Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1928, Page 4

3 . SUNDAY Dy 1928—PART 1. STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. FEBRUARY RADE BODY GIVES | " ANNUAL BANQUET Plea for District Representa-' tion Heard at Midwinter Celebration. With an impressive e District and Federal s sttending the Was! de fast night hel s iwinter dinner and celcbrat grand ballroom of the W event 1s An out rated more for President Coolidge headed official honor guesis. but was prevented from attending this vear and sent 7 letter of regret to Ed C. presider e board. Amor attending d [/ 1 nme b{ jiresses. the ba ' = the brief space _nf two mit PRESIDENT URGES TRUTHFUL PRESS, New Home of National Press| Club Dedicated Last Night. (Continued_from First Page) | the seat of government—the eves and | ears of a mighty constituency Turning to the growth of the Na- tional Capital, Mr. Essary said by de- grees the dream of Washington and | L'Enfant of the most beautiful capital |'in the world In the valiey of "the | | Potomac, 1s becoming a reality. “Should | Gen. Washington emerge from the | allent past for one more visit to this | city and if from the pinnacle of that | majestic shaft which bears his im- mortal name his eyes should survey the | far reaches of the National Capital. he | would glory in the panorama before him. “There could be no regret in his heart that the city of Washington had failed to become the great commercial mart which he foresaw: of merchantmen ride at anchor in its | a thousand factories obscures its sun- shine. Inste: he would probably lift nis head in grateful prayer to Provi- dence for the beauty and splendor of the citv founded forever to com John Darby, Samuel M. Darragh. Ed- win O. Daue, John Davies. Flovd F Davis, Walter G. Davis, W. T. Davis, A “Gray Dawson, Edwin B. De Graw Frank Del Veechio, Willam E_Dent Diamond. A B. Dickinson Reginald C. Dilli. J. E A Domer, John T Donnelly v J. Donoghue, Archie L. Donohoe. James A. Donohoe. Milburn J. Donochoe, Peter M. Dorsch. N. W Dorsey. District Commissioner Proctor L tv. Malcolm G. Douglas, M Raiph A Drain. Frank T J. A. Duft. C. Thomas Du Fief i Fief, D. J. Dunigan. Walter igan. E_T. Dunlap. Walier Dun- Dr. Roy S. Dunmire. John Dunn urfee. Representative L. C would pros Y expenses of the 60-40 n, as now provided in ve law for the Dist major portion of the er to a banquet and t Dyer. Fred East, H R Eastwood. John Joy Edson. Karl V. Eiker. Homer O. Eimers Roger W. Eisenger. M. O. Eldridge, Wil- liam Elgin. Representative Richard N 2 H. Etz. Harry S. Evans William W. Everett wing, John Eyjian. F. L har, Roy Farrall. Dr . Lawman Faulconer. Francis C. Ferber. R Dr. M. P. Finley. Dr. Aubrey Max Fischer, Dr. Melville Norman Fischer. Atwood M E A. Fisher. Col Henry seph Pitzgerald. Thomas Fitz- R. F. Fleming rth B. Folger arles E. Ford. G. W. Forsberg. George {E Frazier. W. J. Frick. Luther Fridley Logan §. Gain. J. Eugene Gallery. C. Emery Galliher, William T. Gailiher, Isaac Gans. Wayne G. Garman. H. A Garren. Jack Gazner, Frank E_Ghi- seli. George Gilligan. Harry E. Glotz- bach. C. J. Gockeler. I L. Goldheim | C. H. Goodioe. P. F. Gordon, Claude Graham. E. C. Graham. G. V. Gra- ham. E.C_Gramm, Wade E. Graninger Charles G. Graves. Philip Greenwell Robert Greer. Dr. C. L. Griffith, W. W Griffith, Louis S. Grigsby, Paul W Grosse, F. P. Guthrie, Dr. E. M. Gus- tafson . George E_Hamilton. jr: W. L. Hamp- | ton. John H. Hanna, W. S. Pay Harper, Mal. Gen. George H | Harries. A. L. Harris, C. W. Harris, | William Hart, H. H. Hawkens, Harold G Haydon, Louis E. Haves. Harry V. Haynes. C. W. Healy, Bernard Heffer- man. Frank Helan. john Helmus., Wa ren Helphenstein. H. R. Helwig. A. G Herrmann, William P. A. Herrmann, Miio D. Herron, Lieut. Willlam P. Hes: Ma;. Edwin B. Hesse. Fred Hessick. J Clinton Hiatt Percy Hicl R. M. Hicks S. Hight. C. Phillips Hull. Harry gen commitiees, &s- vice chairman. 5 the the banquet d by George Miller. Harry Dean. secre Subcommitiee ch advisory coms Raymond = C- | Pischer. s weher, L Lee Coombs. door fioor: Eéwin C. Graham, | SeT8ld, ST T. Brooke A: | programs _and reception rs, and E. T M Intyre, Esther Cloyd, the Carbauhs the Florence Thompson dancers Ravmond and George Wilson, Hayden le and Lehman. Marie and Mari perial Quartet. George O'Connor es of Washington, Senator King ! Utah, Senator Copeland of New York. Gen. Herbert D. Lord, tor of the budget: Representative Zihiman of Marylana. Representative McLeod of Michigan. Representative Stalker of w York, Representative Blanton of as, Represeniative Combs of Mis- Re Jenkins of Ohio e Holaday of Illino:s, Rep- resentative Simmons of Nebraska. Rep- tative Moore of Virginia, Repre- ative Johnson of Soutt Ak o ative Dyer of