Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1929, Page 25

JOB SELLING LAID TOHOWARD IN 1925 Mississippian Wrote Butler, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MARCH 10..1929—PART 1. FARM INDUSTRIES - STUDY TO BE MADE | American Engineering Coun- cil Seeks Improvements in ARTS BODY CALLS ABATTOIR NEAR D. C. NATIONAL DISGRACE Review of Legislative Achievements of 69th and 70th Congresses Points to Long enue Building and Archives Building appropriations were also made avail- able for plans for the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor | Buldlings and for the independent nmces[ bullding, which will be in the triangle. | “Congress alo appropriated the nec- | essary funds for completing the Depart- | ment of Agriculture Building in the | Mall, provided for a’ great extensible | buflding of the Department of Agricul- ture south of the administfation build- ing and for completing the Liberty Loan | Building of the Bureau of Engraving and Frinting. “Joining the Federal building plan on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue for many other buildings in Washington: too numerous to mention, as school buildings—particularly the new McKin- | ley Technical High School, which is| recognized as the outstanding school of its kind in the East—fire and police stations, a medical and surgical build- ing for St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and | dormitories for Howard University. A site for an additional building for the Pan-American Union was authorized, and a wholesale market near the water- front of the Washington channel, for the development of which plans have heen prepared. “Among monuments and memorials | . authorized by the 70th Congress, there C! MILAN AND NAPLES COMPETE FOR SIZE In Active Race for Honor of Being the Largest City in Italy. ROME, Italy (#).—The two major ties of Italy—Milan in the north and Fight Against Objectionable Features. Baring Conditions, Senate Pro R I will be the municipal center development | should be mentioned those that are| Naples in the south—are making a rovers heveal. on John Marshall place, between Third | being erected by the American Battle | gesperate race for the honor of being on' the north side of | Monuments Commission in Europe. e 9 y: slaughterhouse near the Arlington Na- | the Avenue. This authorizec in the | “There will also be A memorial chapel | th® largest city of this country. | tional Cemetery, one of the most sacred | closing days of the Seventieth Congress, | in each of the eight permanent Ameri-| By & great spurt within the last sev- spots in America. The Commission of | o take in the four squarcs in this local- | can military cemeteries in Europe. ! eral years, Naples is right on the heels Fine Arts would have no offensive ec- | jty from Penn nia avenue north to | Washington has its splendid 1st Di s : s | tablishment of any kind in the | Judici are. The municipal cen- | vision Memorial, and the project to|of Milan, with a figure of only 1,031 politan area of Washington ar ter, aside from being a most desirable | erect a_memorial bandstand, in marble, | JCPATating them. Census totals fust which now extends from Camp Meade. | establishment was neces- | as the District of Columbia World War | \Sued by the government show tha about 20 miles north of Washington, to recorder | Memortal, is pending. During the clos- | Milan. as of January 1. 1029, has 942,114 | Mount Vernon and Fort Humphreys on | ing session of the 70th Congress the | Phabitants and Naples, 940,133, . 1e south, and from the regions beyond erection of the Nesro World Wear serac | Carrying out Mussolini's’ program of | the Anaco o | TIaL i Washinpiro iworld War Memo: | encouraging rapid growth of Ttaly's on_the west; in other words. a metro- | the triangle plan did not allow for the | building, was authorized. > - o | politan_area for the National Capital | expansion of ‘District of Columbia* of- | “The 70th Congress &uthorized the | JUSt the last year 0240 new citizens. [inscribed in a circle having a diameter | fice buildings there |erection of a statue to tien, Artemus | FOF several génefations Milan, the big of 40 miles. with the United States Cap-| " “In_the meanfime the Arlington | Ward in Washington, a site for a large | janufacturing and commercial elty of |itol in"the center. emorfal Bridge has been undergoing |urn, given by the Republic of Cuba t | ltay: has occupied the uvenefiererd ashington rapid development, so that it is now President Coolidge during his visit these, | bosivion of chiel Sty of ¥ arowth of {million mark. Each_ year thousands | pected the Memorial Bridge will be|and a monument in Washingtos to| maniiels Do ow: ikt 2e KIOKCE €7 Secretary of Coymerce | 'cans who sail fo Italy on Ttallan boats pon thousands of visitors come o | corapleted by 1931 — b 1932 st ington, more so than to any other ; e birthday 20 years ago. Amopg other e 7. WeERUM It fs the Natlona) Ca a | memorials authorized by the 70th (il Lo gl ";”,‘(‘.