Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
Capital Sidelights


cisively defeated Senator John K
t-Shields, one OF the great triumvtrate
Of Democratic irreconc!lables to the
Versailles treaty. was born on indie
pendence day, 1861. and has given the
Nation the best of his military ability
and leadership since his early youth
He Is a West Point Military Acad
envy graduate. past professor Of
military science and tactics, a voiun
and World Wars and WAS awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal FOL
exceptionally meritorious and distin
guished service. Also. he gave hit
only son to his country. The youth
while lieutenant in the Naval All
Service was killed in an airplane dur
ing the World War.
Senator Tyson, after graduation
from West Point at the age Of %, was
assigned to the 9Th United States In
fantry. He served for IL years IL
Wyoming, Kansas, Arizona, New
York. New Mexico and Tennessee. He
was professor Of military science and
tactics at the University OF Tennessee
at the same time he was taking his
law course
Then he resigned his United States
Army commission to practice his pro
fession, but three years later, on the
outbreak Of the Spanish War, volun
teered and was appointed by Presi
dent Mckinley colonel Of the 9Th
United States Volunteer Infantry
which he recruited, trained and took
to Porto Rico for service.
He always maintained an interest
in the National Guard Of Tennessee
and was brigadier general and inspec
tor general under four governors.
Gen. Tyson volunteered again at the
outbreak of the World War and was
commissioned brigadier general in
command OF all the National Guard
troops Of Tennessee. He was later
commissioned by President Wilson as
brigadier general and assigned to the
59th Brigade, 30th Division, which
Infantry Regiments and the Hath Ma
chine Gun Battalion. This was made
up chiefly Of men of Tennessee anc
North and South Carolina. Gen. Ty
son trained these troops at Camr
i Sewer. Greenville, S. c. He embarke &c
for France May 10. 1918, in command
of the 30th Division His engage
ments comprised Canal sector. Bel
GUM. July l to August 80, 1918
Ypres-I.ys offensive. Belgium, August
30 to September ., 1918: Somme offen
sive. France. September S to October
20, 1913. lie lost in his own brigade
or 5000 men over 300 in killed ant
wounded. He and his brigade were
mustered out in April. 1919
Twelve years ago Gen. Tyson came
within five votes in the State Legisla
ture of being sent to the United States
; senate. He then received 81 votes
with 81 necessary for choice He hac
, previously been Speaker Of the Hous,
in the State Legislature.
Representative r. Walton Moore
next door neighbor to Washington
Congressman from Fairfax. Va, i.
proud of the report Just made to the
United States Commission Of Educa
ton that nearly two-thirds of the
entire teaching force In the public
schools of Virginia devoted from {
to IL weeks during the recent Sum.
mer vacation TO professional study.
Several native Washingtonians are
coming into The new Congress. in
Guiding Lindsay c. Warren from
North Carolina. born here Deem
Der is. 1889. and William r. Coyle
, from the thirtieth Pennsylvania dis
trict. born here July 10, 1878. The
! latter was educated in the public
/ schools of the District of Columbia
He attended Western High School ir
1895 and Central High in 1896 and
the following two years was at the
old Columbian. now George Wash
inGton. University. He also served
, as field assistant in the United States
} Geological Survey. He was a second
lieutenant and then first lieutenan,
In the United States Marine Corps In
: 1900, later captain in the Pennsyl.
! vania National Guard. and during
the World War was first captain and
, then major In the United States
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When Congressman next invad.
: Clark Griffith's Stadium for theil
annual base ball games, the mar.
ried mems team will have a new ant
{ formidable player in Thomas s. Nc
5 MILAN OF Charleston. s. c., who JUS
= before the World War was a mem
t Der of the Charleston professional
= base ball club Of the South Atlantic
, League. He led the league In hittinl
and stolen bases. He won a com
: petitive scholarship to the Universit,
of South Carolina and was Speaker
5 in the South Carolina Legislature
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: DR.. William T. Fitzgerald. wht
, succeeds the popular Representative,
. John Gable from the fourth Ohio dis
| trict, saw service in the great rail
! road strike of 1876 as a member O
, the Ohio National Guard. He will
take particular interest in our Dis
trict schools. as he has for man,
years served on the board of teach
= ers. examiners and as clerk of tn,
Board of Education in his home city
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, Another NIayfower descendant
t come to Congress is Charles Aubre,
t Eaten of North Plainfield. n. j., ant
> he is keeping the stock and tradi
> lions alive with a family of six chill
> dren. He has won distinction as ;
preacher and editor, both sociological
\ and Industrial. He has been pasto
of churches in Natick. Mass; Cleve
land, Ohio; Toronto and New Yorl
City. He was once editor of Leslie
| Weekly and of other newspapers
: magazines and trade journals. HI
was head of the national service sec
ton, United States Shipping Board
a Emergency Fleet Corporation, 70
, more than two years.
How many remember Represents
r tive Crumpacker. who served from tn
] tenth Indiana district from the Fifty
D fifth to the Sixty-second Congress
1 Well, his son. Maurice E. Crum
A packer, who was educated in tn
n Washington schools while his fathe
D was in Congress and who later al
tended Culver Military Academy, I'm
e versity Of Michigan and Harvard, 1
i coming to Congress from the thir
s Oregon district. He was in the mil
( tary service of the United States Gov
= eminent during the World War 70
q 16 months, and was discharged wit
q the rank of captain. During tina
q time he organized and developed as
war measure the Loyal Legion of Los
gers and Lumbermen in 900 loggin