Missours. Rep- | FTa e Strong of K,m,rm';,‘:_ E R. Hill. William A. Hill. Dr. John " e Indian Combi®” | R Hogan. Representative Willam P | er Procior L. Dougherts. Gommis. | Holaday, Thomas P. Holden, T. Stanley Bidner ¥ Tabiaferre Gor Wi | Holland, Alfred H Holiidge, Charles W ™ B. Ladue, Engineer Commusioner. | Holmes. George P. Hoover. A. E. F. Horn | T W.E R Covell Assistant Pngi. | Matt Horne. Harry Hoskinson, M. Hos- eer Commiscioner. Capt. H. C. White- | tetler. Charles L. Howser. John Hudgins Assigtant Engineer Commis. | C. A Hueter, George W. Huguely. Dr Ma). Carey H 'Brown, assistant |O. W. Hunter, W. L. Hurd, Dorsey W dirertor of Public Buildings and Public | Hyde. Jr liam 1. Irby 3 Wriley Jacovs. Dr. Henry W. Jaeger, 'P;'u William P. MacCracken As- | Tromas A Jameson. W. A Jameson Becretary of Commerce for Edward T. Clark, Secretary Louis Janof. Karl Jarrell, Thomas E Jarrell. Representative Thomas A. Jea- he President. F. Stew . James F. Coupal, p Charies Jerman, E. F. Jewell < J. H. Johnson, Rep President; George E. Wa lhe Fire Depariment: Ma C. Johnson. W. Dev Johnston, C. Alexand: Hewse muperipendent M John T Jones, Robert C. Jones, W. C. Miller, presider state' Board: Tvan C. Weld. president Washingion Chamber of Commerce, Benator Wesiey L. Jones, William Jor: Gen Anton Stephan. pr Francis J Kane Richmond B Keech nis and Manufacturer Joseph I Keefer, Harry C. Keeler, D mes P_Schick. secre! Rovbert A Keiltr. J. Claude Keiper. R H Keller. J Frank Kelly, Stephen Kelly. Edgar §_Kennedy. Benalor Wi King. Wiliam L_King. Lest P. Kirchner. Homer L. Kitt, Percy C X Bheridan 8 Kieindlenst. Charle< rd A Kober, Ravmond Koll. John A. Koons m H Kyle. Don iation ® 4 ws Bpencer Armstror Dr. J. 8. Arnoid Herry J William B. Ladue, sioner; Wilton J. Lam- Lanman. Maurice H 2 W J LaVarre Lawder, Allred M. Lea, R. 5. Led- Frederick 8 Lee W Lee. ir; Robert A leese, Prank P. Leetch Leeteh, T Hunton Lefth s Leonard Elmer A Lewis, v Lrwis vy. A H e J. Charies James R Armoid. won rh P Berestor T Karl D. Loos. Wil- wge. Adiai G. Loehl m “harles B. Lyddane. R B Lyon w P Asmistant e, Dr.A M Mac- k. Fred W Mac- D W. Manners Aurceron. George Dabniey M Mau E Maheld Jotin T rhon N Jame e ry of Com Donaid, Frank . enzie 1 Mantz, Har e I ¥ M: Monttor 811 Mostgomery ) Copt F. Mohut Montgome: WK oney Moorebiead, Hows 1 A Morgan Mulloy 1. R - DR el Jumes A b i Tusbert McClain, W W McClellan. B K e Jtobe Clelan ¥rea Mok MK M tative Clarence J Mo Marklr ersm, K Ciark Eowsrd Me Wiliem M Cla N Co Fieo G n, LY L 1 Charies W 5 Barn , D " Grrge € Comiariey Wil ¥ 1 § s Waiter Ot w Colbren Yo ;i Nt Theodo Nor am P ard Norris MK Norton Obwr {1 George O O Conn Jckisnd A Gien Dr Densie J O Do Oftutt, Newon B O'Neil Ostermay et arge Cramptan, Chnrle Crocer Fettus Homer P 1 14 C P . Ml PUY, Jonn b e pe Richara 1. Deni. Williain L. | fer. Park E. Stout. H. A, Stover. Repre- H. Harland. | | memorate his services to his country, Began Nearly 50 Years Ago. ‘The address of Mr. Noyes follows: “You will remember St. Paul's proud assertion that he was a citizen of no mean citv. Fqually proudly and confi- dently we assert that we are followers McK. Poole, Marvin_Pope, K. Carlisle Posey. E. Clarence Poston, George E. Potter. Dr. J. Albert Potter, Dr. Liovd G. Pray, Samucl J. Prescott, Ord Pr ton, E. Barrett Prettyman, 1. Pridgeon, Alexander Pringle. C.J. Quentell, Henry I. Quinn, Ralph H. Quinn William E. Rabenhorst, H. E. C.|of no mean calling. Rainey. W. Pearce Rayner. Earl P.| "It is now nearly 50 years since I en- Ready. Dr. John T. Ready. Edward O. [ tered the ranks of active newspaper Reed. Stacy M. Reed. Harmer Reeside. | workers. and I say with no fear of con- Hames © Richards, Clark Riden. M. tradictory proof that the ethical stand- it Rittenhouse, 1. J. Roberts, Dr. Joseph ards and practices of our newspapers I Rogers, Nocl Rocasco. H. O. Rose. | are higher today than at any past time Viresr 'R, Rudd. O. Ellsworth Rue.| “ILis. of course, true that there are Frank J. Ruppert, Percy H. Russell, H. | excrescences on the body politic of Rust. i Fred F. Rutter. John L. | journalism. but even the armies of the Hyan. Lewis Edw. Ryan, W. S, Rvon. | crusaders had their venal camp follow- “P. J. Saffell. Charles D. Sager, Elwood | ers and panders. and we recognize no Sager. Robert H. Sanford, Andrew Saul. | responsibility for the wrongdoing of B 5 Saul. Francis M. Savage. J. Logan | those who masquerade as fournalists Sa ohn Schar?, James P. Schick. | totally disregarding the high code that BN Schicgel. Judge Gus A. Schuldt. | governs real newspaper men Hemman A, Schultels. Frank P. Scott.| “Any necessary apology should be Tein W “Scott, Harry A Schroggins. | made by those who make these prac- AMthur Seagren, George Seitz. 