Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1926, Page 12

RECREATION PIER 1 AGAIN PROPOSED Plea Made to Save North of Aqueduct Bridge for Citizens’ Use. Recent hot weather with its at tendant suffering has served to bring 1o the fore again the propc that the north end of the old Aqueduct Bridge be converted into a recreation pler where citizens and guests of Georgetown may seek relief from the heat by basking in the cool breezes of the Potomac River The movement to save the stone abutments the Georgetown end of the ¢ inct bridge as the founda- tion of such a pier was inaugurated some time ago by the zetown Citizens' Association, which succeed in gettin the District i office to request Congress for propriation of $55,000 to defray of the project First-Aid Sta The item om Proposed. was stricken out for reasons of economy, however. Citizens | of the vicinity now contend that the pier would serve more than a mere recreational purpose, providing a very finport st-aid.” station for the swelte nts in th lated Georgetown in time distress In other words the proposal has from a heal andpoint, from a t one dicated that a concerted made secure ly of popu torrid ed that merit well as e action on the At nresent the bridge is in the hands of the Army engineers, who have asked an approp terring down all bt that structure on the District of Columbia side of the river. This at the abutment will be left standing Some Ohjections Made. Various objections to the proposed recreation pier have heen advanced. Chief among them is that it would obstruct the view of the river from Key Bridge. Georgetown residents cluim, however, that drawn up by the District this objection would not Dis and the The 3 the old bridge recreation pier 180 feet lon > abutment is “on 1 n the Potou Ches: ton hetwe peak ahout 18 feet level. The proposed would be approximately and 40 feet wide. A new floor would be constructed and a new span of bridge over the canal, with steps jing down to the pler. zens also abutment saved w reasons—as a relic of old CHICAGO CHE.ERS COMING OF NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS | Doom of Soot-Flinging “Tea Ket- tles” Celebrated by Commuters of South Side. ted Pr August kettle: south since limbo desire the sentimental seorgetown. By the Associ CHICAC fiinging hauled Ch muter's to marched into the their pl fast and silent electric motor ches w put_in servic throughout its suburban Ines by the Illinois Central Railroad. Neighborhoods _ along shore of Lake Michigan, linked by the road's suburban service with Chicago's business district, held high wassail as the first official ¢ tric glided down the vails, tossing flowers in the train’s path, rending the air with cheer brating with fetes of many s first applic: tion of electricity railroading T.—The which have | side com. | the 80s, | today. 1 the south which to in RECREATION PIER * ] v By, ?xfi;‘\ 5 Although the movement educt Bridge failed i the part of the b whi fostered by the Georgetown Citizens’ As the last Congress, there is still a_possibility that the plan will be realized. The picture crosses the canal and which would virtually be razed, only a footbridge, w out superstructure, remaining. The sketch below the [)il'(llfli\.gl\'?i an idea of the plan for the recreat would start at the bottom of the steps leading down from ti feet. It would be covered and 40 feet wide. sociation for making a recreation ier of the old pier. It present bridge and extend out into the river for 180 GEORGETOWN SEES BRIGHT FUTURE Wisconsin Avenue Widening Counted Upon to Increase Business in Section. As the work of widening and repav ing Wisconsin avenue from Tenley- town to Georgetown draws toward its final stages, Georgetown merchants and business men are predicting an eru of unprecedented prosperity for that section of the District of Co lumbia. The operation, which also embraces relaying of the Washington Railway and Blectrie Co. tracks in the center of the avenue from their former po- jon at the side of the street, has .n completed from Georgetown to “Tenleytown, with the exception of a <mall, strip_along _the thoroughfare street Chicago. | “Oldest inhabitants” compared the | occasion with that of almost 50 years ago, when electric lights came to Chicago, ting the | ousting omotives | hroug! favor of electric ’ Leaders in civie life were gue a train drawn by a bronchial engine to Matteson, lmit of the subur ban lines, where they disembarked and entered one of the new electric trains which returned them to the city. ] night a banquet honored officials of the road. H Worth $1,607.14 a Letter. signatures to the Declara- | of the | cord- | tion of Ir fng to the Mentor esteemed by the, most phcollector | of Button Gwinnett, one gners. Gwinnett's ed little more than vear—not w great deal about him | s on record and one biographer has | called him a man of mystery-—vyet h shgnature was sold in May. 1926, for £19,000 and in January of th same | vear for § In N mber, 1924, signature brou £14,000 at e in New York complete set of the terpiece of autograph Mr. Gwinnett was v of Writing or even s ments. On 0 be extar tures number more than and institutions and ed to collectors. 