Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1924, Page 17

POLICE HEAD; GIVEN DOG. Police Commissioner Enright of New Y.nrk brought gift to Maj. Sullivan when he'and Col. R. Waldo, former New York commissioner, came here yesterday to ‘plan international identification bureau. Left to righ Enright, Sullivan, Walde. tional Photo. SE DAY (JOMMI'ITEF: Meeting of a committee of citizens of Washington at the Municipal Building yesterday to fornfulate plans for De- fense day. Commissioner J. Franklin Bell is chairman of the committee and appointed its membership. . SECRETARY OF STATE AND PRINCE OF WALES. Secretary Hughes, president of the American Bar Asso- ciation, was guest of honor at the Pilgrims’ dinner, in London, July 21. Left to right: The Prince of Wales, Mr. Hughes, the Duke of Connaught, Ambassador Kellogg. . FALL HOURGLASS FOR GEOLOGISTS Scientists Read Story of Centuries From Rocks Through Neck of Gorge. When the fall of a huge piece of rock recently threatened to turn the honeymooners’ Horseshoe Falls of great Niagara into a mere spillway the peril to the falls’ beauty brought forth the proposal to hire engineers | to patoh up North America’s out- standing natural wonder. By dropping a keystone out of its horseshoe arch Niagara was merely pjerforming its duty to the ages. For 30,000 years the falls has been the geologic hourglass for much of North America. By reading the rec- ord of the rocks that go through the neck of the gorge as grains of sand slip through the hourglass sclentists stop watch the glacier sheets, which were the first plows to furrow the fertile Midwest. In the sermons of the cataract'’s stones lie the chro- nology of Lake Algonquin, the prede- cessor of Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron and of Lake Iroquois, the sprawling progenitor of Lake Oh- tario. Their dates are fixed almost as accurately as history books report Willlam the Conqueror's arrival in England in 1066, Story of Nlagara. The story that is told by Niagara I8 related in the following bulletin by the National Geographic Society from its headquarters in this city. “Niagara is the North American champion in one of the greatest bat- tles Nature ever umpired. Literally, scores of challengers sought her crown. More than once Niagara fell almost lifeless on her water-worn rocks. But finally the seekers for her crown gave up; the last not many more centuries ago than the days of Tut-ankh-Amen. “Niagara is said to take its name from the Indian title, Nee-agg-arah, which appropriately means ‘across the neck. The Niagara River cuts across the neck of land separating Lake Erie and Lake Ontarfo. Just east of Buffalo the river collects the entire natural discharge of the four upper Great Lakes, rushes it through a narrowing river for 16 miles, pushes it over a sheer drop of 212 feet, churns it seven miles through a canyon and then carries it gently by seven miles of lowland to Lake Ontario. Birth of Niagara. “Our Niagara was-born -when -the glaciers melted back, exposing the ridge the water now tumbles down. Like the glaclers of the Rockles, these enormous sheets of ice moving down from Labrador poured out dtreams of water. These streams col- lected ages ago at the foot of the huge ice lobes in depressions extending into Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Ac- cumulated water sometimes rose hundreds of feet higher than the present level of the Great Lakes and poured out into the Mississippi over the present site of Chicago and through outlets in Ohio and Indiana. '« a8 the ice melted north- {Knoxville to Give Taxpayers Tenth Of Money Back By the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 30.— Knoxville taxpayers yesterday were awarded a rebate of 10 per cent on their 1924 taxes, paid and unpaid, the. total amounting to about $280,000, out of the surplus revenues accumulated under the city manager government in the B fiscal year. This is, so far as known, the first time any city in the United States or elsewhere had declared a dividend to taxpayers. The effect of the ordinance is to reduce the tax rate from $2.44 to $2.19. As the actual expenditures are well under the budget, it is now believed probable that by the end of the fiscal year there will still be a surplus of around $250,000 after paying the rebate. ward, prehistoric Lake Tonawanda formed .on the edge of the plateau over which Niagara pours. There were then five outlets from this lake —at Holley, Medina, Gasport, Lock- -port.and Lewiston. The spiliway at Lewlston, Niagara, won out. Lock- port gorge now contains a flight of steps for the New York barge canal Early Niagaras Numerous. “About the time Niagara was be- ginning to triumph the melting gla- cier moved back to Lake Simcoe, On- tario. The fickle waters of the upper lakes lost little time in finding Trent Valley, a ragged series of lakes and rivers leading into Lake Ontario. Trent Valley gorges tell of many early Niagaras. At this time only 15 per cent of the present flow went over