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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26
NORTHEAST CITIZENS
TO PLAN FOR centennial
Meeting Tomorrow Night Will
Discuss Part Section Will Take
in 1882 Celebration.

Shaping plans for the Bicentennial
celebration next year in the N )rtheast
section of the city. dinner meeting of
the Bicentennial Committee Of the Con-
ference OF Nor; beast Suburban Citizens
Association will be held at the Brook
land Methodist Church. Fourteenth and
Lawrence streets northeast. tomorrow
evening at o'clock.
Several city leaders in Bicentennial
work will be present. Large delegations
are expected to attend from the aflli-
ated Brookland. Burroughs. Dahlgren
Terrace and Michigan Park Citizens
Associations and other civic and church
organizations In the vicinity.
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industry could then charge the Govern
ment exorbitant prices.
For q number of years a plan has
been afoot to abolish some of the older
naval shore stations that are Considered
obsolete. AS far back as 1923. Mr..
Alias recalled, naval board recon-
mended that all the shore stations but
about three on the Atlantic coast and
two on the Pacific be abolished.
Four Under Discussion.
Navy Yards at Portsmouth, N. H.:
Boston, Mass; New York and Charles
ton. S. c., are among those that have
been under discussion for disposal.
Should this program prevail, Norfolk.
Va; Philadelphia, Pa, and the WASH
ington Navy Yard would be maintained,
There is no move, as far as I have
learned, to interfere with the Washing
ton Navy Yard" said Mr.. Alias. adding
that the heads Of the Navy bureaus had
shown themselves keen for private in
dustry.
The naval chiefs argue that there
should be more private shipyards to
have additional facilities in time of
emergency, but Mr.. Alias and his COL
leagues believe that this is but a scheme
to turn over governmental functions to
private enterprise.
Make For Purchasing Power.
Mr.. Alias asserted that the navy
yards were established for definite lines
of work and organized labor does not
want them closed down. permitting the
work to be sent out TO private Ship
yards, enabling few people to make a
lot of money, he said Under the pres
ent system, the navy yards, located in
strategic positions In the country, enable
the workers to have wide distribu-
ton Of money, making real purchasing
power, he said. A few great private
shipyards would permit their owners to
hoard money, the labor chief said.
The Rapidan conferences will be
watched with keen interest, and should
reduction program for shore stations
be forthcoming, labor leaders propose to
fight 1t vigorously in the next Congress
which convenes in December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26

Levine, violinist, will play Acculay's
Concerto in A Minor; James Sum-
ner and Randolph Walters will play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26
SURVEY OF TRAFFIC
PLANNED AT BRIDGE
Study to Be Made This Week
End in Effort to Solve
Park Congestion.

A traf3c survey, to assist the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
in plans to improve the approaches to
the Washington terminus of the High
way Bridge, will begin Thursday morn
ing and continue through the week
end
Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., the commits
sion's engineer, who also is chairman
of the Co-ordinating Committee, made
this announcement today, after his
group had met and considered the sltu-
alton. The ONCE Of Public Buildings
and Public Parks will supply one man,
the commission another. the surveyors
office of the District third and Capt
H. c. Whitehurst District highway en-
gineer, the fourth. The quartet will
count the automobiles on the various
highways in the vicinity Of the bridge
head. so the engineers may make a
suitable program for traffic improve
ment
William A. Van Duzer, who will be-
come the District traffic director on
July l, will be in charge Of the survey.
He Is now employed as a trafflc con-
sultant for the commission.
At its three-day meeting last week,
the National Capital Park and Planning
SOLIlIn1SSlOH VOCeQ 10 request the CO.
operation of the Co-ordinating Commit
tee. which consists of interested District
and Federal Government agencies. in
the making of the survey This was
readily given TODAY, following a dis
cussion of the subject by the Co-ordi-
mating Committee.
Unusual difficulty in traffic handling
Is experienced by the United States
Park Police, when great numbers of
automobiles crowd into Potomac Park.
This becomes acute when the cherry
blossoms are In bloom. Several plans
have been put forward to relieve the
traf11c condition, occasioned by the cars
coming out of the Hams Point area,
delaying traffic along Fourteenth street.
bridge across the Washington Chan
mel to Water street, and an underpass
beneath Fourteenth street have been
suggested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26
LABOR TO OPPOSE
NAVY YARD CUTS
Machinists' Head Foresees
Attempt to Abolish Several
Shore Stations.

