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2 HOOVER WELCOMED BY GOSTA RICANS School Children Form Guard of Honor—Official Lunch- eon Is Given. BY WILL IRWIN. Written Exclusively for The Star and North American Newspaper Alllance SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, November 20.—Two coincidences marked the ap- pearance of President-elect Hoover in this pleasant little capital. First, there was the guard of honor. On July 4, 1919, when Mr. Hoover visited Warsaw where the American relief under his direction had been fighting off starvation for a year, grate- ful Poland received him not with & guard of soldiers but with a parade of nearly 100.000 children. ‘This attractive country. Costa Rica, has virtually no army. Of its 500 sol- diers, 300 play in the Nilitary bands. Tt boasts that it keeps p\ace and de- fends itself by seeing that it is fair internationally and by using arbitra- tion when others are unfair. Children Form Guard. Expressing this and also its pride in education, it gave Mr. Hoover a guard of honor made up of children from its public schools. All the way between the station and the headquar- ters of the American legation and from there to the “Yellow House,’ 'this re- public’s tribute to peace, the Costa Ricans lined the walks, waving bright- colored flags. The second coincidence was that President Gonzales Viquez, the aged and respected head of the republic, came to receive Mr. Hoover after night spent in directing relief work \5 the flooded districts of his country. ‘To arrive in time he forded rivers up to his waist. As they stood this morning awaiting the pleasure of the news photographers they were overheard matching notes on this disaster and that of the Mississippi River in 1927. It is symbolical of this pleasant, attractive town, with its mountain background and fringe of polished-looking coffee bushes, that while it has waited for modern hard gav\ng of its streets until this year, it uilt in 1897 from its coffee export tax the beautiful national theater in which it entertained Mr. Hoover today. Personality Makes Hit. One may say, without a flaunting of national pride that the Hoover per- sonality is making a hit here as else- where. It shows how extremes meet. Mr. Hoover's native Quaker manner, grave yet quietly cordial, is very like the best Spanish manner, and these people like unobtrusive dignity in their statesmen. Mrs. Hoover remembers a little Spanish from her girlhood in the The John C. Green School of Sciel one of the oldest buildings of Princeton loss was estimated at $20i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 19%8.° WASHINGTONIAN MADE AIDE TO HOOVER IN NICARAGUA PRINCETON BUILDING IN GRIP OF FLAMES I nce, a three-story stone structure, and University, New Jersey, which was de- stroyed by fire Tuesday. The blaze of undertermined origin, started shortly be- fore midnight and fanned by a strong wind, swept through the building. The Sparks carried a quarter of a mile, threatened the other buildings on the campus. Photo shows a night view of the fire. & A. Phom.i NATION'S PROGRESS LAUDED BY HOOVER Costa Rican Cultural and Educational Work Wins Praise in Speech. Monterey, and getting her knowledge of the language in that way she has a good accent, which helps. At the reception here, since he was visiting a capital, Mr. Hoover wore a frock coat and a top hat. Hitherto he has worn a blue double-breasted suit with white flannel trousers. Mrs. Hoover was in a light smoky gray silk gown with a gray and black silk scarf and wide straw hat. The Costa Ricans are not only a sturdy people, but are very good-look- ing, end in the horizon of boxes, which looked down on the official luncheon, they flashed an array of Spanish beauty in clothes which smacked of Paris. It was a perfect welcome, ceremonious yet not pretentious, and always in ex- quisite taste. (Copyright, 1928, by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) NEW NICARAGUAN ASPECT IS SEEN Argentine Paper Declares Friend- ship for United States Is Great Tradition. By the Assoclated Press. BUENOS AIRES, November 29.—Un- der the heading “A Just Comparison,” an editorial appearing in La Nacion yesterday comments on the new aspect the Nicaraguan situation presents after the reception accorded to President- elect Herbert Hoover. The great public demonstration, La Nacion finds, corresponds with the result of the recent election, in which the opposition party won a victory. The editorial warns the Argentine peo- ple not to become divided over Nica- ragua’s affairs, inasmuch as it seems that even the Nicaraguans themselves now have accepted in their own free Wwill conditions which were at first forced upon them. Finally, La Nacion calls attention to $he fact that its dissension from the American policy was far from being an unfriendly act, but was always more in the nature of a warning justified by facts, and adds: “There is no reason why we should be more patriotic than the Nicaraguans in their own country. Neither is there any reason for declaring ourselves the enemies of the United States in the name of Nicaragua. Our {friendship for the United States is not only a great convenience, but constitutes ome of Argentina’s greatest traditions.” BRAZIL SEES EUROPEAN FEAR OF TRADE LOSS Press Cites Indication of Move to Offset Publicity From Hoo- ver's Trip. By the Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, November 29 —Europe’s reaction toward the Lalin American trip of President-elect Hoover has aroused much interest in the Rio de Janeiro press, which says that the publicity which American products thus indirectly receive