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Evening star., 1935-12-10
Famed Macy Line Represented
In II. s. S. Porter Cllristening g
Marine Officers Daugh-
ter to Launch Ship
Thursday.
First Of Family Came to
Bay Colony in 1923,
Helped Tame WiIds.
BY DON BLOCK.

When the U. S. S. Porter Is christ
ened in the shipyardS at Camden, N.
j., on Thursday the bottle which will
be crashed on its prov will be held
by one through whose arm flows the
blood of eight generations Of an illus
triouS naval family.
That christener will be Miss Carlile
Patterson Porter, daughter of Brig.
Gen. David Dixon Porter, assistant
adjutant and inspector of the United
States Marine Corps, of 1919 Nine
teenth street northwest. Brig. Gen.
Porter, now stationed in Washington,
is himself the seventh in this line of
seamen in the family, which dates
from the earliest days of the Massa-
chuSetts Bay Colony Thence it runs
back to the days of William the Con-
queror of England, when one William
de la Porte, Norman knight whose
name now stands on the rolls OF Bat
tie Abbey, was distinguishing himself
for his naval proves.
John First in Line.
John Porter, who came to the bay
colony in 1923, was first in the Amer
ican line. With friends he formed
the company which created trio OF
Connecticut towns out of the wilder
ness. Windsor, Hartford and Wythers-
field.
Alexander, his son, was present at
the Boston tea party. With his wlle
he nodded bullets from the arm OF a
Ieaden statue of King George III,
which angry citizens hauled down and
dragged through the streets OF New
York. Later some of these bullets t1eW
south in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Their son David, born in 1854, was
made a captain in the Continental
Privateer Service by Gen. Washington.
He commanded the Delight of Mary
land, the Aurora of Massachusetts,
and other armed vessels.
His son David became the commo-
dore of 1912 War fame. When Is he
made a name for himself on the Con-
stellation. Afterward he is heard of
against the Barbary pirates; later as
VI I1lC 11ooCh AL 4OASs 14~
was commander in chief Of the Mex
ican Navy, cleared the Pacific Of pi-
rates, died while Minister to Turkey
in 1851.
Six Sons Patriots.
His six sons were all soldiers and
seamen. The second, David Dixon,
received congressional acclaim three
times for Civil War braveries. An
other, the adopted Farragut, was the
first admiral of the Navy; another
David Dixon, was the second; Dewey.
the third. 1t is interesting to note
that America has had but three ad-
mirals of the Navy. The rank is now
temporary.
Admiral David Dixon's son was Col
Carlile Patterson Porter, sixth in this
distinguished line, an officer in the
Marine Corps from December, 1866,
until his retirement 80 years later
His middle name was his mothers,
herself the daughter of Commodore
Daniel Todd Patterson, himself vet
eran of the country's naval forces.
Their son was the living Brig. Gen
David Dixon Porter, father of Miss
Porter, who is to christen the vessel
named after her great-grandfather
and great-great-grandfather, specific
ally. And Miss Porter, eighth in
her line, is member of the Colonial
Danes of America and the National
Society of Magma Charta Danes.
Evening star., 1935-12-10

Mrs. N. T. Johnson Is Mother.
PEIPING, China, December 10 CP
Mrs. Nelson T. johnson, wife of the
American Ambassador to China, gave
birth to a daughter today. Both
mother and child were reported well
Evening star., 1935-12-10
EDWARD KNIGHT DIES
Burtonsville Resident, 80, Sur
vived by Six Children.

BURTONSVILLE, Md, December
10 (SpeciaD An illness Of several
weeks resulted in the death yesterday
of Edward Knight, 80, longtime
resident of this vicinity.
He is survived by four sons, Will
Evening star., 1935-12-10
COMMUNITY ASKS
POSTAL STATION
Congress Heights Growth
Held to Justify Permanent
Branch.

