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The Washington times., 1929-02-23

The honorary degree of doctor of
laws was conferred upon him and
Mrs. Coolidge. The President sig
nalized the event by ellogizing the
Father of His Country, and by
expressing satisfaction at the
friendly relations which the United
States now has with all the nations
In the world.
Peace Is Aim
Peace is the aim of all statesmen,
the President said, but, he added,
I'VE believe in policy of national
defense, and maintain an army and
navy for that purpose"
The Washington policy OF no
entangling alliances was emphasized
by the President, who was heard by
large audience gathered In the
Washington Auditorium and by a
nationwide radio hookup.
sour very detachment puts us
In the position where We are con-
stantly rendering service to the
world which would not otherwise
be possible" said the President.
"While we are not associated with
any particular foreign group, in the
last analysis they all know that
they can apply TO US when they are
In need of friendly offices.
This is the position which I
Judge Washington wished this coun
trX TO occupy"
Other Addresses.
Patriotic addresses were delivered
at other meetings by Senator Samuel
r. Shortridge of California, former
Senator James Hamilton Lewis OF
illinois and the British ambassador,
Sir Esme Howard.
Charles e. Hughes, former Sec.
retary Of State. made an address
over a radio hook.up last night call
ing upon the American people to
complete the George Washington
Memorial Hall, the foundation Of
which has been laid on the site of
the old Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton at Sixth and B Streets North
west. He said the structure should
be erected in advance Of the Wash.
ington bicentenary celebration to be
held here in 1882.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Bishop of Virginia
To Preach Tomorrow

The Right Rev. Henry ST. George
Tucker, Bishop of Virginia, will
preach the sermon at the annual
church service Of the District
Chapter, Sons of the Revolution,
commemorative Of the 197th ami.
versary of the birth Of George
Washington, at the Church OF the
Epiphany tomorrow afternoon at
1 o'clock.
The committee in charge Of the
service consists Of DIR. Thomas Ed
ward Green, Col. Frank s. Hight,
Edward f. LOCKER, the Right Rev.
Phillip M. Rhinelander, and Landra
Beach Plat.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
CHANGE TRICK
BOBS UP

Police today hoped to arrest a
suave, weIl-dressed 35-year-old col
ored man.
The search was instituted when
Hampton David Griffin, co1ored,
proprietor of dry cleaning estab-
lishment in the IA block P ST..
N. W., complained tn police.
Griffin said the unidentified man
entered his place OF business last
night and represented himself TO
ne an employe OF the German Jim.
bassy. Aa thea had Griffin go with
nin to the rear entrance of the
embassy, in the 140O block Massa'
chusetts Ave. N. W., to obtain
some clothes to be cleaned.
Griffin was left standing in the
alley. The man returned empty.
handed a few minutes later and
asked for change for IS bill. He
was given five 81 bills and said he
would return in q moment with
the clothes and IS. He failed to do
so. Embassy attaches said he was
not employed there.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Congressional Record
''Pep" Urged IN
Resolution

The staid and stately pages OF
the Congressional Record may
take on a new and livelier appear
ance if Congress approves reso-
luton introduced in the House
yesterday by Representative Boy.
Ian, OF New York.
BoyIand wants joint Congress
sional committee TO put heads
together and discover methods to
pump new life into the record.
He wants cartonos, photographs,
comic strips, headlines, editorials
and even a sporting page.
The joint committee might see
fit to build the record, daily
chronicle of the doings of Con-
gress. along the lines of a modern
newspaper,
lie recalled that one issue OF
fhe record hsd been hrighteued
on considerably bv tne picture Of
COW, and ina dema nd fos copies
was exceptionally heavy.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
IJ.S.PAYC GUT
To MEET
FIGHT