apparently is worrying European exporters. The Jornal do Brazil, for instance, says that an announcement in London that a fleet of airplanes will soon make a good-will visit to South America is the first European step toward com- bating the effects of Mr. Hoover's visit and to call attention to British goods. The Jornal says that the vast un- developed markets of Brazil have been the special objects of European concern in recent years. The European nations see the Hoover visit as threatening to cut their exports and to turn the de- mands of South Americans more and more toward American products. The paper also says that the recent flights and demonstrations of American avi- ators in various South American coun- tries also appears to be a reason for the proposed flight of the British planes to South America. Costa Ricans Drop Liquor From Menu At Hoover Luncheon By the Associated Press. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, No- vember 29—Out of respect for the laws of the United States no intoxicants were served yesterday at the luncheon given in honor of Herbert Hoover by President Gonzalez Viquez. Mineral waters and grape juice were served at By the Associated Press. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, November 29. —In his speech replying to the address of welcome of President Gonzalez yes- terday, Mr. Hoover said: “Your excellency, words are always a poor vehicle for the expression of th2 response in our hearts for such courtesy and welcome as colleagues and I re- ceived today. Nojcitizen of the United States could have listened to your elo- quent statement without a quickening of pride in his own country that it has deserved so great a tribute from the record of its relations with Costa Rica during all the years of our common na- tional life. “Your excellency, good will between nations is not a policy or a task, it is a deduction arising from a series of ac- tions. It is not a diplomatic formula. It s an inspiration which flows from ideals of people, so the generous recogni- tion by you that the spirit of the people of the United States has even been steadfast in its resolution to act, not only with justice to its neighbors, but also that they do aspire to co-operate with them for making good will, will find deep response from the very hearts of my countrymen. Advancement Is Cited. “You have paid glowing tribute to the accomplishments of my country under the stimulus of our common democracy, but nowhere do I know of a greater and more proved example of the beneficence to mankind of our common institutions than that which has been accomplished through the hands of the people of Costa Rica. “Their advancement of human wel- fare is well known in my country. As a student of social and cultural ad- vancement I have long wished to con- firm with my own eyes the progress which you have made. You have given leadership in the solution of important social questions for the distribution of land, and home ownership is such that mathematically asmost every family owns a farm or a home. “The spread of universal free educa- tion from primary school to univer- sity, development of art and drama, as symbolized by this great institution, and your contributions to literature not only enriched life, but have stimu- lated thought on the part of your people and added to the world’s pool of culture. “To have accomplished all these things and at the same time to have maintained your national integrity and national dignity with a military estab- lishment less in the number of soldiers than one-fourth the number of your school teachers is a national attain- ment which speaks not only of the beneficences of the fundamental insti- tutions of democracy, but for the char- acter of the people and the leadership in Costa Rica. Praises Reception Plans. “You are an example of the advan- tage of having many separate units of government. There are over 20 na- tions on our Western Continent in which each can be a laboratory work- ing out separate successes in govern- ment and culture and in art under varying conditions and from which all the others can profit. “You have thought to give emphasis to your welcome through the school children of your capital city. I know no method of which the kindliness and courtesy of the Nation could be so evi- denced than by these masses of chil- dren which welcomed us this day. That is the voice of assuring democracy. “I have come on a visit as a neighbor. I have felt that perhaps I might sym- bolize the good will which I know my country holds toward your own. “My hope and my purpose and my as- pirations is that a better acquaintance with a larger knowledge of our sister re- publics of Latin America, personal con- tact with the men who hear the re- sponsibilities of government, may enable , me better to execute that which lies before me. And a large part of that task is co-operation with other nations for the common upbuilding of prosperity and progress throughout the world.” UNTERMEYER REMARRIES i WIFE DIVORCED IN 1926| Poet Declines to Reveal When or ‘Where Ceremony Was Per- formed. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, November 29.