Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1926, Page 5

ERGSSON STATU BESET BY DELAYS Selection of Site Was Held Up Pending Adoption of Bridge Plans. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Perhaps no memorial ever erected n Washington over a course of many years has been fraught with such set- backs and delays as was that to John Ericsson, which was unveiled in the exercises held here yesterday. In- stead of the permanent group figures and the models of Ericsson in granite, the works exposed to view were the plaster casts made by the sculptor, tinted in pink to show their final ap- pearance when the pink granite is cut in the future. From the day the contract for the erection of the memorial was given to James E. Fraser of New York, the sculptor, on May 19, 1921, the plans for completion were continuously de- layed, principally because of the fail- ure on the part of the Government to select a suitable site, which was finally determined at 800 feet south of the Lincoln Memorial. on the drive skirting the Potomac River in West Potomac Park. The finzl site was not selected until February 4, 1924, and the delay was caused because of the necy of considering its loca- tion in connection with the Arlington Memorial Bridge and its approaches. Authorized in 1916. memorial was authorized by Congzress in an act passed August 31, 1916. which provided for an appro- priation of $35,000 and also permitted of the acceptance of $25.000 in fourth Liberty loan bonds from the John Eriesson Memorial Commission, being the proceeds of contributions from Americans of Scandinavian descent in this country to be applied toward the erection of the memori: It appoint- ed a commission consisting of the chairmen of the committees on li brary of the Senate and House and the Secretary of the Navy. The John Ericsson memorial committee selected the design for the memorial from models submitted in competition by three Invited sculptors. which was ap- proved by the governmental commis- sion in the Spring of 1921, when the contract was given to Mr., Fraser. Owing to the pending plans for the Arlington Bridge, he was not permit- ted to proceed, and it was not until the early part of 1924 that it was finally determined upon, although the sculptor only had three years to com- plete it and two of them had gone. lle was granted an indefinite dela; liecause of this failure of the Govern- ment’s part. It became necessary to change cer- tain of the plans for roadways in West Potomac Park and to build a new seawall out further in the river followed by an earth When it came time to sink the piles on which the concrete base for the memorial rested, it was found that it was di rectly over the old seawall, and the riprap work had to be removed so the piles could be driven. But the Government prej ed the site with- out expense to the contractor. The pile driving started on December 31 1924, and shortly after that the original date for the dedication was set for May 1, 1926. Definite Date Demanded. Work went slowly onward after the selection of the and pressure was made on Mr. Fraser to hasten the Work on the models so that the dedi- cation could be held on May 1, last, but. for unexplained re work was not completed, time approached it ix to take drastic action, bec: great number of distinguished peo- ple from all parts of the country who Planned to come here to participate in the ceremonies, and particularly in view of the necessity of selecting a date which could be depended upon for the cipation in the cere- monies own Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Crown Princess Louise A ‘.‘nd g 3 he great blocks of grani which the superimposed Tigures wer to be cut, as well as the model of Ericsson. were placed on the spot, and to husten the work it was determined send the Llock to Mr. New tudios to be cut but as the time for the dedica- pidly approached it was found that this could not be done, and the plaster models were shipped to Wash- Ington by motor truck. . Mr. Fraser then recommended that the plaster models be put in place, because hasty work on the stone cutting might re- sult disastrously, and as late as April $ of this year it was decided by the Ericsson Memorial Commission to have the models put in place, to tint them to the color of the final memo- and to unveil them. The commis- sion determined upon this after three propositions were submitted to them; 1o unveil the memorial.in an unfin. ished state, to unveil the models or to postpone the unveiling again. Obviously as late arch 6 of this when the positive action became ry because of the elaborate that had alréady been made to unveil today, the unveiling could not be called off, and the commission was practically forced to the action it took. ‘This made it necessary to move the reat blocks of granite from their loca- tion at the memorial and move them some distance aside, so that they would not interfere with the unveiling ceremonies. Has Cost $37,500. To date the architectural fees on the memorial have cost $6,000; the founda- tion $7.500 and the pedestal and set- ting $24,000, or a total of $37,500. The full sized group for the me- morial was not approved by the Na- tional