Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1928, Page 7

-~ Lindbergh’s Right To Continue Flying Upheld by Mellon Lindbergh has the right to fly if he wants to. in_the opinion of Sccretary of the Treasury llon, who is as enthusiastic over the American Lone Eagle and as proud of his latest accomplishments as those who lately have proposed that he_abandon flying. In the opinion of the Treasury Secretary, Lindbergh has a right to say what he wants to do. His ac- complishments, which Mr. Mellon considers to be extraordinary. have given a fine demonstration of the possibility of what aeronautics is coming to in the future. Lindbergh appears to have dem- onstrated the reasonable safety of aireraft, in the Secretary. SEES WETS AIDING DAY AKES STAND N CONTENPT CASE Sinclair's Aide Declares He Was Disappointed Jury | Was Not Locked Up. | Henry Ma: detectives to s oil jury for H witness stand in the crim growing out of the Under ques Daniel Thew Wrigh » history of his lifo after Wright him- had the oil men were t after a few days’ men_Sinclair waste of money the opinion of his attorney. | e the court operations of 1 had declared and Day sho narge the whole outfit.” Day said h ation with Sinclair abo 18 Was aft- er the jury m in on Oc- Ih he said. was “terri- that the jury was not > fearsd some of his ¢ to approach the ju- id him cov- hey were not to ap- witness safd. but 10 came in contact with tober 18 lock aage . : encmies Willis Holcs Newspaper Plan to Back Secretary Re- veals Dry Opposition. two weeks 1 tri; ccived dozens of in New York and prior to the opening Dayv said. Sinclair re- tening letters both hington. Another step in the Willis-Hoover contest for the Ohio delegation to the Preceding Day’s appearance. his coun- " e 3 se1 raviewed at length Day's war record Republican national convention was § aciations before the war the publication last nigh. by Senator the Sinclair organi- Willis of his correspondence with | Maurice Maschke. Republican national committeeman of Ohio. who has de- clared for Hoover. Mr. Maschke wrote to Senator Willis announcing his intention of support- the Secretary of Commeree. In v Senator Willis served notice on Maschke he would no longer recog- nize him in matters of patronage He anade it clear also that the wet and dry issue would be raised”in the cam- paign. with himself seeking the support of the drvs on the theory that Mr. Hoover was receiving support of the wets. Senator Willis called attention to ths fact that Mr. Hoover is sup- ported by a chain of newspapers which have declared that if Mr Hoover is not nominated for President. it will throw its support to Gov. Al Smith of New York if he be the nominee of the Democratic party for President. Maschke Reveals Stand. The Maschike letter. made public by Senator Willis. said in part: “All the men who expect to be nomi- nated for office on the Republican ticket here this Fall and the organiza said whon Sin- for the oil trial he of his executives with The e said. were shadow- stanily and their mail opcned ht also reviewed employment of sctives and said that a some ol m @ davs Sinclair said their sur 2 waste of money and Da charge the whole outfit.” illance was should dis- 16TH ST. EXTENSION SURVEY IS ORDERED Planning Commission Engineer In- structed to Act on Triple Highway Plan. The first definite steps toward con- struction of three Maryland extensions of Sixteenth street. in addition to the one now under construction. were taken s ht when the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. regular meeting in the Evans mg. instruct>d chiet eng:necr. g C Root. to make a survey. The commission. after getting the re- of the engincer. will decide which tensions should be con- It will decide on the bility of the other ex- late a definite pro- local political interests can be ad- vanced best through the nomination of Mr. Hoover for President. Senator Willis said in part “Of course, from your letter you vrobably do not care for my opinion in the matter, though I venture to express that opinion. to the effect that in the leng run it will be found that the organization in the State. such as there may be, that are afraid of me bacause I take definite position on the wet and dry issue will find them- selves out on the end of a limb. because the party in the convention. whether I am the nominee or not, will take a definite position on that question. If 1t does not. it will. of course. b> hope- lesslv defeated. ordering of the T Spring the three additional extensions be into Montgomery County. and ask- definite reports upon the proj=t rk and planning commis- ounty authorities 2 d exiensions are extension by of Eastern ave- nu= o the north corner of the District b+ way of the Columbia boulevard route. ihen o North Woodside to Georgia ey “This route includes con-truc- tion a subway under "he Baltimore & Ohio wacks The second 1s a direct n. =ri5 extension of Sixteenth sireet through old Woodside. with an over- heac bridge at the B. & O. ttacks. Th~ third is by way of Fenwick lane and n street nio Woods.de Park and then into Sligo Valley. where an im- portant Marylang park is expected 10 be located This route aiso includes a bridge over the B. & O tracks Engi- neer Raot w also make a survey of all other possible extensions The extension of Sixteenth street into Maryiand. now under construction and w completed during the Summer months runs from the rict Lae at Georgia avenue extended the Coles- Baltimore road at Sligo. NEW SALARY SCALE. aanuzl :lla!