Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1930, Page 3

AUGUST 14, 193 Wichita and Indianapolis, when he averaged 250 miles an go Most of the time he flew between {8.000 and 10,000 feet up, he said. I picked up & 34-mile-an-hour tailwind | ouc of Albuquerque and then we start- | ed going to town.” he remarked. “At | st. lfqfis I hit the rain, but climbed | over 2 | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY |YOUNG RASKOB SURPRISED TOWN BY ASKING HIGH PRICE FOR SERVICE IN SECRETARIAL JOB ILINDBERGH TIE Fri::\:csm D_T«z;r?i;\;octn; as? BEAIEN BY HAWKS . on His Capabilities. ' [ : i iEastward Transcontinental| WHITE PLAINS, N. v, August 14 | R 2 | (. —There. was only one thing wrong | Flight in 12:25 Hours Fast- | with the election petition filed by Max| est on Record. RECEPTION MARKS ECUADOR FREEDOM Centenary of Republic’s Birth Is Celebrated at Pan- American Union. That Only the Cleanest —most carefully prepared anthracite is good enough for our customers. So we handle | Anthracite—long Cohen, veteran campaigner, who has | never won an clection. He filed as a| Socjalist candidate for county judge. but there's no vacancy. However, said | HIRED BY PIERRE DU PONT\ Famous Reading The centenary of the independence ©f Ecuador as a sovereign republic is| | being celebrated today by a reception | at the Ecuadorian emba: the Pan-American Union and in fr 1y interchanges between the two govern- “No country in the New World ha: more interesting hist: United States The new Minister from ador. a distinguished scholar. law cientist and statesman. Dr. Homero Viteri La- fronte, presented his letters to_Presi- dent Hoover on October 25, 1929. He was formerly minister of foreign relief in Ecuador. He a member of ihe Hague Court of Arbitration, a member of the commission for revision of the constitution and laws of the republic, was president of the Ecuadorean dele- gation to the sixth international con- ference of American states. He has} many literary and scientific works to his credit. He was dean of the school of jurisprudence in Quito University and assistant director of the National | Academy of History. He has been dec- orated by five countries. With Mme. Viteri, a charming and talented hostess, and his sister. Dr. | Viteri is conducting a centennial re- | ception today, which i: attended by the official representatives of all the world powers. The United States Ecuador by a Minister, William Daw- son, who was recently appointed to that post. Mr. Dawson has been con- nected with the foreign service of the United States for many years and has held many important consular posts in various capitals in Latin America. The movement for independence in Ecuador began in 1809 and a decided victory was won over the Spanish royalist forces by Gen. Sucre at the Battle of Pichincha on May 24, 1822, which assured the independence of the country. Five "days after this battle an assembly declared that the territory of the former presidency of Quito should be incorporated with the Great- er Colombia under the presidency of Simon Bolivar, composing what are now the republics of Colombia. Panama, | Venezuela and Ecuador. This union | was disrupted in the year 1830, when a constitutional assembly met at Rio- bamba on August 14 and_proclaimed the constitution of the Republic of Ecuador. Ecuador is a centralized re public. Its constitution is liberal For- elgners are guaranteed the same rights as_the citizens of Ecuador. Freedom of worship and of the press s assured. Women may exercise all the right granted to Ecuadorians and when single may also have the free ad- ministration of their property. Tied women may obtain administration of their property by a short judicial ss. Aliens may acquire and hold title under the same conditions as Ecua- dorians. Public credit is guaranteed and funds set aside for the payment of puhm: debt cannot, under the constitu- tion, be used for other purposes. The President of the republic is elected for a term of four vears by direct vote and cannot be re-elected except after a lapse of two terms. In addition to & cabinet, consisting of five ministers appointed by the President, there is & Council of State, which is consulted by him in important 1.atters and which represents Congress when . mot in session. The population of the republic is es- timated at 2,000,000 inhabitants. The capital is Quito, with about 100,000 in- habitants, situated on the plateau be- tween the two mountain ranges at an elevation of 9,371 feet. It is now easily reached by Tail, the distance from Guayaquil being 297 miles. Quito shares with Mexico City and Cuzeo (Peru) the distinction of entedating the discovery | of America. Guayaquil, the largest sea. gon of Ecuador, with nearly 100,000 in- abitants, is a contrast to the capital Situated on the Guayas River about 40 miles from the coast, but at sea level, it is & tropical city, but busy and am- bitious. Extensive improvements in streets, transportation, buildings, sani- tation and other upbuilding influences have been marked in recent years. FIVE FEARED.LOST AT SEA I Wonder Y Believed to Have Foundered in Fierce Gale. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, August 14 (#)—A dispatch to the Halifax Chroni- cle from Grindstone, Magdalene Is- lands, says that hope has been aban- doned for the fishing schooner I Wen- | der Y and her crew of five. The schooner has not been reported | since the northerly gale of August 8 At that time it was fishing near Brion Island, and is believed to have found- ered. Capt. Philip Richard of House Har- was in command and his crew in- cluded Albert Cyr and Cyr's three sons. e Ty SnC Ty Firee ons. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE FIFTY-THIRD :!n‘b::n‘d!otlllédd on_ th The SWasnington Rallway Dany. pazable December 1 iv f certifi s . represented in t 16 of the preferred the Washington Rai 1l be closed from August 16, 1930. to 20.1330. " BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ted by any other person than . THOMAS, 5036 Massachusetts n APTER THIS DATE I WILL NOT Soonaiste Tof any Gents Uniees Soriranied By mysell personally. EVERETT L. HESTEI Box Wilmington. Del. Proves Worth in New Job and | Starts Climb That Took | Him to Top of Finance. This is the ninth’of ¢ series of eighteen articles” on the Boviood of famous Americans and teiling how they oot their Start in lije. BY J. V. Fl‘l"Z GERALD. The boys in Lockport, N. Y., snick- ered, back in 1900, when they heard| that John J. Raskob had put a price | $83 a month. Young professional men were lucky to be making as much money in Lockport in those days. If no man is a prophet in his own country, neither is the youngster with whom we play as a lad generally con- ceded to have money-making traits of capabilities above our own. That was the case in Lockport when it become ten to the owner of an Ohio city street railway company for a job as secretar) seemed absurd to those with whom he had been reared own price. The man who hired him the traction system in Lorain, Ohio. Lockport residents thought the youth was lucky in landing such a plum. Before he left Lockport young Raskob | had been making $30 a month. He had asked for a raise to $10 g week. When this was refused him, heé” decided that his talents were not appreciated. He made up his mind to seek fields in which he would be better rewarded. So he wrote to a friend, a young draughtsman, Sterling H. Bunnell by name, asking him if there was any opening for him in Lorain. He re- ceived a reply that Pierre S. du Pont was seeking the right sort of a young man to act as his secretary and aid in the street railway business. asked for a salary of $1000 a year, they thought at first that he was fool- ing. When they were convinced by the earnest young man that he actually | had asked for such pay, they were cer- | tain that he wouldn't get a reply even. But they were wrong, and John Raskob was right—he invaricbly has been on financial matters ever since. The boy who surprised his Lockport companions in the matter of getting such a big salary was born in that up- State New York city in 1879. His father, a solid and_substantial citizen, was in the tobacco business. John was an average student in school. His quick smile and pleasant manner made him popular. He early showed a liking for business and an aptitude for figures. His father died when John was in high school. Mrs. Raskob was left with four children. The future chairman of the Finance Committee of General Motors didn't| try to complete his education by work- | ing in his spare time. the sooner he got a real job the better. He realized that he needed special equipment to get ahead in the business world. He left high school and took a com- mercial course in stenography and bookkeeping. He buckled down to his studies and soon qualified to take dic- August 14 OSTONIAN B hoes farMon S R BATE-UPRIGHT PIANO, $15: FLAYZR Tiano: 340 15 BRSEa &2 P e xchlr es. UNITI ATRS FOR RENT. SUITABLE FOR WED: | ines. parties, church suppers ‘or festivals. 10c r day each: new chairs m e nes UNITED s‘n\‘rz-s sTonAn: CO. 418 10th RENT- ~ crwn FLOOR IN B direct'y opposite Potomac Elec ® ouer Co's new. bullding corner 10t 25x75 1t. 