Commission of Fine Arts until ebruary 18, 1926, when they were nspected in the New York studio of Mr. Fraser, at which time they had Jjust been completed. It was shortly after that that Mr. Fraser made known the information that he could not complete the memorial in time and hasty plans had to be made for the dedication of the models in plaster. The architect of the memorial was Albert Ross of New York; the con- tractor the Raymond Concrete Pile Co., of New York, and the stone cut- ting is to be done by Ardolino Brothers of New York. The memorial is to be of pink Mil- ford granite. Seated in the chair set back in the great pedestal of granite is the figure of Ericsson, in a posture of thought. Superimposed are three life sized models of a female figure representing Vision; a male figure of Labor, in working clothes and with distended muscles, and another, Ad- venture in the position of advance, armed with shield and sword. John Ericsson, who is thus me- morialized in granite, was an engineer and designer, the first to use the un- derwater method of propulsion of ves- sels by a wheel near the rudder. He is particularly famous for his design of the Monitor, in which he presented for the figst time the idea of placing the vital parts of a ship below the water line, and it is particularly for this work that he is being memorial- ized by the American Government and the Scandinaylan-Americans. * Ericsson was born July 81, 1803, at Langbanshyttan, Province of Wermland, Sweden. After attending various schools, studying particu- larly engineering, in his youthful days he become active in engineering Wwork and obtained a commission in The THE ERICSSON MEMORIAL AS UNVEILED PRESIDENT LAUDS ERICSSON " AS TYPE OF TRUE AMERICAN tion of our desires and hopes for an unbroken friendship with America. He is both a promise and & fulfill ment: in him are represented the common aims and aspirations of two tree peoples imbued alike with demo. cratic ideals. “On this occasion, Mr. President may I be permitted us a representa- tive of Sweden to convey a_very sin- cere greeting from John Ericsson's native country and from his birth- place. We wish to give vent to our al feelings for your enlizhtened and thrity people, whose high ideals re well known all over the world. nd we wish to express our admira- tion for your great and prosperous country, 8o full of resources of all kinds. Tt is our fervent hope that the bonds of friendship uniting the United States of America and Sweden shall constantly be strenzthened, for the mutual benefit of both nations. Ceremony Is Simple. “May John Ericsson’s monument forever remain an unbroken seal of | the ties joining so closely those two countries dearest to his heart—the United States and Sweden." The unveiling ceremony itself was simple but impressive. , The royal pair joined in tugging at the ropes which bound the cloth that draped the monument, and as the shroud fell ! to the ground the Crown !’rin(‘e stepped back, swung his arm in sa- Jute and stood motionless while the guns roared forth their tribut Simultaneously there iere re- leased three groups of carrier pig- eons, bearing symbolic messages of peace and prosperity, and to the rear of the statue a detachment of sailors stood rigidly at attention. A feature was the reading by the Crown Prince of a radiogram from | Vermland province, in 1803, the town in where Ericsson was born saying: “John Ericsson’s birthplace asks to be permitted to extend this warm greeting to the magnaminous Amer- ican nation that made possible the fulfillment of his creative genius to which America is now paving full tribute in this memorial.” The exerc opened with the in- troduction of Secretary of the Na Wilbur, chairman of the occasion, by Maj. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive and | disbursing officer of the John L Commission. This “John Eri | bands rendered son Memorial March W. E. Austin, and- Rev. Dr. G. A Augustana. th invocation. The presentation of the memorial to the Americ Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, chairman of the Ericsson Memorial Commission, who dedicated the mon- ument to the ideals of good citizen- ship and international good will. Mrs. Coolidge accompanied the | President to the dedication, and present was a distinguished audience which included Chief Justice Taft, | Vice President Dawes, Speaker Long- | worth, members of the Cabinet, | serate and House and diplomats. Sculptor Is Introduced. | _The sculptor, James FEarl Fraser | of New York, was introduced to the assemblage immediately after the un- velling. A score of wreaths and floral trib- ! utes, contributed by Swedish-Ameri- can organizations and other groups and individuals in the country, were nod, proneunced | variouy parts of | placed on the memorial under | direction of Representative Carl R. Chindblom of Illinois, chairmap of the John Ericsson Memorial Com- mittee. A feature of the ceremonoes was the interspersing American pational airs by the white- uniformed American Union of Swedish Singers, Ernst Francke director. The rites closed with benediction by the Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington, the ren- dition of “The Stars and Stripes Forever” by the bands and the sound- ing of “Taps” by a bugler. The Swedish clubs, which came here in force for the occasion, as- sembled at the Willard last night for a banquet. 