Legislation for a $5O0,O@
cut in salaries of the higher
paid Government employees
faces a fight when the second
deficiency bill, in which this
provision is Incorporated, is
taken up in the House today.
Representative Carl G. Bachman.
of West Virginia, intends to make
a point of order against the pay
cut proviso, on the time-honore6
rule that new legislation is not
allowed in appropriation bills.
The Appropriation Committee iR
certain that it can overcome this
parliamentary obstacle, however,
under the Holman rule" which
allows new legislation in appropris'
tion bills If the expenditures OF the
Government are reduced thereby.
The provisions in the definicency
bill are somewhat similar TO this
first section Of the Lehlbach pay
bill, calling for restoration to the
Personnel Classification Board OF
its old powers, steps to increase
pay in the field service and reduc-
ton Of pay in the higher grades
Of the Government service, under
the Welch Act.
Representative Frederick r. Lehl.
bach Of New Jersey, chairman Of
the Civil Service Committee, ia
now dubious as TO the fate Of his
bill in the House.
In addition to the changes men
toned, the LehIbach bill would give
increases to the Iower-paid Federal
workers. Lehlbach said yesterday
that opposition to the bill was
endangering it's passage by the
House at this session.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Masons Pushing Work
On National Memorial

Construction work on the George
Washington Masonic National Me.
mortal in Alexandria will be carried
on vigorously during the coming
year under plans being worked
out at the meeting Of the memorial
association now being held In the
Virginia city. 80.
Reports submitted at Thursdays
meeting show that contributions to
the memorial fund during 1928
amounted to 100000.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Progress of Women of
India is Praised Here

Women of India are ahead of
their American sisters in that
though the men outnumber them
by 100000, their opportunities are
the same," Mrs. Margaret Cousins,
of Ireland and India, told members
OF the National Woman's Party at
it's headquarters on Capitol Fiji.
Mrs. Cousins, wife of James Fl.
Cousins, writer and educator In
India, was a leader in the early
suffrage movement in England aro
Ireland. Going to India in 1915.
she organized the first woman =
deputation demanding suffrage for
Indian women.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
WOmen's Group to Hear
Talk on Indian Music

Mrs. Margaret f. Cousins, honor.
afy secretary of the Women's In.
oian ti Association, will speak on
Inc Music Of India" tonight at
S:1o p. M, under the auspices Of
tne american Association of Uni
versity Women.
MRS. Cousins was first honorary
woman magistrate of India.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
NO. 414-BENJAMIN OGLE TAYLOE HOUSE

Benjamin ogle Tayloe built and
occupied this house in 1923, and
1t at once became one of the
centers OF the intellectual and
artistic life OF the city. The house
stands across narrow alley from
the Belasco Theater and is a part
of the Cosmos Club.
II was here that President Will
liam Henry Harrison made his last
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Concert Given Here
BY SWarthmOre Glee

The Swarthmore College Glee
Club of SO voices gave a concert
last night in the Friends Meeting
House. The program was largely
classical, but number of school
songs and yells were presented.
Alfred j. Swan directed.
A washington boy, Thomas
Brown, led in the singing of the
college songs. Shaler Stidham,
another Washingtonian, was cheer
leader. e. L. Hunt. professor Of
English at the college told of the
work of the club. Dancing in the
gymnasium followed the concert.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
EASTERN STAR PARTY

A card party win be given tonight
by the home board Of st. Johns
Lodge C.hapter, o. p. s.. at 1871 r
st. s. e., nome OF the associate
matron
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
SOL LDlERS HOME CONCERT

A concert by the U. s. Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra will be held
in. Stanley Hall at $50 p. m. today.
John 8. M. Zimmerman is band
master and Anton Pointer, assistant
leader.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
o. &. S. TO GIVE PARTY

Joppa Lodge Chapter, No. 27, O.
f. S., will hold their annual card
party and dance tonight at 2400 Six.
teenth ST. N. W.. starting at $50
p. m.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
IN
REAL. TY
CITED

Justices of the District Su-
preme Court viii be the next
objects Of investigation by the.
Gibson subcommittee of the
House District COMMITTEES,
Representative Ralph Gilbert
of Kentucky, in charge Of real
estate Investigations, revealed
at a public hearing last night
The sole deterrent to probe into
the behavior of the judiciary Is lack
Of time, Gilbert said.
''We want to go fully into the
behavior of the judiciary here" he
said, "and It il too late to so into
that subject now. We win take mp
the conduct, rulings and practices
OF the Judiciary members at an
other time"
Unknown Mortgages
Through testimony OF William
Wolfe smith, general counsel for the
VSLGfAHS DuESdus AHu VhAPAAS
Johnson, q messenger in Smiths
office, Gilbert developed that it
was possible in Washington to place
a mortgage on residence property
without the owners knowledge or
consent,
Johnson told Gilbert that he had
bought a home, with clear title.
Several months ago, he said. he
received q notice from. a local
mortgage company that a trust for
81 ,450 was due and foreclosure
threatened.
Home Put Up As Security
Johnson learned through investi-
cation that his home had been put
up as security for payments on an
automobile bought by a colored
woman, unknown to him,
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Peace and Defense
First, Says Coolidge
-rimss STAFF Photo

