Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1926, Page 2

B — THE KV ING_ STAR WASHINGTON, D. C, '"HURSDAY, MAY 20, 1926. NEW ZONING PLAN BRINGS BITTER ROV Builders Oppose Proposed Two-Sida-Yard Restriction. Residents Uphold It < Asson Wl heater Al and T owill 1 time This place.” re During tator tha to th ik hd told the o move dow: o the Dish afford to ached brick ightly detached hed houses Washingt a fire ha Cheap Detac Relief was expressed by smith of Wilson ment Co bome ¢ jsfled wit Gold- | velon i be th: ! GRABS $5.000 PAY ROLL. Bandit Succeeds in Bold Hold-Up at 0 New York Hotel. YORK, May todus cuteved hionable Ho venu |SEEK WAY TO SAVE W ! Planning NEW nt, grabhed u s of §3.000 ent CUBA FELICITATED BY EANY NATIONS 24th Anniversary of Her Freedom Observed—Cool- idge Cables Greeting. sid, Commission and serve Historic Spots. nl of : Commis to the poses Vivee sunt, chan snving for the future the ex anal Cap that be al the by < de the transt For park p kit annive “CALVIN COULIDGE the Depi man and Zinlman of v 1 ons road of | Embassy Is Deluged ¢ was d tion fron r embassie froms th tions were held w resident in the 1 - this eveniu ington Nat of e 1 sinee the en sent v for whi. galiantly an House Members Would Pre- | IVER FORTS | R (R FRENCH GUNS KILL 600 IN DAMASCUS “Bombardment Fatalities In- " clude 500 Civilians—Official Report Is Lacking. tiie Asnoc LONDON s and ated Pross. May 20 | destroyed While there hatween Dr posts, out arme invited t} 1 capture t Risk in Entering Quarter Because tie rebels were hirr! tho French con r ¢ When the opened up or nch gune, ta do: lusted 8 overcast The male joined the 1 rench. Durir K Recalled. Sber: Potonine Iiiver entrance to Fort Washington, where thers is a fine beach. View looks down Potomac, across the Fi it opposite shore, mu direetly fo the heights of Mount Vcrmon. isa s L L G S (R Center: A glimpee of o part of the old fort, in former fimes & necessary part of the defense of the Capital against attack sea. ' | s e e D s iss, Horout LI ot T ta/Ine W1 D1 he) Potanine ts, STmmHanRedifoR oo rosan e T e sen= FHie ol bulwaslis|} nienlene by Lower Apnroaching the ford by Land, showing Black Touse to the right. The entrance leads onto the beautiful parade ground, situated on a high ! "°P 2% tocted on the land side by o fine grove of trees. It is reached by a good sand and gravel road from the " g houses. | for free gover nt-detached or _houses. | o detached | i the New Werid It is not possible tc ome to sell to low $6.500 or $7,500," he Ha Wardman ommission to consider the argum | i 1o, | pite proof « cernment's 1 y d at fort N e i . 8. Stood as Godfather es stood as the § . .onnectcd b of the professional bullders and “not fisten to a It < Others wh be proposed as attenc whedd ho homes just Lomes. D past to sell $10,000," he hean of 1 {ngtor es butlt in t $8,000 ve certa of Wash- | d ilders e Michi in res the hullders that f the District | Hits Back Louts S " Park ¢ ng the the eivic o are not re with a st builders do eit they houses try te vapre whole amend chair- | the | i { among them quiring for: per cent 200 teer ¢ vards. LAWYERS AND JUDGES PLAY AT ANNUAL OUTING Older Members of Bar Association Beat Younser Ones in Ball Game. Golf Tourney Held gave way to fun ty withis tehment of oo Law aml litigatio and frolic sociation he ‘ongre 1 ces of the 1o ¢ honor and ) tournament Dinner was john Tewis Bar Associatic he success tourney. wterday Al courts were guesis icipated in the golf lier aimusement Smith. president of the . awarded the 3 10 onestants in the golf | hed first, and yohn inner-up, were e Pau of a toy trimmed bar in the During the dir st and John P mber of v Joseph A Cobriner was in cl and receptions ord was ¢ nittee. endered a | n man of | Leon of invitations 1. Well- ket co Purdue Alumni to Dine. Tne Washington branch of the Pur Aue University Alumni Assoclatio vill hold a lundheon at the City Club omorrow at 12:30 o'clock. This event i< in honor of . H. Robertson, who will «peak on the “Present (‘risis s China.” For a number of years Mr. Rebertson has been engaged In Y. M. C. A, work in China. All grad vates and former students of Purdue e urged to