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Evening star., 1925-03-22

at the intersection of Seventeenth
and / streets, withstood the relent-
less march of business over the sec
ton that not so many years ago was
accepted as the exclusive quarter
of the Federal City. One by one Its
historic neighbors have passed on.
Then. finally, came the great, white
home of the United States Chamber
~ Commerce and other structures
into the neighborhood. That was
tho final blow. The flood of business
that had been temporarily damned
nm the other side of Sixteenth street
burst it's weakening walls to follow
in the wake of the boom the cham
hers huge structure was attracting
up that way.
No longer of value as a home, even
to the most ardent lover of the older
order of things, the corner upon
which the wallach home rested imme-
diately became prize for the pro-
moter of an office or professional
building Finally, it was sold, and
now the wreckers are well into their
work of demolition. Already its great
chambers are opened up to the view
of any one who might turn his head
in passing.
DITT if the SCARED walls of those
ID spacious rooms could talk they
might well tell thrilling stories OF bril-
liant receptions, gay salons or sober de-
hates over matters of state, and care
fuIlv 'worded discussions between men
of international fame that had been car
ried on within the protection of their
precincts They could tell of the birth or
the american League of Nations,
which every day is becoming a more i'm
portant factor in the destiny of the New
World.
Richard Wallach built the mansion
The time it's foundations were laid is
matter of question, but certainly, all
agree, more than half century ago.
For many things Richard Wallach
will be remembered by Washington. A
prominent lawyer, he was appointed
marshal of the Federal City in 1S49 by
President Zachary Taylor. and served
until 1858, two months after Pierce
became President.
A year after The Evening Star was
established by Joseph B. Tate, w. d.
Wallach, a brother of Richard Wallach,
purchased it and remained it's editor un-
til he sold 1t to Crosby S. Noyes in 1867.
Richard Wallach played prominent
part in the early politics Of Washington,
and was twice mayor of the city in the
days when the people of this District
chose their own leaders,
1t was while Mr.. Wallach and his
family were away in Europe that the
then Secretary of State, James G..
Blaine, summoned the nations Of the
New World into conference here in 1889.
The invitation was formally authorized
by an act of Congress the year before,
and the occasion was probably the
greatest international meeting that had
Vet been held on this continents
Evening star., 1925-03-22

the Rambler recalled to you several
men who grew flowers for your
sweethearts. You remember the
bouquets, and when you were young
and gay bouquet" was pronounced
"bow-kay,' in which hundred-leaf
roses, sweetwilliams, pinks and
tuberoses were punched tight and set
in funnel-Shaped cardboard holder
whose upper edge was perforated like
Hamburg edging. Before your hair
fell out and when you slicked it with
pomade, and before your waistIne
got out of control, and when YOU
wore a mustache and carried a ma
lacca cane, you used to buy these bow
kays. You had them passed over the
footlights to Mary Anderson. Lillian
Russell, Maud Granger, Alice OaeS,
Caroline Ritchings. and in later times
to Della Fox, Jeannie Winston, Louise
Searle, Mary Beebe and others you
remember, but whose names do not
instantly come to me. Do Won ever
Evening star., 1925-03-22
THE HISTORIC wALLACH MANSION, At SEVENTEENTH AND
STREETS NORTHWEST WHICH is BEING RAZED TO MAKE
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OFFICE BUILDING.

