Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1924, Page 17

- URGE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Engineers Believe Activities| Should Be Placed Under One Head. ABRCHITECTS FAVOR PLAN Present Spreading of Work Over Several Groups Opposed by Institute. Engineers spoke for the creation of i department of public works at to- day's session of the hearings being held by the joint congressional com- niittee on reorganization of the gov- ernment departments in the Oftice buiiding. Drig. Gen. R. C. Marshall, jr., T head of the construction depart- ment of the Army; Col. John H. Fin- ney of the Federated American Engi- neering Societies, and Col. Lincoln Senate for- Bush of the American Society of Civil | ingineers argued for the creation of | such a department. Declaring that the post-war perfod shown the value of construction > the economic life of the country, yreventing depression, Gen. Marshall sald that the transfer of the non- military engineering work of the War Department to the proposed civilian department would make for co-operation, avoiding of duplication, economy and efliciency. Urzes Merging of Groups. e declared that such reorganiza- tion would tend to place the em- phasis upon the broad aspects gineering, from national stand- yoint, and would provide for means to secure new wethods all along the line. Gen, Marshall, who is no longer in the service, said that, in hi inion Army ‘today is not sufficientl large for adequate defense. He agreed that under such depart- ent of public works as he proposed Army engineers could be utilized at present, being assigned to the department. The speaker nst: d the c eodetic survey, the hydrographic of- tice and the great liakes survey as which might be economically combined. “I can’'t believe t thy uld take as rge a force as a sent if all three wer X vmbined, said, Col. Bush told the committee that the government departments been formed for certain major poses, but ow b under widely v The ury Department, he d, - ganized to look after t s of the country. but today finds itself with the offi of the supervising ar- chitect. He gave other instances & 1 s, and -said that “department public works"” allow t government to its publ works along the al lines used in large private pur secretary of Archi- works, but i te, would Ii tural work to some pubiic eventu archite ent of does mot o have the the wover: one dep: one of th The committec LM, tomorrow ary Weeks has recommended ty of building roads in w conducted by Army en- under the War Department, sferred to the jurisdicton of wrtment of Agriculture, n rding plans for the reorgani- of the executive are put into effect. Ma) wals, Corps of at Jun government operation now in this ecity i tion on the subjec PYRE T0 BE MADE OF WOODEN SHIPS 9:30 cetion with Alaska. infor in supply U. S. Vessels to Be Pulled Ashore Below Alexandria for Ceremony. ~pesial Dispateh to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va.. January “Inis will be written upon the his- of the wooden fleet of the Tnited tes Shipping Board within the next ten days when they will be led upon the shore at Widewater, hirty-tive miles below this city, and burned. One dismantled hull is ready for the huge pyre. The Wi ern Marine: and Salvage Company, ng the old plant of the Virginia pbuilding Corporation ierc, hus stripped the hulls of all valuabl rial. The hulls, as soon as si are towed to the final , The ships will be on shore in order that the tons of metal used in their con- n may be salvaged. The exact ate of the burning has not been de. cided -upon. Wife of Physician Sick for About Ten Days. Sarah E. Crook, wife of Dr Marrison Crook, died at her home, 920 B street southwest., vesterday. Sho had been sick”about ten days, Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon ut 2 o'clock, by Rev. Dr. A. F. Ander- on, ussistaut pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church. InteFment will be In the Glenwood cemetery. Mrs. Crook was seventy-two years old. She was the daughter of Sydney Baker and Mrs. Waity Baker of Vir- ginla. Besides her husband, she is urvived by a daughter, Miss Mary 00l. We Cut WINDOW Mrs. = of en- | ast and | on wants a, COMMODORE S. L. HEAP | BURIED IN ARLINGTON | Prominent Military Officials and | Civilians at Rites for | Retired Officer. Persons prominent in military and clvilan life joined in final tribute to Commedore Samuel Lawrence Heap, U, S. N., retired, at funeral services in All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Chevy | Chase, today. Rev. Dr. Henry Keller Vocke officiated, A military escort met the proces- sion at the Arlington cemetery, where final military rites and tributes were paid | Commodore Heap. died at his resi- dence, 15 West Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md., Saturday. Pallbearers were former Senator Blair Lee of Maryland, Rear Admirals , T. J. Cowie, John S. Carpenter, Hilary . Jones and T. H. Lonk, Capt. John H. Gibbons, Arthur D. Addison, An- thony . Addison, Albion K. Parrls, Corcoran Thom and John A. Me- Ihenny. |GLASS CASKET CASE CONTRACT PRODUCED)| Paper Put in Evidence Despite Hard Fight by Defense Counsel. | 1 OVERRULED BY COURT Vigilance Committee Ex-Director Testifies. A coutract by which Jame mp of Blackwell, O DeCamp of the same place, and J. | P. Miller of Muskogee, Okla., agreed { to sell the exclusive rights to manu- ! fucture glass burfal caskets in the { territory, including the Distrlet of | Columbia, was placed in evidence to- day by the prosecution at the trial f James W. DeCamp, Edwin C. Reed and Ralph A. Howe before Justice Hitz and a jury in Criminal Dovision 1, on a charge of conspiracy to de- | fraud in counection with the sale of | stock to local investors and others. Counsel for the defense put up a trong fight to prevent the introduc- i fon of the paper in evidence, but were | overrulled by the court | Terms of Contraet. Under the contract De Camp and wo others mentioned as partie were ive $150,000 { ock ‘repre- {senting $150.000 of the capitalization | of the Crystal Glass Casket Company. | The company was to have and its territo s Virginia, Maryland of Columb [ Richara H. Lee. former di the national vigilance committee New York, was called . the government. i | interest of his committ {in adve " and of a visit he paid to De Camp and {October, 1920, when he wording of sale the C. ¥ embrac: | West Virgin jand the Distriet t prescit | stated. | Pointed Out Objections. ! | Lee sald he pointed out that the| manufacture of glass burlal caskets {was not feasible, and, even if one was |mude, the manufactire could not be placed on a commerclal basis. De | Camp admitted, he stated. that it w. true that dificultics had not solved, but asserted that they conver: were solu- | tion. De Camp then Inquired how he could meet the objections of Le his 4 wnd was told, uc £ to the witn at he should hold out to that the gia ¥ { manufactured commercially “1f you will admit in your ads fwitn id he told De Camy |the money received from the sale of ! to be used for experimental | it Is all right. 'PLANS FOR NEW DOCK | | DUE TO BIG BLAZE| | Stock s l..ury-om —_— | lNorfolk and Washington Steamer Company Estimating Fire Losses, Including Destroyed Offices. The District government will pro- ceed immediately with plans for the remodeling of the dock and offices of { the Norfolk and Washington Steam- | boat Company, gutted by fire Satur- day night. 1t is understood the Commissioners feel it would be unwise to proceed with a permanent buflding program for this one dock while the scheme for the reconstruction of the entire { waterfront js still In tentative form. ! Although the property is owned by | the government the steamboat com- | pany has it covered with fire insur- ance. | " Bursts of flame from the smoulder- |ing rulns of the warchouse and | wharves and from the wreckage of the steamer Midland kept the fireboat | Firefighter busy vesterday morning No definite figures as to the loss have been reached. D. J. Callahan, president of the steamship company, sald today that he thought the wharves and warchouse were an en- tire loss. They were covered by in- surance amounting to $100,000. Mr. Callahan was not certain that the Midland could be rebullt. If practi- {of {itary cor j for it. {E. Wood cable to replace the superstructure, he said, the cost would be about $400,000. Plans are pending the ar- rival of the marine insurance repre- sentatives. The ice-covered ruins of the steam- er and bulldings attracted crowds to the scene all day yesterday. The steamship company is continuing its business from another iharf. |playlng streams over tha debris. | GLASS to Order. FLOOR W. AND WEIGHTED POLISHING BRUSHES . attention. It Always Pays —to bring painting questions to our We know just the solu- tion for your problem—carry in stock THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JAN JARY 28, 1924, — B NEVS GRP STAR ESSAYSTS First Week Brings Papers on Subjects From Cold Wave to Teapot Dome. Bvents ranging from Teapot Dome | probe to the double-barreled cold wave that had Washington shivering five days out of seven, were chosen as subjects for essays by contestants in The Star's “Best News Story Con- | test” last weck. The first contest week ended Saturday, but the contes- tants were glven until noon today to get thelr essays In the mall. The first week showed a wide di- versity of opinions among tha con- testants. Human interest storles fur- nished the theme of a number of es- says, but the majority selected sub- |Jects