Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1923, Page 5

WORKADUSE PLARS * T INDORSENENT Fine Arts Commission Ap- proves Move for Permanent Upbuilding at Occoquan. The project for the permanent up- building of the District workhouse ay Occoquan and the reformatory at | Lorton was given new impuetus to- day when the Fine Arts Commission placed its Indorsement on the plans| as outlined by the Commissioners. The fine arts body made known its Views after spending all of vesterday in making a personal tour of the two reservations in company with Capt. John E. Wood, assistant en- glneer Commissioner. At Lorton, which is for long-term | prisoners, the erection of permanent | brick structures already is under way, but the workhouse group at Oc- | goquan is made up of frame bulld- | g8. To Develop Area. partment, in behal? of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, @ proposal for planting trees in that section of the cemetery. y Advice on detalls of arrangement of | te Jewdsh Home for the Aged, to be located at Spring road and Kaneas avenue, on plans submitted by the | building committee, was also siven by the Fine Arts Commission. Approval was given to plans for a proposed_auditorium for Washington and Lee University, to be built with- out disturbing the existing chapel, which contains the tomb of Gen. Lee. | These plans were submitted by Flour- noy & Flournoy, architects of this | city and Baltimore. The Lee high- | way passes in the immediate vieinity of this new auditorium. Hotel Deslgn Indorsed. The design for a hotel at Zion Na- tional Park, Utah, submitted by the National Park Service, was also ap- pro | Construction plans for the perma- {nent American cemetery at Romagne |ana at Seringes et Nesles, submitted by the War Department, received the | approval of the commission. This was the last mee.ing of the Com- mission of Fine Arts for the present fls- cal year. It was also the last meeting in the Lemon buil . which was recently [ purchased by cy Hospital. The i(y"h‘\'fl of th n have been in | that building he creation of the | commission in 1910. Began in Small Way. At that time the commission began its work in a_small way under the chair- manship of Daniel H. Burnhan tect of the Union ton, and who | of the world’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, JUNE WOMAN,_ TAKES POISON WHILE RIDING IN AUTO Quarrel With Man Held as Cause for Mrs. Keating’s Action. aa Mrs. Maude E. Keating,. thirty- eight, of 306 2nd street northeast, is in Casualty Hospital today in a seri- ous condition as a result of a self- administered dose of poison taken in lan automobile last night while with Christian Gebicke, Who lives in her house. Physicians at Casualty Hospital to- day announced that definite deter- mination of her condition would have to await the next twenty-four hours. Official report of the caes at the ninth precinct station stated that the cause of he attempted suicide was "“due to trouble between the above parties.” Mrs. Keating had been subject to nervous strain for the past year, since the disappearance of her son, William Percy Keating, who was re- ported missing since May 11, 1922, The boy is sixteen years old. alihough he has a _more matured appearance, and Mrs. Keating went througi sev- eral states seeking word from hir She is listed at Casuelty Ilosp as a clerk. the case. Dr. Fitzgerald handled | NEWCOMMISSIONER T0 ARRIVE MONDAY| Maj. J. Franklin Bell to Be Sworn In Early in Week; Wage Demand Up. , Maj. J. Franklin Bell will arrive In Washington Monday morning from Pittsburgh to take up his new dutles' as Engineer Commissioner. He prob. ! ably will be sworn in sometime Mon day or Tuesday. Acting Englnee: Commissioner Besson will remain at the District bullding for several days, ' to acquaint the new Commissioner with his duties. As soon as Maj. Bell takes office the per diem labarers and mechanics of | the engineer department will lay be- Although the two instituticn. are * more than two miles a Wood's plan calls fo and attractive development area lylng between them. The appropriation act for the fiscal year carries §40.000 to b the permanent rebuilding of quan and, with the Fine Arts ( mission behind the movement, trict officlals are confident gress will continue to make IRt allotments for the work until it is| completed. b Thus far the construction work & been carried on with prison | and bricks manufactured at ( It has been nccessary, _ever, to employ some skillcd chanics. Approve Arlington Plans. Details of the plan of 1901 have n for the most part carried out on of the Commission S 1910, At _the present 1 of development underway tire District of Columbli; or its purpose the making of a beautiful capital city of During these years the 0 proved itself help- ments of govern- nd committees of 2uto k has grown to be me- surtesy of the Secretary of the through the public buildings | commission, the Commission of Fine | Arts will occupy rooms in the Interior Plans for development of the world | hop Wrent building after July 1. ‘War section of Arlington national | cemetery were favorably indorsed by | e the commission, to which was sub-| If bread doesn't rise in baking it's mitted for advice, by the War De- 'a flat failure. —_— SPECIAL SALE Automobile Tires and Accessories at remarkably low prices—better buy now—and be prepered for these Vaca- tion Trips. Luggage Carriers Ford Top Recovering ] “urtains Coupe Seat Sedan Seat Covel Champlon Ford X A. C. Spark. Plugs . 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