Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1928, Page 7

TONERTOATTED | DG NEETIGTODAY _Association Will Gather at| Baptist Church—Pageant | Planned Tonight. The National nen, In: D 1ation of Colored orword to a mass | clock_this afternoon anth Street Baptist 2 and o pegeant in Armstrong sh Sclicol at § o'clock tonight as v events in its sixteenth nvention. which opened Fri~ rd University od Bethune. the t. will preside a ng and Mrs. Mary will b th~ principal Burroughs will be in geant feeting at Church. rrow will be held in Tomorrow g at the -Nino VETERAN EMPLOYE, 59 YEARS IN U. S. SERVICE. LEAVES POST Joseph F. Marsden, 78, ls[ Honored by Fellow Work- ‘ ers in Treasury. Entered Department in 1869 and Became Chief of Reve- | nue Blank Room, More than 53 years of serviee in the Treasury Department officially - was terminated yesterday by Joseph F Marsden, 78, who retired as chief of the blank room of the Internal Revenue Bureau. Signalizing his retirement. which was believed to mark the end of one of the longest periods of service ever rendered by a Government employe, a ceremony was held this morning in the office of Fred 1. Evans, head of the admin- jon. Mr. Marsden on this n presented a traveling bag a ring. a meerchaum pipe and tobacco. gifts of his fellow employes. Mr. Evans in presenting the gifts made a short 1 address will be | speech in which he praised highly Mr. thune. Marsden’s long service to his Govern- g sessions will be held | ment. The retiring employe replied School and at 5 | briefly and with much feeling. A large JOSEPH F. MARSDEN. has worked. and other officials, as an source of knowledge on this| geate. BRITAIN DEPRESSED. |Growth of Idle Workers Pre- sents Serious Social Prob- lem for Empire. BY A. G. GARDINER. | (Copyrizht. 1928, by the Consolidated Press.) LONDON, July 28.—Just on the eve | of the rising of Parliament a lurid light has been thrown on the problem of surplus labor in industry by publication of the report of the commission ap- | pointed by the government to advise on | this grave aspect of industrial depres- | sion. | " The inquiry does not apply to the | general question of unemployment, but | is limited to the case of pernianently | unemployed persons in basic industries, especially in coal mining. The pos! war depression in staple {rades. culmi- | nating in the great miners’ stoppage and the general strike, has left the coal | trade of the country in a calamitous Whole communities, especially t branch of work. | im South Wales and Durham, are bank- | | occupations, | Mr. Marsden was born in Manches- | Tupt. Hundreds of pni ‘:re cLllosed: Rr;nt | nio ter, England. He went with his p"'\ companies ruined and the miners’ union | | impoverished. ents to Philadelphia when he was .| "0 the dedication al headquarters of the | be held at Twelfth and | ight will be held | chool ng at 10 o'clock at the Prederick r Hill.- Anacostia moon at 3 dedication | ge at the home number of his acquaintances were pre. ent, including heads of divisions. office | associates and friends. Mr. Marsden entered the government | service as an_assistant messenger in 1869, and was transferred shortly after- ward to the blank room. in which he was promoted through various steps to chief. Mr, Marsden was an expert on the blank forms of the bureau. and has been regarded by the 18 commissioners Wife Asks Absolute Divorce. Mrs. 603 street northel absolute divorce from Russell L. Elizabeth V. Connell, she states 0, M has filed suit for an/ Con- nell, who took another woman to New Thoy were married 1918, and have one child len appears for 200,000 Miners Tdle. | The’ most alarming aspect of the | catastrophe is the case of the miners. | The commission finds that the industry H | s left with a surplus of 200,000 miners permanently out of work. The problem the commission Is called upon to solve is how these dense masses of @ derelict industry can be salvaged. For two years they have been main- tained in bare oxistence by relief, which, in view of the complete bankruptey of s. Nettie L. Napier, |of internal revenue under whom he Frederick Douglass | Association ide. A reception | will be held Wednesday night at 9 o'clock at Howard University “Sunset Tea” Planned. afternoon sessions on | 1 be held in Armstrong | and at 7 o'clock in the | “sunset tea” will be held at | tional Training School, Lincoln | Heights. On Friday morning at 9 o'clock a round table discussion in the Armstrong High School will be held; | A sightsceing trip will start at 3 in the | afternoon from Armstrong High School. | PANAMA ASKS OFFICIALS | TO GUARD POPULAR VOTE | Minister Here Gives Further As- Make | Election Free and Fair. By the Associated Press. Reitergtion of assurances given the State Department. guaranteeing a' free @nd fair presidential election in Pan- @ma. were voiced yesterday by Dr. Pi- cardo J. Alfaro, Minister of Panama in ‘Washington Dr. Alfaro quotes the text of instru surances of Efforts to Only2c ' For Running Water . YUL pay more than that for elec- i authorities. admonishing them to | tric hights, gas, telephone or any elv-rt every effort to insure impartial| ather everyday convenience. elections. This circular savs, In part: | Yet that’s all it costs you to operate ‘The government has the patriotic | ) endeavor to hold a fair and free elec- | tion. honestly showing the will of the people. and is bent upon