Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1925, Page 19

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGT CITY HEADS ISSUE |PO¢ ixEsr cevramen o nomes| BUOSIER CRUISE’ CAREER CENTERED ON HOMES PI-ANS ARE LAm EFENE DAY CAL e e 1 ‘Woman Orator Dies. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 13 (#).— Mrs. Mary C. Walling, 86, the first 'SHERWOOD FOREST THE SEVERN RIVER woman to deliver an address in the United States Senate, here last night) died National Championship Spelling Bee Will Be Held Here Wednesday Night School Children From All Pa;'ts of Country Will Compete in First Contest of Its Kind to Be Corr ducted; Sponsored by Newspapers. Revolt Against Ugly Commissioners Provide in Town-Building. Proclamation for Local Observance July 4. A proclamation calling upon all ‘Washingtonians to co-operate toward making observance of Defense day on July 4 a success in the National Capital was issued by the District Commissioners last night. The citizens’ committee named by the Commissioners to arrange a pro- gram for the day will meet again in the boardroom of the District Build- ing at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to proceed with details. Observing Spirit of D The committee voted Friday to dis- pense with a parade this year and to call upon the men of the city to en- roll as one-day volunteers, without requiring them to meet or to perform any service. It was pointed out that citizens will be observing the spirit of Defense day by thus indicating their willingness to serve. Instead of arranging for a separate patriotic celebration for the evening of July 4, the Defense day committee has decided to combine its plans with those of the community center depart- ment, which already has made ar- rangements for a demonstration at Central High School stadium the even- ing of July 4. Proclamation. The proclamation issued last night was signed by Commissioners Ru- dolph, Bell and Fenning, and reads as follows: “Whereas the Congress of the United States on June 4, 1920, passed the National Defense act; “And whereas the President of the United States has Fourth of July, 1925, as the day for a test of certain provisions of that act: ““And whereas a committee of citi- zens of the District of Columbia has been duly appointed by the Commlis- sioners to arrange for a program of appropriate ceremonies on that day; “And, whereas, the citizens’ commit- tee is giving publicity to the arrange- ments for the day through the me- dium of the public press; ‘‘Now, therefore, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia call upon the citizens of the said District to lend their best efforts to make De- fense day a_ success. The city of Washington, being the National Capi- tal, should furnish to all citizens of the United States an example of pa- triotism and support of the National Government; and it is the earnest de-| sire of the Commissioners that De- fense day be observed here in a fitting manner.” CAPITAL CLERGYMEN TOADDRESS SESSIONS | Will Take Part in Conferences to Be Held on Campus of Hood Collage. R R Prominent local speal\ers have been engaged to addre fdur important conferences of Christiah workers to be held late this month and early in July on the campus of Nood College, at_Frederick, Md. The young people’'s conlerence, the missionary conference, the conference of administrative officers and teach- ers of Sunday school workens will be held simultaneously, June 30, July 1| and 2, and will be followed Ly the organized Bible class confevence, July 3, 4, and 5. Among local speakers who have been engaged are Col. John T. Axton, W. W. Millan, Prof. W. H. Smith, Prof. Louis D. Bliss, Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernethy, Rev. Dr. C. R. Stauffer, Rev. Dr. George M. Diffenderfer, Rev. Dr. Frederick B. Harris, Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth, and Rev. Dr. J. R. Sizoo. Other speakers will be Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Dawson of Waco, Tex.; Col. Joseph H. Cudlipp and Dr. Peter Ainslie of Baltimore; Dr. Wil llam E. Chambers, Miss Etta Mai Russell, and Miss Meme Brockway. The attendence is expected to reach 600 at the session of the Bible class meetings, which has had three previ- ous annual session: Wins $11,000 Damages. CHICAGO, June 13 (#).