‘5’{"{}"‘@“&!,&,‘{1 city in which every American citizen ress. in which citizens of Washington | pway from her northern rival has a share, From now on every effort re_interested. Is the Wright Memorial L - should be put forth so that by the tima |at Kitty Hawk, N. C.. and the George | | of the Geofge Washington bicentennial Rogers_Clark Memorial at Vincennes, Iebration in 1932 the City of Wash- | Ind. The 70th Congress also provided | ington will be prepared for it. The |for "the participation of the United achievements of the Seventieth Con- States in the Ibero-American Exposition in providing for the developinent at Seville, Spain. and embellishment of the National Ca | “The 70th Congress authorized medals ital, show that the United States Gov. for Thomas Edison and Col. Lindbergh, | ernment s doing its part in this re- and the Hawail sesquicentennial coin, spect.” P Surmmarizing the aftainments of the | recent Congresses on projects on which the commission worked, ihe statement said in part “It s a matter of record that the Seventieth Congress enacted more log lation than that of any other in previ- ous years, This is {rue also as to legislation toward developing and beauti- fying_the National Capital. As to thi the Seventieth Congress may be con sidered a sequence to the Sixty-ninth Congress, which authorized the great Federal building program. Both the | Sixty-ninth and the Seventieth Con- {gresses, in the closing session. indeed 4 in the closing_hour, enacted legislation | L o the slaugh- | Jortaining to National Capital projects, | [ s posed site | 4yo former by authorizing the estab near Washir icago and | jishment of the National Arboretum; Kansas Ci fiave suf- | the latter by approving the bill for en- fered from such establishments in and |larging the Capitol Grounds and de- near their cit veloping Union Station plaza. rery 1 every on$ in W Liberal With Funds. dria about two vears ago, and again | protested against the erection of the |ang Sixth streets Many Branches. An indictment against the abattoir proposed_to be creeted in. Arlington County, Va, near Arlington Cemeter. ontained in a review of legisative achievements of the Sixty-ninth an The Ameri-| govontieth Congresses, g 2! the beautification of v | yesterday by the Fine | sion, which also called for continucd developme: bital so that it | w2l be preaced for the Washington bi- ¢ By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 8 | ean Engineering Council is plannin Nation-wide study of the agricult stries, similar in method to the of the Hoover committee on waste in industr By the Associated Press. A letter purporting to show that in| 1925 William M. Butler, then chairman | of the Republican national committee, | received charges that Perry W. Howard was “selling Federal offices” in Missis- sippi, was made public yesterday by the Senate patronage committee. | Howard, who is colored, was Repub- | ¢ lican national committecman for Missis- Lawrence W. Wallace, sippi at that time. He was indicted & B8 oo T retary of the council, Iast year on charges growing out of an | : B | | !he plans sonignt, said investigation made by the Department; : | Cheompass the econom , of Justice and was acquitted of one S i | cial and engincering phases of T e At A | / ; . | It will be undertaken in co-operation ton, anywhere,” which it described % bili Soseiusk } | with the American Society of Agricu bracing an area inseribed in a circle i;m"‘( ‘Eml‘;m(;:ffl?{,n(i’rs X}g"n?h;:\nd’ tural Enginecrs. diameter of 40 miles, with the iss., to J 5, 1925, @ ! Gl copies were sent to President Coolidge Improvements the Aim. Ll mcxm and Attorney General Sargent, It was, | _“It is th> conviction of engincers.” Congress to expand the | put into the Senate committee's Tecord | Mr. Wallace asserted. “that an its environs, the by Millar McGlichrist, special assistant Sty Ay of she exric T to the Attorney General, who made the | : B et et v ol e investigation in the Howard case. | { cconomie improvement throughout Congr The ~letter said it was a ‘fact R | agriculture. The objective of the study | Bf prlde be= known to all’ and “has since been | | Will ‘be to direet attention through e BHUGIAE 6ol ce 8 - S nees to agricultura elopmen _ Howard was implicated in alleged sales | and well being. and to