Evening star., 1924-04-06
POLITICAL FEUD HELD
BASIS or INQUIRIES
M. o. Leighton Hits Effects of
Probes at Dinner to Arthur
Powell Davis.
SEES SOCIAL BREAKDOWN
Retiring U. S. Official Lauds New
Appointee.

The nation at present is passing
Through one of the recurring periods
of asperity, calumny and defamation
which have marked social progress
down through the ages, NJ. o. Leigh
ton, prominent civil engineer, declar-
ed, referring to the several investiga-
tions now in progress in Congress, at
testimonial dinner TO Arthur Powell
Davis, former head of the reclama-
tion service, at the Racquet Club last
night.
Mr. Davis is leaving Washington to
become chief engineer of the East
bay municipal utilities district of San
Francisco bay. The dinner was given
under the joint auspices of the Wash
ington section of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers and the
Washington Society of Engineers.
The Investigators in Congress were
described by Mr.. leighton as not
seeking men, but regulations. He re-
ferred to the various phases of the
Daugherty investigation as Gus
tard pie debate" THE two great po-
litical parties have marched out to do
battle and are taking prisoners of
war" Mr.. Leighton decla red, compar-
ing the present political situation to
the ancient religious rites of the Az
tees, who sacrificed prisoners to their
gods.
Sees Social Breakdown.
The Investigations now going on,
Mr.. Leighton added. assist in break
ing down the physical and mental as
poets of our social structure, adding
h4lf hA Nf s1CyN.a F~IyIr nv nd
defamation those that are bowling
the loudeSt are convinced of their
own rectitude."
Secretary of Commerce Hoover re-
viewed the splendid" engineering at
tainments of Mr.. Davis, declaring
that by his works and achievements
he had given stature to the engineer
ing profession. Mr.. Davis is an en-
Eineer in character well as in
achievements" Mr. Hoover said, add
ing that Mr.. Davis gave thirty of the
best years OF his life to one of the
greatest services in the government,
with will be his monument.
Mr.. Davis, thanking the more than
l5O engineers gathered TO do him
honor, paid a tribute TO the new COM
missioner of reclamation. Elwood z.
Mead, whose appointment was an
nounced Friday by Secretary of the
Interior Work. Other speakers in
clbded James r. Garfield, former Sec
rotary of the Interior; A. n. Johnson,
president of the Washington section
of the American Society of Civil En-
glneers, Carl +. Grunsky, president of
the American Society of Civil Engi-
neers, and n. c. Grover, president of
the Washington Society of Engineers.
A complete list of the guests pres
ent at the dinner follows:
Alva d. Adams, Clarence f. Alder
man, c. b. Asher, c. Dwight Avery,
H. A. Axtell, +. r. Bailey, A. l.. Bald
win: +. c; Bebb, r. w. Berry. J. Row
Bishop. Charles A. BisseiI, j. L.
Blackburn, Homer Booth, w. p. Bor-
land, NJ. F. Boyd. C. NJ. Campbell,
Thomas +. Campbell, w. ]. Carr,
David S. CARL, G. NJ. Chandler, Will
liam w. Chance, James NJ. Clark,
Robert Coltman. John S. Conway. A.
E. Cook. w. L, Cook, Percy Crawford,
William Crozier, r. H. Dalgleish, ].
w. Dare, W. p. Darwin, Frank A
Danforth, A. P. Davis, c. c. Dawson,
W F. Dennis, w. Z. Denton. d. r.
Dougherty, F. B. Downing, W. A. T..
Doying, Fred Drew. r. f. Eastman,
r. l.. Faris. Z. c. Fisher. r. e. Flynn.
w J. Foster. Louis q. Freeman. Bur
ton l.. French. owen =. French, Fielder
Furlow, lanes r. Garfield, +. F. Gill
len, NJ. J. Gleissner.
+. NJ. Goodwin. John Blake Gordon,
=. l. A. Gorlinski, Roy w. Gray. y.
q. Grover, Q. L. Grover, Gilbert Gros-
Nenor. G. E. Grunsky. O. HameIe.
James Hartness, +. c. Hilder. w. IL.
Heron, g. V. Hodgson, A. NJ. Hol-
combe. Herbert Hoover A. r. Horton,
W. G. Hoyt, c, B. Hunt, John
L. Hyde, H. J. Jackson, Carl f. jean
sen, A Y. Johnson, B. E. Jones, P. C.
Jones, William Kelly, C. T. Kings
bury, E. p. Knollman, B. P. Lamber-
ton, William Latimer, NJ. o. Leighton,
NJ w. Lewis, Thomas w. Marshall,
s. II. NcCrory. William H. McRey-
noids, Thomas H. Macdonald, o. q.
Magruder Elwood Mead. Charles F.
Miller, Guy +. Mitchell, H NJ. Mitchell,
II. G. Morris, Hersey Munroe, c. L.
Nelson, +. II. Newell, e. L. Nicolson,
A. G. Oliphant, r. A. Painter, r. p
Parrott. W. Il. Patrick. jr.; Paul f.
Peck. T. z. Pendleton. Charles a.
Peters, jr.; Asa Z. Phillips, w. b.
Putnam.
John I. Quinn, Leo Raywid, w. NJ.
Reed, Peter Remsen, M. S. Rich, G
A. Kicker, S. d. Rockenbach, Irving
Sa1rm, E. C. Sherman, +. B. Scheetz,
II. ". Schreiber, Glenn S. Smith. R H
H. Spidel, H B. Stabler, Herman
Stabler, Charles F.. Starr, G.. B. Strick-
Ter, w. A Swallow, F. J. Trumpour,
j, w. Turrentine, James II. Van
Wagenen, Willis G. Waldo. A. M
Walker, L. w. wallace, w. M. Wal
lace, Ralph w. Wardwell, Daniel c.
WaISer, F. r. Weller, Edwin +.
Wendt, Herbert A. Whitney, ]. A.
Widtsoe, H. l. Wilkin, Paul Wooton
and c. X. Yingsing.