The Washington Post
October 22, 1929

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yh) =e hal ie fies er a a PRO eae ee SEE ee ee = iP, ee Ds ee Ee pore iy Wee . “NO. 19,486. WASHINGTON: OCTOBER 22, 1929. BY COPYRIGHT. 1929. THE WASHINGTON POST CO. ‘TUESDAY, DOYLE URGES POLICE PEACE IN ALLEN ROW ——— Precinct Captain Lav- ishes Praise on Private... in Report to Pratt. HAS GREAT FUTURE IF LET ALONE, CLAIM Recent Caustic Letter Is Called Statement of Fearless Attitude. OFFICER’S MESSAGE HAS HINT OF MYSTERY Exact Method. by ‘Which It Became Public- Is. Kept Secret. Capt. R. BE. Doyle, commander of the Eighth Police Precinct, to which Pvt. Robert J. Allen is assigned, yes- terday told Maj. Henry G. Pratt, su-' perintendent of police, that “it is high time” for the police department Officials to “forget whatever petty animosities” they have against Allen. They should recognize, as he does, Doyle said, that Allen “is an honest end fearless .public servant, and is potentially capable of rendering much valuable service to the District of Co- lumbia in the way of clearing up difficult crimes.” - Doyle’s defense of Allen and his sharp criticism of his superiors in the department was contained in a re- port submitted to Maj. Pratt by the police captain - in person: ‘yesterday afternoon. It was in re fo an order from Pratt that he o@mfment upon Allen’s reply to a query asking if the police private had been cor- “rectly quoted in newspapers as. de- claring that he intended to. “investi- gate” the United ate gM torney's office for. cuting “egninst an San iieee business mats. . Second Defense in ‘Week. Yt was the second. @ that Capt. Doyle edme the defense of Alieh within a weée. \" CAPT. ROBERT EMMETT DOYLE. INQUEST OUE TODAY IN DREYFUS DEATH 1Coroner’s Jury. Will. Inquire Into Death of Woman at Boat Club. ACCIDENT THEORY HELD With evidence pointing toward an accidental tragedy, a coroner’s jury of six men will convene to inquire into the death of Mrs. Aurelia Fisher Dreyfus, attractive 20-year-old di- vorcee, at 11 o’clock today at the District Morgue. Plunging 20 feet from a_ balcony at the Potomac Boat Club early Sun- day mecrning, Mrs. Dreyfus, divorced wife of. Herbert Dreyfus, a New York broker, was killed. She had been in. | attendance at a gfance in the ¢lub- | houge. ‘Eamiund J. McBrian, 30, also a New York broker, who escorted Mrs. Drey- tus to the dance, was still in custody pat the Twelfth Precinct last night. He was being held pending the ver- ~| diet of the coroner’s fury. v day Doyle lavished praise on Allen and declared: “E& is my humble’ opiiion that the major and. superintendent of police is far: better equipped men- ‘tally to pass on. the tone of Allen's letter” than he was. But, he added, che felt certain that Allen had meant no disrespect to the police chief or ‘to Commissioner Proctor L.. Dough- erty in the caustic letter the police .private had sent to the. police chief. In his report Doyle declared that “I firmly believe said jetter to be but an honest and fearless statement of the attftude Private Allen has taken toward all violators of the law.” He closed his report with a recom- mendation that Allen he commended for his work in arresting W. L. Mof- fatt, an investment broker, and that Allen’s letter be filed “without fur- ther action.” Publication Method Mystery. How Doyle’e report became public was something of a mystery. Doyle delivered it in a sealed envelope to Maj. Pratt in the latter’s office shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Maj. Pratt, busy with other matters, did not read the re- port and refused to meke it public or to discuss it. Later Capt. Doyle said he had not made his report pub- lic and declared that newspaper re- porters must be “wizards.” Allen’s letter, together with Doyle's report. are to be submitted to the District Commissioners by\\Maj. Pratt today. Pratt will accompany them with recommendations of his own, but what those will be he Tefused flatly to indicate. Determination of the police chief to put the matter up to the Commissinoers grew out of their action.in ordering Allen re- stored to duty, which action was not opposed by the police chief, but was taken after he had reported that he knew of no useful duty Allen could perform in the department at this time. Text of Report. , Capt. Doyle’s report follows: ‘Maj. and dale essed G. Prait, : Metropolitan Police Department, District Building, Wdashington, ‘p.c. ¢ Dear Sir: This communication is addressed to you for the purpose of replying to your formal order of October 19, and which. reads as follows: “In view of the tone of the state- ment submitted by Private Robert J. Allen throughout, you are directed. to comment and make a definite recommendation,. as provided in chapter 16, section 7, of the police manual.” In view of the fact that the fore- going order specifically directs me to both comment and make a definite |. recommendation, I