Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1926, Page 6

6 WIRE FENGE BARS PUBLIC FROM PARK U. S. Puts No Trespass Sign| on Land Adjoining Fort Du- pont, Bought for D. C. Why park lands purchased by the National Capit ark Commission | for park purposes in the southea signs marked U | o Trespassing,” which backed by a stout barb. ed wire fence, denving them to the use of the people for whom they were purchased, was the question put up to Maj. Carey H. Brown, assistant | director of the office of public build- igs and public parks and chalrman ¢f the city and parks planning com k commission, last | nig Although admitted that the! signs said just that, and the barbed wire was fntended to keep people out he said they didn't mean just what i, and he thought perhaps they should be changed to real that it was U. S. property and that ‘rees and shrubs were not to be chmesed by thoss who ventured on the pfap- erty. The park adjoins old Fort Dupont. on Alabama avenue, which is United States property. loaned to the Dis-: trict of Columbia for nursery pur-} poses, and this particy tract alsoy¢ ansferred to th s 80 acres of .| from tie recent dec o the long line of official red tape. The plot lies between Ridge road south cast and Massachuselts avenue ex- tended and Is covered with virgin timber. The original Fort Dupont contains about 13 acres. At the present time the District of Columbia is using only approximately three of this for tree purposes, and it was polnted out that the additional land is not needed 1or the nursery. Maj. Brown explained that there was no particular reason for turning it over to the District of Columbia, except that the District employes would keep an eye on it. He said that thz park police force was not large ef avg™ ‘o patrol it, in conjunc- tion with i(s vurer work, and that the District did not_police United States property. Maj. Exown admitted, how- ever, in answer t¢ a question, that if it was uder District jurisdiction as it 1s, and District civilian employes are expected to watck it, that by the same reason District police could then be expected vo guard it if it were opened for pack purposes. No Need for Park Now. He expressed the belief that there was no need of opening the park now, as the southeast had not developed to the point where it Aeeded a park of this kind, but suggested it should e held until there was sufficient im- provement of the section. Maj. Brown said that the signs did not mean that peopls could not go on it and use it; that they had a right to use it as long as they did no dam- age (o the property. The signs were intended to prevent peoble from going on the area and cutting down trees for firewood. The question of the use of Fort Dupont as a parkway by the people also was laid before him. The sign on the entrance to this reservation says “Fort Dupont” and not “Fort Dupont Park,” and it has the ap- pearance of a private villa, although it is the site of one of the historic forts purchased because it was such. The home on it is occupled by Supt. Lanham of the District trees and parking department. There is a driveway through the property and Maj. Brown sald there was no reason why the people who desired to view it could not drive in and use it in the same manner that they use other public parks. It is the belief of many people who drive I Looks Definite Enough Sign on land purchased for park purposes, but closed to the public. The property adjoins old Fort Du- pont, on Alabama avenue southeast. FIGHT OVER ECCENT&IC’S WILL DROPPED BY HEIR Withdraws From Decision Revoking Pro- Beneficiary Appeal bate of Document. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, January 16 Litigation over the will of Archibald McArthur, aged eccentric, who died here st June been ended by at George E. Rafferty of withdrawing his appeal ion of Judge Du- bose in circuit court here, revoking the probate of the will. The action was taken late yesterday. The will was contested by Luther McArthur, a nephew, representing a score of relatives. The elder McAr- thur from Dodgeville, Wis., had be- queathed hfs entire estate, variously estimated to be worth $50,000 to $300, 000 to Rafferty, cutting off his rela tives with $5 each. McArthur came here nearly two vears ago and made his home with the Raffertys. The will stated that he had given each of his relatives $5 and left the bulk of estate to Rafferty, because his rela. tives had ‘never done anything for me."” Jacksonville DAW<ES TO BE GUEST. Ohio Society to Entertain Vice President January 29. Vice President Dawes will be the guest of honor of the Ohlo Soclety of Washington at its annual birthday celebration at Rauscher's January 29. The occasion is not only the birthday of the Ohio Society of Washington, but it is also the birthday of President McKinley, of whose administration Mr. Dawes was controller of the currency. Gen. Dawes will speak extemporane- ously of his personal reminisences of President McKinley, and Represent- ative Fletcher, Ohlo, will address the soclety on President McKinley and other Ohio Presidents. Mrs. Brooks Fletcher will sing a program of vocal selections and there will be orchestral music. The program is in charge of D. R. Crissinger, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, who is also chairman of the governing board of the society. Chief Justice Taft, president of the society, is