not sparing | any effort to attain it. Electric Water S sonable, 1sn't it? And the Deming Marvel gives vou The government desires to have thei running water at the lowest cost per prtciotic_sstistaction of showing that |.gallon of any system. The illustrated T R Bret "ona Are fully capable | hooklct completely explains this governing® themselves in the most| MOt economical of water systems. sizaighttorward and correct manner.” Write! for it, nafty of removal from dffice is fixed . , for any one violating the letter or spirit| Golumbia Pump & Well Co. of the election law. | 514 Twelfth St. Northwest { Washington, D. C. - rstem. Prefty rea- Plan Outing Thursday. ‘The National Union Assurance So-. elety will hold its outing Thursday, at! Gilen Each Park. Jack Marshall is gen- | eral chairman of the outing and Helen Ryan. vice chairman. LAST 3 DAYS! OF THIS SENSATIONAL 'UNLOADING SALE! - PIANOS! PLAYERS! GRANDS! Now Selling at AUCTION PRICES! This great sale closes Wednes- day! Remaining stock has been. slashed to the bone in price for quick selling. Full guaran- tee with every piane! Hurry! FINAL CLOSE-OUT Of All Traded-in PIANOS *%5 Dandy 88-Note Traded-in ONLY PLAYERS 5”70 ONLY GRANDS $ 135 COME EARLY MONDAY!! P~ LAST 3 DAYS PIANO 635 New Yorlk Ave. NW. a 240-gallon-per hour Deming Marvel | NO BRANCH STORES | | | | | Two local finance, has fallen on the na. tional exchequer. Continuance of the: solid masses in pauperism constitutes serious social menace. A whole genera: tion of workmen is deterforating into is springing up in areas offering no spect of empioyment. Broadly, the commission finds that the only remedy is the wholesale trans- fer of communities into other industries and other areas. The coal trade can- not absorb them, and local relief works are rejected as useless, wasteful and temporary expedients for dealing with a permanent and irredeemable disaster. Since the war the country has spent a billion dollars on rellef works with- | out achieving any enduring improve- | ment in the condition of labor. ‘Two courses are suggested. The com- mission points out that while basic in- dustries are stagnant. there is a great | activity in new industries in various parts of the country, and that if em- ployers are well disposed they can find employment for the majority of the workless without displacing labor. It is recognized that the cost of trans- fer must fall upon the state. but it is urged that this is preferable to in- definite continuance of the present re- lief. which in whole areas is lapsing into a condition of professional pauperism. Appeal to Employers. The government is urged to provide means for training the miners for new But the main appeal of the commission is to employers here and In the overszas dominions to rescue the perishing miners as a matter of | | | | social patriotic duty. Serious doubt §s felt in regard to the | response, especially of the dominions, | which recently have shown no dispo- | sition to encourage emigration from the mother country. After being interned for 13 years, Henrl Vandeptti, a soldier, has just re- | turned to his home at Mourscron, France, he having been held near Ber- lin in 1915, and later sentenced to prison for Injuring a German soldfer during a dispute. loafers and a new generation of ynuth! BY UNEMPLOYMENT - POLICEMEN su_sfsnn'su. Ingpector Is Investigating Alleged Atlantic City Trip. | Policemen Donald E. Hinton and | Oharles B. Vaughan, both attached to the ninth precinct, have been suspend- ed from duty by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, pending an in- vestigation of a recent week end trip City. Maj. Hesse sald no charges have been | preferred again the two officers, and | no further action would be taken by him until the completion of the in- vestigation. which is being made ‘by | Police_Inspector Harrison. ___ it ROUND TRIP | Ocean City, Md. Children 5 Years and Under 12, Half Fars Sunda;r, Aug. 5 Good for day only |l svecial train leaves i2th and N. Y. { Vi N.W. 6:30 AM.. running diveet to I ' ‘whaef at Annapolis and connecting { on-ston train at Clalherne tArriving Ocean City Y for 12:30 0nn. | Return. leave Ocean City Arrive Washinzton 107 cean famous for Surf Ba Trip includes Cool. Clean ride throush | Bt of Marviand. view of U. S. N . delightful sail across peake Bay. Annapolis to thenee completely crossing Del- Peninsula il For_further information Wash’n, Balic. & Anna. Elect. R. R. 1%th & N. ¥. Ave. N.W. thing inal Price-Slashing Days | they are said to have made to Atlantic | | on -the property of defendant De- cember 27 last, she says she tripped over a wicket, and falling sustaimed Hotel, has filed suit to recover $25,000 | serious injury. She is represented by damages from the Commodore Hotel| Attorneys Charles S. Baker and B. L. Co. for alleged personal injuries. While | Tepper. Claime $25,000 for Injuries. Harriette E. Carter, Capitol Park Your Vacation Won’t Be Complete Without The Star Before you go, arrange at the Business Office to have The Star—Evening and Sunday—sent to you while Things will be going on here you will wapt to hear about. and The Star will brinz you all the news. you are away. at home that Rates by Mail—Postage Paid Payable in Advance Evening an Sunday E-ening Sunday. 85c 50c 40c 25¢ 15¢ 10c Maryland and Virginia— One month One week....... 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