Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1929, Page 7

URGES MODERATE ARMIES AND NAVIES French Speaks at Exercises at Battle Ground Na- tional Cemetery. A course of moderation, lying between one extreme of disarmament and the other | extreme of large armies and strong navies, is the only path which the world can hope to follow to the | solution of its war problem, Representa- | tive French of Idaho, member of the House ‘committee on appropriations, said yesterday in an address at the Memorial day serviees at Battle Ground National Cemetery, held under auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Brightwood ens' Association. Dr. Charles V. Pettys, past department com- mander of the G, A. R., presided. | “More 'than 10 years have passed since the termination of the World | War,” he caid. “There has never ceased | to be talk of large armies and_ strong navies. There has never ceased to be talk of the abolition of both. As chair- man of a congressional committee that for a number of years has had to do with the preparation of the naval sup- ply bill for our country, I cannot fail 10 see the cross-fire that is on between the two groups, and, in my judgment, the extremists of both groups are wrong. Before us lies the course of moderation, the maintenance of naval and military establishments that will mean immediate defense, limited before the point where they would become a menace to the peace of the world.” “Bawled Out” President. In referring to domestic difficulties, Mr. Prench held forth little hope of better conditions until the people as & whole_decide to “respect all laws, not Just those that please them.” He told of an_incident when a Rock Creek Park _policeman “bawled out” Presi- dent Roosevelt, for trespassing on ground marked by signs. The President, he said, congratulated the officer for en- forcing the law against all alike. If more people had President Roose- velt's attitude,” Mr. French said, “we would have far less trouble with crim- inals today.” The exercises opened at 3:15 o'clock. ‘The raising and saluting of colors was under the_direction of Capt. Herbert ‘Turner. The assemblage sang “The Star Spangled Banner,” accompanied by the 3d United States Cavalry Band. Musical Program Presented. The_invocation was pronounced by Rev. Daniel L. Snyder, followed by the singing of “Beautiful Isle of Some- ‘where” by the Battle Ground Quartet, composed of Mrs. Thomas H. Mullen- berg, Mrs. Willlam W. Wallace, L. F. Randolph and Edwin T. Boylen, accom- panied by Harry Wheaton Howard. John M. Kline, jr., Spanish War ve! eran, recited “The Star Spangled Bai ner”; Mrs. Mullenberg and Mrs. Wal lace sang a duet, “Whispering Hope,” while John Clagett Proctor recited an original poem. The Battle Ground Quar- tet rendered “Beneath the Laurels,” followed by Theodore Hardy, reciting “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,” and a solo by L. F. Randolph, “Just Before the Battle, Mother.” A group of chil- dren decorated the graves. ‘Those invited to be guests of honor included Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, Col. Willlam B. Ladue, . Engineer Commissioner; Representative John C. Box, Representative Eugene Black, Maj. Gen. John M. Clem, Capt. U. S. Daniels, Mayor Ben Davis of Takoma Park, Md.; Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, District Commissioners Proctor L. Dougherty and Sidney F. Taliaferro, Capt. Alonzo P. Fox, Senator Lynn J. Frazier, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d; Prof. R. L. Hay- cock, Col. Guy V. Henry, Representative Ira G. Hersey, Maj. Gen. I. W. Ireland, Blair Lee, Maj. E. Brooke Lee, Col. E. M. Markham, Representative’ Waiter Newton, Theodore W. Noyes, Brig. Gen. H. O. Williams and Representativ Frederick N. Zihlman. CAPPER FAVORS PLAN OF NAMING BEST MEN Approves Tendency Shown by | - Hoover in Appointments to { Positions in District. Appointment of officials for the Dis- trict government without regard to Jocal politics has the support of Chair- man Capper of the Senate District committee, who last night expressed his approval of the tendency shown by President Hoover to follow this course. Senator Capper spoke highly of Pres- ident Hoover’s selections for the Public Utilities Commission, Gen. Mason M. Patrick and Harleigh H. Hartman, pointing out that he ecould not recall any other two appointments that had been received with more general ap- proval, The chairman of the District com- mittee said he could see no reason why political factors should be considered in filling offices in the Capital City. MAID STABS MISTRESS IN HOME AT CLEVELAND Prominent Attorney's Wife Eilled With Butcher XKnife, Br the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, May 31.—Mrs. Dorothy Snyder, wife of Alonzo M. Snyder, prominent Cleveland attorney, was stabbed to death with a butcher knife at her home here today. Police said the stabbing was done by Anna Szenan, a maid, who had become angry in an argument over her salary. Sergt. Albert Yarhouse said the maid $old him, “I killed her.” Is The California Forests. It is generally conceded by those who know that the tree growths of Cali- fornia just north of San Francisco are the world's greatest, although there are | many other beautiful forests. ‘The mild climate, heavy rainfall and generally humid atmospheric conditions that prevail along the coast have re- sulted in the production of a forest that is more wonderful in the density of its growth and the majesty of its de- yelopment than is to be found anywhere else. The Sequoias of California are the giants of the vegetable kingdom. The Douglas firs, Sitka spruces and the glant arbor vitae (Western red cerads) of Oregon and Washington are second in size only to the Sequoias. 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