Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1925, Page 6

s A et ASKS POLICE SCAN DRIVER'S RECORD Eldridge Urges Step to Penalize Second Offend- ers Heavily. Direcros Tldridge yester commended to Aéurg Supt that an. order le policemen to make records when for speeding or s to a . seconc mmendation was scovery that two ntly escaped heavy pen: entence because the ers apparently had fa r to ascertain be- the mo- ous of- kind against them. | Be Simplified Soon. s are renewed next it will b police to refer to the the tra flice to find out 1 man they have just arrest <less driving, or a similar has baen convicted before. Thi e is essential, Mr Eldridge believes, because a feature of the new traffic law is the require. ment for severe penalties for second and third convictions on the more serious offenses. The traffic director explained that when an officer makes an arrest for a second or third offense it {s necessary that the policemen, who made the previous arrests, appear as witnasses n the case. Mr. Eldrige the belief that after the n been in effect longer the handling cases will function without difficulty offense 0ld Permits in Use. All new drivers are being given the e permit, with space on the side for noting convictions. The thousands of old drivers will not recelve the new type of permit, how- ever, until all permits are renewed in director agai 1 at terday to his previous that motorists, who have number plates on their cars, ct operating ge explained that a car in the D ularly he should know the tions, and his knowledge termined in issuing the permit 0DD FELLOWS’ GROUP ANNOUNGES PROGRAM Home Association Outing to Be Featured by Athletic Contests statement District n is driving all zame afternoon, will feature the of the Odd Fellows' Home tion to Ches: ke Beach Thursday In the there will be a s ries of s for the voungsters, fol lowed by the ball game at 2 o'clo between Fec Lodge, No.-20, and Metr: No. 16. In the be another card n-ups to partici- committees nge Lodge. F rne Zepp in, George Thomas and L. G entical the two th of th accurate it juare foot s This s as the hour one of 10 miles an Must Wait for Bequest. AnA P Pl N.¥Y a4 not sidered off from until they | 1 the hope and hat when they reach that have developed a greater t and consideration shown ~ The Modern Fable. « Kansas Gity Star t there came a knock at the door Are vou houset asked the Mr. Opportunity? the lder, flinging wide PO Yes.” Weil," h s, -good an any vears before com upon he did beat, pound astige Opportunity. full - sore,. and en. some. From this we shouid arn to get there on time or not at all. replied the arrival. truculently said the man of ere you get plenty, for waiting o " There- hump and e Mike's Fast Walking. From the L on Tit-Bits. Pat and Mike went for.a walk. Pat, who t. shorter of the two, keep up with Mike's long fter a while began to and out of breath. he exclaimed, “do ye always walk as fast as this? “Yes,” replied Mike, “and faster than this when Oi'm by meself.” “Indade!” exclaimed Pat. “Sure, . and I wouldn’t like to be walking with ve whin ye're by yerself, Mike. { . | throughout . | preserved for the | Awakening of public opinion of the Nation to_the desirability of develop- ing the Capital City of the Nation along the line intended by “Washington and those with whom he urrounded himself, is pointed out by {Arthur A. Shurtleff, landscape archi | tect of Boston. in a letter to the editor of the American City Magazine, printed in its July issue. He says the belief is growing by leaps and bounds {that the lethargy of public inaction |in guiding Washington's growth will {not continue much longer. | In editorial comment on the letter, ine say tter roerits careful study, not only as a plea for greater concern the Nation with the fu |ture development of the | Capital City. but also as offering | practical suggestions as to how such ncern can most effectively be stimu- nt in the planning of will have a reflex value of no little importance to the home town. In many a growing city {same blunders are being made that Mr. Shurtleff emphasizes so graphi ally in the first paragraph of his let ter. It our Federal City shall become an inspiring le of sustained i ;lel’ and intelligent action in cit planning, the benefits will spread in measure to every city in the \Washington some land.’ Text of Shurtleff Letter. Mr. Shurtleft's letter follows: “Public opinion pretty generally throughout the country is apparently shaping itself to consider, and prob. ably to adopt, ways and means to guide the future growth of the Fed eral City by a carefully studied plan co-ordinating all phases of develop- ment. It is true that the Nation ma decide again, as it has in the past | over which the city of Washington is | rapidly spreading does not need in | telligent study tc determine either through what valleys the direct thoroughtares of the future should pass in order to escape destructive and costly srading operations, or thre-<h what valley these thorough far. or indeed any public highways should not pass in order to preserve from destruction streams, wooded stream borders and bluffs of priceless calue for park purposes. Public | opinion may decide once more, as it [has decided so many times { inaction in the past, that none of the | hills and picturesque ravines whose beauty and accessibility have brou them into the market for suburban estates and for house lots should be in public reservations_for the enjoyment of all the people. It is |also conceivable that through inac tion the opinion of the American peo | ple may permit industrial plants to | spring up In the midst of areas which | are tending toward residence develop | meni { to occupy | industrial round which is needed for use and better devoted to that purpose. In short, the policy of drifting without adherence to a well | co-ordinated plan for all the growing | activities of the city may be allowed to continue. Nevertheless, the belief s growing by leaps and bounds that | the lethargy of public inaction in | zuidinz Washington's growth will not continue mu longer. | | “Final Wise Action” Foreseen. ! “During the next few months or a | vear, while public opinion is shaping itself, there are, of course, many di- rections in which those who are tech- nically interested in city planning can use their influence to assist wise final ction. These directions evidently in- clude, among others, discussion of the wastefulness of the drifting policy | deseription of the planning which is I being done by other American cities: {rehearsal of the enormously fmpor tant work already accomplished for hington by the L’Enfant plan scription of the subsequent work of | the Senate committee and of the park commission, which reported in 1902, |and whose work has been continued as far as lies in its limited power by ! |the National Fine Arts Commission laccount of recent departmental and | district efforts toward highway layout and other single features of a plan | together with enumeration of the cur |rent efforts of architectural. cape, fine arts, civic and other so- cieties and organizations interested in |a rational all-around development for the Capital City. “Evidently the strength of these di- | rections of effort lies in their appeal to the trained man. Unfortunately, the untrained man is not interested in technical articles or talks on the re- | | planning of the city of Washington, | because they seem dry, theoretical and, worst of al . The | name L'Enfant leaves the man-in-the- | street cold. Because that strange. sounding apostrophied name is | aifferent from familiar American it carries no weight with the intrained man and even detracts m argument. it should sup- Similarly, v 3 g little or to the man street, be- he cannot translate when_applied_to the f the Federal City into affect his own When he constders his distance | om the Capital and the relative allness of a tax which might in any event be saved or lost by follow |ing or by failure to follow a rational plan, the importance of economy does [ not carry great weight with him. Fact of Compelling Interest. | “On the other hand, the relation of | George Washington to the plan of the | city of Washington is a fact of vast compelling interest which can be de: | pended upon to gain and hold the at- | tention of every American, no matter what his training. To the man in | the street there is | theoretical in the part | played in the planning of the Federal City by the man who was in the be. ginning a farmer and a surveyor and who became the savior of the Repub. lic and its first President. That George Washington selected the site for the Federal City and gathered men about | him who helped in the decision that |the streets of this city should not grow irregularly. by chance, ton; or rigidly, by chance, Y newer Philadelphia; that . George Washington decided, With others, that the streets, parks and building sites of |the National Capital should bear a rational relation to the hills, the val- leys and the river front, and should be planned for an area far in extent of the probable growth of a century or more; that George Washington get them is proof enough to the ordi- nary man that the Nation should take up the work where it was left, and carry it on with devoted foresight. “I have taken much space to say that technical men should not over- look the extraordinary and convincing nature of the remarkable appeal which ought for every reason to be brought to bear upon the replanning {of the city of Washington through George Washington's relation to the plan. There is nothing new in this thought. It was one of the chief ar- guments in the far-reaching report of 1902 and undoubtedly gave to that portion of the report devoted to the Mall a large share of its remarkable success. We should frequently re. read that report, if for no other rea- son than to gain greater familiarity with that argument. If that argu- ment is widely used and rightly com- bined with the technical arguments George | Nation's | interest aroused in| the | that the great acreage of countryside | through | and may permit residence areas | land- | no | these | nothing dry or | which was | wanted these things and labored to | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 12, 1925—PART 1 ARGUES FOR NATION’S CAPITAL ON LINES LAID BY ITS FOUNDPER Arthur A. Shurtleff, Landscape Architect of Boston, Urges Development of City According to De- sign Outlined by Gen. Washington. |for the preparation, by a properly | constituteds commission, of a well co- ordinated plan for the ground upon which the National Capital is now spreading, public opinion cannot fail to find ways and means to carry for- ward a matter so vitally associated with the fondest memories of the Re- public and so essential to the practical needs of a growing modern city. Coolidge Economy Seen as Aid. “That the movement toward a ra- tional plan for the city of Washington is taking form during Mr. Coolidge's administration of economy should log- ically increase the chance of success |ot the movement. Consideration of long-time economy has always been and must continue to be the strongest reason for good planning. The waste of treasure and opportunity which is | taking place where cities have grown to great size by the haphazard accre tion of new streets to the broken | fringes of street systems is being brought slowly to an through considerations of economy. The pressure to end this waste is be ing exerted to an increasing extent by men who as a group have not here tofore taken so great an interest in |eity ¥ Among these men the buils financiers of office industrial plants apid-transit facilities, not to mention those who are responsible for the design and maintenance of | parks, playgrounds and parkways. “All these men are accustomed to the most tireless and painstaking planning in their own flelds of work to make individual {nstallations fun |tion as perfectly as human ingenui can devise, but the best service of these structures, utilities, and amen- wholly thwarted because the great city itself has not been planned with imilar painstaking, intelligent effort Cited as Fortunate. “It is a fortunate thing for our |modern cities that the planners of these smaller units are now beginning to realize more fully their dependence upon the wise planning of the great city, and are taking a hand as indl- viduals or groups in this necessar work to see that it is done by properly constituted authorities and that these authorities study to problem thor- {oughly in all its phases to reach a well co-ordinated plan. “The time has come when the city of Washington needs a faithfully studied, good plan for the guidance of its growth. The need for such plan is great in all phases of the city expansion and consolidation. The man in the street and the technically trained man are becoming aware of this need now as never before. A | better time could not be chosen than the present, when considerations of |economy are paramount, for these men to combine their efforts to secure national action for the creation of | such a plan | LANSBURGH OUTING IS BEST YET HELD | Big Store’s Employes Spend | Merry Day as Its Guests i at Glen Echo. : Athletic contests, dancing, humor- |ous dramatic skits and other fun- | making incidents made the annual ]_nunng of employes of Lansburgh & | Brother, as guests of the firm, at | Glen Echo Park yesterday one of the most successful ver held. | From early morning until the tired but happy gathering headed home- | ward, the day was one continuous | round of merrymaking. The outing is a yearly event to promote good will and fellowship in the organization. The Prize Winners. The fun began at 10 a.m., when the various games under the direction of | Fred Huber were announced, and at 10:45 the following winners were an- | 100-yard dash for women— Miss Louise Heismann: sec- Magruder. Blindfold race ng Tempko, first; E. San- ford, second. White volcano race for women—first, Mrs. M. Smith; second, | Miss M. Bover. Shoe race for men— first, Irving Tempko: second, Jack Bogan. Long step race for women— first, Miss Ann_Tucker: second, Miss Chandler. Pin race for men— k Bogan; second, Card toss for women—Arst, M. Bennett: second, Miss L. Banana eating contest for M. G. Tucker, J. Ander- Gorman: second, A. Dowling, hloss, E. Sullivan. 50-yard das women—first, Mrs. M. Smith; d, Mrs. M. Bray. Nursing bottle contest for men and women—first, men, A. Gorman: women, Miss E. Chandler; second, men, J. Anderson; women, Miss E. Schaeffer. Handcuff race for men and women—first, men, G. Ager; women, Miss M. Smith; second, men, Irving Tempko: women, Miss E. Bennett. Hopping race for little boys—first, Master J. Coolan; second, Master Charles Ray. Jump- ing ra for little girls—first, Miss rginia Veitch; second, Miss Dorothy Magruder. Pie-eating contest for men first, Jack Bogan; second, E. Samp- son. At 11 o'clock a sign was posted in the ballroom reading “Court No. 13" and a mock trial was held. Among the “culprits” sentenced after being found guilty were Stanley Lansburgh, Harold Keen, Blanche Worthington, Thomas Mullenburg, Max Harry Shapiro and a host of others. A jury was drawn and the following