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The Washington times., 1928-05-30
NO. 1888 LEE MANSION

camp fever contracted at Yorktown.
Washington then adopted his two
youngest clildren-George Washing
ton Parke Gusts and Eleanor Parke
GUSTS.
George washington Parke Custis,
who inherited the Arlington estate
from his father. was 4 member of
Washington's family until the lat
ter's death in 1893. In 1904 he built
the stately mansion at Arlington.
where he resided until his death,
October 10. 1857.
BY his will he devised the Airing
ton House Estate to his daughter
and only child, Mary Ann Randolph
Lee, wife of Lieut.. Col. Robert f..
Lee, u. s. Army, for her use and
benefit during her natural life, and
on her death to his eldest grandson,
George Washington GUSTS Lee, to
him and his heirs forever.
On January s. 1864, the President
of the United States, by executive
order. selected the entire tract of
100 acres for Government use
for war, military, charitable and
educational purposes" BY the
same order 1t was directed that the
property be sold to meet $92.07 in
taxes.
This was done January IL, 1864,
and the property was bid in for
the United States at $4,000. Mrs.
Lee, having died in 1873, proceed
ings contesting the legality of the
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
PAVING To COST
S1,500,00O

More than so miles Of streets
and highways In the District will
be paved or resurfaced this year
Herbert c. Whitehurst. assistant
District engineer in charge of high.
way construction.
The last Of the contracts for
highway building were let yester,
day by the District Commissioners
This years highway program. to
cost more than $1,500,0 900 and to be
the most extensive the District has
ever undertaken. will benefit prac
tically every resident section of the
city.
Captain Whitehurst expects sew
eral OF the sub.contractors to start
work next Monday.
Bids will be opened June a for
resurfacing and virtual rebuilding
OF a portion of the Highway Bridge.
Congress has appropriated $17S,00O
for this purpose. The engineer de.
partment is eager to get the work
under way since 1t must be com.
pleted before the freezes set in next
fall. Captain Whitehurst says.
The contract will call for rebuild.
ing only one-half of the bridge at a
time, this precaution being taken to
prevent the complete closing of
the bridge TO the heavy traffic that
uses it daily. With the Chain
Bridge undergoing repairs many
vehicles are diverted to the High,
way Bridge, hence It's Importance to
traffic between Washington and
nearby Virginia.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
H { A R
Of LEPER AID

Efforts OF the American Mission
to the Lepers to eradicate Ieprosy
were described yesterday to mem
beers OF the Civitan Club by William
M. Danner, Of New York, general
secretary of the mission at their
weekly luncheon meeting in the
Lafayette Hotel.
There are over 1000, 900 lepers in
the world now. Mr.. Danner said.
and only S per cent of them are
being cared for by any agency. The
problem is not only to cleanse the
rIepers, but what to do with them
when they are cured, as the fami.
lies of many of them do not want
them back.
Vice President Frank Birgfeld,
presiding, congratulated Luther
Stewart, president of the National
Federation of Federal Employees.
past president OF the Washington
Civitan Club, for his work in put
ting through Congress the WEIGH
bin to increase the salaries Of Fed
eral employees.
BirgfeId, who Is chief clerk of the
Treasury Department. expressed the
hope that the city's realtors.
butchers. Rrocers. coal dealers and
storage transfer men do not raise
their prices Immediately.
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The District Commissioners yes.
terday ordered 205 hack stands to
accommodate a total of S4S taxi
cabs; two stands to accommodate
seven horse.drawn hacks; six stands
for express wagons and carts for
hire and IL stands for cars which
are hired by the hour, making a
total of 949.
While the order of the Commits
sioners does not disturb the pres
ent arrangement the hotels have
with private taxicab companies, it
does require hotel taxicabs to carry
the IL" tag and to be used ex-
cluslvely for guests at the hotel.
Committee Picks Stands
a committee composed of Inspector
r. w. Brown, in charge of traffic;
Sergt. Joseph d. Harrington, hack
inspector, and Traffic Director Will
liam II. Harland.
An outstanding feature of the
new order is that a hackstand to
accommodate five taxicabs is desig.
mated on Fourteenth Street, west
running along the curb of the
Willard Hotel. The remaining
space may be occupied by private
cars or cars bearing the 81" tag.
Between the Fourteenth Street en-
trance and Pennsylvania Avenue,
space is reserved for two public
taxicabs.
1t Is provided In the new orders.
which will have the effect of
amendments to the police and traf-
fic regulations, that no one taxicab
company can have more than three
taxicabs on a hackstand at the
same time.
Drivers Are Owners
Since nearly all of the drivers of
diamond cabs are owners and each
cab represents a company, the Dia.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
CHAPTER III