‘ of $1.000 and an income limited 1o $3.600 from amed for rars of local land will b* recommended w0 the Sen- by the committee on public lands Mr. Hoover openly state in their edi- torials and news columns that they are sunporting Mr. Hoover for ths nomina- tion on the Republican ticket. and. fai'ing in that, they will give their sup- vort to Gov. Al Smith. This makes their purnose and attityde in th- matter verv clear I cannot believe that vou 2nA your organization sympathize with such @ viewpoint. Hits Lack of Support. 1 can only say this in perfect good that in this contest, tion feels that what I have done is of so little importance as not. to merit consideration. T course. feel in the remaining time 1 am in the Senate that I will be fully justited in following a different covrce In other words. organization politics is good when cverybody plavs the game square: if organizations are to be achered to only on one side and then feel perfectly frze to, abandon a candicate when a contest comes. there one course left open. which I be loath to take. but which I shall feel compelled to take.” Secretary Hoover has vet to answer g his <tand on prohibition. but 1t is pected soon after his return from his fishing tnip off the Florida coast. [t is zenerall lieved that Mr. Hoover will mage a ¢ satisfactory to the drvs . The green eslor of emeralds is due o the chemical chromium Mr. Smith Still Works He can’t do a real day’s work, but he can’t afford to quit. Work today — home again —and work again tomorrow. It’s hard on a man of his age—past SIXty. But in a year or so he'll havetostop. He'll probably get along somehow —buthow, Mr. Smith himsclf deesn’t know, He could have saved recommend he registrar of the au. Alaska. be he benefit of tion almost to a unit, believe that our | “The chief newspaper supporters of | shall. of | 102 'THE EVENING IPARK FUND VETO SEEN BY BUDGET | Gistrict Had Asked $200 000 for Co-operation With Mary- land and Virginia. | iy } While officials of the National Capi- | | tal Park and Planning Commission | | rather expected that the director of | {the budget would disapprove of the bill, which would authorize appropria- | tion of $200.000 annually for acquisi- | | tion of lands in the metropolitan dis tricts of Maryland and Virginia, im- adjacent to the National | mediately Capital, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant. 3d.| ! exccutive officer of the commission. today. mnevertheless the | pointed out failure of the measure would serve to delay further the putting into effect of the plans for_improvement, so far as the Federal Government activities are_concerned. | |~ Col. Grant said he planned to have an | { interview with Director Lord. of the® ! Bureau of the Budget to determine ! whether the action was to be taken as | in_opposition to the proposal of Federal aid for parks and plavarounds. or whether it was an cxpedient to save | money for_this year | "It was the plan. if such a fund was | provided. that the Federal Government {in extending the District park system linto the two adjacent districts should meet proposed ~ State appropriations | dollar for dollar. The Maryland Legislature at its lasi session provided $100.000. to be split be- Twoen the counties of Montgomery and | Prince Georges. Efforts now are be- | ing made to determine whether Mary- land will use its funds for park pur- chases, in the hope that some time in | future the Federal Government will | find it possible to aid | Acquisition of the lands in the very near future, it was pointed out. would | be an economic move. before land val- | | ues rise and before usefulness of the land for such purposes is destroyed. | CONNER FUND PLANNED. Trade Body Authorizes Aid for Late Official’s Family. Establishment of a memorial fund for the banefit of the family of Richard L. Conner. former assistant secretary of the Washington Board of Trade. who died recently, has been authorized by the board of directors of the organiza- | tion A letter to the more than 3.200 mem- bers of the Board of Trade. inviting | them to make contributions to the me- morial fund. which is to be turned over ow of Mr. Conner. is being today. signed by Edwin C | Graham, president of tne poard: W W | Everett and E. J. Murphy. first and sec- ‘ond vice presidents: Ben T. Webster. | secretary: J. Harry Cunningham. treas- | urer. and E. C. Brandenburg. general | counsel. | $5.65 | sa.8 i Odds and ends from our regular stock of ] trousers reduced for About assorted all quick clearance. 