—Marie ‘Walker, 20, colored, was awarded $11,- 000 damages in civil action against Armour & Co. here today on the successtul contention of her coun. sel that she has been deaf, blind and insane since being struck two years ago by a truck owned by the company. Store Hours: designated the’ | | | | Many Great Structures Throughout U. S. Are Of His Creation. The recent death in New York of Donn Barber removed from the ranks of American architects the great lyric- ist of the profession, the man who, above all others, saw the highest reaches of his art achieved in cot- tages and not palaces, in village meet- ing houses and not cathedrals. Barber, a native of Washington, was the designer of the ‘“Home, Sweet Home" house which was set up behind the Treasury here as a model and in- spiration for home builders. He was the leader in the revolt movement against the increasing ugli- ness of machine-made American towns springing up overnight across the country, with bare, cold outlines. He sought to change houses into homes. Heart With Small House. Professionally, ~ Barber designed many fine, large buildings. When he died he was working on the plans for the Broadway Cathedral. But his heart was ever with the small house. He saw the opportunity for as much delicacy of workmanship and artistic inspiration in a five-room cottage as in a great office building. He was the designer, for instance, of the Depart- ment of Justice Building here. But closer to his heart were the models which he drew up for the better homes in America movement, in which he was one of the prime workers. When this movement was started there was considerable opposition. Bullders saw some of the profits that could be realized from hastily con- structed houses cast in a common mould. Barber, on the other hand, saw the impetus which to upbuilding of a community would gain from well planned, artistically designed houses. Barber was born here in 1871. His ancestors had settled in Windsor, Conn., in 1634. He was graduated from Yale in 1893, and continued his architectural studies at Columbia and in Parls. He was one of the origina- tors of the atelier idea in the United States, which made it possible for young, ambitious students to become successful architects. His pupils have won many scholarships. more important monuments that tes- tify to the value of his work are the New York Cotton Exchange, the Na- tional Park Bank Building, Lotus Club Building, Institute of Musical Art structure and the Knickerbocker Hos- pital in New York. Achieved Fame by Homes. “Few architects,” says the Boston Transcript, “have covered the wide range of subjects which were en- trusted to Mr. Barber over the period of ¥ years that he practised under his own name. He achieved fame in the designing of a number of private homes, among them those of Edwar H. Litchfield, the late verse, Horatio S. Shonnard, E. S. J. McVicker, afield, Lorenzo D. Arm- am B. Dinsmore, Adrian H. . E. S. Reynal, Charles Smithers, Waldron Willlams and H Edward Manville. b Barber was the architect for many buildings in the South and in New England and was consulting ar- chitect in charge of design for the Yale bowl. He won from 20 of the foremost architects in the country the Department of Justice Building in Washington, the Connecticut State Li- brary, Travelers’ Insurance Building, | Supreme Court Building and the Hart: ford National Bank Building, all of Hartford; the Chattanooga Union Sta- tion buildings at Chattanooga; the Capital City Club at Atlanta, and the White Plains Hospital are other inter- esting examples of his work. Aided Poor Students. “He was editor of the New York Architect for four years, and dent of the Society of Beau s Architects in 1609 and 1910. At the annual Beau Arts ball, given for the benefit of struggling students, he was always one of the principal figure: acting as ringmaster and head of the costume committee at last Winter ball. In 1923 he represented the Amer- ican Institute of Architects and ap-| peared before the board of estimate against the proposed demolition of High Bridge. Mr. Barber was also a member of tional Sculpture Society and an_hon- orary corresponding member of the the National Academy of Design, Na- Royal Institute, British Architects. On May 7 Mr. Barber was inaugu- rated president of the Architectural League of New York, one of the strongest “architectural bodies in the 11™AND'G STS. East, succeeding Harvey W. Corbett. Secretary Herbert Hoover had ap- 7:30 to 5:30 Sat. Until 1:30 White Mountain Refrigerators Specials Stone Water Cooler.. 