Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1929, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 19%9. 11 WOMEN SELECTED FORLONDON TRP Many Surprised as State De- partment Issues List of Appointees. Many feminine hearts in the State Department were set a-flutter this morn- ing by announcement of names of those fortunate young women selected for the responsible position of accompany: ing the State Department delegation to | the arms conference in_London mnext month, Although the Navy Depart- ment_ announced last week the names of those to be sent with its delega- | tion to London. the State Department | has retained a consistent silence, until | an official _announcement was made | from the Secretary’s this morn- ing. So well had the names of its honorees | been withheld by the State Depart- ment that many of those selected knew nothing of their appointments until the names had been released to members of the press. The entire American delegation to the conference was announced by the State Department today follows: Delegates—The Secretary of State, Ambassador Dawes, the Secretary of the Navy, Senator Joseph T. Robinson. Seni- | ator David A, Reed, Ambassador Gibson, bassador Morrow. rs—Admiral William V. Pratt, the Hon. Hugh R. Wilson, Rear Admirai Hilary P. Jones, Arthur Wilson Page. J. ‘Theodore Marriner, George A. Gordon, George Rublee, Naval technical staff—Rear Admiral J.R. P. Pringle, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Rear Admiral H. E. Yarnell, | Rear Admiral A. J. Hepburn, Capt. W. | W. Smyth, Capt. A. Van Keuren, | Comdr. Harold C. Train, Lieut. Camp- bell. Secretariat—F. Lamont Belin, William H. Beck, J. W. Ballantine, David A.| Salmon. W. T. Prendergast, Assistant secretaries—Noel H. Field, Vinton A. Chapin, Joseph P. Cotton, jr. Michael J. McDermott, press officer Harry R. Young, disbursing officer; Her- bert F. Wright, editor. Capf. Eugene Regnier will accompany the Secretary of State. James L. Bates will be assistant to Capt. Van Keuren. Alexander J. Doyle, secretary to M. Adams. Joe R. Brewer, secretary to Senator Robinson. Stenographers—Mrs. Pearl L. De| Maret, Miss L. Adelaide Watson, Miss | Eileen McKenny, Miss Vernita Bronson, Miss Mildred V. Deike, Miss Adele E. Dix, Miss Blanche V. Rule, Miss Grace | E. Alexander, Miss Anna Belle New- comb, Miss Hurley S. Fisk, Miss Beatrice L. Comeau, Nathan Medofsky, Mr. Wil- stenographer; t S. Browne, bassador Gibson's stenographer: Miss Esther S. Schucker, Senator Reed's stenographer; Mrs. Barni, Wilson C. Wilmot. File Clerks—Louis E. Mundy, Mrs. Dorothy K. Butler, Walter H. Anderson. Code clerks—Henry P. Dugan, Clayton 8. Becker, Miss Alice R. Lucas, William V. Madden Navy stenographic personnel—William D. Bergman, Miss Anne Worrall, Miss Clara Dod, Miss Marie L. Baker, Miss Gertrude E. Baker, Miss Virginia B. Jones, Miss Sadie M. Crumb. TRIPLE COLLISION. Three Cars Seriously Damaged at Wheaton Cross Roads. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SLIGO, Md.. December 17.—Three automoblles were seriously damaged in a collision yesterday at the cross roads at Wheaton, according to & report of Montgomery' County Policeman Charles Barnes. - The cars weré owned by Julian H. Miller, 101 Virgilia street, Chevy Chase, Md.: Robert L. Pitts, 1015 Eighth street, sn\x}(hrflsl. and Robert R. Pitts, 2624 University place, the last two of Wash- ington, D. C. According to the police report. Mr. Miller was making a turn into the Brookeville road, when the two other cars, heading south, one in tow of the other, crashed into the turning vehicle., Kit's—1330 G office $298 b with #/1e DANCE 1o the wonderful W. H. Smith Began Career in Indiana More Than 50 Years Ago. coln Speech Tells of Early Days. The newspaper game was “hard sledding” half a century ago and re- H. Smith, probably the oldest news- paper man in the Capital, told a meck cub reporter today, on the occasion of his ninety-first birthday. As a cub reporter on the Indian- apolis Atlas, Mr. Smith covered an address delivered by Abraham Lincoln. “In those days,” Mr. Smith said, “a man of public note was a bit timid about interviews. One had to be strate- gic in getting a statement from them. Nowadays everybody wants to see their name or picture in the paper. The veteram journalist commented on the lack of a writer’s personality in news storles. “News stories are more or less stere- otypic now,” he declared. “Years back the public could determine at a glimpse just who wrote a story by the style in Which it was written.” Began Career in 1865, Mr. Smith began his newspaper ca- reer in 1865 as a cub reporter on the Indianapolis Journal. He later worked for the Indianapolis Citizen and the Times of that city. He was employed on the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette for 14 years, The remainder