200 colors. pairs in Not sizes. Senator Borah's questionnaire concern- | F himself all this by say- ing for the future, but the future secemed so far off—until it became the present, Are vou providing for your future? National Bank 17th and H Sts. " Lincoln Tth and D Sts, m pleasing smartest charming | . Ld Pevfectly i Fitting Models o | for Women and There 1s | Misses | Il P value! | maintenance of | public, and Mrs. Emma W. Campbell EISEMAN’S Seventh & F Sts. TROUSERS Nc Refunds—No Alterations—None Charged | Trimmed and T Felt, Satin, Belting Smart Straws, Silk and Straw, Bengaline, lle—All*] HOSPTALEXPENE TEM S NBIL House Conferees Restore| Provision on Freedmen’s Maintenance. The House conferecs were successful today in having restored to the In-| terior Department appropriation bill | the provisien requiring the Government to pay half the cost for improvements and maintenance of Freedmen's Hospital. The total amount in the bill for Freedmen's Hospital is $474.500, 0(; which the District will bear approxi- mately $235,000 if the Scnate and| House approve the report of the con- ferces. This provision was written into the | bill this year by the House, and later stricken out by the Senate, which voted to have the funds for the hospital come. | as usual, from the Federal Government. | In conference the Senate managers had to vicld on this point. The House conferees yielded to the Senate on the Senate amendment pro- | viding $390.000 for Howard University. e The Howard item was cut out in t House on a point of order and resto by the Senate. The Senaic conf suceeeded in retaining this item. The Interior bill also carries $130,000 for the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and the rcgular allotment for St. Elizabeth's Hos- pital. including $400.000 for a medical and surgical building there. Thes> last mentioned items were not invoived in conference, ! 6. A. R. HONORS LEADERS. Lecal Branch Holds Banquet With Relief Corps. A joint banquet in honor of Eldvidze | L. Hawk of Sacramento, commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of the Re- of Minneapolis. national president of the Women's Relief Corps Auxiliary, was held last night by the Department of the Potomac of the G. auxiliary. Comdr. Hawk was reprosen‘ed by John R. King of Baltimore. past com- | mandcr-in-chief of the G. A. R.. and Mrs. Campbell was represented by Mrs. Isabelle Worrell McElroy of this city. ! past senfor vice president of the Women's Relief Corps. The banquet was one of the features of the sixtieth annual encampment of | the Department of the Potomac and of the thirty-ninth annual conyeption of the Women's Relief Corps. Officers of the Relief Corps elected | Tuesday night will be installed tomor- | row night at a meeting in the G. A. R Hall. 1410 Pennsylvania avenue. New “restaurant cars” being structed in Ttaly will seat 56 people con- A R.ang the $G85 T8 1.50 lored Hats of ew and Different Specialized for Friday! There's no question about these hats they're designed to please, of the loveliest and newest materials, in the new colors, with the most new trimmings J Vivid Embroideries of Silk or Waol, Feather Fancies, Moadernistic Ornaments remarkable variety of styles to choose from—at this price all far below STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1928 GUEST SPEAKERS ADDRESS CITIZENS Dahlgren Terrace Group Names. Committee to Study Mar- | ket Site Plans. | Three guest speakers presented | matters of civic interest before the monthly meeting of the Dahlgren Ter- | I race Citizens' Association in the Social Ovster House, Twelfth street and Rhode | Island avenue northeast, last night. | Henry Gilligan, member of the Board | of FEducation and president of the North Capitol Citizens' Association | spoke on some of t repre- sociation. John T. Thomas, senting the Petworth Citizens' A: tion, outlined the advantages operation between the varions eify groups, and Grover M. Koockogey president of the Trinidad Citiz'ns As coclation. told why his organization favored the removal of the trash dis- | posal plant from Ivy City and opposed !D. e difficult ques- | District | tions that had been faced by his » L [ the use of the Patterson tract as & Farm- mers’ Market. A resolution was passed requesting the removal of the trash disposal plant, and directed the president to appoint_a committee to “look into the advisability - of placing the Marketn (he Patterson tract.” Presi- dent Andrew F. E. Scheer appointed J._dames, John G. Miller and Wil- liam T. Roe to study the problem. Resolutions asking for relief from the smoke nufsance and opposing the establishment of any kind of factory within the District, also were passed. The resiznation of Joseph Sullivan as socretary was accepted, and Miss F. W. Barnes was clected to the office. 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