1 Sems- | tices profitable—those who buy the ker. C. J. Severn. S. 1. Shanks. John J. = wares Shaniev. Herberi T. Shannon. Edward _“And so by easy stages I approach the D ahaw. Wiliam S Shelby. Elmon high honor and duty that has fallen to Shelton. Raleigh Sherman, Chlrlé.h M. me tonight. Shinn. George C. Shinn. Archie Shipe i SIADENH (S Charles F. Shiumd. | .yyiie the National Press Club natu- “R ok rally includes in its membership a Representative Robert G. Simmons o W\lhgm A. Simpson, Richard H. Sin- large number of local newspaper men— clair, O. U Singer, Paul D _ Sleeper. Clarence H. Small, Arthur C. Smith, Charles B. Smith. C. W. Smith. Clar- endon Smith, E. Quincy Smith, Elmer Smith. Fred E. Smith. Harold S. Smith Dr. J. Ernest Smith, J F. Smith. J. Hawley Smith, John H._ Snyder. James A. Soper. C. E. Spleidt. Roger B. Sprigg. E K. Sialey Representative Gale H. Stalker. R Marbury Stamp. Amos L. Steele. Gen Anton Stephan. Walter Stephenson. Harry C. Stewart, Carl Stodder. Edwin Stoh'man, Frederick Stohlman. Dr. Martin A. Stohlman, Frank T. Stone. Samuel E Stonebraker. James B. Stouf- tiveness is to be found in its national character. for on its rolls are hundreds of working newspaper men whose home cities are elsewhere than in Washing- | ton, though many of them have con- | tinued to serve here as Washington cor- respondents for long periods of time. “The public estimate of the character of this club. of its stability. of its worth- whileness., has been strikingly evidenc- ed on many occasions--never so con- vincingly. however. as in the support given in the recction of the noble edi- fice in which the National Press Club has the beautiful home that we are formally dedicating tonight and in the fact that the President of the United States has honored the club by laying the cornerstone of the bullding and also tonight by dedicating the edi- fice and the home of the National sentative James G. Strong. Frank J Stryker. James A. Sullivan. Dr. W. D Sullivan. E. E. Swan. H. B Swariwont. John N. Swartzell. William L. Symons ! Thomas Tabler. P. M. Talbott. District | Commissioner Sidney F. Tallaferro, Robert L. Taylor. Dwight K. Terry, Leon Theunissen, C. R. Thompson. Dr Richard K. Thompson. Eliot H Thom- <on, Merle Thorpe. T. H. Todd. James Toomey. C. M. Towers, John W_ Town- send. Joseph B. Trew. Charles E. Trib- South Trimble, jr.. A Tschantre 1t W. Tucker. John W. Tucker. Theodore J. Vandoren. Alexander R Varela, William Huff Wagner. J. Z. Walker. E M Wallace. W. J. Waller. Max Wal- ten. Max G. Waiten. Joseph C. Walters, Milton €. Walters. G. C. Warner. jr.; Don 8, Warren, Senator Francis E War- ren, Monroe Warren. Robert B. War-' ren, George § Watson Senator James E. Watson, William T. Webb. John P | Webster. Jvan C Weld. Chester Welis. | V. A. Welte, James C. White, J. Frank White. | Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Henry Wieg- and. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. J. M. Wil- | llams, Lawrence F Willlams, Dr. Ed- ward C Wilson. J. Sells Wilson. Ralph O Wilson. R.J. Wise. Spencer L. Wise Milford Witts, Alexander Wolf. William B. Wolf. Robert G. Worthington. Danel Thew Wright, M. J. Wright. George E Wwyne, Albert E_Yeatman. William H Yerkes. ir: C. Howle Young. Howard | W. Young. Representative F. N. Zihl- man. clous address to which we have been privileged to listen. He may be sure that his wise words have reached receptive and appreciative hearers. “'And s0. speaking for the newspapers lege to voice their high appreciation of those who compose your wide-flung membership, of your great ideals and fine fulfiliments of those ideals. of vour courage and the high level of your abili- ty and your sense of fairness. Fairness Held Important. “This latter is of great importance. With us of the Associated Press it is free of bias. of partisanship. of being for or against any cause or any person “These restrictions do not the Washington correspandent who is dectdedly more than a crack reporter away from home and who may properly and I think this obligation is held sacred with vou with almost negligi- ble excepti “Many T 0 the correspondents were n pervasive as in this day, and when the | | then leading newspaper of Washing- | ton—I make no invidious comparison | as 10 the present day—-started ils press | in the afternoon the first newsboys to | secure papers ran up Pennsylvania ave- | nue and turned at Fourteenth street to Newspaper Row. which then clut- | tered up the site of the stately build- ing in which we are now gathered erying lustlly to welcoming ‘Here'’s your correspondent’s friend Here's your correspondent’s friend!’ “And tonight, after all these years, '1 can think of no truer message than 1 can bring to you from those far |away for whom I speak. than to re-| | pe ent's friend! | | ents friend!"’ | Represent Nation's Journalism. Mr Essary spoke as follows: “In addressing the members of this club. those who are before me and the 1.000 more scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ‘from the Lakes to the Mediterranean.’ ss & Fourth of July orator once put ft—-in addressing you 1 fee] that in & broad sense I am ad- dressing _the American press as & whole. We are uniguely privileged 1o represent the journalism of the Nation s Sl o and it is our obligation. o represent ereunean erns | it warthily e | “I might remind you that because SAILING Washinglon has now become the great Griwalta nerve center of America, it likewise Hansiniih has become (he great news center of NATLING THURSDAY | America, perhaps the greatest news alert and Open-Shop Session Ends. JACKSONVILLE. Fla. February 4 #).—The twelfth session of the Ameri- can Plan Open Shop Conference closed here today afier the delegates had been unable to choose between Fort Wayne Ind. and Duluth. Minn. as the place of the Fall meeting Pinal decision was left with A C Rees of Balt Lake City. | Utah. chairman of the conference. The next meeting is 1o be held some time in Beptember _— SHIPPI NEW Here's your correspond- Arvivals at_and Sallings From | | New York { SAILING TODAY Piraeus Constant antinop SAILING TUESDAY Antw i o WEDNESDAY center in all the world Practically every interest in our natlonal life re- sponds in & degree 10 the activities and [ vibratlons of some a y of the Fed- {eral Government. I has inevitably | | tollowed that centralization of power in the Capital which received its first stiong impulse in the Civil War period There s scarcely a basic industry i | Vamitoan SAILING FRIDAY SATURDAY {of mierchantmen ride at anchor in its | a thousand factories obscures its sun- that no fleet | th! | in whose ranks I am one—iis distinc- | Press Club in the admirable and gra- | Just | throughout the country, it is my privi- | fundamental that our report must be | apply to | be not only interpretive but argumenta- | tve—and usually is—but together with this greater {reedom goes the obligation | of fairness and of good sportsmanship |in the Senate a total of $465.000 was Government Washington :xnunm Department for the next fiscal {7 Al funds provided in the House Of the New York dailies. this ery, "Here'’s your correspond- | - | to_do about 12" affairs in the National Capital, hun- of American newspapers and trade us in Washington to supplement ‘ the activities of the great news agencies and to reinforce the local press, all of us serving as the unofficial ambassa- dois of the American people at the seat of government—the eyes und ears of a mighty constituency. “By degrees the drenm of Washing- ‘ ton and L'Enfant of the most splendid | capital in the world, here in the Valley of the Potomac, is becoming a reality. Vast structures of granite and marble now house the divislons of the Federal Government, and others more vast and | more beautiful are to come. Monu- | President Coolidge spoke as follows | ments, memorials. cathedrals, shrines, |at the dedication of the new building | universities, galleries of art and homes of the National Press Club last night: of sclence add thelr charm to the city’s Mr. Chalrman and Fellow Mcmbers of landscape. | the National Press Club: . City Has Grown in Splendor. | While T have been a member of this “ v Wasi vShould Gen. Washington emerge | (1ub ever since I have been in from the silcnt past for one more visit | [gton. it I seldom that 1 have hady Yo this city, and if. from the pinnacte | the opportunity to visit its quariers Lo this oty A Maft which bears his | Although I have not done much on your Ommortal name. his eyes should survey |S(aff a8 @ reporter. I have acquired a | the far reaches of the National Capitai, | fairlv good, record as a_contributing he would glory in the panorama before | €ditor, and. though I have not written 3 | many stories, 1 have nevertheless had in his | Some success in the making of news. Even with all the ingenuity that char- | {acterizes the press of the present day, | ! most writers are dependent upon some real news as a source of inspiration for their reporting 1 Aside from the office which I hold these accomplishments might be as- | sumed to be some warrant for askire me to participate in the dedicatory exercises of our new club build- ing. We are located here on one of the most important corners of the m “There could be no regret heart that the City of Washington had falled to become the great commercial mart which he foresaw: that no tleet harbor and that no pall of smo«e from shine. Instead, he would probably I | his head in grateful prayer to