Because Of the resignation OF the
postmiStreSs of the Congress HeightS
contract post office, efforts to secure
q permanent substation were started
last night by the Congress Heights
Citizens Association meeting in the
Congress Heights School.
In q resolution submitted by G. Ben
ner the association was asked to
authorize the Committee on Law and
Legislation to petition Postmaster
William Mooney in an effort to secure
q Substation for Congress Heights
President E. J. Read pointed out that
the steady growth of the contract sta
ton warranted at least Substation in
their community. He referred to
Tenleytown and other small District
communities as having such branch
stations. The resolution was adopted
Following nearly two months dis
agreement among some members of
the association about the proposed
donation of $500 to four local
churches, ]. L. Goldman last night
announced he has withdrawn his OBJ
lection to the associations funds be-
ing spent in this manner.
The Congress Heights Methodist
Church, Congress Heights Baptist
Church, Esther Memorial Episcopal
Church and the Catholic Church of
the Assumption each received a check
for SIPS from the association and Gelb-
man afterwards threatened to secure
an injunction to restrain this dona-
ton since he held it was not voted
with the unanimous consent of mem
bers.
The four churches that have re-
ceived the money will be asked to re-
fund $25 each to the Congress Heights
Parent Teacher Association, since il
Is felt the women OF the community
deserve a portion of the $500 appro-
priated. Two of the churches have
already agreed to this, it was an
uounced.
New Bus Schedule.
AS result of previous action taker
by the association and the Congress
Heights Parent = Teacher Association,
Goldman, who is chairman Public
Utilities Committee, announced new
bus schedule for the territory to be in
augurated December Is.
The new route will be as follows:
From Nichols avenue and U street
southeast out Minnesota avenue to
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, thence
to Seventeenth and East Capitol streets
and then out Bladensburg road to the
District line.
Committees Named.
Announcement of the standing COM
fnittees and their personnel was made
last night by Read. The chairman OF
the committees are: Highways, streets
and sidewalks, Frazier C. White; police
and fire protection, A. j. Lenbeck;
public utilities, Gelbman laws and
legislation, Benner; electric lights, Ed
ward Beagle; community center, L. j.
Benner; education, Mrs. William G.
Chandler; parks and Fairgrounds,
DR.. E. E. Richardson; membership,
Mrs. Alma Allen; publicity, Read; re-
lief, Read; sewer and water, Benson
Taylor.
@Delegates to the Federation of Citi-
Eens' Associations, Taylor and John
Storer; delegates to the Southeast
Council Of Citizens Associations. DR..
Richardson, E. ]. Newcomb and T. E.
Bowles.
Evening star., 1935-12-10
ACKER FUNERAL TODAY

Funeral services for William B.
Acker, rs. retired chief clerk of the
Interior Department, were to be held
today at 2 pm. in the Hines funeral
home, 2901 Fourteenth street, with
Rev. DR.. v. N. Ridgely. pastor Of CAL
vary M. E. Church. officiating. Burial
was to be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Acker died Saturday at his
home, 1917 Harvard street. He was
retired in August, 1888, after 81 years
of Government service, all in the In
terror Department. He was promi-
nent in Masonic circles here.
Evening star., 1935-12-10
J. w. HUNNEWELL DIES;
COMMANDERS FATHER
Funeral to Be in Massachusetts,
for Relative of Coast Guard
Officer.

J. W. Hunnewell, Sc, father of
Comdr. Frederick A. Hunnewell Of the
United States Coast Guard, died
Saturday at his home in North
Cambridge, Mass, after a short i'll
ness, according to word received here.
Mr.. Hunnewel was a retired mer-
chant and frequently had visited this
city. Funeral services will be held at
North Cambridge.
Comdr. Hunnewell is in charge of
construction and repair in the Coast
Guard and lives here in the Ontario
Apartments. He is now in North
Cambridge.
Besides his son, Mr.. Hunnewell
leaves a daughter. Miss Bertha
Hunnewell.
Evening star., 1935-12-10

liam, Edward, Herbert and George
Knight. and two daughters. Mrs. Harry
Poole and Mrs. Mary Edwards.
The funeral will take place tomor-
row from the funeral home Of w.
Reuben Pumphrey, Rockville, with
burial at Lay Hill, Md.
Evening star., 1935-12-10
MRS. M. M. TUCKER DIES
Lifelong Resident of Washington.
Funeral Rites Tomorrow.

Mrs. Miriam Mankin Tucker. 80,
widow of Alexander Dallas Tucker
and lifelong resident of this city, died
yesterday at her home, 1916 Park
road, after a long illness.
Mrs. Tucker was the daughter Of
the late James and Deborah Dent
Mankin, widely known early residents
of Washington. She is survived by a
daughter, Miss M Ethel Tucker, and
a son, Edwin D. Tucker, both of this
city.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 pm. in Hines funeral
home. 2901 Fourteenth street. Burial
will be in Congressional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-12-10
DRIVER OF HORSE CARS
OF OLD DAYS DIES
Andrew A. Goldsmith, 80, Many
Years in Georgetown Haul
ing Business.

