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~ HARMONY RULES S RASKOB STAYS Democratic Leaders Plan National Organization Drive at Dinner. (Continued From First Page.) veloped. Despite the demands of some Southern Democrats for the political | | scalp of the national chairman, it does | not appear that he is to be unhorsed. but it is clear that the party leaders de- | sire to continue to make use of his | ability in organization and finance to further the interests of the party. Mr. Shouse, in his address, was em- phatic in his assertion that Chairman Raskob and the national organization are not working in the interest of any candidate for President in 1932. It has been charged that the present plan for | gpproximately three months preceding | Hampson Gary, a Nation-wide organization drive was in the interest of Smith. It was to lay this charge that Mr. Shouse said “I ean state positively that without ulterior motive, without selfish design or | reonrgs like a business organization |ley, P. I Grimme, Charles S. Groves. | personal ambition, without reference to the candidacy of any man for any oftice, but solely with a desire to be of service to his country through the in- strumentality of the Democratic party, Mr. Raskob has put into effect the idea of a permanent, working, constructive organization. There is no office he would accept. No Candidacy to Be Sponsored. ‘There is one thing with which the Washington headq will refuse absolutely to have any concern. That is the question of candidacies It is our duty and our responsibility and our effort to try to build up an effec~ tive fighting force to turn over to those who will direct in the next campaign. The most unwise, the most destructive action that could be taken would be to lend, ‘even to the slightest degree, any part of the influence or help or en- couragement of national headquarters to the candicacy of any of the various men who may aspire to the nex: pre dential nomination. I cannot too def- initely impress upon you my earnastnees in making this statement. “I know that Mr. @s do I, and I call upon you and upen Democrats everywhere not to cm- barrass the national hoadquartets in the constructive work which it will at- tempt to do by trying even remotély to relate it or its efforts to the plan for | 2 nomination, no matter who may be the man concerned or how outstaning his-qualifications. “If Wo. have an effective, militant or- ganization of the party forces ready to be turned over at the time the next candidate is nominated. his possibili- ties of success will be vastly enhanzed. ‘To that, and to that alone, our efforts will be dedleated. This is the plan of | the national chairman, this is the plan of the executive chairman.” 00 Attend Dinner. ‘Three hundred prominent Democrats attended the dinner, which was pre- sided over by Robert N. Harper, presi- dent of the Jefferson Democratic As. sociation. Eleven Senators from South- ern States were present, emphasizing the fact that harmony prevaileds An equal number of Senators fromd the South-were absent, but several of them took pains to explain that had it not been for prior engagements they would have attended, among them Senators Glass and Swanson of Virginia and Trammell of Florida. Others who did not attend were Senator Simmons, who had declared the dinner to be “inop- portune”; “Seiators Smith and Blease of South Carolina, George and Harris of Georgia, Heflin' and Black of Ala- bama and Stephens of Mississippi. The last was ill. _Senator Robinson, Democratic leader of the Senate, and Representative “Jack” Garner of Texas, minority leader of- the House, 'both were present and \Bpoke. Senator Overman made an ex- ! ception to his rule not to attend night functions to be present at the dinner. Other Senators from the South in at- tendance were Sheppard and Connally of Texas, Broussard and Ransdell of | Louisiana, McKellar and Tyson of Ten- nossee, Caraway of Arkansas, Harfison of Mississippl and Fletcher of Florida. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the late President, was a guest of honor. The committee in charge of the dinner did ot invite any of the former party nom- inees for the presidency. Raskob Speaks First. ‘The first speaker was Mr. Raskob. He ‘Was introduced bv Mr. Harper, who said: “Although defeated in the last ni tional campaign, we came out of it with unsullied honor. There was a complete lack of criticism of any wrong-doing #nd no suspicion of unfair dealings or tnderhand propaganda for political preferment or promises impossible of fulfilment by the great captain of in- dustry who eondycted our campaign. “The man who “guided us in that eat fight against uhusual odds has onored us by his presence. here. His modest bearing, his rock-of-Gibraltar solidity and endurance and his amaz- Ing ability to judge men and affairs have placed him in a business sphere vhere he has demonstrated unusual apacity to meet and conquer the big ! lems of Industry and commerce, “By applying the same methods that have . resulted in business success to the conduct of the late national cam- palgn he has rendered a conspicuous service to our party.” Mr. Raskob, definitely squelched the feport that he intended to resign as chairman, saying: cause he believed in the principles of the Democratic party. The chairman denied the Democratic | party was “dead. ‘The amazing thing | is,” he continued, “that with merely a | makeshift organization we should have accomplished so much. To a man trais ed in business, the Democratic party’s | lack of organfzation for conducting a | national campaign is appalling.” Raskob feels ex- | | tory of the country. What will be the Senator Robinson of Arkansas. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDA Y JUNE 11, 1929. Left to right at the speakers' table: John J. Raskob, Jouett Shouse, Robert N. Harper, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and | —Associated Press Photo. | organization work, he said Democratic national organization have been largely confined to a period of | presidential election. | hope, with any degree of certainty, to win elections through mere spasmodic jefforts. A political party is in many | and unless it is run on business princi- | ples its chance of success is greatly | Tessened. | “What we purpese to set up here is {a business-like national headquarters | that will function continuously, day in {and day out, week in and week out, I month in and month out, to lay the groundwork in every proper way for the building up of an organization of | the Democratic party, for the education of the people as to what Is taking place | in the conduct of their Government by | the parly now in power, and for an port of our party, first in the election | of the next Congress and later in the | clection of the next President of the United States. With this in view, three | major activities will be undertaken— | organization, publicity and research. | The publicity and research divisions | can take care of themselves, but ob- | viously the division of organization can- | not properly function and, therefore, | the work of the headquarters be made a success unless we have the co-oper- ation, the helpful counsel, the con- | structive aid of Democrats everywhere, and particularly of Democratic leaders | district of the country. Adequate Plan Necessary. ; “No political organization can carry | on successfully merely at the top. There | must be an adequate national plan. But | effect unless the State organization will lend the fullest and the most hearty as- sistance In turn, the State must look to the county and the county to the precinct, so that, after all, in bullding up an effective Democratic machine, if we succeed in doing that, it must reach down to the very precinct unit, involving the support of the precinct committeemen and committeewomen, to enable it properly to carry on. Willing- ness on the part of the necessary num- ber in the smallest unit to work co- ordinately and under direction will de- termine the success or failure of the enterprise.” Mr. Shouse declared that opportunity for Democratic success was growing as the Republican party showed its lack of ability to deal with important prob- Jems, among them farm relief. He assailed the Hawley tariff bill, saying: “As part of the administration’s spe clal program, a tariff bill recently was passed by the House of Representatives under a gag rule. Remember that the Republican party has a majority of more than a hundred in the House of Representatives where, under the Con- stitution, all revenue legislation must originate. Mind you, Congress was sup- posed to write a tariff bill for the bene- | fit of the farmer with revision of only a limited number of schedules. In- stead of that, the House of Representa- tives, with its overwhelming! Republi- can majority, under the direction of | Republican leadership, has passed the most reprehensible tariff bill in the his- final form of that bill remains to be seen, If it is corrected, as I trust it may be, that correction must be at the hands of the Democrats of the Senate of the United States, with the assistance of Progressives from the West.” Mrs. Harriman Speaks. Speeches were made also by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Democratic national committeewoman for the District of Columbia, who referred to the growing importance