Provi- for the beauty and splendor of founded forever to commemo- | rate his services to his country. harbor and that no pall of smoke from | “Jt has seemed to us fittng that the puginess section of the City of Wash- | press of the Nation should rear and oc- ! cupy its own monumental structure in this setting: not merely an ornammt, | but both an ornament and a great utdl- ity, designed to shelter under one roof | the Fleet street of Amer “Gentlemen. It s here. 2 finished | Row product. the property and the perma. o 5 [ Tient home of the National Press Club. | atier tne G Pora m from shortly We are here tonight to dedicate it t0 | Geventies. when it was. torn dowe. o the highest ideal of the journallsm we 'make room for the famous Ebbitt House, practice. We dedicate 1t to faitaful In that hotel lived many eminent men pn_l?g; fizfll}fif CA e who reached national prominence dur- tinguished Teliow member. Caivin Cool- | % ihe succeeding generation. ~That idge. laid the corner stone of the Na- gave why to preome Che et Snbors tional Press Building. He is here to- | this magnificont toildig, o, oF | night to consummate the work then frontage of 270 feet on g"slrr vl ;sx’. begun. It is with both pride and pleas- | feet on Fourteenth strect, st ooy o g s. el ; | "By a rising unanimous vote the club :y":.:m:trlx?cm:esw{m e h b |indorsed a resolution presented by DF. Sione, steel and concoomPotion lme- W. J. Showalter thanking the officers proof as possible. risimg 14 stocien. ras completed late last year. It has a large ington. This site is historic ground For a considerable time it was assoclated | with the journalistic profession. The easterly side of Fourteenth street, be- tween F street and Pennsylvania ave- nue was formerly known as Newspaper and John Hays Hammond and John Joy Edson and others for their work in con- moving picture theater and there are |cmb o with the laun stores and offices around the auditorium - Notes Growth of Press. ‘ In the rest of the property there are ‘ Already more than 400 newspa 'Spapers are ! represented in this by \om‘edn! e utlding. although nected with more than one publicar The National Press Club ogcuplig: ‘!nl?o larger part of the thirteenth and all of the fourteenth floors, giving it a | floor space of 27.000 square feet. The ” T seating capacity of el Interior Appropriation Goes spacious dining’ rooms, and s néxm . other facilities are such | to Conference Following | %mm,hcrities are such as are charac- | Passage by Senate. nection with the launching of the Press and the stage. ) located 1.000 individual office units y orrespondents are con- 1 ‘cluh has a large auditorium with a | capable of holding 5.000 books The It is hoped by the management that | this property, valued at about 310, | 000, C ‘nl(ree 'gu{r\ lntumhn‘:\ocoen —_———— ’ y . ncome will then | With funds amounting to $390.000 %’,.‘K‘?:’xfi‘l“’w‘h’l'h"'""“ e Aatonl for the maintenance of Howard Uni- of more than son0 sy 0 N possession versity restored, the Interior Depart- year It in miaspeso) Of income each ment appropriation bill passed the lourmalistis Aopincd, 10 §ive awards for Senate yesterday afternoon. When the surplus profits of (e o Ald use the House was considering the bill w0 | promotion of the pergrb CPELY for the | weeks ago the Howard University al- | newspaper bu.smeismnll‘ o e ,lr;um-dm was stricken out on & point profession as it u'r-pr:l;ng:";mx:: | of order. Git E |71 “Bassing the bill_yesterday the Iy o vaarenkion lends liself especial- | Senate struck out the House provision 'everything else connarton st c, (ke | s ] S with the Gov- { which would have required the Dix-/ernment of the United Stat trict government to pay half of an a very remarkable gmu;a“' Hihegtag item of $474.500 for Freedmen's Hos- | 1Tt is said that it was mot until 17 pital. In eliminating this new lan- that anv newspaper was pu.,vg'{,‘f, n"” guage the Senate followed the recom- After struggling Along a little more {a | mendation of its appropriation com- a year with his semi-weekly, Benjamin | Etien More. a bookseller, who was the pro. prietor_of the enterprise. announced The Washington Gazette will not Both the Howard University item published again until the publication t¢ and the provision to take half of the 'attended by some profit to the pub- Freedmen's Hospital allotment from lisher” In Octobsr of 1800 ap"n- District funds now become matters for Weekly, called the National Intelligen- | final determination in conference Of Cer. was staried. and 3 years later be- the total for Howard University, §150.