Evening star., 1927-03-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

| ton from the northWesterly sections
| of the country Already much of it's
natural beauty, especially adjacent to
Its northernmost eXtremities has been
marred by development" enterprises.
which have played havoc with land
scapes, hills and trees. The fight to
rescue Sixteenth street from the in
satiable maws of commercialism and
| the effort to hand it over to business
were both led by women-two of
Washington's grand old ladies-re-
spectively, Mrs. John B. Henderson
| ana Mrs. Eugene Hale. Each of them
is an octogenarian and both are wild
oWs OF United States Senators. Mrs.
Hendersons crowning ambition is to
rechristen Sixteenth street the ave
| nue. of the Presidents"
Maj. Oliver p. Newman, Washington
| newspaper man, was a Commissioners
or the District of Columbia during one
Of the Wilson administrations. The
other night the major had Just tuned
in his radio set when he heard Sidney
r. Taliaferro. the newest recruit to
the Board of Commissioners, embark
ing upon his maiden performance on
the air. Il shall be brief" began Mr..
Taliaferro. You sure WILL" ejacuIat-
ed Newman, "as far as I am con-
cerned, whereupon the major gave
| the dial a twist and tuned Taliaferro
out. Newman says he has boundless
respect for Taliaferro's talents as a
| Commissioner. but long ago became
fed up" with everything relating to
the disfranchised District.
|
| Anybody who wants to learn about
! Nicaragua and our trials and tribula-
tions there can now do so by taking
| the trouble to procure a Senate docu-
| ment just issued. It's entitled: mica
| ragua and the Bryan-Chamorro Canal
treaty. and consist of an address by
Col. George II. Weitzel of the District
of Columbia bar. Col. Weitzel was
American Minister to Nicaragua in
1911, 1912 and 1913 and conducted the
| negotiations which led up to the
treaty giving the United States canal
rights across that country. Few
Americans understand the present
complicated situation in Nicaragua
better than Weitzel. Several years be-
fore he was our envoy there he func-
toned as diplomatic adviser to Ad-
miral Kimball, who commanded the
first American eXpeditionary squadron
sent to the Diaz-Sacasa country, in
1909. Col Weitzel's speech, which was
ordered printed in the Congressional
Record at the request of Senator
Richard p. Ernst, Republican, of Ken
lucky, was delivered on February 5
before the Foreign Policy Association
at New York.
Princeton graduates have occupied
the office of President of the United
States for longer period of time
than the graduates of any other uni
versity, according to the Tiger alumni
weekly. James Madison and Woodrow
Wilson, were both Princetonians.
Each was reelected, making 16 years
| of service In the White House by sons
| of Old Nassau. John Adams, John
! Quincy Adams and Theodore Roose.
| velt bring Harvard to a close second,
with 10 years months and 20 days
of service. Yale, the other member
| of the Big Three, has had but one
President of the United States-Wil-
liam Howard Taft.
X X X *
I'm Honor of q Linotype" is the
first line Of a bronze tablet now af.
fixed to a wall of the Government
Printing Office. Beneath it follow
these words: THAT served it's country
on the battlefields of France. There.
upon a throbbing motor-truck, mid
shot and shell, this machine typed
Gen. Pershing's commands to Ameri-
cas- victorious Army.
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