Niaggra, forming the narrow lower gorge. Nature came to the rescue, tipping a great block of land, ever so slightly, but enough to shut off the Trent faucet and make even more water go over Niagara than the | spectator sees today. But the Chicago outlet, predecessor of the drainage canal now before the United States Supreme Court, again cut down the flow. " The whirlpool was made at this time. “Once again Nlagara was flouted when the outlet shifted to North Bay, Ontario, sending the waters down the Ottawa' over the portage which Champlain was to take to discover Lake. Huron. The upper narrow Eorge was then carved, but again the huge rock saucer, which has the Great Lakes pud- dles in the bottom, tipped, leaving Niagara triumphant. “Niagira started to spill over the bark at Lewiston about 30,000 vears ago. In 300 centuries it has shoveled its ‘way seven miles. At its present rate of excavation, more than four feet annually, Niagara will dig .hack the remaining sixteen miles to Lake Erie about the year A.D. 21924. Be- fore this time, however, man may take a hand, since the peril to the famous Horseshoe Falls by the re- cent érosion. has brought forth the suggestion of reinforcing the lip of the falls.” U. S. Workers on Outing. Employes of the Government Print-. ing Office are holding their second annual _excursion at Chesapeake Beach today under auspices of the Cafeteria and Recreation Association of the printery. W. B Skeen is pres- ident of the organization. More than 2,000_persons are in attendance. Eighteen athletic events with prizes are scheduled. et e 1t is an old custom in Derbyshire, fnlhnd. to decorate beehives just be- ore & o LB A Copyright. Underwood & Underwood. LIGHTED AIR MAIL - ROUTE DESCRIBED New Addresses G. W. U. Students—Telling of Bea- con Pathway in Use. Postmaster General Harry S. New, in an address before George Wash- ington University students yesterday, told of the new lighted alrway now being constructed in conjunction with the cross-continent air-mail service. This airway, according to the Post- master General, when completed will extend from Cleveland to a Western point in Wyoming. Giant beacons of varying size will be placed along the route at Intervals of 3, 25 and 100 miles and will virtually form a great “white way''of the air. The proposed scheme will be an ad- ditional ' safeguard to' the air-mail fiyers. In telling of the activities of his de- partment, the Postmaster General stated that the “biggest single busi- ness in the world” Is growing so rapidly that not many years hence a billion dollars a year will be required for its maintenance, as compared with the outlay of $603,000,000 for the year past. WIFE’S HEROIC EFFORTS FAIL DROWNING MAN Movie Operator Goes to Death When “Woman’s Strength Tttt Gives Out. Charles M. Dawson, 26, a movie operator, apartment 34, 48 H street northeast, was drowned in the river near Three Sisters Islands yesterday afternoon in the presence of his wife, Who, it is stated, was teaching him to_swim. . Mrs. Dawson made a_heroic effort t0.s3ve her husband. She succeeded @1 getting him to the surface, but 17as forced to release her hold on his lLair because of the weight of his dy, and he sank to his death. Word of the drowning was com- municated to the police,.and. the body was soon recovered. William T. Rey- nolds, boatman, applied a pulmotor, but failed to revive the drowned man. Dr. Edward Pickford, Emergency Hospital, responded, examined the body, ‘and pronounced life-extinct. Coroner Nevitt viewed the body, learned of the circumstances atten: ing the drowning, and gave a certifi- cate of accidental death. The Daw- sons were camping on the shore near the scene of the accident. e L BOYS START SCARE. Pear Tree Raiders Mistaken for Burglars. Boys raiding :pear trees on the wm.:za of Henry White, former Am- bassador to France, 1624 Crescent street, caused a burglar scare early last night. Neighbors telephoned the police, and detectives and policemen ‘were hurried thers ‘to make an in- vestigation. Their appearance tright- ened the butler, the only person on the ‘vrenhu during the absence of the family, * Ao OLYMPIC TENNIS VICTOR. Heles n Wills (left), youthfal American player, shaking hands with her opponent, Emilienne Vlasto of France, after easily defeating her for the title. P. & A. Photos. Anacostia Valley Im provéments Promise Fine Park in Southeast Engineers Report Work Swamps and Flats 42 P, of Transformation of er Cent Complete Over Area Six Miles Along River. Transformation of the malodorous flats and swamps of the valley of the Anacostia River from its mouth near the Army War Coilege to the District line near Bladensburg, a distance of a little more than six miles, into a beautiful park for the pleasure and recreation of the public is 42 per cent completed, according to & report just submitted to Maj. Gen. Taylor, chief of Army Engineers, by Maj. James A. O'Connor, the engineer officer in charge of the work. That report shows that $1,706,043 has been expended on the