemry Tatnall Brown, r of Haverford, Pa., he will be a guest | of the President and Mrs. Coolidge during his brief stay here, They us well s Miss Meade took esident and Mry Messr mon and H. The general officers of the guard are: j. Gen. William G. Price, and . Gen: William 8. McLane, jr.. Brookfield. This was said to be the first time in the administration of Gov. Fisher that the entire cabinet and staff have been ont of the State on an official | function, as well as the first time that the governor's flag as commander of the military forces of Pennsylvania has been taken out of the State. The governor and his party will leave for Harrisburg soon after the close of ceremonies in the Botanic | Gardens. 4 members of the Pennsylvania State cabinet, the Meade Commission ot Pennsylvania and o ficers of the Pennsyivania Guard went White House, where they were presented to the President and then they formed part of the governor’s body, which proceeded to the scene of | the unveiling under the escort of Cavalry. Those in the cabinet party | are: Gen. Frank D. Beary, C ence J. Smnth, Secretary Besnon Taylor, Secretar James L. rt D. Bainey, Sectes $8.00 ROUND TRIP NIAGARA FALLS Sunday, October 30 SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN No change of ears Lv Saturday Evening. October 24 ; Ly, Washington (Union Station ). and Mrs. | b Chairman Wiltian: | y and Mrs, James | ¥. Weodward, Secretary M, Mathew H. Taggart, Dr. and Mrs. k. S. H. McCauley, Secretary and Mrs, | Charles E. Dorworth, Secretary Charles Johnson, Commission than R Fulier, Maj. and Mrs. G. Adams, Dr. Charl Judge and Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Margaret Deane, Mrs. Walter H. Gla Hamilton, secretary and Mis. Hamiiton, Arthur P. Town send, budget secretary. and Capt. ¥ A. Godeharles, State hibrarian. Sunday Ar. Buffalo ..B:55 AM. Niagara Falls | New York ..8:00 AM. L A00P M 5:05 P.M. 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It offers maximum insulation because of the large number of dead air cells and the excellence of gypsum as a non-conductor. The cost is low. THERMOFILL The Dry Fill Insulation ROSSLYN STEEL and CEMENT CO. Pouring Thermofill Between Joists about reporis that he | | | consderable number | dr | failure of one of the gener | Army of the Poton K ulf | (ffer of Meade to retire, who held his 1 have f-°t that some one | command to the end, tu sed from the coal barge [ ADpomatiox Old Dominion during a wild northeast | the Coast|He still retained his command. A surf boat from the Gresham | tho hopelessness of further resistan R. Whiteraft. | Shannon and Robert M | B Ty T T Y 'TH VENTING STAR. WASHINGTON PRESIDENT LAUDS GEN. MEADE. ATE MEMORIAL | placed in command, he issed a fare- | | well address to hix men, in the course y sape of Lee across the Poto-| of which he said. us vetu e e subatantil destruc. | thanks to Almighty God for i bless of his army would have ended the | ings in granting us i il di 2 assed, 1 am | and let us sincerel a) iy dd‘(!;‘l:l”"‘;vl what was |and light to discharze our duties fticism for what was | citibens as we have endeavored to dis- | e thew us suldiors.” - | er the war Meade seems Army Disorzanized in Battle. e i e routine | “The zeneral himself felt that.!work of the Army of that day. From | though he was victorious, his army | July, 1565, he commanded the Division had been disorganized, while the army | of the Atiantic, with headquarters it of Lee, although repulsed. was by no| Philadelphin, except for some service weans shattered. Befor long they in the South. In 1863, as head of the were facing each other cross the [ Third Military Division, he acted as Rappahannock. The withdrawal of a|civil governor of Georgia. Florida and f his forces, due | Alabama, where he displayed a most to the draft riots in New York and for | sympathétic and tolerant spivit in his | other service, delayed hix plan to lead | eflicient promotion of reconstruction | an attack across the stream | The next year he was back in Phila “In November. after Lee had with |delphia, where he took an active in awn behind the Rapidan, Mwiolm st in the welfare of the city, serv- planned to engage him at Mine Run.