3. Establishment of regular and fire.
quent communication between the
American states.
4. Establishment of a uniform sys-
tenn of customs regulations.
5. Adoption of a uniform system of
weights and measures, and laws to
protect patents, copyrights and trade
marks.
6. Adoption of common silver
coin.
Z. Agreement upon the recon-
mendatiG for adoption to their gov
ernments of a definite plan of arbitra-
ton.
s. Consideration of other matters
relating to the welfare of the several
countries which may be presented at
the conference.
The conference held its first ses-
sion on October 2, 1889, and remained
in session until April 10, 1890. In
it was born the International Union
of the American Republics, since re-
named the Pan-American Union. That
was the outstanding achievement OF
the meeting. Nineteen recommends
tions were adopted, as follows:
1. The adoption of the metrical
decimal system of weights and meas
ures
2. The construction of the Inter
continental Railway.
8. The negotiation of partial re-
ciprocity treaties between the govern
ments which might be interested in
making them. with view to the
promotion of the common welfare of
all.
4. The granting of subsidies and
other assistance to steamship lines,
so as to improve and facilitate inter
American communication on the At
lantic side.
5. The same in regard to COM
munication on the Pacific side.
6. The same in regard to communi-
cation on the Gulf of Mexico and the
fCaribbean Sea.
! T.. The adoption of common no.
menclature, or list of equivalent
names, in English, Spanish, d Portu-
guese and French, alphabetically ar
ranged, of all articles of merchandise
on which import duties are levied in
the American countries.
8. The adoption of certain rules
tending to secure uniformity of in
voices, manifests and other CONNER
cial documents and to facilitate the
transaction of business, and make it
uniform in the customhouses OF
America
g. The creation of an association,
under the title of the international
Union of the American Republics" to
be represented in Washington by the
international Bureau of the American
Republics, for the prompt collection
and distribution of commercial in
formation. s~
10. The consolidation of all port
dues into a single one. to be called
tonnage sue, to be levied and col
llected according 'to-csGtain uniform
Evening star., 1925-03-22
THE WILLIAM THOMAS PIERCE HOUSE

mention these things to your wife
and daughters? Certainly not. You
keep the rosy memories in a secret
niche of the mind and rant about the
willful and disSolute fellows of today.
You remember the adorable girls
in long dresses and long hair you
used to take to hops at the Washing
ton Light Infantry Armory, the Ma
tional Rifles Armory and to dances
at Marini's, Sheldon'S, Minnie
Hawkes., Vermilya's. Flora Dyer's and
Caruana's? Yes, yes. But you sit in
your rocking chair and moan as sadly
as though you We're full of Grape:
Them times is past or Il caWn't
darnce the new darnces, you know;
they are disgracefui''-and other ad-
jectives.
Bosh and tut, tut. You can do the new
dances with 20 minutes instruction from
your granddaughter. The new waltz is
less athletic and exertive than the DID,
and the trot has the polka beaten from
here to the Navy Yard Bridge. Whether
you dance them gracefully or disgrace
| fully is up to you and the floor manager.
Really, John, Jim, Dick and Bill, 1
Evening star., 1925-03-22

" OMETiMES the Rambler will
walk long way without meet
ing an old hous. 20 his taste.
~ Many new houses are willing
to pose for their pictures, but
house must be old and somewhat
out of repair to be eligible to this
gallery of fame. often the owner
of a house built about 1920 stops the
Rambler in the road and says: This
is one of the most historic houses
in the country. II was Lees head
quarters at the battle of Gettysburg,
Grants headquarters at the battle of
Spotsylvania, George Washington
slept in the room over the garage,
citizens of the county gave a recep-
tion to Lafayette in the sitting room
and Magma Charta was signed by
King John in the parlor."
Making pictures of new houses is
the work of the staff photogra pher
and the real estate editor, and the
Rambler will not violate office eth
les by butting into another depart
ment. Ethics is a formidable thing
Newspaper ethics may not be so
astringent as medical ethics. but
ethics is ethics-ethics are ethics
have it your own way.
The Rambler spent q vacation at
a great sanatorium where ethics,
physicians and lovely nurses abound.
He lived in splendid room in
ward which, for the convenience of
patients. was on the same floor with
the morgue. One day he met DIR.
Smith IN the corridor and said. doc,
which way to the post office?" and
from force of habit and ethics the
doctor answered, We'll, really, now.
YOU must confer with the physician
assigned to your case"
This immense hoSpital-sanatorium
had one of the most comprehensive
bath departments on record. There
were hundred baths that the man
VINO takes one in a washtub in the
kitchen on Saturday night never
heard of. In those marble halls
were millionaires, Senators, Governors,
State bosses, bishops and generals,
but, having as good and influential
a disease as any of them, the Ram
Sler was received on terms of equal
atty. In fact, having a disease they
had never heard of, one with a longer
name than usual and the Rambler,
having been in more hospitals than
Shey' he put 1t over the judges and
bishops. One or two of the impor-
tant men wore sheets, but most of us
were not so formal. The point to be
made is that in the bath department
OF a big sanatorium distinguished
men are disappointment. To meet
them in the lounge, billiard room and
chapel was an inspiration To see
them with 36-inch chests and 60-inch
waists was too sad to write.
x x x
A FEW days ago the Rambler heard
judge, dressed in digniffed and
dismal robes, and hedged by dull
books, deliver an opinion. 1t was
sonorous and incomprehehsible. There
Evening star., 1925-03-22
Harbord Came to High Post
After Service in the Ranks

