Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1926, Page 5

ARMY BOXERS PRAISED | %%| .t BY CHIEF OF STAFF 1200 O Pt T At Them JCATIONSCHEK 5 = STRIKETO EXTEND Summer. | TOPONER PLANT Subway (;eneratind Station { Workers Threaten.to Walk { . Out by Tomorrow, ! NEW YORK, July 8 UP).—All the ywer house employes of the Inter- orough’ Rapid Transit Co. will join the striking motormen and switchmen, not later than tomorrow at midnight, asserted Edwin P. Lavin, head of the strikers, this afternoon. He said he been authorized to make the an- ouncement by a delegate of the gen- committee of .the Interborough rotherhood. h . The wer house .workers, Lavin d, will meet tomorrow morning at $ w'clock. They have asked for police lri:‘mm to prevent interference, he Ba Precautions Are Taken. ‘War-time precautions against sabo- fage in the strike were being taken y by the transit company. Trusted agents of the company |haq ‘were ‘sent lagt nightsto attend.a meeting of the strikers, James L. Quackenbush, general counsel ot the Interborough _ company, explained that the ‘comPany wanted to know 3 any of its men occupying “key” positions were attending these meet- .. thgs g0 it could prevent them from . retufning to work where they might cripple the subway system. “Just before the United States en- tered the'World War,” he added, “we wouldn’t have let a key man go to work if we knew he had attended a German meeting. We won't let one bf these key men work if he attends B strikers’ meeting.” No Violence Reported. No acts of violence have attracted #pecial notice by the public. * The com- yany announces one elevated traln was stoned and that passengers have been unduly jarred through men fa- milfar with the mechanism of trains setting the brakes suddenly on trams in motion. BYRD AND SHIRLEY DENY VIRGINIA 0. K. GIVEN ,LEE ROUTE is (Continued from First Page.) tway, he pointed out, and consequent- Jy will maintain a “lrands-off” policy in the controversy over the route for the Virginia approach to the new bridge until such time as the com- mission may be called upon to take t part of the boulevard into the te highway system. ; The State highway chairman stated /¢hat he confidently expects that if a free right of way for a boulevard is fobtained, and this right of way is of- fered the State, there will be no dif- ficulty in getting the State to take ©ver an 80-foot strip of the right of Way for improvement with an 18-foot - gtrip of paving, as limited by law, provided that in thé judgment of the The thrill that comes once is a life- time! - Punch and y, toys galore, a monster band, real live clowns, merry-go-rounds, rollercoasters —and pink nade were only a few of the thrills that greeted the 1,200 orphan children of Washington ar dria ‘on the twentyfirst annual Elk outing and pionic. yésterday at Glen Echo Amusement Park. ‘The-bo; d girls, their charges a good time, had clambered | th regular “;fm‘ ~They aboard trolleys and busses and were whisked out to the park, where the Midway, the Scooter, the Caterpillar and the other lons ‘were soon. going at full blast, with young hu-{- manity swarming- all o\m“l the huge was sp! out and healthy kept the Elks’ commissary pushed to capacity. The members of B. P. O, E. . 15, k:%t things humming ex eited children,’ fashioned Punch and Judy show. A real surprise lay in store for the children when they returned to their homes last night, for' Sam Richards shipped five truckloads of toys of every description to the. various asylums while they weré out playing. from a reliable source that the high- | tha Wway commission probably could be pre- vailed upon 'to set aside precedent and assume Jjurisdiction over a 100-foot right of way when this matter comes before it.for action. Chairman . Shirley announced his n that the State would take me road” leading:-to the new Memorial Bridge, in the interest of better transportation - facilities for the commonwealth.. It is to the public interest. to have adequate ap- proaches to that bridge, he explained. Gov. Byrd stressed hid deep inter- est in the projected Lee boulevard and made note of the:fact that he has received numerous letters pro< the children. at the Elks’ gener- supplied _all : - rubl This _mo with o ot Tase. ban Dalls, dolls of every. kind. miniat telephones, jingles, even nipples and pacifiers for the bables, fan kerchiefs, perfum: fs, e, horns, whistles, balloons, less other things to bring happiness to the orphans of a dozen instjtutions. mard B. Schloss of Manager ‘Glen . Ech gress adjourned time hag overtakén signed to conduct investigations dur- ing the Summer - Evans, Baptis Home; Peckman, Washington City Asylum; P.J. Foley, St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum; George E. Kii Salvation Army and Gospel Mission: Brother Noxon, Central Union Mis- sion; Julius