attend. Santlago and Valparaiso now are! 211 Wty | the godehild. then " | and the United S | service retirement bill i when (‘uba; na. just 24 yes e where { with tie regiment of 1 ttention from the ars of the oisted to t o vears pric Lnd ocr g Digges Point, Presldent crented Le tes stond SPONSe ¢, but the gunre ation, i and the British < thre Since that reement tural afie a und the ('n 4 hours elapsed States joined the terrupted the | jy exlst between || : Umited | b e Waorld War before | srown o st took up the a demonstra fts hetween why the off ay {o: 'y sword, | directed to the n of |7 ot | soung maubood, too. That was the spirit that nations and is Cuba’s “Fourth m S 1t provided redoubt vith th the ai such naval f DEPEW VISITS SENATE. Spends Hour on Floor Listening to | Retirement Debate o le and hearty despite his | Washington Depesw. the vener. (13 Fort W exercised his right || W e Wa ngton However as then » carly years, s " T it was popularly known tburton. The tract of I it had been a part - : 1641, a8 the Manor of War- as a former Sepator by ng anjiurton, to an ancestor of Thomas A ur in the Senate chamber yesterday, | Digges, who at the time was occ tening to the debate on the civil|ing the old Manor House. Force Hustily Assembled. ed wall of brick and stone nd » o battery of like he wall of.the fort had Looking b %, Chaun New Yorkel “pe As amembers of the Senate ized him they gathered chalr to greet” him and cong him upon his good health. d his| An incl atulate | was buill | materiat . D. C. American Legion Urges Support Of Plan for Memorial to Soldiers i il I i DEPARTMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION COLUMBIA RESOLUTION WHERLEAS, 1t is with feclings of g BtHe Rismbers of the Department Executive Committee of the American Legion have observed the progress that is being made in the fund raising campaign for a memorial to both the living and the dead who represented the | District of Columbia in the World War, und, tion \ WHEREAS, The speedy consummation highly to be desired. in order that the memorial may be complated, NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED, by tfis Department Fxecutive Committee of the Department of the District of Columbia, the American Legion, in meeting assembled this 10th day of May, 1926, that we, us curvivors of those whose memory i3 to be so beautifully memorialized, do hereby earnestly request all members of the American Legion resident in the District of Columbia and all others to make their personal contributions without delay. and, this project is u thing BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That we do hereby express our thanks to Mr. Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the District of Columbia Memorial Commission, and the members of that commission, as well as those who are aiding them in their work, and those who have con- tributed, or who subsequent to this appeal, do contribute, for their support of this memorial project, which will give to the Nation’s Capi- tal City another shrine dedicated to patriotism and good citizenship. fl g I bluff, and is p been mado | < I|itary of War, John Arm3tro: i 0" | i ips’ into possessl unusu: papers 1 contalns the text of the presented o iata use of [teprosentat 5 the d ga Washingten Daily Gazatte of nd ath May elliptical face with elrcular on the sida next the Potoma nd the part « d fort is stil tand T - i3 guns, and hded by an octagon r the end ¢ mpleted and a a estahlished. tervenin was ¢ garrison years © in tiat year, when of 1 an attack by the Br a begun River, £ in the ships of When thls news came soldiers, ail that could be red from Washington and vieln , were dispatched in the direction of the fort. This force included the 2ezulars and nearly all the volun- smpanles of Washington and At the same time, the el several punbonts d to he at the Washing- ton nuwy yard for repairs swere hur- ried out and diep hed toepositions [in the river in the vicinity of the ort. [Eor hose days the members of the { cabinet and the members of the Con- | gress took a keen interest in the fight, T story records it that the Secre- | tary of the Navy, Willlam Jones, was | on