|ing as vice president of the Fairmount Hi< plan became disarranged by the | Park Commission and in many benevo . %0 that {lent enter . This eminent soldier | the advance was abandoned. Although|and faithful citizen passed a at | there was great public clamor for him [ the early age of 57. When President to go forward. he refused to permit |Grant was informed of his death he what he Lelieved would be a wanton |is said to have exelaimed. ‘What a | slanghter of hrave men and might put | calamity it would have been had it n jeopardy the Union eause. He hadjoccurred doving the war. When it is sufficient character to rvely on h's own | remembered that not Meads It Sher- | judament and seficient conscience to | man and Sheridan were the favorites do what he thought was rizht. | with Grant, it can all the better be “At the opening of the next cam-|realized what high praise and appre. paign, in March, 1864, Gen. Grant was | ciation these words conveved. It is made Heutenunt general and placed in | fitting that his statue should stand « n Sixth T od_fr mtin 1ge.) ti war., profoundly g done. without ¢ not done.’ | trusting to God to di supreme command of all the forces. |here. crowned with the cemblems of makinz his headquarters with the | victory, In front of the mounted figure He refused the | flanked by wheeling squadrone. which has heen raised to the memory of his a promi- | commanding general. 't in the hattles of the next 12 st ilitics. which included the Wilder.| _ S‘0dy Reveals Abilities. Spottsylvania. Cold Harbor and The more we study the histor Petorsburg. . On the 1st of Februarv,|of the war in which he fought, the 1865, he was made a_mujor general in | more Gien. Meade stands out as a re- the Regular Army. It was during this | Sponsible and reliable = commander. month that he was notificd that his|Others may have had more dash son lay dyinz. So great, however, was | {hough none surpassed him in cou his devotion to duty that he refused tp (28e. He did not. engage himselt leave the front. and did not reach|!cading hopeless charges. He was. | homa until two davs after the hoy was | "ather. a general who kept himself | gone. Three davs later bhe was di. | S1Meciently informed as fo the move rected {o return fo his command ments of his enemy and made such e | preparation and wise disposition of Forced to Ride in Ambulance. liis own troops that hopeless charges “He was 0 worn out frem his long were not necessary. 1t cannot be said | service that in the elosing davs before | that he alwavs won. but he exper. | he was compelled to| ienced very little of defat. His per- | travel in an ambulance. kut disease | sonahty was well rounded out. 1f it could not shake the vigor of his mind. [appeared to possess no lofty peaks. ‘The | it was not marred hy any deep depres- | notes between Lee and Grant,|sions. If he was sometimes quick of | the way for capitulation. |temper. he w: ntly sound of passed through Meade's lines. But.!judzment. ~olid and suh. having ridden over to (ie position | stantial man, one who inspired confi- | commanded by Sheridan, Grant re-|dence. one who could be trusted. The ceived the final note of surrender |victor of Appomattox assigned to him through him, The commander of the |the second place among his generals | Army of the Potomac, therefore, was | History has revealed that the estimate not present when. late in the afternoon | was none too high. Gen. Lee is re- of April 9, 1865, Gen. Lee, realizing |ported to have ranked him even | higher, ‘Meade, in my judg acknowledged the defeat of the Con.|ment. the greatest ability. | tederate cause. Meade rode at the head | feared him more than any man 1 ever | of his men In the grand review at|met upon the field of hattle.’ Washington, and on June 28, the sec-| ‘“Throughout his life Gen. ond anniversar: had been man of deep religiof first paving in Meade cony w day—and gay on a day when the sky is blue? Isn't there a parallel con- dition in the matter of a person’s sizh Dim ‘vision justisn't the natural com- panion of cheerfulness. When you see better, vou feel better. And you'll feel mentally, at Jeast, more at ease when you have your eyes examined by Etz eye experts. Today! 'Jec Etz and See Better’ 1217 'G Street- “Split-top” Loaf is the Bread Washington housewives depend on Creating a demand it one thing—holding it and in- creasing it depends on quality. Every day this delicious Dorsch’s Bread, in this appealing shape, grows more and more popular—as more and more families come to know that it is Distinctly different; Decidedly superior There isn't any other Bread just like Dorsch’s—haked , the Dorsch way—the way vou'll like it—with the tender crisp crust; and that wonderfully palatable texture. You can be sure it’s pure: -and yow’ll know it’s good Dorsch Do Boys will be on the air again Twjce a dax. hot from the ovens, at all grocers and delicatessens, Tomorrow- Thursday—Evening— 7:30 to 8 o’clock with a new program of pleasing numbers, Tune in on WMAL D. C. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1927. en he entered the serv e s MINE MANAGER HELD BY MEXICAN BANDITS and actlons in ace nee with my | tion he safd daily prayer that His will, not mine. shall be ‘done.’ Throughout his en tive military career he constantly | acted in harmony with that sentiment. | Rancom Demanded for Release of Time and in his lette and ! statements he acknowledged his de | W. E. Mitchell. British Subject. again. pendence upon Divine Providence. | Like most great soldiers he was de voted to veace. not war. He even hesitated to regard those who sup- ported the Southern cause in the lig of enemics. even reproving his men for glorving ‘in their ¢ which he would veserve for the of & foreign foe “On behalf of the Government ation which he helped to s this memorial erected commonwealth which wi home and the home of h The conflict in which he an important part has long since | passed away. The peace which he | loved hax come. The reconciliation | which he sought is comple The | lovalty to the flag which he followed | i universal. ‘Through all of this| shines his own immortal fame.” ¥ the A Captur Mitchell, general manager Amajac Mining Corporation Ixtlan district, Nayarit (o the State Department today .| consul at N ish subject and is being held for Pesos ransom within five days under threat that he will be shot The British Minister in Mexico City has made representat eign_office in connection Mitchell case The consnl | dits haa by Me, of in the was reported by the 5.000 ns with the 1150 veported that ban d the mail pouch and | pavroll of 2,000 pesos for the Amaijac | mines and that four soldiers of the | small military escort had been killed | He added that the military protection afforded to the mines was still inade- and that Mexican authori been requested to increace By direction of the State partment, the em made similay British Planes BERR October 19 () - The British seaplane squadron of four fiving boats which left Plymouth Mon day a empire which is scheduled (o take a landed in the harbor here inday shortly (e Reach France inee, auate had force on 25,000-mile crnise the vear De- assy representations t the naon in atlan. Mitchell is a Brit| to the for-| in Mexico City | *® 7 T S N R RGN S W ‘The first of a series of free lectures et Underselling under the auspices of the Washington y CH ! IR Opera Co. in the auditorium of the Arthur Jordan Piano Co. tomorrow o \OPERA LECTURES TO OPEN. | | First of Series Will Be Given Here Tomororw. i afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Julia Schelling. well known in tocal circles and the sister of Ernest Schelling. famous planist and com- poser. will be the lecturer. Miss Scheliing will illustrate her taiks with | selections from the operas discussed. | presented by singers and instrumen. | ists. Alberto Bimboni. conductor of | the local company. and a composer of | several operas. will assist Miss Schell- | inz at the opening lecture tomorrow. | The series will include two lectures | a week, Monday and Thursday after noons, at 4 o'clock each day Thomas' ope! Mignon,” which | will be the first work of the series to | be presented by the Washington Opera Co. this year. will be the subject of the first lecture. The local perform ance of this opera will he given at Poli's Theater December | U. S. to Sell Vast Timber. Va., October 19.— | 3 Reserve is offer- <ale 5.000.000 feet of chestnut timaber In' the Nataral Bridye srea Tapestry-Upholstered The timber is made of trees attacked 7 \ J by the blight and it covers approxi- OLCASIONAL mately 1.200 acres in Rockbridze County, about six miles from Greeniee. | | Spring Seat STEEPLE-JACKS Please don't risk your neck this way. Just show this chart to your mother, and we'il just bet you that she'll let you have these delicious crackers — almost as many as you want. Comparative values of everyday foods OVERSTUFFED FOODS 'WING CHAIR Jacquard or $27 : 50 Cushions - SunshineSodaCrackers| Porterhouse Stej}; | Tape:try N SO S . 7 WRIGET 6. 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