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Among the | DONN BARBER. pointed him as the American delegate to represent architecture in the in- ternational exposition of modern decorative and industrial art, now be- ing held in Paris, where he was scheduled tc speak next Saturday. Mr. Barber was a champion of sim- plicity and an ardent advocate of durable construction in this country. He was a designer who paused be- tween the building of the Hartford, Conn., tower and statehouses in vari- ous parts of the country to develop the plan for the solution of the prob- lem of congestion for the 7,000,000 people of New York. Plans for New York. In his offices in the Architects® Building there lie the regional plans of New York and its environs, des- tined at some future date no doubt to reshape a part of that city and project its usefulness into another generation. In addition to this he championed the work for ‘‘Better Homes in Amerlca,” preached it on | many occasions and gave freely of his time and his talents to the prac- tical development of these programs. “But the ambition of the closing days_of his life was the building of the Broadway Temple. It is said by those_ interested In this project that Mr. Barber originated the idea of this new type of American self-supporting cathedral, and that when pictures of latest plans for it were distributed over the country he received more than 5,000 letters of inquiry about it. “Mr. Barber's career had been bril liant from his student days in Paris, where he completed the work of the Escole des Beaux Arts in 1898 in the shortest time of record. He was the first American architect received as a member of Beaux Arts, and had been decorated both by the French and British governments for his dis- tinguished work. In his passing architecture loses a man whose spirit was needed in the profession, and America a man who dreamed that some day its beauty would be as great as that of ancient Greece or | Rome.” | U. S. PROBES YACHT BLAST Investigator Will Check Up on Equipment of Crystal. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 13 (#).—Federal authorities have begun an investigation to determine the re- sponsibility, if any, for the explosion of gasoline on the yacht Crystal dur- ing a moonlight sail of the Social Independence Club of Northfield last Thursday night, which resulted in the loss of five lives. Four persons still are missing. Harry Clark, an investigator of the Department of Justice, arrived here today. It is understood that the | Government authorities desire to | learn whether the equipment of the vacht was In accordance with the steamboat inspection regulations. It is understood county officials will as- sist in the Federal investigation. OPPOSE ZIONIST MEETING ‘ e e | VIENNA, June 13 (#).—Pan-Ger- mans in Vienna have appealed to the government to prohibit the Zionist congress which is set to open in the Austrian capital in August. Should the government disregard the appeal, it 1s announced by the Pan-Germans that they will convene anti-Semitic mass meetings while the congress is in progress. bride?” 16-in. Tree Platter, ‘Weil-and- $4.85 enablin; unusual sapphires also in stem. going far to find R. Harri 7 sional Men to Leave Fri- day on Annual Trip. ‘ The “1925 Prosperity Booster Cruise” of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association will leave Washington next Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with 250 of the leading business and professional men of the National Capital and their guests aboard. For the past two months the officers and members of the assoclation have been making plans for the annual booster trip. This year the party will embark on the boat in Washing- ton and return here, instead of Balti- more, as heretofore. . The steamer Southland ot the Nor- folk and Washington Line has been chartered 'to carry the party. The District Commissioners and the Gov- ernor of Virginia will board the boat at Washington and the Governor of Maryland will meet the party at Cambridge, Md., where the entire party will witness the annual Chesa- peake Bay work boat races. Communication with Washington will be maintained at all times by means of radio and wireless. Milton R. Baker and Herbert A. Wadsworth, members of the American Radio Re- lay League, will be in charge of wire- less and radio communication on board the steamer. Their call is 3BE. Bernard J. Kroger will be at the Washington end of the wireless. His call is 3APV. Speclal permission has been granted by the Department of Commerce, through Director Terrell, for use of a radio_transmitter on board the steamer. Wireless will be used for the transmittal of orders as well as press dispatches and emer- gency communications. The