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The Washington times., 1933-06-23
RO0 Will Substitute
For PAM at London

MEXICO CITY, June % GIN.
s. O.-Financ4 Minister Alberto j.
Pani, head of the Mexican delega-
ton to the London Economic Con-
ference, will cut short his stay
there to return to Mexico at an
early date, it was stated in official
circles today. Ambassador Fer
nando Gonzalez Roa will substi-
tute for PAM, who is coming back
to run for the presidency OF
Mexico, according to the report.
The Washington times., 1933-06-23
Three RundIU0y Boys
Returned to Homes

Robert Gjerulff, IA, John Gjer-
ulff, Is, and Freddie Goddard,
IA, of Baltimore, who were picked
up in Alexandria last night by
police as they were hitch-hiking
to Richmond, were turned over to
their parents yesterday by the
Alexandria police.
They told police they had been
camping and decided to hike to
Richmond before their parents
found they were not in camp.
The Washington times., 1933-06-23
Al COUNCIL TO MEET

The Montgomery County All
Senior Council will meet Wednes-
day at 8 p. m, at the home of
Mrs. Grace Royal in Silver
Spring,
The Washington times., 1933-06-23
VIRGINIA WATCHES TAGS

A drive against the operation
Of automobiles owned by Vir.
ginia residents under District Of
Columbia licenses is being made
in Northern Virginia, especially
in Fairfax county.
The Washington times., 1933-06-23
Stain Glass Creator
To ShOW Art TOddu

An exhibit of the work of
Lawrence Saint, who. for the last
five years, has been creating
stained-glass windows for Wash
ington Cathedral, will be held at
his studio at Huntingdon Valley.
above Bethayres, Pa, today and
tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1933-06-23

the TASTE TEST shows it e.
the TEST TUBE prOUes it
Now that the yeast in giant fermentng watts has
reached its full potency, Abner Drury fine beers
better than One Of the many letters from
"ce Box Juries" says II prefer Old Glory (or Royal
Psen) because it is aged full legal strength 7;
r.
Evening star., 1933-09-03

Follow his form and you'll hit the bulls-eye. Ralph
Miller of Seattle Wash in action Soldiers Field he
won the open championship at the Chicago Fair He had
the national archery championship ST. Louis few
days before. 9 Associated Press Photo
Evening star., 1933-09-03

The first submarine to fly a
foreign flag in New York Harbor
since the World War. The Italian
sub" Balilla, shown moored in the
North River, was one of two under
sea craft in the sea patrol for the
transatlantic fight of the Italian
air armada. Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1933-08-27

THAT was q dirty crack. Did he know Jor-
] dan? He'd ike to slap Withers with No.
10 SCOOP If he'd kept all the demerit marks
that Jordan had dished out to him he could
paper . roundhouse.
"were inspecting your locomotive" the
postal ofacial explained. Mighty important
train you have tonight"
'Who've got-the Reconstruction Finance
Commission Or"
Its a mail test" Jordon snapped 'Who-
ever hauls the mail the quickest between here
and Northwest Junction tonight gets the mail
contract for another year."
snokestack laughed impartially in the faces
Of the four men. This was good. Race for
q mail contract, and there wasn't any other
railroad to race with, not since the r. NJ. 4 q.
had abandoned their line into the junction.
Jordons face reddened
'Oh, you think the jackson Hole Transport
Co. can't give you . race with their feet Of
fast mail trucks2" the superintendent de-
manded.
Smokestack groaned in disgust. II had come
at last: Railroading in its lowest form. No.
Is was scheduled to race . bunch Of trucks.
Man o. War racing . lot Of jackAsses for .
mail contract.
"Everything's in our favor" Withers ex-
planned to the others. The storm Isn't %
good for the trucks, but II won't hurt VI. We
got automatic train control"
"And . fine engineer" one Of the visitors
added.
WIthers shifted ct the suggestion. Then he
explained. In the past" he said, the storm
hid the block signals, m engineer lost . lot
Of time hndin' out II they were red or green.
Now, all he has to do Is to look at these lights
here on the instrument board in the cab. They
repeat the roadside signal indication"
Wonderful" the mail ofncial exclaimed.
"How does 1t accomplish that?"
There's electric current running along the
track rails" Withers said. when that current
is interrupted by train ahead or an open
switch this light changes from green to red"
when that happens it's up to you to stop,
suppose?" the man grinned at smokestack.
Spaokestack started to answer, but the road
foreman was quicker.
"Yeh, an II he don't commence the business
Evening star., 1933-08-27