- Came a daily. Ever since that time the 000 1s for beginning construction of a disputes between certain members of chemistry building. the Congress and those reporting its For St. Elizabeth's Hospital this bill Proceedings have been chronic. The carries $913.000 for general expenses Evening Star was founded in 1852 and and $400,000 to begin work on a med- 'Ne Washington Post in 1877 The el sadt oot Fahiine Herald. Times and News are of much For the Columbia Institution for the More recent date | Deat the measure appropriates $139.000, But this organisation exists not so of which §15,000 is for remodeling the Much on account of the local and pow- B erful press of this city as because of arge number of 3 Amount Increased. are here from all p:‘;xr:'i‘:‘?r?:".‘ I While the bill was under consideration !0 report the doings of the Federal This, 100. has been a re- |added in the form of amendments, MArkable growin In 1862 the Senate | making the aggregate amount for the Press gallery lisied only 13 correspond- ents. “In that vear Whitelaw Reid | managed the Washington bureau of one | It was more | measure were approved by the Senate !D® Practice in that time for one man with the exception of the provision au- | '3 e employed by & nu .er of papers. thorizing completion of the power plant At the present day there are about 500 on the Flathead irrigation project. fn | COTTespondents here, connected with the Montana. and the leasing of this plant hr¢ss all over the world. ~Some of the to private fnterests. metropolitan dallies have as many as v 4 vnme on their local staff. HOOVER'S PRESENCE B i BEFORE FLOOD GROUP DEMANDED BY WILLIS Conference Must Aet. year, $272865,039 of our National Press Club. An effort was made in this direction as early as 1867 by a social organization made up entirely of local newspaper men, known |8 the Washington Press Club. which 'I“l: le\ !\l‘ull‘l’h‘t several years In 1892 2 ocal _new. start tion “now s one of what we are going National C: ,,.‘:?‘K,I“"é',(,‘n““fiéfi ;:‘: some notable en 1S, ut S Neither from the veiwpoint of engl- | ater disbanded o sesent of faancial neering, i law. in equity, or in com- | diMculties. The present Nationa! mon-sense 13 there now reason for fur- Press Club dates from 1908 Its pur- ther delay in the enactment of intelli- pose was t) provide an organization and {gent and comprehensive flood legisla- | gathering place in Washingion for the possible the establishment and growth (Continued from First Page) | tion at the present session, he declared 'benefit of newspaper men throughout He added that there was the menace (he country. It has made steady of anather huge inundation “because progress until it has a resident member- the records of past floods show that ship of nearly 1100 and a no tdent one great flood In the Spring of qne membership of 800 In the character year was followed by another In the and impottance of the news which it Spring of the next year. reports, in the power which it repre- Mr. Thomson argued that the con-|sents, it opportunities surpass those of trol of the river’s high waters was a re- any other press club in the world sponsibility and expense 10 be borne | 1t is possible to see in this spactous solely by the Pederal Government. He | buillding. so magnificently equipped. & apposed the administration contention | symbol of the development of the whole | that the Valley States should contrib- United States. The old. the outworn ute 1o the cost because of the “rec- the poorly adapted has been discarded lamation™ benefits to their lands. and removed to make place for the new | [ and the modern 1¢ tepresents an tn crease in power, not by any means lim !itless. but very vast The process hes transformed our Press Club inlo a t business institution. Something analo- ROUS (0 (hix has taken place in the jour- nalism of our country The press ttselt by the very force of circumstances. 'n Senora Chabella Dies. GLENDALE, Calif, February 4 (1" Senora Maria Verdugo Chabella is dead at the age of 103 She was the grand- | daughter of Jose Maria Verdugo. who fn 1784 recelved the Arst of the great [in the land that does not consclously or unconsciously listen for its master's volce i Washington The great bank- ing and credit system, for example. | 100ks 10 the Pederal Reserve Board for s dnspiration Wall Street. sometimes regurded ns mosort of sugergovernment B (i3 teacting more and more o Federal o T ] 2 orders, decrees or mere gesturen. Ihe 1 ratlronds bend 1o the will of the Inter- sate Commerce Commission; (e mer- [‘cantile marne 1o that of the Ship- plig Hoard Agriculture secks (s panacews al the hands of Congrems Orgunized labor Wves side by side with ihat body Education Ix ylelding 1o Federal supervision. us 1s highway con |sUruction, waler-power development, sclentific research. foreign trade, com [mercial practices and u score of other ;Ill“’llhll greal or amall, Powers Nave