Evening star., 1924-03-30
SPONSORED KIRBY'S
SELECTION, HE SAYS
Representative W. S. Greene Clears
Air of Mystery" at Banquet
Held Last Night.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs HOSTS
More Than 100 Attend Testimonial
Dinner.

The mystery surrounding the selec-
tion of Maj. Wallace W. Kirby, u. S.
A. to head the bureau of engraving
and printing was cleared for the first
time when Representative w. S.
Greene of Ma assachusetts, in an ad-
dress at a testimonial dinner to Mai
Kirby at the La F'ayette Hotel last
night said il was he who picked him
and brought about his appointment.
Representative Greene said that it
was during a talk with Maj. Kirby
several months ago that the latter,
while discussing affairs at the bureau,
convinced Representative Greene that
he was the man to tackle the big
problem of reorganizing the bureau
and restoring harmony and efficiency
there. Maj. Kirby told Representa-
tive Greene that he would be willing
to try out his ideas at the bureau if
ne could be granted a leave of alb
sence from the Engineer Corps, of
which he is an officer.
More Than 100 Attended.
More than 100 men attended the
banquet last night to pay tribute to
Maj. Kirby. The affair was given un-
der the auspices of Rathbone-Supe-
rior Lodge, No. 90. Knights of Py-
thias, of the District of Columbia.
Besides members of this and other
local Pythian lodges, there were
gathered about the banquet table
number of Maj. Kirby's immediate as
sociates at the bureau and several
from the Engineer Corps. Among the
latter was Maj. Gen. Lansing II.
Beach, chief of engineers, U. s. A,
who in a speech told of Maj. Kirby's
valuable work for the Army in France
during the world war.
In a brief speech acknowledging
his appreciation of this tribute Maj.
Kirby said, that he has by no means
succeeded in reorganizing the bureau
but that he felt a good start in the
right direction had been made and
that he was happy to say harmony
is being restored and that he hoped
to make good of permitted to con-
tinue as the head if this big insti
tuition.
Edgar C. Sayder Presided.
Edgar c. Snyder. United States
marshal of the District and a mem
Der of Rathbone-Superior Lodge for
many years. presided as toastmaster
Others who spoke were Representa-
tive NJ. o. Mclaughlin of Nebraska,
John J. Deviny, superintendent of
work at the bureau: William Tyler
Page. clerk of the United States
House of Representatives. and Arthur
r.. Gorham, grand chancellor, COM
mander Knights of Pythias of the
District of Columbia.
Those who contributed to the en-
tertainment during the evening were
Harry Angelica, Fred East. Charles
7. Perry, Talbot o. PulizZi, George
III. Wilson and Ruskert's Orchestra.
Besides the speakers those present
Were: L. II. Ashworth. Joseph A. Ben
nett, A. G. Bishop, j. f. Borland, p. p.
Brown. E. l. Bromwell. Franklin But
Ter. L. Butler, r. II. Chappell. Shelby
Clarke. George T. Clayton, George c.
Cole. Carl Collier. j. Percy Daniel, H
Dawson, Alvin H. Day, Henderson B.
Douglas, George w. Dove, George M.
Duncan, Bertrand Emerson, jr., Rich
ard Emtenman, William Foley, A. B.
Foster, E. c. Fowler, D. a Fulton,
Lurton r. CHM, Charles A. Hall, III. S.
Hance, J. d. Harbaugh, Benjamin F.
Harris, clifford H. Harwood, f. W.
Heiss, J. c. Hooker, r. l. Humphries,
Joseph Jacobs. T. A. Jarvis. Z. F.