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Evening star., 1942-10-04
BY James T. Carter,
Wide World.


ASHFTELD, Mass.-Rain slanted dis
mally across the windows and, bored as
only . 19-year-old college girl can be
when she's home for holiday and shut
In by the weather, Helena Hall paced
the floor trying to think OF something
to do.
And, as she paced and thought, there
came to her feeting memory of happy
childhood hours in the attic. Almost
automatically her steps took her there.
That was last Thanksgiving and the
Bennington College Girl has been thank
full ever since for the rain and the bore
dom that sent her to the attic.
For there, while rummaging through a
battered old hump-backed trunk she
came across the 1889 diary Of Mrs. Caro-
line lie Roy Webster, her great-great-
great-grandaunt and second wife of the
illustrious Daniel Webster. 1t was rare
literary find, snapped up almost imme-
diately by New York publisher.
In the ancient diary, which will be
published October 30 by Ives Washburn
in book entitled "Mr. w. and l." the
second Mrs. Webster describes in detail
dozens of parties and other events she
and her statesman-husband attended
while on their grand tour of Great
Britain and France 1o3 years ago.
The mellow old diary, which throws
much light on the character of Daniel
Webster's second wife and gives some
intimate revelations about Daniel him.
self, was found by chance. Miss Hall
says she had ransacked the trunk many
times as a child but never had bothered
to open any of the books in 1t.
Happening to open the diary at a page
describing q jousting tournament on
dukes estate in Scotland, Helena read
further and was intrigued by Mrs. Web
ster's tale of a party at Buckingham
Palace that lasted until am, and OF
how the King of France himself ladled
out soup to the Websters.
Pronounced Authentic.
Her mother was bit skeptical that the
diary actually had been written by
Helena's flve-generations-b back relative,
OuG NcI ldtIlcI COVA ~ W 0Is SAuNoS A'As
Feuss, headmaster at Phillips Andover
Academy-where Daniel Webster was q
pupil at land he, an authoity on
Webster, pronounced 1t authentic.
So, If you viii, turn back your clock a
century and come along with Caroline
lie Roy Webster and her illustrious hus-
band as she tells Of their receptions by
Queen Victoria and by Louis-Philippe
when Webster was at the height Of his
fame
Passing references to Webster's con-
duct while On the grand tour bear out
the legends Of the lawyers weakness for
drinking and his inability to keep his
finances straight.
His wife was his opposite. Throughout
"Mr. w. and L. she bemoans his SPEND
ing of money. appears shocked at the
prices Of food and clothes In England and
cites her own usual abstinence.
'Mr. w. accepts tan invitation to the
party, and decline" she remarks, "for
cannot stand this round Of dissipA.
ton. ...
Il do not expect him home until mid-
night. -.
Evening star., 1942-10-04

ruthless manner in which the land Is
being plowed over, and the locations
Of the dead bodies forever destroyed
This Is not in accordance with as
surance given at the time of purchase.
and is in direct conflict with the pro-
visions Of the terms Of sale, which re-
quired the removal Of the remains now
lying In the cemetery. 80
Consecrated Ground.
II desire to bring this matter to your
attention IN order that you may now
be properly advised Of what is being
done. and to gain protest against q
playground being established on this
ground without the remains Inferred
therein being first removed"
Indeed. 1t can easily be assumed that
at least thousand bodies still reposs
beneath this once consecrated ground.
now given to games and sports.
Only recently. the writer made visit
to this early metropolis, where he found
District employees installing q new sewer.
and in digging the trench . number
OF graves were unearthed, and strange
to say, parts Of the skeletons found
were In fairly good condition consider
ing the time they had been In tho
ground. These had been placed In 4
large box together with parts Of several
women's slippers. But what attracted
the writer's attention most were tho
human skulls, and in meditation he re.
called the words Of Hamlet a. expressed
by the melancholy Dane IN the grave
yard scene:
ALAS, poor Yorrick!-I knew him,
Horatio;'a fellow Of infinite lest. Of
most excellent fancy. >"
For. after ALL. who knows but that
ono Of these skulls was that of John
Barnes, who conceived the idea Of Q
poorhouse for the INDECENT Of George.
town. and left money In his will to pro.
vide for such An institution?
Yes, this might have been the same
John Barnes. or some one equally "a
charitable o. important. Who knows?
Evening star., 1942-10-04

