Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1923, Page 5

PLEA FOR INPROVED 0. STREETLIHTS Association Member Wants Hlumination Here Equal to - That in Alexandria. “I would go to almost any length to have the lights in the streets of ‘Washington at least as good as those in the streets of Alexandria or Rock- ville,” declared James P.” Coon, a member of the Midcity Citizens' As- soclation, at a meeting of that body at the Thomson School, 12th and L streets northwest, last night. The assoclation condemned the lighting system in the downtown territory covered by the organization and adopted a resolution expressing its attitude on the matter. The associa- tion made the testimony of the driver ©f the car that struck a woman at 10th and K streets northwest a part of the resolution. This testimony. which appeared in The Star last Thursday, showed that the driver of the car ‘was not able to sce the sroman until he was very close to her. Commends Star’ mpaign. The Star's campaign for better lightiug was praised in the general i g during which Dr. J. C. esident of the as ed that, for experi- « powerful light be placed at each of a number of street intersections. lighting system on 10th, 12th, | copy of the resolu: on adopted will be sent to the Dis :dmmittees in Congress and t ingineer Commn oner. Discusses the “Drug Evil.” Judge Rober fatting uniei urt, in an_ addres: ociation. declared vil had greatly increased se proliibition has been in effect. T the use of drums of the be- from he declared, urging at every s aves a foreign shore should be inspected for drugs he trunks, sult cases and rs themselves. 3 best known profession al men in the District take drugs just as they would take coffee, and cannot do a thing without the declared lattingly. to_ the location of the ided at Blue the assoclation in the form of a resolution adopted, protesting this site. The acreage the association declared in the reso- lutlon. was inadequate. and pointed out that if the Institution was locat- ed at Blue Plains it would merely ‘provide a home of detention for the poor unfortunate stead of aplace 0T treatment.” The report of the Com «nd the actlon of the Monday Evening | Club were quoted in regard to the ioners | that the | | declared, proposed site, and were indorsed by the Mid-City Assoclation. Safety marks at Thomas circle the placi of additional that point during heavy traffic v ere urged by the iation a means of eliminating much of ger to pedestrians crossing the reets at that locatio Ten @ollars was donated by the or- the field Hospital le and policemen Fanization driv to ssistant_Superintendent of Police | Henry G. Pratt spoke of the work { now being done by the police depart- ment. urged more men for sreater and more eflicient service, | Several gas guns h for the department, forms made of serge, instead of the present material, will be used by the men, said Inspector Pratt. {you can find som ® . Ther’ hain’t no place where we kin earn as much money as we kin on a farm, but th” trouble is t’ git it after we earn it. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) HITS “GUM SHOE WORK." IN VETERANS BUREAU Director Forbes Asks Critics to Come Directly to Him With Their Troubles. Col. Charles R. Forbes, dircctor of the ~Veterans Bure vesterday called a conference of members of his staff and representatives of ce: the Veterans' Bureau, yesterday the director asked his critics to come direct to him with their troubles in- stead of going to Congress or using “this sleuth stuff and this gum-shoe work. Representatives “from all sorts of organizations,” he said, “attempt and uently and successfully have a liaison between employes of this bureau without regard to the direc- * although “there is one place in bureau where you can get facts of what is going on, and that is the director” “Don’t go to Congress,” Col. Forbes ‘and make statements about bureau until you nd gotten the fig- acts. We will give them to you on_any matter or any point having to do with our work. I am going to stay here until I believe part of this task is done, ir- ive of what anybody says:. The director said he had made it his purpose “to see to it that all disabled men have the proper care | sympathetic treatment that they you been done. the eavor and applic: result of honest tion, I am sure thing to say other | than the continual condemnation of Bureau.” | In applications for po- | sitions_in bureau he declared | that. though “one of the first ques- | dons 1 is whether or not the| man is ex ! it as hi ppoint_every e ervice man who applies for a posi tion,” and that he must obey certain | ivil service rules. The majority of | the bureau's employes, he added, are | former service men, and he expressed | his intention to keep the personnel | thus representative. i the Vetcrans' SENATE PASSES ARGHIVES FUND: Votes Down Effort to ‘Cut $50,000,000 Shipping Board Appropriation. The Senate lateyesterday passed the independent offices appropriation bill carrying the Poindexter amendment providing $500,000 to begin the erec- tion of & national archives building in Washington. The Poindexter amendment author- izes. an archives building to cost $2,500,000, making $500,000 imme- diately available, The bill also carries an amendment strongly advocated by Senator Smoot of Utah, ‘providing $1,000,000 to erect a fifteen-story building 'of steel filing stacks in the Pension building to house government records. $428,000,000 for Veterans. The bill carries a total of $498,211,- 371. As approved by the Senate the bill provides a total of $428,000,000 for the veterans’ bureau. The Senate added $500,000 for initial expenses of | constructing a building An amehdment by Senator Fletcher, democrat, Florida, to reduce the Shi ping Board appropriation from $5 000,000 to $30.000,000 was defeated to 34, and an effort by Senator McKe lar, democrat, Tennessee, to limit sal- aries of Shipping Board officials to $11,000 was voted down, 27 to 37. Sen- ator McKellar was also defeated in his attempt to strike out all provi- national archives EVENING STAR, W | | | | been taxed for many SHINGTON, ARRANGE FOR GARDENS: .ON ANACOSTIA FLATS Cd’l. Sherrill and Horticulturalist Beattie Act After East Potomac Park Is Closed. ! Although there\ will be no gardens | 118, this year in Bast Potomac Park, ar- rangements have been made by Col. C. Q;, Sherrill, officer in charge of. public buildings and grounds, and W. R. Beat- tle, horticulturalist and gardening agent for the District, for extension of the gardening _acreage on the 'Anacostia flats to provide -for a total of 2,000 gardeners this year, as against only 1,100 last yea 3 The government has set aside the former garden space in East Potomac Park to be tranferred into park land. The three principal organizations of gardeners affected in the transfer are the Potomac Park Garden Club, the Anacostla Flats Garden Club and the East Side Garden Club. BOSTON BLOCK BURNED. 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