suggest. specific | the republic had established, there of postmastership appointments. An official of the transportation division | means of removing them on {he basis | the ominous information that an abat- “The result of the investigation made | of the Department of Commerce, Who | of good agricultural practice and sound 1 language a slau by the Post Office Department.” the | has recelved from the French govern- | engineering thought built in Arlington letter said, “was a keenly disappointing | ment the medal of the Legion of Honor | “The proposed analysis is designed to one, as the Postmaster General in & | for his part in convoying a group of | point the way to practical and measur- letter admitted the horrible situation | French aeronautic observers on a tour able standards of agricultural manage- and in the same breath took occasion |of the United States last year. o an understanding of the inte to commend and praise Perry W. How- —Star Staff Photo. n and interdependence of agr ard. Various reasons were given by E culture, commerce and industry: to Howard and his followers as to why the better * agricultural financing and Post Office investigation was treated as | credits; to improved marketing facilities | a fiasco. The principal one alleged and results; to lower unit cosis of pro- that it was whitewashed by vou. I do duction; to the elimination of avoidable not believe it, nor do my friends who waste in farm activities and products; compose the decent element of the to jmproved rural conditions through party in Mississippi: however, I regret greater use of power and mechanical to add that the story is generally be- equipment; and to larger net returns lieved over Mississippl. * * * and high standards of living for those “Howard's followers, composed of engaged in the egricultural industry. both races, held a kind of jubilation - 4 / meeting at Jackson, Miss., on last Sun- n TSN A S Sevn ; day, May 31, rehashing all these things | The machinery of :\gnrulmrn and naming you as their patron saint, financing and credits requires complete standing between them and theit past | salesmen and beggers that have been | revision. Attention should be given to record.” | pestering her since her good fortune | the subject of capital investment, | becamhe known, she recentiy left Glas- | credits in relation to farm turnover. the gow. Waddell had interests in Canada, | financing of agricultural production on | eary‘1|1nlgs as contrasted to pledging basic capital. “The program proposed will require five years to_execute with scope and | thoroughness.” Sa jon of to the ommission’s “would ha an of V that to allc will be a d it executive se in announcing he study would W erect! icgra rapidly growing to a {in the eff : | ned, and for which Con the George Washington Commis of which the Presid the Unpited States is chairman. An out- anding fea celebration in 932 is to be the dedication of the Mount Vernon b a lapse of 40 the Seventicth Congress, made available immediately for it Another feature of great historic in- terest in connection with the Gieo Washington Bicentennial is to be the dedication of Wakefield, Va., the birth- place of George Washington, which is being restored, by authority of Congress y the Wakeficld National Memorial Association, Incorporated, Old Belvoir Estate. “About two miles south of Mount Vernon is the site of the old Belvoir estate, the home of Lord Fairfax, now known as Fort Hump and where the United States School is locate The Seve funds avai. e for construc gre forward park, parkway and playground system of the National Cepital The bill passed the House of Repre- sentatives and _was pending in the | United States Senate when Congress adjo , ned. project adjacent to the Capitol Grounds and the Union Station Plaza | development, provided for by the Seventieth Congress, is the United States Supreme Court Building, to be located east of the Capitol and noiid of the Library of Congress. Also addi- | tional land was authorized for the ex- | tension of the Library of Congress, and | for beginning the House Office Annex Building., and the project for the new conservatory, which will be adjacent to i the Capitol, southwest of the Capitol Grounds. “The Capitol Grounds and Union Station Plaza plan, in addition to pro- | viding for the beautification of the squares surrounding the Capitol and developing the plaza in front of the Union Station, also provides for the completion of the Mall and Monument garden plan of the McMillan Park Commission of 1901, between the Capi- tol and the Washingtons Monument. This virtually restores the L'Enfant plan of 1792, and means that the