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3 . THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1928.° COOLIDGE PLEASED OVER HOOVER TRIP Good-Will Tour Appeals to President as Having Brightest Promises. BY J. R ELL YOUNG. With the first announcement of Presi- dent-elect Hoover's good-will trip to South America coming frcm the White House late yesterday afternoon, it was made known that the project is one that appeals to President Coolidge and s highly plcased with it. sident Coolidge and Mr. Hoover scussed the idea at some length when ¢ were together for the last time before Mr, Hoover leit Washington for | Palo Alto to cast his ballot. At the instance of the Pr: State and Navy Departments are making advance arrangemcnts. Secretary. of State Kellogg has caused inquiries to be made of the countries Mr. Hoover ex- pects to visit to determine whether the fatter's visit will be agreesble. This is merely a formality, as this Govern- ment has no doubt about the welcome Mr. Hoover will receive when he visits South America. Sees Benefits in Trip. . The trip will have far-reaching significance, the President is convinced. While discussing it with friends, dent, the the good will of this Government and will tend to cement more firmly rela- | tions between them and the United | ‘States. i Furthermore, the trip will serve to better acquaint Mr. Hoover with con- ditions in these sisler republics and {will afford him an opportunity to study | {their problems at.close range. It is also ;believed that Mr. Hoover will not ‘only. fstrengthen diplomatic relations, but will improve the commercial ties between ithese republics and the United States. {Mr. Hoover’s experience as head of the !Department of Commerce has con- | {vinced him that there is opporunity for increasing the trade botween * this country and South America. . I According to officials here, Mr. Hoo- ver's greatest prablem will be to deter- ‘mine upon the fountries to be visited. The State Department - understands ‘jeach of the Lalin. American’ republics Ss anxious to receive the next Presi-|- «dent of the United States, and there ‘would be visible disappointment in those ?gnmes not included on Mr. Hoover's ist. Mexico May Ask Visit. Moreover, it is. understood that Cen- ‘tral America will want to do its share 3dn welcoming Mr. Hoover. But thus far the White House has not been advised as to Mr. Hoover's ilinerary. The im- pression here is that: Mexico’ will ex- ‘tend an invitation and will expect to be on Mr. Hoover’s route. Besides discussing_his ‘contemplated 4rip with President Coolidge, Mr. Hoo- ver is understood to have taken Sena- ‘tor Borah, chairman of the Senate for- eign relations committee, into his con- fidence during their last conference 4wo weeks ago. HOOVER HAS CHANCE . TO GET RHODE ISLAND Recount Cats Smith’s Slender Lead. G. 0. P. Chairman Confident of Winning State. ‘By the Assoclated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, November 10.— Contention of Chairman William C. Pel- key of the Republican State central ‘committee here that the official count of ballots cast ig~Rhode Island would re- veal that Herbert Hoover and not Gov. Smith had -carried the - State was strengthened by the reduction of the New Yorker's previously announced plu- rality of 399 votes. Election night returns gave Smith a jnargin of 1,493 votes over Hoover, but the State returning board, now engaged in counting the quarter of a million bal- lots cast in the State’s 106 voting dis- ‘triccs, has discovered that-in the first eight frecincts so far checked the Smith lead has been cut to 1,094. Chaifman Pelkey, basing his conten- tion on the belief that election. dis- tricts i many cases reported wrong fig- urss to hewspapers,,declares that Hoo- ver acfually carrjed Rhode Island by 1,700 votes. .In the fown of Bristol the election night’ connt as rted by offi- cials in that community gave Smith 300 more votes, tha when the re- turning . 'counted the ballots ;today. 1] § t jon will be held here Tuesday, Wednes- lay and Thursday with a State pastors’ { confererice $et for Monday at 7:30 p.m. i Sixty ministers 1and more than " 600 } delegates are“expected to attend. i The Virgipta Public Seryice Co. has § purchased the--property-at the. north- ¥ west corner-of Prince and Washington | Btreets, formerly owned by the late { William F. Brookes, and will erect a 4-story office building there. Work will begin jn January and it is thought the structure will be. ready for occupancy in the Summer. One hour after recelving a telegram to conduct a lookout for a stolen auto- ‘mobile, Police’ Sergt. Charles R. Mc- Clary arrested Charles Lucas, 21 years old, colored, of Richmond, Va. for