—Louis Untermeyer and Jean Starr Untermeyer, poets, who were divorced in 1926 after a married life of nearly 20 years, have remarried, Mr. Untermeyer disclosed yesterday. He declined to say when or where the ceremony was performed. Mrs. Virginia Moore Untermeyer, the poet’s second wife, obtained a divorce at_Clayton, Mo., last Friday. Untermeyer, compiler of several an- thologies of modern American verse the meal. The menu included many tropical Costa Rican dishes, some of Indian and some of Span- ish origin. and author of “Roast Leviathan,” mar- HOOVER OBSERVES THANKSGIVING ON WAY TO GUAYAQUIL (Continued From First Page.) well as officials, were heard saying to each other in the streets and at the reception in honor of Mr. Hoover, “How fortunate for us that the Yankees have such a President!” The word was passed rapidly among all Costa Ricans that Mr. Hoover is “simpatico.” Dr. Luis Dobles Segrada, minister of education, said: “Although Mr. Hoover was in San Jose only a few hours, we feel we know him. We feel that friendly relations not only with our country but with all Latin American countries and the United States have been advanced many years by his visit.” ‘Welcome Rivals Lindy. Mr. Hoover received a reception in San Jose such as has been accorded previously to only one person, native or foreigner—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Arriving from the Pacific port of Puretarenas, he found a cheering throng of 10,000 gathered around the railroad station. He drove to the United States legation, where another crowd of 5,000 assembled. “Viva Hoover! Viva Senora Hoover!" shouted the crowd until Mr. and Mrs. Hoover responded by appearing on the balcony to smile and wave an acknowl- edgment to the tribute from the clam- oring throng. All government offices and schools were closed and a national holiday had been proclaimed in honor of the com- ing of the President-elect. At every little station along the railroad from the port to the capital crowds assem- bled to cheer Mr. Hoover as he passed in the private car of President Gon- zalez Viquez. Praises U. S. as Fair. President Viquez in welcoming Mr. Hoover said that Costa Rica admired the United States most of all for its spirit of unshakable justice which it has always manifested in its relations to his country. He continued: “Your mission was a hlpgy inspira- tion. This trip which you have taken partly as a means of study and partly as a means of recreation, we hope will have the greatest, most flourishing and positive results for the betterment of economic and political relations between the United States and other peoples of our continent. “Our relations must be cemented upon a basis of mutual confidence for perfect understanding and sincere and sound friendship between our people and your country.” Mr. Hoover in his reply emphasized that the mission of co-operation between the United States and other nations was to build up mutual prosperity and progress. Praises Costa Ricans. The President-elect referred to the fact that almost every family in Costa Rica owns a farm or a home and he also stressed that national integrity had been maintained with an army whose soldiers in number were less than 25 per cent of the number of school teachers in the republic. “Nowhere,” sald Mr. Hoover, “do I Thanksgiving HE most human of all HOOVER EPECTE T0 HEAL BREACH Long-Smoldering Rivalry Be- tween Departments Caused by Trade Attache System. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. One of the earliest interdepartmental reorganizations Herbert Hoover is ex- pected to undertake after March 4 con- cerns the long-smoldering rivalry be- tween the State Department and the Department of Commerce. It affects their respective methods of foreign trade promotion. It touches in par- ticular upon the activities of the State Department’s consular officers and the Commerce Department's commercial | attaches. i The commercial attache system was the personal creation of Mr. Hoover soon after he became Secretary of Commerce. It was based on the theory that American business abroad can be more effectively drummed up and in- creased by specialists in various indus tries rather than by consular official burdened with a variety of purely gov- ernmental work. Attaches Given Diplomatic Status. Mainly at Secretary Hoover's insti- gation, the “office of foreign trade ad- viser” in the State Department was abolished in June, 1921. Soon after- ward Hoover persuaded Congress to give his commercial attaches diplomat- ic status. They are now full-fledged members of our embassies and legations in foreign capitals. For the past seven years the business end of Uncle Sam's activities abroad has been centered in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. To it there now report no fewer than 50- odd commercial attaches scattered all over the world. New attaches are be- ing sent over seas periodically. Offices in Budapest and Oslo have just been established. In London 11 of Hoover's trade slcuths are on duty. Eight are stationed in Parls and 5 in Berlin. The record achieved by his foreign trade organization since 1921 is consid- ered by the President-elect as one of the brightest feathers in his whole ad- ministrative cap at Washington. He laid stress upon it repeatedly during the recent campaign. Tracy Hollingsworth Lay, a former United States consul general, in his book, “Foreign Service of the United States,” summarizes graphically the situation which ensued after Hoover's commercial attaches began clearing for action. “Duties Indistinguishable.” “These officials,” Mr. Lay says, “‘were sent abroad with duties indistinguish- able from those of consular officers with respect to trade matters. In every phase of the commercial work of the two services there appeared to be dupli- cation of effort and of material, and an overlapping of functions. The one reported directly to the Department of State, and the other directly to the Department of Commerce. The com- mercial attaches set up separate offices and traveled about. But as an inde- pendent agent of this Government has no