Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1924, Page 3

ARMORY ADOPTED Appropriation of 32,009,000 to Be Asked of Congress for Building Here. Following a discusston during which it was declared that the National Capital is one of the few citles of over 5,000 population where no me- morial to the country's soldiers, sailors and marines has been erected, the general memorial armory com- mittee, made up from military, pa- triotic and clvic organizations of the ¢ity, unanimously adopted a bill to be submitted to Congress for the erection of a $2,000,000 memorial armory here, at a meeting last night in the old Armory building, 472 L street A committee was named by the chalrman, Gen. Anton Stephan, com- inunding officer of the District Na- tional Guard. to present the bill- to Senator L. Helser Ball and Repre- sentative Fred Zihlman, chairmen of the Senate and House District com- Tittees. This committee will meet the congressmen tomorrow morning. Named on Committee. The committee as named is com- Dosed of Gen. Stephan chairman; Daniel Donovan, Capt. Geor; Bvans, Capt. C. E. Emig, W. L. Beale, Watson B. Miller, Col. C. Fred Cook.’ Lieut. K. William 1. itattocks, Col. John Scott, Ienry A. Johnson, Capt. G. und Maj. R. E. B.' McKenney. The bill is as follows: ‘Be it enacted by the Senate and Houm> of Representatives of the Tnited States of America in Congress assembled, that a commission, com- posed of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbla, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds and the officer commanding e District National Guard of ,the District of Columbia, be and is here- by created and authorized and di- rected to enter into contracts for the construction of a_memorial armory huilding for the National Guard of the act of Congress ap- Proved May 13, 1908, or such modified Dlans as may be approved by the herein “authorized commission to bring it within a cost not to exceed 82,000,000, which sum is hereby au- thorized ‘to be appropriated, 60 per centum from the revenues of the Dis- trict of Columbia and 40 per centum from any money in the Treasury mot otherwise appropriated, and of which the sum of $25,000 is hereby author- ized to be appropriated immediately, for the preparation of detailed plans and specifications. Selection of Site. “Section 2. That the memorial armory building herein authorized be located on ground owned by the United States government in the Dis- trict of Columbia, the site for the purpose to be selected by the officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds and approved by the Fine Arts Commissien. Section 3. That the construction of said armory building shall be under the direction of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, and all money expended shall be upen vouchers approved by him. All plans for said armory building shall be approved by the commission au- thorized by the act of Congress ap- proved May 30, 1908 (thirty-fifth statutes at large, page 540). Section 4. That space in said me- morlal armogy shall be set aside for use as a pernfanent meeting place for the organized reserve units, and the Neser Officers’ Association of the District of lumbia, Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, the American Legion, the Veterans' of Foreign Wars, the Di ebled American Veterans of the World War and such other veteran organiz: tions for which space may be avall- able; but such use of said memorial SPECIAL ROTICES. _ M. ¥ n . ave., now Marlow Building. 2ud floor. We old_jewelry and wedding rings. 20% FRUIT TREDS, grape vines, rose buahes. hrubbery trimmed.’ Lawns cover- ed with manure. Varlegated_evergreens. F. A. Herrell & Son, Gardesers, 726 10th st. /. Linc. 9640, WHY NOT MAKE YOCUR- PRESENT GAS water heater automatic? Egsy terms If de- sired._See demonstration. 1405 N. Y. ave. WANTED TQ BRING A YAN LOAD OF FU siture from New York. Pbiladeiphia and Wil to Washington. BMITH'S D STORAGE CO. FORMERLY, has exclus® 11th n.w. millinery and hats made to orde: THE BOSTON BEAUTY SHOP BEGS TO announce to {ts patrons that it will remain open untll § p.m. Wednesday and Friday even- ngs. l’WlL!;ml;-‘D;l' BB BBGFO);%!BL(E'. FOR fit;);m i cont any ome_other than myself. S Y 80 Oea, B, JENKING, SPECIAL EATBS—BUFFALO ton. Red Ball _Transit T J0B PLASTERING. Prompt service. Heasonable prices. Wi anteed. North 8925, 17 MEETING OF THE STOCK- folders_of the National Savings and Trust otber bu rly’ come before it, will be held &t the office of the northeast corner of 15th and o ave n.w. on Monday, the 21st day of January, 1624, ut 4 o'clock p.m. "WILLIAM D, HOOVER, President. . PERCIVAL WILSON, Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Columbis Granite and Dredging THE Al the transaction of such business a come before sald meetiag. I H. President. G. A. BONNET, Secretary. YOUR AUTO REPAIRS | —won’t set you back when we handle them. Reliable work done reasonably. R. McReynolds & Son ialists in Painting. Slip Covers and Tops, i L ST, NoW. Main 7228, Leave the Roof to Us - —We'll make it as good as mew for Titele. IRONCLAD &otee, 220,17 . Phone. 