expected to preside. Assigned as Instructor. Capt. Edward C. Black, Army Air Service, and now on duty at Langley Field, Va., has been assigned as in- structor for the Alr Service, Maryland National Guard, to be stationed in Bal- timore. out in that section that it is a private home and that they would be tres- passing to drive into it. Would Include Fort Davis. There also {8 a movement to have transferred back to the jurisdiction of the public bildings and public Parks ofiice the land included in Fort park office the head of Pensylvania avenue, purchased some time ago This land has been transferred tem- porarily to the use of the Botanic Garden. In its present state it Is unsightly, and it was pointed out that while there is much cry about the purchass of lands around the gate- ways to the Capital, here is one That the Government and has fall into a dilapi- dated state by being used as a dump. famillar with the park system point ou! that the adjoining_ Fort Dupont can learned th returned t public ¢ huiidings and rks office funds may be found h which to improve it and make it into one of the m ilghtly entrances to the Capitzl, and thus start in right there to fmprove the lands included in the proposed drive- way avound the National Capltal, which is eventually to include all the old Civil War outposts. WET LUNCHES BANNED. Considered as Commission Splits on Stock Exchange. NEW YORK, January 16 (P).—Free Junches with liquor must no longer be served to favored customers by mem- bers of the New York Stock Exchange. Emphatic warnings to this effect was issued vesterday by officlals of the exchange on an objection raised by the committee cn quotations and commis- sions which wants rigid enforcement of the rule that brokers shall not split commissions, The committee made no objection on the basis of the Volstead act, but pro- tested that it regarded serving either lunch or drinks or both to a customer THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DESCRBES ARNY'S AVTION PROGRES Patrick Says Conditions Are Not So Bad as Public May Believe. Conditlons in the Army Air Service are not as bad as the public has been led to believe as the result of the many aircraft investigations of the last two years, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Serv- told the board of governors of the National Aeronautic Asseclation at the annua! meeting and luncheon Fri- day in the Army and Navy Club. Gen. Patrick, who was the guest of hono! nd principal speaker, sent a | message from the chief of Alr Service | to the “people back home” through the governors on the present aircraft situation. In support of his statement, that the Air Service is working effi- clently, he offered the fact that three | types of airplunes have been standard- ized, after must experimentation and research, for the next several years. These types concern pursuit, observa- tion and training. Standardization of | the bombing type and planes for at- | tack aviation work rapidly are ap-| proaching completion. The alr chief urged the governors | to support, through the entire mem- | bership of the association, legislation | for commercial and civil aviation. | | vbody must pull together for one | | end, ‘he urged. adding that the Air| | service would co-operate in every i As Army aviation's operation | n land and inland, his service ! would be in an excellent position to | help, Gen. Patrick asserted. | The general expressed it as his hope that in several corps areas local sys- tems of airways would be developed which would bring planes from time to time to land at the cities and towns in those military divisions, thus encouraging interest in aviation. The board indorsed the Butler bill for replacement of the Shenandoah and also adopted a resolution which clared all officers of the Army and Navy should have at least 15 hours in the air before they are promoted to| generals or admirals. The luncheon was given the board of directors by the District of Columbia Chapter of the association, of which Dr. G. W. secretary of the national ad- committee for aeronautics, is| chairman, Students Plan Program. A program of soclal and educa. tional meetings for the remalnder of the college year has been arranged by the George Washington Univer- sity chapter of the American Stu- dents’ Zionist Federation. 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The corclusions drawn are considered by Dr. Knapp and asso- clates as an important contribution to the data being accumulated for an- swering the questions: ‘“Why is the earth magnetic?” and “Why does the compass point to the North?" Two similar observations have been made with the same apparatus and un- der the same conditions. The first was in 1918, when the path of totality passed from the State of Washington down through Colorado, Missouri, Georgia, Florida, and on out into the Atlantic, and the second last Jan- uary when the path of totality moved across the mnortheastern part of the United States. The point of the magnometer used toltfmoved as much as hall FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS. Frelght car loadings for the week ended January 2 were placed yester- day by the American Railway Asso- clation at 741,239 cars, an increase of 40,160 over the preceding week, but a drop of 25,895 under the correspond- ing week a year ago. 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