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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
SAYS CAPITAL LACKS
TRAFFIC ARTERIES
Former Representative Mondell Ad-
vises Commissioners of Conditions
Between 9th and 18th Streets.

The growth of Washington is making
evident the need for more north and
south traffic arteries between Sixth and
Sixteenth streets, in the opinion OF
former Representative Frank w. Mon
dell, who has expressed his views in a
letter to the Commissioners.
Mr.. Mondell says that Sixteenth street
Is the only street which answers the
qualifications of being wide, straight
and having an easy grade over Meridian
Hill, in this section, and these qualifi-
cations have drawn to it far more traffic
than it should be called upon to handle
Widening of Thirteenth street to Flor
ida avenue is recommended by Mr.
Mondell to help in taking care of this
problem. improvement of Eighth
Tenth and Eleventh streets is also sug-
gested.
so far as I know" Mr.. Mondell
wrote, no one now living is respon-
sible for the fact that none of the
streets IN this section except Sixteenth
tire lengths, for the regrettable crooks
and dislocation ACQUIRING all along
Florida avenue, for the fact that at
least two streets in this section, Thir-
tenth and Fifteenth, by being mar
roWed at the foot and the hill and there
laid out on heavy grades. are highly
undesirable for auto and bus travel, par
ticularly in bad weather.
While, therefore, 1t is not my thought
or purpose to blame any one for con-
ditionS which exist, there will be much
blame resting on all those responsible
for city planning and development il
the unfortunate situation to which ]
have referred is not speedily remedied.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
NATIONAL HOTEL
PROPERTY BOUGHT
District Commissioners Ac-
uuire Structure as Part of
Municipal Site.

The District Commissioners today
authorized the purchase of the historic
old National Hotel, Sixth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, as a part of the
site of the new municipal center. The
purchase, which will involve consider
alton of $580000, is the most ambitious
to be handled in the course of acquir-
ing the sites to date.
The hotel will eventually be torn
down, but six tenants of the building
hold leases expiring September 80, 1881,
and since the District has agreed to
continue these leases in force. no raZlng
work will be done on the building at
least prior to that date.
The deal was made by the National
Hotel Co. through Attorney George H.
Calvert, jr.
The Commissioners also awarded two
contracts for sewer construction to the
Peter d'Adamo Construction Co. The
contracts call for the construction of
the Sixteenth street service sewer be-
tween Kalmia road and Jonquil street
at cost of 81 ,430.91 and the Patterson
tract service sewer in the vicinity of
Fourth street and Florida avenue north
east at cost of $11.505.45.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
BLEASE ADDRESSES
i RALLY OF RED MEN
Tells Gathering He Will Sponsor
Any Project to Establish Su-
premacy of Capital.

In ar address at a grand rally Of
the Improved Order of Red Men last
night in Pythian Temple, Senator
Blease of South Carolina offered to
sponsor airy project that might estab-
1ish the supremacy of washington
among the capitals Of the world.
Following an invocation service by
w. c. White, j. E. Baker, great sachem
of the District of Columbia, who pre-
sided at the meeting, addressed n
formal welcome to Senator Blease.
The address of Senator Blease prln-
kipally related to Redmanship principles
and their application to American
society. Deploring the spirit OF social
envy and competitive vanity that pre-
walls in America, Senator Blease, in
suggesting a countercheck against this
condition, said, IF man will follow
the principles of Redmanship, he VIII
attain a productive and unselfish life. =
Averring that this moral detection OF
American society has originated in the
home. Senator Blease charged Amerl-
can parents with ~emissnesS in putting
the best in and getting the best out" OF
their children.
In commenting on the civic obliga-
lions of the Improved Order OF REQ
Men at the conclusion Of his address
Senator Blease urged the organization
TO promote the establishment of Wash
ington as the cultural center of the
world. Any project designed to create
such a civic distinction, Senator Blease
declared, would receive his unqualified
support
A special guest at the meeting was
Great Sachem Sager of Virginia, who
pledged the fraternal cooperation OF
his State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
SHOUSE CHEERS ii
VIRGINIA OUTCOME
National Chairman Sees DEM
ocratic States Return
to Normally.

