Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1931, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1931. KEYNOTEOFD.AR. | 1S “AMERICANISN® Mrs. Hobart, President Gen- eral, Opens 40th Congress in Annual Address. __ (Continued From First Page.) costs for the entire Nation, rather than with those pertc.ning exclusively to Federal administration. Thus the de- fense expenditures of $633,000,000 would | be only 7 per cent of the total taxation of $9,280,000,000, she explained. With equal vehemence the president ! general defended the United States Marines in Nicaragua. “Can vou | imagine what the scene following the | earthquake jn Nicaragua would have been without the timely aid of the Ma- rines stationed there?” she asked. The scene at the opening of the Con- gress was enhanced by the hundreds of bouquets that ran florish bills up into the thousands of dollars. The entrance of the president general and the long line of vice presidents general and national officers was signaled by a trumpet assembly call. Mrs. Willlam Rock Painter, the chaplain general, read the scripture and prayer after Mrs. Hobart had called the colorful assemblage to order. Then followed the | “Salute to the Flag,” led by Mrs.| Charles Brand, national chairman of | the Committee on the Correct Uce of the | Flag. Mrs. Walter E. Hilton of Victory Chapter, District of Columbia, led the swelling chorus of the national | anthem, alter which William Tyler | Page, clerk of the House and author, | led the recitation of “The American’ Creed.” of D. A. R. Annual Congress Then “America” was sung as| the delegates prepared to set:le down | redouble their efforts at this session to | for the formal extension of greetings. This was delivered on behalf of the District Commissioners by Maj. Gen. Herbert 8. Crosby. Arms Filled With Flowers. More greetings followed and each of the D. A. R. leaders who spoke found | her arms heaped with flowers. These greetings came first from the honorary presidents general, Mrs. Story, MTrs. Guernsey, Mrs. Minor, Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Brosseau. Op behalf of the Ad- visory Board the greetings were given by Mrs. George Whitney White, chair- man. The National Society, Children of the American Revolution, composed of 12,000 | youths, will open their convention here tomorrow morning in the Corcoran Gal- Jery of Arts. From these patriotic young- | sters, their national president, Mrs.| Samuel Shaw Arentz, expending greet- | ings to the D. A. R. today. From other patriotic organizations similar greet- ings were extended as follows: National Society, Sons of the American Revolu- tion, Justice Josiah A. Van_ Orsdel, | president general; Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense, Mrs. | Robert Lincoln Hoyal, chairman of the sixth conference, attended by repre- | sentatives of 46 organizations; George ‘Washington Bicentennial Commission, Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohlo, and the Yorktown Sesquicentenntl bration in 1931, Mrs. James T. Morris, | chairman. i With the conclusion of the formal- | put the D. A. R. on record either for Tepeal of the eighteenth amendment or condemnation of its enforcement. But the “drys” in the ranks of the D. A. R. are equally strong, and any concerted effort to make prohibition an issue, it s said today, is bound to stir up a lively fight. Sevier Statue Unveiled. Tennessee Daughters of the Amer- fcan Revolution turned out en masse for the unveiling yesterday afternoon of the statue of John Sevier, outstanding Revolutionary = hero first Governor. Impressive ceremony marked _the presenting of the monument by Ten- nesses to the National Statuary Hall of the Capitol. Mrs. Joseph Hayes Ack- len, State regent of the Tennessee D. A. R, presided and introduced Judge John~ H. Deweitt, who made the presentation. Representative Joseph W. Byrns delivered an_address eulogizing the famous Indian fighter of his State. | Assistant Secretary of War F. Tru- bee Davison accepted the gift, which | was unveiled by two descendants of the | hero, Embree Hoss Headman and Fen- ton Allen Gentry. A prayer was offered by Dr. James I. | Vance, descendant of Capt. Robert Sevier, killed at the battle of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Flora Myers Gil- lentine, historian