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New Tong-distance moving our spe- KOONS ‘gt ™ nfire Sk of $1,000 a year on his services as s' known that Johnny Raskob had writ- | esamating his value at a figure that | But John Raskob got the job at his| was Pierre 8. du Pont, then owner of | When_John Raskob told his friends | that he had applied for the job and had | He decided that | of tan and gray. None Will Be Altered, Charged on Accounts or Sent C. O. D. $20 Sports Coats 57.50 Sizes 33 to 37. Camelshair and flannel, tan and brown. $7.50 Wool Knickers Light-weight wool, all sizes, in plus 4 and plus 6. 1 T sovs m Lockporr, N.Y. SNICKERED BACK.IN 1900 WHEN THEY HEARD THAT JOHN J.RASKOB HAD PUT A PRICE OF 41000 AYEAR ON HIS | SERYICES AS STENOG- RAPHER AND SECRE- TARY. v2 s 0cseses H ZTiE EARLY SHOWED AN APTITUDE FOR FIGURES. {E..Dupg N MNEMoun: E WENT TO WILMINGTON DEL. IN 1902. AS ASST. TREASURER OF THE A T Mawen.” E.|. DUPONT.- DE_NEMOURS Co: tation and to keep a set of books. He| got a job at $5 a week. That was con- sidered fair wages for a beginner in Lockport in those days. | After six_months he asked for an increase to $7.50 a week. His employer | agreed to give it to him, but it was some months before the raise mate- rialized. Following two years' work. | during which he became an expert ste- nographer, an_excellent typist and a | | first-class bookkeeper, he asked for $10 & week. His employer didn't think the | youngster was worth such wages to him. That was the turning point in John | Raskob's life. He wrote to Plerre du | Pont and went to work for him in 1800, The next year he represented his employer as treasurer of a street car line in Dallas, Tex. His salary had been raised to $3,000 @ year, proving to skeptical Lockport friends that he hadn't thought too well of his earning capacity after all. He went. to Wilmington, Del. as assistant treasurer of the E. Pont de Nemours Co. Later he became treasurer and then vice president of the big chemical concern. Mr. du Pont joined him in buying General Motors stock. and John Raskob soon became |the directing_financial genius of that | vast corporation and one of the coun- try’s outstanding business leaders. Next—Ralph Modjeski. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) GERMAN GLIDER BREAKS HIS OWN WORLD RECORD “Hooks Onto” Storm Cloud During International Soaring Competition. By the Associated Press | | . WASSERKRUPPE, Germany, August | | 14.—Racing 94 miles before a thunder- storm in a frail little glider, Robert Kronfield, Austrian ace, bettered his former world record for distance flying | yesterday by nearly 2 kilometers. Other pilots participating in the in- ternational "soaring competition had landed, unwilling to fly in the approach- in storm. Kronfield decided to go aloft and “hooked onto” a cloud that was sweeping over the mountains. He landed at Hof, near the spot where he set his previous record last year. Pilot Hurtigg of Cassel covered 42 miles. 1319-1321 F Street STETSON HATS Two-Pants 20 Will Rogers Say. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif —See where Mr. Hoover has given up his trip to Glacier Park. They can start in letting those fish eat regular again now. Any man that can stay in ‘Washington this long during such a Summer, why really there is not enough left of him to take a vacation. Sure glad to see Joe Robinson come through so strong in Arkansas yesterday. Those men that he was associated with in London on the conference thought Joe was just about one of the biggest men in the country. About 32 you are going to hear an awful lot about this guy, if the Democrats decide to enter a man at all. Talking Banned in Night Golf. NEW YORK, August 14 (#).—Addicts of miniature golf in this metropolis may play the game all night if they so desire—but_not talk it. 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Lindbergh. | Their record was 14 hours 45 minutes. | Seemingly fresh and his white sports clothes unstained, Capt. Hawks set his | Travelair monoplane down on Curtiss IFxcld at 5:41:30 pm. (E. S. T.) last night, after having left Glendale, Calif., at 5:16:27 am. (E. 8. T.). A week ago he took from Roscoe Turner the record for the westward trans- continental flight, making it in 14 hours 50 minutes' 43 seconds. “I don't think it can be done any faster,” said Capt. Hawks as he landed last night. “Given exceptional weather in the Fall, it is just possible my time can be bettered. | A great shout went up from several | hundred throats at the field here when | the flyer appeared overhexd, cut his | | motor and fi-htailed down to a land- | ing. As he taxied up to the hangar his wife and son rushed up and were the first to greet him. | “When do we eat?” he asked. 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