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The Washington times., 1929-04-25
CLUB To
SING HERE

The Howard University Glee Club,
under the direction of Roy Tibbs.
will give it's annual recital tonight
in Rankin Memorial Chapel at 8
o'clock. This program will conclude
the lecture-recital series at the uni.
Versity for this year.
Assisting in the program will be
Lester Dorsey. baritone soloist; Prof.
Cecil Cohen and AlIadin Redmond,
accompanies. Numbers to be rem.
dered include Mother o. Mine. .
"Just You." and "A Fatuous Trag.
edy," Burleigh: "Lullaby," Rogers;
''To Alma Gall; Mystic stars. .
Arensky; "Sea Marge," Mentor, and
four negro spirituals.
The Howaru Glee Club was organ
lied is years ago by Prof. Tibbs.
During the year the club appeared
in dinner concert at the Raleigh
Hotel for Senator Arthur Cspper
and his guest; at the Mayflower
Hotel for Mrs. Hattie Strong. The
club is scheduled to appear in a
musical festival to be given in con-
nection with the American Inter-
racial Peace Conference in PhiIadel
phia, May 25.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
ROTARY HEARS
Of S0V|ET5
Times staff Photo

Describing the Russian Soviet
government as q dictatorship ruled
by the secretaries of the various
soviets Of the nation, who are in
turn the creatures of Stain, DR..
Leonid Strakovsky, of the faculty of
Georgetown University, yesterday
outlined the turn taken by the
Russian governments since the
revolution, before the Rotary Club
in the Willard Hotel.
DIR. Strakovsky who was sent>
enced to death by the Soviet gov
ernment following the second revolu-
ton in Russia and made his escape
to enlist in the French Foreign
Legion, declared that the government
system which has been in force go
ing on 12 years has thus far been
dismal failure.
He described the fight between
TroksEy and Stain, after the death
of Lenin for control of the govern.
ment with the subsequent ousting
of the former who lacked the vision
of the successful bidder for the
reins of government.
DR.. Arthur Christie made a short
talk on the objects Of Rotary for
the benefit of recently elected MEM
bers.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
Soldiers Home Fight
Winds Up in Court

The matrimonial difficulties of
Willie M. Fridell, 65-year-old in.
ventor and resident Of Soldiers
Home, had their latest aftermath
in police court yesterday when Fri
deli demanded jury trial on a
charge of assaulting Matthey
Holmes 55. fellow resident of the
home.
i 'Fridell. who has invented four
bladed airplane propeller which. ha
says. will revolutionize the air
plane industry. Is being sued for
divorce by his wife. Mrs. Fridell
says that 81 years of welded life
have ended in their permanent dis.
agreement.
The, couple are separated and Fri.
dell II said to haYe questioned
Holmes recently regarding visits
to Mrs. F'ridelI. Holmes reply was
said to have enraged Fridell and
as the. men met near the dining
hall at the home he knocked
Holmes down and left him lying
on the floor, police say,
The Washington times., 1929-04-25

The proposal was advanced in
the House with Representative
Schafer tR.J of Wisconsin as the
likely sponsor.
The .rumpus arose when the
House was asked to concur in a
Senate amendment to a bill appro-
priating $36O,OOO for the expenses
of the present special session, the
amendment providing 5000 addi-
tional for the Senate restaurant.
81 understand there is deficit of
about $4,000 in the Senate restau-
rant fund which would be increased
$4,000 BY this blll.' replied Repre-
sentative Cramton tR) of Michigan.
''The House restaurant, I under
stand. is self-sustaining.
why does 1t cost so much more
to maintain the Senate restaurant"
asked Garner.
Comfy between the two branches
prevents me from answering" F."
Cramton explained.
Representative Michener R) of
Michigan interposed to insist that
the Congressional Record showed
that all members of Congress pay
as high or higher prices for food in
the Capitol restaurants as in other
restaurants.
II don't want the country to
think we are getting food for
nothing" he said.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
Church Club Actors
ADDear in New Farce

Fifty Fifty Is the title of a new
three-act farce presented last night
by the Young Peoples Club Of st.
Columbus Episcopal Church, at
Forty,second and Albemarie SITS. n.
w. The players as they appeared
in the performance are as follows:
Bill Draper, Spencer Fitzgerald,
Ray Allison, Elizabeth Rounds,
Hilda Beetham, Audrey ; Phillips,
Kathryn Seller. John Becker, Joe
Beetham and Hilda Phillips.
The play will be repeated to-
night and tomorrow night, the pro-
ceeds of the three performances to
be applied to the church building
fund.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
Danov, Furrier, Seeks
To Restrain Competitor

What's in a name? Shakespeare
says it makes no difference. but
David Danov. a furrier. trading as
the Partisan Fur Company. 500
block Pennsylvania Avenue, has
gone to court to keep NJ. Vein
berg, 500 block Eleventh st. N. w,
from using similar trade. name
for his business.
Through Attorney d. Edward
Clarke. Dan0v says he has been
using the name for the past IL
wears and during the past year and
a half. Weinberg has been Us rig
the same name on the sign ovei his
place Of business. Danov says he
has a patent on the name and
seeks a court injunction to keep
Weinberg from infringing on his
alleged rights.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
49 Kiwanis Clubs. to Fete
National President Here

Forty nine KiWanis Clubs in the
Capital kiwanis district. comprising
the States Of Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia and the District Of CoIum-
bia, viii honor o Sam Cummings, Of
Kansas City, president OF Kiwanis
international. at meetings to be ar.
ranged here April 29, and at Rich.
mond. May ].
The Washington meeting is being
arranged by Harry G. Kimball, dis
trict governor, In conjunction with
Lieutenant Governor Finley c.
Hendrickson. of Cumberland, Md.
Edgar Morris, president of the
Washington club. and others.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
VI(TNN|I|ZED |
MAN SHES
At COURT

The man held BY Silver
Spring (Md. police as the
alleged blackmailer Of persons
spooning in parked. cars, was
released today when the one
man who identified him de-
clined to go into court and
testify against him, police of
the Silver Spring substation
of the Montgomery county
force declared.
The man was arrested by County
Policeman Charles Barnes after a
hard fight and a two-mile chase
through the wooded sections border.
ing Lovers Lane" favorits tryst-
ing place for Washington and
suburban couples, near Takoma
Park, Md.
Barnes and a young woman COM
panfon motored to the lane and had
scarcely parked when three men ap-
peared out of the shadows. Before
anything could be said, Barnes
jumped from the car and grappled
with one man. later losing his hold
and being forced to chase him for
some distance before overcoming
him.
In the meantime, the woman had
driven back to Silver Springs when
the other two men again approached
the car. When the woman and ad-
ditionaI police returned they helped
Barnes take his prisoner to tho sta.
tion house.
Police have received many COM
plants from alleged victims Of the
''racketeers.'' they said. In the alb
sence of a completing witness they
,,,ora foroad n Iihh1sa 70 theiI. rY.isonai-
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
. i al + t - E
SOCIETY / TO.
HONOR DIG.
Man

Architects from all parts of
the country today marshalled
their forces at the sixty-second
convention. of the American
Institute of Architects at the
Mayflower Hotel to save the
nations historic monuments,
to aid park and forest conser-
walton, and to prevent the
"disfigurement of our land
scape by the intrusion of bill
boards and other unsightly
structures on the country
wayside. "
A. Lawrence Kocher, of New
York, chairman of the institutes
committee on preservation of his
toric monuments and natural re-
sources, reported that chapters of
the institute in various parts of
the country are engaged in record
ing the architecturally meritorius
buildings of the past.
Billboard Evils
The institute aims eventually to
organize this material, supplemented
by adequate historical discussion,
as a comprehensive record of early
American architecture, Kocher told
the delegates.
Work done by architects through
out the country in helping to re-
store old buildings and improve
places of historic Importance was
described.
The delegates were told that the
growing evil" of billboards will
probably soon be placed under con-
troll by O. favorable decision from
the United States Supreme Court
which win soon be called upon to
decide test case.
Standardization of teaching
methods In architectural education
was opposed In report of the
committee on education.
Grant to Be HOnored
Organization, conformity to ac.
cepted requirements, and good in-
tentions viii not make school,"
the report declared. Environment,
atmosphere, the personality oG the
staff, are intangible but essential
features" the committee reported.
The following laymen, it was an
nounced today, have been nominated
for honorary membership in the in
stitute: Andred w. Mellon, Heed
Smoot, Col. U. S. Grant, Sd; James
Rowland Angel, Bernard Hoffm1Tl,
Samuel s. FIeisher, Nicola D'As
censo, Edgar Brandt. All have rem
dered distinguished service to the
fine arts, the delegates were tod.
An exhibition illustrating the
plans of the Treasury Department
for the executive group Of buildings
in the triangle area, will be- shown
to the delegates tonight - the
United States Chamber of Com
merce where they will he the guests
of Secretary of the Treasury Mel
lon.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
Ask $11, $50 Damages
In Auto Collision

Damage suits totalling $11,S5O
were filed in Circuit Court yester,
day by Clinton Buckingham, and
{ his wife, Mrs. Emma l.. Bucking-
ham, First block T st. N. E,
against Fred r.. Hipson, of Boston,
Mass, as an aftermath OF a traffic
accident April /.
Through Attorney John A. Thomp.
son; the plaintiffs declare that an
automobile in which they were rid.
ing overturned after a collision with
Hipson'st machine on Rhode Island
Avenue. near Eighteenth Street.
Buckingham seeks $1O,50O for his
injuries and his wife demands
1880.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
What Price Food for
Senate Stirs House

Congressional investigatonto learn why it costs
so much feed SO Senators-was in the offng today
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
HOWARD TO SPEAK

Clinton o. Howard. chairman
National Committee for the en-
forcement of law. will speak at IL
O'Clock Sunday morning at the
Third Baptist Church. Fifth and
@ Sts.: N. w. DR. G. o. Bullock
will preach the annual sermon to
the Ancient Order of Jerusalem
at 8. O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
EXERCISING FOR HEALTH

DIR. Riley d. Moore will speak
on Exercising for Health" and DIR.
T. M. SchippeIl on scientific Diet
Reform" before the Vegetarian
Society tomorrow night at o'clock
at the residence of DIR. Schippell,
1900 block Sixteenth ST., N. w.
James P. Briggs, president of the
society, will preside.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
Loyal Legion to Honor
Anniversary of Grant

A committee of the Military
order of the. Loyal Legion will con-
naemorate the 10th anniversary OF
the birth of Gen. U. s. Grant by
placing wreath on the Grant
statue in the botanical gardens
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
The committee is Major Lawrence
Crawford, Capt. T.. j. Dorm, Col. u.
s. Grant, 3rd. and Francis p. VIII
lian1s. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
CALIFORNIA GUARDSMEN
ADOPT WORLD WAR DOG
Canine, Decorated by Belgian King,
to Be Provided for
in Comfort.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONG BEACH, Calf. August al
Tackle. canine World War veteran, who
recently was turned over to the AMI
NAL Shelter here when its owner could
no longer care for it, today was enjoy
ing comfort and human companionship
as the ward and mascot of Company
D, 251st Coast Artillery, California
National Guard.
The war dog was formally adopted
by the outfit at ceremonies held at the
Long Beach Armory. He then was
given into the custody of member OF
the unit who was able to provide him
with fine yard and every comfort
which his dog heart could desire.
Tackle, who is Is years of age, Is a
Grunenwaldt Belgian shepherd. He
carried dispatches for the French
army during the early days of the Eu-
ropean conflict. He was decorated by
the Belgian King and sailed for the
United States in charge of a specially
detailed orderly. -Fhe dog formerly
was the property of Edward ]. Newbegin
of Redlands, Calf, an ex-service man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
POTOMAC FIREMEN
SEEK PARADE HONOR
Department, Headed b. Chief Cor
don, Will Take Part in Capital
Parade.

POTOMAC, Va, August 31.-Potomac
firemen will march in the f1remen's par
ade to be held by the District of Co
lumbia Fire Department at Washington
Monday in conjunction with its annual
Labor day jubilee.
Headed by Fire Chief James L. Cor
don, 20 of the local fire fighters, in blue
uniforms, will march in the parade,
while No. 4 engine, Potomac's new ESQ.,
gallon pumper, which was recently pur-
chased for the town by the Arlington
County Board of Supervisors. will head
the unit. Chief Operator Thomas j.
Cockrell will drive the engine.
Potomac will carry the hopes of Ar
lington and Fairfax Counties in the
parade, as it was recently adjudged the
department in either
county in the parade held by the Ar
lington- Fairfax Firemen's Association at
Greenway Downs, in Fairfax County.
Walter U. Varney of the Potomac Fire
Department, president of the bi-county
body, will march with Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01

the oldest member of the Fourth Pres
byterian Churchs congregation at pres
ent. She was christened in 1t nearly
century ago by Rev. DR.. Noble.
Ulysses S. Grant she remembers as a
familiar figure pacing along the walk
in front of the Presidents house Smok-
ing that interminable cigar"
Lincoln's gaunt figure, Johnson-she
recalls his impeachment, the martyred
Garfield and McKinley-all of them
pass before her as she re-visualizeS the
past.
AS for Gov Shepherd whom most of
us associate with Washington's early
civic history, he was mere boy in knee
breeches when first his father brought
him to the Preston home for Sunday
dinner. Often the goVernor-to-be dined
with Mistress Mary, neither dreaming
of the honors and burdens that few
short years would heap upon his boyish
shoulders.
If the day is dull and forbidding,
perhaps 1t will recall to her mind the
blacklist day in the life of the Capital
during the 60'S-that following the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln. All
houses bear the look of mourning.
Every door is hung with black crepe
window shades are drawn-and those
who venture abroad walk with Softened
tread and subdued manner. Literally,
Mrs Shafer recalls, the entire city was
in mourning. Terror reigned in the
wake of the murder. Her brother had
been to the theater the night before
and returned home too terrified to tell
a connected story OF the tradgedy.
Recalls End Of Civil War.
She tells also OF the end of the Civil
War
When word came that Richmond
had fallen and our men were soon to
return to us-Washington went wild.
Every window of every house must
have a light-there was no gas then
candles were used. And some had to
tend them to see that fire was not
started. Everybody who was not tend
ing candles was out in the singing
crowd-joining the buggies and car
riagcs which rode through the streets
in mad gayety-or with those who
walked, tossing caps, confetti, anything
they could get their hands on. high
into the air"
Mrs. Shafer. who attended her first
White House reception when Pierce was
President, still enjoys all of her facul-
ties except perfect hearing.
Her recipe for longevity? She has
none, except to live ones life-with a
decent respect for the laws of God and
MANN accordance with ones own
ideas. not troubling about the worlds
opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
HYATTSTOWN FETE
! CLEARS BIG SUM
Firemen Award Speed Prize to Mel
vim Burdette, and Second
Honor to Cousin.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

., Special Dispatch to The Star.
..lm- ROCKVILLE, Md, August 31.-The
I, first annual carnival of the Hyattstown
Volunteer Fire Department came to a
elclose tonight after being in progress
three afternoons and evenings at Noun
: tain View Park, near Hyattstown. The
y attendance was excellent throughout
and big sum was cleared.
W Dancing, horseshoe pitching and a
;, mile run were among the diversions.
The speed contest was won by Melvin
Burdette, who defeated some of the best
runners of the Hyattstown neighbor-
hood, his cousin, Bernard Burdette, fin
fishing second.
v The feature of the closing afternoon
was hook-up contest among a number
of the volunteer fire departments of the
county.
~ Webster v. Burdette. president of the
fire department, headed the general
Committee of arrangements.
W Kensington won the hook-up contest,
= Gaithersburg- Washington Grove was
second, Rockville third and Bethesda
fourth,
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MRS. NJ. P. ST1AFER, "a TODAY,
REMEMBERS % PRESIDENTS
Widow of Washington JeWeIer
Recalls Many Historic Hap
penings on Anniversary.
Has Personal Recollection of
Every Chief Executive
Since John Tyler.

Personal recollections Of % Presi-
dents of the United States; of
scenes accompanying great victory
and national catastrophe now buried
in the pages of history: of the mean
derings of a lost river; the growth of a
little town into magnificent city; of
the emergence of the modern age from
its wartime chrysalis-theSe things
store of memories which have enriched
the "a years of Mrs. Mary Preston
Skaters life, native Washingtonian,
who celebrates simultaneously today
her ninety-fourth birthday and her
seventy-third wedding anniversary at
her apartment in the Wyoming.
For she has lived the entire "a years
in Washington, doubtless the only per-
son in the history of the city to have
had that long residence here.
Her husband, the late Charles A.
Shafer, we'll known Washington jeweler,
founder of the firm of Harris & Shafer,
is not here to celebrate with her. but
her two children, six grandchildren,
nine great-grandchildre and host of
friends are showering her with con-
gratulations.
Born September 1, 1888.
There was a fiery son of the South
in the Presidents House when Mary
Noble Preston was born on September
l. 1885, in comfortable dwelling on
Twelfth street between E and F. An
drew jackson was in his heyday.
There was a village in the place of the
great city Washington has become to-
day: Village of residential society
instead of this center of learning and
commerce" to use Mrs. Skaters own
expression. There was mud instead Of
paved streetS-lotS of it; great open
spaces where now huge apartments
tower on the landscape; a deeply
wooded country known as 1.-The
slashes' where she makes her present
home on the crest of the hill in the
Mount Pleasant section; marshes and
the Potomac annually overlooking its
banks where the Monument and the
magnificent buildings of Potomac Park
now Standard tumbling its way
through the Mall, winding river,
hurrying over sandy bed through the
heart of the business district of today,
to join the mother stream below Wash
ington.
This river recently re-discovered and
hailed as the lost river" of Washing
ton, Is at present causing some concern
to engineers, as the foundation Of the
new Department of Commerce Building
has been erected on its bed. Mrs.
Shafer is perhaps the only citizen of
the Capital who can recollect crossing
that strea mby the old foot bridge which
spanned it at Seventh street.
Remembers John Tyler.
Although she has lived through the
administration of every President since
the seventh (25 in alb Mrs. Skaters
first recollection of chief executive is
a glimpse Of John Tyler when she was
a child. Willard Fillmore she remem-
bers well as a member of the con-
gregation of her fathers church, the
Fourth Presbyterian. Mrs. Shafer is
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EXPORT LINE GETS
S6,675,0)D LOAN
Shipping Board Signs Con-
tract Calling for Construc-
ton of Four Steamers.

Contracts covering loans totaling
$6,675, 900. or three fourths of the con-
struction cost Of four combination pas
senger and cargo steamers for the
American Export Lines, operating be-
tween New York and Mediterranean
ports, were signed yesterday by the
United States Shipping Board. The
action was the first definite move ever
taken for the large-scale use of money
from the construction loan fund in aid
of building American vessels for over
seas trade. 1t opens the way for COM
mencement Of work on the four ships
without delay.
The documents were signed by Chair
man T. v. O'Conner. chairman OF the
Shipping Board, acting for the board;
Henry Haberman, president of the Elk
port Steamship Corporation of New
York. for the shipowner, and C. l..
Bardo. president Of the New York Ship
building Co. of Camden, N. j., for the
shipbuilder. The contract between the
shipbuilder and shipowner already has
been signed.
Gets Russian Contract.
The agreement signed today was
direct outgrowth of a recommendation
last week on the part of President
Hoover's intradepartmental board that
the Federal funds be made available
for this private construction. The
Presidents board was moved at the
time by reports that 1000 men faced
unemployment at the Camden ship
yards, and Geographic communications
from members of the board to the Ship
ing Board made comparatively i'm
mediate action possible. 1t was an
nounced about the same time that the
American Export Steamship Co. had
just closed a contract with the Russian
Government for extensive commodity
transportation.
A number of loans have been author
lied in the past, but in practically AL
cases they have been in aid Of ship
construction, either for domestic trade
or for nearby foreign trades.
Sold in 1925.
The American Export Line was orig
inally Shipping Board cargo service
and was sold to its present owners in
1925. It was the first of the boards
cargo lines to be transferred to private
ownership. Since operation by its
present owners. however, consider
able passenger business is being devel-
oped, and the new vessels accordingly
have been planned to have accommo-
dationS for 100 persons each. They
will be of more than 5000 tons dead
weight and will have sea speed OF
about 16 knots.
In other respects the vessels have
been designed to suit the requirements
Of the trade in which they will engage.
The loan to the export company will
be extended at the minimum rates of
interest provided in the Jones-White
law. Repayment will be made in 20
equal annual installments, with interest
payable semi-annually. Advances OF
this Government money will only be
made, however, after that portion of
the cost to be paid for directly by the
ship owner has been expended.