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nav YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, March 10 The
cutton market opened steady today.
with prices to 5 points higher.
March opened ct &1o.3S May,
1880; July, 1873.
Prices showed small gains ia the
second hour due TO covering ia
March, the expiration Of trading III
this month and scattered demand
including trade and Liverpool buy
ing.
Spot, Southern houses, local and
New Orleans were early sellers.
An uneasy tendency developed 10.
ward noon with prices as follows:
March, 1880, down 5: May, 1914.
down 2; July, 1910, down I: Oc-
tuber, 1873.
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Lake cargo Case Up Again

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today permitted the Public Serv.
ice Commission OF Pennsylvania, the
attorney general OF Ohio, the .Tri-
state Coal Stripping Association.
fine public Board OF Commerce of
Butler. Pa, and the Butler Mercer
Coal Operators Association to In
tervene in the so-called lake cargo
coal case which the commission
recently decided to reopen.
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Liverpool Cotton

LIVERPOOL, March 1O.-Limited
demand for spots, Prices steady
Sales, 1000 bales.
Mid, fair, was $11.4S; strictly
good mid, $1O.98; good mid, $10.68;
strictly mid, $10.48; mid, $3.50:
strictly low mid, 1928; low mid,
$S.43; strictly good ord, 1888; good
ord, $6.88.
Futures opened quiet: March,
$9.45; May, $9.39; July, 1891, and
October, 5000.
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WOMAN FAsTs I YEARS;
DOESN'T LOOK HUNGRY

MADRID. March To- An extra.
ordinary story of woman Tasting
Tor seven years comes from san
tander. where 4 Is reported that
Emilia Ruiz. = 27syear-oId woman
Of the town. has never had any
food pass her lips since her TWEEN
tiefh birthday.
70 look at, she is said to show
no evidence Of the fact and the
case - certified By her parents.
neighbcrs and the local authorities
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MO FARMERS BUY MORE
RADIOS THAN TRACTORS

sT. I,og5Is, NO. March 10. More
farmers II Missouri have radio sets
than tractors on their farms, &C.
cordlng To figures just made public
BY the United States Department 81
Commences.
OF the go .481 Farmers "a the
State only e ,o91 own tractors, but
1852 ere euuipped with radio re.
cefving outfits, according 10 the dHg
parfrnentss figures This % an I'll.
crease Of $50 iii the number q
tractors aud sgog ii the number
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GIRL QUITS RUM, FACs
oATns. ALL FOR BEAU

NEW YORK, March 10 No
friends 1T dinner ii midtown club
discussed the romancs % uukuaI
Acquaintance
Alice Is pretty fond q him.
ism she9 said one
She's head over heels III love
with him, rejoined the other. she's
quit drinking, she's quit smoking.
shes quit swearing.
And Ne wnsn't joking when he
said 1t.
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FIVE ARE KILLED BY
EXPLOSION or BOIL Err

CAPE CHARLES. Va. March 10
one white man, Thomas Campbell.
and four negro employees Of saw
mill are dead today, three seriously
injured and several others suffer
ing from shock as the result Of q
boiler explosion at Melfa, In q re-
mote section Of Accomac county.
! Cold water turned into the boiler
just about time for the shutting
down OF the sawmill is said to have
caused the blast, A large section
OF the boiler was found 1900 yards
from the sawmill. Campbell was q
school bus driver and had stopped
at the mill to visit q friend. The
explosion was so severe that II
broke windows in houses a mile
away.
Pennsylvania is increasing its
production of honey. now worth
nearly $500, 900 q year.
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ON Stocks

tFurnished ~ ". d HLbbs 4 CO.
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Clearing House Statement

NEW YORK, March Clear
ing house statement: Exchanges,
1868 900. 900. balances, SOS 900 900;
federal reserve banks credit bal
ance, $84, 900 900.
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Foreign Bonds
New York Coffee

NEW YORK. March 1O.--The
coffee market was from points
lower to 10 points higher az the
opening today. March, $17.40; May,
4i7.45; September, 1865.
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MISS MITCHELL TO
WED TONIGHT