board the Adams, while the Secre- 7, took | command of the troops that were at | the post. Both the militia and cavalry | parties were jotned hy many members {of Congress. Fortifications Blown Up. veral months passed bef. ot reached Fort W shington, ha g ; under command of Capt. | at the on of no re- lgon there aph &, o Artillery Corps, who m He promp biew up the | fortifications and abax them, and 1t ts recorded that tiis explosion was heard in the Capital. On August 29, 1814, the British fleet had passed Fort Washington and proceeded to a point {off Alexandria, whers it anchored, causing many citizens of the Virginia city and Washington to flee. Subsequent to the war, when the populace hegan raising funds for the rebuilding of the public bulidings many contributions from citizens of Alexandria and Washington wers made toward the rebullding of the fort, and it was Maj. L'Enfant who ||| was assigned to this work. All during the intervening years the i post had been an active one until a entrance fort was developed, making Fort Washington of little ! value from a military standpgint, but important for retention as a blace of historical interest to be preserved as a part of the park system of the trict, * Assoria- | Miss | Ingto I'tie other is]of Ne 1, | hogar years ago, when the Chesapeake | " Vona, 5 5 T {Two Rare Papers Added to Collection I By Mount Vernon Ladies’” Association| | the | m ush- | and of the also has presented atlon with a print hich she found in Mr. Fur vice regent and which was anor, the Wash- . and bears the s. A decanter to Washington int Vernon belonged Me merly belonged to Be many years president Mary College at Williamsburg W. B. O°CONNELL INJURED , IN AUTOMOBILE PLUNGE | Car Goes Down Bank When He Is Blinded by Headlights After Outing of Bar. Blinded by headlights, William B. O'Conneli of the De Sota Apartments. | an attorney with oflices in the Colum- | bian Building, lost control of his auto- | mobile on the roaq from the Congres- | stonal Country Club last night and was severely injured when the ear ! crashed over a 15-foot embankment. Mr. O'Conneli was returning from an outing of the District Bar Asso- cintion at thoe club alone in bis auto- mobtle. Friends arriving at the scene of the accident picked him up and rushed him to Georgetown University Hoapttal. At the hospital today It was an- nounced he was injured about the head and hody, Including deep cuts about the face, arms and chest and | a gash in the head. His condition is | not seriou The car, which came to a stop against a tree, was considsrably dam- aged. ! PUPILS TO HOLD DEBATE. The Phoclon Soclety of Gohzaga H1igh School wil hold its seventy-first annual prize debate tomorrow night, at 3:15 o'clock, in Gionzaga Theater. The subject of debate will be, “Resolved, That the Philippine Islands should be given thefr independence within one year.” The affirmative will be maintained by J. Godfrey Butler, '26; James J. MecCarron, '27, and. *Frederick W. Baltz, ’26, with the negative upheld by John A. Donovan, '26; Arthur L. Simp- son, '26, and Joseph A, Davis, '27. The debaters have been trained by Rev. Jo- seph A. Canning, professor of fourth- year classics and English and moder- ator of the Phocion Society. A musi-| cal program will be given after the de- ¢ | both the dead | pital City. which appropri morial 1 gD 51000 GAN SHOWN - BY MENORALFUND largest Le employes offering was nd_officers of Another gover veste 0 addition es of the Depart rson 1 from RS, ent of Com subscriptions were those who gave §5 John M. Beav Gift From Employes of The‘_.'l Star Accounts for $607 of Day’s Total. s, X ommission. hecks | for the 1 should be made payable to Mr o 2 ubscriptions 300 were receive District of Columbia ‘ Potonac totaling more esterday b Memorial ¢ 5 $200,000 with e " Park Aviation Bill Signed. The civilian aviation bill, providing contribution ! - the development of civil aeronau recorded during the day came from |tics through the Department of Com the employes of The Iivening Star, | merce, w an assistant secretary who sent in a denation of $607 toward [ of the department charge, wu the fund. This represented a virtuaily | signed todiay