accordingly make the following comment: As, the com ing officer of the Eighth Precinct, you will, of course, realize that I am ‘only concerned in whatever acts Private Allen may Investigation into the death by members of the police homicide squad has uncovered evidence which supports a theory of accidental death. Members of Mrs. Dreyfus’ family, Mc- Brian and persons who were in at- tendance at the dance, have been questioned by the detectives. The police inquiry disclosed that Mrs. Dreyfus, McBrian, her brother, Willism Fisher, and her sister, Miss Preda Fisher, had adjourned to the porch of the club to “get some air” toward the end of the dance. As the orchestra struck up the ldst dance |: tune, Fisher and Miss Fisher went to the ballroom to dance. MeocBrian, ac- cording to the story told detectives, excused himself and went to the check, room to obtain the wraps of Mrs. Dreyfus and. himself. Two persons who were on the porch When Mrs. Dreyfus was left alone, were interviewed by Lieut. Joseph Morgan and Detectives Joseph F. Waldron and George Darnall, of the homicide: squad. They are Anna Leonard, of First street, above W, northwest, and Edward Wilson, of H street, near Fifth’ northwest. The couple, according .> the de- tectives, stated that they were seated in @ corner of the porch, unaware that any one else was there. They told the detectives that they heard the thud of Mrs. Dreyfus’ body as it struck a platform 20 feet below the balcony. Immediately preceding the tragedy. the couple informed the detectives, they heard no screams, sounds of a scuffie, or. noise of any kind.’ McBrian, the detectives said, dex clared that he and his party partook of several high-belis’ before departing CONTINUED ON PAGE 3. COLUMN: 5. HUBBARD GIVES. HS SUPPORT T BINGHAM ACTS Head of Manufacturers ‘in Connecticut Backs Hiring of Agent. {TESTIFIES AT QUIZ OF SENATE LOBBIES Witness Hard Pressed to Explain “Bargain” and Other Words. EYANSON POLITICAL INFLUENCE IS TOLD Bay State Fishermen’s Aid Tells of Finding Efforts Balked by “Clerk.” By CARLISLE BARGERON. The looseness with which the go- getters of cultured New England use language and their mistreatment of the unlettered fishermen while. they are out at sea tickled the Senate sub- committee investigating lobbyists yes- terday. It harassed E. Kent Hubbard, presi- dent of the Connecticut Manufac- turers Association, so much that be- fore he left the stand he was agree- ing with everything the committee suggested, even to the approval of Sen- ator Bingham, right or wrong, and Hubbard, a Democrat at that. It seems that the ambiguity of Yankee speech, pure and undefiled, first came to the notice of the rest of the country with former President Coolidge’s “I do not choose.” Now what intrigues the committee ts what Hubbard meant when he wrote to his agent, Charles L. -—Eyanson, stationed in Senator Bingham’s office last July: “We've gotten more than we ever bargained for in the beginning.” Agent Was Bingham’s Aid. Byangon, it has been testified, was placed on Senator Bingham’s pay roll as a clerk of the territories and in- sular affairs committee and as such attended: the secret meetings of the finance compiltiee considering the tariff until other senators objected. Hubbard, a big man, but with a voice so soft that the senators from the wide-open spaces easily outshout- ed him, insisted that Eyanson’s going into the finance committee was not what had been bargained for, that really the word had no deep meaning, that he just used ‘it casually. It was more than Senator Caraway, who, although not @ college man, has picked up a lot of words during his life, has studied them and knows just which ones sting and which ones 1do not, could understand. “A bargain means a contract, ac- cording to Mr. Webster,” he insisted. It is only when the New Englanders are in pursuit of trade, perhaps, that their language becomies loose. G. O. P. Leader Is Subject. The name of J. Henry Roraback, Republican National Committeeman from Connecticut, “J. .Henry’’—the senators kept calling him—came into the hearing. “He is the Republican boss of Con- necticut?” asked Senator Walsh® of Montana. “He is the Republican leader,” cor- rected Hubbard. Senator Bingham himself was re- sponsible for the loose use of words that brought Roraback’s name into the hearing. Sometime last winter, when the senator was pursuing his idea to have a “tariff expert” in his office, he wrote Hubbard that he would be in Hartford on a certain day and would lik> to see him. He had an asterisk in the letter at about this point and a _ postscript reading: “through J. Henry.” “Yes sir, I remember that letter very well,” said Hubbard, enjoying the first sigh of relief he had had before CONTINUED ON PAGE 3. COLUMN 2. Tracks to Be Electrified From New York to Capital J. G. Nettleton, General Agent of Pennsylvania Rail- road Here, Announces Completion‘of Neggtiations Which Assure Removal of Smoke