The wedding Of Miss Margaret
Schuyler Mitchell, daughter Of WI.
liam Hamilton Mitchell. and Robert
Lllsk Wilson, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
II. IL. Wilson, viii take place at s
o'clock this evening III the Foundry
Methodist Episcopal Church with
the Rev. Or. Frederick Brown Har-
lis B fsciating.
Following the ceremony at the
church there will be q reception ut
the home Of the brides father at
1888 Fifteenth st
Among the out-of- town guests
here for the wedding are Mrs.
Fraser Livingston MacTntyre. Of
Thomasville. Ga; Mr. and Mrs
Frank Lusk Wilson, Miss Margaret
Wilson, Charles Wilson, Louis VII
son, and John Wilson, all Of Ciarks-
burg. w. va; Thomas Cole Mitchell
and Mrs. Clyde MizeIl. Of Jack
sonviIle, Fla. and Mrs. q w. S1o-
walter. OF Clarksburg. w. Va.
The Tech Club or George Wash.
ington University will hold II dane
ing party in the garden house Of
the eGrace Dodge Hotel tomorrow
evening. About so couples are ex.
pected to attend.
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WAR HEAD TO
FETE ARMY
CHIEFS
Dinner Dance Tonight at
Home of Secretary
of War

The Secretary Of War and Mrs.
Dwight Davis viii entertain . conn
pany OF so at dinner this evening In
their home at 1920 Twentieth st.
The guests win be the ranking Of
ficers of the Army and their wives.
the Assistant Secretary OF War and
Mrs. Hanford MacNider, and Repre-
sentative John NJ. NORM, chairman
OF the House Military Affairs Com.
mittee, and Mrs. NORM.
The dinner mill be served at small
tables in the ball room. which wiz
later be removed for dancing begin.
ming at 10 o'clock. For the dance
Additional guests, numbering 30.
win come In. In this group there
will be the younger officers and
their wiyes-representatives from
each branch of the Army.
The Secretary and Mrs. Davis
viii be hosts at dinner on Tuesday
evening. February %. in honor Of
the British Ambassador aI:d Lady
Isabella Howard.
Nine. Mataudaira, wife of the
Japanese Ambassador, will not re-
ceiye tomorrow afternoon.
x
IN NEW YORK FOR
BANKERS CONFERENCE
The minister of the Irish Free
State, DR.. Timothy Smiddy, is in
New York to attend the banquet
of the Trust Company Division Of
the American Bankers Association
at the Waldorf Astoria this eve-
ming. He will return to his apart
lnent at Wardman Park Hotel the
end Of the week.
=
The Secretary OF the Navy. Mr..
Wilbur, viii leave town tomorrow
for New York, and will return to
Washington Sunday.
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PORTRAIT COLLECTION AUGMENTED SEETA OF War TO Army
PATRIO ISM TO
BE THEME OF
DISCUSSION
Many Dignitaries Among
Patrons and Patronesses
for Club Fete

Many dignitaries are among the
patrons and patrone1ses sponsoring
IAN Evening Dedicated to Patriot
ism TO Be held under the auspices
81 the Department OF American
CITIZENSHIP Of the District cf CO:
Iunll5Ia Federation OF Women's
clubs, in Continental Hall on the
evening Of Thursday February "a
The list inclues the Vice Pres.
ident and Mrs Dawes, the Minister
of Guatemala and Mime. Sanchez
L.atoue. Justice and Mrs Harlan
FisIxe Stone. Justice and Mrs. Louis
b. Brandeis Secretary Of State and
Mrs Frank 81 Kellogg. Secretary OF
war and Mrs. Dwight III. Davis.
Postmaster General and Mrs. Harry
IS. New. Secretary OF the Navy and
Afrs. Curtis ID Wilbur the Secre-
fary 81 the Interior. DR. Hubert
Work: Secretary OF Agriculture and
Afrs. william M Jardine. Secretary
OF Labor and Mrs. James j Davis
Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses,
senator and Mrs. William =. Har
ris Senator and Mrs. James w.
Wadswort1l, jr., Senator and Mrs.
Arthur Capper, Senator and Mrs.
Walter q. Edge. Senator and Mrs
Royal S. Copeland senator and
Mrs. Coleman III BIease, Senator
and Mrs. Charles III McNary. Stl.-
ator and Mrs. John w. HarreId.
senator and Mrs. George Wharton
Continued on Page III
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BOx HOLDERS NAMED
IN g. w. u. BENEFIT