of the woman vote and urged the Democrats to pay particular attention to it, and by Senator Tydings of Maryland and Representative Byrns of Tennessee, chairmen, respectively, of the campaign committees of the Demo- crats of the Senate and the House. Senator Robinson of Arkansas and Representative Garner of Texas, party leaders in their houses, were called upon to speak also. Mrs. Harriman recommended that the Democrats make international relations an issue in their coming campaigns. Those at Speakers’ Table. At the speakers’ table were: John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee; Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic executive committee; Senator Tydings of Mary- land, chairman of ‘the ,Democratic senatorial campaign committee; Repre- sentative Byrns of Tennessee, chairman of the Democratic congressional com- mittee; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Democratic na- tional committeewoman for the District of Columbia; Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Senate; Representative John Garner of ‘Texas, Democratic leader of the House; Robert N. Harper, president of the Jefferson Democratic Association of the District of Columbia; John Costello, Democratic national committeeman for the District, and John B. Colpoys, chairman of the Democratic central commiftee of the District. ‘The list of guests follows: Clifford R. Allen, R. L. Allen, Mrs. Leon Arnold, Mrs. Abrams, T. T. Ansberry, M He called attention to the fact that Will Hays, when he took charge as Republican_ national chairman, mme diately had- started. to ‘build a strong | organization and said that the Repub- lican party still continued to benefit | therefrom. After explaining his organization pur- poses, which included naming Mrs. Nel- lie Taylor Ross, former Governor of Wyoming, as a mémber of the executive committee to have charge of organization of the women, under Mr. Shouse's direction, Mr. Raskob said a return to Democtatic principles and States' rights was necessary. “Bureaucracy” Assailed. “In my opinion” hesaid, “the con- tinuation of the tendency of the Re- publican party to centralize greater and greater powers in our Federal Govern- ment in Washington, instead of building each of our 48 States into strong sov- erelgnties, is bound to result in a power 80 colossal as to be unwieldy and in- capable of administration. The lack of respect for such a Government and %he tyranny under which our people will Jave to live in consequence thereof may well result in a revolution which will divide this country into two or three Tepublics and our posterity then will suffer the ills which the eountries of Europe have suffered through jealousies, lack of trust, standing armies and such for countless generations.” Michelson Heads Publicity Division. Mr, Shouse announced the appoint- ment of Charles Michelson, who for ‘years has been chief of the Washington | Bureau of the New York World, as di- | rector of publicity for the Democratic A Lmstional crganization. M ‘the | Beck, Mrs. Lucy H. the | Henry P. Ashurst, Senator Henry F. Ashurst, Russell Balderson, W. C. Bald- erston, Carlisle Bargeron, E. J. Barry, Robert Barry, Ulric Bell, L. Mme. De Claite Berry, Representativ Sol Bloom, Mrs. Sol Bloom, John A. s, John Boyle, win S, Broussard, Mrs. E. S. Broussard, A. N. Brown, Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant, Albert Bryant, Mrs. Mary A. Buchanan, W. S. Buel, John M. Burns, Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, Dr. James Cahill, Mr Cahill, Robert F. Cahlll, Mrs. Cahill, Victor Cahill, Mrs. Victor Cahill, C. C. Calhoun, Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, H. C. Canfleld, Clarence Cannon, Thomas Carens, C. C. Carlin, C. C, Carlin, jr.; T. J. Carlin, Mrs. T. J, Carlin, Miss Marie Casiellani, Senator Caraway, M., O. Chance, Bertram Chesterman, . B. Chesterman, Mrs, W. H. Clagett, Raymond cnflm_ Edward Clark, Frank Clark, Willlam | McK. Clayton, George Bond Cochran, 1J. B. Cochran, John J. Cochran, J. R. Collins, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Conkey, Senator Tom Connally, Cecil ca‘\_:\or. Lily F. D'Arey, John Allen Daugherty, Le: .- David, Frank Davis, jr.; Mrs, Frank Davis, jr.; Gilbert Dent, Senator C. C. Dill, Mrs. . C. , Lincoln Dixon, Vernon A. Dorsey, R. 8. Doughton, M. C. Doutmngohnm A Douglas, W. | Felix, Carter Field, Senator Duncan U. Foley, Mrs. Rose Forrester, E. W. Gable- man, Erma Garey, Hampson Gary, Mrs. Judge Finis Garrett, | Judge James W. Gerard, C. W. Gilbert, | F W. F. Gleason, C. C. Gove, Mark L. | Goodwin, L. E. Greer, Charles O. Grid- Joseph F. Guffey, Sara P. Grogan, Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson,, W. C. Hall, Loretta H. Hannan, Leo P. Harlow, Mrs. R. N. Harper, James Hagerman, jr.; Ed- win A. Halsey, Mrs. E. A. Halsey, W. J. Harper, Senator Pat Harriscn, Mrs. Pat Harrison, W. S. Harvey, Mrs. Harvey, Senator Harry B. Hawes, Sena- tor Carl Hayden, Charles S. Hayden, Mrs. L. W. Hayden, Miss Elizabeth Heiser, H. H. Herr, J. W. Hester, M. D.