Reno, who fell at the Battle Of South
Mountain, September IA, 1862. And here
are also inferred among the great and
the near great. Bishop William Pinkney,
Count Alexander Bodisco. Joseph Henry,
secretary Of the Smithsonian Institution,
Mrs. E. D. E. N Southwortll, the charm
ing Peggy O'Neale mrs. John H. Eaton)
and the mausoleums Of w. w. Corcoran
and John P. Van Ness.
First Pastor
There was in this part of Washington
until 1908, what was known as the old
Presbyterian Cemetery, being located in
the block bounded by T1irty-third and
Thirty fourth streets. Volta place and @
street. This Gods acre was laid out by
the congregation Of the Bridge Street
Presbyterian Church In 1902, of which
the Rev. Stephen Bloomer Balch, D. D.,
to the time of his death in 1888, when
his remains were placed in the wall of
the church. and removed from there in
1873 by Joseph F. Birch. an early
Georgetown undertaken, and inferred in
the church graveyard on @ street, and
from here it was removed the following
year. through the benehcience of the
philanthropict, w. w. Corcoran. to Oak
Hill Cemetery, and today the same tablet
that was placed by the family in October,
1885, in front of the church he founded,
now covers this last resting place and
reads:
Sacred to the memory OF
STEPHEN BALCH, D. D.,
Who died September %, 1888,
In the 67th year Of his age.
He Dcs the founder OF this church
and for more than halt century
its reUered pastor.
He planted the gospel in this toiun,
and his example iDds tor many
light to It's inhabitants.
He being dead, yet spedketh.
Stephen Bloomer Balch was an Amer
ican patriot-no clergyman should be
less. At the top of his grave is the War
Departments stone that tells = story
every son Of Revolutionary soldier likes
to read. 1t simply but eloquently states:
Capt. Stephen b. Balch.
Cdlpert Co.. Nd, MI. Rep. War.
In 1873, the Bridge Street Church was
removed and its successor, the West
Street Presbyterian church. u now To-
Evening star., 1942-10-04

While runlnaging through battered old hupbncked trunk
in the attic Of her Aseh Mass home Helena Hail. Benng
ton college girl the 1889 diary Mrs Caroline
Roy Webster her dndaunt and the second
i0tte OF Daniel Webster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Flyer Saves Self in Chute

SAN RAFAEL, Calf, Oct. 81 up.
1t. Mozart Kaufman of New York
City parachuted into San Pablo Bay
today after the engine failed in his
single-seat military plane. A fisher
man picked him up unhurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

to the ground on the take-on.
The victims were Capt. Clarence
Bates, Minneapolis. pilot; Robert
James Raley, Duluth, Mimi, co-pilot,
and Robert Delman Bum, Minneap-
oils, radio engineer. All were em-
ployes Of Northwest Airlines and the
only persons aboard the big ship.
Several pedestrians in downtown
st. Paul saw the ship fall from .
height of about 400 feet as it took
of on a routine test hop with Capt.
Bates at the controls. Fire broke
out and sent up a plume of smoke.
Capt. Bates, who held his rank
with Northwest Airlines, was the
only survivor of a Northwest air.
liner crash at Moorhead, Mimi,
October 80, 1941, when II persons
were killed. At that time he was
catapulted through the windshield
and was found wandering and dazed
several hundred yards from the
burning ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
MlB Powers Challenged
In Rache & Co. Strike
By the Associated Press

by tHe Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 31.-The Ma
tional War Labor Boards iurisdic-
ton was challenged yesterday by
j, S. Es che & Co.. brokerage firm.
whose employees walked out % DAYS
ago in Wall Streets first strike.
While Edward K Flaherty, or
eanizer for the American Federation
OF Office Employees, AFL. which
called the strike October 2, was say
ing workers would return to their
jobs Monday, company officials said
merely they would accept applica-
tons for Unemployment.
Flsherty said Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins had certified the
strike to the War Labor Board,
which was intervening in the dis
pute involving wage and hour con-
tract. Some $50 employees, it was
said, are involved.
Bache & Co. telegraphed William
H, Davis, chairman of the War La
Dor Board, acknowledging receipt
OF notice of mediation, and assert
Ing the firm could not understand
how the War Labor Board has any
jurisdiction over this firm which
Is solely engaged in the brokerage
business which has not been recog-
nized as essential to the war effort. !"
The company requested a prelim-
mary public hearing before the full
Labor Board to determine WLB
Jurisdiction lover this strictly pri-
vate controversy with a minority of
our employees which in no way
affects the war effort"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Senator Pepper 10 Speak
To Bar Group Thursday