project since its adoption in 1912, and that $128,299 of that amount was expended during the fiscal year ended June 30. On that date there was an unexpend- ed balance of $193,951. The cost of the entire project, as recently revised, is estimated at $4,125,000. Practically all expenditures to date have been on account of dredging operations, construction of seawalls on both sides of the navigating chan- nel and iIn the purchase of land in the section between the Anacostia Bridge and Benning Bridge. Opera- tions morth of the Benning Bridge have been restricted by Congress to the purchase of land to the limit of $25,000. Though no funds were avail- able for reclamation dredging in the large swampy area above Benning Bridge, considerable filling was done by opening about 160 acres of marsh- land for the dumping of city refuse. A smaller marshy area back of the District jall and the Municipal Hos- pital near the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge was similarly filled by dump- ing of city refuse. Benefit to Navigation. Referring to the work already ac- complished, Maj. O'Connor says: “Navigation has been benefited, as deep-draft vessels now. use the area between the Anacostia and Pennsyl- vania Avenue Bridges and a harbor for .yachts Is provided, relieving crowded conditions in thé Washing- ton harbor. The city side of the area has been set apart for commercial purposes, and the reclaimed ground affords space for commupity gardens, areas for use of the Agricultural De- partment, & nursery for the District of Columbia, and Botanic Garden activities. Sanitary conditions be- tween the Anacostia and Pennsylva- nia Rallroad Bridges have been im- proved. Sectidns A, C, D and E on the left, or east, bank of the river have been fully reclaimed, and the level section between the ‘Anacostia and -Pennsylvania Avenue Bridges is being developed for public recrea- tional use. Sections A and B, known as Bolling Field, have been set.aside 2s a military reservation to be used for aviation purposes.” The original project for the devel- opment of Anacostia Park has under- gone several modifications, including The elimination of the proposed dam across the river on the line of Massa- chusetts avenue and several improve- ments deeigned in the area between Benning Bridge and the District line. No money - has been available for work in the latter area for several years, but at the last session Con- gress allotted $25,000 for the pur- chase of land within the park limits. Main features of the modified proj- ect_includo the construction of -sea- walls from the Anacostia Bridge to the District line, forming a channel 100 foet wide at the bridge, 650 feet wide above Massachusetts avenue and thence decreasing to a width of 300 feet at the District line, with a depth of 15 feet below Massachusetts ave- nue and 9 feet above that lire, and using the dredged material for the reclamation of the adjacent banks; the construction of a lateral basin or lake. 6 feet deep, along the westerly or the city shore of the river from Massachusetts avenue to a short dis- tance above Benning road, and a smaller lake on the other side of the upper river; preservation of the regi- men of the river above Benning Bridge; simplified designs for the cul- vert or bridge at Benning road and the lock, bridge and effluent gates at the lower end of the lake (Kingman by_name). Eventually, the park, with its for- ests, lawns, lakes and islands, will be made accessible throughout its length and breadth by roads and bridges and pleasure boats and will compare fa- vorably in beauty and attractiveness with Rock Creek Park and Potomac Park. Probably the most picturesque and least known section of the park is the northern section near the Boys' Industrial Home reservation. There the river runs deep, close to the per- pendicular banks of heavily wooded hills, of which Hickey Hill is the highest. That locality bears the name of ‘Licking Banks” and is the fa- yorite swimming hole of boys for miles around. m the heights a fine view is afforded of the famous Lily Ponds on the opposide side of the river, not far from Kenilworth, and the more distant hills of Mary- land. These high banks resemble in miniature, the Palisades of the Hud- son and the cliffs of the Upper Po- tomac. They will become accessible to the public generally, when Okla- homa avenue, which is to skirt the western boundary of the park from Benning road-to Eastern avenue near the Bladensburg road, is built in the distant future, and ‘more so when Maryland, New York and Montana avenues are extended eastward to the river park, as shown on the approved highway plans of the District. GUEST AT LUNCHEON. Alfalfa Club Pays Honor to George ‘White. George White : of “Ohlo;. assistant chairman of the Democratic national committee, Was guest of honor yes- terday of & few of his fellow mem- bers and friends of the Alfalfa Club a} t luncheon at the Army and Navy ub. A congratulatory birthday telegram was sent to