| Hildreth, G. R. Holmes, Rice Hooe, J. W. Holcombe, Miss Mery Hornaday. Matt Horne, Mrs. L. W. Hughes, Miss Phyllis carnest cffort to win them to the sup- | Hughes, Miss Ruth Hughes, Representa- | tive Cordell Hull, Mrs. Cordell Hull Thomas L. Hunter, Mrs. B. F. Iden R. Sturgis Ingersoll. W. D. Jamieson, Mary W. Johnson, W. F. Johnson, M: F. Johnson, Charles A. Jones, T. G. Jaslin, E. B. Kay, Mrs. E. B. Kay, Frank Kent, Russell Kent, Willlam P. Kent, Grattan Kerans, James Kerr, C. P. Keyser, Marshall L. King, Senator Wil- liam H. King, J. C. Koons, Gen. H. Oden Lake, Robert R. Lane, Ewing Laporte, Davie Lawrence, Clarence F. Lea, Wil- llam E. Leahy, Mrs. W. E. Leahy, Mrs. Elizabeth -O. Leavell, Mrs. Leavell | (guest), Mrs. Leavell (guest), E. Brooke Lee, Miss Adelaide Lewis. Miss Mary Thomas Logan, Breckinridge Long, Frank B. Lord. Representative Louis L. Ludlow, D. S. Mackall, D. S. Mackall, j John C. Mackall, A. 8. Maddox. M. H. Magruder, Mrs, Mary Mallon, Paul R. Mallon, George Manning, Judge Mc- Closkey, M. G. McCormick, John Mc- Duffie, Senator Kenncth McKellar, W J. McNally, Mrs. W. J. McNally, Arthur V. Meigs, Mrs. E. B. Meigs, Margaret Wister Meigs, Lowell Mellett, Charles Michelson. O. L. Milmor, T. J. Minnick, Gen. Willlam Mitchell, Mrs. William Mitchell. J. E. Mitchell, Mrs. Jaspar Moore. S. B. Moore, Joseph V. Morgan, Dr. Willlam A. Morgan, Mrs. W. A. Mor- gan, Mrs. Annie Murphy, Joseph Mur- phy, M. S. Murray, Admiral R. T. icholson, Lewis Nixon, Mrs. L. Nixon. Representative Mary T. Norton, R. L. Norton, Hugh H. Obear, J. J. O'Rouke, Miss Ruth Oberly, Miss Portia Oberly, D. J. O'Brien. Mrs. D. J. O'Brien, J. E. O'Cennell, George O'Connor, Mrs. George O'Connor, Representative Oliver. Mrs. John O'Neil, ator Lee S. Overman, Charles Pickett, Senator Key Pittman, Leah S. Pollock, Representative Pou. G. W. Pratt, Repre- sentative A. S. Prall, W. J. Price, Mrs. W. J. Price, Corinne Quarles, Mr. Quintell, Senator J. E. Ransdell, John A. Riley, Hans . Rieg, 'Represent- ative Romjue, CHarles G. Ross, J. P. Ross, jr.; 3 W. D. Rutter, L.-R. Sacks, J. P. Schiavone, Robert Scott, Charles O. Shaw, Kathryn H., Shenk, Swage Sherley, Mrs. S. Sherley, Senator Mor- ris Sheppard, Mrs. M. Sheppard, Frank B. Shutts, E. T. Simpson, James J. Slattery, Mrs. Anna J. Sloan, Mrs. Jouett Shouse, Miss Shouse, J. H. Small, H. McM. Small, Mrs. H. McM. Small, Arthur C. Smith, Clarendon Smith, Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell, F. H. Spiess, Sena- tor D. F. Steck, Frederick Stohlman, Mrs. F. Stohlman, Mrs. Margaret Streeter, Mark Sullivan, . C. Sulli- van, Mrs. W. C. Sullivan, Henry Su dam, Conrad Syme, Miss Sylvester, Etta L. Taggart, Huston Thompson, Mrs. Huston Thompson, C. 8. Thomas, J. C. Todd, Robert Thomas, Bascom Tim- mons, Ray T. Tucker, J. P. Tumulty, Mrs. J. P. Tumulty, Miss Grace Tum- ulty, Sallle A. Turner, Senator L. D. Tyson, Warren Van Dyke, Henry Ver- non, Senator R. G. Wagner, Albert Wamsley, Senator D. I. Waish, E. J. Walsh, Mrs. E. J. Walsh, John Walsh, John J. Walsh, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Charles D. Ward, C. W. Warden, Miss G. Weaver, M. W. Whitney, Mrs. M. W. Whitney, G. M, West, J. L. West, Dr. C. J. Whitlow, Mrs. C. J. Whitlow, Miss Whitmore, Senator B. K. Wheeler, Mrs. B. K. Wheeler, Mrs. Clyde Wil- liams, Frederic Willlam Wile, Miss Charl Williams, Manton E. Wyvell, Mrs, M. E. Wyvell, Willlam M. Willlams, Mrs. M. R. Wise, Waddy B. Woody, James L. Wright, Natalie B. Yates, Mrs, Mark Reid Yates and E. B. Zimmerman. NICARAGUAN GRAVE VANDALISM PROBED Marine Corps Commander Promises Severe Punishment ‘to Any Soldiers Found Guilty. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 11.— Gen. Dion Willlams, commanding the 2d Brigade of United States Marine Corps, issued a statement yesterday promising severe punishment of any one under his command found to have damaged tombstones in the local ceme- tery which had aroused the ire of citizens. He did not believe that any Marine would be gullty of such vandalism, but ordered a board of officers to make a thorough investigation. As an expression of his sympathy and that of the Marines for the families and friends of the dead whose graves were violated, the entire Marine force stationed here, with Charge d’ Affaires Matthew E. Hanna, this morning will visit San Pedro Cemetery and place flowers on those graves. . Immediately afterward there will be a speclal ceremony at La Loma Pleld, when officers will be decorated by Gen. Williams. Capt. Maurice G. Holmes will receive e United States naval cross for his bravery and leadership on December 6, 1928, when his small force of Marines repelled a bandit attack in Nueva Segovia department. Maj. Henry L. Larsen will receive a Marine Corps decoration for exception- ally meritorious service with the expe- ditionary forces in France during fie World War. GIVES COLLEGE LIBRARY. Col. Robert W. Stewart Founds Memorial to Father and Mother. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 11 (®). —Col. Robert W, Stewart of Chicago, former chairman of the board of direc- tors of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, given $200,000 to Coe College here for a memorial library in honor of his Rodney Dutcher, Eas E. C. , Praser Edwards, Senator, Eslick, J. Fred Essary, A. F. Favow father d mother, Hi M Gage, Mm‘vnol the eollqc,myunnmmoeé yes! e Ww. 8| R. V. Oulahan, Sen- | plans of the executive committee for|J. B. Faatz, O. F. Felix, Mrs. O. F.| Fe | “In years past the activities of the | Fletcher, Hamilton Foley, Mrs. Hamilton | | ‘Piney Branch Association | Would Develop Site of Six- | teenth Street Reservoir. Tentative plans of the Park and Planning Commission for the utiliza- tion of the site of the Sixteenth strect reservolr for an athletic stadium and wimming pool were heard with ap- proval last night by the ‘Piney Branch Citjzens' Association, meeting in the Hamline M. E. Church, Sixteenth and Allison_ streets. Edgar B. Henderson, president of the | association, who had been delegated | to study the proposed scheme of de- velopment, reported that the reservoir and the entire area surounding it as | far south as Colorado avenue will be converted into a huge playground. Un- | der the proposed plan. the now empty | reservoir would be razed and a stadium | containing a_half-mile running track | and a foot ball field erected in its place. Since the reservolr is more than the | in every State and every congressional | 1eyis, G. Gould Lincoln, Richard Lin- | required length for a stadium, one end | thicum, Reprecentative J. C. Linthicum, | of it would be made into a swimming pool. The development of the area would call for a row of trees on the summit of the reservoir on the Six- teenth street side to screen it from | view of that thoroughfare. | "'The approval by the association of such plan cannot be put into practical | Chord,” Mrs. McChord, Augustus Mc- | the project was provisional in only one respect—they do not wish the swim- ming pool butit until other sections of | the city are supplied with pools. It | was pointed out that unless its con- struction was delayed, undesirable ele- | ments from the entire District would | flock there, while the pool would be in- | tended merely for the accommodation { of the community in which it would be | located. It was also announced that the Gov- ernmept has made arrangements for the purchase of the remaining tracts of land near the Sixteenth street bridge and work on Arkansas avenue to run under the bridge will soon be started. It was suggested that more adequate facilities be provided tuberculosis pa- tlents in the District owing to the great number of sufferers and the small ac- commodations now available. The pres- ent sanitarium is merely a place to “ease them out of the world,” it was pointed out. Discontinuance of trade names, such as Business and Technical, for high schools and the erection of the Roose- velt High School, to take the place of the Business High, were also discussed. The assoctation will hold its next meeting in October. 'FINES POLICEMAN; SUSPENDS SENTENCE Herbert P. Garland Faces Court on Charge of Intoxi- cation. Policeman Herbert P. Garland of the eighth precinct, appeared in Police Court today, charged with intoxication and was fined $10, by Judge Robert E. Mattingly, who suspended execution of the sentence. Inspector Albert J. Headley and Capt. F. M. Cornwell of the fourth precinct testified in court that they observed a taxicab driver assisting Garland, who was attempting to enter a cab on G street southwest yesterday. They also dlfiovered a bottle in his pocket, it was said. - Garland explained the presence of the container by saying that it was a part of a selzure which he made in a liquor raid and informed his superiors that his presence In southwest, several miles from his precinct, was due to a search for a suspect who was wanted by police. “Trying a policeman charged with being intoxicated is a most disagreeable task,” declared Judge