Announcement of November
luncheon meeting programs was
made yesterday by Fletcher Quillian,
Luncheon Committee chairman of
the Federal Bar Association and Of
the Joint Luncheon Committee of
the Inter-American Bar Associa ton
and the Federal Bar Group.
p. Senator Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida, who returns here tomorrow
from an extended trip to the West
Coast, will address the associat ton
next Thursday, his topic being
America at War"
Clifford Pinchot, former Governor
OF Pennsylvania. will be the speaker
at the November IL luncheon, his
subject being Power"
The November 10 meeting at the
Mayf1ower Hotel will be a joint
luncheon session in connection with
the meeting here November 1921
of the general council and all COM
mittees of the Inter American Bar
Association. 1t will be held in
Washington in place of the con-
ference originally scheduled to be
held In Buenos Aires September
20-27. Addresses will be made by
Representative Hatton w. Summers,
chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee; D. L. Mccarthy. K. c.,
past president of the Canadian Bar
Association, and Celso R. Velasquez
Ambassador of Paraguay to the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Emergency Hospital Appoints
CoposseIo as Superintendent
Committee Selects
Former Assistunt
At Institution

James G. Capossela, 43, assistant
superintendent of Emergency Hos
pital since March, 1898, has been
appointed superintendent, succeed
ing the late B. 3. Sandidge, it was
announced yesterday by the hos
pitfalls Executive Committee. The
new superintendent has assumed
general charge of the institution.
A native of Brooklyn, N. Y, Mr..
Capossela has been a resident Of
Washington since 1886. He served
as credit manager for the Health
Security Administration before be-
coming associated with Emergency
Hospital.
He attended elementary, high
school and commercial school in
Brooklyn. Entering the Wall Street
brokerage business as a runner in
1917, he rose to the post of gen.
eral manager in Pittsburgh of
large branch Office dealing in stocks
and bonds.
Il first came here in 1892, re-
manned only short time and then
came back when opportunity af-
forded because I liked Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Three Die in Crash
OF Army Bomber at
St. Paul Airport
One Victim Was Sole
Survivor Of AirIiner
Wreck Oct. 80, l94l

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 3l.-Three crew.
men, one of them a pilot who sur
vived flaming plane crash a year
ago almost to the day, were killed
at the airport here today when
B-24 Consolidated, four-engined,
Army bombing plane plummeted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Critics Forum to Hear
Dr.. John Curtriqht

The Critics Forum - Catholic
thought on the best sellers-will hold
its second review of the autumn
winter season Wednesday at $3.50
pm. at the Mayfower Hotel. At
this forum the Rev. DR.. John K.
Cartwright. pastor Of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception, men,
her OF the Catholic University fac
ulty and director of the Washington
catholic Radio Hour, will review
1.-THE Problems of Lasting Peace" by
Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson.
Mrs. Eugenia A. Leonard. dean Of
women and associate professor Of
education at Catholic University, will
preside. The review occupies about
an hour and is followed by a half
hour period devoted to answering
questions, which must be presented
in writing and read by the chair
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

In these crowded times, don't let
o vacant room 90 unused. Rent 1t
Through . Star want Ad." MA. 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

SO we'll" the new superintendent
said yesterday.
He was the recipient of congratu-
lations from physicians, surgeons
and the hospital personnel on his
elevation to the SUPPLEMENTARY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Cuban Envoy Is Distinguished
In Many Fields of Endeovor
Dr.. AureIio Concheso
Prefers Professional
Role, However
BY CATHERINE HAMBLEY.