A partial list OF box holders FOL
tie Evening 81, Music at Mount
1ernon. Z to be given on February
22 for the benefit Of the George
Washington University Hospital has
been announced BY Mrs. Charles G..
Glover. jr.. and includes: Mrs. DeIos
Blodgett Miss Alice j I. Ciapp, Mrs.
Whitman Cross, Mrs. Gilbert Gloss
yenOr. Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs.
John b. Larner, DR.. and Mrs. Will.
Am Matlier Lewis. Mrs. A. LisnCi,
afr. and Mrs. Frank b. Noyes. Mrs.
Edwin b Parker, DIR. and Mrs.
Charles w Richardson. hrs Charles
Fl. Tompkins. Mrs. Henry White.
AIRS. Thomas s. Wiles. ana Mrs.
t:harles BouRhtOn WoOds.
REPRESENTATIVES of three interest
ing branches of the Washington
family viii be among guests of
George Washington University in
honoring the birthday Of their great
kinsn1an.
arrangements is Mrs. John AZ TIL.
ianla. daughter Of DIR. David Jayne
Hill, former Ambassador to Ger
many. who has always been stu
cent and interested in university
work. Before her marriage she was
one OF the instructors at Ogortz
school. and she still devotes much
i.me to educational matters and
Mrs. David Du Bose Gaillard,
whose colonial posters have been
used to advertise several OF the
recent costume fetes for patriotic
purposes, has designed charming
posters, partly painted and partly
built Of brocade and velvet, to an
nounce the appearance of CarIneia
PonselIe, OF the Metropolitan Opera,
in this Evening OF Music at Mt.
Vernon" An exhibition Of Mrs.
Gaillard's posters and others con-
tributed by Washington artists Will
be held in Mrs. Minnigerode 4u-
drews studio on tomorrow afternoon
before being placed downtown.
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Mrs. Amy Percy win come to
Washington today land viii be the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Arm
stead Davis, for the remainder of
the winter. Mrs. Percy arrived
yesterday from France.
Mrs. Frank Mebans. OF North
Caroline. is visiting Mrs. Lindsay
Morehead.
Former Senator Atlee Pomerene
Of Ohio, entertained informally at
dinner last night at the Willard.
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WHITE HOUSE
BOASTS NEW
PORTRAIT
Mrs. Lincoln's Picture
Hangs in Mansion
for First Time
By JEAN ELIOT

HHO THE interesting and his
torically valuable collection OF
~ portraits In the White House
has recently been added a portrait
of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln-the first
to hang In the Executive Mansion
of which she was mistress in the
tragic days of the Civil War.
The portrait, made from photo
graphs taken when Mrs. Lincoln
was in the White House and show
ing her in the picturesque costume
of the day with a little wreath in
her hair, was painted by a relative
of the Lincoln family at the In
stance Of President Lincoln's son,
Robert Todd Lincoln. Through
him it was presented to the White
House and it now hangs in the oval
apartment below the Blue Room,
from which the cloak rooms open
and which is used as an assembly
for guests at White House dinners
OR. for those who hold the coveted
speciai cards admitting them
through the south door of the
White House when receptions are
given.
Mr.. Lincoln was present when
the portrait was hung. as were
few other guests. Robert Todd
Lincoln has had a rather more dis
tinguished career than is expected
of the sons OF great men. Being
now in frail health, he lives very
Quietly at his charming home IN
Georgetown-one Of those delightful
oid-world houses which give George
town its characteristic flavor and
which has been remodeled for COM
fort without any loss Of its Colonial
charm. Mr.. Lincoln also has q
big place in New Hampshire, where
he has been in the habit OF spend
ing several months each year.
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RETIRING NAVAL
ATTACHE HOST

