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The Washington times., 1928-04-18

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Evening star., 1928-04-05
DEpEW. WIT AND POLITICIAN. DIES
OF PNEUMONIA IN GOTHAM HOME

time with Chief Justice William How
ard Taft. Both were members of the
Yale chapter of Psi UpSilon Fraternity
and of the famous Yale senior society OF
''SKUn ana bones" There are now onIy
two surviving members OF his Yale class
Virgil NJ Dow Of New Haven. VINO.
by a coincidence. is today celebrating
his ninety-fifth birthday. MIR. Dow Is
now blind and deaf. Mr.. Depew always
mace II a point TO call on Mr.. Dow at
his New Haven home when he went
back to Yale.
Ine other surviving member Is James
Rackleff. 81. OF Portland, Me.
from Yale % years after Depew. but
their intimate Yale associations made
them fast friends. On a number OF
occasions the Chief Justice and Depew
were speakers at alumni banquets and
there was Q merry battle OF wits between
them that convulsed the diners.
Mr.. Depew was wont to make ANUS
ing remarks about Justice Taft's girth
but the latter always countered with
chuckling story about his friend and
the audience decided that the event
was draw.
Class Numbered s..s
In telling OF his collegiate experiences.
MIR. Depew recalled that the university
was then in its primitive period. His
class numbered o7, which was regarded
as unusually large Athletics had not
yet appeared, although boat racing
came in during his course Among his
classmates were David j. Brewer and
Evening star., 1928-04-05

By the Associated rress.
NEW YORK, April s. -- A legion OF
epierams and stories Chauncey M. De-
pew told at banouets. gave in inter-
views and passed on to associates have
become almost parallels among has
friends,
Today they recalled many of them.
One OF his favorite admonitions was,
Have a hobby. but never a fad"
Keep faith, have hope and be char
liable 70 ALL" was another.
He often told the story OF his frst
client He had Just graduated from
Yale and opened law ONCE at PeeKS-
kill. n, y.
NV first client was = prosperous
farmer who wanted an opinion on a
rather complicated question I prepared
the case with great care. He asked me
wha, nv fee was and told him S..
He said "A dollar and seventy-five cents
is enough for young lawyer like you.
subsequently, he submitted the case %
one Of the most eminent lawyers m
New York, who came TO the same coll-
chlsiou and charged him $500. On ac-
count of this gentleman'S national rep
utation, the farmer thought that fee
was very reasonable In subsequent
wears nave received very large retain
ers. but none of them gave me so rlucH
satisfaction as that dollar and seventy
ave cents which had actually earned
after having been so long dependent on
my father"
Joining Vanderbilt.
He liked TO tell of his first connection
with Commodore Vandernit ana now
he decided to take UP rai.roaoins.
After some years of private practice
Commodore Vanderbilt sent for me and
offered the attorneyship for the New
York & Harlem Railroad" he said at
one time. Il had just been nominated
and confirmed United States Minister
10 Japan. The appointment was COM
ulete surprise to me. as / was not an
applicant for anv Federal position. The
salary was $500 and an outfit of
kQ. 600. The commodore's offer OF the
attorneyship for the Harlem Ralltoad.
which was his first venture in railroad
ing, was far less than the salary as
Minister. When / said this TO the
commodore he remarked: Railroads are
the career for young man: there Is
nothing in politics Don't be damned
fool That decided me and on the lSt
OF January. 1928, l rounded out o.
wears in the railway service of this
corporation and its allied firms.
Other favorite stories and expressions
Of Mr.. Depew's we're:
One of the great crimes which
shorten life is indifference. AS one loses
interest in his church. in his political
party. in his club. in the friends and
acQuaintances, he dries up and the
grave claims one whom no one wants
or laments. The two most fatal phrases
and the most common are What's the
use?' and Why should - A hungry
and needy world answers both with
open opportunities for service, helpful
ness and good fellowship.
Il believe nv age lis due to the fact
that have been on good terms with
humankind. / have made strenuous
Evening star., 1928-04-05
DEPEW,S FAMOUS DINNER TALES
RECALLED BY HIS FRIENDS