of national or international fm- Dbortance. A few wrote on local events, such as the movement to rid the Natlonal Capfltal of its alley dwellin Lenin's Death Tople, The death of Nicolal Lentn, the new labor ministry of Greal Britain, the revolution in” Mexico and th, Teapot Dome investigation were the subjects. Some, however, wrote Svc.rel.uy Mellon's tax reduction plan. The second week got under way with hundreds of puplls in the pub- lie, private and parochial schools in i Distriot, Maryland and Virginia. carefully scanning The Star for a subject for another ess; The win- ner of the first prize for the initial Week will be announced In The Star Wednesday and the winning essay published. The contest 1s open to the pupils of all publfe, private und parochial schools {n the District, Maryland and Virginia between the ages of 14 and 20, inclusive. — SEWAGE DISPOSAL RATES DISCUSSED D. C. Heads Consider Charge to Maryland Towns When Pipes Are Connected. The rates to be charged by the Dis- trict government for carrying off the sewage of nearby Maryland towns When the two systems are connec up was the subject of @ cont jat the District building toda Plans have been under way for sev- eral years to free Roc and other local streams of pollution by uniting the sewer systems of the two jurisdictions and it is expected that within the next few years some of more important m will be Only $36.000 more is plete the laying of the 2d to com- Lock creek main interceptor and the budget bu- reau has allowed $30,000 in th mates for the next fiscal year. Will Join Maryiand Line, b is igh Rock Creek Park and w to the picturesque ceptor is bein line at the e; cit herever the d ity of the border 1i1 shington, the Distr it, and where the such” that District sewage oward Maryland the suburban san- sion will make provisio W The meeting today discu to be charged for such servie slst er Commissio and J. B. Gordon, sanitary engineer, represented the Distr and there were three officials « suburban commission present. INQUIRES ON STATUS OF JAPANESE HERE Ambassador Opens Correspondence ‘With Hughes on Provisions of Pending Bill. Acting under instructions from his government, the Japanese ambassador here has opened correspondence with the Secretary of State with respect to the status of Japanese domiciled or visiting the United States under existing laws and treaties and has inquired particularly as to the pro- vislons of the general immigration bill pending in Congress as applied to the future immigration of Japanese. Assurances have been given the embassy, it is understood, that the State Department is watching de- velopments in connection with th bill, but that it can not at this time throw light upon what the ultimate provisions of the bill will be. There is considerable pressure of public sentiment in Japan in con- nection with Japanese exclusion meas ures in the United States, just as there is sentiment in the United States for such legislation. The twc governments are thoroughly ac- quainted with the difficulties of the position in which each stands, how- ever, and officlals assert It is unlikely that the immigration matter will lessen the good feeling which has prevailed between the two countries. particularly eince the Washington arms conference, and which has been demonstrated in many ways within the last few months. e Twenty million automobile license plates are discarded annually in the United States. avorite | on | the Bok peace plan invesfigation and | | | { { | Hugh HOW TO TORTURE YOUR HUSBAND. ELL, {F YoU'D Dome AS ‘wi You V CourD A HAD A Fur “THERE 'T WAS— A HUMDRED “THOUSA™MD DOLLARS ~ AN ALL \ You HADA Yo WAS WRITE A LITTLE PEACE PLAN! BuT (NQ You WerE Too DAR™ LAZY To EveErt OO THAT! You'RE PERFECTLY SATISFIED To Go O BE Cor.. 1924 (3 DRIVE FORY. M.C.A. | | FUNDS IS LAUNCHED‘ . | Two Hundred Leading Business Men Enlisted in Effort to | Raise $35,818. ! . leader; 2 coond 1 | Overture, Charact Flower: .. By hispering ...v. Rlon mes of Nor- Two hundred leading bu today began financial Their objective is $3 nization, the out 88 per cent sel oper: | supportin The Washi group of bran; supervision of der the f a of Th L nor! s other branch Lewis, com- LY, M mard, band ervice Club, at’ ; i wagner | | an Lust- .Keler Bela A 4 COrehestra Army at the ington at { nt work u roush the udet and How. > board of dir - representat 1 arious sections | : | y branches for retto.” will be done Sostenuto.” ) justify. siv. The financial drive under _Delibes dership of E. H. De Groot, ji s Fortune he Interstate Commerce Commis: - Herbert A. Thrift, John Poole, W. 2 Ernest Hatha ns will be bbitt Hotel. wanches at universities. has been asked groups of citizens of the H those s when gifts will the of W Interme Selection Telle March, { ! verett