Nuisance. - Electrification of the Pennsylvania -Rajlroad._between Washington and New York will be effected soon. J. G. Nettleton, general agent at Washing- ton, announced yesterday that nego- tiations to this end have been com- pleted. Differences between the railroad and the City of Baltimore were adjusted yesterday which paves the way for electrification. The agreement will have ‘far-reach- ing effect upon the operation of pas- senger and freight lines; {t was said. Under its terms the New York-Wil- mington electrification will be ex- tended through Baltimore to Wash- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 2. Included in ‘the agreement, which has been pending for several years, are extensive platform and track im- provements in Baltimore. Construc- tion of two dauble-track tunnels in the city are also in the specifications. Actual work-wil] be taken immedi- ately on the Baltimore improvements. Completion of the project upon th‘s larger scale will give the Pennsyl- vania Railroad and its affillated com- panies a total of 789 miles of line and 2,769 miles of track Gestrically operated. Ordinances covering the agreement between the cit pany have been ted. One of the outstanding benefits of the agreement is the elimination of the smoke nuls- ance in jong tunnels, through which CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 3. ‘Louis and railroad com-. Jary fuadance Ire Over Woman’s Reuge _ White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 21 “CN. Y.W.N.8S.)-—In Yonkers, there’s nothing wrong about ‘stopping a married women on thee street, crit- icizing her for bad taste in dress, and making rude remarks about the amount of rouge.on her face. This at least was the conclusion of a grand jury which today re- ‘fused to vote an _ indictment against Wiliam C. Prime, former deputy commissioner of public safety in Yonkers,:on charges pre- ferred by Mrs. Estelle Van Metter, nineteen, of Yonkers. Mrs. Van Metter declared that after he had been humped ac- cidentally by her baby carriage, Prime delivered a tirade against her dress and rouge in abusive latiguage and wound up by slap- ping her three times. Prime ad- mitted everything but the slap- ping. The grand jury refused to indict. DoTRIGT'S WATER HEMD WILL RETIRE J. S. Garland Will Leave De- partment After 38 Years Service. ILL SINCE JANUARY J. S, Garland, superintendent of the District Water Department, which was recently under fire of published criticism, is to be retired effective November 1. Garland’s. retirement will bring to an end 38 years of ser- vice in the District government. He reached the age of retirement, 70 years, last February, but sought and was granted a two-year extension. He fell ill last Jgnuary, however, and since that time has occupied the position of nominal head of the Wa- ter Department, D. W. Holton, en- gineer of construction of the depart- ment, being, to all intents and pur- poses, the directing head of the de- partment, assisted by Humphrey Beck- ett, assistant engineer of the depart- ment. Garland’s retirement has not been formally passed on by the District Commissioners, but has been formally requested by Garland himself and is now before Col. William P. Ladue, Engineer Commissioner, who began an investigation of the workings of the department immediately after criti- cism of the department was pub- lished. Col. Ladue said yesterday that the. retirement application un- doubtedly will be approved by the full Board. of Commissioners of the District. Holton is senior executive in the Water Department and is regarded as most likely to be named as Garland's successor, unless an outsider is final- ly determined on by the Commission- ers. Col. Ladue yesterday refused to discuss the question of selection of @ new head of the Water Depart- ment. Holton came to the District Water Department -with a bachelor of science degree from the University of Vermont in 1899. He began in the lowest job on the department payroll and since has worked“his way to con- struction engineer, Which, although not so designated in law, is tanta- mount to assistant chief of the de- partment. Humphrey Beckett, assistant engi- neer, and Paul Lanham, assistant en- gimeer, are regarded as the next in liné for promotion to fill Garland’s shoes. Beckett has been 34 years in the District service. Of these 28 years have been in the Water Department. He was educated in Washington schools. Lanham has been in the de- partment since July, 1905. Frederick W. Albert, a former em- ploye of the Water Department, has been a strong candidate for Garland’s job since it was rumored that the veteran Water Department chief was to be replaced. Albert is an engineer and was employed in the Water De- partment when the United States en- tered the European war. He applied for reinstatement three years after the war ended, but the Commissioners ruled that because of such a long de- lay it would be an injustice to