"oh. Vel, you're botA yighti 0et going, bega,
Ct goingl"
Then they were o6, down the long main,
pat dim outlines Of sDow-moving switch en-
gtnes and coal Drugs. WitheTs slid his shogt,
thick body to the nrenAans seatbox and LII .
cigar from . torch. Cigar and torch smoked
and snel1ed alike. Gmokestack loaded and Nt
his pipe, and blew smoke rings ACROSS the cah
"Cabhage?" WitheTs gTunted.
6nokestacks pipe wNs going eood. The Oad
Evening star., 1933-08-27

q stoppin'," Wkhefs said "the automatic sat-.
neer win slam On the brakes for him."
Marvellous" the ofhcial exclaimed. why,
It's kind Of uncanny. Where y the robot ezgi-
neer located?"
Its . kind Of trip valve that falls vnsn
the current Is cut on" Wlthers explained.
Sure an II you ask me" 9mokestAck OBJ
served, that automatic hoghead 10 about -
useless on IN engine - feathers On .
crocodile"
Evening star., 1933-08-27

CMOKESTACK snarled and reached for the
- reverse lever and backed the train from
roundhouse to train yard. He toyed with the
Of the steam gauge. Withers fused with the
over to peer into the firebox
At the station Withers jerked his thumb
ut . row Of trucks backed up to the station
platform.
See them babies" he questioned Smoke
stack. "thems the jackasses you got to beat
to Northwest Junction"
The mail from the East rumbled In ct !
O'Clock. Kansas storm had caused IN hours
delay; now Sznokestack would have to step
out II he went into Northwest Junction ~
O'Clock. II he lost IN. hour, like the other
fellow had, thered be axle grease On the moon;
II he only scratched out running time,
thered be . big howl, and II he stepped
out and cleaned up that 90 minutes' delay,
thefed be . road foreman Of engines with .
big bump to claim the credit Why hadn't he
laid Oh and let freight man have the run
for trip? Three hundred miles In 1ix hours
was what the switch list called for; big
Pacific locomotive with 1o0-poSnd steel under
her drivers and six ofln-shaped mail cars for
Q tall
There was Tim Collins, the conductof. ali
out Of breath; his hands filled with run-late
fiimsies. He'd claim his watch was right; when
he'd know that there was but one perfect
timepiece on the division. Sure, i've seconds
difference In the watches, i've big seconds,
and Old Tim claiming his watch was right.
Smokestack knew whose watch was right. Jor-
don practically admitted y when he yelled,
Evening star., 1933-08-27