"That comedy is played,
Chauviniere said gently, AZ
if taking her into his conf
dence, as if making her q
partner in his intentions.
''You play comedy, mon
sieuri"
Calm and level came the
question in that pleasantly
modulated voice. 1t startled
him. He inclined his head y
little.
'To serve you, cheyenne.
Cleonie had risen and
stood now straight and slim.
Her back was to the window,
and the pale gold Of the
March sunlight, so that her
face, in shadow, remained
indistinct. Her voice, how
ever, assured him OF com
pletest self-possession.
"But it is not a comedy
of manners, 1 think.
"Of manners!" He was
piqued. Her meaning es-
capped him, and he did, not
like meanings to escape him.
It did not often happen.
"And why not of manners,
if you pleased"
Because for that you
have forgotten something.
"What have / forgotteni
"To remove your hat. =
The audible arrestlng Of his
breath betrayed his amazement.
Then laughter broke across his
Continued on Fiction Page)
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This curious local deadlock Is the
result OF Il tangle OF factinal politics
which Attorney General Sargent
acting as the Presidents agent IN
the matter, found himself unable to
solve.
Under normal conditions. the
White House would follow the
recommendation OF the Prescott.
Gailiher-C olladay machine in max,
ing a nomination for such q pivota.
office as District Attorney. In the
present situation the President has
ignored these recommendation and
has engendered much local bitter
ness
The local machine Endorsed James
M. Proctor for the post, and has
been directing heavy pressure on
Attorney General Sargent to bring
him around to its way OF thinking.
The fight has been futile, and
Leo A. Cover has continued as Dis
trict Attorney under appointment
by the District Supreme Court.
Despite the Administrations APP
parent unwilIingness to appoint
Proctor to the post, the local Re-
publican politicians have been in.
sisted upon and have refused to
SHluB lItSAI SuppOAk ~ OltJ DSb0A
candidate. For weeks they have
been in Disguised and disappointed
frame of mind because they have
not had their own way.
The machine complains that on
the whole it has been badly treated
by President Coolidge. Not one of
its so-called first choices was ac-
cepted for the office Of District
Commissioners when the last shift
came. 1t has lacked controlling
voice in many minor appointments,
and the split has now widened to
such a point that many local wheel
horses in the party are talking
about cutting down their contribn-
tons to the local Republican cam
paign quota this year.
The District is assessed $4,000 as
its share OF the q. o. +. campaign
fund.
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The Lee Mansion. formerly known
as Arlington House Estate" in
which Gen. Robert II. Lee resided
after his marriage to Mary Ann
Gusts, great granddaughter of
Martha Washington, sits on high
eminence in Arlington National
Cemetery overlooking the city of
Washington. It and its lands were
the original tract on which Airing
ton Cemetery now stands, a spot
made sacred every Memorial Day.
The lands comprising this estate
and property are a part OF an
original grant OF 5000 acres from
William Berkeley. governor OF Vir-
ginia, to Robert Howsen in October,
1869 for Howsen's services in trans
porting "a number of settlers into
the colony.
In the same year Howsen con.
veyed these lands to John Alex.
ander for six hogsheads Of tobacco.
On December 25, 177s. Gerald Alex
ander, to whom the property had
descended, conveyed the Arlington
tract of about ] 100 acres to John
Parke GUSTS, the consideration be-
ing 100 pounds in Virginia cur
rency.
John Parke Gusts was the son
of Martha Washington by her first
marriage. He was aide-de-camp to
General Washington during the war
of the Revolution but died from
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
PARADE TO
START At
N.