5 FENNING INQUIRY EXPECTED TO CLOSE BEFORE END OF WEEK (Continued from First Page.) the facts, T don't want to stay here any longer.” Rising in his chair, Mr. Hogan announced, “I won’t put up with that,” and Mr. Dyer interrupted to ask the witness if Mr. Fenning was in charge of her estate. Miss Corbett replied the late Dr. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, had selected Mr. Fenning to be committee for her mother. Mr. Dyer then asked if Mr. Fenning had anything to do with her commitment and the witness replied she did not know. Offers to Withdraw. Mr. Blanton hastily reviewed the case, saying the two women were “shanghaied” out to St. Elizabeth’s, and when Representative Hersey, Re- publican, Maine, Mr. Blanton's chief stumbling blocck on the committee, wanted to know what Mr. Fenning had to do with it, the row began. T'll let the committee finish this work,” he sald. “I'm sorry, but I have done the best I could. I respect- fully withdraw and let the committee take over the case,” picking up his papers. I said you could ask the question,” declared Mr. Dyer, so Mr. Blanton — e the Swedish army. and arrived in London May 18, 1826, and in 1828 conmstructed and com- pleted the first air compressor for mines near Nuro, in Cornwall. In the same year he also invented and constructed a boiler with artificial draft for the first fire engine, and in 1829 contested with his locomotive named the Novelty, bullt in seven weeks, against Stephenson’s Rocket. It was in 1833 that he invented and introduced the propeller for ship propulsion. The British admiralty failed to appreciate this invention, and through Francis B. Ogden he came in contact with Capt. Robert S. Stockton of the United States Navy, who saw the possibilities and ordered two vessels equipped with it, one named the Stockton. In 1839 he was induced by Mr. Ogden and Capt. Stockton to come to the United States and arrived in New York November 23, 1839. During his 50 vears in this country he forged ahead, designing and perfecting several pro- peller ships such as the screw steamer Princeton, a naval frigate of 600 tons, in 1841,.and commercial ships of various types, and then fol- lawed the Monitor, which proved such an epoch-making feature during the Civil War at the battle between the Monitor and Merrimac at Hamp- ton Roads, March 9, 1862. e died in this country March 9, 1889, and in the Summer of 1890 his body was sent back, K to Sweden aboard the U. S. S. Baltimore, leav- ing New York Harbor with great ceremony. Minute guns were fired from the monitor Nantucket as the body passed from shore to ship, and as that ship got under way and passed each vessel of the American squadron which had mobilized in the| harbor the American colors were shot to the masthead, the Swedish ensign was displayed as each_vessel belched forth in turn the national salute of twenty-one suns, He left Sweden | again inquired of the witness if she was insane during her stay in the hospital. Miss Corbett replied she was not and furthermore looked after | her mother the entire time. Mr. Hogan again protested the nature of followed by the “turn me loose” and “handle him™ episode. Mr. Blanton contended there were no court records showing that Miss Corbett had been committed to the hospital while Mr. Hogan maintained there were. As the documents were not before the hearing, Mr. Hogan was asked to produce them. He ex- plained the District Commissioners instituted the lunacy proceedings against the two women on the state ment of Dr. Hamlin. Asked by Mr. Blanton what effect the two-vear stay at the institution had on her mother, Miss Corbett re- plied: “It hastened her death.” Mr. Hogan asked only two questions on cross-examination. The first was in _regard to the death of Miss Cor- bett's father, the date of which she could not remember, and the second as to the age of Mrs. Corbett at the time of her death in 1924. The an- swer was 81 vears. ; Prior to Miss Corbett's testimony, new light on several controversies was shed by Mr. Hogan in cross-examin- ing Mr. Blanton's witnesses. Dr. W. C. Fowler, District health officer, testified that about two weeks ago he asked the Commissioner to revoke an order he received last year to ignore the enforcement of a sec- tion of the Gilbert act which required the report of physicians to the health officer of persons suffering from venereal diseases. In his letter he stated he had been attacked in the press for not enforcing it. Commlis. sioner Rudolph approved the applica- tion and revoked the order, the evi- dence showed, but Mr. Fenning took no part in the proceedings owing to his association with the Medical So- clfi!{ which opposed the enforcement of it. Chiropractors Had Hearing. Dr.