John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, a member of the club, who has just passed his 70th year. Those attending the luncheon were Mr. White, Senator Key Pittman of Neveda, o (Seicio) T St e e of est irgin! IWREer erley, Joseph P. Tumulty, Judge Milton C. Elliott, Richard V. Otulahan, Judge Claudian B, Northrop, J. Fred Essary, Willilam E. Brigham and. Charles Porterfield Ligh ‘Adfalfa. Club: Burned When Tank Explodes. Willlam Secrivener, cglored, 27, 66 Myrtle street Torthesst, wae burned about the left leg.and hands last night when the gagoline tank of his automobile .xmi.a in a shed at 454 New York avenue. He was treated at Freedmen's Hospital by Dr." Madisop. . s secretiry of the Washington Star Photo. FUNERAL OF GEN. GARIBALDL Full military burial w. ciotti Garibaldi, son of the famous Italian liberator. his sons following the coffin. given Ric- The picture shows P. & A. Photos AMERICAN WOMEN DECORATED BY FRANCE. When the American Committee for Devastated France, headed by Miss Anne Morgan, finished its work recently, Miss Morgan and Mrs. Murray Dike were given the Legion of Honor medal by Marshal Petain. Miss Mor gan is on the left. WISCONSIN BALLOT PUZZLEFORG.0.P. Coolidge May Be Forced by La Follette to Run as Independent. ‘With Senator La Follette and his followers in control of the Republi- can organization in Wisconsin, Re- publican campalgn managers are seeking means of putting the names of Coolidge and Dawes on the ballots for the November election in that State. The Republican _managers have been advised that La Follette electors will appear under the Republican emblem on the Wisconsif ballots, and that a vote for the Republican ticket In that State in November will be a vote for Senators La Follette and Wheeler. The question accordingly has been raised as to whether Mr. Coolidge and Gen. Dawes should be listed as in- dependent candidates. Some Republican managers were not disposed to enter the Republican nominees under an independent head- ing, feeling that Senator La Follette might just as well be conceded his home State. The majority voice in the management, however, feels that the names of the Republican standard- bearers should be placed on the bal- lots and in this feeling they have been supported by. numerous letters received. from those In Wisconsin who are classed as “regular Repub- licans.” William J. Butler, chairman of the Republican . national committee, dis- cussed this question with Wisconsin leaders during his stay in Chicago, and, according to reports received in Washington, has decided to permit the “regular Republicans” of the State to determine what move shall be made. Seew Victory in Michigan. President Coolidge will carry Mich- igan by 350,000 votes in November, Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck of- the State predicted during a call at the White House vesterday. The gov- ernor was closeted with the Presi- dent for the better part of an hour. Gov. Groesbeck also.predicted that Coolidge would carry practically all the Middle Western and Western States., He based his prediction on the following points: The belief of the people that Cool- idge is “safe.” Gov. Groesbeck’s po- sition is that the rank and file of Americans demand that attribute in their President. The realisation of the voters— even those who might be inclined to support La Follette—that La Follette cannot” be d&lected, and that to vote for the third. ticket would mean merely to throw the election of a President into the House or Senate. Why, sald Gov. Groesbeck, should the people be willing to turn over to Congress the selection of a_ Chlet Executive when they can make the choice themselves? “Don’t .mistake me,” said the gov- ernor. _“The people of Michigan are progressive, not reactionary. ul they have faith in President Cool- e He added that the La Follette vote in Michigan and in other Western States would be much _below what some estimates have indicated. The Democrats, in:the opinion of the governor, havé not. the: ghost of a show in Michigan. Davis, he said, is not widely known th Michigan, nor ‘would he make a particularly strong YOUR BONUS Questions That Bother You Will Be Answered in This Column. Address: Room 732, News De- partment, The Evening Star, Washington, D, C. Q. I receive a pension from the Government on account of service in the war with Spain. My wife re- ceives insurance and compensation on account of the death of a son in the World War. We have two other sons whom we desire to have the betnefits of the adjusted service credit that our deceased son earned ty his military service. Can this be arranged?