1850 was steaming sweetly; he'd give her an
other notch Of throttle, just to make the deck
shudder and thump an accompaniment to her
drivers clicking over alternating rail joints.
An hour late with the mail; pole of head
light boring storm, . ribbon of roadbed rush.
ing dizzily like an endless chain, to dive under
. frost-caked pilot beam. An ideal night to
haul the mail. No dust to blind q mans eyes:
no heat to expand rails; no divver drivers at
highway crossings; no range critters grazing
inside the right-of-way fence. Nothin to bother
him except . road foreman Of engines.
But even at that there was thrill in riding
the head end Of the mail, thrill q man
found no place else. sweet-steaming big
Pacific, free-steaming briar pipe, an hour
late q storm banging deck curtains. Maybe
he'd put her in on time just for the fun of It.
But he wouldn't be doing it for Withers or for
Jordon. That green light on the instrument
board turned red; some coal drag ahead.
CMoKEsTACK deftly fingered the air brake
lunged across the cab and poke6 his head into
the storm.
"Hey, Smoke" the road foreman yelled, 'tsee
that roadside signal? It's clear-green as your
necktie"
IAN right. all right, Mr. withssA- eunose-
stack growled, 'f there's nothin' In our way,
how come this light to be Yed?"
Its your train control mechanism gone hay
wire In false STOP" Withers snoFted
MY train control. Brother, you got me
wrong" Smokestack called, 1T amt my train
control. Didn't you 60 al the way down to
Schenectady to get the low down On ~"
withers grabbed . torch and slid down the
eangway.~ Smokestack whistled nagman hack
to protect the rear Of the train; then he joined
the road foreman who was examining . group
Of coils In an aluminium housing Just ahead
Of the pony truck wheels
About 81 200 worth Of mystery tonne in this
cute little box" smokestack muttered h
Wfthers' ear. III it hadn't been for this delAy
we'd be about 10 miles farther west"
TITS al right. 20 far as juice goes" WithesS
grumbled. II don't knoW-"
"Shes O. H." the fireman yelled from The
cab.
Smokestack was hack IN the engine, calming
in the nAgman.
II fixed her." WitheEs boasted - he pointed
At the green light onNthe instrument board
Sure, you did" Smokestack agreed, hut you
won't tell US how you done IT,
The 1850 worked steam: the mail moved
westward In the night Smokestack had her UP
to so miles an hour, with the speed needle
climbing higher. Withers wanted to run her
while.
Leave me take 'er, Smoke" he begged
%. K, hut I won't be responsible Tor the
CoMtinued on Thirteenth Pa0e
Evening star., 1933-08-27
miles per an

Smokestack joined Tolhver in the coal pile
while the engine was sent over the test loop.
Switches were opened and closed, and the
lights In the cab changed from green to red,
and back again to green. with mechanical
precision.
There you are, Smokestack," Withers re-
marked at last, she's perfect, you seen her
tested. Back her down to the passenger station
and haul the mail. Remember, II there's .
failure tonight. It'll be q man failure not IN
engine failure"
Evening star., 1933-08-27

then he turned and peered over his glasses
at the other man.
"Oh, good evening, Mr. Withers," he called
Coin with us?'
Say, listen Smoke" the road foreman Of
engines remarked coldly, my name was Dutch
when fired for you, and you was Smoke, and
we was friends"
Sure, Mr.. Withers," Smokestack agreed but
things has changed. You're a brass hat now,
q man with brains, so I can't be gettin'
familiar"
I'm no better than you are" Withers began,
"just because I got q title is no reason"
NO. that's good reason why people should
begin ridin' the busses," Smokestack interrupted
pleasantly. But you can't deny that folks
are ridh' rubber an we're pullin' trains of
empties"
The road foreman scanned the call sheet.
Thirteen is an hour late" he grunted, you
know what that means, Smoker"
"Yeh, it means get an hours overtime for
bein' called too soon," Smokestack grinned.
oil on the 1885,"
1T means more than that" Withers said,
1T means if you don't put 13 into the Junction
on time at Z O'Clock, this train Of vanished
cars you're haulin' comes of for good"
"Yeh?" Smokestack questioned
"Yeh. an that1l mean you'll go back on
freight" Withers announced in warning tones.
Freight pays more than this rum" Smoke
stack observed, "an' a man don't have 50 many
cab riders when he's haulin a train Of
rattlers"
Say" Withers blurted, you amt fixin' to
gum the works ON me tonight are you?"
Come along an see," Smokestack grinned.
The engineer grabbed his tin suitcase and
he was chuckling as he hurried across the turn
table to the test loop. That was a hot one he
handed the young squirt, but was it any wonder
that people rode the busses when railroads put
ot1ARt fVoY 1FSk nf G1NYH-
pose Withers had taken q correspondence
course in mechanics and had gone to the auto
matte train control factory to learn about ATC
equipment. There he'd been plenty Of nne
railroading done before the experts had ever
thought of equipping an engine with . lot Of
mechanical gadgets to stop her in case the
hoghead failed to do 1t. He wondered what was
50 important about No. 13 tonight He'd ask
the fireman.
Smokestack lit q torch in the firebox blaze
and grabbed q long shouted oil can.- The wind
sprayed him with oil as he poked about among
the rods Of the 1850. He was back In the
cab. cleaning bis glasses with wad Of cotton
waste, when the fireman climbed into the
gangway.
But the fireman didn't know any more
than q fireman ever knows. Anyway, he was
too busy making . record Of the overtime
he was drawing to be bothered with . road
foreman's gossip
A moment later Withers and two other Of
ficials climbed the gangway ladder. Then came
Supt Jordan One Of the men burned his fingers
against the boilerhead; another stepped on the
automatic firedoor lever. When the furnace
door new open the man peered into the flames.
Smokestack grinned at Tolliver. What Was
this-an efficiency commission?
"Get back IN the coal pile" Smokestack
growled at his fireman. Make room for the
deadheads. Or is it a bootleg squad?"
Withers introduced the men,. An expert
frosrn he foa <nfY4 rf0N ri
then he remarked, you know Mr.. Jordan,
don't yOu?"
Evening star., 1933-08-27
SMOKESTACK
Il Story of RMhoading
BY LEO F. CREAGAN