efforts to be calm. to be tranquil. All
nv life l have cultivated people be-
cause I liked them.
Il have absolute faith from repeated
trials of the efficacy Of prayer. While
the answer has not come by voice or
letter or through mediums. yet In some
way Il has been direct and positive.
But the greatest aid Is faith, faith
In your church, at the same time with
a broad charity for all who prefer other
creeds faith in your government when
its foundations and principles have
been demonstrated IKE ours. as the
best: faith In your fellow man and
woman"
II remember when II was generally
taught and almost universally believed
that the eating of fish increased ones
brain power. and the enormous increase
in skin troubles from overindulgence.
I recall with delight the story of a man
who wrote his diagnosis TO Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes and said: win you
please prescribe how much fish should
cat a day for the improvement OF my
mind9' The doctor answered. In your
case l think 1t will be sufficient IL
you tske for breakfast every morning
whale on toast -
Gives Diet Tip.
II have never experimented with
strange foods My health and longevity
are due. more than anything else, to the
fact that have been very careful what
GOT inside of me, have seen flow of
champagne suggestive OF Niaraga, but l
have never been submerged. One rule
/ have followed pick out OF each bill
of fare what would have eaten If /
had stayed at home. At very large
dinner / do not take the oysters.
merely touch the soup. / skip the fish.
skip all dishes upon which the chef
has exhausted his art. l eat The roast,
if il is lamb or a fowl and skip 1t II 1t
is beef If there is terrapin. take that
because 1t is very digeStible, and l take
the game. do not smoke and never
drink anything but champagne. and
very little of that. The next day every
thing with me. head and vitality. is a.
usual. There never was man yet whom
drink did not dull or deaden. Most OF
the great speakers have known never
touch anything at dinner. They have
told me that their mental processes
would not work until at least Ave hours
after a meal. never was troubled that
way
"A curious thing about public men
going 10 a dinner to deliver an address
is the way In which many OF them will
lose a national reputation. I have seen
halt a dozen of the finest regulations
in the country go to pieces at banquet
in New York. because the man spoke
too long and did not relieve his steech,
because he thought 1t beneath his dig
nifty to give a display Of humor. re-
member two dinners in New York.
where the principal speakers were men
of national reputation. and there were
six others to come after them, also OF
national reputation. When they closed
there were few present except the ON
GERS and the band. The other speakers
had fed"
Evening star., 1928-04-05
CITIZENS |NDORSE
GOLDEN RULE DRIVE
Northwest Suburban Asso-
citation Also Requests Paint
ing OF Safety Zones.

Endorsement was given to The Stars
Golden Rule campaign for safe driving
in resolutions unanimously adopted by
the Northwest Suburban Citizens Asso-
citation at a meeting In the Janney
School, Tenleytown. last night.
A. @. Seller. editor Of the Top-Notch,
a community newspaper, In presenting
the resolution said that The Star Is
at the head OF commcndable civic and
humanitarian effort which should re-
suit in less accidents on the streets OF
Washington and fewer MANNED or killed
pedestrians. especially children" Mr..
Seller urged every member TO sign ana
turn in the pledge cards.
Included in the resolution, which also
is directed to the Commissioners, is q
request for painting OF safety zones and
placing of turtles" at street car load
ing places the entire length Of Wiscon-
sin avenue from River road to Massa.
chusetts avenue. 1t was brought out
through communication from the
Office of the director Of traffic that the
safety zones would be established only
as far south as Porter street and 1t is
the desire of the association that a
uniform system be established.
Protest was voiced against the action
of officers of the Federation OF Citizens
Associations in the allotment OF
tentative boundaries OF the various
associations. 1t was shown that the
original boundaries Of this organization
as named in its constitution have been
encroached upon by several other asso-
Citations and In the new allotment the
boundaries OF other associations have
been acknowledged by the federation
without the knowledge of the North
west Suburban group. Overlapping OF
territories and effort result, 1t was said,
and the federation will be urged to
adopt a definite system OF allotment.
| The special library committee was
directed to seek the cooperation OF like
| committees in other associations OF the
| territory in an effort to aid In support
| ing the newly established branch of the
| Public Library in the old Tenleytown
| police station.
Roy c. Bowker, president of the asso-
citation, presided.
Evening star., 1928-04-05