President Coolidge clmaxed The Capitals celebration OF
Washington birthday with patriotic speech at the
encement exercises of George Washington University last
The Washington times., 1929-02-23

visit to q private house before bis
death. 1t was here, too, that Philip
Barton Key died after being shot
by General SickIes.
The home was later occupied by
Vice President Garret Augustus
Hobart, the twenty-fourth Vice
President, during his term of office.
1897-1899. 1t later became part
of the Cosmos Club.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
CITIZENS TO MEET

The Anacostia Citizens Association
will meet tonight in Masonic Tenn
pie. FOurteenth and U SITS. S. e.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
OHlOANS TO DANCE

The Ohio Girls Club will give a
dance at the Arlington Hotel to.
night at 8 o'clock. Ohioans and their
friends are invited.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
LIVED ENTIRE LIFE
 IN SAME DWELLING
George Miller, Curtis St. Resident, Dies at Age
 of 51 Years

George Miller, 51 years old, who lived all his life in the house at 141 Curtis street where he was born. died at 3:45 o'clock this morning at the New Britain General hospital.
 He was a son of the late Herman Miller, one of the first German na- tivcs to settle in New Britain. Many years age MT. Miller acquired the home on Curtis street and the Miller family is one Of the best known o1 the settlers in the northwestern sec ton of this city. His 51st birthday was on March 4 last.
 For 30 years George Miller was a machinist at the Union Mfg. Co. This is practically the only place he was employed during his life in this city. He left the company's employ in May, 1924. He was an attendant at services at St. Johns German Luth- eran church.
 Surviving him are three sisters, Misses Catherine, Carrie. and Mar raret Miller; five brothers, Edward. Charles, William, Fred, and Louis Miller, all of New Britain.
 Funeral services will be held at the home on Curtis street Monday afternoon at o'clock. Rev. Martin w. Gaudian, pastor of St. Johns German Lutheran church, will off ciate. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
WOMAN SLAYS MAN
 WHO GRABBED HER
Returns to Tennessee Mountain Store and
 Yields Wagon Spoke

Georgetown. Tenn. May 25 R-
 Improper advances to a 25-year-old
 mountain woman who went to pay for five cents worth of candy,
 caused the death yesterday of Lee
 Atchley. . grocer here. He was clubbed into insersibility late Thurs
 day night by the woman, Eva Cofer. Witnesses said the merchants wife and seven-year-old daughter were in the store when the woman entered to pay for the candy which she had purchased earlier in the day. Atch- ley grasped her wrists. witnesses said. She struggled free and fled. Within a few minutes she return- ed, and, meeting Atchley at the en- trance of his store, attacked him with . heavy spoke from . wagon wheel. The merchant collapsed from his injuries and was given first aid by Dr. J. T. Smith. who said the man apparently had been drinking. He died early yesterday. While county authorities prepared for an inquest, Atchley's wife said she would fight such a step.
 No Action Against Her No warrant had been sworn out against Miss Cofer today and the sheriff's office in Decatur, county seat of this (Muss) county, said no action was contemplated until the inquest had been completed. Dr. w. B. Campbell. of Cleveland, Tenn, called into consultation by Dr. Smith after Atchley's death, agreed
 with the local physician that an in- quest would be necessary to fix the cause of death. Both physicians said it was possible that the mans skull had not been fractured and that death could have been caused by shock
 Miss Cofer went about her usual tasks unconcernedly yesterday. spending most of the day picking
 strawberries on her fathers farm. Georgetown is little village | which. has neither electricity. tele- phone nor railroad service. It s sit-
 uated only a few miles from Day
 ton. made famous several years age
 by the Scopes evolution trial
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
.fLOW IS BELIEVED
 WELL IN HAND NOW
Worst Dangers Along Mis- sissippi Thought Past
 Work Goes On