The democratic way of education
of the freedom loving peoples, in
contrast to the standardized way of
the Axis, is the only way to promote
culture and civilization.
This is the belief of DR.. Aurelio
F. Concheso, Cuban Ambassador to
the United States, who besides being
diplomat, holds the job OF Minis
ter of Education of Cuba a post he
took over in 1888 after serving as
Minister of Justice from 1888. He
came here as Ambassador in Jan
uary, 1941. Previously he had served
as secretary of the Council of Min
listers of the Presidency; in other
words, he had been to Col. Batista
what Steve Early is to President
Roosevelt.
He loves best the role OF professor,
which he took up in the field OF
penal law at the University Of Cuba,
where from 1923 to 1927 he was the
secretary of the faculty. In 1920 he
had won a doctorate in civil and
public law at the University of
l1dVdud. III 1870 ne pursued special
studies in applied criminal jurispru-
dence at the University of Rome.
He taught penal law for % years
and attended the Scientific Congress
in this city, where he presented a
codif1cation of the penal laws OF
the American continent which was
accepted.
Is Writer and Editor.
DR.. Conchesos theory on educa-
ton is described in a work, ITO Lib
erty Through Culture" He also
wrote Toward Continental Soil
darity Through Democracy and JUS
tice" and an essay, "Marti, Philoso-
pher." AS the Spanish philosopher
Senior Concheso believes in the i'm
portance of spirithalism over ma
terialism. His literary talents are
given further application in his post
of editor and director of the Cuban
Review of Private Law.
He went in for diplomacy because
his government needed him in that
field and because he had the neces-
sary legal training. He represented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

Buy War Savings Stamps and
Help Stamp Out the Axis!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Draft Heads Expect
Soon 10 Call Many
ChiIdIess Husbands
Usefulness in Civilian
War Effort to Be
Deciding Factor
By the Associated Press.

oS tuc hSSOClhtcu fTeSS'
Married men without children are
rapidly being reclassified in the light
of their civilian occupations, Selec-
tive Service officials reported yes
terday, and many are expected to
be called soon for military service.
With virtually all available single
men without dependents already
drafted, the continued deferment of
other physically fit men will be based
increasingly, as the Army expands
toward its 1913 goal OF 100000
men, on their essential usefulness
in civil life.
O1icials explained that the current
Redistribution was based on a list
OF more than four score industries
deemed essential to the war effort
or to national health and welfare,
Married men working in any of
these industries are being reclas-
sified into 3-B status, signifying
deferment on both dependency and
occupation counts, and other mar
ried men are placed in class ga,
unless they are physically unfit.
Deferment of those in class BIB
status will continue, however, only
until the supply of childless ga
men Is exhausted. When that &C.
ours, men in class 3-B will be SUBJ
ject to a further Redistribution,
and those who are not fireplace
able key men In an essential in
dustry are to be advanced to ga
and made liable to early call, it was
said.
Although the draft of married
men presumably would be inter-
rupted by the prospective extension
OF selective service liability to 10
and 10 year olds, the ga class is
expected to be exhausted probably
by summer, and those not deferred
for occupational reasons will then
become subject to call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

Cuba at the 18th assembly of the
League Of Nations. Minister to Den
mark, Norway, Sweden, Poland and
Germany in succession, his Latin
qualities have not been changed by
long contact with the North of Eu-
rope. He was Minister to Peru from
November through December in
1888.
Senior Concheso was born In
Sancti-Spiritus, the first city found
ed on Cuba, As years ago. Buoyant
and with flashing black eyes, he
resembles his president. Fulgencio
Batista, in both appearance and
vitality.
His life, he claims with a smile,
has been as smooth as glass, but
you are apt to doubt this remark.
Senior Concheso loves reading d.
aries and biographies and makes a
point OF perusing newspapers. He
adores Chopin and Beethoven. In
outdoor activities, he has a passion
for horseback riding.
He says that the sugar problem
will be serious in early 1943 if ship
ping continues to be difficult. The
harvesting season begins in jan
uary. Last year, of the 1000 900
tons of sugar raised for export,
2 100000 were shipped to the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

declared the District Fire Depart
ment is 100 per cent more efficient"
today than 1t was when he entered
1t May 8, 1906. He attributed the in
creased efficiency principally to
motorization.
Capt. Lacey began service at No.
8 Engine Co. He was promoted to
sergeant in January, 1924; to lieu
tenant June 1888 and to captain
June l, 1899, at which time he went
to No. % Engine to take command.
His wife, Mrs. Evelyn T. Lacey, and
daughter, Miss Frances Lacey. were
guests at the luncheon held yester-
day in the f1rehouse He also has
another daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Heinrichs of this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