Mattingly, but imposed a sentence and suspended execution, An exception to the court’s verdict was_noted by defense Attorney Harry T. Whelan, who contended that the testimony of a physician did not con- clusively indicate the policeman was intoxicated. Garland summoned a physician as soon as he was informed by his superiors that he was under arrest. No testimony was introduced to estab- lsh that a raid where Garland might have obtained the bottle was reported to the eighth precinct, which led the court to remark that his allegations seemed to be without corroboration. CHILD DIES OF BURNS. Little Colored. Girl Casualty Hospital. Burns suffered while playing with matches at her home, at 58 M streel southeast, yesterday, proved fatal today to_ little 3Y;-year-old Lucille Dyson, colored, who died at Casualty Hospital. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt was noti- fled. Expires SUBURBANITES beyond the gas lines and CAMPERS we call your attention to our FULL LINE of 1 Coleman Pressure Stoves, Lamps— Lanterns All Accessories W. 5. JENKS & SON 723 7th St. N.W. Main 2002 at ¥ S07H ANNIVERSARY (WETMORE T0 FILL OF SCHOOL MARKED | Graduates Join in Celebration | Held on Playground of Peabody. A half century of service of the Pea- body School, Fifth and C streets north- east, was recalled at a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of its found= | ing_under the auspices of the Stanton | Park Cltizens’ Association last night. | District_Commissioners, school officials land . other prominent citizens were among the speakers, The celebration was_held ‘in the Ischool playgrounds. Five hundred chairs were occupied and much of the standing room taken as citizens of the community crowded into the play- grounds. The late George Peabody, philanthro- pist, for whom the school was named, raised in an address by Commis- [ was p | sioner | missioner - William B. Ladue touched | upon the progress made in school oper-_ “aunn. | Stephen E. Kramer. first assistant | address declared the Peabody was the | first “regular school” he ever attended. He told of being in the sixth grade; there and later teaching in the same | { building. History Is Recalled. A his'ory of the school, from the davs | when it was surrounded with dirt! streets, down to the present time, was given by Mrs. Lula McNally Cain, who !'was a pupil and later taught there. Recaliing that all of the old-fashioned circus parades used to pass the school, Mrs. Cain said in the days before they had a telephone a boy used to be sent out on a bicycle that he might ride swiftly back to herald the approaching parade to the school- in time for the teachers and pupils to get ready to wit- ness it. Later, she said, after a tele- phone was installed, the late Commis- sioner Oyster used to phone the school notifying the teachers of approaching parades. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, delivered an address felicitating the community on_the celebration. Other speakers were Henry Gilligan and Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, members of the Board of Education; Robert L. Haycock, assistant superintendent of schools; Miss M. J. Watts, assistant principal of Eastern High School; Miss Adelaide Davis, supervising principal of public schools; C. J. Schwartz, principal of the Stuart Junior High School, and Miss M. Gertrude Young. principal of the Peabody School. The program was opened with selec- tions by the Eastern High School Band, followed by invocaticn by Rev. Dr. Al- fred E. Barrows, pastor of Eastern Pres- byterfan Church. The presentation of colors by Miss Frances Hall Gregory, daughter of A. H. Gregory, president of the Stanton Park Citizens' Assocta- tion, came next. The latter was fol- lowed by the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” by the assemblage, accompanied by the Eastern High School Band. An address of welcome was de- livered by Mr. Gregory, the associa- tion’s president. Othc © features of the program in- cluded vocal selections by the Singing Mothers of the Parent-Teacher Associa- tion, attired in costumes of 50 years ago; vocal selections by a male quartet composed of Paul Tuller, director; Dr. Sterlint Bockoven, Nathan Clark and Harry Mockbee, accompanied by Ger- trude Smallwood Mockbee, and a eu- phonium solo, by A. R. Grosskurth. J. Harry Howell, the first president Proctor L. Dougherty. while Com- | et more will assume and has interested | | superintendent of schools. in a brief | ions more pleasant for Government of the Stanton Park Citizens' Associa- tion. and Past President Harry N. Stull, were introduced by the presi- dent. S. B. Frantz, who also has served as president of the association, was