—A. D. A. A. If your son who died in the service was unmarried and left no children, and your wife was de- pendent upon him at the time of his death, she is entitled to his bonus credit. She must have been de- pendent and so state under oath when filing her application. If you desire to give this bonus credit away the Government may hold that neither you nor your wife are dependent. Your letter leads me to believe that your wife is entitled to the bonus. She can make application for it, if and when she receives it she can pay it, share and share alike to her other two sons. If you want your sons to have it, pay it to them after you get it yourself and say no more about it to the Government, because you de- feat your own desires. From what you say of the past military service of your entire family, I elieve your wife is entitled to the bonus if any one is. Q. I have lately been examined for a position and the doctors who made the examination tell me that I have heart disease. Can I get back the premiums I paid on my war risk insurance during the war? Can I file an application for the benefits of compensation on account of this dis- ability?—SMITH. A. The Veterans' Bureau has no authority unde:r the law to return you. the premiums you paid on your insurance during "the period “you served in the war. You should file an application for compensation. Per- haps you can prove your disability {due to military service. In that event you will be compensable. Pay- ments of this kind for injuries in- curred or made worse by military service have nothing to do with the bonus. Q. Please tell me if ‘a man who gerved in the Spanish-American War is entitled to a penson.—C. E. W. A. Men who sreved during the war with Spain are entitled to a pension if they are disabled. There are 84,000 persons now receiving pensions on account of the war with Spain. Widows of men who served are also entitled to a pension, regardless of dependency. . Three years ago my husband dlanpenred. yI have made every effort to find him. I have two children. Can either the children or myself. file an_application for the bonus? WIll it be paid if we file an application?— Mrs. W.* A. If you are unmarried you should file an application. - If your husband files an application it will, of.course, receive preference over yours, If he does not file an application your i terests are protected. Ih the mean- time you should continue to make every ‘effort to find your husband and persuade him to name you or your children as beneficiary of his policy should he die before the expiration of the 20-year period-for which his edjusted sexxice certificate will run. " » P. & A. Photos. HEAVY FIRE LOSS BLAMED ON SPARK Engine Held Responsible for Hechinger Company Blaze, Costing Thousands. Thousands of dollars’ worth of new and second-hand building material, house equipment and hardware was destroyed by a fire early today at the premises "of the Sidney L. Hechinger Company, wreckers, on the block bounded by Four-and-a-half and Sixth, C street and the railroad yard, Southwest Washington. Policeman Irving Rosenberg of the fourth precinct, passing along C street a few minutes after 3 o'clock, discov- ered smoke coming from the center of the Hechinger property, sent in a alarm summoning three engines and four truck companies. Deputy Chief P. W. Nioholson sounded a second alarm, closely fol- lowed by a third alarm, and additional companies also responded when a civ- llian sent in an alarm from another ox. So rapidly did the fire spread thit more than one-half of the area of the yard was affected. Several storage buildings were destroyed. Members of Anacostia fire companies saw the blaze shortly after leaving quarters and made a long run to the fire. Mr. Hechinger was summoned from his home, at 1736 Columbia road reaching the scene while firemen were still pouring water on the fire. Engine Spark Blamed. It developed that the fire started among a quantity of second-hand building material, possibly from = spark from & passing railroad enging, and made rapid headway. Firemen got the blaze under control in about thirty minutes, but they continued work until long after daybreak, and No. 4 Engine Company remalned there untll late in the day. ncluded in the property destroyed was about 30,000 feet of new floan’;w, large quantities of wall board, bath- room outfits and hardware. Fire De- artment officlals said there was vety ittle smoke to interfere with their ‘work. Mr. Hechinger told police and fire- men that his loss was only partly covered by insurance, the insurance being carried only on’the new mate- rials. Hundreds’ of buildings have been wrecked by the company the past few years, many of them govern- ment structures, including those on the Camp Meigs site, Florida avenues ?&?m: adjoining’ Gallaudet Col- 3 ROBBERIES REPORTED. Two Diamond Rings in Toot of Thieves Yesterday. Phoebe C. Souder, 923 K street, w. robbed of §154 in bills and a Qiarmany ring valued at $500 yesterday, money and ring being_taken from a handbag at her home. She named a suspected PSR s 6610 Delafl . Al Tong, elafield street, Chevy Chase, Md., asked the local police to investigate a robbery com- mitted in his home. He said clothing and Jewelry, valued at $255, wers taken. > 4 Bthel Fenwick told police of the loss of & diamond ring valued at $200. She said the ring was taken from & . e in the dining room at St. Ellsae beth's Hospital, 5 s