and ‘ampalgn lunch :very day at the held “The Star Spangled Banner.' WILL PRINT SET PRICE. Music Publishers Agree to End Present Practice. in association with the Trade Commission, musko TO GIVE POPULAR PLAY. Arts Club Dramatic Group to Ap- pear Tomorrow Night. i Tomorrow night at 8:30 members of | | ACUNE *he © group of the Arts | o “‘_‘.”d‘"l"v“e“":lf‘ Al ‘°0_\,”“ CIUb . publisheds have agreed that prices T e ations Of The Wi iae oo | pomted sheet music hereafter o st “Pacsing of the|Shall be the normal retall selling Third Floor Back.” Rehearsals for| Pri®e, rather than a figure ficom <his play have been in progress for | which the dealer expects to give| jomo time past and promise & satis- | discounts. The date on which the factory production. I new. practice will be adopted has The cast includes Theodore Hardy, | not been selected. who_ directs the play: Mrs. Hard = 7dith Goode, Maude Lee Hunt, Arthur WIFE NAMES CORESPONDENT. B. White, J. Martin Scranage, Maurice Mrs. Virginia Zier today filed suit H. Jarvis, Harriet Murphy. Addison | in the District Supreme Court for an Smith, Le Grand Perce, Ethel Prince, | Rosamond H. Porter, Jesse E. Veitch | 1B the District Supreme Court for an Paul Zier. They were married 2d Edwin St. G. Barrington. The | play will be glven, as usual in the|yeyryary 41916, and have two chil- {dren. Misconduct is leged Arts Club, without scenery, a new orama ' curtain having “been - dren. Misconduct fs dllese ter Holland appe: r_the wife talled as background for the ac-} We Are Ever Ready tion. The performance will be open to Serve You to members of the club and theiry guests —r5o matter whetber it is but oe roum or the entiro house you want painted or papered. Newest designs in wall paper. Moderate on Office Rooms CLER I ALL YOUR LIPE 1 | civil 126 to fill a vacancy in the position of le —BY WEBSTER. EISENMANN WILL GIVES ESTATE TO 2 BROTHERS Bequests Also Made Friends, Relative Hebrew Charities Eisenmann, dated offered for probate iy Attorneys Tobriner & 1 ToLp Coav! + ter. The will of Mo May 4, 2. today ham. cob and Abraham number of bequests GA brothers, " ssed had h, brothers to result in cre brotherly st to made id con- material and aff , it 15 then gnition of thel rd the dec A sister, Lena 20,000, and $5,000 each is ieft children, Dora’ Petchesky W. Dresdner. Mary vears with the firm_of Bros, is to have $1,00 Rueth, o di L $500, charitable bequests in, 1,000 each to the United Hebrew ief Society, Jewish brew Home for the Tum and ies. “The Was ngregation is given love th ttitude sed Dresdner, given to her nd T for m & of the Chari b of the burial lot in the cemeters two brothers are named as executor 3 ' PRACTICAL RELIGION NEED, SAYS BISHOP Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman Says World Is Becoming Vitally Interested in Subject. The need of a daily 11 James F Bethlehem Chapel, Mo yesterday afternoon ! “We need not so much of the t | In religion, but n Do side of religion,” l,’ i an essential relationship bes i beliefs of Christ pointed out. turn to His point Freeman suid i i |1t we are g0 Telling of i o men, stude fcal re was emphasized man in U“i teachings it 1% n of the said figure today ature and - - hecomin ed in r DENIES MENACE IN PLAN ARLINGTON HEALTH | oD WATER OFFICER APPROVED Dr. P. M. Chichester Succeeds Dr. | Cox at Salary of $4,000 a Year. Open Stream Holds No Danger to Health. tch to The § DON, Va. of Dr. ¥ ic of Loudon county, of Arlington count v the board < adjou th today. ent was made by the Lealth. Board of super- ! the apoinment and LA Appointme Ith health was as | r an meeting expla can flow m water state board ¢ VISOrs approv fixed the ne per _year. Dr. J. W %4009 | becau, - n;l—l:d. - oAl 1 FEDERAL JOBS OPEN. 5 Suiniiuil. Service Commission nounces Tests. 7| STRUCK AT POLICEMAN. includin; savs fance salary, including | ywijjiam Oden Sentenced on Assault Rwiiontions far & | Charge. position binetmaker qualified to | oden; operate mill machinery in the diting Wagor . Russell of the fifth p tional Museum. The entrance sala i including the bonus, is $1,410 a year. |and with being drunk and disorde application | was convicted in the Polic receive applications until February | in the ture. The ¢ the bonus, is The comm until Februar tinne Depar t ance salal Full information and blanks may be secured at the office { 3ay by Judge John P. M harge of two B Oden was arrested on E NORRIS IN RACE AGAIN. tion house Oden struc Russell of the commission, 1724 F street|finea 310 ten days in jail in ea |being drunk and disorde officers and turned over to Says He Has Decided to Seek|glancing blow and Russell knocked h t with a ub. n bore evidence northwest. i of the cases. e s | the wagonman. 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