Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1935, Page 23

DIPLOMATS 10 SEE D'LEARY: SERVICE Universities to Send Dele- gates to Inaugural at Georgetown This Week. Diplomats of a score of nations and official delegates of scme 150 leading American and foreign educational in- | stitutions, will join with Georgetown | University Saturday evening in honor- ing the installation of Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J.. as its new president. Completed plans for the inaugural ceremony, culminating a week of homecoming feastivities and the Georgetown-Maryland foot ball game, were announced last night by Dr. Edmund A. Waish, S. J., chairman of the committee in charge. Twenty=- five presidents of colleges and uni- versities, it was said, are included among the delegates and 39 of the| leading learned societies also will be represented at the inauguration. | Georgetown will confer on its new | president, the first native Washing- | tonian to hold the office, an honuraryi degree of Doctor of Divinity in recog- | nition of the occasion and 16 years of | priesthood. Dr. Walsh, as chancellor of the university, also will confer de- | grees on fonr other distinguished sons of Georgetown. The combined inauguration and *“homecoming” will bring to Washin- | ton the largest number of alumni in Tecent years from every section of the | country. Beginning tomorrow, there will be events for their entertainment during the week. Georgetown established a precedent Beven years ago by conferring a de- gree in divinity upon Dr. Coleman Nevils, 8. J., at his inauguration as president. Father O'Leary was ap- pointed president and chairman of the Board of Directors last July, but ! es formerly, was postponed. Gonzaga Alumni Present. Among the guests Saturday night will be many officials and alumni of Gonzaga College, for it was from this sister Jesuit institution that George- town’s new president was graduated. For 24 years he served on the college faculty at Georgetown as professor of philosophy and ethics and as head librarian. IA 1919 he was a member of the first class of priests to be or- dained at Georgetown by the late Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore. Father O'Leary served as acting president for several months a year ago. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1903, completing his studies in theology at Woodstock College. He is one of the youngest presidents of the University, having observed his 48th birthday on September 27 The other recipients of honorary de- grees will-be Rev. John J. Toohey, 8. J., professor of philosophy and of religion; Dr. Raymond Henry Reiss of New York, regent and benefactor of the university; Fred K. Nielsen, professor in the Law School and prom- inent international lawyer, and Dr. William N. Cogan, U. S. N, retired. dean of the School of Dentistry. Dr. Cogan will be made a doctor of sci- ence, the others receiving the degree of doctor of laws. In honoring Nielsen, who is pro- fessor of procedure before internation- al tribunals, the university is honor- ing one of its former foot ball coaches. It was back in 1908 that Nielsen, a crack player for the University of Nebraska in his student days, took the athletic helm at the Hilltop. He had graduated from the Law School in 1906. i To Honor Diplomat. i Nielsen gave up foot ball, however, for an even more brilliant career as a diplomat. With a long and dis- tinguished service in the State De- partment, during which time he was solicitor from 1920 to 1922, he has served as American commissioner or arbiter in half a dozen or more im- portant capacities. He was a repre- sentative at the Paris Peace Confer- ence in 1919, after serving in the World War as a major, and again at the Conference on the Limitation of Arm- ements in Washington, 1921-22, he was chairman of the” American legal experts. The Georgetown-Maryland game in i Griffith Stadium will be played Sat- urday afternoon. Father O'Leary will have as his guests at the game the delegates to his inauguration, many of whom will be quartered at the Hilltop. He will hold a formal re- ception following the ceremony in Gaston Hall. The Mask and Bauble Club will present a special program of one-act | plays Friday at 8:30 p.m. in Gaston | Hall in honor of the new president | and invited guests. The last act of “L'Aiglon” will feature the program, which will include two comedies, | “Box and Cox” and “If Men Played | Cards as Women Do.” [ The same evening, at 8 o'clock in the Mayflower Hotel, the Law School @lumni smoker will be held under | auspices of the District of Columbia Club Justice Jesse C. Adkins of the | District Supreme Court is president. | The