unable to attend. Among the high lights in the history of the Peabody School, brought out at last night's meeting, are that it was bullt in the year 1879 at a cost of $38,150, in addition to the cost of $21,900 for the school site. The school was first known as the “L’Enfant School,” but the name was changed due to the difficulty of pronunciation, after which the school was named after Mr. Peabodly. The school was used as the Eastern High School during 1890-1892. It was used to house veterans of the Civil War during the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in the nineties. The Stuart Junior High School was or- ganized in the building and its class- rooms were located there until the completion of the new junior high school, at Fourth and E streets north- east. It is estimated that more than 30,000 pupils have attended the Pea- body School since its founding. Artistic and Thorough Workmanship 718 13th George Plitt __ Main 4220 PALM BEACH SUITS $16-50 Open a charge account EISEMAN'S, 7th & F (Originated by The Departmental Bank in 1904) —are the means for Government employes to secure money and return it in small monthly payments that earn a substantial balance for them. APERHANGING, ill lend you money —if you are a Govern- ment employe—with- out other security than your good char- acter, LB PARTMENIA] 1726 Pa. Ave. NW. - Main 2709 3 & W, L. POTTON Medical Officer Succeeds' Maj. Corbett Here as Military Instructor. Maj. Willlam O. Wetmore of the Army Medical Corps has been chosen by War Department officials to be pro- fessor of military science and tactics at George Washington _ University, in charge of the Reserve Officers Training Corps unit and also as sanitary officer | of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, under Lieut. Col. U. 8. ' Grant, 3d. He is scheduled to assume his new duties on June 30, following his graduation from the Army Industrial College in the Munitions Building, June 22. Maj. Wetmore -is to relieve Maj. Sewell M. Corbett of the Army Medical Corps, who will go on duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., next month. Maj. Cor- | bett has had the same duties as Maj. himself particularly in the humidifica. tion and dehumidification of Govern- ment buildings to make working condi- | warkers. Has an M. D. Degree. | The career of Maj. Wetmore presents the unusual record of an Army officer Goes to G. W, U. MAJ. WILLIAM O. WETMORE. the District of Columbia in 1895, and enlisted in the Navy July 12, 1895, -in the medical branch. Later he became acting assisting surgeon in the United States Public Health Service, serving from 1899 to 1911. Maj. Wetmore received his Army ap- pointment from the District of bia. He became a first lieutenant'in the Officers’ Reserve Corps in June, 1917, becoming a captain January, 1918. In lum- | | student of the A Industrial Col- | lege, where he st the economic | aspect of war, Maj. Wetmore was on duty in Hawaii and later in the New York Army General Depot. Both Graduates of Columblan. Maj. Corbett, whose place Maj. Wet- more is to take, was graduated from George Washington Univemsity in medi- cine in 1913, and it is a coincidence that Maj. Wetmore graduated from tha institution nearly 20 years previou: when it was known as Columbian Uni | versity. There is still another coincidence in the coming of Maj. Wetmore to Col. Grant's office. Capt. Ray C. Montgom- | ery, who has just reported there for duty and is to_become superintendent of the United States Park Police, also was born in Iowa and received his ap- pointment from the District of Co- lsmbia. 'BINGHAM DENIES RUMORS. Airport Chairman Says Location Is Undecided. Reports that the joint airport com- mission had decided upon a site to be | used for an airport pending the de- | velopment of Gravelly Point, brought !fmm Chairman Bingham today a re- | iteration of his previous statement that | the commission has not come t0 any decision about a location. The chairman pointed out that a number of different sites had been Suggested and stated there would be | no decision until an appropriation has | been made and the cost of various sites considered. | More than 8,000 men are employed in who started service life as an enlisted | August, 1918, he. was elevated to the | the sea fisheries of the Province of Que- man in the Navy. Born in Iowa May | rank of major. He became a permanent | bec which are confined to the Gulf of 17, 1874, Maj. Wetmore won an M. D.!major in the regular Army in July, 1920. | St. Lawrence. codfish constituting the Before coming to Washington as a degree from Columbian University in foremost product. 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