general of the D. A. R. paid tribute to Sevier. Others taking part in the ceremony were Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, and’ Tennessee's | Lower and Lower Prices! This is the biggest week grocery buyers have had in years. Just note the prices, they tell the whole story Y Land O’ Lakes =35c¢ i 69¢ Pure Lard 2=~ Franks s Chum Salmon 3 :~ P&G Soap 10 |A-1 Peas 3« Standard Sanico Fresh Eggs| 25¢ 2«49 Carton of a Dozen Sweet Cream Butter 2 Pancake Ib. Flour Pillsbury’ 3 e 29¢ Cabbage 3 10c Onions v~ 4= 10¢ Potatoes 10 29c GENERAL view of Constitution Hall, where the Daughters cf the Amer- fcan Revolution opened their annual congress today. Below: Mrs, Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president general of the D. A. R. and Mrs. Hoover. —Star Staff Photos. ities, Mrs. Hobart then stepped forward on the stage, amid an ovation from the | delegates, and enunciated in her| annual address the principles for which the D. A. R. stand. Mrs. Story Hits Reds. president general, and Mrs. R. S. Boyd, who presented the regents of John Sevier Chapter of the society. A pro- gram of fitting music was given by a | section of the United States Marine | Band, with Capt. Taylor Branson di- | New Potatoes 4 - 25¢ | Cut Beets 3« Mrs. William Cumming Story, hon- | orary president general from New York, | struck the first note of the Congress| against communism and then warned the D. A. R. not to let the United States enter the League of Nations or the World Court and to resist any rec- | ognition by this Government of Soviet | Russia. | In extending her greetings, which came just before the departure of Mrs.! Hoover from the hall, Mrs. Story plead- | ed for preparedness and national de- | fense, attacking the five-year Russian | industrial program. “We in America want States and individual property rights, clared. The same key-note was sounded by Mrs. George Thatcher Guerns:y, hon- | orary president-general from Kansas who added & warning against the “dis: integrating forces afoot in the world. She reminded the D. A. R. that Amer- ics is not alone in this stat= of unrest. Mrs, George Man'y Minor, honorary president-general 17om _ Connecticut, | joined in attacks on Communism. “I| believe in a living fafith in God that Jezves no room for atheism.” she said. That kind of patroitism which believes this country the best of all was the kind which Mrs. Minor urged the Daughters to stand by. i Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook and Mrs. | Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau, honorary | president-generals, respectively, from | Pennsylvania and Connecticut. foined ' with their associates in support of Americanism and antagonism to all doctrines seeking to undermine the American form of government Warning Against Unrest. Calling upon the women of the coun- | iry to preserve the national serenity “so badly shaken by the late unfor- tunate business depression.” Mrs. Bros- seau warned the D. A. R. “they must | maintain their ranks vnbroken | Owing to the fact that the “air” is no respector of persons, & change was | necessitated in the order of today's | program. Mrs. Hobart's address was | broadcast at 11 o'clock, making it| necessary to interrupt the regular or-| der of greetings from patriotic organ-, izations. | A pigturesque feature of the morning session was the presentation of a huge basket of flowers to the president gen- | eral by two little children of the Chil- dren of the American Revolution. They | were Miss Trella Davis and Jack Mer- win, both clad in costumes of the Rexo- Jutionary period. and enjoying mensely their brief moment in the spot- light. rights | she de- Reports Feature Business. Today's business session was devoted to the rendering of reports from na- tional officers and committee chairmen a matter that will continue until the closing days of the conference. | With the realization that the society | still faces an indebtedness of $575000 | on Constitution Hall, involving real! estate and Liberty Bond notes, a spirited campaign will be conducted to sell the monumental outside columns of this | “Temple of Liberty” at $1.200 & column Other methods of salesmanship will be devised, Mrs. Harrlet Vaughn Rigdon treasurer general, reported, to wipe out this indebtedness The organizing