Andrew A. Goldsmith, 80, who at
one time drove the old horse-drawn
street cars for the Capital Traction
Co. and later was in the express and
hauling business in Georgetown for
many years, died yesterday at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. William z.
Greaves, 440 Newton place.
Mr.. Goldsmith was lifelong resi-
dent of this city. He retired from busi-
ness IS years ago. He was member
OF Potomac Valley Forge Council, No.
3, Junior Order of United American
Mechanics.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Greaves and Mrs. Nellie M. Tate, and
a son, Willard Leroy Goldsmith, all Of
this city, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at pm. at 440 Newton place.
Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-12-10
MRS. SARAH GOLDBERG
DIES FOLLOWING FALL
Complications Result From Hip
Fracture Suffered Nov. in
Yard of Home.

Mrs. Sarah Goldberg, 80, Of I'll
Thirteenth street southeast, died Sat-
urday night in Gallinger Hospital from
complications resulting from broken
hip received November / when she
fell in the yard Of her home.
Funeral services were held yester-
day in the chapel of Bernard Danzan-
sky, 3501 Fourteenth street. Burial
was in Adas Israel Cemetery.
Mrs. Goldberg had been a Wash
ington resident for is years. She is
survived by three sons, Abraham, Bern
hard and Max Goldberg, and three
daughters, Mrs. Charles Sherman
Mrs. Victor Effenbach and Mrs. Morris
Sherman, all of this city.
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necessary to the achievement or a
worthy and significant purpose"
Peace on earth; good will to
men," Have these men, to whom
good will is extended, achieved the
purpose intended-that is, are they
men of good will? While the "di-
vine favor and grace" to men is
extended to all Of us on Christmas
Day, because there is born to you
a Savior, who is Christ, the Lord"
does it not depend upon our frame
of mind whether we entertain the
proper spirit? Does not the char
acter of the will govern what we
really are? Can we walk dishon-
estly, harboring contention and
envy, enriching ourselves at the eX-
pense of others-in a word, thwart-
ing and delaying peace? Unless we
apply it's meaning, the achievement
of good will toward others, can we
attain the result that is worth
while?
We are not at the threshold of
Utopia, but we have come nearer
to the teachings of Him, who came
to bring peace on earth, and the
Kingdom of Heaven will be brought
closer to us as VIZ become men Of
good will"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
Urges Compulsory Insurance

had this question up in their pub
LEGATION many years ago, they in
vited discussion of its members in
general.
l voiced in favor of insurance
protection for the blamelesS ones.
You may have a friend or per-
haps you or a member of your
dear family who has been run
down by a careless motorist who
had no insurance or did not have
a dime to assist in your expenses.
Then, MI. MotoriSt, it becomes
a little different, doesn't it? My
case was settled out of court and
1 would like to mention the COM
pany's name in these lines, by
reason of their reasonable adjust
ment.
I still contend for compulsory
insurance, and this to be incorpo-
rated on the drivers license: Are
you insured? By whom?
The drivers license could be de-
livered at once pending the in
vestigation of the company men
toned on application. My main
thought is as to the bodily injury.
No, I'm not selling insurance.
You may say, Il can't afford to
carry insurance" Then 1 say you
should not be allowed to drive an
automobile.
have friends who are suffering
financially from this type Of mo-
torist. I also realize the expense
that is heaped on us.
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program, has sold more equipment in a few
weeks than it did in a 12-year period.
There will be, of course, a string attached
to the Governments aid to private companies
under the program. They must reduce rates
to a point considered reasonable by EHFA
officials.
The program may require squeezing water
out of many rate-base valuations and holding
company stocks-a major operation on the
financial structure of some companies.
But that operation eventually is going to be
necessary anyway. A public aroused by Fed
eral Trade Commission disclosures, and con-
sumers comparing low rates of successful Gov
ernment-owned plants with high private rates,
will not again be paci1ed by even such a
colossal propaganda campaign as hat of util-
tiles in the 1920's.
The nation will watch the industry's answer
Ito the Presidents newest plan with a pocket
book interest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
BOTTLED LEGISLATION