1 CUSHIONS For Church, Boat or Home We make all/ ki BEDELL®S FAC‘I':;ORY in_3621 McKEEVER & GOSS ‘We satisfy. Eblm D 8t ; Adams Printing’ 2 Znever fafls to satisty. HIGH GRADE, BUT NOT HIGH PRICED. BYRON S. ADAMS, Famms. Absolute Soot yer costs only 30:. 1406 P s} n.w. ____costs only 30:. 1N P s . 188 EXPERT WATCH AND d LORENZ JEWELRY CO. oth BT. N.W, MAIN 9637 “Pants Matched to Coats MADE TO MEASURE. OVER 4,000 SAMPLES, LN PANTS MATCHING CO. coll.'rr‘lc'?vl. x 1484 Newtos 8t, N, 7 Gt WILLIAFIS @ McQlure Newspaper Syndicates armory shall be subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the officer commanding the National Guard of the District of Columblia. “Section 5. That the said memorial armory shall be under the control of | the officer commanding the National | Guard of the District of Columbia, who shall annually submit to Con- gres, through the Commisioners of the District of Columbia, an estimate of the amount required for the next ensuing fiscal year for the mainten- ance and operation of the sald me- morial armory. SPECIAL D. C. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ASKED Congress of Mothers and Parent- Teacher Almgiation Urges Divi- sion of “Extension.” Legislation providing a special de- partment in the public school sys- tem to be known as the “division of extension activities” was asked in a resolution unanimously adopted -2 a meeting of the District of Colum- bla branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asso- clations in the Ebbitt Hotel yester- day afternoon. It will be presented before Congress. The resolution was introduced by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president of the organization. The activities to come under this special department are all school playgrounds, swim- ming pools, baths, vacation schools (for both high 'schools and el mentary), night schools and scheol ! excursions. This special department should see that all school children visit the public buildings In Wash. ington regularly and should super- vise the "extended use of school bulldings, the resolution stated. Capper Measure Favored. A resolution introduced by Mrs, William _T. Bannerman, indorsing Senator Capper's proposed revision in the laws pertaining to the publ school system in the District, unani- mously was adopted. Under that pro- Vision the board of education would be appointed by the President of the United States and Indorsed by the Senate. The rest of the program included a talk on Health week by Mrs. Joseph Sanders, chairman of the health de- partment, and an address on_parlia- mentary procedure by Mrs. Nanette B. Paul. Mrs. E. R. Kalmbach distributed a petition for signatures calling for the reappointment of Judge Kathryn Sellers as judge of the Juvenile Court {of the District of Columbia. The average husband doesn’t care a hang what fashion decrees, just so it doesn’t order back the dresses that hook up the back. NG _STAR, . WASHINGTON, D. U, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY I _—By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. |ASSOCIATES HONOR TINISHING YOUR, DAMROSCH IN FINAL CCNCERT OF SEASON Next Appearance Here of New York Symphony to Be Under Bruno Walter. Walter Damrosch made his tarewell appearance in Washington this sea- son with the New York Symphony Orchestra, under the auspices of Mrs Wilson-Greene, at Poll's Theater yes- terday afternoon. Bruno Walter, European conductor, will direct the orchestra at the concert next month. Beethoven was the composer of the afternoon, and Georges Enesco, Ru- i manian composer, violinist and con- ductor, was the guest artist. Wash- ington music lovers remember the splendid concert by the Philadelphia ymphony Orchestra last winter when nesco was guest conductor and solo- ist._ Those who heard him then were delighted to hear him again yester- Aay,and his ability as a violinist was *|a revelation to those who had not heard him before. Next week he will Dbe one of the