Organized labor is watching closely
any moves leading TO the abolition of
the Nays major shore stations. N. P.
Alias. president of District A Of the
International Association of Machinists,
and the groups legislative agent, said
today that the workers will vigorously
oppose such program should 1t ma
terialize.
President Hoover's summoning of the
various heads of the executive Depart
ments to Rapidan. Va, to confer over
the possible reduction of expenditures.
has led to the belief that the Nays
turn is to come shortly. Secretary
Adams has Just returned to Washington
from an inspection trip to the West
Coast, and 1t is known that a study Is
being made for economies in the naval
establishment.
While Mr.. Alias said that there is as
yet no positive move to slash the Nays
shore establishments, he asserted that
there is too much talk among admirals
in the Navy who are bureau chiefs
about closing down shore stations and
turning the work over to private in
dustry.
"AS Essential as Battleships."
Navy yards are just as essential as
battleships," said Mr.. Alias. I'VE do
not want to turn our technical informa-
ton over to private f1rrs. which can
go out of business when they wish.
National defense is primarily Govern
ment function and the Government
should keep this within its own con-
troll"
Private industry might be willing to
cut the price for work WHICH the navy
yards now do, in order to get them out
of the way, in the belief Of Mr.. Alias,
but as soon as the Government abol-
ished its naval shore stations private
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Deaths Reported.

=, The following deaths have been reported 70
the Health Department. in the last a hours:
Angelina Palazzo, So. 704 z ST. Sc
Grace Marie Vail. q. 22l7 18th St
pita
DAVID Moore. al. sibley Hospital.
David Prime, 5, Children's Hospital
Rosa Maude Jackson, 81. 1929 Lamont St
George Hall, 4s. 1880 B St NE
Clifton Guthrie: A. walter Reed Hospital
Dallas Irving. 81. 1877 18th st
Nathaniel Mozon.. IL. Casualty Hospital.
Leroy Gray. months, Gallinger Hospital
Charged with gambling, w. s. Muir
ply admitted in court in Edinburgh
Scotland, recently that he had handled
$4,000 bets on foot ball games, ranging
from IL cents to IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26
STONE HEARS GROUP

A group Of dairy commission men
today laid their industry's difficulties
before Chairman Stone of the Farm
Board in a frank talk about competi-
ton with cooperative associations.
This was the third group to meet
with Stone Last week representatives
of the grain trade went over their
problems and several weeks ago fruits
and vegetable dealers paid a call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26

The following births have been reported l.
ne Health Department in the last "a hours
Lester and Louise Collins boz
Truman H. and Ruth Drunk, boy.
James and Helen DAILY. boy
William v. and Anna Stevens, boy
Charles A. and Blanche Murray. bow.
Leroy J: and Ethel Philpott, boy
George p. and Bernice Kite, boy
Lawrence r. and Elsie Collins. boy.
RAYMOND W. and Ann Glaves. girl.
George and Lee Levin. girl
Roland A. and Carrie Collins, girl.
John M. and Elizabeth Smith. girl
Russell and Myrtle Keller. girl
Quincy and Elsie Garland. girl
Wilbur N. and Barbara Averill. girl.
Percy A. and GLADYS Wells, girl
Thomas A: and Madeline Quill. girl.
Franklin j. and Clair Murdoch. girl
George D. and Lelicia Bunting. girl.
George z. and Manetta Foilin, girl
Thomas and Louise Monks girl
Van Buren, and Flora Drummer, boy,
william and GLADYS Hawkins, boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26
TENNESSEE'S HOUSE
ACTS TO |MPEACH
Committee Named to Decide
Whether Horton Charges
Shall Be Pressed.
BY the Associated Press.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 26.-The
Tennessee House of Representatives to-
day authorized appointment of q COM
mittee to decide whether Impeachment
charges should be recommended against
Gov. Henry H. Horton.
Appointment of the committee was
recommended yesterday in House res
olution which was introduced after a
ma jority report of legislative investi-
eating committee charged the Governor
had been dominated by Col Luke Lea.
Nashville publisher and politician. and
Rogers Caldwell, former investment
banker.
The Investigating Committee made
an extensive inquiry into State affairs
after Caldwell's bank, Caldwell & Co.,
failed last Fall and precipitated the
closing of many OTHER banks. Nearly
100000 in State funds was on de-
post in the closed banks.
Vote II to Is.
The resolution for appointing a COM
mittee to decide whether the Governor
shall face impeachment proceedings was
adopted by a vote of II to IS. Speaker
Walter M Haynes of the House said he
would make the appointments tomor-
row
Administration forces mustered 80
votes In support Of an earlier resolution
to table the one providing for appoint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26
PLAN MEMORIAL RITES