S. B. Perry, chief of police at Fredericks- burg, Va., with the machine. Both the car and driver are being held here awaiting d from Chief Perry. A car owped by Dave Robey of 207 Cameron street was damaged last night when an-automoblle driven by T. W. ! Sheets of 426 North Fayette street, ccl- lided with it near Robe residence. Sheets told police his steering gear locked. The case was settled out of court. Boys' traffic patrols have been or- i panized at the Alexandria High Scheol, Jefferson and Lee Elementary Schools. Other patrols will be organized at , ‘Washington School, St. Xaverian Broth- ers’ School and the Parker-Gray School for Colored next week. Carroll F. Felder, 32, colored, of ‘Washington, was fined $140.50 in Police Court this morning and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail when arraigned for driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor. Daniel Reagan, 49, colored, of Washington was fined $14 for drunkenness. Plans for constructing the new post office building here have been started by Government architects. Bids will be ‘requested shortly, it is said. Mrs. Francis H. Fannon has been elected president of the St. Mary's Academy, with Miss Edwardina War- Ten, vice president; Miss Helen Nugent, yecording secretary; Miss Aline Dyson, corresponding secretary; Miss Ella Hill, treasurer, and Mrs. Ethelbert Downham, historian. Board of directors of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce will meet Mon- day at 3 p.m. in the Chamber of Com- merce headquarters. The city Republican committee will mect Monday at 8 p.m. in the George Mason Hotel. Sovkino, the Soviet motion picture ©oncern in Russia, made n-net it of $.000,000 rybles this years S5 ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA,. Va., November 10 4Special).~The ' 105th annual session of the.Virginia Baptist General Associa- i i i i ¥ } i i Mlotkowski, a contestant. Scated, left ‘Walker. AMERICAN PLAYERS IN IN by cable to the British players in London. Twenty moves an hour are being made by these players in the National Press Building. The moves are transmitted In photo, standing, left to right: Edward Lasker, the London umpire, and S. to right: N. T. Whitaker, 1. S. Turover, MRS. CHRISTIAN DIES; ORGANIZED BIBLE CLASS | Funeral of ;ember of Centennial Baptist Church to Be Held Monday Morning. he | was represented as being of the opinion | that Mr. Hoover's visit to the southern | epublics cannot fail to make a most | favorable impression; that it will evince Mrs. Gwynette W. Christian, charter member and for many years active in | the Centennial Baptist Church, Sev- enth and I streets northeast, died at her home, 22 V strect, yesterday after a | lang ifiness. | _“Mrs. Christian organized the Builders’ |Bible class, composed of about 100 | women, 26 years ago, and taught it un- | til'she became {ll. She is survived by her husband, Rob- ert W. Christian; a daughter, Mrs. Gwynette Willis; a brother, James T. Redd, and a sister, Mrs. Byron South- worth, Funeral services will be conducted in the church Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. MELLON PREDICTS LASTING PROSPERITY | IN HOOVER'S TERM (Continued From First Page.) greatest service to business during the next few years?” “In the first place, it can make sure that developments proceed along sound lines as In récent years. Good states- manship consists of much in knowing what not-to do as it does in taking affirmative action... 1 “have already spoken of what be done in main- taining sound tariff and immigration policies.: . Something can ‘and will be done about' agriculture and there are many other things besides.” “Will America’s position.as a creditor nation mean that for many years to come she will be required to loan money in large amounts to her debtors in order to: confinue to trade with them and to collect the debts owed to us by forei debter governments?” “We shall, of course, continue to lend large unts abroad. The savings of the American: people must find outlet and ouf e will continue to invest wherev ire 188 prospect of securing the best returns-on their money. But there is afiofl deal of nonsense talked about the ance of the debt pay- ments in world trade. U. S. Paid $209,000,000. “In the last fiscal year the total amount paid to us by foreign govern- ments on account of principal and in- terest amounted to $209,000,000. During this same period our imports amounted to over $4,000,000,000 2nd of this amount more than 65 per cent came in en- tirely free of duty. In addition to this, it is estimated that Americans traveling in foreign countries spent last year more than $700,000,000.” “You think, then, that American pros- perity has a direct