T was going to be q terrible night on the
Western Division But then they were all
bad. grunted Charlie Stokes, otherwise
known as Smokestack, as he signed the
engineers register in the foreman's once.
Too much supervision.
Thirteen was q swell number for train,
anyway Only four trains of vanished cars
ON the Western Division and they had to num-
Der one of them 13. The fellow at his elbow
was breathing hard But his dignity wouldn't
be any worse by little wait. It would be
Withers the road foreman of engines, the
boy wonder, who rode with engineers to show
them how to stop observation cars where bag
gage cars were meant to stop. If the brother
hood griever had any sense he'd have run this
hogheads' burden of the railroad long ago.
He'd be riding 13 tonight, to make sure that
-hings went wrong. and make reports to the
super
And everything probably would go wrong.
what with the storm and the new-fangled
automatic train control There was a pain,
that automatic train control! Equipping an
engine with a mechanical engineer to set the
air brakes in case the hoghead at the throttle
went to sleep or died on his seat-box.
A fine idea that ATC thing was. Couldn't
ansan take his rest at home, or arrange to
II on the day Of his death? This super
vDlOh thing was rotten waste of money.
Didn't they raise as much trouble over little
things, even when you delivered the goods, as
they did when you failed?
Railroading wasn't what it used to be. Get
ting fired didn't matter so much now. If you
were fired you knew exactly where you stood;
there was no uncertainty about your job. But
with this fellow Withers riding a man, you
never knew when you were making your fare
well tour between Denver and Northwest
Junction.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

the Bank of New York. His son, James Roose-
welt, married Maria Walton, and she was Beck
man-which brings us to William Beekman, the
Presidents ancestor who built the wall Of Wall
Street."
He left his name on Beekman Street.
William Beekman was Peter Stuyvesant's
right hand man. Born in Holland in 162S--three
years after the "Mayflower" Pilgrims had sailed
he came across at Stuyvesant's personal re-
quest as a young man Of %. Old Peter made
him city official under the first charter, and
when the Indians got botherSome in 1854, Beck
man was put in charge Of the job Of torttfyIng
the city.
It was just little town, in the southern toe Of
Manhattan Island, so Beekman went short dis
tance out of town and chose his spot. The result
was q wall, q high palisade made Of posts
planted" in the ground, with stone watchtowerB
at few spots along its line; and it stretched
2,34O feet, clear across the island.
Naturally a road went along it, and few
houses sprang up. And that's how Wall Street
got its start. Whether or not William Beekman's
remote descendant, President Roosevelt, will be
forced to bring about its finish, il still an unan-
swered question.
REEKMAN was head man Of the Dutch trading
~ colony in Delaware, for some years. He was
Judge customs collector, chief officer. He locked
horns with the New Amsterdam officials, writ
ing to Peter Stuyvesant to complain about New
York liquor in the hands of Delaware Indians;
and he had trouble with Lord Baltimore's Mary
landers besides. But Lord Calvert visited him,
Beekman got shipment Of French wines from
Stuyvesant, and the hatchet was buried.
Later, Stuyvesant put him in charge of the
Dutch trading on the Hudson River, headquarters
at Kingston So he ruled the whole district from
Manhattan north for many miles. At the end Of
his life ha came back to town and WaA - lAEgAsG
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