homecoming festivities will | begin with a_luncheon tomorrow at | the Racquet Club for members of the athletic departments of both George town and Maryland Universities. An other luncheon will be given Wednes- day at the Raleigh Hotel, when Jack Hagerty, coach of the Georgetown team, will be the guest speaker. The president and officials of the univer- sity will attend, this affair also being given by the District alumni of the | Law School. | Thursday evening will be the oc- | easion of the undergraduate rally at the Hilltop, featured by a bonfre and a parade. Visiting alumni are invited to join in the “pep” affair. Friday afternoon on the college field, the Georgetown-Maryland freshmen | will meet in their annual foot halll game. DIOGENES’ QUEST ENDS Diogenes could have thrown away his lantern if he had happened along C street at John Marshall place yester- day afternoon! Lloyd Wicks, colored messenger for Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue of the District Supreme Court, was in a park- ing lot when he found a brief case containing negotiable bonds valued at $4,500. He took them to police head- quarters and Prof. Francis C. Stetson | of the Georgetown University Law 8chool, who lost them Friday night, | gave Wicks a $50 reward for returning them. Requiem Mass for Alumnae. ‘The annual requiem high mass for deceased alumnae will be celebrated at 9 am. Friday at the chapel of Georgetown Visitation Convent. Rev. David Ross Druhan, S. J., will con- duct the services.. The junior college choir of the convent, under direction o Hester Smithey, will sing. Y his formal instaliation | 'History of Coinage in America, Replete won the barbering contest for women show last night Her subject was her but went through with it. h‘i)ollar, 7Tired of Old Styles, To Appear Soonin New Dress With Ups and Dou ; other Chapter | By the Associated Press. | After 157 years of rough travel, the dollar will soon march in new dress, adorned with seals, but still with the | familiar green back. ‘ It has had many ups and downs | | 1 since that Winter of 1792 when Con- gress set out to clean up the mess that had brought the Coniinental money to the level of a by-word | which, even a century and a half | later, lingers with a milder generation. ' The word dollar, itself, came from the old monetary unit, the thaler, | still used in quite a few sections of | the world. The thaler in turn was short for the Joachimsthaler, so called in the fifteenth century becausz it was a coin made of silver mined from the Valley of Joachim in Bohemia. | The silver peso of Spain, at about | the time the term dollar was hn\-ingi its origin, was called the pillar dollar because it had inscribed upon it the pillars of Hercules. It also was called a piece of eight because it was worth eight reals and not because the phrase sounded romantic for pirate fiction. Essentially Silver Coin. | Throughout its history the dollar has been essentially a silver coin, | despite that the gold dollar was once made the legal unit of value. So when the newly printed dollar bill goes out | to the markets frem the Treasury, it will be a siiver certificate. There are no gold certificates, of any denomina- tion, any mcre since President Roose- velt had them nailed up in the Treasury. Once upon a time there were gold coins as well as gold certificates. The coins were called double.eagles, eagles, half eagles and quarter eagles. Be. hind those tough beaks and wnde‘ wings was enough gold to buy 20 silver dollars, or 10, or 5, or 23, ac- cording to the size of the eagle. A s1 gold piece was coined for a | time between 1849 and 1890 but it | | was discontinued by law. By the time a lump of gold had been whittled down to 25.8 grains it could go through | a very small hole. | For a while, too, a silver coined in- | got containing 378 grains of pure sil- ver and worth $1 was circulated. It/ | was called a trade dollar and was de- | ;smnsd purely for exportation to the | Orient. It got into circulation at home,‘ | however, and its coinage was forbid- den in 1887. Now Used as Change. Throughout the early days of the Republic, in the absence of a banking system, coins were in great demand. | Travelers carried gold and silver wi!h‘ them instead of a check book. With | the growth of the banking system, | however, coins were relegated to their present status of small change except for sections of the West where the residents still like to jingle silver cart wheels. The creation of the dollar caused quite a bit of trouble. The United States monetary system had been| completely upset by the Revolution. | The Continental Congress, hard | pressed for money, had used whatever fell