Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1929, Page 3

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Night and Sunday. *00¢ See 3215 Cathedral Ave. An Unusual Colonial B_rick Home ‘m Massachusetts Ave. Park 10 Rooms, 3 Baths, 9-Car Brick Garage, Beautiful Shaded Lot — Approxi- mately 10,000 Sq. Feet % Open Evenings 4 to 9 PM. S I Ak VeIt iCaaby e 1704 Conn. Ave, Pot. 0830 0000000000 SPECIAL_NOTICE. - THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLD- | ers of the Lincoln Hall Associstions will be y 1 17 o'clock. Washington, D. C. EPETTI, Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF oG holders of the District Title Insurance Com- pany. for_the election of directors for the ‘the transaction of such y ‘be properly brought before the meeting. will be held at the office of said company at 1 o'clock p.m. Monday, Jenuary 13, 1930, The polls will be open 1and 2 o'clock p.m. HARRY M. PACKARD, Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ST holders of the Lawyers' ~Title Insurance Company. for the election of directors for the ensuing vear and for the transaction of Buch other business as may be properly ‘mee! Wil be held at the office of said company at 1 o'clock p.m. Monday, January 13, 1930, The polls will be open between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m. HARRY CKARD. HE_ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Washington Title Insurance Company. for the election of directors for e ensuing year and for the transaction of ®ich other business as may be properly brought before the meeting, will be held at the office of sald company at 1 v'clock p.m.. Monday._ Januarw 13, 1930, ~The polls wii be open between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m. HARRY M. PACKARD._ Secre NOTICE-_THE_ANNUAL MEETING OF THE rs of the Hail Association of the . F. of the D. C. will be held Fridas. for the 3 ensuing year and for other business as between 3 m. election of directors for the ensuing veai #and for the transaction of such other busi- Dess as may properly come before the meeting. JOSEPH MANNING. SAML. W. WATSON, President, Secretary. _ FHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the National Capital Insurance Company’ of ‘the District of Columbia. the election of trustees and the transaction of any other business that may be brought 1o the attention of the meeting. will be held at _the office of the company. Pennsylva and 4ih st se. hington. D. C. Wednesday. January 8. 1930, between the hours of 13 o'clock noon and'2 g'clock p.m. WM. N. PAYNE. Jr.. Secretary FOOF REPAIRING. PAINTI spouting; reasonable prices or night”_Afax Roofing Ce L AT EICHBERGS 4 . n.w., at 12 noon, Sat 28. 1939, Locomobile Junior 8P489X, HERRELL, 726 10th st Lin n'e. ‘or phone 9640. " Prices low. Tmmediate del, I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS contracted by any onme other than myseif. GEORGE W. HENDERSON, 1511 Kin Dl NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS ed ny ‘one other than myself o’ 202 Adams st. ne. 13 WANTED —RETURN LOADS NEW YORK CITY. ... DEC. KNOXVILLE. TENN.. CHATTANOGGA .. 00000000000 0500000000 GROUP SUPPORTS VOTE FOR DISTRICT |Hotel Greeters’ Chapter Pledges to Petition Con- gress for Passage. Chapter No. 31, Hotel Greeters of America, took an emphatic stand last night in support of the campaign of the Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia. Following an address by Jesse C. Suter, vice chairman of the Citizens' Joint 'Committee, the local Hotel Greet- ers, unanimously adopted resolutions championing the right of the 500,000 voteless citizens of the District to na- tional representation in Congress, the right to vote for President and to sue and be sued in Federal Courts. Mr. Suter was the guest speaker at the regular monthly meeting of Chapter No. 31 at Stoneleigh Court. Hugh F. Neason, manager of the Annapolis Hotel, who is president of the organization, stated that the board of governors had already considered and approved the matter of national representation for the District and it was upon the invitation of the board that Mr. Suter had been invited - to explain the movement to the member- ship. Pledge to Petition Congress. The chapter pledged itself to petition Congress for the passage of the joint resolution proposing an amendment to | the Constitution. This amendment em- { powers Congress to grant residents of | the District of Columbia voting repre- sentation in the Senate and House, the | vote for President and Vice President | and the right to sue and be sued in the | courts of the United States in the same | manner as enjoyed by citizens of the several States. The resolution approved at the meet- | ing directs the delegates of Chapter No. 31 to the National Convention of the Hotel Greeters of America to obtain in- | dorsement of the project from the na- | tional body and solicit the active co-| | operation of the various units of their | organization throughout the country to | bring about this reform which they re- | gard as being most important to the welfare of the District of Columbia. In his address, Mr. Suter explained | the aims of the Citizens' Joint Com- | mittee, the .heavy national obligation | | cheerfully borne by the residents of | the District and the absence of those fundamental American rights which | are supposed to be inherent in all| Americans. Mr. Suter explained that in popula- | tion the District exceeds that of pos-| sibly nine of the States. He declared the District pays in Federal revenue | an amount annually greater than a large number of the States and, in fact, | more than some entire groups of States. | _ At the conclusion of his address, Mr. | Suter answered numerous questions and resolutions were then offered by Aaron | | J. Fritz, chairman of the board of gov- ernors. A social hour followed the | conclusion of the business before the | meeting. Text of Resolution. The resloution adopted by Chapter No. 31, is as follows: “Resolved by Charter No. 31, Hotel Greeters of America in regular meeting assembled in the City of Washington, 12; (‘70 this tenth day of December, 1929, that: . “We record as our firm belief that the more than half a million voteless un- represented fellow Americans of the National Capital are, by every rule o!! logic, fair play and basic American | principle, Justly entitled to voting 'represenu ion in’ their national Gov- | ernment _as any of the citizens of the several States. We heartily commend and wish to join in the united efforts | | of ‘Washington’s leading civic, business | {and other organizations to cure these | people of this unjustifiable degradation | as political aliens. | “We favor an amendment to the | Constitution of the United States em- powering Congress to grant unto the citizens of the District of Columbia vot- | ing representation in the Senate and | House of Representatives, the vote for President and Vice President and a status as citizens in the Federal courts upon the same basis as enjoyed by the citizens of the several States. “We earnestly solicit the active in- terest and hearty co-operation of our national, regional, State and local bodies and their friends and we do hereby au- thorize and direct our delegates to our national convention to strive diligently to obtain the indorsement of this project by that body. “The president of this association is hereby authorized and directed to peti- tion Congress for the prompt approval of this proposed constitutional amend- ment and its submission to the legisla- tures of the several States for ratifica- tion and to take such other action as may be necessary to make the fore- going resolutions effective.” URGES THEATER PERFUME Roxy Says Scent Should Be in Ad- vertising Budget. PINEHURST, N. C., December 11 (A). —Samuel Rothafel, New York theater | | magnate and operator of “Roxy's,” yes- terday advised theater operators of North and South Carolina, holding their Winter convention here, to include s |an allowance for perfume in their an- nual advertising budget. I find out what perfume is most popular,” Rothafel said, describing his own methods, “and I spray a delicate suggestion of that perfume through my house. Then whenever the patron en- counters that same fragrance he or she is reminded of the Roxy. It is better than a myriad of billboards. Rate Hearing Postponed. The public hearing which was to have been held today before the Public Util- itles Commission in the matter of the | rates used by the Washington and % | Georgetown Gas Light Companies in LONG-DISTANCE MOVING — FOR HIG] €lass service and exceptional rates call AERG MAYFLOWER TRANSIT CO. 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A Printing Service —offering ceptional for a discriminating fa. el NATIONAL DELIV- DAVIDSON TRANSFER & making accruals of maintenance and retirement expense, and in creating re- tirement reserve, has been postponed by the commission until Friday at 10 i T ‘The National Capital Press| 1210-1212 D ST_N.W. Phone N ROOFING—by Koons Slag_Roofing. Tinnine. | 1 0850 THE EVENING Norman R. Smith Recalls Many Little Incidents in City’s History. as President’s Page of the Senate. STAR, OLD TIMER WHO SHOT MARBLES WITH TAD LINCOLN IS IN TOWN Often Visited White House | Norman R. Smith, who spent much of his life as a boy in Washington during the Civil War, often played marbles in the White House with Tad Lincoln, one of the sons of the martyred President, administration of President Grant, i back in this city on a short visit in th mterest of the development of Northern California, which has been his home for many years. His father, Victor Smith, was an as- soclate editor with Murat Halstead on the Cincinnati Commercial before the Civil War. Norman R. Smith was born at Loveland, Ohio, " in 1857. Under ~Secretary the Treasury Chase during the Lincoln admin- istration his father became connect- ed with the Treasury Department, first as collector of customs for Puget Sound and then as special Treasury agent for the whole Pacific Coast. Young Smith made five trips with his father between Washington and the Pacific Coast by way of Panama. 