Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1935, Page 6

TA-6 PARIS, DEFAULTING, HOPES T0-SETTLE Debt Note to U. S. Paves Way for Negotiations in “Near Future.” By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 14—France, in de- faulting her war debt payment to the United States for the sixth time today. expressed hope “the situation in the near future would justify” negotiations for a settlement. Premier Pierre Laval's note of de- fault was approved by the council of ministers today, after it had been cabled to the Washington Embassy last night for delivery to the State Department tomorrow. Hopes for Solution. ‘The note thanks the United States for the renewed suggestion in the American “statement of account” that France submit a proposal for payment. ‘The French government, it added, “wishes for its part to refer to its pre- vious communications and to recall that it is ready to seek a basis of settfement acceptable to both coun- tries as soon as circumstances permit. “It being impossible to formulate a proposal. it can only hope there will be a satisfactory evolution in the sit- uation such as to justify in the near future the opening of negotiations to discuss the prompt accord for which both countries alike hope “(Signed) PIERRE LAVAL.” Economy Program Planned. Drastic cuts of several billions of francs in government expenses and the wholesale “return” of foreign workers to their own countries were outlined in the council of ministers as methods for protecting the franc. Laval told his cabinet that it must try to balance the budget and reduce unemployment. The issuance of de- crees, probably July 1, will be the public’s first news as to where the financial ax will fall in order to fore- | ;Detectives Forced to Display &tall lobbying. EUROPEAN DEFAULTS $64,367,137. France in Arrears $163,616,845—Esto- nia Also Passes Payment, By the Associated Press. stallments due the United States to- morrow were swelled by $64.367.137 yesterday when France formally noti- fied the United States for the sixth consecutive time it would make no payment. In addition to the amount due June 15, France already is in arrears $163,- 616,845, including $58,169,041 in prin- cipal, $96.307,162 in interest, and $9.140.639 in deferred annuity pay- ments under the Hoover moratorium. The note, delivered by Andre De Laboulaye, the Prench Ambassador, means that on June 15 France will owe the United States $227.983.982. Estonia also notified it would make no payment of an instaliment of $322,- 850 due tomorrow. That government already is in default $1,844,185.87. ROCKEFELLER TRAVELS 0il Magnate, Soon 96, Quits Flor- ida Estate. ORMOND BEACH, Fla, June 14 (#).—John D. Rockefeller, sr. sped northward in a special railway car today after his usual Winter visit in Florida, in good health and fine spirits, refreshed after a quiet sojourn of several months. He left The Casements, his Winter | home here, yesterday afternoon, boarded the car at 3 pm., and de- parted two hours later for Lakewood, N . J. Mr. Rockefeller will be 96 years old July 8. Disease on 7,600 Elms. More than 7,600 elm trees infected with Dutch elm disease have been found so far in the area around New York harbor. P (Last year $18.50) BY GEORGE HURD. , LIFFORD H. LONG, a Shrine | ( noble of Murat, Temple, Nu;tg 1 ul course in his family genea- | ology when he came to Wash- | ington to attend the Shrine Conclave. | The chain of circumstances which‘ | {led up to discovery that his great- grandfather, Collen Willlamson, & stonemason and a Free Mason, did the actual work in the laying of the | corner stone of the.Capitol Building was started when Mr. Long read & copy of the tabloid souvenir edition published for the Shriners by The Star. | It was just another name out of the | forgotten past to most people when | they read the old mason’s name along | with that of Architect Hoban. It| probably would have been the same to Mr. Long were it not for the fact that his grandmother passed on to him the old family Bible, which also | contained the name of Collen Wil-| liamson, a native of Edinburgh, | Scotland. | Comparing the name with that in | the old family Bible, Mr. Long began his search for old records to connect up the present with the past. He | found them in the archives of Federal | Lodke No. 1, which, incidentally, his | great-grandfather, Collen Wfllinmson,’ helped to found in September, 1793. | Following this lead, he went to the | Capitol and there found inscribed the name of Collen Williamson as the man “who actually laid the corner stone of the famous old structure. Throughout | the years he found that the history of the Federal Lodge was interwoven with that of the Nation's Capitol Both Williamson and Architect Hoban were charter members of the Federal Lodge and both were present at the | corner stone laying by no less a person than Gen. George Washington, then President of the United States. Wil- liamson was present as a Master Mason and as a stone mason. Hoban was there as a Master Mason and as the architect of the Capitol. Story Opens Past to Noble Star Special Article Introduces Famous D. C. Ancestor. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1935. opera troup. There was a fencing CLIFFORD H. LONG Of North Vernon, Ind., noble of Murat Temple —Star Staff Photo. According to the old history dug up by Mr. Long, his great-grandfather| left work on the Capitol building some | time later and died before the struc- ture was completed. He died in Peb- | ruary, 1802 Mr. Long soon will return to his home in North Vernon, but unless he finds the grave df his great-grand- father before he leaves, he will return here within a short time to continue his search for it. Mr. Long is the grandson of Alex- ander Williamson, second son of Collen Williamson. He was born in Pennsyl- vania, but his family moved to Indiana when he was a youth., He has lived there since. l Badge to Sergeant at Pageant Defaults on European war debt in- | “They shall not pass” was the motto | of a blustery police sergeant trom Philadelphia whose reign of authority at Tenth street and Pennsylvania 'avenue during last night's pageant caused no end of trouble, not only for mere citizens but for a group of visit- | ing detectives in plain clothes. | After winning numerous skirmishes with spectators seeking their seats in the stands near the Department of Justice, during some of which he compelled fez-topped nobles assigned as ushers to get in the stands—or olse,’ the strong-jawed cop from the City | of Brotherly Love spied a group of ap- proaching men who aroused his sus-| picions. The strangers, half a dozen strong, had furtive eves and bulging hip pockets. Several had straw hats | cocked at a sporty angle. Who could be sure they were not gangsters plotes ting to kidnap the Imperial Potentate? The Philadelphian planted himself | | squarely in front of the group, extend- | ed his arm forbiddingly and refused to allow the men to advance farther | along the Avenue. The strangers went| | into a huddle around the sergeant and did some hoarse whispering. They were telling him they were plainclothes men and everything was all right. But the sergeant, shaking his head obdurately, explained that everything | most certainly was not all right unless they displayed their credentials or ishuwed grandstand tickets. “We don’t want to show our badges in front of all these people,” the de- tectives complained. “We're posed to be under-cover men.” eral started to push by the policeman, but he held his line firm and insisted that unless each and every alleged | detective showed his credentials. he must get off the street and get off quick. th exceedingly red faces and So, | much to the amusement of the crowd RICE Loren sy coo T he most popular SUMMER SHl 1 for MEN impatiently awaiting another scene in the pageant, the under-cover men pulled the covers off their badges, which they were carrying in pocket | cases, and then pushed onward—on | the lookout, with trepidation, for more Philadelphia cops. | G | (Continued From Pirst Page.) much-heralded show. When the am- | plifiers were put in order again they did not carry well enough to satisfy crowds at each end of the block. Later | this same block lost two other events Aue to orders to speed up the march. The unforeseen difficulties were taken in good grace by a majority of the spectators—especially those who did not have reserved seats. Police had some trouble in attempting to stem the movement across the line of arch of those who decided not to wait for completion of the pageant. Considering the magnitude of the | S S R (S e S RERE N IR EEEC T NSNS CmasARwIsexm |tion to spectacular set pieces at the | biinding mass barrage of rockets and | bombs held throngs on the Ellipse | tered on ledges, porticos and roof tops | streets to be clean of debris by Mon- pageant enterprise and the tremen- dous technical task involved in its production, most of those who saw it voted it a remarkable dramatic spec- tacle and applauded wholeheartedly the gorgeous floats and gayly costumed players. Fireworks Display Elaborate. ‘Those who, thinking the show was over at midnight, left before the main of pyrotechnics over the Monument and at its bese, missed what old-timers at Fourth of July celebrations declare was - the most elaborate fireworks bombardment in the history of a city gJown accus- tomed to such things. It was really twp pyrotechnic shows thrown together, due to raining out of ‘Wednesday night's display. In addi- foot of the Monument that turned the surrounding parks into daylight brilliancy, there was a continuous ekyrocketing of scintillating bombs until 1 am, when a deafening and spellbound for five minutes or more. More than & hundred persons were treated at first ald stations for faint- | ing spells or minor injuries during | the parade—a remarkably small nums ber in view of the vast crowds packed from curb to building line and clus- along the line of march. Police forced a number of the more daring specta- tors to abandon precarious perches on high parapets or other hazardous places of vantage. At is final business sessions the Im- perial Council decided to hold its 1936 conclave in Seattle, Wash. Leonard P. Steuart, of this city, who was in- stalled yesterday as imperial poten- tate, will preside over next year's convention. New Board Member Picked. ‘W. Freeland Kendrick, chairman of the board supervising the 15 Shrine | hospitals for crippled children, left early today after announcing election to the board of a new member, Henry | Heinz of Atlanta, Ga. The special lights on Pennsylvania | avenue will be turned on again to- | night and tomorrow night, for the | benefit of any who may not have had | an opportunity to see them, it was an- rounced today by Robert P. Smith, director-general of the conclave. Smith said the grandstands will be dismantled quickly and he expects the | day. Smith expressed his thanks to all | who assisted in making the conven- tion a success and said: “Washington has endeared itself to the Shriners of | North America.” | Imperial Potentate Steuart went on | leave from Shrine and personal busi- | ness affairs today to recover from the effects of injuries received in a fall during the convention. He had sought to keep his accident a secret for fear Lis friends would insist he abandon his strenuous convention activities, | but it was learned he cracked sev- eral ribs and bumped his head severe- | Iy whén he slipped in a bathtub. His | injuries, although extremely painful, | are not serious, it was stated. | Roman Scene First. The first act of the pageant was a | scene from the life of ancient Rome, | cut of the pages of Lew Wallace's | “Ben Hur.” Into the Pavilion of | Omar dashed eight {lluminated | chariots, drawn by 32 Fort Myer Artillery horses, caparisoned after the fashion described in the novel. ‘Taking the part of Lew Wallace, who was also the author of the first Shrine ritual, Henry Folmer, a Wash- ington high school teacher, described briefly the purpose of the pageant. | The chariot scene was in charge o!“ Col. Kenyon Joyce and Lieut. W. A. ! Fuller of Fort Myer. It included a spirited battle of gladiators. I The Shriners went back to their ! L KRR R N TEssERITewRN R X mE e R VeSS e RSN N LR &% 8w At & & Gabrolite The tropical weight Gabardine. In all models. Coat and trousers ........... sive with us. Lorraine Prado and Seersucker Not only cool on the hottest Sl 2.75 Erdwppw sacred land of mystery, ancient Egypt, for the next scene, depicting the res- toration to life of an entombed prin- cess during the Hyksos dynasty, about 720 B. C. Preceded by 40 Nubian slaves in historically correct attire, the 10-ton stage represented a royal Egyptian household and the tomb of a princess, The accuracy of the set- ting was checked by the Egyptian Minister, Khalil Bey. The chief parts in the little drama were played by Esther Ingram, Vivian Coulter, Jobhn Sikken and James Walsh. There were Egyptian dances by pupils of the Marjon Chace school. Shrine Hospitals Shown. From the gnchntmwetrdnd ess % Thebes, the pageant iped over centuries to the next scene, depicting the Shrine hospitals for crippld chil- dren, established in the United States end Canada. The floats representing the 14 hospitals were preceded by the Fox Theater Boys' Band of 150 pieces, scene by fencers from the United | States Naval Ac ‘The pageant then jumped over five Admiral Richard E. Byrd on the ice floe of This was depicted Byrd's| centuries to the camp of Little America, in three floats, one ica itself with its penguin population and the third a drifting iceberg. Some of the dogs used on the expedition ‘The chief actual took part in the pageant. parts were taken by three members of the Antarctic expedition, taken L scene represented Abraham Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address. The part of Lincoln was played by Porter Bush. The fourth and last scene was that of Betsy Ross, making the first | American flag. The pageant was preceded by an hour-long parade, in which many of the bands and patrols rained out Wednesday evening took part, when P. Steuart, was escorted to the Pavil- Stewart Paine, the dog sled driver,|jon of Omar. Tih's parade started a% and William Haines and = George Grimminger, meteorologists. Four Historical Scenes. ‘There followed four scenes repre- senting great moments in American history. First was Molly Pitcher, rep- resented by Mrs. Enok Oleson, man- husband’s gun at Monmouth. Then was a scene depict~ ning her woundk Children and pupils of the Mildred | School, under the supervision of Sergt. | A. J. Bargiagni of the District of Co- | lumbia Fire Department, gave two | dances and then engaged in somer- ! saulting and hoop-rolling on the | street. The train of hospitals was fol- lowed by the entertainment car de- picting “the man on the flying trapeze.” There was singing by Alvin Eley and cheering by Jerry Siklar and a group of George Washington Uni- versity cheer leaders. They first in- formed the audience that Max Baer | had lost his championship. | A quick shift from America to| China marked the next scene of the | pageant. PFirst came a Chinese bridal palanquin in which was seated the maiden intended as the sacrafice bride to the golcen dragon. Then came the moving stage of the sun god, a part | taken by Robert Evans. On the lower ‘ steps of this stage were 15 Chinese | dancers and & Chinese orchestra. This | was followed by four coolies carrying banners with characteristic Chinese | signs. Next came the golden dragon | itself, surrounded by 12 lantern bear- ers and five banner bearers. Smoke and flame came from the nostrils of the fabulous beast. The scene depicted the rescue of the bride by the sun god. | American Discovery Shown. Then came a series of moving stages depicting the discovery of America by | Columbus. The first represented the | island of Santo Domingo, heavily for- | ested and inhabited by Indians. The second represented the Santa Maria, flagship of the discoverer of the New | World. While the red men beat rhythmically on their tom-toms Co- lumbus, followed by his officers, land- ed and claimed the newly discovered | land for Spain. The part of Columbus | was taken by Dan Wackerman and that of the Indian chief by Fred East. There was an Indian solo dance by Vera Miller Again the scene shifted back to the Orient. There came a float repre- senting an oasis in the Arabian desert with a resting caravan under the palms. The part of the sheik was | taken by C. A. Peavey and that of a | captured dancing girl by Nita Borno. There were two adagio dances and a | tumbling act. Next came floats representing a stagecoach hold-up in wild West days, with Anita Christian as a Spanish solo dancer and Junior Corson as a cowboy singer, There were all the actors in a typical hold-up scene— cowboys, the sheriff, the stage driver | and the frightened passengers. Life of Robin Hood Depicted. Then came scenes depicting the life of Robin Hood. 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