of his life has been spent in_wiiting editorials for leading papers of the country. Mr. Smith cov- ered the Capital for several Middle West papers and said at that time there were only eight reporters covering that as- signment for the entire countr said they were allowed to gather news on the floor of both the House and Senate. Wrote Several Books. Mr. Smith is the author of half a dozen books, including two volumes on “The History of Indiana,” “The His- tory of the Cabinet of the United States” and “Biographical Sketches of Speakers of the House.” He has written several magazine articles under the pen name of Randolph Wharton. In one of these articles the veteran reporter re- vived the agitation of bringing to America_the remains of John Paul Jones. He has voted in 18 presidential elections. \ Mr. Smith covered the election cam- paign of 1896 at Indlanapolis for The Evening Star. He is now at work on a series of sketches of early Indiana and Indi- anians for the Indianapolis News. D. C. MEN HONORED. Four From Washington in Foreign Service Listed for Promotion. Four men from the District of Colum- bia were included in a list of nomina- tions for promotion in the foreign serv- ice sent to the Senate for confirmation by President Hoover yesterday. They are: James Hugh Keeley, jr., to be ad- vanced from class 7 to class 6; Joseph H. Groeninger, to go from class 8 to class 7; McCeney Werlich and Lloyd D. Yates, from unclassified to class 8 and also to be consuls. Christmas? NEW VICTOR RADIO, 10 tubes, R-32 $178 E. F. Droop latest Checks known radio experti tions of customers. Vidtor -Radio with Electrola Micro-Synchronous! he station you want (s aheays in plaim sight! | Homer L. KITT CO. 4 1330 G St. Reporter Who Covered Lin-| porters had to dig for news, William | JOURNALIST AT 91 RECALLS TOUGH TIME IN GETTING NEWS WILLIAM H. SMITH. ~—Star Staff Photo. MRS WILLEBRANDT LISTENS TO PRAISE Justice Stone and Rover Are Among Speakers at Wom- en’s Bar Banquet. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, ten- dered a banquet last night at the Carl- ton Hotel by the Women's Bar Associ- ation, heard her work as former As- sistant Attorney General in Charge of Prohibition lauded in the highest terms by Justice Harlan Fiske Stone of the United States Supreme Court, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and other judges, lawyers and members of Con- gress. In a brief address Mrs. Willebrandt urged the woman lawyers and other woman leaders of the country to answer the challenge of civic righteousness and moral courage necessary to good citi- zenship today, concluding with a word of appreciation to the men and women who had faith in her in the discharge of her public duties. In conducting her duties with the Department of Justice, Justice Stone declared, Mrs. Willebrandt had raised the standard of public service. Mr. Rover asserted that Mrs, Willebrandt had retired from official life with the admiration of all right-thinking people. Other speakers who paid tributes to the guest of honor included Judge Pey- ton Gordon of the District Supreme Court, Judge Alfred Wheat, Judge Mary O'Toole, who acted as toastmistress, and Miss May Bigelow, president of the Bar Association, who presided. Among the guests at the speakers’ table who responded to toasts were Miss Jessie M. Dell, civil service commissioner; Representative Edith Nourse Rogers, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, Rep- resentative Florence Pragg Kahn, Mrs. Bernita Shelton Matthews, who offerea a toast to Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, dean of the woman lawyers of the Dis- trict, and Mrs, Olive S. Gabriel, presi- dent of the National Women's Lawyers’ Association, Old country dances are being revived R-52 $238 ts are made under hi n, which guarantees perfect servi We guarantee our prices to be ai found in the city. Special Xmas Club terms. 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BODY S REMOVED | FOR DOUBLE RITES Veteran Who Died in 1903 Brought Here From West for Arlington Burial. After lying in Arizona sofl for 26| years, the body of Alfred Guiton, vet- eran member of the Quartermaster De- | partment personnel, was brought to ‘Washington yesterday for burial in Ar- lington National Cemetery tomorrow by the side of his wife, Mrs. Mary A. Gul- ! ton, who died here last week. The double funeral services will be conducted with military honors at 10| o'clock tomorrow morning and the | bodies will be buried together in the I same grave in the field of the dead. Honorary pallbearers will include Maj. | Gen. John L. Clem, Col. O. H. Old: royd, S. H. Morsum, department com- mander of the G. A. R., and Adjt. Gen. Bonn Quit College to Enlist. Born in London, a descendant of the defender of La Rochelle during its seige by Louis XIII, Alfred Guiton