Broadened, “There win w Ume when the Federal Government concerned aell primarily with the national defense, delivery of [ the malls, maintenance of nayigable tivers and harhors, enforcement of Fed [eral statytes, guardianship of the lu. ‘Illuln currency. payment of penalons, control af public lands and & few mino mntters But that (ime has passed, indeed, I iy almost forgotien As A reanll of a sweeping centrali ®ation of political, social and economie AEEAMENR AKKIVING, bE TODAY S TOMOR it Janiia Ay T TRTE ®au Jauinte order o survive, has been changed from an organization of partisan and et s \ish land grants in Southern | California ‘ THE GREATEST VALUE Obtainable In Automatic Gas Water Heaters Is Offered In This NewPitt§burg Automatic Gas WATER HEATER New Low Price—Higher Quality Estimate Furnished EDGAR MORRIS SALES CO. Factory Distributors 1305 G St. N.W. Main 1032 'PRESIDENT STRESSES POWER | AND OPPORTUNITY OF PRESS Executive Dwells on Need for Public Service in Address at Dedication of Club Building. | of public_thought The building on the corner was | dividual. the standards of living. {among mare affuent | the admmistration of it ism, who, when they have been trans- ferred to countries having broader op- portunities, have been an fmportant factor in human development. . They have exhibited a tenaeity of purpose. & strength of character and a moral fiber that has made them a most imporiant element in any country wherever the7 have been found. Next to devotion t0 the home, devotion to the country has | been one of the strongest and most in- dispensable attributes contributing 0 | human progress. The constant criticism of all things that have to do with our country. witn public affairs, | with the operation of its commercial personal opinion into a very great com- mercial organization. It has become much more important—in fact, indis- pensable—to the business enterprise of | the country, but appears to have lost very much of ,its power as a director There are 0 many other avenues of information that peo- ple are much less dependent than for- merly upon the press for their knowl- edge of men and of affairs Now that the transition has been made through various consolidations and through the elimination of the un- successful, the journalism of the United States has on the whole established ir- self cording to the new standards upon a profitable financial basis. It ought to undertake to recapture the dominant position it formerly held as a distributor of current information and a director of public opinion. It ought to _contest with our universities as au Influence for education and match the pulpit in its support of high moral standards. Opportunity of Press. In a republic the field which is open to the press as an instrument ot clean and sound government is limitless. It ought to be the supporter of effictent Iocal administration and wise nati 1 statesmanship. In international a! it should co-operate with its own gov ernment and extend to foreign inter- ests a tolerant and sympathetic candor. Foreign interests have the pnvlleke of being repitsented here. The right to fair treatment is as wide as humanity. But when foreign governments are rep- resented here. their agents are required to come publicly accredited and be pub- licly received. For generations our law has forbidden our own citizens entering into any negotiations with a foreign government concerning its relations with our own Government. Such nego- tiations can only be carried on undet the direction of the President. When- ever any of the press of our country undertake to exert their influence in be- half of foreign interests. the candor of the situation would be greatly increased if their foreign connections were pub- liclv disclosed. All public business ought to be publicly conducted. One of the sirongest safeguards of the integrity of official action is pub- deity. This does not mean an espion- age of all personal and private action of Government officials. but it does mean publicity concerning the dis- charge of the duties which they have chosen to perform All those who have interests which may be affected by governmental action should have the privilege of employing representa- tives to present their cause and defend their rights. Nobody questions this on the judicial side, but those who are so engaged are required to be licensed and their appearance before such tri- bunals is & matter of court record. As in the case of the Federal Government. those who are analogously employed in legislative and departmental matters are not required o make a like di | closure of the interests which they un- dertake to serve. it is necessary to de- pend on the press for such information It is perhaps stating the obvious 