easiest at hand. And everything t laid hand to had become so de- preciated as to be almost valueless. Even after the passage of the mone- tary act in 1792, there was a 60-year period during which coins of other nations were accorded the legal ten- der privilege because of the scarcity of metal money in this country. Gold was given a ratio of 15-to-1 with silver. The sons of the Fathers of the Republic soon found that their dads had made a mistake in this re- | spect. Because gold had been under- valued as compared with silver, the gold coins left the country as fast as they were coined. And, because the silver dollar of 371%, grains was lighter than the Spanish dollar and was very much like that coin, brokers sent the American dollar to the West Indies where it was passed for the heavier Spanish coin. Mints Shut for 30 Years. Congress found that it was simply coining dollars for the benefit of the brokers. So for 30 years—f{rom 1806 to 1836—it closed down the mints rather than operate them as an adjunct to brokerage houses. In 1834 it set about readjust- ing the ratio between silver and gold and arrived at 16 to 1. It also reduced the weight of various coins to prevent their exportation. Numerous other changes beset the | dollar along its path to its present status. It was altered by various changes in the monetary policy. Six- teen to one was the first Bryan cam- paign battle cry. Eventually the Roosevelt administration program was launched. Some of the gold filling was extracted from the dollar in a revaluation. A new silver purchase policy was begun. The gold was locked up in the Treasury and silver became the great circulating coin; the silver certificate the dollar bill. q { Mrs. Florence A. Hoover, 702 Sligo avenue, Silver Spring, Md. who | nomic difficulties and possible rem- THE SUNDAY STAR,. WASHINGTON, Where a Slip Meant Disaster at the District Grocery Stores’ food husband, Eli L. Hoover. He trembled —Star Staff Photo. ons, Will Add An- on New Bills. Secretary Morgenthau calls the new silver certificate the “handsomest” one ever printed by this country. It will be of the same size as cur- renty now in circulation, but will | represent changes both in the method of printing signatures and in de- sign. It will employ for the first time | both sides of the great seal of the; United States. The signatures of Mor- | genthau and of the treasurer of the | United States, instead of being printed with the rest of the design, will be typographically overprinted later, from steel dies. Face Not Much Changed. The face of the new bill is similar | to the latest design now in circula- | tion with minor changes. | On the back of the note will be' printed the two sides of the great seal | of the United States. The reverse will be placed on the left center and | carries the Latin words “annuit coep- tis” (prosper our endeavors) and “novus ordo seclorum™” (a new order | of the ages). Below are the words, | “The great seal of the United States.” | The present size of paper money | was instituted in the regime of An-| drew W. Mellon as Secretary of the | Treasury several vears ago, but despite | the popularity of the new and more convenient size, $29,536.316 of the old | large sized ones are still outstand- ing. “BARBER” CONTEST OPENS 00D SHOW Mrs. Florence A. Hoover Wins Because She Nicked Husband the Least. Five men with nicked faces walked from the contest platform at the open- ing of the District Grocery Stores food show last night convinced bar- bering is no profession, for women. They were the subjects in a contest to determine the champion woman barber. Even Eli L. Hoover of 702 Sligo avenue, Silver Spring, on whose bewhiskered face the winner per- formed, swore he would never do it again. By applause of the audience, Hoo- ver's wife, Mrs. Florence A. Hoover, who weighs close to 200 pounds, was declared the winner. Some 1,500 persons visited the exhi- bition, held in the Calvert Exhibit Hall, opposite the Shoreham Hotel, despite the cold rain which fell throughout the evening. Five Couples Compete. The barbering contest began at 9:30 p.m, with five couples competing for the cash prize. The women were given their selection of straight or safety razors, and two of them selected the straight kind. Although time was not an element of the competition, cuts were many and styptic pencils frequently were used. Mrs. Hoover was adjudged the win- | ner because there were fewer nicks on the face of her husband than any of the other men. She had no previous | experience, she said. She is employed | as a bookkeeper in the Loans and | Currency Division of the Treasury Department. Her husband explained | that she is a good bookkeeper. The major prize of the evening, a | vacuum cleaner, went to Mrs. W. R. | Stevens, 112 Alleghany avenue, Ta- | koma Park, Md. | Due to the pressure of business | Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight | boxing champion, who was to have made a personal appearance, was un- | able to be present. 