Memphis. Tenn, May :5 N-En- sineers today believed that the worst dangers of high water on the Miss issippi and its tributaries have pass cd for the present.
 Supervisors of the men reenforc- ing the strategic Mounds Landing levee which protects three Mississ- ippi delta counties announced that an emergency embankment around the weakest spots had been completed Major John C. H. Lee of the army district levee commission has noti- fed Governor Bilbo of Mississippi that fears for the levee's safety were exaggerated.
 June rises predicted for the lower Mississippi apparently brought no Encouragement to the engineers to whom the present stationary stage at Memphis and . possible early fall offered every hope that a repetition of the 1927 hood disaster at and around Greenville would be present cd.
 Similar reports came from the St. Francis river in Missouri and the Red, Arkansas and White rivers in Arkansas. and most of the tribu- taries were stationary or falling.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
Call Linder as Witness
 In Gas Station HearinQ

Clerk Thomas Linder of the board of adjustment will be subpoenaed to superior court to testify Tuesday morning in the. action brought by the Standard Oil Co. through Attor- ney Donald Gaffney, to require ln- spector A. N. Rutherford to issue . permit for construction of a gaso- line filling station at Franklin square and Pearl street. His testi- mony. together with that of MT. Rutherford and a representative of the oil company, will make up the petitioners case.
 Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham will be present to defend the city's action in refusing to per- init operation of . filling station in the industrial zone.
 The petitioner claims that this E an unreasonable exercise of police power and that it is contrary to the principle of xoning, in that it i'm poses a greater restriction in an in- dustrial area than it does in a busi- ness district.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
STANLEY MEMORIAL CHURCH
 BUYS HOWARD ST. HOUSE
Rev. Raymond N. Gilman and Bride To Occupy Home After Their
 HOneymoon

Officials of the Stanley Memorial church yesterday purchased an eight room cottage at 29 Howard street for use as parsonage, following the contemplated marriage of their pastor, Rev. Raymond N. Gilman, to Miss Gladys c. Shaler, June 1.
 The home was purchased from Linus Anderson and is a modern frame house. It has a frontage of 50 feet and a lot depth of 150 feet. The purchase price was approxim- ately $s,0O0.
 The church officially takes pos- session June 1, although renova- tions. repainting. repapering and other alterations have been started.
 The committee in charge of the purchase consisted of A. w. Ritter. chairman and A. s. Spencer.
 Rev. Mir. Gilman and Miss Shaler will be married June 1 and will go to the White Mountains for their wedding trip. Upon their return they expect 10 50 directly to house. keeping in the new parsonage. Mir. Gilman at present maintains bache- Tor quarters in an apartment at 666 East street.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
Wrong Number Saves
 Family Freq Dooth

New York, May 3e- 0~AA wrong number" teAay navDa . family of eight from death by gas poiseatnS.
 William Banks was arouDol4 at hts Brooklyn hsms easiy to-- day by the telepheae fiAginG. Answering 1t he AtecevseeA ,tAe telephone girl had eivsa tA4 party at the ether ed .ks wrong number. He a1ee Aiscov. cred, that the houoe wps 1l1el with sas. Nrs. DaAlrs hoA h. gotten te turn e9 . OAs hea1ar when the family went = .ool and the AAms had Csae .o9G
 Banks and their slx ch1l1roA were treated by ambgla1oe sef. 9eens he called aAA rea1ooa61' at heme. The moeAsf ie ja s1o hospital bst h sxteseees1grylne
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
MRS. TUNNEY GAINS
 FOLLOWING RELAPSE
Wife's Illness Adds to Former Heavyweight
 Champions Woes

Pola, Italy, May 25 UP)-After a consultation of physicians attend ing Mrs. Gene Tunney it was an- Ecunced at 3 a. m. today that her condition was good and that no op- , eration would be necessary at prexent.
 Prof. Rob4rto Cristofoletti, noted Italian surgeon, came 10 the retired heavyweight champions villa on Brioni Island early today for a spe- cial examination of Mrs. Tunney and later conferred with Dr. Zadro, di- rector of the Rovigno clinic. After their conference they announced Mrs. Tunney's condition was not ex- |ceptionally serious and was even slightly improved over yesterday. Prof. Cristofoletti was requested to come here by Tunney when his wife suffered her relapse.
 Tunney broke away from the bed side yesterday long enough to make the trip to Rovignor for Dr. Zadro. HIS departure was the first intelli- gence residents of the island had that Mrs. Tunney again was ill.
 Travelling by motorboat to Fasano on the mainland, Tunney hired an automobile there to rush to the Rovigno clinic, where he obtained the services of it's director. They made the trip back to Brioni Island
 (COntinued on Page 15.)
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
EXPECT OCEAN RACE TOMORROW MORNING
Atlantic Pliers Tentatively Set Starting Time
 at 8 O'Clock
Associated Press Photo