1 it signers is a | gathering. | ap gning docu- | )f his is said | known signa- | of which ¢ libraries ) hot likely ever Another, | June s been found cently on a1 legul paper in a Georgia | urthouse. e wrote little and was | 1o second of the signers to di duel ended his Gwinn vising a fev was glven for ice hegan The $14,000 1 signature on a bond. Soon after that was paid plans were announced for the sale of several Gwinnett signatures from private col- lections—a feast for the collectors after a famin Tennyson Refused $5.000 Offer. Sir Adolph Tuck was the picture post card pioneer, the Bost tHeruld. Mis father, founded a firm mak for London on tended the business to lands as a whole upon the coming « his opportunity for »n of his slowly developir He started with 6 sets designs, the next vear theve were the third year 50. lle obtained the ald of professional artists and his competitive exhibitions of the paint- ings to be reproduce on is cards | were ed by such ¢ as nowadays throng the movies. | He we ar 1o every one of | the Roval with re- | quests for new des: and not a few | Lound it consi 1t with their dignity to accept his offers. Famous wrote verses for his cards, But T nyson had the itude 2 offer of 1,000 guineas for of vers his indomitable serprising promoter of an which he had himself many weary week the postal authorities over the size of his cards. His business success made him a baronet and a prominent Brit- ish financier. th s 20 wds and en- ind: vate use in Great B still pre- The first telephone installed for pri l Marlborough House, | purpose | of Maryland ! he pointed out, G i road condition: { contemplated improvement: { the District. probably ! ment subsidies, { upkeep. care between Thirty-seventh and Massachusetts avenue. Will Be Finished in Spring. That strip is expected to be com- pleted mext Spring with the money then becoming av: able from the au- ile fuel tax, which Congress pro- to be used for such a B. A. Bowles, vice president of the Potomac Savings Bank and a promi- nent figure in Georgetown civie work, in an interview yesterday, pointed to the fact that the completed highway will open & broad traffic artery into Georgetown from the richest ction He added that this route fe the natural traffic lane into the city from the outlying northwest dis trict. When the project is completed, swgetown is due to ater prosperity than it b ever before known, because of the ad- Qitions to the buying public the im- proved road will bring there. 5 Addit fmprovements along Wis- consin avenue between Tenleytown fnd the District line are contemplated for the future, but for these a further appropriation by Congress is neces- sary. Maryland to Tmprove Road. Yecent announcements from Balti- ¢ that the Maryland State Roads preparing to improve near Bethesda, Md., cted to give impetus to the on upper n avenue which will connect the Marylind road with Tenleytown. C. B. Hunt, engineer of highways of would be in a position to‘make definite plans to pro- vesd with that project as soon as the Maryland authorities make a decisive «tep toward improvement of the Maryland roads in the Bethesda area. SUBSIDIES SUPPORT LINES European Air Service Costs 5 Shil- lings Per Ton Mile. Science Service. LONDON, A the commer maintained _only enjoy more \ Commission W are expe Wiscon: By . 1st 7.—Service upon r lines of Furope i because of govern- (ccording to sAir Mar W. Softon Brancker. The cost of present air transport. he said. is about 5 shillings per ton mile at 90 miles per hour, and the pilot receives than 6 per cent of the mainte 1 shal Sir the most expensive in ared, amounting to 44 per cent next. with 30 per ent; aircraft maintenance. including of equipment and personnel, amounts ta 20 per cent, while the bal ance of the operating costs, 6 per cent, includes the pay of pilots. But the future for commercial air- craft is anything but dark, Sir Softon declured, adding that improvements which now appear probable would en tirely remedy the situation. - Glass Roofs to Cut Coal. Heating engineers have discovered new possibilities in sunlight as a means of heating the home, and are experimenting with the feasibility of | building glass roofs. | By providing houses with glass | roofs, properly insulated, It is be-| lieved that great quantities of fuel | can be saved during the Winter| months. Doubters of the theor: ferred to the sunny bay window of | the average house on a Winter day. | where the sun works without scien- tific assistance. are re- | WAR DEPARTMENT NOW READY TO RESTORE FORT McHENRY “Star Spangled Banner,” As Seen in