Fair skies and 4 warming at.
mosphere greeted Washington
today as the city began cele.
brating Memorial Day sacred
to the memory Of the soldier
dead.
Promptly at 3 o'clock members
81 the fast-thinning g. a. r, the
American Legion, and other vet.
Grams organizations congregated
near the District Building for their
annual parade. This was the six
tieth Memorial Day celebration for
the Grand Army Of the Republic
and the tenth for the Leglonnaires.
The parade, escorted by g detail
Of mounted police, battalion Of
high school cadets and the United
States Marine Band. marched past
the south side Of the Treasury
Building. north to III Street. east to
thirteenth and thence down 3
where they boarded cars OF the
,Washington-V Virginia Railway for
Arlington,
Arlington Exercises
Al number OF exercises were held
In the National Cemetery this
morning. The big celebration. held
annually by the G.. A. r.. starts at
II O'Clock. Participating in Il are
rs veterans organizations and aux
ilIiaries, including the United Span.
ish War Veterans, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Disabled American
Veterans and Indian War Veterans.
For the second time since Grant 5
Administrator, President of the
United States viii not deliver the
principal address at the Arlington
exercises. President Wilson was
i'll on one Memorial Day. President
Coolidge Is at Gettysburg today.
At Argonne Cross
The American Women's Legion
held its usual service at the Ar
gonne Cross in the World War sec
ton of Arlington at IL o'clock. A
wreath was placed on the cross.
Participating In this ceremony were
the Chaumont. Doyen, Flanders
Field, Mccoy and Quentin Roose.
welt units.
The Jane A. Delano Post, Amer
lean Legion, decorated the graves OF
nurses who lost their lives in
France, and who are buried in Ar.
lington.
Veterans who live at the United
States Soldiers Home marched in a
body to the Soldiers Home Gene
terry, decorated the graves of their
comrades, and then boarded motor
buses, and were conveyed to Airing.
ton.
The G.. A. r. has planned a pre-
tenttous program, starting at 3:15
this afternoon, for the 40 New York,
Pennsylvania and New England
troops, who fell in the defense of
Washington July II and IL, 1864,
and are buried in the Battle
Ground National Cemetery out on
Georgia Avenue.
The Washington Institute of
Architects laid a wreath on the
grave of Major L'Enfant. designer
OF the city of Washington, who
lies in Arlington. They then pro-
ceeded to Congressional Cemetery
where they performed a similar rite
over the grave OF William Thorn
ton, designer OF the Capitol.
Boy Scouts made a pilgrimage to
Arlington to the fresh grave Of
Floyd Bennett, American flying
lace who died of pneumonia fol.
lowing his efforts to rescue the
stranded crew OF the Bremen from
Greenly Island.
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Naval Officer Held
After Auto Collision

Lieut.. Comdr. Edward p. Sauer,
IS, who gave his address as the
Navy Yard, Is booked at the First
precinct on charge of driving
while drunk after an auto collision
yesterday on ID Street In the rear
Of the Traffic Bureau Building.
A companion, George Chaplin
Chase. of the Army and Navy Club,
was charged with intoxIcation and
later released on collateral
The car in which the two men
were riding collided with another
driven by Miss Virginia A. Young,
OF the 400 block Of Irving St, n.
W., police reported. Both automo.
biles were damaged.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
! TAL NVG :
BY HOUSE
CHIEFS
SEEN

Government employees feel g
mixture of emotions today as
congress goes home for the
summer They are elated over
passage 81 the pay raise bill,
but sadly disappointed at the
failure to enact the bill
liberalizing retirement for
civil service employees.
The retirement bill remains on
the House calendar for the next
Besni0n OF Congress, but its chances
81 passage st that time are profile.
matica1 without the approval Of the
President.
For Il was undoubtedly President
C00liage,s attitude which prevented
Enactment 81 the bill during the
session just ended.
THE measure was reported out by
The House Civil Service Committee
hearty II the session long before Ine
pav Sill was reported and would
have gone through long ago Il the
President had favored II.
But with the Presidents dis
approval the bill was made the
victim 81 the ssstallIng game II its
worst FORM Leaders delayed each
move ~ long as they dared, and
then when pressure from home be-
Zane too strong they gave II
mother short push and stalled some
more.
LshIbacl Gets blame
The first evidence Of stalling came
when Chairman Frederick ri Lehl-
bach. of New Jersey. chairman Of
fha civil Service Committee. de-
llayed the committees favorable
REPORT for weeks on the pretense
Naat he was waiting for cost figures.
Finally Llelllbach submitted the
nrmnnktteess favorable report to
lSe House. hut after ! few weeks
The BIZ WIS abandoned y favor Of
#l9e Senate retirement bill, which
spvmN en0rted nut by the Civil
SerVfee Committee Cd replace DO.
The Rules COMMITTEES then took
ap the game. Lehlbach had In
rSauced resolution To give d spe-
hal raIle Tor consideration Of the
tllI. The Rules Committee delayed
ckion on the resolution for weeks
nd finally last week took action.
Government employees were greatly
kheered at this action, fardy though
ht WAS Al rule from the Rules
Connmittee usually insures passage
bka bin, but not in this case.
House without Work
Chairman Bertrand Smell, of the
Rules Committee, never called up
Aha committees report In spite os
the fact that during the last day
br two the House was practically
killing time. Yesterday afternoon.
Tor instance. there was so little for
ekl1e House to do that recess was
suggested.
Friends of the legislation brought
The issue out into the open in the
House during the afternoon when
they questioned Smell about his
Failure 70 bring up the rule.
In reply to question from Rep
fesentatiye r.. Walton Moore OF
Virginia, Smell admitted that he had
rot called up retirement because
Il do not see tit to do so.''
He refused to explain why he did
bot "see fit" to call Ii up, but
OBSERVERS knew that President
coolidge and party politics were be-
bind II.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30