Seven- tieth Congress assured and made pos- LAYTON W. ROGERS, Bathing Pool Provision. “During the closing days of the 70th Congress provision was made for the erection of several large bathing pools in varous parts of the city. Provision | was also made for the further develop | ment of Meridian Hill Park, which i |now nearing completion. Here the | Buchanan Memorial is to be erected in the course of the year. Congres: | also_provided for the further develop. | ment of the Anacostia Park and the | acquirement of park areas recommended | by the National Capital Park and Plan- ning_Commission, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts. Provis- ion was also made for the further de- | velopment of the Rock Creek and Poto- mac_Parkway. “At the instance of Representative Cramton of Michigan, and in accordance | with recommendations of the War De- | Army Medical Center at Walter Reed | partment. the 70th Congress provided | { Hospital. Among other projects in|for the restoration of Arlington House X who is sincer interested In | | which the War Depariment and the at Arlington. | sible the carrying out of the great plan National Capi feartily support this | “During the Seventleth Congress lib- | Commission of Fine Arts have been| “Representative Cramton also intro- | for the National Capital. which with- resolution, so as to protect Washington | eral appropriations were made toward | particularly concerned is the completion | duced legislation for the acquisition, | Out question will make Washington the from such an offensive establishment. To | chrrying out the Federal building pro- | of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. | establishment and development of the [ Most beautiful capital city in the allow its erection will be a disgrace to | gram. Congress also purchased the | Coneress having cted the necessary | George Washington Memorial Parkway | World. the Natlonal Capital. entire ‘triangle’ south of Pennsylvania | legislation for its completion, the | along thé Potomac from Mount Vernon L avenue from the Capitol to the Treas- | Seventieth Congress indorsed the. design | and Fort Washington to the Great Protest Two Years Ago. ury Building, to assure a harmonious | which was aceepted by the Secretary of | Falls, and to provide for the.acquisition The Commission of Fine Arts pro- | plan, and provided appropriations for | War and which had been apptoved by | of lands in the District of Columbia tested against the establishment of this | the erection of the Department of Com- and the States of Maryland and Vir- proposed slaughterhouse near Alexal Our Underselling Polifcy Only M Better Furniture for Less t is no wonde will R. Wood, who the subcommittee of the independent offices bill, and the de- ficiency bills, which provided appropria- tions in recent yea for the great profects under development in the Natfonal Capital, and who will be the aext chairman of the committee on ap- propriations of the House of Represent atives, introduced a resolution a few | days before Cor adjourned threat- iing to stop further work on the | Arlington Memorial Bridge, and the Housekeeper Gets Fortune. “In appreciation of kindly services rendered in the course of many years," the late James A. Waddell of Glasgow, Scotland, bequeathed $1,552,000 and a mansion to his housekeeper, Miss Janet Ormiston. Waddell died last April, aged 76, and his will has just been probated. Miss Ormiston, a small, gray-haired woman approaching middle age, lived alone in the big house of her employer since his death. but to elude development of a p g : the design for which was approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. “The Seventieth Congress also made provision for the development of the CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. The Wanderlusters will meet at Chevy Chase Circle, 2:45 o'clock. Mr. Handy | will lead. Island Offered for Sale. $ARK, England (#).-—-The Channel sland Brechou, one-quarter mile west of Sark, has been offered for sale. The buyer will obtain a seat in the Parlia- ment of Sark. He will be his own con- stituency. The South Pole is surrounded by a continent larger than Europe and more elevated than any other large area on the globe, rising to about 11,000 feet — e g It is sald of sharks that they do not come up to the surface of the water where tlte sea is rough. Mlle. Mere L. Raymond, connected with the Library of the Geneva Con- ference, will give an illustrated talk, 7 o'clock, at Brightwood Park M. E. Church, Epworth League is invited to join in the service A free scientific lecture-lesson by Dr. E. J. Stevens will be given, 8 o'clock, at 1905 