named officials: Judge, Mark Lans- burgh; clerk of court, Fred Hubei state's attorney, Melvin C. Harrls; af torney for defense, Brad Holmes; court crier, William Prosperi; bailiffs. Joseph Grant and Kenneth Rogers. A newspaper printed for the occasion | was distributed ‘Waltzers Win Prizes. At 1 p.m. every one visited the big midway and enjoved its dozens of fun features, and at 2 p.m. the crowd gathered in the ballroom for dancing. A season Glen Echo Park pass was awarded in the prize waltz contest to Miss Josephine Vitale and M. A. Vi- tale and Miss M. Troupe and H. I Lein, the judges being Mrs. Wol- heimer, MaX E. Kahn and Garrett Tucker. Dramatic skits, “The Gath- ering of the Nuts” and “The Mar- riage,” were given. An exhibition defense test was { given by Joe Grant and company. | All members of the firm, with their | families, attended the outing, as well ias all of the buyers who were in town. | first prize ond, Miss for men—Irv] Tip for Car Owners. From the Popular Seience Monthly. In removing or replacing the oil pan of your automobile engine, you will find the work of getting the last bolts out or the first ones in much easier if you nu;)pon the pan in place with 2 block of wood supported by the au- tomobile jack. Be careful not to ap- ply too much pressure to the jack, since you may bend the pan out of shape or dént it end| ties is often severely handicapped or | Irving | irsch, | COLBY GROOMING FOR PRESIDENCY Bryan Disappointed Not to Have a Shot at Him in Evolution Trial. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. DAYTON. Tenn., July 11.—It may be a far cry from the Bible to politics, but, nevertheless, political gossip of real national interest has invaded this little evolution-struck town of the Tennessee mountain country. It would be impossible for Wil- liam Jennings Bryan to be so long in one place without engendering some sort of political talk, despite his deep devotion to religion at the moment. But the gossip does noc primarily concern Mr. Bryan. It is about Bainbridge Colby of New York and New Jersey, who was to have been one of the counsel for the evo- lutionists in this Dayton trial, but who asked to be excused at the last moment because of unexpected legal developments in New York City, here the home rule law of the State was declared unconstitutional Colby Seeks Nomination. The gossip 1s to the effect that Mr. Colby is being groomed, or is groom- ing himself, for the Democratic nom ination in 1928 Of course, the men- tion of Mr. Colby to Mr. Bryan in this connection is like waving a red flag at a bull. Despite the fact that both gentlemen held the portfolio of Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson they are as far apart as the Poles. They look at nothing in common. The Commoner is bitterly disappointed not to have had a shot at Mr. Colby in the “monkey trial,” but will be prepared to oppose any movement which may be started in his behalf for the presi- dency. Some of Mr. Colby’s friends seri- ously have broached the subject to him~ and, according -to the reports here, found the onetime head of the Wilson cabinet in a highly receptive mood. These friends told Mr. Colby that he easily might claim at least a part of the Woodrow Wilson mantle, for he was about the closest man to the war-time President during the closing days of his administration. It is pointed out that Mr. Colby was the man whom Woodrow Wilson selected as his law partner when he hoped to be able to practice again. As a mat- ter of fact, the law firm formally was crganized and existed for some time. Mr. Wilson was able to go over some briefs with his partner from time to time, but his illness never permitted a full fruition of his plans Colorful Campaign Seen. The law partnership was wholly the fdea of Mr. Wilson and is cited by the Colby friends at this time to em phasize the confidence and respect of the President. Just how far the Colby “boom’ will go it is impossible to say at this time. It is a rather early start, to say the least. Mr. Colby in any event would not be a complacent aspirant. He has a provocative dis- position and very decided view: many subjects. If he actually goes out for the nomination, his campaign is likely to be a colorful one. Mn Bryan has been drawn infor- mally into the field of political discus- the next Democratic candidate must come from the South or the West This is a perfectly natural feeling for Mr. Bryan to have, for he comes from the West and is of the South, although he seems to resent the suggestion as a candldate. Some of the “master minds” here at the trial have sensed that Mr. Bryan is going to try for the pres- jdency once again on a platform of religious fundamentalism. There is no question that this fight between garded by the Commoner as trans- cending every other issue before the people today—even the great Coolidge ssue of reduction in taxes and the material well being of the people and the country. McAdoo Favored. Of course, one can never tell ex- actly what 18 in Mr. Bryan's mind with regard to the presidency, but he doesn’t seem