the department personnel to make the changes necessary to reinstatement of Albert. Albert went to Knoxville, Tenn., with former District Commissioner Brownlow, when Brownlow went to that city as city manager. Albert remained in Knoxville as chief of the water department there for a time after Brownlow left Knoxville. More recently he is said to have been employed at the Edgewood Arsenal. Whether Albert will be appointed to fill Garland’s place has not been determined. No one in an authori- tative position would say more than the question of selecting a new head of the Water Department is being given serious corsideration. It is known that Col. Ladue is de- termined te give the question care- ful consideration, and is determined to select an executive who can .be expected to meet adquately the re- sponsibilities of the job. Ladue has a reputation for thoroughness and is going over the department with a fine tooth comb, and, having had several conferences and reports from executives in charge of the depart- ment, has called for additional re- ports. | Capt. Hugh P. Oram, assistant en- gineer commissioner, is drafting @ re- port for submission -to Col. Ladue, CONTINUED ON PAGE 4,.COLUMN 7. ‘and early July. ROUT AVERTED IN OTUGK ALES BY LATE ALLY Scores of Issues Tumble $5 to $45 as Margins Are Wiped Out. — PAPER VALUE LOSS IS $2,500,000,000 Powerful Efforts Send Prices Upward at Close of Day. CONFUSION CAUSED AS TICKERS TRAIL Total Turnover Is Reported Fourth Largest in Street’s History. New York, Oct. 21 (A.P.).—The stock market was put through the ordeal today of absorbing one of the most violent deluges of selling with which it has yet been confronted, but after’ scores of issues had tumbled $5 to $45 a share, powerful efforts to support the market began. to meet with success, and leading issues ralli- ed moderately from their low levels. The session was highly confusing, as the tickers fell more than an hour behind the actual trading on both the | floors of the New York Stock and Curb exchanges. The stock exchange ticker did not print the final quota- tion until an hour and 40 minutes after the closing gong. The extent of the rally, therefore, was not realized until long after the close of the market, when the dam- age to the price structure was found to be much less severe than had been supposed. Activity Slackened Toward Closing. The frenzied pace of trading during the early hours of the session indi- cateq that the day’s turndéver might set a new high record close to 9,000,- 000 shares, as contrasted to the record turnover of 8,246,740 shares on March 26, but activity slackened con- siderably during the last two hours of trading, and total sales were but 6,091,870 shares, which total was ex- ceeded once last December and twice last November. Before the reaction set in, some $2,500,000,000 in paper values dis- appeared, . This was one of the largest day’s turnovers ever experienced in a de- clining market, however, and com- mission houses reported that thou- sands of overextended margin ac- counts were thrown overboard at se- vere losses. Selling Wave Regan Saturday. The selling was a continuation of the violent liquidation loosened Sat- urday, when traders who had held on through @ week of sharply declining prices were forced to let go. Price averages and indices of lead- ing stocks indicated that the decline had carried prices substantially below the levels reached in the drastic de- cline of October 3 and 4, whioh was generally regarded as the most pre- cipitous in recent financial history, and back to the levels of late June The price level in general, however, remained substantially above the bottom levels of the year reached in May, although some two score issues went to the lowest levels of the year. Livermore Dentes “Bear” Pool. Conferences of important figures in the market were understood to have been held over the week-end, with a view to stabilizing the price struc- ture. The huge amount of new fi- nancing during recent months is said to have left investment bankers with a glutted market for new securt- ties, presenting a situation requiring prompt cooperative action. One disturbing rumor which has been circulated during the past few days was laid to rest. It has been current gossip in Wall Street that a huge “bear” pool had been operating under the leadership of Jese Liver- more, formerly colorful market op- erator. Livermore described these rumors as absurd, and ascribed the market reaction as an inevitable re- sult of a too rapid rise. Much selling was said to be for foreign account, owing to somewhat unsettled conditions in London, where the securities’ markets were re- cently disturbed by the Hatry fiasco, and dealers are also said to be over- burdened with undigested issues of | new securities. Sterling. Frencn and | German exchange rates on new York rose to new high levels for the year or longer. indicating the substan- tial withdraw! of fqreign funds {rom this center. Call money was hardly a factor in ghe market, owing to lack of demand. Loans renewed at 6 per cent and funds were later plentiful at 5. Commercial Solyents Hard Hit. An extreme loss of $145 a share was suffered by Commercial Solvents old stock. which dropped to 6520, but this was regarded as insignificant, owing to the rative inactivity of this issue. Auburn Auto dropped unmincing terms and called William 4 HOOVER LAUDS EDISON IN LIGHT CELEBRATIO STAGED AT DEARBOR ~~ Ww Blanche Sweet Gets Divorce From Neilan Cruelty Allegations Win Film Star Freedom From Director. Los Angeles, Oct. 21 (A.P.).