tax sale were Instituted by George
Washington GUSTS Lee. A verdict
was rendered in his favor by the
United states Circuit Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia and
affirmed by the United States SUI
preme Court December 4, 1882.
An Act of Congress-, March 8.
1888, appropriated $4,000 TO puT-
chase this property and on Marcn
81 OF the same year George Wash
ingtOn Gusts Lee conveyed to the
United states title to the property
The Arlington Cemetery was
created by Act OF Congress June Is,
1864, and ever since then the ma
tons heroes, whose relatives so
elect, have been buried under it's
beautiful hillsides.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
Economy Policy Fits
AS Congress Votes
A.642.293,897

The first session OF the Seven,
tieth Congress was a big money"
Congress.
The total appropriations author.
lied amounted to $4,642. 293, so7,
an increase Of 1927 .3O4,S61 over
present appropriations. However,
$2OO,S36,ssS was a hold-over from
the last Congress, which failed to
pass the deficiency bill.
Approximately 1000 bills were
enacted.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
SCHOOLS TO OPEN JULY 5

The Board OF Education an
nounced today that summer ele'
mentary, junior and senior high
schools will open on July 5. School
buildings to be used for these pur-
poses will probably he named at the
next Board of Education meeting, II
was said.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
THE STORY THUS FAR

Saved from the guilI0tine
through fhe intervention Of Citl-
zen-I)eputy Chauviniere. CleOnie
De MOntsOrbier has been sent
under prefense that she IL In
sane, "a the former palace Of the
Archbishop 81 Paris, which the
French Revolution has converted
into q prism hospital. CIlauviniere
visits the hospital ON tour Ok
inspection and finds CleOnie In
solitary confinement. The AFRO
CANT young deputy disnlisses the
prison doctor, closes the door and
saces the young nObleWoman.
(Now CONTINUED
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
BIBLE CLASS PARTY

The June party OF the Wesley
Mems Bible Glass OF Brightwood
Park Methodist Episcopal Church.
Eighth and jefferson SITS. n. W..
viii be held in the social hall Fri.
day night.
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NEW TO REVIEW TROOPS

Postmaster General New has heen
invited TO review a parade of troops
Friday afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock on
the Washington Monument grounds.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
Independent Taxi Men
Win Fight on Stands

Independent drivers of the District have their
fight hackstand the entrances of hotels and
Union Station.
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q. O. p. Men Ired ODer
Attorney Deadlock
Photo ~ Waiter

President Coolidge allowed Congress to expire without
pointing to Judge Peyon Gordon District
Affnrnap for the civ.
The Washington times., 1928-05-30
ROIIlanceOf
TheFrenchl
Reign Of
Terror
BY Rafael Sabatirli

Author Of ''scaramonche'' @Captain
The serial now running here
appeared originally under
the title, "The NuptlalB
az COrbaI."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-03
CHURCH BARS SOCIALIST

DERBY. Eng.-An invitation to
]. II. Thomas, Socialist NJ. p, to
speak in the Alvaston church has
been cancelled on the demand OF the
congregation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-03

with the crime for which he sent you
10 hell. And now"
His voice softened. It grew almost
pleading.
aAnd now, lad-what de- you sayf
viii you take this revenge-or won't
your"
4erry was In u daze. He had fallea
under the hypnotic spell Of Car
mody's words. "You mean-that I
am TO steal--those bonds"
AWhy not? You told me that
nothing In the world mattered but re-
venge ON Borden Very well. here
Is your chance. II couldn't be better.
Your opportunity TO break him on
the identical wheel he used 20 tor
ture you'll Suppose this is a criminal
act: Would you have had a criminal
turn Of mind liz IL hadn't been for
him? Would you? Didn't he send
you down to the state p~enitentiary
to associate on terms Of equality
with burglars and murderers and
highwaymeny Wasn't Peter Borden
the spirit that drove you into those
grim, gray walls where you were less
than an animal? And should he have
the right TO resent il IL you absorbed
q lesson during those three bitter
years which enables you to commit
this offense without n twinge Of rom
scicnceg Good Godi Terry-can't
you see that this is a balancing of
the scalesf Can't your"
The boy was ~bewildered. Car
mSdy's logic was relentlessly unan-
swerable. After all, it was merely a
putting into words Of the thoughts
which he himself had nurtured for
nearly four wears.
ITO BE CONTINUEDl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-03
Menjou Picture
On Queen Screen