- Hubert N. Roberts, chairman of the legislative committee of the Chiropractors’ Assoclation here, testi- fled on direct examination the chiro- practors had been barred from a hearing held by Commissioner Fen- ning with the allopaths on a bill to license chiropractors. Mr. Hogan de- veloped the chiropractors had had a hearing with no medical men present, and that when the medical society was given a hearing likewise ther were no chiropractors present. o Rodney Kellog Thomas, a $2,100 a year fireman and chauffeur for Mr. Fenning’s_automobile between March 13 and May 20, testiffied he had “driven Mrs. Fenning to stores on Seventh street and certain parts about ‘Washington” and had waited on the outside for her. Mr. Blanton declared that since the investigation began, he had been detalled to other duties and the fireman concurred. Mr. Hogan, however, developed that Pvt. Graves now is the chauffeur and that Mr. Thomas by prearrangement, had been selected as aide to a battalion | chief. Efforts by Mr. Blanton to have M. T. Hizer, another fireman, and chauffeur for Commissioner Rudolph testify, were ruled down by Chairman Dyer on the grounds of irrelevancy. Dr. Herman Schoenfield, a professor at George Washington University, testified that during the war Mr. Fen- ning, while an officer of the Army, appeared in court in uniform, as an attorney and represented him i a house ejection case, Navy | composed by Axel | | Brandelle, president of the Lutheran ; n people wus done by | patriotic socleties | the | of Swedish and | Mr. Blanton's examination, which was | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON; D. C SNOTED | PRINGE | AS ARCHEOLOGIST | Gustavus Adolphus Inherited Swedish Forbear’s Taste for Ancient Arts. The important accomplishments in archeology of Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, who, with his consort, the Crown Princess Louise, is a visitor here, are described in an article in ihe current issne of Art and Archeology, official publication of the Archeologi & ety Washjington, by E: Wettergren, | curator of the National Museum at | Stockholm. i Mr. Wettergren, who accompanied | the Crown Prince on his most im portant archcological work in Greece, traces the buclkground of accomplish- ments in science and art by members of the Bernadotte royal family of Sweden, from whom the prince in- herits his serious taste for scientific research. Among the present mem- bers of the family, Mr. Wettergren places the prince’s uncle, Prince Bu- gene, among the foremost landscape artists of Sweden. Of the preceding generation, King Charles XV of Swe- den, it is recailed, also was an artist of recognized talent, and founder of the National Museum, in the de- velopment of which the Crown Prince | has taken a most active interest. Traces Development. Tracing the development of Crown Prince’s interest in loglcal research, the writer sa mind was first captivated ! dinavian archeolog: “The young Prince,” he writes, “was fascinated by the graphic ma ner of showing how the records of | the Swedish people are inscribed in the soil, and in his school ya2ars be- me dssociated with those w , strove to contrih hare to the exploration of the s prehistoric period. “‘Archolgy, however, became to| him more than boyish play, and after college graduation he continued his | tudies at the old University of Upsala, the Oxford of Sweden, mak- | {ing Swedish antiquities his favorite | ‘slud_ and diligently taking part in tield work. Thanks to the Initiative of the prince and the financial aid which he secured, one of the most | | remarkable discoveries of the Swedish | | Bronze Age was thus made, when | ‘King Bjorn's mound at Haga' gave up its priceless treasures to light and selence.” { Turning his attention mext to! | archeological studles in foreign | | flelds, the writer records that it was | | the Crown Prince who made arrange- | ments with the Greek authorities for | permission to excavate ancient Asine, | {in Argolls. These excavations, begun {in 1922 and continued in 1924, are to | e concluded this vear. Used Spade Like Others. Commenting on the intensity with | which the prince took part in the excavations in Greece, Mr. Wet-| tergren writes of the first day of his field work there: “Early in the morning the party | partook of a frugal breakfast, where- upon the Crown Prince and the three Swedes, including myself. who con- stituted his immediate entourage, drove to the place of excavation,a distance of about five kilometers from Nauplia (thelr headquarters). * * * ““There the Crown Prince threw himeelf into the work heedless of the sun which burned from the sky with a heat that was reflected by the dry soil. With spade or knife in hand, he | carefully made one layer of ofl after another give way for a fan- tastically painted sepulchral pithos dating for a couple of thousand vears before Christ. a noble vase, or an engraved gold ring from the My cenean era, or he was seen for hours at the sleve attempting to extract from the sofl even its least secrets.” With increasing interest in the ex- cavations which he initiated in that field, and which the writer regards as having contributed the most mpor- tant discoveries thus far made on that part of Greek sofl, the Crown Prince first planned to establish an archeo- logical institute for Scandinavian sclentists at Athens, but, forced to abandon that plan, finally succeeded in raising the funds and arranging for the_establishment of such an institute