artists at Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's third Monday morning musical. Yesterday he played three movements of the “Concerto in D for Violin and®rchestra. The orchestra appeared to best ad- Strings” and “O 2" closed the concert. y teresting was the finale from: “Sere- nade for Strings,” played by Messrs. Barrere, Tialot and Pollaln on the flute, violin and viola. H. F. — MRS. JOANNA CAREW DEAD Life-Long Resident of City Suc- cumbs After Brief Illness. Mrs. Joanna Carew, seventy-six vears old, and a life-long resident of Washington, dled Monday at her resi- dence, 3568 11th street northwest, fol- lowing a short illness. Solemn high mass w'll be celebrated in the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, 16th street and Park road, Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Rock Creek cemetery. Mrs. Carew was the wife of Albert J. Carew, gho was among the ploneer mafl carriers of the District. He de- livered mail on horseback for many years, and was empioyed by the Post Office’ Department for forty-six years. .She is survived by seven daughters and two sons, as follows: Miss Hat- tie Carew, Miss Mollie Carew, Miss Irene Carew, Mrs. Fern Tolls, Mrs. Magie Smith, Mrs. Fannie Stine and Mrs, Pauline Moulterer, and Jerome ‘arew and Sam Carew. FUNNY_STORY MIDST PERFECT SILENCE Environment. “What makss him so narrow-mind- rd “He was raised in a New York partment house. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM-An odd story from an odd cornerof theworld. ROBERT HICHENS Rbizarre tale of the love and hate of a young Greek. The Rt. Hon. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL--The story of The Time When I Lost My Memory. osmopolitan Now On Sale Something New—Stove Size Screened Soft Coal $10% Hard Coal in All Sizes for Tmmediate Deltvery Jobn P. Agnew & Co., Inc. 728 14th St. N.W. Main 3068. Telephones WEST 183 3204-3208 N Street N.W, 1641 Connecticut Ave. 3302 Pourteenth St Stand- 20, .Park View Market £ - MAJ. GEN. HOLBROOK Elect Him President of U. 8. Cav: alry Association—Other Officers Chosen. Maj. Gen. W. A. Holbrook, chief of United States. cavalry, was chosen president of the United States Cav- alry Assoclation at the annual meet- ing of the organization last night in the Army and Navy Club. Brig. Gen. Stuart Heintzelman, gen- eral staff, was elected vice president and the offices of acting secretary- treasurer and acting editor of the association’s publication were given to_Capt. George A. Moore, cavalry. Maj. Gen. Dickman, U. S. A., retired, and former commander of the 3d Amer- ican Army in France, was the principal speaker of the evening. .Gen. Dick- man declared that the next war will {show, as the last one did In Meso- potamia, Palestine and Italy, that the cavalry arm is increasing in im- portance. It is the only branch of the land forces that can move rapid- Iy under all circumstances, sald Gen. Dickman. When roads are choked with men and military equipment it is the cavalry that can dash across country with large bodies of men on short notice. “Nothing,” he empha- sized, “can take the place of the horse. The showed George presided annual reports presented very successful 1923. Col. Barnhardt, general staff, p MAanyBusiness Folk A know that SCOTTS ,EMULSION _i"‘lr'v. ' Enrerzy An unusually low price for a very artistically de- signed complete home. Six good sized rooms, tile bath, kitchen with all accessories, including re- frigerator; oak floors, electric lights, hot-water heat, handsome fixtures. 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Over 150 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed $5,450,000. Wooded villa sites, lots and central and side hall homes, with lots froth 50 to 115 feet front—Park Office, 32d and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Road). MIDDAUGH & SHANNON, INC. Woodward Building, 15th and H Sts. Member Washington Real Estate Board. ANSELL, BISHOP & TURNER, Inc. Washington’s Leading VICTROLA " Continues Its Record- Breaking Event—The GREATEST SALE Of STRICTLY NEW and High- Grade Used Instruments Ever Held in Washington Both Upright and Console Models in This Event!! Every instrument practically as good as new!" We guarantee them to be perfect or -twill cheerfully refund you your money. In this EXTRAORDINARY EVENT you will find mnearly EVERY I.EADf ING MAKE. {?z- ardless of former price or value, ‘IIVE AREISMSH{;;G PRICES FOR CLEARANCE. EVERY ONE OF THEM MUST BE SOLD, and SOLD AT ONCE! 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