Dawn’s Early Light by Key in 1814, Will Wave Over Site Which Government Proposes as National Monument. Old Fort McHenry at Baltimore is | to bo established as a natiopal monu- | ment and restored to the condition in | which it existed at the time of its hombardment by the British fleet in 1814, the direct inspiration of Francis Scott Key’s immortal anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner.” Mans tosthat end hdve been prepared by Q. M. Gen. B. Frank Cheatham and approved by Col. Hanford MacNider, Acting Secre- tary of War. The Star Spapgled Banner still fiies from the same spot viewed by the patriotic Key “by the dawn’s early light,” while a prisoner aboard a British warship during the bombardment. The original staff from which Old Glory flew on that memorable gccasion is disintegrated with age, bul each new flagpole since then has been erected on the exact spot occupled by the original $100,000 for Restoration. Becanse of Its close connection with the stirring events of the early history of the Republic, Fort McHenr will ys remain one of the most interesting of the national monuments of the count Its restoration to its | original condition in 1814 calls for considerable work and a total esti mated expenditure of about $100,000. An allotment of $28500 has just been | made from available War Depar ment funds to complete the prelim- inary operations now under way. These include the wrecking of about 80 World War bulldings on the re: vation, the repalr of the original | buildings of 1814 and the general im- provement of the reservation. | The buildings put up during the World War, including a large general hospital, were subsequently used as a reconstruction center by the Vet- erans’ Bureau, and recently were sold under authority given by Con- gress in March, 1925. Wrecking op- erations are about completed and the funds now available are to be used mainly in restoring the historic build- ings to their original condition and improving the syrroundings. Exteriors Still the Same. All the old bufldings inside the fort retain their original form, so far as ithe exterior Is concerned, except !xhn Quartermaster Builling C, originally a two-story structure used for officers. but now reduced to a one-story building, en- tirely out of keeping with the others. It is proposed to restore that building by adding a story, according to the original plans, and providing a heat- ing plant, quarters for the caretaker and comfort stations for the public. Other historic structures will be made weathertight and safe from further deterioration and the entire reserva- tion_gradually restored to its former condition as funds become available. According to the plans of Gen. Cheatham, drives and walks are to be constructed and the entire reserva- tion graded and planted, so as to present to the best possible advantage the Old Star Port, the memorial monu- ments to Francis Scott Key and Maj. Arimstead, and the old magazine outside the fort. That magazine, while not as old as the fort itself, he says, has sufficient interest as a_piece of early nineteenth century military ar- chitecture to warrant its preseva- tion. All of the comparatively modern buildings ¢ interest should be removed, in the judgment of General, as they obatruct the view of the fort from the entrance gate. He recommends also the removal of the frame structure at the entrance gate and that the old brick walls flanking it be carried up to and made a part of the entrance gate itself, with smaller entrances at either side of the main driveway for pedestrians. Early Cannon Not Available. Most of the present allotment of 523 will be used for repairs to Sally Port and adjoining buildings, re- pairs to buildings A, B, D and E, re- construction of building C, and for salvaging the chapel and hospital building. As_cannon of the pattern used in the War of 1812 are not available at this late day, it is declared at the War Department that it will not be possible to replace the original batteries at Fort McHenry tunless Congress make: a special appropriation for the manu- factuse of duplicates of cannon of that date, long since obsolete for military purposes. PEN WOMEN TO PLACE INSIGNIA IN MANSION Ceremony Tomorrow at Historic Lee Home to Be Conducted by National Board. Tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at Arlington Cemetery the National League of American Pen Women will formally place a replica of the in- signia of the organization in the case which has been prepared in Lee Man sion for such tributes. The league's insignia will be the first offering to be | deposited in the mansion. | The insignia_have been executed in | gilt bronze, the figure of the owl standing several inches in height, and framed in the symbols of the various crafts of the league—the pen, pencil and brush—arranged in a triangle and colored in red, white and blue enamel. Members to