70 Booths Open. Some 70 decorated booths on the | floor of the hall had on display a | | wide display of food and householdi articles. Instructive and interesting discourses and demonstrations held the attention of the visitors through- out the evening. BONUS FIRST BILL AWAITING SESSION Farm Mortgage, 30-Hour Week and Other Trouble- Makers on List. By the Associated Press. A half dozen trouble makers that were locked up in committee rooms when Congress left for home are wait- ing to spring upon the members again when the great doors of the House and Senate open in January. ‘When a Congress adjourns in odd- numbered years, the legislation it leaves behind remains in a state of suspended animation until it comes back. In even numbered years the bills die a quick death when the gavel falls at adjournment, and have to start in anew. Pirst to see the light of congressional day will be the bonus. An early vote on that measure was promised by leaders of both Houses before Con- gress quit. And, close behind, standing just where Congress left them in the Sum- mer, are bills to refinance farm mort- | gages, set a 30-hour week for industry, pay ocean mail subsidies, set N. R. A. | standards for Government contract | holders, require lobbyists to register, | tighten food and drug regulations, | provide for flood control, strengthen | copyrights and regulate speculative | | futures trading. Fresh Deficiency Measure. Already, too, indications have been given that a fresh deficiency bill -will be put before Congress right after it meets, so that the social security pro- gram and other emergency expenses may be taken care of. The funds for those were lost in the filibuster by the late Senator Long, Democrat, Louisi- | ana, at the end of last session. | A petition already has been signed which will force quick consideration of the Patman bill to pay the soldiers bonus. In addition, both Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, and Speaker Eyrns said before they left that an early vote would be ! had on the bonus. President Roose- | velt already has vetoed such proposals twice. The Frazier-Lemke bill to refinance farm mortgages through a $3,000,000.- 000 new-money issue already needs only half a dozen signers to a petition | to force a vote in the House despite administration opposition. *+ The 30-hour week in industry legis- D. C.. NOVEMBER 17, 1935—PART OXE. Pays Off With Paintings Dick Crist. young Pittsburgh artist, who three months ago financed a trip to Mexico by promising to bring back paintings for investors, is large oils and more than 70 water colors. He is shown above with two of the “dividend” paintings. shows a barefoot Indian mother and child. Crist holds in his hand a water color of a typical market scene, ready to pay off with 7 FIRNS SUIT IS SET AGAINST MITCHELL Curtiss-Wright Case on Alexandria Court Docket for December. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 16, —The much-delayed suit of the Cur tiss-Wright Corp. against Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, former head of the Army Air Corps, for $200,000 damages for alleged libel, and two other dam- age suits, for $25,000 each, are sched- uled on the next docket of the United States District Court here, which con- venes December 2. A total of 21 cases are on the docket. In a fourth suit, the Washington Fuel Ojl Engine Co. against the Na- tional Bank of Fairfax, the company asks judgment against the bank in the sum of $11400 on the grounds that the bank allegedly permitted George B. Robey, Fairfax attorney, to indorse and deposit to his personal account 18 company checks in that amount, without authority and consent of the company. Slander Charged. Gen. Mitchell is charged with hav- ing made slanderous remarks about the Curtiss-Wright Corp. in a speech | entitled “Profiteering in Prepared- | ness,” delivered on March 3, 1934, in | New York before a public luncheon of the Foreign Policy Association, Inc., in briefs filed by attorneys for the corporation. * Briefs of defense attor- neys state that the former Air Corps | head's remarks were not specific and | included the entire field of aviation. The suit of Mrs. Myrtle Burke of Arlington County against the Postal A large oil —Wide World Photo. by March 31, 1936, when the President must modify or cancel existing con- tracts, is booked as one of the first