Andolphe Menjou as a musical
Of Vienna, Kathryn Carver as
the beautiful girl who becomes his
inspiration and finally his wife,
Lina B~asquett as the gorgeous dane
who lures him away from his
home, and Lawrence Grant as the
bewhiskered Cupid who manages to
repair the ruined r~omance-that is
the cast that enacts what Paramount
believes TO be one Of the new sea-
sons finest pictures-~Serenade."
This production, which reaches the
Queen today, was directed by Harry
D'Arrast. the young man who 50
ably guided MI. Menjou through both
Service for Ladies'" and "A Cen
tleman OF Paris" II Is the story
of a man whose music makes him
famous only after he has met the
girl whose love inspires him toward
greater things.
On the stage-Martha Withers and
her Merrymakers Revue present an
up-to-the-minute vaudeville act. from
Swiss Alps yodeling to the new style
songs and dance creations Of today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-03
new OFFICERS
Named MONDAY
Valley Shrine Club
Elects; Plan San An
tonic Trip
Especial to The Herald.)

SAN BENITO. Jan. 3.-Judge T..
NJ. Aldrich, of San Juan, was chosen
to head the Valley Shrine club at a
meeting Of that organization here
Monday night. He succeeds Glib
Henson. San Benito, immediate past
president.
At the same time plans for a trip
TO San Antonio on January ~ to at
tend the election of officers Of the
Alzafar temple were announced. An
attempt will be made to secure a
special train for the journey, and it
is the desire of the officers to have
every Shriner in the Valley attend
the meeting.
1t was pointed out at the meet
ing that John 7. Lomax, of San Be-
nito, has an excellent chance Of be-
ing elected potentate of the temple,
and il is urged that every Shriner in
the Valley get behind the trip and
boost.
If sufficient number of reserva
tions a be made for the special
train, the round trip fare will not
exceed SIS. II was announced. Shrin-
ers wishing further information
along this line may secure it by
communicating with Mr.. Henson at
San Benito, who is in charge Of ar
rangements for the trip, it was an
nounced.
J. r. Hogan, also Of San Juan,
was named secretary Of the Valley
Shrine club at the meeting Monday
night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-03
Stamps Pay For
Fruit inspection

MISSION, Jan. In spite OF the
fact that the appropriation to enforce
the green citrus shipping act was We
toed by Governor Dan Moody, the law
was enforced throughout the Valley,
and the expenses Of more than ten in
spectors were paid during their term
in the Valley, it was announced by
citrus fruit shippers here.
The statement that Sc 900 was rails
cd in the one and a half cent revenue
stamp placed on each box inspected
was made by Inspector L. A. Shatten-
berg, with Valley headquarters in this
city.
This revenue was ample to pay all
expenses Of the various deputy in
spectors assigned TO this section,
Shattenberg says.
The inspections the first year were
in charge Of j. vi. Del Curto, and
j. c. Powell Of the state department
of agriculture.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-03
Outlook Is Bright,
Mission Rotary Told
Especial to The Heraid)

MISSION. Jan. 3.-The Rotarians
here anticipated q very favorable
year. according to prediction made
by a number Of the members on the
program at their luncheon here to-
day.
Homer Smith was in charge Of the
program, with Messrs. Sheeler,
Brasher. Strong, Braden and Bob
Smith assisting. These gentlement,
with one accord, claim the Valley
has the best business outlook for
many years and especially this Sec
ton of it.
According to Homer Smith, not
only are local conditions fine from
the bankers standpoint, but also
from the idea Of the nations af-
fairs. so the directors OF the federal
banks state. Messrs. w. G. Camp
bell. z. NJ. Card and J. r. Miller.
the latter two from McAllen, were
visitors of the local club.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-03
Large Crowd AT
Shrine Festival
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BENITo, Jan. 3.-Approx-
imately 200 Shriners and their la
dies attended the annual New
Years ball of the Valley Shrine
club, given under the auspices of
the San Benito Shriners at the
Stonewall Jackson hotel here Mon
day night.
The party began at $3.50 p. m. and
lasted until far into the evening.
Noise-making instruments of various
kinds and paper caps each gave its
bit toward making the occasion a
merry one. The entire lower floor
of the hotel was decorated IN the
Shrine coiors.
Shriners from all sections of the
Valley attended the dance. practical
ly every town having half a dozen
or more representatives present.
Music for the affair was furnished
by the Firecrackers.