secretary general. Mrs Wwilliam A. Becker, reported that the| society now boasts & membership of | 172,755, Tepresenting 2431 chapters in the United States, China. Philippines, | Cuba, England, France and Italy, w chapters organizing in Japan, Germany Switzerland and Canada | The total registration in this off-| election year, however, was reported as only 2,071 delegates, a decided decrease even during normal years. Mrs. Anna C. Blaine made the report as chairman | of the Committee on Credentials. The | total number of votes included in the registration was 1,150 i Dining Room Opened. ! North Carolina D. A. R. formally opened this afternoon a colonial dining room on the ground floor of Memorial Continenital Hall, the only room to be presented to the National Soclety dur- ing this conference. While reports were being rendered chief interest centered even so early in the Resolutions Committee, which is | Mrs, | Brown of Alabama and recting. ‘The sculptors of the imposin, statue, Belle Kenney and L. F. Schiotz, received much applause when intro- duced to the large company witnessing the unvelling. Ten Candidates on Hand. With registration of delegates com- pleted and last night devoted to a series of “electioneering” dinners and rallies the 10 candidates for the 7 vacancies in office of vice president general were much in appearance today. Mrs. Alex- ander Ennis Patton of Pennsylvania the only candidate for the lifetime office of honorary vice president general, was watchfully alert lest some “dark horse” be put into the field. The selec- tion of the seven vice presidents gen- eral promises some politics. The vice presidential candidates are Walter Christopher Johnson of Tennessee, Mrs. James Bliss Crankshaw of Indiara, Mrs. Willlam H. Pouch of New York, Mrs. James Thomas Roun- tree of Texas, Mrs. Charles F. Bathtick of Michigan, Mrs. Herbert Fay Gaffney of Georgia, Mrs. Charles E. Herrick of Tilinois, Mrs. William Henderson Vaught of West Virginia, Mrs. Watt Thomas Mrs. James Franklin Trottman of Wisconsin At tonight's session the United States Marine Band will give a concert from 8 to 8:30 o'clock before the opening of the program. In place of President Hcover, who is busily engaged in official business after his brief fishing trip to_the Rapidan. Vice President Curtis will address the congress. He will be followed by Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde, who will speak on “Natfonalism.” There will be music by the George Washington_University Glee Club and singing by Flora McGill Keefer, mezzo soprano, with Mildred Kolb Schulze at the piano. Dr.Z. Barney Phillips, chap- # Oklahoman Weds Texas-Met Illinois Girl in California ew Mexico Figures in Romance When Sleepy Head Drops on Shoulder. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 20.—Patrick Henry, Henryetta, Okla, cattieman end Dalsy Frame, Chicago, were mar- ried here today after an interstate romance. They met in Texas, shortly after Henry boarded an overland bus on which Miss Frame was riding from Chicago to Los Angeles. They become fast friends in New Mexico shortly after Miss Frame's sleepy head dropped to the cattleman’s shoulder. They became engaged in Arizona shortly after Henry, whose father found- ed the town of Henryetta, popped the question. Rev. Edwin W. Mecum was called and sat in the driver's seat and read the ceremony, while the bus driver and several of his fellows witnessed the ceremony. it DR lain of the United States Senafe, will deliver the invocation after another spectacular entrance of pages apd na- tional officers. Concert from 8 until 8:30 o'clock Orchestra. Assembly call. Entrance march, “Stars and Stripes Band Orchestra. ation: Rev. Z. Barney Phillips, enate. Invo Harmon, director. ss: The Vice President of the ic: Flora McGlll Keefer, mezzo: the piano. (a) “Ah! mon fils" (b) “Allelulia” (Mozart) “Nationalism.” Arthur M, “Spring’s Fancy” Address Music contralto. The retiring of the colors. March, “Liberty Bell.” 9:30 Organ recital. 