tasks. The Senate-approved Walsh, Demo- crat, of Massachusetts measure would impose the equivalent of old N. R. A. requirements upon persons and firms dealing with the Government. That is, any one bidding on Government work or supplies would have to observe maximum-wage, minimum-hour, child labor and other regulations. The legislation was left tied up in | the House Judiciary Committee, where | amending the copyright laws was | objection arose that it was too broad. ' left last session in the House Patents | Sophia M. Fair of Quebec, Canada, Food was distributed at 8 and 9 | lation, approved in times past by one | It applies to subcontractors and bor- o'clock and larger gifts were pre- | | sented at the end of the contest. | The first matinee will be held to- | morrow, beginning at 2 pm. Half an hour later food will be given away, and again at 3:30 p.m. visitors will | be asked to help themselves. Baby contests will be held every afternoon at 4 o'clock. Cash prizes | will be given each winner, to be se- lected by applause of the crowd. An automobile will be given away at the close of the contest Saturday night. Bulgarian Minister Quits. SOFIA, Bulgaria, November 16 (). —Marko Riaskoff resigned today as minister of finance on account of ill- ness. The post will be filled tempo- rarily by Stoitcho Mochanoff, minis- ter of commerce. THREE MESSAGES OPEN TRADE PROBE| Roosevelt, Hull and Roper Send Letters to Joint C. of C. Carnegie Committee. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November from President Roosevelt, Secretary of | State Cordell Hull and Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper were read | today at the opening session of the | mixed committee representing the In- ternational Chamber of Commerce | and the Carnegie Foundation to Study International Commercial Re- | lations and International Finances. ' The messages from the Unite! States officials expressed keen intcr-; est in the work of the committee and | hopes that their efforts would meet with success. | The two organizations recently de- | cided to collaborate in an attempt to | find the source of international eco-‘ 16.—Messages | SR edies. BUSINESS MEN WANT HOUSING CLARIFIED Asking prompt clarification of the Government's housing program, 15| trade assoclations which participated | in the Building Materials ' Industry | Conference have united in sending a | letter to President Roosevelt emphasiz- | ing difficulties to business men as a result of present confusion. | ‘The excessive number and conflict- ing and competitive character of the Government agencies having to do ! with housing, the letter states, is oper- ating in industry to dam up the flow of funds and materials which are needed to overcome the present hous- | ing shortage. | Mrs. Roosevelt And Envoy Owen Avoid Gift Rush Solve Yule Shopping Problem by Buying Months Ahead. By the Associated Press. ‘Two women who do their Christ- mas shopping early, Mrs. Franklin-D. Roosevelt and -Minister Ruth Bryan Owen, sat side by side on a White House divan yesterday with serene smiles at Yule thoughts. Separately they have arrived at the same system of picking up appealing gifts as they meet them throughout the year. Mrs. Roosevelt said she had her Christmas shopping almost all done. Mrs. Owen described the “Christmas ship” on which she will sail Decem- ber 8, arriving at her Copenhagen post December 19 or 20, and said she already had composed a poem for her Christmas card. She went to Copenhagen on the Christmas boat last year, too, and her poem told how it felt to come sailing in on a boat with a Christmas tree 1t the masthead and a Christmas band | playing on the whast. All Stores Open Evenings body or the other, is pointed to by some as likely to be pushed by labor. Senator Black, Democrat, Alabama, also a coauthor already has served notice that he will press it. ‘The House-approved measure to put ocean mail carriers on an outright subsidy basis in lieu of the present system of paying the companies the equivalent in high rates for carrying the mail ran into a stonewall in the Senate last session. Its provisions were called too liberal. Construction Subsidies. | | salaries rowers from the Government and some contended it would reach virtually as far as the invalidated N. R. A. Another Senate measure loaded with potential fireworks was left snarled in the House Judiciary Committee. It 1s the Black bill to require detailed reg- istration by all lobbyists. The Amer- ican Bar Association called the legis- lation so broad it would put a cloud upon all lawyers with legitimate prac- tice that carried them before Con- gress. 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