Bronx, New York.
But an elder son,
Captain Edw ard
Hutchinson, had re-
turned to Boston,
and he was the di-
rect ancestor of
Anne Jean Robbins,
the Presid ent's
great = grandmother
on his mothers side.
Other lib erals
ong the Presi-
dents foreb ears
included Ezekiel
Cheever, the most
noted schoolmaster
of Puritan days,
founder Of the Bos-,
ton Latin School;
M ajor or Judge
William J Johnson.
who dismissed every
witch craft case
brought before him
during the Salem
hyster ria Major
Thomas Clarke, who
voted against the
d e ath penalty for
Quakers, though in
a minority of two;
and two members of
the first Colonial
legislature that took
action against negro
slavery in 1916.
All this is on the
Delano side of the
Presidents family.
If you suspect that
you may be related
to this very numer-
Gus clan, look among
your relatives for
entioned-as well as
via, sHathaRaTamA
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
The Taft Coat-of.ArnaS
-ProSident Roosevelt
and the Late President
Taft Had q Common
Colonial Ancestor.

landowner. One Of his daughters married Peter
Stuyvesant's son, and one Of his sons, Gerard
Beekman, became our Presidents ancestor-h1a
granddaughter married Roosevelt.
And, finally, we get the Waltons-English,
intermarried with Dutch-who were the richest
and most outstanding New York family during
the century prior to the Revolution. Captain
William Walton bought land along East River
put up ship yards, built and owned fleet that
sailed the seven seas. More than any other one
man, he made New York world-port
WALTON's ships traded with Europe, the West
Indies, and he had contract to supply food
for the Spanish garrison at St. Augustine, Florida
When England fought France, his ships turned
privateer and harried the French commerce. He
went into insurance, too, financing other mems
ventures.
And 30 he became the first New Yorker to be
honored by the popular title Of "Boss." They
called him "Boss Walton clear back around
1885, It meant financial leadership, not political.
His son, William, built the finest mansion in
the city-on Franklin Square, with great grounds
stretching down to the East River. The carven
pillars, elaborate panels and other decorations
were imported from Europe. British officers
who were entertained there, carried glowing &C"
counts Of Waltons banquets back to England
citing his wealth, incidentally, as an argument
for havy taxing ing the obviously %" rich
%~N~~O
in 17S4, it started business in the Walton man"
sion. It was grandson of Walton who became
an ardent patriot before the Revolution, and
signed public document declaring. Gall the
horrors of civil war will never compel America
to submit to taxation by Parliament"
"Boss" Walton's great-granddaughtex mar
ried James Roosevelt. So we are back in the
main line again.
THERE are three aspects to this business Of havo
ing long and distinguished ancestry. Some
people trade upon it for social purposes, without
contributing anything Of their own. That is what
has brought genealogy into popular discredit.
But scientists clearly recognize that the
transmission Of valuable characteristics is bio~
logical truth Of the utmost Importance. Just as
stock-breeders Select the material to be Bred
50 the eugenists favor selection Of human ma
terial--and they may point to the Delano-Roose-
welt family as one Of the outstanding proofs that
their thesis is valid.
Finally, who knows what influence it may
have upon . mans ideals of public service, to
know that his ancestors served the public before
him? President Roosevelt is writing the latest
chapter to long and glorious family story.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