Fifteenth street, second floor. Sub- ject: “Cosmic Rays—Health and Color Readings.” Tomorrow evening, same time and place, Dr. Priscilla Streeter, associated with Dr. Stevens in the free lecture course, will talk on “A New Way to Replenish the Body With the S8ix- teen Elements, Without Much Change in Dally Diet.” Dr. Clinton N. Howard will give three lectures today in the interest of law enforcement in Washington. At Memo- rial United Brethren Church at 3:30 o'clock his topic will be: “A Voice From the White House.” He will speak this morning at Bethany Baptist Church and this evening at First Baptist Church. ‘The Red Triangle Outing Club will meet at Rosslyn, 2 o'clock. Take car to Green Gables and hike along the old District line. Campfire at clubhouse. Lunch and flashlight by those who want to stay out. Coffee served by the club. Mrs. H. E. Woolever and Miss Nellie Herbst, high school teacher at Lima, Peru, will speak, 8 o'clock, at the Brightwood Park M. E. Church. J. S. Chamberlain will address the Washington Open Forum, 808 I street, at 3 pm. Subject: “The Iniquity of Civilization.” 2 7 Z 2222 Z - Sale Extraordinary! $39 Poster Beds For one day we offer these high-grade Poster Beds at a price that's typ- ical of our underselling policy. Double or twin sizes — mahogany finish. —are never reddened by suds You, too, can have Sunday hands on Monday. No more reddened fingers, work-worn roughened hands and broken nails. This marvelous, wringerless washer keeps your hands out of suds. A gentle AGITATOR swishes and souses all the dirt out of even soiled cuffs and collars without hand rubbing. No .handling of clothes piece by piece. A fast revolving dryer twirls the water out of a whole tubful, all at once and all in a minute. Saves work at every turn—for its tub and drying chamber are lined with easy-to-keep-clean POR- CELAIN. FRE Really, it is so difficult to tell you all the wonders of the ABC SPINNER that we want to show you the marvelous performance of this new machine, Merely ‘phone for FREE demonstraticn, or come in. 7 Cozy Boudoir Chairs What comfort and ease these chairs afford in the boudoir, at the same time giving it a dressed up look. Exceptionally well made, covered with cretonne in light or dark colorings. $7.75 Collapsible _Go-Carts $3.95 Full collapsible (io-carts, can be easily carried or dtored in antos. FUTURE. ‘The loyal Knights of the Round ! ‘Table will meet for luncheon Tuesday, | 12:30 p.m, at University Club. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of po- | lice, and Fire Chief George S. Watson will be honor guests and speakers. | Pianist, Mrs. N. K. Gardner. Stanton Park Citizens' Association will meet tomerrow, 8 p.m.,, in Peabody School. The Women's Club of North Beach, Md., will meet Tuesday evening at the ‘Thomas Circle Club. The mayor of North Beach will be present. ‘Mrs. Aaron H. Newman, president of the District League of American Pen ‘Women, and the board members will give a reception to the board of the National Leafue ‘Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:30 at the local club, 1108 Sixteenth street. ‘The Junior Club will give a dance for the building fund of St. Jerome's Church March 16 at the Armory in Hyattsville, Md. The District Society, Dames of the | Loyal Legion, will meet tomorrow, 3 pm., at the Willard Hotel. Delegates to the national convention will be ap- pointed. ‘The Bryn Mawr Club will meet to- morrow from 4 to 6 at the home of Miss Henrietta Riggs, 131 Maryland avenue. Plans for the annual old book and flower sale will be completed. | Washington alumnae invited. The H Street Christlan Church at Sixth street southwest will serve an oyster supper Wednesday from 5 to 7 pm. The District shine and Com- munity Society will meet tomorrow at | Polish Mop and Bottle the home of Mrs. A. O. Tingley, 1501 | of Wizard 79(‘. Hamilton streets, Polish The National Capital Federation of Garden Chibs invites any one interested | to a lecture Tuesday, 8:15 p.m., to be given in the auditorium of the Interior Department by Mme. Marle de Mare of New York. Subject, “French Gar- dens, Old and New The Society for Philosophical In- quiry will meet Tuesday, 4:45 p.m., at the new National Museum, Room 43, Topic, “Philosophy as Experience.’ Speaker: Dr. Arthur C. Nothstine, Piney Branch Citizens' Association will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m.. in Hamline || Methodist Episcopal Church 1 Washington Post, can Military Engin luncheon March 15, Army and Navy Club. ant, U. 8. Marine Corps, ‘Wendell C. Neville, will spe United States Marine Corps.” Rev. F. I. A. 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