The retiring naval attache Of the
r. nar,eae embassy, Capt. KiyOshi
Hasegawa.. was host last night &C 2
farewell dinner at the Willard. en-
pertaining for Secretary OF the Navy
Wilbur. and high ranking Officers OF
the Navy stationed in Washington,
The company included Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Major John ~.
I,eieune, Rear Admiral Hilary r.
Jones. Rear Admiral Theodore Schu-
rnacher. Rear Admiral Andrew Long,
Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage. Rear
Admiral BENJAMIN F.. Hutchinson.
Rear Admiral Montgomery M. Tay-
Tor. Rear Admiral Sumner T.. w.
Kittelle, Rear Admiral Thomas =.
Sem Rear Admiral John D. Beuret.
Rear Admiral Charles Morris, Rear
Admiral Luther e. Gregory, Rear
Admiral Claude Il. Bloch. Capt. Wal
ter Crossley, Capt. Adolphus An
drews, Capt. william w. Galbraith,
Lieut.. Corndr. David Mac. lie Bre.
ton. Lieut.. Comdr. T. s. King, Lieut..
Comdr, Ellis NJ. Zacharias, colin-
selor of the Japanese embassy,
Satsuzo Sawada; the new naval at.
tache Of the embassy, Captain Va.
mamoto: the military attache OF
the embassy, Capt. Nobura Morita;
the assistant naval attache Of the
embassy, Lieut.. Chilxoa Yamamoto;
the assistant military attache Of the
embassy. Lieut. Kyto Hamanaka.
and the first secretary nc the em-
bassy, Korne KIwashima.
Captain Hutchinson VIII start on
Tuesday for Japan.
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Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sanders
were the guests in whose honor
Senator and Mrs. Sergio Osmena
entertained a company Of twenty
three at dinner last evening in the
jefferson room at sthe Mayflower.
Senator Osmena is the president
pro tenn and special representative
of the Philippine Legislature to
the United States.
The West Virginia Society held
its seventh annual dinner at the
Cairo Hotel on Tuesday evening.
Representative Carl G.. Bachmann,
chairman of the dinner arrange
rnents, was postmaster. The recep-
ton committee included: Mrs. A.
Eugene Barr, chairman; Mrs. John
w. DeGrange, Mrs. Eugene Hollis.
Mrs. EIonzo Morgan, Miss Flora
Shinn, Miss Estelle Sloan and Mrs.
c. o. Weaving.
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R EED-STOPY
WEDDING
PLANS
Miss Story to Have a
Charming Group Of
Attendants

. Miss Carolyn Sherman story,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John
Patten Story, will be married on
April rs TO Edward l.. Reed, OF the
Foreign Service. Mr.. Reed, whose
home Ii at Car-Alan, wayne, Pa,
is the son of the late Alan III.
Reed and the late Mrs. s. Hafnill
Horne. DR.. S. HamilI Horne, OF
Philadelphia. step-father OF the
bridegroom. will be best man, and
Mr. Reeds brother.in-Iaw. Henry
Molthan, Of Wayne, will be among
the ushers.
Miss Stcry, who is one Of the
prettiest girls in Washington, has
chosen an especially charming
group OF attendants. Her younger
sister, Miss JacqueIine Story, viii
be her maid OF honor and the
bridesmaids will be the Hon. Mrs.
John Francis Amherst Cecil, Mrs.
Richard Porter Davidson, Miss
Alice Emo, Or New York Miss
elizabeth Hit and Miles. Julictta
and Raquel Pueyrredon, daughters
az the Argentine Ambassador.
Mr.. Reed, who has been on dVEy
Al the state Department. expects 20
"a to Germany for station and ne
and his bride will make their nome
In Berlin.
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DINNERS ARE
OF SPECIAL
INTEREST
Many Parties on Calendar
Tonight; Diplomats
Feted