in Rome, which was opened last Feb- Interested in Chinese Art. Intensely interested also in oriental and, above all, Chinese art, the prince was one of the founders of the Swed- ish Orfental Society, which was estab- lished in 1921, and of which he is now president. This society, in its annual report, gathers the results of re- searches relating to the culture and history of the Orient. The writer re- gards as even more important, how- ever. the results achieved by the so- called “China committee,” of which the Crown Prince also is the head. Formed in 1918 to aid Prof. Gunnar Andersson in his geological studies in China, the work of this committee since being headed by the prince, the writer says, has shed important new light on the prehistoric epochs of China. The results of Andersson's finds, when science has completed their study, are expected by Mr. Wet- tergren to present for the first time a picture of the latter part of China's stone age and the beginning of its bronze age. “During the years Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus has thus stood in constant contact with his different scientific representatives ir different MAY 30, ) The photograph shows Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Swéden (ex-| visitor in Washington, working in the interor of a funeral vault is an’ archeologist of note. The picture shows treme left), at Asine, Greece. The prince other scientists working with him, PROFESSION GIVEN ! HONOR IN'TRIBUTE, GRATITUDETOU. S Hoover Addresses Swedish Engineers at Banquet in Honor of Ericsson. The memorial dedicated yesterday to John Ericsson commemorates also | a great step forward in the engineer- ing profession, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover declared last night at a banquet in the Willard Hotel of the American Society of Swedish Engi- neers, whose members came here to attend the unveiling, “This was a great day for the en- gineers,” Secretary Hoover said. “When a great nation erects an im- posing memorial to an engineer, when a great President eulogizes him, when a Crown Prince travels thousands of miles from his native land in order to pay him his respects—then do I say that the engineers can feel proud of thelr profession.” Profession Respected by Public. Secretary Hoover called attention | to the fact that not so long ago the engineer was looked upon as an ob- ject of curiosity, but that through such accomplishments as those of John Ericsson and other outstanding members of the profession, engineer- ing has gained public respect. His royal highness, the Crown Prince of Sweden, being unable per- sonally to attend the banquet, former Premier Oscar von Sydow, Governor of Gothenburg and Bohus. appeared in his stead. The prince’s representa- tive told the assembled engineers that his royal highness shared with them their joy over the day’s achievements. Admiral Beuret Attends. Rear Admiral John D. Beuret, U. 8. N., presented the compliments of Secretary Wilbur, who was unabje to attend because of a previous engage- ment, and detailed a historic sketch of icsson’s struggles to interest the Government in various of his inven- tions, A feature of the program of enter- tainment was the rendition of a num- ber of Swedish and American songs by the Vordandi Singing Society of Providence, R. I. Orchestral selections were rendered by the United States Navy Band Orchestra. ——e Ordered to W Maj. Robert M. Lyon and Capt. Stuart R. Carswell at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., and First Lieut. Galen M. Taylor, Ordnance Corps, at Watertown, Mass., have been ordered to West Point, N. Y., for duty at the Military Academy. € tary Academy. parts of the world,” the writer says, “he also has been active in solentl‘flc and artistic flelds at home. Next to Scandinavian archeology the museums have found a place close to his heart. * President of Society. “The best visible expression of this is the soclety of ‘Friends of the Na- tional Museum,’ founded in 1911 on the initiative of the Crown Prince and of his friend, Mr. Thorsten Laurin. As a matter of course, the Crown Prince is the intensely active president of this society, the meetings of which are held annually in the Crown Prince's apartments at the royal palace in Stockholm. These material gifts, how- ever, do not constitute the only means by which the Crown Prince furthers the National Museum. This writer, who has the honor to be one of its of- ficers, knows best the stimulating role played by the Crown Prince through his warm interest in every detail per- taining to the museum, his valuable advice, his fine and well balanced judgment in all matters relating to art as well as to archeology.” SAFETY You insure your life, your not insure your snvestments? There is no added cost to your- self. If desired, bonds may be purchased on Morris Plan of % interest will be allowed on in- deferred payments and 5 stallments. You will be interested to learn about our “Safety Plus” Plan. Write; call or telephone 2486, for our booklet giving complete information. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision of U. S. Treasury 1408 H St. N.W. 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