0 say that the press should be patriotic This does not require any di - ment of the advantages which other people enjoy in their own country Whatever it may be in some individual cases, other countries are best adapted 1o the people as a whole who live there. and our country is certainly the best country for our people. The freedom enjoyed here, the institutions of government. the protection of the txh e comforts and even the luxuries, the unexampled progress in national velopment. and. in general, equal portunity. not in any narrow and lim- ited sense, but on both the material and spiritual sides of life. broad and unbounded—all these are sufficient to warrant the admiration and reverence of every informed mind. Progress in Science. More progress has been made in this country in scientific development in the last 150 years than had been made in all the world from the day of Julius Caesar to George Washington. Our successes have not betrayed our judg- ment or hardened our heart 1In spite of sporadic outbreaks of violence. one of our chief characteristics is & pro- found reverence for humanity. On our record and on our prospecis there s every reason for an abiding faith in our country. While these considerations may well be dwelt upon as justifying pride in our country. the reasons for love of country appear (o lie deeper. It can scarcely be said that it is the people of great and powerful nations who have exhibiied the greatest attachment o the land of their birth. Those who have originated in countries that were small and ncon- spicuous and poor have rather been marked by & devoilon to the soil which bred them above thase who were reared circumstances vertheless, it has been enterprises. with the conduct of iis so= clal life. and the attempt to foment class distinctions and jealousies, 7 and disintegrate the necessary s patriotism. There is always need criticism, but there iz likewise need f discrimination There is ment for justice and there is the genuine, t s counterfeits. But our own any other nation. does not [ ap and the worthy. In any epresentation of current concitions have the first claim to attention. In the effort of the press tn Cestroy vice. it ought not to neglect virtue These are some of tne ideals toward which, 1 believe, the journalistic pro- fession should work. I am conscious that they are not vet attainable in their entirety, and vet they may advances the time element of reac greatly decreases. Reforms do not al- ways grow up gradually. They are like- |1y to occur all at once. It is. rather, abuses that crepe in on us with a slow growth. The spii and more assert] more demanding government and socie The people W precept are bound f plosion. Publicity is main agency of reform main agency of pre function it iz net tr dividual reporter or edi eXpression. thoug the hope. the faith of the people. Power and Responsil It is a great opportun comes to the members of U Press Club of Washingion not only the seat of our Pederal Gov- ernment and the political center of our country. but it is bound 1o become more and more the center of science, of art, and of literature, Because of the po. sition which the United States holds 1 the world. it will assume increasing portance in international afairs. Be- cause you have places here of great power, you are likewise charged with great responsibilities In no small degree vou are the keep- ers of the public conscience. servants of the truth vou can help to create and support that confidence our institutions. and in each other. which is the foundation of national progress and prosperity. You can give 0 the nations a better understanding of each other and increase the harma- 3¢ relationship t! and friendship. whic! penples more of the blessings of con- tentment. Wife Asks Limited Divorce. Mrs. Isabel §. Proizman. 939 New Hampshire avenue yesterday filed t for a limited divorce from Geory: Protmman of Long Isand Cuty. N They were married in April. 1825 have two chidren. The wife says husband has contributed but $28 the support of his famiy since the wedding. She also alieges cruelty and neglect. She represented dy ney Edward C. Kriz It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Uader Supervision U. S Treasury 1468 H STREET, N. W. Have You Filed Your Tax Returns? Federal 15th. Personal Tax be filed on or betore \Ma Your early attention to the aration of Returns is r i order to avoi minute rush. Income should be filed on Tax Ren or before March Retu s ren !\: (‘!V. comn 1 the usual Our Tax Department, wi maintained for the accommadation of our custom cheertully assistance i mak serve ¢ mrns, and friends, will who ing up their Re hose WE SUGGEST YOU CALL EARLY THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK .