Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

VCAoCJs WiAO az Tic CIOsC Vi lnS extra
session OF Congress is going to Paris as
Ambassador, Is almost as well known
In the French capital as he Is in WASH
ington, having had a European head
quarters of his worldwide advertising
business there for many years.
known around the world as "a busi-
ness man with a business plan" which
Is the slogan on which he has ridden to
success in public life, to the governor
ship of New Jersey and into the United
States Senate, and especially on the
continent on account OF the legislation
he fathered to finance American bust
ness In Europe-it Is not so we'll known
that few years ago he was one of the
leading amateur bicycle riders of the
country and that he is one of the
Nations most ardent fishermen,
Mr.. Edge was In Europe when the
World War broke out and he worked
with the American committee in Lon
don for some time In caring for and
helping to return to this country Amer
leans who were stranded abroad In
1914-so the work of Ambassador will
be no novelty to him.
He started to earn his own living at
tender age in the humble though pic
turesque position OF printers devil
and his success In the publishing and
advertising business has made him one
American Congress. At the age OF IS
he secured o Job in q hotel advertising
agency which he has since built into
international scope and power. He
made Atlantic. City and Florida famous
! as the American Fairgrounds. He estab-
lished branch 0filces In England, France,
Germany. Italy. the Argentine Republic
and other foreign countries.
But this man who next November
uyh ha ~ Do mi o RI Inv.
will be SIS years OF age has not spent all
Of his time In making money and ad-
vancing In politics by leaps and bounds.
He was active, fun-loving, ventureeome
and fond OF sports Of all kinds. There
are several gold watches, pianos and
building lots In various parts OF the
country that he acquired as trophies Of
his skill as. . bicycle rider. He still
enjoys horseback riding and presents
the Capital. He has ridden in many
parades In Washington and other parts
Of the country as well rs when enjoying
his favorite pastime of hunting. He Is
thorough sportsman.
He belongs to the famous Blooming
Grove Hunting Club in Pennsylvania
and the equally renowned Norias Shoot
ing Club In Texas. He has shot and
fished In practically every country. He
has crossed the Rocky Mountains on
horseback and killed antelope. elk, deer
and mountain sheep. He makes period
ical salmon fishing trips only he speaks
Of killing" them. He visits Restigouche.
the famous salmon stream in New
Brunswick, to put himself in shape for
the strenuous pace he leads in business
and politics. q
There is quite an oficial rendezvous
from Washington on Jamestown Island
in Narragansett Bay this Summer, with
Speaker Lonsworth and many naval
officers and members Of Congress gath
ering there There Is quite q naval
settlement with Newport as a bsse in
the Summer time and many oficers
make their headquarters at jamestown
and Beavertail Island, so named on &C
count of its shape, with Narragansett
Bay on one side and the ocean on the
other. Here william Tyler Page, clerk
OF the national House OF Representa-
tives has been q Summer soJourner for
more than IS years and 10 years ago
established Summer home, which has
been q meeting place for Republican
party leaders from all parts of the
country. Mr.. Page will reopen this
MISCONCEPTIONS. who has one Of the
most beautiful Summer homes in that
part of the country on q rocky
promontory with the surf beating At its
foundation. Is former Representative
Ambrose Kennedy of Woonsocket, r.. /.
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Even though the House and Senate
have been in recess during these warm
Summer months 1t has not meant
respite for the Capitol employees. One
of the m st important tasks which the
clerical and financial force OF the
House and Senate have been wrestling
at the Capitol, which goes into effect
this month. This increases the salaries
for something like 5000 employees, more
than half of whom are clerks to men,
bers OF Congress. The increase in
salary for the entire legislative estab-
lishment amounts to nearly 100000.
One of the jobs that have kept the
clerks of the House busy has been the
preparation of the five contested cleo
ton cases. Yesterday the testimony
was opened in the Wurzbach -McC loskey
case for the House seat. Mr.. WurZbach
the only Republican member from
Texas. was apparently unseated by
Augustus McCloskey, Democrat. The
testimony Is very voluminous. The
clerk OF the House and his council are
now deciding on what part of this testi-
mony should be printed for the public
record. This then goes to the Govern
ment Printing once. following which
Copies are furnished to the contestants.
Mr.. Wurzbach will then be allowed 80
DAYS in which to file his brief, follow
ing which Mr.. McCloskey will have an
other 80 days in which to file his answer
and then Mr.. Wurzbach will be allowed
another 80 days If he desires 1t in which
to file supplementary matter. The en-
tire case will then be transmitted TO
the Speaker and referred to an elections
committee of the House.
The other four cases are ready for
House consideration. They are those
OF Lawrence against Millisan, in MIS-
souri,; Hill against Palmisano in Mary
land: Lawson against owen. in Florida
and Updike against Ludlow. in Indiana.
All Of these five cases will be ready
for tranSmittal to the Speaker when
Congress recOnvenes In December.
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The peanut industry is one Of the
rOmances Of the Civil War, with YAM
kee soldiers making this formerly neg
leeted Summer crop popular through
out New England and Northern States.
according TO specialists in the United
States Department Of Agriculture, who
emphasize how closely the humble pea
nut is allied with American history.
Today the peanut crop is worth more
than $40 00O, 900 in commerce.
Secretary Hydes specialists on this
subject point out that this vegetable
Is not really q nut. but q ground pea,
and is a native South American plant.
which found its way to North America
via Africa, as food for prisoners on
board slave ships in the early Colonial
days.
up to the time of the war between
the States, the plant was neglected by
the Southern planters. and was grown
mainly in small patches by the slaves.
During the war, New England and other