first stop in the journey will be made off Cambridge, Md., Saturday morning, June 20, at 10:30 o'clock for the Chesapeake Bay work boat races. The Southland ~will remain there until 2 o'clock and then proceed to Annapolis, arriving at 5 p.m. and remaining until 6 p.m. Norfolk will be reached the follow- ing (Sunday) morning at 7 o'clock. A stop will be made here for two hours to allow those who desire to go to church. The next destination will be the Capes of Virginia, which will be followed by arrival at Yorktown at 3 p.m. Here the Boosters will have an opportunity for salt water bathing. The time of arrival in Washington the following Monday morning is 9 o'clock. The 1925 Booster outing committee consists of of the following: R. P. An- drews, chairman; Charles J. Columbus, Louls Levy, treasurer; Dr. F. V. Kiilian, H. H. Levi, P. M. Dorsch, L. A. Payne, Frank P. Fenwick, M. E. Horton, Charles L. Howser, James E. Colliflower, A. A. Auth, Willlam E. Russell, Fred A. Spicer, A. J. Sundlun, Stanley Lans- burgh, F. W. Harper, A. F. Jorss, J. C. Callahan, S. M. Selinger, Bert Olmsted, R. B. H. Lyon, Maurice Kafka, Harry Crandall, Philip_ King, George De Neale, Joseph M. Fisher, Eugene Young, I. L. Goldheim, John S. Dunn, F. P. Avalear, E. H. Neumeyer, jr.; M. A. Leese, Gen. Anton Stephan, Sid- ney West, Harry E. Hill, M. D. Rosen- berg and Robert E. Buckle: fa Named Cornell Trustee. ITHAC, N. Y., June 13 (#).—Fred M. Randall of Detroit, Mich., Cornell 1900, president of an advertising cor- poration, was elected an alumni_ trus- tee of Cornell University, according to announcement made at the annual meeting of the Cornell Alumni Cor- poration today. 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The national bee is the outgrowth of city-wide spelling bees held here and there for two years, under super- vision of educational authorities who believed they recognized a need for im- proving spelling. Judges Named. John J. Tigert, United States Com- missioner of Education,, will preside Wednesday evening and the pro- nouncer will be Dr. Homer C. House, DR. PEARSON ELECTED DRUG EXCHANGE HEAD Named President of Wholesale Or- ganization at Annual Meeting and Banquet. Dr. Paul Pearson was elected presi- dent of the Washington Wholesale Drug Exchange at the annual meeting | , and banquet Thursday night at the Raleigh Hotel Other officers elected were Dr. Wil- liam P. Herbst, first vice president; Dr. R. L. Quigley, second vice presi- dent; Dr. Charles E. Gross, honorary vice president; Dr. H. C. Easterday, secretary, and Robert N. Harper, treasurer. Dr. A. V. Burdine, Dr. F. T. Stone, Dr. Norman D. Parker, Dr. W. T. Kerfoot and Dr. Ralph Judd were elected board of directors. Includedd among the speakers were Wymond H. Bradbury, manager of the exchange; Robert N. Harper, Dr. R. E. Lee, manager and president of the Calvert Drug Co.; Dr. Charles L. Meyer, director of the same company: Eugene C. Brokemever, counsel for the Natlonal Assoclation of Retail Druggists, and Dr. Albert F. Gorsuch. dean of the department of English, University of Maryland. Judges will be McKenzie Moss, Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury; C. C. Calhoun and Joy Elmer Morgan, managing edi- tor of the National Educational Asso- clatfon Journ: More than 2,000,000 spellers in 14 States have competed to represent their cities or States at the finals and all local bees have been held under supervision of educational authoriti Prizes will be $20 gold pleces, dis- tributed as follows: First prize, $500; second, $350; third, $150; fourth, $100. ‘Winners for Citles. Winners so far announced and the cities they represent are: Mary Danlel, 13 years old, of Hartford, Conn.; Patrick Kelly, 10 years old, New Haven, Conn.; Mary Codden, 13 years old, South Bend, Ind.; Helen Fisher, 12 'years old, Akron, Ohlo; Almeda Pennington, 13 years old, of Houston, Tex.; Edna Stover, 12 years old, Tren- ton, N. J.; Lorin Mackey, 13 years old, Oklahoma, and Frank Neuhauserm, 11 years old, of Kentucky. COL. HENRY C. KIRBY DIES AT WALTER REED He Was Veteran of Indian Cam- paigns, Spanish War and Cuban and Philippine Conflicts. Col. Henry C. Kirby, U. S. A., re- tired, died suddenly yesterday at Wal- ter Reed Hospital, where he had been patient for four weeks. Col. Kirby had a wide acquaintance in military circles here, although not a resident of this city. Col. Kirby was born in Clinton, N. C., October 20, 1851, and entered the United States Military Academy in 1873. 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