The election of DR.. John Garland
Pollard, the Democratic nominee for
Governor of Virginia, was cheered To-
Clay by Jouett Shouse, chairman OF the
Democratic national executive commit
tee, as showing return OF the Ola
Dominion State to political normally.
"Virginia'S return to normal Democ-
racy is no surprise" Mr.. Shouse said.
1.-The apparently overwhelming land
slide marks how completely the swing
away from its historical political faith
has been reversed.
1T is not alone on the election Of
DR.. Pollard and his colleagues on the
ticket that Democracy has reason to
congratulate ITSELF" he said. 1T is
fine tribute to Gov. Harry Byrd, an
Endorsement of his administration and
tribute to his eminence among his
people.
1.-THE Virginians are to be felicitated
that they refused to be swayed by the
appeals to their prejudiceS and on their
retention of a decent political per-
Spective."
Commenting further on the apparent
reversal from the earlier swing away
from the Democratic standard, Mr..
Shouse said:
1T was bound to be so, for the CAM
paign against Gov.-elect Pollard repre-
sented little more than an effort OF
certain politicians to gain control OF
the political machinery of the State by
attempting to capitalize and keep alive
the factional differences of the last
election. Such an effort was bound
to fail.
Republicans naturally sought to use
the occasion to the hurt of the Demo-
cratic party by indorsing Mr.. Browns
candidacy for the governorship. The
Republicans made the utmost OF their
opportunity. Money was poured into
the State in greater volume than dur
| ing the campaign which gave Virginia's
vote to Herbert Hoover.
1.-The Virginia election is the culmtna-
| ton Of series of political episodes
that all point to the same thing-the
restoration of Democratic harmony. 1t
began with the choosing of a Democrat
| from the third district of Kentucky,
which had elected Republican with
Hoover last year The victory of Ram
speck, the regular Democrat, over his
| Hooverite adversary in the Atlanta dis
trict of Georgia, which also went Re-
publican in the national election; the
election of Kvale, with Democratic in
dorsement in Minnesota, and the phe-
nomenal vote amassed by Hoidale,. q
Democrat, in Walter Newton's Minne-
apolis district, all show how the pol1t1-
cal wind is blowing" "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
FIVE JOCKEYS HURT
IN AUTO COLLISION
Three Seriously Injured En- Route
to Pimlico-Two Released
From Hospital.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, November g.
Five Jockeys were injured, three serious
", when their automobile collided with
another last night near Chantilly, Fair
fax County, Va. The driver of the other
car also is reported to have been in
jured.
The Jockeys were on their way to the
P!mlico track at Baltimore, Md, from
the Ziegler Stables at Middleburg, Va
They were taken to the Alexandria
Hospital by passing motorists and
treated by DR.. S. G. Moore.
Three of the boys, Richard Fisher
10, of 70 Waldorf avenue, Delaware
Long Island; Conrad Ernst, II, of Cow
ington, KY, and John Henry Staten, 10,
colored, of Winston-Salem, N. c., are
still in the Alexandria Hospital. The
other two, John Delaney, Queens Village
Long Island, and Silvy Rossi, Narration
Conn, were treated and allowed to
leave the hospital. Fischer received in
juries to his back and severe cuts ano
bruises, Staten had his arm dislocateo
and suffered severe cuts and abrasions
and Ernst received severe cuts and
bruises.
Four of the boys are said to be
Jockeys, while Staten is an exercise boy
Both cars figuring in the accident are
reported to have been demolished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
TRAFFIC EVIDENCE
SENT TO HARLAND
Subcommittee Awaiting Re-
ply From Director Before
Making Report.

Senator Hastings, Republican, Of
Delaware, chairman of the subcommit-
tee which held hearings recently on
traffic problems In Washington, today
sent to Traffic Director Harland the
records taken during the hearings, in
order to get the recommendations Of
Mr.. Harland as to what the report OF
the subcommittee should contain.
The hearings dealt primarily with the
problem of automobile parking space.
The hearings were started after Senator
Kean, Republican, of New Jersey, made
the suggestion that further restrictions
should be placed upon parking on main
thoroughfareS.
The subcommittee is expected to
await the comments of Director Har-
land before holding meeting to con-
slider its report. In addition to the
parking question, the hearings included
a discussion of proposed changes in the
operation of the automatic traffic lights
and also the problem of expediting
traffic In the vicinity of the group of
new Federal buildings to be erected
south of Pennsylvania avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
.''King of Hoboes''
Protests Against
ID. C.. Lodging House
Either Existing COndi-
tons or Conditions Of Ex-
istence Are Unsatisfactory