Memorial services under the auspices
OF the Great Council OF the District Of
Columbia Improved Ordc of Red Men
will be held in Red Mems Hall. 7I3 d
street northwest, tomorrow evening at 8
O'Clock. Great Junior Sycamore Harry
J. Thompson is in charge Of the ar
rangements. Judge Edwin 8. Fuller
will deliver an address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26

Barker Hall, at
the Y. w. G. A.
The orchestra
W i'll introduce
individual con-
ceptions of ma
tional d a n C e S,
including S u c h
selections as the
Spanish dances
of Moszkovski,
the Polish dan
ces by Scharwen-
ka and Brahms
" H u n 6 ar / a n
Dance No. s."
Some of the
members of the
orchestra " i'll
also appear as
SOlOistS Oscar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26

Every insect instinctively deposits its
eggs where there is suitable food at
hand for its offspring. The pestiferous
clothing moth always goes for wool,
where 1t deposits about 200 eggs at
once, to cause havoc later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26
CIVIL SERVICE TO HOLD
TREE SURGEON TESTS
June 10 Is Closing Date for Ap-
plications for Park
Position

Applications viii be accepted until
June 10 for the position Of tree surgeon
to I'LL vacancies under the Once OF
Public Buildings and Public Parks In
Washington, the Civil Service Com
mission has announced.
The entrance salaries range from
$5.04 to So a day.
The duties include pruning, scientific
bracing, waterproofing, croes-sectional
cavity filling and root treatment Of
trees. Applicants must have at least
two years of suitable experience. In
formation may be obtained at the COM
missions office, 1924 F street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-15

One man complains bitterly that every time he looks for prosperity around the corner he finds a gas station.-(Toledo Blade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-15
CONTRIBUTING TO DISRESPECT OF
 LAW.