— Blanche Sweet, film star, today ob- tained a divorce from Marshall Neilan, noted director, on grounds of cruelty. The actress testified she had been un- happy since she married Neilan, June 8, 1922, ‘and that on their honeymoon in New York he deserted her at a night club; spending the evening with another woman. Miss Sweet said she left Nellan last. January 15, when he brought a party of intoxicated men home after mid- night and demanded that she help entertain them. A property settle- ment was made out of court. Blanche Sweet is one of the vet- erans of the moving picture producing world. She came into prominence early in the development of the film industry, through David Wark Grif- fith, who “discovered” her along with Marty Pickford and the Gish sisters. Originally she was known as the Bio- graph girl. P, cme . . ERE Ske as BLANCHE SWEET. Her romance with Marshall Neilan, film director, culminated in their marriage in 1922, which was an event in the moving picture world. GLASS EXCORIATES TWO COALITIONS To Anderson’s and Brown’s Statements Termed Falsehoods. G..0. P. ‘TYRANNY? IS mi Special to The Washington Post. Boydton, Va., Oct. 21.—Making his TWO DIE, ONE HURT, AS TRAIN HITS AUTO Mrs. Douglas Lemmons and Child Instantly Killed in Loudoun Crash. HUSBAND", Pin INJURED “i . ; Two persons were Kiliec! and’s third was seriously injured last night when first political address in the present gubernatorial campaign, United States Senator Carter Glass today excoriated Henry W. Anderson in Moseley. Brown, coalition candidate for governor, “a political marionette.” ‘In the main his address was a plea for the “tontinuation of the Demo- cratic regime as preferable to “a re- turn to tyranny” under Republican auspices. Referring to Anderson, Senator Glass said: “Col. Anderson some days ago, at Richmond. grouped me with certain distinguished citizens of the State as having accepted office under the patronage of the political ring and condoned its iniquities. It may be that those tiptoeing in politics and those who think we should soft pedal in this campaign would prefer that I shoulq pass over this imputation, but I am not here to tell the Demo- crats of Mecklenberg: County bed- time stories. Hence I shall take leave to sey that Col. Anderson knew his statement about me to be a false- hood without a semblance of truth to justify it. Not only was the ac- cusation mendacious even if it were true; it had no proper relation to this contest.” di Referring specifically to a quota- tion of Brown at Lynchburg and Alexandria that Senator Glass had been “muzzled in” and had “sold out to the machine,” Senator Glass ex- claimed, “Everybody, including Mr. Brown, knows it to be a lie. There is not an amateur in Virginia poll- tics who does not know that I was appointed to the Senate by Gov, Davis and have twice been nomi- nated by the Democratic party and elected.” In his address Senator Glass made allusion to “the miserable perform- a Washington-bound train from New York of the Pennsylvania Railfoad struck and demolished a light auto- mobile at the Landover, Md., cross- ing. Douglas Lemmons, 29 years old, 321 Sixth street southeast, was in- jured and his wife, Mrs. Edith Lem- mons, and their 6-year-old son were almost instantly killed. The Prince Georges County Rescue Squad was called and brought the injured man to the No. 3 Truckhouse, where he was said to be suffering from shock. Meager reports of the accident last night revealed that Lemmons appar- ently did not see the approaching train and started to cross before the approaching engine. The train was halted after the accident. The auto- mobile was totally demolished. Lem- mons is a fireman of No. 3 Truck Company, at Fourteenth street and Ohio avenué northwest. He is unaWare of the fact that his wife and child are dead. Mussolini Recalls Envoys From Berlin Berlin, Oct. 21 (A.P.).