Capt. James G. Lacey, So, was
given luncheon and presented with
a Meerschaum pipe by members OF
his command at No. % Engine Co.
yesterday as he retired after So years
service in the Fire Department. The
pipe was presented in behalf of the
f1remen by Fire 1t. r. K. Thomas,
temporarily in command of the COM
pany.
Capt. Lacey was awarded ribbons
for meritorious service in the Knick-
erbocker ,Theater disaster, caused by
a roof cave-in from heavy snow, and
in the Kann's warehouse fire.
Looking back over his more than
So years of flrefghting, Capt. Lacey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Franciscan Monks
10 Resume Studies
In Schwab Mansion
Group Made Homeless
By St. Francis College
Fire Given Fine Estate

~ the Associated Press.
LORETTO, Pa, Oct. 31.-Fran-
cascan monks made homeless by q
100000 fire at century-old st.
Francis College soon will resume
their studies in q 4O-room limestone
mansion where Charles M. Schwab
once entertained millionaires Of the
business world.
College officials remarked today
that Providence played a part in
providing for the monks. Just four
weeks ago today a committee of
friends Of the college purchased
the residence to give it to the college.
Principal Building Destroyed.
When fire yesterday destroyed the
colleges principal building, housing
the dormitory, chapel, administra-
ton offices and library, the college
was able to continue without i'm
mediate rebuilding.
A community of priests and BROTH
ers. the seminarians and novitiate,
SO in all, will merely have to move
across to the once-grandiose man
sion at "Immergrun, the Schwab
property adjoining st. Francis cam
pus in the Allegheny Mountains.
This, to be done in two weeks,
will leave room in other college
buildings for the 200 secular stu
dents. who were sent home for the
present.
Brocade on Walls.
While the mansion has been ten
Antless since the death of Mr..
Schwab. chairman of the Bethlehem
Steel Co. and ST. Francis alumnus,
and his wife in 1899, vestiges remain
OF its splendor, such as heavy Ger
man silver chandeliers in the dining
room and hall, beautiful side lamps
IN those rooms and the library, and
heavy brocade on the walls.
The estate also comprises a 26-
room guest house, seven cottages,
dairy barns, vegetable and flower
greenhouses, a $4,000 garage and
800 acres. Mr. Schwab's summer
home, it reputedly cost him 500, 900
a year to maintain.
John M. Gregory, public relations
director of the college, valued the
estate at $4,000 to $4,000, 900. The
mansion, other buildings and about
200 acres bought by the friends of
the college cost them $32,500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

prices filed by Wards with the local
War Price and Rationing Board
Among the items named in the suit
were lamps. chairs. hose, window
shades, handbags, ribbon and house
coats.
Alex Elson, regional attorney for
the OPA, said the evidence was OBJ
tanned during a routine checkup.
I'VE checked up on mail order
houses as we check up on all other
businesses" he said.
Assigned to Federal Judge John
P. Barnes, the suit asked a prelim-
mary injunction restraining the
company from further violation of
the price law.
A separate schedule in the suit
listed II items in which evidence
was found that sales had been made
above ceiling prices.
Company officials would not COM
ment, but one said only 1856 viola
tons were listed out of more than
10000 items in the catalogue.
Rvvv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Montgomery Ward
Accused Of BREAKING
0PACeiling Prices
Suit Charges 156 Items
In Catalogue Are Higher
Than Filed List

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-Montgomery
Ward & Co., giant mail order firm,
was charged with violation of CELL
ing price rules in a suit filed in
United States District Court today
by the Office of Price Administra-
ton.
The suit charged that prices on
l56 items listed in the company's
TALL and winter 1912 catalogue ranged
from 2 to IS cents above the ceiling
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-10

son and daughter, Bob and Betty,
OF Saginaw were Monday guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. l. G. Mccartney.
Mr.. and Mrs John Miller and
two children OF Charleston were
visitors of his brother and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller, Jr,,
and family
Mrs L. G.. Mccartney. Mrs. Fan
ME Campbell, Mrs. Edward Camp
bell daughter jeanne and Miss
Vera Boyd were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Owen at strawberry Lake
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Jack Downey OF
Royal Oak were sunday visitors
OF Mr. and Mrs John NJ. Dixon.
Miss Betty Fassett accompanied
George Godfrey, son George, Jr.,
and Henry Bartholomew to their
home at Kalkaska for the holiday
week end.
Mr.. and Mrs Ben Cooper OF Bur
| lington. Wisconsin. spent a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. George
Corkins. They were called here by
/ the death OF hts brother. Verr
/ Cooper.
The Helping Hand Society will
meet September II with Mrs Don
aid Lowell at Denton.