me over in command. 1 want you
to go as chief of staff
Funny how events move. After
living in the same tent at Hunts
Vile, in 1898, Pershing and Har-
bord hadn't seen each other again
until 1906, when they travelled to
Japan aboard the same steamship.
they met in the Philippines. where
Pershing had an opportunity to see
Harbord, as assistant chief of con-
stabulary, display marked ability as
an organizer and administrator.
The impression then made on him
was not forgotten. In the crisis of
1917, with an immense task of or
ganization ahead of him. he naturally
turned to the man he knew he could
trust.
On May IS the commander and his
chief of staff, now lieutenant col
onel, sailed for France
Everybody knows how Harbord
playing a part second only to Perish
ings during and after the war came
home a major general. And every
body knows how, because of his rec
ord abroad, he was chosen by the
Radio Corporation of America to be
its president upon his retirement, on
application, from the Army. But
everybody does not know how one
little thing complicated his appoint
ment as Gen. Pershing's chief of staff
and for awhile threatened 10 keep
him from the great role awaiting
him.
A T the close of their converse ion
n on that memorable May IA Gen.
Pershing asked Maj. Harbord:
Can you speak French
NO" replied the major
Are you quite sure?"
Yes"
You could learn, couldn't you?"
''Well''-jokingly- learned to
speak English and some Spanish"
The commander-in-chie thought a
bit.
This may make some difference" :"
he said. The chief of staff ought
to speak French"
He paused, then added:
However. I'll take you over in
some capacity anyway. I'll talk with
you later"
History will record that Gen. Har-
bord went to France as chief of staff,
innocent of French, and continued
through the war without acquiring
more than = smattaTing OF - Whel
he saw Gen. P1rshing after their
first conversation the chief of the
expeditionary forces seems to have
concluded that Harbord, speaking
only English, would make a better
man for the job than any of his
French speaking officers.
There is a story told that the major
himself made d statement to this
effect to the general. If he did, no
bit of egotism could have entered
into his claim, as any one who ever
has known the man viii testify. Ger
tainly Gen. Pershing knew him well
enough to have accepted such a
declaration as a statement of fact and
not a boast.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1925-03-22


| NN Huntsville, Ala, in 1898,
| for temporary duty with
the 10th United States
| Cavalry, he lived for two weeks in
| the same tent with another first
| lieutenant, James G. Harbord.
| Nearly 19 years later, upon being
| chosen commander of the American
| expeditionary forces, which were to
| bring an end to the World War,
Pershing selected his erstwhile fellow
| tent dweller as his chief of staff
Harbord, at the present time a
major general, retired. and president
| of the Radio Corporation of America,
will never forget May IA, 1917.
War had been declared against
Germany on April 6. The whole
Nation was on edge, watching the
steps the Government was taking
| toward participation in hostilities.
Harbord, then a major, was at the
War College in Washington studying
| and waiting to learn what his share
in the conflict would be.
On May IA Maj. Harbord was sum-
moned to the telephone at the War
! College. An aide to Gen. Pershing
was on the other end of the wire.
Gen. Pershing wishes you to come
| to him at the War Department" the
officer said.
| Harbord set out for the War De-
| partment at once. What was in his
| mind? Who can know? Probably
| only Suppositions, and vague ones
| at that, for he hadn't the slightest
suspicion of why Gen. Pershing had
sent for him. Only remotely did he
conjecture that he might be on the
| way to something important. Mod
esty is craven deep in the man.
After all, those who serve in our
armies ordinarily can anticipate little
| in the way of a career. And this
little becomes less in the case of a
| man like Harbord, who was not a
West Pointer, but had come up from
| the ranks.
! Harbord, an enlisted man in 1889,
| was only a major in 1917 after rs
years of service The seniority rule
| was the stumbling block in the way
| of faster promotion.
Thus, in 1891. when he had been
| given his first commission as a second
| lieutenant. he could only look for
| ward to an ultimate majority in case
| 80 officers younger than he in years,
| but older in rank, died or left the
| service.
THE Spanish American War of 1898
caused the addition of five regi-
| ments to the Cavalry arm of the
| Army, presenting him with the possi-
| bility of some day being d lieutenant
| colonel Then the Army reorganiza-
! tion under the Wilson administration,
| further enlarging the personnel,
| brought hopes of a colonelcy. But
| the immediate result of the reorgan-
| ization was only a commission as
major. The Harbord who proceeded
| to the War Department on Gen.
Pershing's request carried with him
the recollection of IA years just prior
| to the promotion which he had spent
as a captain And. mixed with this.
was the consciousness that he was
| now 81 years of age
| He was shown into Gen. Pershing's
| office and
"Harbord." said the general. I'm
going TO Franco ,Thay'ra sending
Evening star., 1925-03-22

