Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1925, Page 16

16 WATERFRONT LAND TRESPASSNG SEE Engineer Claims Private In- terests Have Encroached on Federal Property. Devvelopment of Washington's wa- | ter front is being seriously hampered | and the interests of the United States | therein jeopardized by delays in as- serting the right of the Government | to “considerable areas of valuable water front property,” it is declared in letters sent Secretary of War Weeks and Senator L. Wesley Jones by H. C. Gauss, commercial engineer, who was émployed by the Depart- ment of Justice several vears ago to make a survey of the water front. Senator Jones is asked to secure a report from the War Department concerning the allegations made by In a reply to the letter, Mr. Gauss however, Senator Jones stated that apparently nothing could be done at this time. Encronchment on Land. According to the Gauss letter failure of the Government to push its claims of ownership to numerous pleces of Water front property near George- town, at the south end of the High- way ' Bridge and along the ~Ana- costia Park development has led to encroachment by private interests on lares to be land of the what he d 2 United States, threatening the Fed-| eral interests Although, as a result of congres-| slonal investigation. a large number of equity s iftended to clear the title of th vernment to water- front property were filed, “not one of these suits has been brought to a hearing, even in the court of first in-, atance,” the latter states. Land Sold for Taxes. As a consequence of this delay, it| is asserted, the disputed land has been sold for taxes, and extensive private improvements are goirg on. ‘The con- nection of the Rock Creek and Po- tomac Parks is being obstructed by two such stagnant suits, the latter savs, while there is a “substantial en-| eroachment on the Anacostia Park on the east side of the Eastern Branch, which has long been known, but which has never been the subject of any ac- tion by Federal officials.” “Very active work is proceeding by private parties in filling” in, fencing, fmproving and otherwise occupying Jand In the District of Columbia ad- jacent to the Virginia shore, which has been made from the bed of the Potomac River, an is property of | the United States,” Mr. Gauss con- tinues. “A lar nd well defined area near the Key Bridge, has been staked and still remains claimed both by the United States and private parties” he points out, adding that “very sig- nificant facts as to the probable pub- lic title to the Georgetown water front have been ignored so far as any steps to determine this guestion are concerned.” ! No Doubt of Law. ““There is not the slightest Llc\ul»!l as to the law in the matter,” it is! stated. It has been finally and| completely settled by the litigation known respectively as the Potomac Flats and Battery Cove cases. Most of the pending cases are in such shape that they could be quickly completed by a lawyer who has sufficient de- termination to go into court with them, and there have been sufficient rulings by the Supreme Court of the] District 6. ‘Columbia to make the progresd of additional cases rapid and | probably successful from the point of view of the United States.” Referring to alleged delays by the Department of Justice in three cases filed against the Chesapeake and P mac -Canal Co., Mr. Gauss say 1 have seen the various alibis presented by the Department of Justice as rea- son for not procceding with these cases.” A Frenchman claims to have found a way of making gasoline for auto- mobiles from the product takenfrom certain plants Dick Murphy, Oldsmobile Dealer, Pens One to Mr. J. T. Elsh, Clerk, Munitions Building. 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M, SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS PAY HONOR TO BRANTING Sweden, Norway and Denmark Join in Tribute to Dead Premier. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, March 2.—Flags were at half-mast yesterday throughout Sweden, Denmark and Norway in Tonor of Hjaulmar Branting, former prime minister of Sweden, who died last week. Stockholm was dressed in mourning. . A great fufieral procession this aft- ernoon moved from M. Branting's house in the suburbs through Stock- holm toward the six centuries old church, Stor Kyrkan, where funeral services were cenducted. Hundreds of thousands of persons lined the route. i Inside the church weére King Gus- tave and the entire royal family, the members of the diplomatic corps and Ira Nelson Morris, former United States Minister to Sweden. In addi- tion, there were present delegations from all parts of Sweden and repre- sentatives:of ‘Sweden's official bodies and the League of Natlons, and of Scandinavian- and foreign Soclalist bodies and. trades unions. After the ceremony in the church the cortege to the Adolt Frederik Cemetery was augmented by large numbers of representatives of vari- ous organizations from throughout Sweden. ; It, Is estimated that fully 50,000 persons lined the route to the last resting place of the famous So- clalist leader and representative of Sweden on the League of Nations. At the graveside orations were de- livered in various languages. Dark- ness fell before the obsequies, which were the most impressive ever seen in Sweden, ended. Goff Names Private Secretary. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARKSBURG, W .. March 2.— Shirley D. Ma assistant ecity editor of a Clarksburg newspaper, has been appointed private secretary to Col. Guy D. Goff, United States Senator, elected last November. Mr. Mayers formerly was on the Detroit Free Press and the Wheeling News. 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