Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1930, Page 11

URGES K AL A.TOAD IN BGENTENNIAL Bloom Asks Delegates to En- courage Travel to Capital for Celebration. peal to the American Automo- bile Association to utilize its chain of more than 1,000 motor clubs throughout the United States and Canada to en- courage travel to the National Capital two years hence, and to aid in handling the many thousands seeking to observe the 200th birthday anniversary of George Washington, was made this afternoon at the sixth annual confer- | ence of the A. A A. at the New Wil- lara by Representative Sol Bloom of New York, associate director of the 1932 Bicentennial Celebration. Representative Bloom pointed out that the bicentennial belongs to the| people of the country, not to Washing- | ton alone, and it is theretore natural that they should desire to participate in honoring the birth of the Father of Our Country. He paid tribute to the service rendered car owners of the Na- tion by the A. A. A. and declared that the organization had a l'flendid oppor- tunity to aid in promoting this great event scheduled for 1932. Delegates to Be Given Plans. Pollowing his address it was stated by officials that the A. A. A. broadcast maps of routes to Washington prior to the inauguration in 1920 would be available, with all necessary correc- tions to bring them up to date. Ten- tative plans for the celebration will be given each delegate to carry home with him. Ernest N. Smith, executive vice president, presided. An address on “Credit and Its Re- lation to the Present Business Situa- tion,” by Roy A. Young, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, was a fea- ture of a later session this aiternoon. Sectional dinners will be held this eve- | ning. Routine business will feature tomor- row morning's sessions with addresses by Prof. W. Hayes Yeager of uieo.ge Washington _ University, Thomas D. Green, president of the American Hotel Association, New York City, and R. C. Borden and A. C. Busse, professors of New York University. Charles P. Clark, general manager of the A. A. A, will preside. Besides routine matters at the ses- sion this morning, short addresses were made by David Lindsay of the Inter- national Mercantile Marine Co. of New York, Prof. W. Hayes Yeager of ‘Washington University, Maj. R. Stuart, United States Forest Service, and Charles M. Hayes, chairman of the A. A. A committee on highway widen- ing and planning. International Addresses Feature. Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister the United States and principal o f [REAR ADMIRAL WALTER L. McLEAN Harris-Ewing Photo. OLDEST RAILROAD MAN 0. D. Hevey Was in Continuous Employ of Various Lines for 79 Years. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 20.—Oliver D. Hevey, reputed to have been the old- est railroad man in the United States | who began his career as a train boy on | a wood burner in 1851, died last night at the age of 91. For 79 continuous years he was on the active pay roll of various roads. | In 1868 he assisted in bringing soldiers | and supplies to and from the battlefields of the Civil War. He was retired on full pay by the Hocking Valley in 1916. speaker yesterdsy, stated that travel southward from Canada was greater, | in"proportion to lation, than from | the United States into the Dominion. | Jose Miguel Bejarano of the Mexican | National Tourists’ Commission, was an- | other international yesterday. | He pointed out that the United States and Mexico no longer live in an era of suspicion and reviewed in detail the efforts to attract tourists to his coun- | iulyu-med over reports that the trip | mileage indicators are to be eliminated from speedometers of some automobiles and the fear that it may be extended mmmlhubrwmfoflhlvl‘- orous protest at the dquarters of the A. A. A. Death Closes Distinguished IN COUNTRY DIES AT 91| Toldl lovainaondg ADNLW.L MLEAN EXPIRES SUDDEN Career of 43 Years, 22 of Them at Sea. Rear Admiral Walter L. McLean, Tre- | tired, who commanded the naval base at | Hampton Rosds, Va., during the World | War and in that period also commanded | the 5th Naval District, died suddenly in the United States Naval Hospital at Annapolis today. He was in his 75th . n:)urlnq a distinguished career of 43 years, 22 of which he spent at sea, Admiral McLean won high regard as an | expert on ordinance, especially in the | development of armor from wrought | iron. Designated by Secretary Daniels, | he served on the War Council as the | | Navy's representative. | Since his retirement on March 15, 11919, Admiral McLean had made his | home in Lutherville, Md. He had been | i1l since last August and death resulted | from a heart attack. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Emma McLean: a daughter, Mrs. Paul Patterson of Balti- more, and a brother, Donald McLean of New York. Funeral arrangements had not been completed today. Well Known in Ca Admiral McLean was well known in ‘Washington. He had served in the Ord- nance Bureau of the Navy Depart- ment, at the Washington Navy Yard, | | and ‘as executive officer of the Presi- | | dent’s yacht, the Mayflower. He held | | membership in the Army and Navy Club | and the Chevy Chase Club. Admiral McLean's career began and | ended in the Capital. In 1869, as a boy of 14, he obtained an interview with | President Grant, and the President. | learning that young McLean's father had commanded a New York regiment in the Civil War, gratified the youth’s ambitions by appointing him to the United States Naval Academy. McLean's class of 1876 was among the last to cruise under sail. From Annapolis, as an ensign, he went to the Asiatic fleet and stayed in the Orient for three years, then to the Washing- ton Navy Yard and Annapolis for tours of duty. At Manila Bay he was senior aide on Admiral Dewey's staff and | after the Spanish-American War re- turned to duty in Washington. In Command at Vera Crus. Difficulties with Mexico in 1914 found | | Acdmiral McLean commanding the ships | before Vera Cruz, where he relieved | Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo. 'l‘lci | years later -he was commanding t&e‘ | Portsmouth Navy Yard. Shortly aftér | the United States entered the World | War he was transferred to coffmand of the operating base at Hampton Roa and during the period of preparation | he had supervision over the tral ining ds | 911 G St. N.W. Nat. 0140 R, WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1ysv. QUESTION ACCOUNT OF ALLEGED THEFT Police Arrest Man Who Claimed He Was Slugged and Robbed of $350. Questioning the accuracy of his story of having been slugged and robbed, the police yesterday arrested sldne; J. Cartvriendt, 38-year-old filling station manager, who called policemen to Pif- teenth and Pennsylvania avenue south- east Monday morning and exhibited a big bump on his head and claimed a shortage of $350 in funds. After an investigation, Detectives L. M. Wilson and Carleton Talley ordered Cartvriendt booked for investigation. ‘They talked with him yesterday after- noon and learned that his financial responsibilities include the Fnymenc of $80 monthly alimony to a former wife and three children. Cartvriendt, an employe of the Stand- ard Oil Co., jokingly told a patrolman Sunday night that he might need pro- tection and when he locked the station at 10 o'clock a policeman was with him. Next morning about 7 o'clock he called the fifth precinct and reported he had been slugged by a man he didn’t see and robbed of $350 in cash and checks. 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