passing, hOneS so lntlHlaleiy
Unidentified with the history, not only
of the National Capital itself but of
America as we'll, is falling beneath
the materialistic hand Of modern
progress.
Before Springs glory has leaped
forth at the call of Maytime, the
famous old Wallach mansion, long the
brilliant residence of one of Wash
ingtons most distinguished citizens,
and by a stroke OF fortune the birth
place of the Pan American Union, will
be but a memory, another interesting
chapter in the annals of the Columbia
Historical Society.
In it's place there is TO rise soon
another larger and more pretentious
structure, to house part of the quick
ening tide of business and official life
that is flowing into the Federal city
with the rapidity of q food. On it's
front, amid the debris of the proc
esses of demolition, there hangs a
huge sign by virtue of which the con-
tractors inform passers-by-th that the
site is to be occupied by "a modern
office building"
For long years the Wallach man.
sion, standing sedate and autocratic
Evening star., 1925-03-22
Radio Ticking.

THE ticking of watch which was
broadcast by radio from Havana,
Cuba, was distinctly heard at the
home of Clayton B. Straw at west
Hopkinton. y. IL - 90
Evening star., 1925-03-22

NE more of those stately old
mansions that once glittered
in the heart of the Wash
ington which is rapidly
paSSing homes so intimately
Evening star., 1925-03-22
BY PRESTON WRIGHT.

w Y HEN John J. Pershing. then
N a first lieutenant, went to
AN Huntsville, Ala, in 1898,
for temporary duty with
NJ mt
Evening star., 1925-03-22

WE will get back to what this
w ramble is about We were talk
ing last Sunday about old florists and
Evening star., 1925-03-22
Rambler, in Haunts of Old Florists.
Visits the Pierce Home, Bowen Road
Men
Advertising EaryI of Star

" OMETiMES the Rambler will
walk long way without meet
ing an old hous. 20 his taste.
~ Many new houses are willing
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26
Ticks and Flashes Which BuIle-
tin in Condensed Style the
News of the World.
TIMELY HISTORY PARAGRAPHS
Events at Washington Which Loom
Large as Crucial Happenings.
Industrial Activities at
Home and Abroad.
WASHINGTON

President Coolidge intends to press
legislation to bring about c~onsolida-
ton of the railroads Of the country as
one of the major issues before Con-
gress at the next session.
With the adjournment Of the Sem
ate. several recess appointments in
the diplomatic field remain to be
filed by President Coolidge, the most
important Of these being that OF Min
lister to China to all the vacancy Gre
ated by the elevation Of DR.. Schur-
man to the embassy in Berlin.
Secretary Hoover has authorized
radio amateurs to use waves less than
one meter in length In addition to
their previous assignment.
President Coolidge had his picture
taken with Charles w. Bryan, the
d smocratic Vice Presidential candi-
date in last years campaign, and his
brother William j.
A tentative value OF 50.284,39r raj
fixed by the interstate Commerce
Commission upon the property OF the
wisconsin Central Railroad as Of June
30. 1917.
Treasury officials are speeding prep
a~rations for an immediate analysis.
on the basis OF the returns Of the re-
suits of the new revenue Law with It's
reduced tax rates.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26
FOREIGN