—Premier Mussolini tonight made a clean sweep of the staff of the Italian Embassy here, the result apparently of the mysterious disappearance of a secret diplomatic code from the embassy archives. Earlier today he had recalled to Rome two of the secretaries and ordered the ambassador, Count Aldro- vand! Marescotti, to conduct an im- mediate investigation. Tonight fur- ther orders recalled the ambassador and also the councilor while M. Ciccoriardi was hastily appointed councilor and placed im charge of af- CONTINUED ON PAGE 5. COLUMN 5. fairs. Home Entering Case Denied Review by Supreme Court Decision of Iowa Tribunal That Liquor Evidence Ob- tained Without Search Warrant Is Admissible in- Prosecution Is Allowed to Stand. The Supreme Court yesterday de- clined to review a decision of the Iowa courts in--which--evidence._ob- tained without use of a search war- rant in a prohibition case was never- theless admissible for the prosecu- tion of a charge of liquor possession. The case concerned A. C. Bamsey, of Creston, Iowa, a World War veteran, committed to jail in default of pay- ment of $1,000 fine for violation of the Volstead act. The case evoked interest of lawyers because Bamsey’s home was entered without a search warrant and convic- tion had followed when the officers found three half-pints-of liquor, one of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 1. which had been obtained, it was sald | on s doctor’s prescription. The sen- tence of the Iowa district court was appealed to the State Supreme Court and the judgement of the lower tri- bunal upheld. Bamsey ha@ contended that the evidence of possession of liquor ob- tained was not reliable and his house had been invaded and searched with- out due process .of a warrant. The Iowa Supreme Court decided that evidence obtained by illegal search of petitioner’s home with a warrant was admissible in prosecution of @ éase involving possession of liquor ard | that the Fedefal rule requiring « search warrant was er Inventor Sits at Side of President During His. Address. TECHNICAL SCHOOL..... ALSO IS DEDICATED Cold, Driving Rain Wets Nation’s Chief as Town Welcomes Him. INVENTOR REBUILDS: HISTORICAL LIGHT Entrains for Cincinnati Fete Where River Memorial ” Will Be Dedicated. Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Mich., Oct. 21 (N.Y.W.N.S.):—Thomas Alva Edison collapsed here tonight at. the elaborate celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his invention of a practical incandescent lamp while President Hoover was conveying to - him the Nation's appreciation of ub contribution to progress. Despite his age of 82 no great alarm for his condition is felt by the many distinguished guests invited here by Henry Ford. Mr. Edison is under the care of physicians and of his wife tonight. ‘ 2 Dearnborn., Mich., ich., Oct. 21 (A.P.) — Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the perfection of the electric lamp, President Hoover paid tribute here to+ night to the tireless zeal and patience of this country’s inventive genius that hag lifted drudgery from the shoulders of the American people. With the aged and eminent inven: tor, Thomas A. Edison, at his side, * genius “not alone se factiona he pes , but ales a debt he nas ‘brought’ oe: ashy ae ae. The ceremonies 4t which the Presi- dent spoke, attended by many prom- inent citizens in various flelds, alse Sar" Technology, the gift of Henry Ford: Priceless National Possessions. “Our scientists and inventors are amongst our most priceless national possessions,” the President said. “There is no sum that the world could not afford to pay these men who have that originality of mind, that devotion and industry to carry scientific thought forward in steps and strides until it spreads to the comfort of every home.” r The speech came at the end of a day crowded with. activity in honor of Edison's perfection of the lamp, dur- ing which the President had been a¢-~- claimed by the people of Detroit and Dearborn as he rode in an open auto- mobile during .a cold, driving Tain. to-coast hook-up of radio stations, Measuring the unselfish devotion which scientiste give their work, the President said that “not by all the profits of all the banks in the world can we measure the contribution which these men make for progress. Less Interested in Money, . “And they are the least interested in the monetary results,” he added. “Their satisfactions are in their ac- complishments, in the contribution of some atom of knowledge which will become part of the great mechanism of progress. . “Their discoveries are not the ma- terial for headlines. Their nanies ate usually known but to a few. But the Nation owes them a great honor and is proud to demonstrate Mr. Edison today that their efforts are not unappreciated.” , Before Hoover spoke, he had wit- nessed an unusual contrast of - cir- cumstances that years can ’ Stthg when he watched the now aging and distinguished Edison construct the first lamp as he did, a young, hope- ful, ambitious b ae eee uae ut unknown inventor, Standing by the gee in the aame laboratory Edison used a half ore. NEWS of SUBURBAN _ Washington. aE and the Surrounding States > donee ee re 4, 4 and 24 Tod dedicated ‘the Edison Institute of Millions heard his words over a coaste ~— / a oe a Sen Se ae EY * ei.” a vas r ° aS ‘ Hoover said every American ar this. a Meu th i