9 until 9:30 am Livingston Manor Chapter, D. C. Assembly call ngress called to order ripture and prayer Music—"America.” _The assemblage. ber Columbia Chapter, D. C Reading of the minutes. Re, Repo chairman. chairman. Magna chairman Announcements of eelebrations March Recess. Ceremonies at this hour by courtesy of the Union D. A. R. Tonight $:30 O'Clock. The George Washington University Glee Club. -contralto. —opera, * (Densmore). Mildred Kolb Schulze at the piano. t of tize Rezolutions Committee t of the Building and Grounds Committee. Report of Constitution Hall Building Committee. Report of Constitution Hall Finance Committee. Program The United States Marine Band Capt. Taylor Branson, leader. Forever.” The United States Marine Entrance of the pages with State flags D. D, chaplain of the United States Dr. Robert H. United States Mildred Kolb Schulze at Le Prophete” (Meyerbeer). Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture. Flora McGill Keefer, mezzo- The United States Marine Band Orchestra. Tomorrow AM. Mrs. James Shera Montgomery, member Entrance of the president general, escorted by the pages The president general. € The chaplain general The salute to the flag. The assemblage. . Leader, Mrs. J. Frank Rice, mem- The recording secretary general. Miss Emma L. Crowell chairman. Mrs. John M. Beavers Mrs. G. H. Brosseau Mrs. Russell Willlam Mrs. James Shera Montgomery at the organ. 12:30 Until 5 P.M. Reserved for meetings of State delegations and national committees. 5 P.M. of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Pilgrimage to Mount Vernon by members of the congress for the purpose of placing wreaths in memory Mrs, Charles J. Livingood, Leary, chairman; Mrs. honorary chairman; Nathaniel of George and Martha Washington. Mrs. Eliza Ferry vice “chairman;; Mrs. B. Fuller, vice chair- Beaman, 'WEIL, “YELLOW KID,” QUITS AS “CON” KING Abdicates While in Cell After He Is Arrested at Inn, Telling Paid Guests of “Finance.” By the Assoclated Press. | CHICAGO, April 20 —The self-styled | | “king of confidence men,” otherwise | known to the police and public alike as Joseph Weil, “the Yellow Kid,” has abdicated. But in view of the fact he has an-! nounced his retirement on previous oc- | casions, the police were not inclined to | take him_seriously. His “abdication” was announced in | a letter dictated to Fred Buckminster, | his partner, while the two occupied cells | @t the Detective Bureau, following their arrest at an inn, where Weil was speak- ing on “High Finance” to 30 guests who pald $1.50 a plate to hear him | talk. “I am now led to believe T am charged with aiding in the conspiracy | against King Alfonso in bringing anlll‘ his dethronement through the financial | medium of Kerensky bonds and con- | federate money. The charge, it is| hardly necessary to say, is false. But having been the king of con men and realizing that the twilight of kings has come, 1 abdicate.” | Several hundred spectators at a police show-up later applauded his efforts, but he was charged with disorderly conduc* “And now,” he said, “like all de-' posed monarchs, I will write a book.” SHIP AWAITS ORDERS Spanish Cadets, on World Tour, Learn of Republic in Gotham. NEW YORK. April 20 (#).—The Spanish_training schooner Juan Se- bastian Elcano, which arrived here Sat- urday flying the flag of the old royal regime, awaited orders today from the Republican authorities before sailing for home. The schooner, captained by Claudia de Lanzon and carrying 26 cadets, has cut short its around-the-world cruise | which started last August. Its officers and crew did not know until they reached this port that a new govern- ment was at the helm in Spain, Nixon-Nirdlinger Trial in May. NICE. France, April 20 () —Lawyers | for Mrs. Charlotte Nash Nixon-Nird- linger, who shot and killed her hus band, the Philadelphia theatrical ma nate, last month, after a jealous quar- rel, said today that her trial had been definitely set for the second week in May. Heads Pages Lettuce 2:«19c Fresh Peas 2 25¢ Alderney Fresh Mil 2 'Milk 2 i Sanitary == 30c Butter 2%:59c for Jumbo + Bread 2w 15¢ Gold Medal 2 5. 59¢ Cake Flour - s N i ucts Co., Minneapolis, Minn., for FREE—Scouring Powder With Either Purchase Gold Dust %= 23¢ 4%:19c Lima Beans2:2 « 23¢ In Our Meat Markets Cudahy’s Puritan C 35”). Cooked Hams Sirloin Steak » 33c Franks " 23c Sealect Evap. pound Navel rages Large Size Californias Bab-o 2-21c Sensational Sale PINEAPPLE To Celebrate Reduction of Packer’s Price Every tin is DOLE 1 quality pineapple— the finest quality packed. 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