relation to Europe and the war debts?” “Certainly American buying power is one of the most important factors in Europe's recovery and future progress. In one of my speeches in the campaign I cited some very illuminating figures on this point. Although we have in this country less than 7 per cent of the world’s population, we consumed last year 48 per cent of the world's total production of coffee, 53 per cent of the tin, 56 per cent of the crude rubber, 21 per cent of the sugar, 72 per cent of the raw silk, 36 per cent of the coal, 42 per cent of the pig iron, 47 per cent of the copper and 69 per cent of the crude petroleum. Furthermore, we had 23,000,000 out of 30,000,000 automobiles in the whole world. That is some meas- ure of what American buying power means, not only to ourselves but to Eu- mpcign debtor nations and to the entire world.” “How will this buying power be af- fected by the rise in commodity prices, which people like Brookmire expect to take place during the next 12 months?” That Is Something Else. “I make it a rule to make no pre- dictions about such matters. Given the facts as to production and consumption, one man’s guess is as good as another’s. As I see the present situation, money is plentiful and is available for all legiti- mate undertakings. Prices of copper and steel are not excessive and have remamned fairly stable. We are in no immediate danger of excessive demand sending prices to such high levels as to make a slump in activity and conse- quently in prices inevitable. In the in- dustrial world things seem to be on a fairly even keel; and it is much better, of course, to have them so, with a slight upward tendency as at present.” “You think Mr. Hoover will be able to iron out some of the ups and downs which business and industry have always experienced from time to time?” “I don’t expect him to do the impos- sible, but I think he brings to the cou try epecial talents for analysis and o ganization, of which we seem particu- larly in need just now. That is what I meant when I said that Mr. Hoover understood the economic forces with which he must deal. He has already given evidence of this and has shown something of what can be done by his administration of the Department of Commerce. His opportunities for achievement have been very greatly en- larged now that he has been called to the most powerful office in the world.” “And your own future, Mr. Secre- tary?” I began. “That is something else,” said tre white-haired Secretary, with a smile. 1Copyright, 1928, by North American News- paper Alliance.) o Children in Parents’ Footsteps. Children are advertisements of their parents, says Edward W. Bok, for you can -usually gauge the older genera- tion from the actions of the younger. If they are brought up in a home with the home atmosphere permeating it, they will naturally know nothing else and will carry on in their own homes, he believes. Judge Hitt Is Named. Isaac R. Hitt, Police Court judge and president of the Washington Alumni of Northwestern University, was yesterday ppointed by the president of that in- stitution to officially represent him at the inauguration of Dr. James Hugh Ryan as rector of Catholic University. The ceremonies will be held next Tues+ daYe Caiiaga NATIONAL CHESS MATCH N. S. Perkins, J. W. Byler and F. B. —Star Staff Photo. HOOVER EXPECTED TO LEAVE IN WEEK ON GOOD-WILL TOUR (Continued From First Page.) problems before him—away from crowds and other distractions. He | wishes to choose his cabinet deliberate- |1y and carefully, and to take his time also in working out plans for inaugural ceremonies. It was indicated today that the appointment of a chairman for the inauguration committee will‘not be given consideration until he is at sea. 8 Meantime he- is basking to the full- est extent in the warm California sun- shine. He and Mrs. Hoover take a brisk walk every morning before break- fast, and go for a long automobile ride through the hills in the afternoon. Yes- terday afternoon Mrs. Hoover took her pretty ' little blond-haired granddaugh- ter, Peggy, for a special ride around the Stanford campus, with Allan at the wheel. Peggy refused to sit in the front seat with her grandmother, and planted her- self in queenly solitude upon the rear cushion. WILL SET PII:CEDEN'I.’ Trip Would be First of Kind, Envoys Here Pleased. ‘. If Herbert Hoover carries out his plan for a South American good will tour, it will make the first visit in the Ni tion's history of a President or Pres- ident-elect to the countries of that con- tinent. President Coolidge last Winter went to Havana to attend the pan- American conference, but only remained three days in the Cuban capital. ‘The last visit to the South American continent of a high public official of the United States was in 1906 by Elihu Root, then Secretary of State, as the personal representative of President Roosevelt. Root's tour was rgceived with great enthusiasm and was regarded aj the beginning ‘of eloser relal - tween the United States gnd the fouui American nations. B . As private citizens, a number of other prominent Americans, including Gen. John J. Pershing in 1924, Secretary Kellogg and the late Secretary of War, John W. Weeks, also made visits to South America. Hoover upel' practically no Spanish. He recently to® newspapermen that he formerly had a Spanish vocabulary of 300 words, but now it was reduced to about 15 words. The Yroposed visit elicited last night expressions of appreciation from South American Ambassadors in Washington. Ambassador Carlos Davila of Chile said it would have “an importance more far- reaching than the natlons of South America are now imagining. ‘The tour was described by Ambassador da Amaral of Brazil as “the most auspicious omen to the highest standard of international policy in our hemisphere.” Ambassador Malbran of Argentina also lauded the purpose of the proposed tour. = ARGENTINA PLANS WELCOME, News of Proposed Hoover Visit Is Well Received. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, No- vember 10 (#).—News that President- elect Hoover is planning .a visit to South America, including Argentina, was well recelved here. The govern+ An Italian Holiday. Potomac Landings. Islands of the Mediter- ranean. Jefferson and Monti- cello. Along the Pyrenees. Patriots Off Their Ped- estals. Correspondence of Adams and Jefferson. Mount Vernon. ‘}Frank B. ™ 11™ F AND G StrEETS ‘Woopwarp & LotHroP Request the Pleasure of Your Company, i Monday, November 12th, to Meet - Paul Wilstach —noted author of many ‘books of varied subjects CHESS EXPERTS HOLD CABLE MATCH Capital Team Plays With Londoners at Rate of 20 Moves an Hour. An international chess match between Washington and London started. this morning and will continue until 7 p.m. Twenty moves an ‘hour by each of the six players on each team are being transmitted by cable. The Washington team is playing in the National Press Building. ‘The players are matched as_follows, the Washington player first: S. Mlot- kowski vs. A. Y. Yates, N. T. Whitaker vs. R. R. Mitchell, I. 8. Turover vs. V. Buerger, N. S. Perkins vs. W. Winter, J. W. Byler vs. E. G. Seargant, F. B. Walker vs. M. C. Goldstein, Edward Lasker, noted chess expert of Chicago, is acting as umpire for the London team, making the moves on the boards here as they are cabled across. Before the play started, messages of Esemng were sent to London from Sir me Howard, the British Ambassador; Noyes, president of the As- sociated Press; Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Robert N.-Harpér, Henry L. Swinehart, Jacob Frech and E. L. Torch. ment already is preparing 'a cordial welcome. BETTER RELATIONS SEEN. Rio de Janeiro. Paper Thinks G. 0. P. Viewpoint Is Changing. RIO DE JANEIRQ, November 10 (#). —President-elect Hoover's visit to South America, in the opinion of O Jornal, will mark an important era in the his- tory of the relations between the peo- ple§r gr »-l.hl?m(flnlnent. ““The'{polil of the Republican pat of the United: States* comments lrlz paper, “have alweys been ompre- hensible with respect to the spirit of fraternity and equality which should exist in international relations on this continent. The coming of Mr. Hoover to this part of America will be a sign that his administration has a point of view more compatible and in better har- | mony with the people of the Americas.” PERUVIANS INTERESTED, Tacna-Arica Dispute Awakens Atten- tion to Hoover Tour, LIMA, Peru, November 10 (#).— News of the forthcoming trip of Presi- dent-elect Hoover to South America has aroused the deepest interest here, articularly since it is felt that. the rip is unptrecedented in the history of political relations between North and South America. Peru has an especial interest in the international activities of the President- elect as regarding Latin America, be- cause Peruvian forelgn affairs are now more than ever concerned with the State Department, since her most im- portant ?roblem—the Tacna-Arica dis- pute, which: for so long has been with- out solution, is now in the hands of American officlals. Thus far there has been no official or press reaction presumably because it is not definitely known whether Mr. Hoover will visit this country. Monday, November ¥ 2 P.M. to 5 P.M. In the Book Store First Floor OR W, A WHTE T0 BE HONORE 350 Friends to Attend Dinner Celebrating Twenty-fifth Anniversary. Some 350 friends and associates of Dr. William