Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1925, Page 35

) RAZING OF‘GARDEN WILL START MAY 1 Famed New York Structure to Give Way to 28-Story Office Building. By the Ascociated Prees. NEW YORK, April 30.—Madison Square scene of the last D ional Convention, a 90, a magic name out of the pic- A Wreckers then . adze_and_crowbar to ably New York's most stitution to make way v home of the New Co. The towered arena, surmounted by forlorn Diana drawing stringless bow against the north wind, will be re- duced to rubble in a few months. Former Railroad Station. Madison Square Garden, there have been two buildings, was originally the med passenger station of the rlem Railroad. Harlem trains Albany in the late '60s were towed there, down Fourth Avenue om Forty-second _strect, because er in the heart of the city med unsafe.. imodore Vanderbilt captured the m line and subordinated it to own Hudson River Railroad. The Harlem Station was closed when he opened Grand Central station farther will lay what is widely Insuran T. Barnum, with a showman's . saw the possibilities of the de- serted trainshed. It covered 32 city lots, the largest inclosure fn Manhat- tan, and he leased it for his circus, opening its long career as a concourse for athletic meets, monster concerts and horseshows. It was also known under its present name from then on, ®ave for four years as Gilmore's Gar- den during a tenancy of the band- Master. Designed By White. The trainshed was replaced by the present structure in 1889. The new buflding was designed by Stanford White, who more than a decade later was shot there by Harry K. Thaw. It was financed by a syndicate com: prising J. Pierpont Morgan, D. O. Mills and other leading spirits in the Horse Show Assoclation. It was for- mally opened hefore 17,000 people on June 16, 1890, with Bdward Strauss znd his orchestra and two grand bal- ets. The shows, political conventions, mass meetings and “national events held in the Garden tn the subsequent 35 vears are familiar history. Also, during this period, the value of the building, which cost $3,- 000,000 to erect, dwindled to a mere $150,000 when the New York Life Jbousht it in at foreclosure auction in 5 The total consideration was 00, land and all. the Garden financially, it had to go. MOFFETT VISITS FECHET. Admiral Pays Courtesy Call on New Army Air Executive. Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chiet of the Bureau of Aeronautics, A. W. John- t of courtesy S Fechet, the T of the Army Adr Gen. Fechet is now / never paid Mason M. Patrick . is nal balloon races 0, and will be absent not the first time the \ official conversed, with ) s leaders, as he has had several informal conversations with them in their offices at the Navy De- partment. the growth of FLORIDA| is without parallel q Never before in his- tors has there been a wimilar investment opportunity in REAL ESTATE! A vo a1 ‘invesiment prope. Hition T 0D A Y—in he entire state of Florida fs— he Sea’ We are confident that our proposition is %o have arranged a spe- S cial business and Dlmnnn tour on— Sunday, May 10th A Special 8-Day Invest- ment and Pleasure All-Expense Tour to FLORIDA All expenses, Pullman, hotel, bus fares, yacht trip and all meals. includ- Our special p i1 food, etc. , hotel bills, $250 Eight-Day Trip for $110 Reservations Taken Every Day Open Every Evening Until 10 PM: Phone Us at Once Main 347 LIQUOR SUSPECT KILLED. DANVILLE, Va., April 30 ped into delivering a whisky to prohibition offictal: Martin, 40, was shot and killed at Leatherwood, Va., yesterday when he resisted arrest and drew a gun on Federal Officer J. R. Pearson of North Carolina. Anticipating the situation, Pearson is said to have fired first, droLping Martin to the ground with a builet in his head. THE EVENING STAR, RETIRES FROM SERVICE AFTER 50 YEARS OF DUTY Mason, Calif,, at the age of 70. Twenty years ago he was retired from the Army as a battalion sergeant major, after 30 years' service, which i cluded active participation in the N Perce and Bannock Indian campalgns. Six_sons seem to have been imbued with Mr. Muller's military spirit. The oldest, Harry, is now employed in the Army Transport Service at Fort Mason, Calif. Two other sons, Wil- After 60 years' service for the Gov.|liam G. and Charles Muller, are cap- ernment, 30 of which were in_the|tains in the Regular Army, the first Army, Henry Muller has just been|being an instructor at the University retired from the civil service at Fort|of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, and the Henry Muller of California, 70 Years Old, Was for 30 Years a Soldier. ‘WASHINGTON, D. ©., THURSDAY, other with the 23d Infantry, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The fourth son, Frank L. Muller, was a lieutenant commander in the Navy during the orld War. The fifth son, Walter J. Muller, a graduate of West Point, is now a’first lieutenant in Sergt. ) ler's old regiment, the 8th Infantr Fort Screven, Ga., and a sixth son, George, is now second officer of the Army transport Cambrai. . It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are obtained through them. APRIL 30, 1925. WRECK OF YOUTH SEEN. G. U. President Says Ignorance of Nature Works Disaster. Ignorance of nature is making hu man wreckage out of a large per- centage of the youth of the count the Rev. Charles W. Lyons, S. president of Georgetown Universl told the senior medical class at its farewell gathering Tuesday nigut at the Mayflower Hotel. You must tell them that the body is a machine that can be wrecked when running wild at high speed,” he warned. Many of the prominent physicians of the city were the guests of the Georgetown medicos, over whose fes- tivitles presided Harry Zehner, as master of ceremonies. President Lyons praised the medical profession as one.of service to mankind, and a monished the members of the grad ating class that they are about to e ter a profession that holds very large- ly in its hands the future physical and hished | retired from the civil service at Fortlof Loulsiana, Batgn Hougs, and:the obtained through them. = “You rtist tell them that the body|| morsl welfare of the.country. columms of TheSter. =~ =~ Pioneer Has Aerial Funeral ‘Willlam Henry Peace, a plonedr pat- tleman of Sheridan, V has had‘the first regular aerial funeral in the his. | tory of air navigation in the United | States. s a close friend of Col. William , and a death-bed re- quest was thet his ashes after crema tion be carried aloft by airplane and scattered. An Army plane and pilot He carried out the request. e read the want It you want work, columns of The Star. Silk Scarfs Richly Colored Scarfs of fine qualny crepe de chine and georgette, in plain, flowered or ombre effects. 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