Suspicious officers of the law shot and killed two boys in Oklahoma the other day. It was later disclosed that the boys college students who had been attending an American college In Kansas and were going to their homes in Mexico for the summer vacation. One of them was relative Of the President of Mexico. The officers have caused the United States much embarrassment. President Hoover has apoogzed.
 Past experiences under similar circumstances are likely many to believe that murder charges were filed against the officers in the Oklahoma case because the victims citizens of foreign coun- try that insists that her citizens must not be treated as outlaws just because they happen to be in the United States But the fact is that the offense of the officers would have been equally great if the boys had been Americans and the sons of American fathers and mothers
 This is another incident that ought to cause officers to be quick the trigger. Officers of the law have by permiscuous shooting, contributed not little to the prevailing disrespect of law.
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of Congress rendered it impossible Definite plans then were made for July, 1923, but these, as the time z approached, were endangered by the illness of Mrs Harding. She happily, recovered quickly and was able to make the journey. Visit in Juneau ! When the Henderson put into port at Juneau, the Capital, on July 10, the Governors wife ex- tending a greeting, said:
 MT. President-I did not feel quite sure you were really coming until I saw you on deck"
 "Everything depended upon Mrs Harding" he answered cordially, q should not have come without her"
 Only once on the fortnight's jaunt was the weather unkind. That was at Juneau. Rain greeted the party and fell steadily all day long. The distinguished visitors said sweetly they were perfectly delighted to be able to sport the elaborate stormy weather outfits they had thoughtfully provided. Apart from trip to Mendenhall Glacier, the fleeting hours were passed indoors.
 Arriving at the Mansion, a com modious structure, admirably adapted to entertaining, the Presi- dent said, laughingly, Governor, see you have an elephant on your hands" to which there was prompt assent.
 Loving friends had sent many beautiful articles for the auspic- ious occasion, from various Juneau homes, ito make them historic" I" Gardens were rifled of their choic- est treasures to adorn the festive scenes that followed AS the hap py, though weary traveller sank luxuriously into comfor table rocker in "the Presidents suite," he sighed wistfully, Scott, your house is nicer than mine" This was repeated later in those last days We pondered over this and decided it was the flowers. Never had they been so gorgeous in Ju- neau as that summer and the house had been transformed into a fairy bower.
 Opportunity was denied him to visit the make-shift executive of- fices, a reconstructed mission, on a nearby hillside, soon thereafter put out of commission by fire and now replaced by an ornate and imposing Capitol of granite and marble.
 The prize possession of the Gov ernor's household was an infantile Chechacho, ten months old, grand
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TWENTY GRAND AGAIN WINS.

Twenty Grand has again distinguished himself by winning the Belmont Stakes and making the fastest time in that since its distance was in creased to mile and-a- half He covered the course in two minutes 29 3f5 seconds exactly two seconds better than Gallant Foxs last years performance the previous best record for the Belmont Stakes at it's nresent distance However the mile and-a half record for three-year- old is still held by Handy Mandy who made it in 2:28 3/5 on the Latonia track in 1927.
 Twenty Grand's victory over Jamestown at a mile -and-a-h half to be expected. Jamestown is regarded as at his best in mile or less race. The Kentucky Derby winner has shown that he is a long distance runner It is conceded that Twenty Grand who defeated Mate in the mile-and -a-quar- ter Kentucky Derby would have beaten him in the Preakness also if he had had another fur long or more to go. Twenty Grand is slow starter and Jamestown is fast from scratch.
 However Twenty Grand has established that he
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of these conferences, ito offer more liberal terms to induce capital to come to Alaska and encourage en- terprise here in it's pioneering and infantile stages?"
 Liberal Policy
 A negative answer was returned. It would establish a bad precedent. The present policy was liberal enough.
 So these conferences came to naught. After amiable exchange of views, the two schools of con- servation- of the same opinion still.
 Seven years later, on it's own in itiative, the Forest Service. it is significant to note, has entered into satisfactory arrangements with two adequately financed paper manufacturing syndicates which h have been granted necessary power rights and will be in extensive op- eration in three or five years.
 Always Alaska waits. Yet, the | 64C Cdt AOAAAalll llao CCdoCu UO SO backward. The census of 1880 re- veals an increase of population about equal to the normal birth rate!
 However, this chapter concerns Harding, the man, and his final days, and not Alaska problems. It may pardonably be added that the preparation of his last speech, on Alaska, delivered at Seattle, gave him more anxiety than his inter- national deliverance at Vancouver, or the third of the series. read by Secretary Christian at Los An geles.
 q do not know whether anybody is going to like it." he said, when the Seattle speech was finished, but I shall deliver it." In it he committed himself somewhat unre- servedly to the prevailing Terri torial system and polices, which untra- a-conservationists hailed as a mighty vindication. Whether he himself was altogether convinced Is open to question. He paid lofty tribute to Alaska citizenship and held that upon this fine citizen ship. imbued with the pioneer spirit ! must devolve the working out of the Northland's destiny. His apos- trophy to the scenic wonders of AL ! aska compensated for the lack oi l constructive suggestions and was , widely acclaimed
 Going into the interior, iron Seward, on Resurhection Bay, tc , Fairbanks, he inspected closely the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-15
SENATOR FAvORS REMUNERATION
 OF SILVER.