by President : cent response from the “Star | It conforms to recommendations The emploves’ gift was dis. | the Morrow board Shrine for Holy Memories rgest single ot Between the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Tidal £ C Basin, in Potomac Park, there is to be erected soon a beautiful memori, to temple to nd the living who represented the District of Columbia in the armed forces of the great World War. As both a memorial and a place where military concerts may be held, the classic structure will serve a dual purpose. i Of exquisite beauty, dignity and Greek simplicity, the temple will be built of white marble. By it the names of those who made the sacrifice, not only_for their country but for you, will be preserved to posterity. Names will be placed either in the marble dome above or sealed within the sacred crypt of the cornerstone. We appeal to every Washingto favored. ! Your contribution to the $200,000 cost of the memorial, whether it be for $1, $10, $100 or $1,000, or any intermediate sum, should not be a burden, but a personal tribute to the one, out of all the 26,000 names to be en~ shrined, who means the most to you. FRANK B. NOYES, (Signed.) 5 " Chairman, District of Columbia Memorial Commission MEMBERS OF MEMORIAL COMMISSIO! Charles A. Baker isaac Gans Frank B. Noyes Gist BI: John M. Gleissner G. Logan Payne . Colladay E. Lester Jones Julius I. Pevser John Joy Edson Edward B McLean Anton Stephar Ars. William Corcoran Eustis J. R. McDonald st e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e District of Columbia Memorial Commission : I hereby swbscribe and promise to pay to the order of Joha Poole, Treasurer, the sum of ¢ ) Dollars. 1 inclose check in full payment of above subscription I will pay my subscription June 1, 1926, $ Aug. 1, 1926, $. Signed NMEATIEINE .. oo o e i Please Make Checks Payable td John Poole Federal-American National Bank WASHINGTON, D. € 16 Evening Star ted $5.000 for the | the | with the | Coolidge, | an to contribute to this memorial; to | { those for whom some one near and dear served, and to those not so | TWO-SPORT REGULATION ANNULMENT IS URGED i |Sr‘b001 Board Committee Hold« i Rule for High Schools to uised | Be Unwise = high School twasy I slated to be annulled at the next |ing of the Board of | Dr. H. B. Learned, chalrm ommittee to which the matte Ireferred, advieed the board {vesterday his committee is not a wise one not ce of n writ action 1924, and | ietes to party jin a glven | school pri ed the sports hig | initia rule. PLAYS TO BE PRESENTED. Three Prize Winners Scheduled Arts Club May 25. e thres prizpw plays of the rec will be presented reque directed by Clifford Brooke of th tional Theater Players, with a cast cluding Maurice . Jarvis, J. Marti Seranage. John Bryan, Anne Ives and Maud Howell Smit The second pla written by Mi: be played by Mre. Murphy. Stanwood o) ank Lowman and John Davenpe Long, with Denis F. Connell direct ing. and the third pla comedy by Mre, Isabel Geddes Smith, entitled ““The Whatnot (i 1 be d rected by Dor Na tional Theater luding Judy Arthur B. Judges of contest conducied by ymmittee of the wera Dr. De Witt . ¢ George \Washington Unive J. Daly of the W Walter Beck. hers of th el Smith, Otis Porter. vice chairman: | Abbott, Denis E. Connell. Bever: Hurris, Granville Hunt, Anne Ives Mrs. G. A. Lyon, Emma L. Ostrande: Channing $mith and Conrad Youns , Robert Clea in thie the dra Arts Club ofssant of a Johr of W Maud Ho Navy to Open Plane Bids. Bids will be opened at the Navy De partment June 6 for 100 bombing planes, to be used ahoard the carriers Lexington and Saratoga. The order represents an expenditura of approximately $2,750,000 and w1il insure completion of the airplane equipment for the carriers in time for the probablo commissioning date for both carriers early next year. - Counterfeiters’ Plant Seized. CHICAGO, May 20 (A).—Federa recret service agents seized a counter feiting plant and arrested two iner after a hand-to-hand fight with one of them in a South Side apartment tod: They announced that the plant was prepared to turn out coun terfeits of 20-dollar notes of the Fed- erpl Reserve Bank of Sai Franelses