it's quite different story.
When "Teddy'' Roosevelt visited Europe, he
hunted down the little village of Roosevelt, in
Iceland and paid it visit. He had gotten his
name from that village, for the name of Claes
Martenzen van Rosenvelt, the early Dutch i'm
migrant, means when translated: CLAUS, the
son of Martin Of the place called Field Of Roses"
Claes brought his wife Jannetje with him.
New Amsterdam, when they arrived, was
thriving and very cosmopolitan seaport. Nicholas,
their son, was fur-trader and alderman; and his
son bought the "Beekman Swamp" now New
Yorks leather district, for hundred pounds.
ssTEDDY" and "F. D." are descended from two
different sons Of Nicholas Roosevelt, as the
chart shows.
Undoubtedly the most prominent of all early
Roosevelts was Isaac, of Revolutionary times.
He's on the "F. D." side of the chart. Born in
1926, he was one of New York'S most prominent
and wealthy men-had house on Wall Street,
owned a big sugar warehouse on Queen Street.
When the Revolution started, he was elected to
the Provincial Congress, and he and Abraham
Walton were commissioned to raise force Of
5000 men to defend the city.
The British were marching down from Boston.
Isaac RooSeVeltS army lacked bullets, and an
order went out for everyone to turn in their
leaden window weights. They did 50, but it was
no go-the British captured the city, and Isaac
moved up to Dutchess County, enrolling in the
militia.
He served all through the war, helped to
draft the State Constitution later, served on va
riouS councils, and was on the local committee
that welcomed General Washington and his
forces when they marched down the Bowery in
1888. In fact, Isaac had charge of the dinner
that was given to Washington by the State of
New York, at the old De Lancey mansion, and
signed the check for 1855 pounds 10 shillings-
quite q banquet!
1saae Roosevelt waa the second President Of
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

NEXT WEEK-Ths series of astounding
~ 0fterm0ths to the superspending career Of
the late Josiah Von Kirk Thompson, the fabulous
Pennsylvania coal man who contriUed to squander
a $7O,OOO,OOO fortune and died a pauper-ncm.
EXCLUSIVE and coIOrfu facts about 1his jontu.;:::
character.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

The "Hartford," Admiral Farragut's Flagship in
the Civil War, Was Designed and Built by Naval
Commander Edward Hart DeIano, One Of Presi.
dent Roosevelt's Maternal Relatives. Love Of the
Sea Has Always Been Delano Family
Characteristic.
ranked by history as the most intellectual woman
of her day, in either America or Europe; and the
story of how she matched wits with the weight
est theologians of Massachusetts Bay, and met
them squarely on various subtle points of religi-
Gus doctrine, is a schoolbook classic. She fought
the real battle of religious liberty in America.
CHE was an advanced liberal Whereas the
Puritan government exerted religious author
ty as well as civil she boldly challenged that au-
thority, asserting that "it was the indwelling of
the Holy Spirit in the believers heart which
made person acceptable to Cod" And the
first outright grant Of religious freedom in the
Colonies was made, not in Massachusetts, Bay,
but in the Rhode Island settlement to which Anne
Hutchinson went after she was tried for heresy
and banished.
She herself, with five children, was cruelty
massacred by Indians after she had moved to
Pelham Neck, now at the Eastern edge of the
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

Excellent
Study Of
Thomas
Severance
DeAAno.
Now GO. He
Looks Back
Upon q
Useful Life
-A0 q
Locomotive
Engineer.
for Many
Yoars in
the Western
Mountains
and DsOOFts,
Mere Lately
"a City
LAborer,
Caring for
the Streets
and Parks
Of His
Nevada
Town.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

ldy'' Roosevelt Were Sixth
vs-Claes Martenzen Van
and to New Amsterdam in
artesy of LothrOp, Lee &
''Franklin D. ROosevelt's
= Alvin Page johnson.
the names that have been !
ahnn. Lyman. Church,