The Spanish Ambassador and
Nine. Rianc viii be guests of honor
tonight OF the Minister Of tlle
Netherlands and Mime. de Graaff.
M. and Mnfe. de Graeff will be
joined early next week BY their
daughter, Mile. Constance de Graeff,
who will arrive Sunday on the Wo-
lendam from Europe. The minister
viii go to New York to meet her.
The British Ambassador and Lady
Isabella Howard will be the honor
guests at. dinner this evening of the
Assistant Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Leland Harrison. who will
entertain company of eighteen in
their home at IT'S Nineteenth
Street. Among the guests will be
the Duchess Of Norfolk, who is
visiting the Ambassadors and Lady
Isabella.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison win enter
tain informally at dinner one eve.
ming next week in compliment to.
the retiring Minister OF Rumaria
and Princess BibescO.
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their home at Ills Nineteenth
Street. Among the guests will be
the Duchess Of Norfolk, who is
yisiting the Ambassador and Lady
Isabella.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison WIN enter.
tain informally at dinner one eve.
ming next week In compliment to.
the retiring Minister OF RumaYlia
and Princess BibescO
JAPANESE ENVOY 10
BE GUEST OF CHINESE 9
The Japanese Ambassador and
Nine. Matsudaira will be the guests
of honor at dinner this evening OF
the Chinese Minister and Nine. SEE,
who will entertain company Of
twenty.
The Minister and Nine. SEE will
be hosts at dinner on Thursday eve
ming, February rs, in constituent to
the Belgian Ambassador and Bar.
oness de Cartier. And on FRIDAY
evening, March II. they Will eater.
tain at dinner In honor OF the Sec
rotary of State and Mrs kellogg.
Nine. SEE Is receiving tomorrow
afternoon for the last time this
season. Assisting her will be Mime.
Peter, wife Of the Swiss minister;
Nine. de Graeff, wife OF the minis.
ter Of the Netherlands; Mrs. Robert
Lansing and Mrs. Dion Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truxtun BeaIe viii
entertain at. dinner this evening In
their home at % jackson Pl
Mrs Godfrey Lowell Cabot was
hostess at luncheon today in her
home on r Street.
81
Mr.. and Mrs. Randall Hagner
have Cancelled the dime. planned
for this evening because of Ire Ill
ness Of Mrs. Hagner.
49,
vIRGINIANS TO GIVE
COLONIAL. BALL
The Society OF Virginia will hold
is second annual colonial costume
ball and reception in the grand ball
room Of the New Willard tomoI row
evening at $50 o'clock.
The various committees for the
ball are: Reception, Walter T.. Hut
ION. chairman: Mrs. Alexander For.a
ward. Mrs. Samuel B. Milton, Mrs.
2. Il. Lynham and Miss Myrtle
ketckam. Costumes. Miss Belle
Perkins, chairman; Mrs. w. declare
u. Berry and Mrs. r. III. Bagbv.
Publicity. Miss r. Virginia Burke.
Mrs. Alvin Dodd has been called
to Boston and consequently has
cancelled the tea she was to have
given today in honor of the dee
gates 70 the national vocation snld-
ance conference.
\ 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. bennett, who
will entertein Sunday at the sixth
Of the series of Sunday Evening
Dinner Concerts being given at The
Mayflower, will have fourteen in
their party. J. e. S. Kinsella, the
basso who will be presented at the
next concert, was formerly mem
Der of the Panama Opera Company
and also of the Panama operate
Quartette.
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MRS. DERRY CLOSES
VISIT TO LONGWORTHS

Mrs. Richard Derby, who was the
guest Of the Speaker and Mrs.
Nicholas Eongworth over the week.
end, has left town for Philadelphia
and after q day there viii return
20 her home In New York. Mrs.
Derby, who was Miss Ethel RooEe-
velt, is Mrs. Longworth's sister.
Mrs. 1ongworth Is confined TO ner
room by an attack of grippe.
Longworth passed their twentieth
wedding anniversary. the occasion
being marked by demonstration in
MATHIS CLUB PLANS
RENEFTT BRIDGE
Mrs. Joseph p. Cullen. president
OF the Mathis Club OF washington,
has announced April ID as the date
Of the clubs annual dance and card
party at Rauscher's.
Committees appointed for this are:
Entertainment: Mrs. Joseph B. Stan
ley; patrons and patronesses, Mrs.
George NJ. Mattingly and Mrs.
George Mullen; furnishings, Mrs.
S1honaaa r. Finpin and Mrs. John
Morris: tickets, Mrs. Thomas Petty
Edwin Hinkel and Mrs. Hileary Of
futt; prizes, Mrs. Margaret Doran
and Mrs. Charles ]. Cassidy, and
decorations, Mrs. John Roddy, Mrs.
s. D. Bronson and Mrs. e. j. Lees.
ST =
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Schlesinger
have arrived in town from New
York, They will entertain at dinner
on Sunday evening for the retiring
Minister of Rumania and Princess
Bibesco.
Mrs. Schlesiger's son.in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Drew Pear
son, are her guests at is Dupont
Circle for the present. They are
contemplating making Washington
their headquarters in future and
are looking about for a suitable
house here.
+ =
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Reynolds Hit.
who have been going to Newport
for several summers, have leased
for next season Miss Elizabeth
Bottoms cottage on Gibbs Avenue.
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OFF FOR CRUISE
10 WEST INDIES