A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, will gather tonight at a banquet at the Wardman Park Hotel to pay tribute to the noted alienist and honor his quarter of a cen- tury as superintendent of the institu- tion. Outstanding in the guest list will b2 First Assistant Secretary Edward C. Finney of the Interior Department, which has jurisdiction over St. Eliza- beth's Hospital, and Prof. Paul Schilder of Vienna, eminent alienist, who has come to honor another prominent mem- {ber in that branch of medical science. The silver anniversary banquet will start at 7 o'clock, with Dr. Leweliys F. Barker of Johns Hopkins as toastmas- ter. Lauding the service of a quarter of | mittee on finances. a century tHat Dr. White has given to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and the medi- cal profession will be three speakers, Frank Hogan, prominent Washington attorney; Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe of New York and Dr. Harry W. Mitchell of Pittsburgh. Preparations for the banquet have been under the direction of Dr. Her- bert C. Woolley, chairman of the gen- eral committee in charge, and assist- ing him have L2en Dr. Watson W. Eldri chairman of the executive comm ; Dr. Ernest E. Hadley, chair- man of the invitations commiftee; Dr. Nolan D. C. Lewis, chairman of the program committee; Dr. Walter Free- man, chairman of the decorations and souvenirs committee; Dr. Roscoe Hall, chairman of the dinner committee, and Monie Sanger, administrative assistant to Dr. White, chairman of the com- Tonight's celebration will b> the sec- ond in honor of Dr. White's 25 vears of service as superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. On the afternoon of October 3, at the hospital, the em- ployes of the institution gathered to do honor to their chief and presented him with a testimonial volume. Rt Delaware 2 to 1 for Hoover. WILMINGTON, Del, November 10 (). —Hetbert Hoover's official plurality over Gov. Smith in Delaware was an- | nounced today as 33,627. The om:inl‘ totals for the State were: Hoover, 68.- | 986; Smith, 35,359. S BALDWIN WARNS PEACE PAGT FOES Prime Minister Says World| Must Outlaw War or Perish as Result. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 10.—Prime Min- ister Baldwin believes that the world must enforce the Kellogg-Briand pact renouncing war or perish. Speaking at the lord mayor's banquet in the Guild Hall, he said: “Belleve me, the alternative before Europe is very simple and the choice should be easy. We either keep faith with the spirit of the pact we signed or in time we will go down the steep | places together and perish eternaily “Let us grasp this opportunity which has been given us for a new start with both hands and go forward with new falth and new ho&)e." Mr. Baldwin said he wished that Al 1 bfl&;mdor Houghton were at the ban- quet. | In Mr, Houghton's' absenge, the | premier continued, “I should say that I believe the time may come when in | the histories of this period there will be no greater act credited to the United States than that in this year she had the highest honor of voicing the aspi- | rations of mankind in presenting that pact for signature. “It is so tremendous a thing that | few of us realize it.” COLOMBIA GIVES APPROVAL. Adherence to Pact with Reservations Authorized by Senate. BOGOTA, Cclombia, November 10 (#).—The Colombian Senate yesterday approved a bill authorizing the govern- | ment to adhere to the Kellogg-Briand | pact renouncing war with certain res- ervations. The reservations, which were inserted | in the bill by a large majority, declared | in principle that Colombia condemned war as defined in the pact, but did #ot renounce the right to repel by fores any aggression which the country con- sidered unjust. The bill also saild that Colombia considered that the pact condemned not only war but also measures of vio- lence which practically amount to war, such as peaceful blockades, military oc- cupation of customs ports of a debtor nation and armed interventions of one tate in the internal affairs of another, WooDWARD & LLoOTHROP 10™ 11™ F axnD G STREETS _ < 7 RAYON EXHIBIT New RAYON fashions... in review Paris and New York send their Newest Fashions in this Newest of Textiles A promenade - of f_ashions from these famous French couturiers who make fashion history, in the exquisite rayon fabrics of a new season. CHERUIT TALBOT PREMET CHANEL MOLYNEUX NOWITZKY JENNY LOUISEBOULANGER and LONDON TRADES; that young house whose clothes are so ‘“American.” Including fashions from the most important of our ‘own American designers, using the most interesting rayon fabrics in which they can work. 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