subse- quently left college in England to jour- ney to this country to list in_the Union Army during the Ci War. From his enlistment at New York May 29, 1862, until his honorable discharge at Bladensburg, May 29, 1865, Mr. Guiton served in many engagements. He was assigned first to the permanent com- pany at the cavalry depot, Carlisle Bar- racks, Pa. and later was transferred to Company A, 5th Cavalry of which he became sergeant major. During the Spanish American War period Mr. Guiton entered the Quarter- master Department service. It was dur- ing reconstruction work at the Whipple Barracks, in Arizona, that he was stricken with penumonia and died Feb- ruary 8, 1903. Body Placed in Vault. Mrs. Guiton died at her residence, 1632 Sixteenth street, Monday, Decem- ber 8 and funeral services were con- ducted at St. Matthew's Church last Thursday by Rev. John Coady. Follow- ing the mass at the church Mrs. Gui- ton’s body was placed in a vault at Ar- lington to await the arrival of her hus- band's body. Mrs, Guiton was one of the first two nurses to be sworn into the Red Cross in 1898 and she was in active service | at Chickamauga. She was an honorary member of Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, Daughters of the Union Veterans, and | she was a member of the Women'’s Re- lief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic, Christmas Poem House to Go. NEW YORK, December 17 ().—Raz- ing of the house which inspired the poem beginning “ "Twas the Night Be- fore Christmas” is threatened for sub- | way purposes. In the house at Elm- hurst, Long Island, Prof. Clement | Clarke Moore wrote the verses that have thrilled generations of children. Borough President Harvey suggests that the house be moved to & city park and preserved. sl GEO. W. SPIER JEWELER New Address 806 14th St. N.W. 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The depart- ment of Interior announced that per- mission granted to fhe Laredo Cham- ber of Commerce to issue tourist cards for entry into Mexico would be rescinded. Inasmuch as Laredo is the principal port of entry of American products into Mexico and of American tourists into Mexico, it was expected here the action might serve to divert some traffic hith- erto through the city to other ports of entry. Closing of the consulate meant that merchandise entering Mexico through Laredo must be approved by the con- sulate at some other point, possibly Corpus Christi, San Antonio or Hous- ton. Similarly, tourists would have to seek entry cards at some other city. The foreign office announcement said: “The department of foreign relations has sent instructions for closing of the Mexican consulate at Laredo, effective Tuesday, December 17, as protest against the acts of District Attorney | valls.” Mr. Valls, for many years prosecutor in Laredo, named both Gen. Calles, for- mer Mexican President, and the late Gen. Obregon in murder warrants, charging complicity in the death in | 1922 of two Mexcian officers on the| Texas side of the Rio Grande. He threatened that if Gen. Calles | ever passed through Laredo he would arrest him and try him on the charge. | It was understood here Gen. Calles crossed into Mexico through Laredo last | night only because he held a United | States Department certificate of diplo- | matic immunity. _Gen. Calles is just returning from a European trip for his health. | The Mexican government's action was accepted here as indicating in no way ill feeling toward the American Gov- | ernment, but rather as a step entirely against Valls, who frequently is rplnrred( to in the local press as the “eternal| enemy of Mexico.” Lightning Strips Man. ‘While walking across a field nenr‘i Cowdenbeath, Scotland, during a thun-| derstorm recently Thomas Praser was| killed by lightning. His body was found | later, aimost naked, his boots and cloth- | ing being scattered over an acre of 100 | yards. It is thought he was Kkilled through a shock caused by the lightni~- striking a wire fence nearby. | ACCEPTS NOMINATION. Olaya, Columbian Minister to U. 8., to Run for Presidency. BOGOTA, December, 17 (#).—Publi- cation of cablegrams exchanged with Dr. Enrique Olaya, Colombian Minis- ter to the United States, offering him the presidential nomination of the Liberal party, which he accepted with some conditions, resulted in great en- thusiasm among liberal followers here, “El Tiempo.” morning daily, sup=~ ports the candidacy of Olaya and finds the time propitious for triumph of the Liberal candidate, owing to a Con- servative division over two presidential candidates, The same daily published numerous telegrams from different cities of the country indicating en- thusiasm. ‘The next election is in February, 1930. Dr. Miguel Abadia Mendez, Con- servative, is now president. 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