1t was doubtful for some time whether California would remain in the Union or join the Southern Confereracy, and his father_was_frequently in consulta- tion with President Lincoln with regard to financial and other affairs of the Federal Government on the West Coast. Played Marbles With Tad. “While father was talking with Mr. Lincoln in his office I often playes marbles on the floor with Tad Lincoln,’ aid Mr. Smith today at the Hotel Con. tinental. “I remember pushing away President Lincoln's boots to find my marbles.” His father helped to organize the citizens of Washington when the ecity was _threatened with capture by the | Confederates. As a boy 8 years old he | remembers_the second inauguration of | Lincoln and his assassination soon | thereafter. | After his father was lost at sea off the Pacific Coast in 1865 the boy re- turned to Washington and was appoint- ed a page in the Senate. He was as- signed to the President’s room and re- members distinctly how an attempt was made to bribe him to put a certain bill at the top of the pile so that Pres- ident Grant would be. sure to see it when he came to the Capitol at the end of a session of Congress to sign bills passed in the last hours. Grant Proud of Team. Mr. Smith remembers most of the| events_that happened during that pe- | riod. He spoke today of the beautiful team of horses, Cincinnati and St. Louis, which President Grant used to| drive through the streets of Washing- ton to a basket phaeton. “Anybody who admired the Presi- dent’s horses was sure to win his favor,” said Mr, Smith. He also_recalls distinctly the famous visit of Red Cloud, Rain-in-the-face, Spotted Trail, Sitting Bull and other Indian chiefs of the West, who were brought to Washington by the Indian commission to be “impressed with the power of the Government” in the hope that they would go back and advise their tribes to stop their depredations against the white men. “Apparently their visit did not ac- complish much, because Red Cloud went back home and told his tribe that it was true the white men's Govern- ment had mountains of bullets and many great guns, and the white men were as numerous as the grass on the ‘Western nrairies, but it was all ‘heap too damn far away,’ so that the Indians could do as they pleased.” Lives on Pacific Coast. Mr. Smith made his home perma- nently on the Pacific Coast in 1876. He worked on a pilot boat in Puget Sound, saved his money and studied survey- ing and engineering. For many years he has been a consulting engineer. His home is at Trinidad, Hlumboldt County, Calif. He is in Washington now as a delegate to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress from his city and county. He is seeking the aid of the Rivers and Harbors Congress and the Cali- fornia delegation in Congress to have the Federal Government make & survey preliminary to the development of & deepwater harbor at Trinidad. “If the Government will help us in this worl said Mr. Smith, “we will| have a city of 250,000 people there in | 10_years. In 1890 Mr. Smith visited Washing- ton and was instrumental in having Port Angeles, Wash., made a port of entry. He was afterward mayor of Port Angeles. He spent seven years later in Alaska making the preliminary survey for the White Pass and Yukon Railroad. On his visit here in 1890 he saw many of the public men whom he had known when a page in the Senate. It was the interesting time when the McKinley tariff bill was being debated in Congress. Representative McKinley of Ohio, afterward President, and Senator Sherman of Ohlo, were among his friends who helped him on that occasion. * of Candidate’s Brother Dies. By Cable to The Star. GIRARDOT, Colombia, December 11.—Simon Valencia, brother of Guil- lermo Valencia, candidate for the presi- dency of Colombia, dropped dead from heart trouble as he stood on the plat- form beside his brother who was just concluding a stirring political speech. The audience, cheering Guillermo, did not at first notice that Simon, who had been standing on the platform near him, had collapsed. ~The candidate turned and helped others on the plat- form carry away his brother as the audlence, made aware of the situation stood in silence. Specially designed residences are re- placing dormitories at Hillman College, Clinton, Miss. Each room is a corner FAL Discriminating people every- where regard MikRock Water as one of the good things of life. Its crystal purity is enhanced by ? " just the right degree of sparkle. bifs Roc and was the “President’s page” in the | Senate during the first two years of the | WASHINGTON, D. il NORMAN $1,000,000 SOUGHT OF DU PONT COUPLE . SMITH. Former Sister-in-Law of Mrs. Jessie | Ball du Pont Claims Pair Took Her Husband. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., December 11. —Suit for $1,000,000 damages against Mrs. Jessie Ball du Pont and her hus- band, Alfred I. du Pont, was filed in Circuit Court here yesterday by Gordon McCauley, attorney for Mrs. Mary Ball, a former sister-in-law of Mrs. Du Pont. Although the praecipe as filed in court does not state the grounds to be brought out in the declaration, it was recalled that in a divorce suit of Thom- as Ball, Los Angeles attorney, against his wife, Mrs. Mary Ball, the latter threatened to bring a $1,000,000 suit against Mr. and Mrs. Du Ponj for al- leged alienation of the affections of Ball, Ball filed sult for ‘divorce from his wife in California December 12, 1927, and subsequently was granted the de- cree. The present whereabouts of Mrs. Ball is not known here, McCauley said. In answer to her husband's divorce | suit, made in_ January, 1928, at Los| Angeles, Mrs, Ball sal “There is con- | spiracy on the part of the plaintiff’s sister to take him away from defend- | ant.” News Del, stated that M his secretary, said he did not know any- thing about the suit filed here in be- half of Mrs. Ball, Will Rogers Says: dispatches from * Wilmington, BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—When Mr. Morrow went to Mexico just two years ago, every paper doubted his future, and were even fearful for his life. Now he is going to the Senate and nobody offers one word of warn- ing. ‘The worst that can happen in Mexico is you can be shot. But the exact day of your passing from pub- lic life is known to all. But in the Senate (if you are not lucky) you are continually passing to the cemetery, with not even your own family knowing the exact date of your demise. Of course, T can understand his alibi will be, “It was either return to Wall Street or the Senate, and I picked the lesser of the two evils.” SENSATIONAL Redqctlon Taxicab Fares We take you any distance city proper for 35¢ If meter registers less you pay the r amount, but if it registers more you pay only 35¢. Club_toxe your children The éhleall)é;t_ \i;;y Shopping By the Hour $1.50 No Charge for Extra Passengers BELL CAB CO. National 1770 Make Reservations Whenever Possibl I . Du Pont, through | C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1929, COALITION SPLITS ON RAG SCHEDULE | | Textile State Senators Clash With Repre§entatives of Producing Areas. | By the Associated Press. | Controversies over the tariff rates on wool wastes are developing a' wide rift in the ranks of the Senate’s Democratic- independent Republican coalition, here- tofore almost solidly united in success- | ful opposition to the tariff moves of the | Republican leaders. | . One by one the proposals of the | finance committee for duties in this | category are being approved with votes to spare, in direct contrast with the | balloting on other rate schedules, in the | course of which the Republican “Old Guard” openly conceded control of the tariff situation to the coalition. Coalition Amendment Fails. The tariff to be imposed upon wool rags, one of the most controversial items in the bill, was the subject of de- bate today, with compromise suggestions Christmas Memorial Wreaths Made of magnolia leaves, red ruscus, pine cones and heather. May Be Shipped Anywhere since 1901, rooms. (Opposite Gas Office) and Jasmine Perfumes true flower fragrance A $5.00 Value for All Three—2 Bottles Perfume and Face [Powder Buy Now for Christmas expr TWO BOTTLES Mail Orders Accepi P00 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 AN OreN Book Factors of Bank Credit A lot of things are taken into con- sideration by the people want to borrow money. 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This figure was in- creased in the House bill to 8 cents and th: Senate finance committee recom- mended duty of 24 cents, in order that the levy might compare favorably with the duty on raw wool. X Blaine’s amendment proposed a rate of 9 cents. The first effort to reach a compromise, at 10'2 cents, proposed by Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New & York, was defeated without a roll call late yesterday'and a final-decision de- ferred until today. Other Plans Considered. ‘Two other compromise proj Is were under consideration. One by Senator Watson of Indiana, the publican leader, would fix the duty at 18 cents, and the other, by Senator Metcalf, Re- publican, of Rhode Island, suggested a graduated duty ranging from 8 to 16 cents, in accordance with the value of imported consignments. The split in the coalition brought out the divergent views of Senators re- senting wool-growing States and others in whose States there is considerable textile manufacturing. 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