THE old fight has started again over the
l. gag rule IN the House Of Represent
atives.
Under existing rules. AS members may
sign a petition and force a vote on any meas
ure pigeon-holed in a committee. dminis
tration House leaders propose to change this
rule to require 2lS signatures on a petition.
1t is properly called a gag rule. for it would
virtually destroy the petition procedure and
permit committees Of IS and p members to
bottle up legislation.
There are 435 members Of the House. In
the next Congress. SD VII be Democrats. and
I13 Will be Republicans. Progressives and
Farmer-Laborites-with many in the minority
parties sympathetic TO the Democratic pro-
gram.
Having an almost 3-to-1 partisan advan-
tage, any except the dabbiest leadership sure
" should be able to exercise enough influence
to overwhelm opposition.
The gag rule" Is sometimes a device to
save Congressman from their own cowardice.
Last session a majority Of the members of
the Ways and Means Committee, which had
pigeon-holed the veterans bonus, voted for
passage at the showdown on the House floor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
CHEAPER ELECTRICAL GOODS

THE President, in face of the record of some
l. public utilities and their consistent oppo-
sition to his New Deal power program, has
shown remarkable patience.
In preparing to extend the Electric Home
and Farm Authority. he is giving the utilities a
new opportunity to move to a sound basis of
operation, reduce rates and avoid public de-
mand for wide, if not complete, Government
ownership Of the industry.
The EHFA is an equipment subsidiary of
the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1t has de-
signed and has secured the production, by pri-
vate manufacturers Of low-priced appliances.
The agency offers to finance sale Of this equip
ment on long-terms, nominal-interest contracts
in order TO stimulate demand for current. make
lower rates possible and make electricity a
greater servant Of the people.
One private company, cooperating in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR A DAY

TINE perennial and thorny subject of crime
l. news. and what a newspaper editor should
do about it, has been given a distinctive ap-
proach by ]. H. Wolpers. publisher of the
Popular Bluff Mo) American Republican.
On the day before Christmas, this news
paper made it a point to keep all "unsavory
and unpleasant news of the front page. This
is in line with a Christmas policy which Mr..
Wolpers adopted five years ago, and it seems
to be an exceedingly sensible idea.
No newspaper can ignore "unsavory and
unpleasant news all the time. 1t would be
false to its trust if it did. Such news is part
Of the great record of human activities, and
the editor who refused to recognize its ex-
istence would not last long.
But to submerge such news on one day
out of the year-to fall in line with the
Christmas spirit by giving the world, for the
moment. a brighter face than it really pos
SesSes-that is something else again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01

By H. A. Hney.
I, as do many others, appreciate
The Times Message Center to X
press our thoughts.
When some one rams your car
broadside and the doctor winds
enough bandages around and on
top of your dome that resembles
the high-jinkS of Turkey, and you
promised your wife you would be
home for a 6 o'clock meal, but in
stead the police break the gentle
word to her, 1--WE are very sorry.
but your husband is at the hos
pital," you guess the rest as to the
turmoil of the home, caused by
the other fellow failing to observe
the stop sign.
When one is in the right, it's
only natural we talk plenty. We
motorists all do questionable
things, and I am no exception. In
reference to my accident, the love
1 have for the chap that caused
me the trip to the hospital would
not look good in print.
But I do have a lot of admira-
ton and respect for him, and the
fact that he carried insurance for
such accidents, and I being one Of
the few to be protected against
this daily offense. This IS one
thing I have contended for since
my first driving in 1919 and I
have had full coverage since.
When the HoU.:er Motor Club
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OF with the news that Japan hao
N formally denounced the naval limitation
treaty. were two companion stories. one from
london ouote unnamed officials on the prob
ability of an Anqlo-Amerlcan alliance. The
other. from San Pedro. Cal. announced thaC
the forthcoming American naval maneuVerS
spreading halfway across the Pacific would
be the mightiest in history.
Friends of peace will regret these quick
appearances of war preparedness. 1t Will be
pointed out, properly, that the Pacific maneu-
vers were planned many months ago. and that
alliance Is much too strong a word to de-
scribe the growing cooperation between GER
tain American and British groups.
But after these exaggerated appearances are
discounted. the stark fact remains that Japan
is destroying one of the few peace treaties that
has worked and Is thereby creating a danger
Gus world situation.
This disagreeable truth was stated clearly
by the United States Government in the
speech of warning by Ambassador Davis at the
unsuccessful London conference on Dec. g. He
said:
we believe that the course taken IN 1922
Ghe Washington treaty. was III the rghC u
rection: that the supplementary agreements
made in 1880 were an Improvement; that the
system h established has been Of advantage
To all concerned. and that abandonment now
of the principles involved would lead to con-
ditions of insecurity. Of international suspicion.
and of costly competition, with no real advan-
tage to any nation"
Ours is a peace-loving Government. 1t does
not warn Japan with such terms as insecurity
suspicion. and mostly competition, without the
NEST sober consideration.
We can only hope that the japanese gov
eminent will understand It's folly long before
the treaty terminates in 1886. Meanwhile. yes
terday's statement by State Secretary Hull
stands:
The United States Government always has
a disposition to promote peace and VIII be Will
ing to avail itself Of opportunities in that di-
rection whenever they occur"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
MORE REVELATIONS TO COME