Old Orchard, Me, May g R-A Sunday getaway of the Green Flash for Rome and the Yellow Bird for Paris hinged on weather reports as the crews of the two planes turned for recreation today to the christen- ing of new aircraft.
 Roger Q Williams and Lewis A, Yancey of the Green Flash and Ar mano Lotti. packer of the Paris hou decided their planes needed only fuelling to put them in readiness. A tentative zero hour was set at a. m. tomorrow.
 Announcement was made that a big Savoi- Marchatti amphbian, turned out by the Airvia Transporta- ton Corporation, of which Williams is president, would pair up with a coast guard amphibian to accompany the transatlantic planes during the
 Continued on Page 15.)
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
CONGRESS ABAND0NS
 WEEKEND VACATION
Works Hard on Hoover Program and Hopes
 for Early Rest

Washington. May 25, R-Con- gress passed up half of it's week. end recess today to drive forward with the administrators legislative program in the hope of hastening the start of . longer recess next month which may continue all sum :. mer.
 The senate has been told by Sen- ator Watson of Indiana, the republi. can leader. that no such vacation can be contemplated until the farm relief and census-reapportionment bills have been sent to the White House and the tariff measure passed by the house and referred to the senate finance committee for rewriting.
 The census-reapportionment bill. providing for the 1880 population count and arrangement of the house membership on the results O. that enumeration, was still the ''un- finished business of the senate to- day despite the agreement which limited debate on 1t after ! D. m. Thursday. After passage by the seA- ate, it will have to be acted on ty the house.
 That chamber is speeding toward vote on the tariff bill at p. m. Tuesday, under the special rule adopted yesterday by . vote of 234 to 1SS. which practically shuts off all amendments except those intro- duced through members of the ways and means committee. Debate on these amendments is limited to five minutes, and more than 20 of the 91 thus far approved by the com. mittee were adopted yesterday in rapid succession.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
FUTURE OF EUROPE
 IN SCHACH1'S HANDS
German Financial Experts Reply Due by Monday
 at Latest

Paris, May g R,-Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. German reparation spokes-
 man, has before him probably the most difficult decision of his life. In it, no matter what it's character, will be bound Germany's and Europe's < economic future for decades to come Fifteen weeks parleying between him, his German confreres and the financial experts of six creditor na- tions appeared today to be all but concluded. with negotiations at 8 stage where on 8 single persons as- gent or non- assent rested success or
 failure. And, it appeared, that per-
 on-in this case Dr. Schacht-must
 answer, either today. tomorrow or Monday.
 Briefly, the reparation barley had
 simmered today down to acceptance or refusal of an offer rendered by the creditor nation delegates with
 the understanding it was their last
 word, and that no further compro-
 mise or concession on their part was
 possible.
 The offer entails annuities contin-
 uing through 59 years, starting at 50,000,000 marks (about $49.,- 000,0O0) in settlement of claims against Germany arising out of the
 war. In addition there was another
 requisite of additional annuities of 2b,000.OO0 marks to Belgium to cover depreciation of Belgian currency duffng the German occupation, con-
 ditions making a large part of the annutties unconditional. to permit commercialization and refusing. cer- tain German reservations, previously made.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-25
Yale Co4noscenti
 Win Baseball Game

New Haven, May 2s (UP)- The Yale Daily News claimed today that Eli brains, discredit- cd by the loss of last years "culture contest" to Harvard, :. had been vindicated by yester- days 32 to z victory of the Yale Phi Beta Kappa baseball team over the Crimson.
 The honorary scholastic so- cieties clashed on the diamond at Yale field. resuming a rivalry that had been dormant for two years.
 Hershey of the Blue "Cere- Oelli" hit . home run. bringing . tWO of his teammates.