Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1932, Page 3

BENSON FNERAL SE FOR NONDAY Services at St. Matthew’s Church Will Precede Burial in Arlington Cemetery. The full measure of the Navy's de- votion, with colorful military honors, will be given Admiral William S. Ben- son, World War chief of naval opera- tions, at burial service in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery Monday morning. The admiral died suddenly at his home, 2420 Tracy place, of a cerebral hemorrhage, shortly after noon yesterday. He was nearly 77 years old. He was created a full admiral a few years ago by special legislation The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Balti- more may officiate. At 11 o'clock, the funeral cortege is to appear at the Fort Myer, Va., gate. One company of bluejackets, a com- pany of Marines and the Navy Band | will render final honors. First Operations Chief. High honors in church and state came to Admiral Benson. He became the first chief of Naval Operations after that office was created in 1915 and to him fell the main task of build- l Kansas Girl Gets Straight “A” for Entire Four Years By the Assoclated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans, May 21.—There may be those who will equal the high school record of Geneva L. Coon, but they'll never beat it. She has received a straight “A" of 100 per cent throughout her four years in high school. One guess is needed as to who is valedictorian of her class. BUSINESS LEADERS OFFER CURATIVES San Francisco Session De-! mands Economy and Less Restraint. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.—Ameri- can business, pictured as burdened by taxes and harassed by Government in- terference, today was offered a diagnosis | of economic aches, together with sug- | gested remedies, in resolutions adopted | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1932. WALKER'S TRAVELS ARE UNDER INQUIRY $10,000 Credit Letter Bought by Bus Corporationi Agent Offered as Evidence. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 21.—Mayor James J. Walker's travels abroad fn 1927 and to California in Tom Mooney’s interest last year, the one allegedly on a $10,000 credit letter bought by a bus corpora- tion agent, the other not paid for as yet, brought a demand from the City Inves- tigation Committee today that the mayor explain them in detail next Wed- | nesday. Samuel Seabury, counsel for the Hof- stadter legislative body, presented the credit letter in evidence and with it another document tending to show that the debonair official, finding Parls and the Lido expensive playgrounds, had overdrawn his credit $3,000 during the 40-day sojourn. Seabury named J. Allan Smith, then | New York sales agent for Fageol Motors | Co., a Midwest concern, as the original purchaser of the letter of credit. Richard A. Hunter, former vice presi- dent of the Equitable Trust Co., testified Smith had the $10,000 credit Wo00ODWARD & LOTHROP - 10™ 11™™ F AND G STREETS The Model Apartment Furnishes Two Rooms Completely for $622.90 It Has Been Newly Decorated—to Provide the Essential Features of Comfor, Beauty, Smartness and Livableness—at a Price Exceedingly Low | delivered to the mayor at City Hall in by the Chamber of Commerce of the |, presence of State Senator John A. United States | Hastings, political contact man for the ing up the Navy to war strength. Later, under_his guidance, the war machine was dismantled and put again on a peace footing. Admiral William V. Pratt, present chief of Naval Operations, was Admiral Benson's assistant during the war. “He stood like a rock at a time when the Navy needed such men,” Admiral Pratt said yesterday, “and his name will go down to posterity as one of the finest characters that has ever worn the Navy cloth.” Twice Admiral Benson was called to Europe to confer with Col. Edward M. | House, President Wilson's personal rep- Tesentative. After the war, the admiral went to Versailles as adviser to Presi- dent Wilson. Retirement came upon reaching the statutory age of 64 years and he left the service in which he had earned high Tenown on September 25, 1919. His conduct in the war brought him the Distinguished Service Medal by the Navy and a like award from the Arm the Grand Cross, Legion of Honor, the government of France; the Grand | Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, by the British government: the Order of the Rising Sun, First Class, by Japan, and the Order of St. Gregory the Great (Millitary Class, First Order) by Pope Benedict XV Was Active in Catholic Affairs. Since his retirement, Admiral Benson | had lived In Washington at his home, 2420 Tracy place. He had taken a lead- | ing part in the affairs of the Catholic Church. He was active in the National Council of Catholic Men and also figured in initiating the Nation-wide Sunday radio programs explaining Catholic doc- trine. Several years ago Notre Dame Uni versity bestowed upon him the Laetare Medal, which s awarded annually to | an outstanding Catholic layman. He, was vice president of the Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Institute, a member | of the board of governors of the Cath- | olic Church Extension Society and was on the advisory board of Trinity College. Born on a plantation near Macol Ga., In 1855, he received his appoin ment to the Naval Academy from Rep- resentative Spear of Georgeia. But the rigors of the Civil War and the lean days of reconstruction handicapped him for the high standard of schooling re- quired at the academy and he failed in mathematics at the entrance exami- | nations. | But this failure he turned into vic-; tory, for he secured another chance at | the Naval Academy examination, and | this time was successful. Admiral Benson commanded various types of ships during his lengthy serv- ice and served in many parts of the lobe. Even when the age limit forced | is retirement, he continued to foster | a lively interest in maritime affairs. As & member of the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation, he con- | tributed to the development of the in- ternal combustion engine and the Die- sel electric and was interested in ex-| pansion of the American merchant marine. STREETS TO BE WIDER U Street and Florida Avenue Proj- ect Decided by Commissioners. ‘The Commissioners yesterday decided to widen U street between Ninth and Tenth streets and Florida avenue be- tween Ninth and Seventh streets from 45 to> 56 feet in connection with the repaving of this stretch. The two streets, in effect, form a single street The 56-foot width has been adopted as a standard minimum for streets with two car tracks. SPECIAL NOTICES. T WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLS unless contracted by myself. CARROLL M 21° WELLS, Seat ARCHITECTURAL | The Allica Architect = % com- 2 monument to | prizes are offered. Call or address 726 Jackson pl. n.w. (6th f1.) 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Repeal of provisions of the agricul- tural marketing act, under which the Federal Farm Board has bought and sold commodities in so-called stabili- zation activities. was demanded. Ad- justment of the Federal farm loan sys- tem, “to permit loans in harmony with credit conditions in areas served,” was urged. i Generous treatment of injured war veterans was approved, but the cham- ber frowned ‘on laws “under which men suffering no disabilities from war service are recipients of benefits cost- ing many millions of dollars annuall: Relief “from the present intolerabie | burden of taxation” was demanded and all Government branches were called | upon to balance their budgets. } | Would Change Rail Law. Concerning railroads, the chamber condemned “unregulated competition by stages, trucks and other forms of transportation and urged Congress to| repeal retroactively the recapture pro- | vision of the transportation act of 1920," under which part of ‘“excess| earnings were ordered paid to the Gov ernment.” Other resolutions urged action on railroad consolidation, condemned Gov- | ment competition with steamship com- panies, recommended an_international silver 'conference, termed amendment | of anti-trust laws necessary “for the national welfare,” urged freeing retail merchandising ' from discriminatory laws, regulation of fee-charging em- ployment agencies, | employes’ retirement annuities and the repealing of laws regarding mainte- | nances of existing limitations on wages | for public work. | List Your Rented and Vacant Real Estate with J. 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Previously Senator Hastings had said under severe questioning that a $2,008 bill for a private car to carry the mayor to California in the Mooney case re- mained unpaid. The Pullman Co., it was brought out, had made repeated de- nands for the money. Seabury, by a process of examination of officials and others, had been nearing the mayor day by day for several weeks, but he had made no move to call him until Mayor Walker sent him an in- quiry regarding a proposed absence from the city next week. ———— Half of the fishing fleet of Plymouth, England, is idle because of a shortage of fishermen. 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