CENATCR GERALD P. NYE, head of the
~ Senate Munitions Committee, says that
President Roosevelt has Endorsed the proposed
appropriation of additional funds to carry on
the Investigation this winter.
AS a result, the Senator is preparing to
resume hearings early in January, and expects
to give the country some new revelations quite
as interesting as those which have already
been made.
The ordinary citizen, unquestionably, will
look on this announcement as very good news
indeed. There had been discomforting ru-
mors that the Administration did not look on
the committees work with a kindly eye.
In view of the vast Importance to every
citizen of the information which his commit
tee has been digging up, it is good to know
that its work has been Endorsed at the White
House. That ought to make it certain that it
will be continued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
NATION is NEARER TO
OF CHRIST

BY John HenmiI.
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude Of heavenly army,
praising God, and singing: Glory to
God in the highest: and on earth
peace to men of good will; i. e.,
glory and praise are given to God in
the highest heavens by all the celes-
tial host, to whom all those upon
earth join in their echoes of praise
and glory.
Peace to men of good will" The
| present Greek text, as likewise the
Colex VaticanuS, reads this pas
sage so as to make it a third mem
Der of the sentence, and to signify
peace or pardon to the earth and
divine favor and grace to men.
However, several of the Greek
copies, such as the Codex Alexan-
drinus and the Codex Beza, are con-
formable to the Latin Vulgate, and
the sense is nearly the same. God
is truth. Surely his angel would not
leave us a message of doubtful in
depreciation, the sense Of which is
nearly the same.
Peace on earth to men Of good
will" To men Of good will. Here
we have a definite class of men,
men that have been disciplined
that is, men of good will" they
have accomplished a purpose; they
have become valuable because they
are recognized and accepted as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01

The apparent explanation is that a majority
of the committee had convictions against the
bill. but abandoned their convictions when
forced to go on record.
The chief purpose of the gag rule" move
at this time is to prevent a vote on and pos
sible passage of a number of unwise inf1a-
ton and cash bonus measures. This news
paper will continue its opposition to such
legislation, but it believes it should be defeated
fairly and in the open.
Even bad legislation would, in the long run,
do less damage than strangling the processes
Of representative government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
PROSPERITY SUGGESTION
BRINGS RECOMMENDATION
BY S. Lucas.

BY S. Lucas.
The article, Capital Must Be Re-
leased" in Thursdays paper is n
other example of Superf1uity Of
thought on a depression cure. It's
propOnent speaks Of a reasonable
compensation to the laborer for his
work. Very good, but just what
standard pay is reasonable COM
%pensation and just who is to be the
compensation? The writer also
speaks of limiting production to
consumption, forgetting that he
lives in a country which permits
capitalism and where the capitalist
thriveS on the fact that the worker
can not, with his salary, buy that
which he produces.
True, it is this excessive margin
of profit or surplus Of goods which
creates the stagnated market, the
lay-offS and finally the defunct buy
ing power and that such maladjust-
ment can be remedied only when
production and consumption are
practically equal.
Only those industries which
dominate in the competitive engage
ments to attract the buying public
which remains can boast Of pros
perity.
The writer of the article also
speaks of d~isplacing machine power
for man power to absorb the I'M
employed. Undoubtedly this is the
most absurd and crude suggestion
offered. If a machine produces the
equivalent of ten mems labor by all
means let those ten men operate
that machine, collect the same
wages they before received Chere's
where capital squeals) and regard
it a blessing.
Their spare time then may be
used to enjoy the pleasures of life
that every human so justly deserves,
such as travel, time for reading or
educational study, sports, amuse-
ment and no end of others. This is
our Utopia.