Either the existing conditions or the
condition of existence at Washington's
Municipal Lodging House is unsatis-
factory to the Unemployment Confer
ence and j. Eads How.
The king of Hoboes," Mr. How, and
the conference neglected to be specific
when they deplored matters at the
hosiery in a resolution mailed the Dis
trict Commissioners this morning
1t NAV have been the service the Con-
ference was hitting at or it may have
been the house rules:
Bath Is Compulsory" in authorita-
tive lettering, constitutes the first house
rule; another says:
Work One Hour for Bed"
A third reads, Work One Half Hour
for Each Meal"
Nevertheless, the woodward has been
dispensed with at 312 Twelfth street.
The sawbucks have been taken down
! and the croSS-cut saws laid to rest.
That, in the opinion of Harry A
Koch. superintendent, is a popular in
| novation. Too, he said, the guests were
only expected to work enough to make
| their habitat comfortable. There is
! hot water heat and plenty to eat, he
! said.
Despite the criticism of the Districts
| hospitality, some 80 transientS avail
! themselves of it each night, particularly
since frosty weather set in.
| If the existing conditions have been
| deplored, Mr.. Koch feels wrong has
been done. The condition of existence
| however, is another matter and seems
| to fall under the house rules.
| "Why does Mr.. How put up here ano
try out the service" Mr.. Koch wanted
to know. Neither Mr.. How nor George
w. Mack, whose name appeared on the
complaint, has visited the establish.
ment in the knowledge of the superin-
tendent.
leila w. Newcomb also signed the pc
tition in behalf of the unemployed
Specifically, the complaints referred
to poor food" and conditions regarded
as mot satisfactory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
MASONIC OFFICERS
PAY OFFICIAL VISIT
Grand Master and Associates Meet
With King Solomon Lodge This
Afternoon.

The grand master of Masons in the
District of Columbia, accompanied by
the officers of the Grand Lodge, this
afternoon is paying an official call OF
ceremony, known as an annual grand
visitation, to the daylight lodge
King Solomon, No. 31-meeting in
Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue. This lodge was
chartered May 10, 1905, and has a
membership of 269 Most of the men,
bers are employed at night, so that the
lodge was specifically organized so as
to provide them with a fraternal or
SANITATION which they could attend dur
ing the daylight hours. Charles KtgeI
is the master.
Visitations were made last evening
to Arminius Lodge, No. rs, and to Ma
tional Lodge, No. IL, meeting separately
The first visit was made to Arminius
Lodge, which is popularity known as
the German lodge, as its ritualistit
work is in the German language
George Wolfrum is the master. The
second visit of the evening was made
to National Lodge, No. II, of which
Lee O. Bryant is the master. There
was an unusually large attendance ano
Grand Master Wisdom D. Brown ex'
planned in detail his program for thu
fraternity during the current Masonic
The next grand visitations of TIT
series are scheduled for next Tuesda!
evening, when visitations will be mad
to Acacia Lodge, No. ID; Federal Lodge
No. /, and Samuel Gompers Lodge
No. As. These lodges hold their meet
street and New York avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
PRIVATE CARS FREE
MOVEMENT BARRED
Interstate Commerce Commission
Orders Practice Ended by
January Is, 1880.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion issued a formal order today direct
ing railroads to discontinue the practice
of transporting private passenger cars
of one carrier over the line of another
carrier free or at other than published
tariff rates.
In instructing the roads to desist
from this practice before January Is,
1880, the commission held it was a
violation of the Interstate Commerce
act and that the transportation of per-
sons in private passenger cars at the
rate charged passengers provided only
with ordinary coach accommodations
was discriminatory and unduly prefer
entail.
Last Summer the commission issued
a finding to this effect, but at that time
no formal instructions were given the
railroads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
GEN. DAWES OPENS
TEMPORARY OFFICE
Ambassador Give1,t Quarters
in State Department for
Visit in Capital.

Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Ambas-
White House yesterday for three-day
visit to discuss with President Hoover
and Secretary of State Stimson ques-
tons relating to the forthcoming dis
armament conference and matters con-
corning the relations of the United
States and Great Britain, today estab-
lished headquarters for himself in the
State Department Building.
When not engaged with the President
or the Secretary of State, Gen. Dawes
may use these headquarters for the
purpose of carrying on personal affairs
and receiving callers. The suite turned
over to him temporarily was one used
by Gen. Pershing.
After brief conferences earlier in the
morning with the President and Secre-
tary Stimson, Gen. Dawes went to his
temporary Office and remained there
during a greater part of the forenoon.
He received number of callers, most
of them old friends, with whom he
talked about almost everything in the
world except the business which
brought him to Washington at this
time.
NO Reports Made.
Since the arrival of Ambassador
Dawes it has been very plain at the
White House that nothing is to be
forthcoming in the nature of report
of the conferences between the President
and his visitor. While no official infor-
nation has been made public regarding
the conferences between the two, ii
is understood that the President has
lost no time in going into details with
his visitor regarding the program tc
be followed by the American delegation
to the London conference. Also, 1t is
known that the President has not con-
fined these conferences to the Subject OF
naval disarmament but that he has
included great variety of subjects in
the discussions
Mr.. Hoover is expected shortly to
name two more members of the Amerl-
can delegation to the disarmament con-
ference and it has been indicated that
since Mr.. Dawes is known to be slated
for appointment to the delegation, his
opinion regarding those who the PreSi-
dent has under consideration for these
two important posts has been sought.
Will Visit Capitol.
Ambassador Dawes, after the lunch
con at the home of Secretary Stimson
this afternoon, expects to go again to
the Capitol and mingle again with his
former associates in the Senate. 1t is
expected that he will be at the Capitol
for several hours.
Dinner at the White House tonight
will be more of a family affair. Only
a few personal friends of the President
| and of Gen. Dawes have been invited
1t will in no wise resemble the some
what formal dinner party at the White
House last night when large number
of guests were invited among them be-
ing Harry F. Guggenheim, recently APP
pointed Ambassador to Cuba; Secretary
Of State Stimson and II members of the
| foreign relations committee of the Sen
ate. Gen. Dawes was accompanied or
his visit to Washington by Mrs. Dawes
and Mrs Carolyn Erickson, his daugh-
| ter. They will leave Washington to-
morrow night for New York preparatory
to sailing the following night for hi:
London post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
REV. LOUIS WEBER
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Well Known Jesuit Minister
and Educator Dies at Age
of II Years.

Rev. Louis S. Weber, S. j., for 10
years assistant pastor of the Holy Trim
ity Church. Thirty-sixth and N streets,
and prominent Jesuit educator, died
last night at Georgetown University
Hospital, after being stricken earlier in
the day. Father Weber was II years
old and one of the best known priests
in Washington.
His death was unexpected and re-
suited from complication of ailments,
including lung and kidney infections.
Father Weber was in particularly
good spirits early yesterday because he
had with him as a visitor one of his
boyhood friends, Bishop Cremont OF
Alaska, with whom he had gone to
school in AmienS, France.
Father Weber was one of the most
active workers in the Catholic Churcn
and charities in Washington. He was
born at Colmer, Alsace-Lorraine, in
1853 and entered the Jesuit order 10
years later. AS he was born before the
Franco-PruSSian War, he always con-
Sidered himself FTenchman. His par
entS were French.
He came to this country in 1875 and
started his career as professor OF the
classical languages at Jesuit colleges.
He taught for number OF years at
Georgetown University, Fordham, Holy
Gross and st. Johns College in Phila-
delphia. During the World War he was
instructor of the R. o. T. G. unit or
ganized then at Georgetown.
For the last 10 years he had been as
ISOLATED with Holy Trinity Church, and
its nearness to Georgetown University
brought him in almost daily contact
with the professors of that institution
At Trinity he was in charge OF the
Holy Name Society, the latter being
composed of 500 men. -,
REQUIEM mass for Father Weber Will
be sung at Holy Trinity Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. The Office OF the
dead will be read at $50 o'clock. Bishop
Cremont will officiate at the mass.
While arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been completed, Father
Weber will be buried in the faculty
cemetery at Georgetown University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
LIMIT ONDEBATE
SPEEDING TARIFF
Amendments Being Cleared in
Second of IS Schedules
to Be Considered.

