Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1928, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, ... Cu WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 -y 1928, CONERES TO AR TESFORSEE Senate Committee Named to| Attend Funeral—President | Sends Condolences. | M PO S | | | - - here awaited definite ENHITNRTR AR vord regardi plans for the funera! FOI' Sa ety s of Now York. who was killed vesterday | Sake Store Your Furs, Rugs, Clothing, Draperies, Blankets, Etc. With FOOTER’S AMERICA’S GREATEST CLEANERS AND DYERS 1332 G St. N.W. Phone Main 2343 1784 Columbia Rd. N.W. Phone Col. 720 While offic! I rangements were being made for com- mittses of the House and Senate to | attend the services. wing committee was named | which will be held at Mr. er. Democrats, an, Kansas Democrat, s; Bing- Republican, Connecticut: Reed. Pennsylvania; Hale. Repub- . Walsh, Democrat, Ma Swanson, Democrat, Vir- | and FEdwards, Democrat, New House commitiee later today. Mr. Sweet was the first member o Congress to figure in & fatal airplane | accident. The Army observation planc in which he was fiving was piloted by Lieut. Bushrod Hoppin, and left Bolling | Field about 10 o'clock vesterday morn- | ng. It was forced down by bad weather | near Whitney Point. N. Y. Mr. Sweet | was killed when the plane struck a| mound of earth and turned over. The aviator was urt E Represnt Sweet S member of Congress to figure in a fatal | =/ airplane accident, and news of his i PANIMRIMEILTE | death. transmitted to the Capitol by TR0 n g Y e | mediate upset in plans. Lieut. Hoppin, the pilot. who escaped injury. is the man who piloted the Chilean Ambassador southward last | week on his journey toward Houston. Representative Sweet succeeded th2 late Luther W. Mott as the Representa- | tive in Congress of the thirty-second | New York district in January, 1924. He | was born at Phoenix, Oswego County. | { November 16, 1872. | He was elected to the State Assembly | | in 1909. In 1916 he was elected Speaker | | of the Assembly. a position he held | { until his retirement from the Legisla- | ture in 1922, | Active In Public Life. ‘ Mr. Sweet made his presence felt in | Washington by his activities upon the | committees to which he was assigned | {and on some of the special committees | on which he was chosen by the Speaker of the House. He was especial- ly active in the last Congress in the | work of the expenditures of the War Department and in legisiation pertain- | ing to World War veterans. He was greatly interested in Ma- sonry and was a member of Calli- machus Lodge, No. 369, A. F. and A. M. of Phoenix, of the Oswego River | Chapter. R. A. M.. of Phoenix. of the Ontario Commandery, No. 32, K. T., of ! Oswega, of the Media Temple, Nobles Iof the Mpystic Shrine, of Watertown. He was also an Elk { FORCED DOWN BY WEATHER. is the first Pflmmmmfimuxnmmtmmulnmnmmmmmnmmmmmmumm “People are so care- less,” wailed the un- happy lady. “Some one left a lighted cigarette on the piano.” As a hint to host- esses we suggest Yorktown Cigarettes . . . so thoroughly enjoyable that they | are never left casu- | _WHITNEY POINT, N. Y. May 2—| allyabout. Youcan't | from the thirty seéond Ne '.f’%;'..:g‘.’fi: 4 | | o] 0|0 —— [0 [ e——]1] Plane Nearly Demolished After Turning Over in Field. i imagine how truly | i the State’s Repubiican party satisfying 2 smoke | fooTiy oy o 8 an alrplane erash canbeuntilyoutried | g this blend of seven | rines: mgton. 1o P Omane o friendly tobaccos. Twenty for 15¢. | Army post near Oswego, in which city te last night in the | the opening of a | | new power plant. The ceremonies were | |later canceled. The plane, piloted by | { . Bushrod Hoppin, left Washing- . ton at 10:20 am. As it neared Whitney | Larus, Rickmond, Virginia ‘ point bad weather was encountered and | Lieut. Hoppin decided that it was ad- | visable to land. “1 saw what I believed to be a good | landing field.” Lieut. Hoppin said, “and | | brought the plane to the ground. A few | seconds after the wheels touched lht‘ | ground we hit a bump and turned over. j SEAT TO REMAIN VACANT. | TR | Governor Holds Special Election Would | ] Be Too Costly. | | ALBANY, N.Y., May 2 () —Repre- | sentative Thaddeus C. Sweet's seat in will remain unfilled until the general election next Pall, Gov. Smith said last night. The governor said he | il call no_ special election to All the vacancy because it would place an | unnecessary expense on the district Nearly 10,000 New MARMON owners since MARMON Straight-Eight at six-cylin. der money is an idea that has appealed to nearly ten thousand people during the past ninety days and which is now sweep- ing the entire country, 150 per cent increase in sales! 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EMPLOYE E |0 | |Rells 21 Games on 81st An- on his way home in an airplane, ar-|employed |and still an_active official in the adju- - tant general's office, War Department, | | r s g-first birthday an- | Predisent Cmmdgr}f""b‘“"d his eighty-first birthday a s condolences last night to Mis. | e disiange bowling championship for | octogenarians. i the Senate at the funeral |, apleq him to give the wink to the re- held at_ M| {irement law under & number of special i : Sena- | . iensions granted by the Secretary of 65 YEARS, OBSERVES BIRTHDAY fficial of War Department{ N | Celebrates With Bowling ‘ o ™ : ‘ Marathon. , i niversary With Total } . . | Score of 1,961. | { | for the past 65 years the Government service Frech. in Jacob niversary vesterday by capturing the | Frech. whose remarkable vitality has| E ! War, walked from his office to the Y M | C. A at 4:30 vesterday afternoon. and before he had quit bowling last night l‘ he had chalked up a grand total successive games. - . Frech pointed modest Speaker Longworth will appoint the | of ) 961 pins. for an average of better | than 93 pins per game when, | bowled 15 games, with an average of 92 Coming to this pins per game. o] X A X o] %fl fl X 4 b QAWAA)«A)«)«)«xmxmxmmxwxxxx § Sidney NSNS Y SEXXNNIN ] XN X XXX XY XN XX of 21 | Scores 1,961 Pins. ‘When the unusual marathan was over, 0 a total score Frech bettered his record of last year. o on his eightieth birthday, he 3 country from Ger- |many as an immigrant lad of 6, he| was given an American education and | Frech has had a remarkable career. monston & Co., Inc. Exclusive Washington Agency fl five years later accepted his first é:h with the Government as an office boy for Philip Hamilton, youngest son of Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury. Has Bowled Since Civil War, He held the Treasury post for three years and then went to the Navy Department until the close of the Civil War, when he was transferred to the War Department. He has been there ever since. He worked his way up to the chief clerkship of the adjutant general's office. Frech has been, personally acquain naval and military lead- 1 generations. He has watched them come and go, but still he lingers on, as hale and hearty as ever. He should have been retired 10 years ago under the retirement rules, but his services have proved too valua- ble for the Government to let him go. He attributes his excellent physical condition to bowling. He has been a follower of the sport since the Civil War, and every evening or so he may be seen knocking down pins at the Y. M. C. A. alleys. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Sail for U. S. SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 2 | (). —Henry Ford and Mrs. Ford sailed | for home today on the Majestic, ending | their prolonged visit in England. The prioress of Carmelite Monastery, at Morristown, N. J. is Mother Mary Magdalene, daughter of former Ad- miral Potts, U. 8. 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