Mrs. David II Blair. wife OF the
Commissioners of Internal Revenue.
left for New York today. She win
sail on the s. S. Calamares on
Saturday for cruise to the West
Indies and Panama. accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. j. w. Cannon and
her brother-in-law. and sister, Mr..
and Mrs Charles Cannon Of Com
cord, North Carolina. She win re-
join Mr.. Blair in their Wardman
Park apartment about the middle
OF March.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Burling.
will move early in March into their
new house, $3.50 Rock Greek Drive,
which Ii enc or the loveliest resi-
dences in that charming wooded
section between Massachusetts,
Avenue and the Cathedral.
Pleasants Pennington, of New
York, the young architect who de-
signed this house as weB as the
houses recently erected by Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller, and
Mr.: and Mrs. Frederic A. Delano in
S Street, has been In town Of late
TO review his handiwork.
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d. A. II. CHAPTER
PLANS BENEFIT

The Army and Navy Chapter OF
the Daughters Of the American
Revolution win give a benefit at
both matinee and evening perform
ances of Enter Madam" at Ward.
man Park Theater on Saturday.
Ruth Harrison, who plays the
title role, is a member Of this
chapter and the daughter of Col.
Ralph Harrison, Adjutant General
Department, now stationed at Fort
Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex.
Mrs. Richard D: La Garde, is
chairman for the benefit. Mrs. Eli
A. HeImick is regent Of the Army
and Navy Chapter.
sF y
Mr.. and Mrs Rolfe e. Boiling
have had as their guest in their
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel
the past week the latter's sister,
Mrs. John C. Booker, of Roanoke.
Va.
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Mme. Mataudaira, wife Of the
Japanese Ambassador, will not re-
ceiye tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1926-05-11

contenders. On the final ballot Par
ker received 658 votes, against IVA
recorded for Hearst.
Backed Gold Standard.
Then, as the delegates were pre-
barring to adjourn, occurred one OF
the most startling events that ever
rocked q national convention. Ing
mediately upon receiving word that
he had been selected to lead the
party, Parker dispatched his famous
gold standard telegram to st.
Louis, in which he declared That the
gold standard of money values was
"firnly and irrevocably established,
therefore, he would request the dele
gates to look elsewhere FOR IL nom
NEE if they did not agree with TINS
view.
The convention was dumfounded.
The silent" candidate had spoken,
and in words that could not be mis-
construed. 4 few of the leaders re-
tanned enough presence of mind TO
frame a hasty reply setting forth
that the platform committee had not
seen tit to concern itself with a cur
rency plank, hence there was nothing
In the candidates views which pre-
cluded his acceptance OF the noml-
nation.
Parker's telegram was later de
scribed as the greatest voluntary
political self-sacrifice ever made by
an American statesman. When the
lines were penned no one knew bet
tel. than their author that they would
receive only mild support from the
disaffected division of the party.
whereas they would hopelessly
ALLEVIATE the radical element, including
many powerful leaders. Yet he
would not go before the people on a
Evening star., 1926-05-11
platform which contained measures

platform which contained measures
contrary to his belief.
Alton Brooks Parker was born at
Cortland, n. V. May IA, 1852 the
son of John Brooks and Harriet +.
(Stratton) Parker. His education was
obtained in the Cortland Academy,
the State Normal School at Cortland,
and the Albany Law School. from
which he was graduated in 1872 with
the degree Of LII. u.
While working as u country school
teacher young Parker attended court
one day to hear Il case III which his
father was juror. a lawyer of the
silver-tongue variety, summing UP for
the defense, made a plea that So i'm
pressed the eager listener by it's elo-
quence that he determined upon a
legal career.
He was appointed to filF q vacancy
on the State Supreme Court bench in
1885, and in 1897 was elected chief
judge Of the Court of Appeals. Since
the campaign of 1904 he has been en-
gagged in the practice of law in New
York as senior member of the firm