Henry B. Brown, both OF whom became
members of the Supreme Court OF the
United States.
MFR. Depew was one of the speakers
at the graduation exercises. His topic
was The Hudson River and It's Tradi-
tions." Years afterward he wrote. THE
speech made a hit but. nevertheless. 1t
was the saddest and most regretful day
/ of my life when ! left Yale"
| Mr.. Depew was member OF many
| clubs and organizations and was active
/ in many of them. He was particularly
/ interested I'm the Pilgrims and was
often the principal speaker at the an
! nual banquetS In New York and
/ London.
He was active in the Masonic
| fraternity and held membership in
| Kane Lodge of this city. composed of
many men famed in the world of ex-
ploration. He was made a thirty-third
degree Mason many years ago. When
he was initiated into Mecca Temple,
the mother temple OF the Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine, ii was a great occasion
In shrinedom.
He was a member OF the Society Of
the Sons of the Cincinnati. Sons of the
American Revolution. the Union League.
Lotos Club. Colonial Wars Society, New
E%AIkAuIt0 k0OIAVtys IN0tEOidA AhEpubAL@h
Club and New York Yacht Club. He
was president OF the Yale Alumni Asso-
citation for many years.
He was an officer OF the Legion OF
Honor. His Washington clubs included
the Chevy Chase. Alibi and University.
Chauncey M. Depew always retained
deep love for his native town. Peek
skill, NJ Y, located on the Hudson
River. and the town reciprocated by
erecting o bronze monument to him a
number OF years ago. Mr.. Depew was
immensely pleased to be so honored.
and frequently referred TO 1t In his
after-dinner speeches.
At the luncheon of the Pilgrims So
ciety In New York In 1924 Elihu Root
introduced Depew by saying there Is
longevity contest under way between
the bronze statue In Peekskill and
Chauncey Depew."
Evening star., 1928-04-05

. ACK into service today 60 six of modern
that have been reconditoned in shops. We hope
that their dresses and their equipment they
will attractive and comfortable patrons
These have been equipped with the latest type of leather
seats individual riding with air of style about
them that appeals the and the imagination To reduce
the noises of operation the floors have been covered with
position material that helps deaden the sound of wheels and
gears.
AS outside color scheme combination of grays and green
chosen with thin red lines here and there give the whole
living touch of warmth Inside the paint work has been
changed bit to harmonic with the outside color scheme
These will be operated 18th Street line Look
for of them. Ride in it, and feel inclined let
know how you like it, inside and out.
Evening star., 1928-04-05
Anto Deaths i'm u. =.
In Five Years Reach
High Mark of $50. 900
BY THOMAS 4. KEEEE.

by THOMAS J. kEEFE.
Association.
Visualize, II ysH will, one fifth
~ Washington entire population
Suddenly killed by some great es-
tsstFophs, ADD 10 this sppTsEI.
nastsIy one half Of New York
Cify's population manned aud In
tuEeA. Consider these figures 0f
I3e,e0e dead snd 4,I25,e0a In
3nnea>--zli during the past hye
yeaTG-~aua you have . composite
picture Of those killed and
manned by automobiles. The TO-
tails represent approximately four
tinaA9 the tasAaI dead and inluTeA
iB the American fsTess dHrink OHF
~ months participation In the
World War.
A. you read this. more ~ less
secure that nothing viii happen
10 you today, rs otbsTs viii be
killed snd 2.z25 will be IN tufeA.
The bare. nnadsTnsa statistics
sheni6 be- sHfiieieni aud eoHsins.
Ing proof thai Washington mn
leFfsas owe u 10 ihsD fellow sitIs
Esns 10 tsiB heartily 10 The stars
FeDamsndsbis campaign 20 cur"
AatI this needless daughter.
Evening star., 1928-04-05

he had not lived to regret his vote, but
that to-day we know the defects Of
that statute, in that 1t provided only
for the conscription Of men,"
He added that 1t failed to provide
against profiteering and the accumu-
lation Of fortunes Through the needs
and necessities Of the citizens Of the
country"
Reviewing the history OF investiga-
tions that have followed all wars, john
son said that in 1919 1t appeared that
every time the special House investigat-
ing committee fixed any responsibility
upon any individual for wrongdoing a
bipartisan combination was Immediately
created to protect such an individual.
Burdens Not Balanced.
"All this occurred in April and May.
1922, prior to the Teapot Dome affair
and prior to many other governmental
frauds" he continued. ut occurred at
time when it was extremely unpopu-
Evening star., 1928-04-05