to be thinking along that {line at all. He is going to devote the |remainder of his days to religious work, with various and sundry ex- cursions into politics in his peculiar effort to save the Democratic party. He will certainly do all he can to save it from Mr. Coiby or any other East- erner or man of that type. Mr. Bryan feels the Democrats can disregard the East. They must win, if at all, with the conservative solid South and the radical West. William Gibbs McAdoo, once a Tennesseean, has scores of friends in this section, and Mr. Bryan's descrip- tion of the next possible candidate is interpreted by them to fit precisely the former Secretary of the Treasury Mr. McAdoo was born in the South and is of the West. The Commoner refuses to “specify,” as the Southern colored folk say. Last year he pro- duced an obscure candidate from Florida. Maybe he has another such surprise up his sleeve. . Sun and the Weather. From the Popular Science Monthly Within a few vears we may be able to tell months in advance that a cy- clone is coming on a certain date, ac- curately predict storms at sea and accurately determine when the last frost of Spring will appear. To make such long-range weather forecasting possible, an expedition, led by Dr. Charles G. Abbott of the Smithsonian Institution, {8 going half-way around the world. It will remain at some point in Asia or Africa for four years, taking daily measurements of the sun’s heat, variations of which are be- lieved by scientists to be the source l'of all our rains, snows, storms and droughts. 600 Ways to Curl Hair. From the Popular Science Monthly. Six hundred patents for new devices to meet the age-old desire of women for curly hair have been issued by the TUnited States Patent Office. These de- vices include methods of waving hair by means of hot air and steam, by ironing, by combs and curlers and by permanent waving machines. The first American patent for curling hair was issued in 1857 to & man named Lewis, who perfected an iron heated by plunging it in hot water. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Lincoln Post, No. 6, meets tomor- row_evening at 8 o'clock at the G. A. R. Hall. This will be the only meeting of the post this month. The study class of the United Lodge ot Theosophists will discuss “Spirit- ualism, False and True,” Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at 1731 K street. Public invited. The University Club holds its an- nual fleld day tomorrow afternoon at the Columbia Country Club. . Might With Some. From Science and Invention. Con—The radio will never take the place of newspapers. Denser—Why? Con—You can’t start a fire with a radio set. upon | clon since coming here, far enough at| least to say again that he is positive | that he might consider himself again | fundamentalism and evolution is re- | Guest of Former German Princess, Thought Czar’s Daughter, Suspected Beautiful Russian Exile Declares Herself Princess Anatsasia—Tells of Escape in Peasant Garb—1Is Honored as Royal in Hohenzollern Circle. By Cable to The Star and New York World. BERLIN, July 11.—An attractive young woman managed to obtain an interview with the former crown princess Cecelie of Prussia, recently, and before she had left convinced the Hohenzollern princess that her visitor was the Princess Anastasia, youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas. ‘When finally convinced, Princess Cecelie called in Prince Oscar, who has numerous friends among the noble Russian emigres; and he, too, left per- suaded that the young woman's story was true. She told them that she had escaped from the executioners who murdered her parents, brothers and sisters, hid in Russia under the dis- guise of a peasant woman, and finally crept through into Germany. Since Princess Cecelle was on inti- mate terms with the old Russian Court and visited the Romanofts less than two years before the outbreak |y who ss 2 s of the war, her acceptance practically | Tetayana. -~ Sne o mow in Nioe ens settled the matter as far as her own| s expected to come here and domfront jretinue is concerned. Immediately | ¢he self-styled Princess Anastasia {the young visitor was accepted and| Either history will be rewritten, or given homage as one of royal blood. it I i another impostor exposed Prince Oscar then began to sound | PConvrtans 15551 his friends among the emigres. And these without exception evinced the utmost skepticism. Princess Cecelfe, however, informed her friends that if the Russians did not succeed in break- ing down the story of the young woman, the latter would be given a home at Qels, the crown prince’s estate Convinced that the visitor was an adventuress and {mpostor, the emigres here wrote to Zeeneda Tolstol, of an officer of the Russian imperial guard. who was an intimate friend of the Romanoffs, and with them while the latter were in exile in Siberia. Mrs. Tolstoi's word will decide whether Princess Cecelie’s visitor is to be acknowledged as the Princess Anastasia, or branded as an adven- turess. 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