Senator William H. King of Utah has joined those who are urging the remonetzation of silver that was emonetzed in 1873 and by subsequent legis lation He declares that would be method of al- leviating the economic depression and placing the country on stable basis He has not sug- gested ratio between gold and silver.
 The silver situation is attracting more serious attention now than has been given it since the sec ond Bryan sixteen-to-one campaign in 1900 Present advocates of the free coinage of silver more often suggests twenty to-one than any other suitable ratio with gold. It is believed by many that sil- yer could be advanced by creating greater use for it as money without causing anyone to lose any thing The recession of the price of silver to about thirty cents an has financially embarrassed India and other silver money countries impairing their purchasing ability. This in turn has been destructive of foreign commerce
 Senator King among the champions of free coinage of silver back in the nineties when it the great political issue but nearly every one in Utah and the other metal mining States.
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Harding's
 Last Days

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folding of matchless scenery, and, talking and dining with zest and relish, none seriously noted his fa- tigue or remotely foresaw the tragedy so close at hand.
 His spiritual side was revealed that next to his last Sunday of his on earth. Reared Baptist, his forebears devout Christians, he had deep respect for the Lords Day and an inborn religious temperament.
 Ashore, after making an ela- quent little speech on the lawn of the Pioneers Home, where he gave sign of extreme weariness, he and his official and personal party wis., tied the historic Greek Church, inspected the rare tapestries and portrait of the Madonna-painted by Russian artist and for which Pierrepont Morgan. the elder, is said to have offered $25, 5,000-and proceeded leisurely along Lovers Lane, through the charming wood- land park, where picturesque, fl grotesque, Totem poles, stand ir impressive magnificence. This spec tacle interested him intensely bu: he was serious and fatigued.
 A ripping stream runs through the park and carries the tradition that He who drinks from thest waters will return" The President did not partake.
 Earlier in the day, he had ex. pressed desire to attend church The hour was nearing. So, after some picture taking amid the To tems, the party strolled to the Ma tive 1ndian) church adjacent tt the Sheldon Jackson School. Hi coming was unheralded and unex pected, and the edifice was no filled. Pews, however, had been re served for the President and Mrs Harding, members of the Cabine and the Speaker and others of hi immediate encourage.
 He was most reverent. The sing ing of the Indian youth, girls an boys, held his rapt attention. Hym nal in hand, he joined in the con gregational rendition of an old an familiar hymn, and followed in
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tently the simple sermon of the earnest pastor.
 Lost In Worship
 Naturally, all eyes were centered upon the President, but. he, un- mindful. concentrated his thoughts upon the sermon and lost himself in the worship. Of those gathered within the walls. he was the most reverent and devout.
 A brass marker commemorates his occupancy of the pew of that little church, his next to his last Sunday on earth.
 To Sitka, this visitation will ever rank second in historic importance to the hauling down of the Rus sian flag October 18, 1867.
 On the voyage of the transport across the Gulf of Alaska-usually turbulent body of water, but then on it's good behavior and uncon- ducive to sea-sickness = confer ences were held to discuss Alaskan problems. Three Cabinet officers , the Speaker and the Chief Forester attended these sessions, which par took of the nature of Cabinet meet ings in that distant cline. Two schools of conservation thought were in evidence-ultra conserva- tionists favoring a continuation of the existent bureaucratic system and the preservation of the Terri tory's resources for posterity, and the opposite side advocating a lib- eralization of policy to induce in- vestment of capital and thus has, ten development.
 Along the shores of Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska-in the ITongass and Chugach reserves, com prising 20000,000 acres-were to bt seen vast growths of spruce ane hemlock, with some cedar, unen' dangered from fire, because in tht rainy belt, seemingly overgrown ane decaying, and in manifest need O. harvestration and reforestation in stead of further conservation Th' fact was emphasized that million were being invested in wood pull and paper enterprises in Canada whereas capital--American capital was holding aloof from Alaska oi account of official restrictions i'm posed. It was insisted by the For est Service that rights offered b l the United States and the Dominion were practically on equivalen : terms.
 l Could our government not af ford" asked the President. at on