The Senates decision TO limit each
member to 10 minutes for discussion OF
an amendment proved effective at the
outset of today's session and indicated
more rapid progress might De mace
with the troublesome tariff DILL.
AS soon as it met 1t began clearing
remaining amendments sponsored oy
Republican members of the finance
committee to the earths, earthenWare
and glassware schedule, the second Oh
the IS schedules to be reached.
without a record vote the Senate APP
proved one such amendment to increase
from AS to 60 per cent the duty on car
bons and electrodes less than one-halI
inch in diameter, used principally 1or
motion picture projection purposes
Imports Have Doubled.
Chairman Smoot of the committee
said imports of the small electrodes mad
doubled fer the first five months TINS
year and ere underselling similar
American articles.
Senator Oddie, Republican, Nevada,
urged the increase on behalf OF graphlte
producers, graphite entering into car
bon production, and Senator HATFIELD,
Republican, West Virginia, for the med
ical profession. The small carbons are
used in delicate medical lamps.
The Senate also approved without a
roll call a committee proposal to re-
store the existing duty of SIS per cent
ad valorem of gauge glass tubes, which
the House raised to 65 per cent.
The Senate today discarded its ven
Grated custom of unlimited debate In
an endeavor to complete action on the
tariff bill before the end of the special
session. Each member was limited to
10 minutes discussion of amendments
to the schedule now in hand as the
chamber swung determindly to task
which its leaders have generally termed
extremely difficult if not hopeless.
Prior to adoption of the debate-limit-
ing motion late yesterday. a proposal
to confine discussion to the tariff bill
alone was defeated by the protest OF
Senator Dill, Democrat. Washington
that the Senate should be retained as
free forum"
The proposal for the time limit was
adopted without discussion, in the alb
sence of Senator Dill.
Table BIease Resolution.
A resolution by Senator Blease, Demo
crat, South Carolina, to lay the tariff
bill aside until after disposition of the
Ware case in the regular session, was
tabled.
The Senate late yesterday adopted a
committee amendment striking out the
House rate adding 10 cents a dozer
pieces to the existing duties of As and
so per cent ad valorem, respectively, on
undecorated and decorated earthen-
ware and crockery ware. Existing
rates on these and china and porcelain
products were restored.
Committee amendments to add IL
cents dozen pieces to the ad valorem
rates now in effect on earthenware anC
chinaware cups. SaucerS and plates
valued at not more than so cents q
dozen were rejected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
BROOKHART STORY
TOLD GRAND JURY

Continued From First Page.)
the grand jury should call some of the
men of the financial world who, he said
were present at the dinner.
During his speech in the Senate Sen
ator Brookhart said that among those
present were Otto Kahn and E. E
Loomis. Later in the evening Iowa's
Senator recalled, he said, that w. w
Atterbury, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, also was present at the
dinner.
1t is understood that in his speech
yesterday Senator Brookhart gave all
of the essential information he has re-
garding the 1926 dinner. What he told
the Senate was that someone lifted up
a curtain either on a table or book
case or something, and underneath that
curtain was rack of beautiful silver
hipflaSks."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
IVY CITY FILES PLEA
FOR IMPROVEM ENTS
Citizens Association Requests In
stallation of Granolithic Pave
ments and Lighting Facilities.

Granolithic sidewalks and electric
lights for Ivy City will be requested OF
the District Commissioners in com
munication to be submitted by Hezeklah
Randolph, chairman of the committee
on improvement of the Ivy City Cltl-
zens' Association, it was decided at a
meeting of that body last night at the
Alexander Crummell School, Central
avenue and Gallaudet street northeast.
The following officers were elected at
the meeting: James A. Richardson,
president; James H. Hawkins, vice
president; William Montague, treasurer;
Mrs. Jessie NJ. Boyd. secretary; George
A. washington, chaplain, and Fletcher
A. Mailman, sergeant at arms.