CONTINUED from FIRST psge1
~ faotordom. broadcast by The Star
last week when the golden car was
cruising shout the city stTeetS--to drive
aa they would have others drive More
pledge cards are beging received In each
mail
The feature picture. The Penalty, 4"
Illustrating the dangers 70 children In
Warrington streets. which has been
shown ~ the Fox TheatsT for the past
week. viii 50 Saturday on Q tour Of
the various neigfboFkoo1 houssf 10 that
everybody In Washington Will have an
opportunity % zee this striking visual
editorial
Today and tomorrow the film viii be
shown ~ ti1e For three times each day.
twscs In the afternoon and once in the
evening.
Evening star., 1928-04-05

lar to attack the head Of the Depart
Investigation and Secret Service"
One Of the tragedies Of the last war.
he said, was the fact that war burdens
were not equally distributed. In that
war, as Ia every other conflict, he said,
everything has been taken "from one
Individual even his life, while another
has been legally permitted to enjoy
all OF life's Injuries and to become i'm
nensely wealthy"
Evening star., 1928-04-05

From the London Express r--.
II at the end of the day you can
say that you have caused no unhappi-
ness TO any one you have met. that you
have lessened no ones belief in life or
mankind, that you have helped the
discouraged and added nothing to the
vanity Of the ostentatious, then YOU
have done a decent days work.
Evening star., 1928-04-05

motion on the floor today by Chairman
an effort, he said, to obtain action this
session on q measure proposing the con-
scription of capital, industry and labor
as we'll as men in time of war
At the close of speech in which he
argued that the bill will do more to
end war than all other legislation, for IL
will make men think. before they act,
the South Dakota member placed on
the Speakers table petition to have
the bill discharged from the House
military committee and called up for
consideration. The petition, to become
operative. requires the signatures of
218 members, or majority Of the 435
in the House
Evening star., 1928-04-05
SEEKS TO FORCE !
BILL ONTO FLOOR
Johnson Uses House ParIia.
mentary Rules to Speed
Anti-War Measure.

BY the Associated Press
The little-used parliamentary ma
chinery of the House by which a bill
Is forced from a committee was set in
Evening star., 1928-04-05
Voted for Draft A

Johnson. who IL years ago voted for
the draft act and then went to France
as an officer In one of the first regi-
ments selected under the law, said that
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-13
Coolidge Begins
Trip TO Cuba for
PUm-Am Meet

that Of President Machado, Of Cuba,
will be radiocast.
A group OF distinguished Amer
leans had been invited by the presi-
dent to make the trip with him.
These included Secretary and Mrs.
Kellogg and Secretary and Mrs. Will
bur. Secretary Davis OF the labor de-
partment had business in Florida and
was invited 10 ride with Mr.. Coolidge
to Jacksonville.
Although a number of operating
stops viii be made en- route to Key
West the only formal stop on the way
south will be at Miami tomorrow
afternoon where the president and
his party will detrain to make a tour
of the city and to visit the nearby
ha-bor which Mr.. Coolidge helped
to finish some time ago by pressing
a button which released the final
blast OF dynamite. From Miami the
special train will push southwark
over the bridge which connects the
numerous keys Of southern Florida.
Embarking on the Texas early Sun
day morning, the president Will cross
to Havana in seven hours to be met
there by the Cuban executive and a
welcoming party Of distinguished
citizens. Re will 20 directly to the
national palace where he and Mrs.
Coolidge will live during their two
day visit.
After delivering his address Mon
day and attending a dinner in his
honor in the evening, the president
will remain in the palace over night
and begin his journey homeward the
following morning. On the way
north q stop will be made at Jackson
Vile where another automobile tour
Of the city has been arranged. The
president will be back at his desk
Thursday morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-13
OF
PAIR CARRIED
OUT IN QUIET
Both Go to Doom With
Prayer on Lips AS
Chaplain Assists In
Final Service