Premier Mussolini of Italy soon
will undergo another operation for
ulcers Of the stomach, according to
tn Petit Paris.en's correspondent.
William Walter Bradfield, manager
of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Company, is dead in London. He was
an assistant to William Marconi in
the early days Of commercial radio.
Advices received here say that re-
ports of the total destruction Of Tru-
jiilo, Peru, by foods we're exagger.
ated. Though not completely de-
stroyed, many houses were wrecked
In the foundations and the town suf-
fered other serious damage.
Sharp earth tremors we're felt along
the northernNc coast OF the Isle Of Jer-
sey and on other Channel islands re-
Gently.
A large share Of the pictures In the
seventh exhibition Of the Revolution.
airy Fine Arts Society In Moscow are
devoted to Lenin.
Unnamed Italians, described as oc-
cupying high stations. are charged
with being Instigators and accom-
plices in the sinking OF the battleship
Leonardo da vinci in laramie harbor
in the night Of August 2. 1916. result
ing in the loss Of twenty'stx officers
and $50 sailors
The Free City OF Danzig, which is
battling against the attempt Of Polish
authorities to encroach upon the In
dependence granted 1t under the Yer
sailles Treaty, is enormously called a
free city. It IL In reality a free state.
Its area Is 754 square miles.
DR.. Raoul Diaz Muro, secretary OF
the Audencia Court OF Havana Prov.
ince, has formed an organization to
raise by public subscription funds 10
erect a monment in Washington as
an expression Of Cuba's gratitude to
the United States for the ratification
OF the Hay-Quesada Treaty. giving
Cuba the Isle OF Pines.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26
SPORTING

Uncle Robbie Is dickering to trade
for a Philly pitcher. Ee refuses to
say what Brooklyn players would fig
ure in such a trade.
Paavo Nurmi, said to be the great
est runner Of all time, has been or
fered $4,000 a week for twenty weeks
to appear with a prominent Wild
West show.
Abe Goldstein, former bantam
weight champion. 1T pounds, gave
Tommy Milton, 116A pounds. quite a
lathering in a t~welve-round bout at
the Rink Sporting Club. Brooklyn.
George L. (Tex) Richard, boxing
promoter, was declared guilty in
Trenton OF violating the interstate
commerce laws by transporting films
Of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight out
OF New Jersey.
Edouard Mascart Of France. feather.
weight champion of Europe, who Is
seeking a match with Louis ("Kid")
Kaplan for the worlds featherweight
title now held by the Meriden Comm
boxer, has arrived on the liner
France.
The French Tennis Federation at a
special meeting will examine into the
British proposal to eliminate tennis
from future Olympic games. 1t was
indicated among tennis officials that
France fayors the retention of tennis
as an Olympic sport.
Four worlds records were shattered
and Paavo Nurmi, greatest runner Of
all times, was beaten in the Knights
of Columbus meet in Madison Square
Garden, New York.
Mickey Walker. worlds welter-
eight boxing champion. has agreed
to meet Willie Harmon, New York
welterweight, May rs, In a twelve
round no-decision bout for the worlds
title at Dreamland Park. Newark, N.
j. 1t was announced by Babe" Gull
len, matchmaker for the New Jersey
arena.
Lew Tender, Philadelphia weller
weight. tonight won the referees de-
cision over Nate Goldman. also OF
this city. at the conclusion OF a ten
round bout.
Jack Hendricks, manager of the Gin
cinnati Club OF the National League,
believes that he has the greatest
pitching stan in his circuit and that
the Reds will finish in third place or
higher.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26

A score Of persons were injured.
four seriously. when the Atlantic
Coast Line Tampa Special" was de-
rallied ear Deland, Fla
Mrs. Alfred e. Saith, wife Of the
Governor OF the State of New York,
Is confined to her hotel room In
Rome. Italy, by illness. Although her
condition is said not to be serious,
she was unable TO receive visitors.
DR.. John Logan, Of Gainesville, Ga,
who was wounded in an attack by ban
dts in Southern Epirus. Greece. on
March 10, has died
voronon experiments have been
started at the Geological Gardens in
Rome. DR.. Giacomo. Of Naples. and
other experts are grating glands on
sheep.
An unprecedented event is planned
in Rome for April II. when In the
Hall Of the Queen" in the Chamber
Of Deputies a great reception win be
given by the chamber to representa-
tives of the forty countries p~articiDat-
ing in the international conference on
commerce.
Government doctors to the Indians
are paid less than street cleaners, ac-
cording to DR.. Haven Emerson, pro
fessor OF public health. Columbia Uni
versity.
BY a vote of IA to the Delaware
Senate passed Senator Aliens bin
making It unlawful for any pedestrian
or driver OF a vehicle to cross any
railroad without first coming to a com
plete stop. Tn, bin does not relieve
railroad companies Of any response
bility now imposed.