official status in any foreign country, except as a part of the recognized establishment for the conduct of fo eign relations, the facilities of the com- mercial attache were found to be greatly restricted. Thereupon his office was moved to the American embassy or legation. “In this position there naturally developed a form of direct contact be- tween foreign governments and these agents of a domestic department not concerned with the conduct of foreign relations. This seemed to cross the wires of diplomacy. It appeared to bring into the diplomatic machinery an extraneous element in the form of a representative who bore no responsi- bility in matters of international poli- cles and yet was free to work through its official channels in direct relations with foreign governments."” Friction Still Persists. Secretary Hoover and Secretary Hughes had many discussions and made numerous attempts to find a solution of difficulties that were at one time exceedingly bitter. The traditional dis- regard of the professional diplomat for the mere business person played a cer- tain role. One peace proposal was that the entire consular service should be taken over by the Department of Com- merce, a project which signally failed to arouse enthusiasm in the State De- partment. [Equally unpopular at the Commerce Department was a scheme to annex Hoover’s commercial attaches to the State Department. Matters today are less acrimonious than they once were, but friction persists. Hoover, his intimates are convinced, will probably seek to eradicate it once for (Copyright, 1928.) know of a greater and more proved ex- ample of the beneficient to mankind of our common institutions than that which has been accomplished through the hands of the people of Costa Rica. Their awvancement of human welfare is well known to my country.” ‘Two hundred girl puplls applied for membership in the fencing club of a Philadelphia high school. Capt. Howard Fellows Is Ac- corded Honor of Sgwing : Next President. Marine Officer Saw Service With 5th Regiment in World War. A young Washingtonian, Capt. How- ard Fellows, stationed with the Marine detachment at Lyon, Nicaragua, had the honor of serving as President- elect Hoover’s military aide while the next President was ashore in the Latin American country. Capt. Fellows was born in Washing- ton and educated at McKinley High School and George Washington Uni- versity. during.the World War and served with the 5th Regiment in-France. After the war he served with the West Coast fleet until, about eight months ago, he was sent to Nicaragua. He was married in Santo Domingo in 1922, his wife now living at 1937 Bilt- more street. His mother, Mrs. C. V. Fellows, lives at 2127 California street. BEATEN FOR GOVERNOR MAY ACCEPT FILM OFFER New Mexico's Attorney General Reported to Taken Screen Tests for Cowboy Roles. Have By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 29.—New Mexico's cowboy attorney general, Robert C. Dow, was reported here last night to have taken Hollywood screen tests this week with the intention of possibly entering the motion pictures after his term of office expires January 1. His mother, Mrs. Mary Dow, sald last night, after her son had left for his home, that he had taken tests and “maybe he will or maybe he won't go in_the movies.” Dow's mother added that after Janu- ary 1, he would come here to make his home with her, but she declined to confirm reports that he had received an offer from a picture studio to act cow- boy roles in Western films. Dow, who was dubbed “Two-Gun Bob” by political opponents in his recent unsuccessful campaign for governor of New Mexico, was reared on a ranch in the Southwestern part of that State. His father, a pioneer sheriff, was shot down by outlaws. Dow has frequently competed in rodeos, more recently at Fort Worth, Las Vegas and Chicago. He enlisted in the Marines 15,000 PLAN STRIKE IN RHODE ISLAND Textile Workers Authorized to ‘Walk Out When Wage Reduc- tion Is Announced. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 29.—A strike of 15,000 employes of three textile con- cerns in Rhode Island was authorized yesterday by the emergency board of the United Textile Workers of America as a protest against a wage reduction proposed for operation next Monday. The union indorsed strike action against the Manville-Jencks Corpora- tion, the Lonsdale Co. and J. & P. Coates, thread manufacturers. Notice of the reduction, which union officials here said they understood to be 5 per cent, was posted Monday. In this regard Gorman referred to the recent settlement of the New Bedford textile strike through the acceptance of a 5 per cent reduction. 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By the Associated Pres HARTFORD, Conn., November 29.— Formal announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of Gov. John H. Trumbull of Connecticut, and John Cofiligfle. son of President and Mrs. Ige. ‘The announcement was made by Gov. and Mrs. Trumbull at a dinner at the Farmington Country Club last night as part of the celebration of their silver wedding anniversary. No date was announced for the wed- ding, but indications were it would not take place before Summer, thus preclud- ing a White House wedding. The cere- mony_ probably will take place at the Trumbull home in Plainville. The supper was attended by about 250 guests. Place cards read: “John and Florence.” President Sends Fiowers. Prior to the supper the Gov. and Mrs. Trumbull held a reception, at which they received congratulations from many prominent persons on their wed- ding anniversary. 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