OSSINING, N. Y, Jan. IS, (F)-Mrs
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray
illicit lovers, died in the electric
chair of Sing Sing prison seven
minutes apart last night.
They were executed for the murder
Of her husband, Albert Snyder
magazine art editor. who was beaten
70 death while asleep in his home
at Queens Village, Long Island
March 90 last.
Mrs. Snyder was pronounced dead
at 11:09 o'clock and Gray at 11:15
Suggestions freely made that Mrs
Snyder would collapse at the end
were not borne out. She walked ia
the death-dealing chair and seated
herself in IL with little direction
from two matrors accompanying her
They held her arms but were guiding
her more than lending support.
Gray was the Gray of the Long
Island court room. who walked with
elastic tread to and from the court
room each day. In court, however
Gray for all his almost jaunty walk
always stepped in and out Of the
room with eyes averted. At his exc.
cution, the former corset salesman
looked directly into the faces Of the
awed witnesses, numbering almost
two-score.
Both Pray
Mrs. Snyder walked into the exc.
cution chamber with slightly drag.
ging step and although her eyes were
wide onen they were apparently un.
Continued on page five.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-13
CHICKEN Bone
FATAL TO TOT
HARLINCEN
Mary L. Hokit, Grand
child Of County
Commissioners, Baby
Victim
Especial to The Herald.)

HARLINGEN, Jan. 12.-The grim
spectre OF sudden death swooped into
the Harlingen section Thursday
night and claimed its third child vic
tim in recent months.
Mary Lee Hokit, 1s-months-old
daughter Of r. W. Hokit. a farmer,
and granddaughter of J. r. Baughn,
county commissioner from this sec
tion. was the prey. The little girl
choked 70 death on a chicken bone
that had been given her BY an older
child.
Death came as the family was
frantically rushing the little victim
to the Valley Baptist hospital here
for medical treatment. The child
passed away in its mothers arms, in
an automobile. Doctors at the hos
pitsl pronounced death due TO
strangulation.
The tragedy occurred about $3.50
.. m. The tot. in company with old
er brothers and sisters, was playing
in the yard Of the home, while the
mother was preparing the evenii(,
meal.
The older children had been given
pieces Of chicken 70 eat. and one Of
them Is believed to have gwen the
child a portion Of the meat contain
ing a bone. The first intimation
members of the family had Of the
accident was when the baby began
70 make choking sounos.
First aid methods were hurriedly
applied, but the struggles of tie in
Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-13
BANKERS TO
HEAR TALLEY
Secret Session in Dal.
las Being Guarded
BY Police

DALLAS. Jan. Is. lF,-closely
guarded by police officers the board
of directors Of the Dallas Federal
Reserve bank resumed its hearing to-
day OF evidence in the case Of Lynn
?. Tally whom several hundred mem
Der banks are seeking 10 remove as
serve district.
Testimony at this hearing will
only include that offered by member
bankers who are supporting Governor
Talley. IL was said before the hear
ing opened today that j. P. VIII
lians, leader Of the dissatisfied
bankers, and his attorneys had sub
mitted all Of the evidence they in
tended before the meeting was ad-
journed on December II.
That Governor Talley will not re-
sign, but will be reelected BY the
board Of directors precipitating a
congressional investigation was the
opinion expressed BY leaders of the
bankers who are seeking the removal
Of Governor Talley. II Talley does
not resign ard is reelected, the case
will be taken TO congress, leaders
declared.
More than 100 bankers from all
parts of Texas. Oklahoma and Louis
lana registered today and the ma
jority Of them were talley hackers
with prepared data to submit at the
hearings Some ten or twelve Of the
complaining bankers also were here,
but they declared their presence
meant nothing more than mere
spectators.
II is understood that Governor
Tslley has prepared . mass OF evil
dence which he will submit together
with flat denial OF all charges and
testimony brought out ut the ini-
tial hearing here in December.
There appears 10 be q wide dis
crepancy in the principles involved,
bankers here pointed out. Mr.. Will
liams ard some 800 dissatisfied bank
ers assert they have never had any
complaint against the -olic- of the
Dallas Federal Reserve hank. their
COMPLAINS being in the manner in
which the federal reserve policies
were executed by Governor Talley.