Wenig, St. Vincent Or; phan Asylum; G. W. Brahler, German Orphan Asylum; R. F. Crowley, St. John's Orphan . Asylum; .F. V. Brown, - Washington Home for Ch! dren; Al F. Zimmerman, Home, dustrial School, and .Brother Duval, Alexandria Orphan Asylum. t realty speculators had “gone wild” in ° Arlington and rfax Counties as a result of the discus- sion of “,hm for locating the Lee boulevard in undevelo) territory. eveloped E In this connection' he told of the re-'|their property and that Ambassador Crowder has falled to protect Amari- can interests. fusal of the State Highyay Commis- sion to go forward with its ‘plans for taking over a projected highway along the ocean front near Cape Henry and on to Ocean View be- cause of the “unfortunate activities of real estate manipulators in specu- The State highway cl pressed ation would not testing the route selected by the Lee | also Highway Assoclation’ for the ap- proach to the bridge. He emphasized the point that the State as yet has no official connec- tion with the project, except in so far as such a large public enterprise affects the welfare of the common- wealth and its citizens. Mr. Shirley stated he understood the development of & new and announced his intention to maka a thorough probe of the rumors that unethical deals had been negotiated along the Lee boulevard route, in Iagea witn Rim by responsible y _responsible Variies. . : rom_the AVENUE commission the route is practical and |- Dest calculates to serve the territory. This 18-foot strip later, he said, could ‘be widened, but the initial width was pestricted. The State could take part of such a the addition of the State highway sys- tem annually of 2% per cent of the #&;e of ‘roads not under State con- L. Another plan, he asserted, would be to have special Ik enacted placing the boulevard under- State hearing, public hearing could herbeld next De- {‘cember, when the guestion of taking in new roads for B';the improvmm;m. stated. Ading- ::n County , foads: were ‘not involved the 1926 program. Mr. Shirley- made public all corre- Hpondence which had taken place be- tween himself and the Lee Highway lAssociation in connection with the Lee Boulevard, and called attention to'the fact that at no time did the highway commission give the Lee Highway As- jon warrant for believing that it decided in favor of any particular Youte. One letter, dated March 8, 1926, ad- wvised Dr. Johnson that “the State yway Commission would have to ve a I ive act authorizing it %o accept fhe right of way and build the Lee highway over a new location m the Arlington Memorial Bridge Falls Church.’ Mr. Shirley declared that a tele- which he sent Dr. Johnson on fJune 7, to the effect that the State Commission . would assume i jon over an 80-foot right of way, was in response to a query as o the maximum width of right of way ‘whigh the commission would accept, if Boulevard were taken into the thway system. It did not com- ‘with re- 3 In deciding on such an acquisi- Star's representative learned Palm Beac its inquiry primary, b named to investigate the alien prop- y custodian’s office has discovered that the resolution authoriging it to operate provides no funds with which to operate. =) NGRESSPROBES s Campaign Funds Committee 4 will be i has notified Senator ready to Stops Work Until . . July 26, By the Associated Press. Although members didn't much ot that sort of thing when. Con- Saturday, —vacation committees as- Not only has recess. the Senate campalgn funds committee decided to stop worl until July 26, when it plans to begin into the Illinols Republican ut the 'special committee R “accuser and accusee” In_ its investigation of the Illinolg LD the campaign funds commit- expect | tee sit at Chicago, and aiready has issued subpoenas roran\;:nherot A instances vestigation of the Penn: mary, ‘reported difficulty Wwitnesses, / GIVES COLLEGE MILLION.. Pastor Bapects $1,000 to Grow to . $1,024,000 in 100 Years: FRESNO, Calif., July 8 (@) " ning a miillon-dollar endownment fund for Candler College, Havana, Cuba, as a memorial to his son, Rev, W. ‘G, Fletcher, pastor of the White Temple Methodist Church South, has not deposited the sum of $1,000 with the board of education of his church. The money, with accruing interest, is to be held by the board for 100 j. | years, when; Mr. Fistcher estimates, it will amount f» $1,024,000. It will then ge soward the support of the col- lege he helped to found. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. 8. Treasury 1408 B ST. N. W, Unless Chairman K%m& X ,-o.,;\;[/lg AV:E N UE ;[ NINTH lating wildly along the right of way.” | o¢ hairman —at the Ball Game or . (’ . wherever you are Fans who really enjoy the game, who getall | the thrills, without all the perspiration—wear a Parker-Bridget Palm Beach Suit. 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