Officiate. Mrs, Edward W. Eberle, wife of Admiral Eberle, will place the insignia for the league in the permanent res ing place. Mrs. Edward Nelson Ding: ley, first vice president of the League | and acting president in the absence ! of Mrs. Seton, national president, will | eak 1, also. Mrs. Charles | sher Taylor, chairman of the com- | nittee on the replica, and originator | of the plan to place such an offering | from the league at the tomb of the | Unknown Soldier. i Members associated with Mrs. Tay- | lor on the committee are Mrs. Edward | Nelson' Dingléy, Mrs. Harry Atwood | Colman, Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, Mrs. Anna Sandborn Hamilton, Miss Mabel L. White, Mrs. Harry A. Cunningham | and Miss Fannie Wolfson. | The 9th of August was chosen for the ceremonial hecause of the fact | that it is the anniversary of the birth | of Franels Scott Key, author of “The | Star Spangled Banner. | The program follows: Attention. | bugler of the 3d Cavalry Band; in-| | States ' Government; vocation, Lieut. Comdr. S. S. Yeandle, alde to the commandant of the United States Coast Guard: remarks, Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor, chairman of the insignia committe of the replica by Mr: Eberle; acceptance, Brig. Gen Moses G. Zulinskl, acting quartermaster general, representing the United remarks, Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley, acting presi- dent of the League of American Pen Women; remarks, Mrs. William Wolff Smith, president of the D. C. League. Music will be by the 3d Cavalry Band of Fort Myer, Va., and the cere- monial flagbearer will be Miss Fannie Wolfson of the League of American Pen Women. Members of the league and other in- terested persons are invited to attend. Whales Being Tagged. In order to study the habits of whales some of these large sea sheasts of the Pacific Ocean are being tagged so that their movements may be watched and studied. A similar study is being made with eels which live in the Pacific Ocean, and a Danish scientist has been engaged by the government for this work. Calvert St. Bet. 18th & 19th N.W. (Just Halt Block West New_Ambassador Theater) TODAY A delicious dinner with a variety to choose from $1.00 1 PM 1o 7 PME Service and Food Unsurpassed Parking on Three Streets Col. 5047 OPEN-AIR SERVICE ARRANGED TONIGHT A. M. E. Delegates to Attend Exercises as Convention Closes Here. An open-air service under the aus- pices of the Christian Endeavor Lieagueot the African Methodist Epis- copal Zion Church at 6:30 o'clock at ‘Washington Circle tonight will be one of the closing events of the third general church school convention of that chuhch, which has been in ses- sion here during the last week. Aaron Brown, general secretary of the league, will be in charge at the services. Following the open-air cere- monies, the 2,000 delegates attending the convention from several States will disperse to various local churches for platform services that will close the meeting. Last night was devoted to a social housr at the John Wesley A. M. E. Z. Church, where most of the convention sessions have been held. A parade vesterday afternoon, in which it was estimated 1,500 took part, started at the John Wesley Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran streets; went up Fourteenth to U, thence 'to Sixth street; down Sixth to H street and thence to Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. The pa- rade then went up Pennsylvanta aver nue past the Municipal Building, where the attending bishops reviewed the line of march. It disbanded at the Monument grounds, where a base ball game between Philadelphia. and Wash- ington church teams had been sched- uled. A heavy downpour of rain, how- ever, prevented the game. Bishop J. S. Caldwell of Philadel- phia, Bishop Edward D. W. Jones of this city and Bishop John W. Martin were in the line of march of the parade. Morning services today will be opened at the John Wesley Church with music by the senior choir of that church, under direction of Prof. George E. Battle. The sermon will be by Bishop Caldwell. The afternoon services will be fea- tured with selections by the Galbraith Church Chofr, Prof. C. E. X. Bolsseau, director. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. F. M. Jacobs of Malden, Mass.; Rev. S. L. Corrothers of Newark, N. J.; Bishop B. G. Shaw and Bishop William J. Walls. it Wl s W A Friendly Chorus. From the Toronto Globe. Young Poet—Yes, I have written a large number of poems, but I do not propose having any published until after my death. Chorus of friends (raising their hats)—Here's long life to vou, old FOR SUPREME BEAUTY OF MUSICAL TONE— AND SUPERB HOME ADORNMENT — THESE CHARMING BABY GRANDS ARE UNEQUALED HE GRAND PIANO is the vogue—tremendously and en- thusiastically! Not only Because of the atmosphere of dis- tinction it adds to your home—but because of easy and *395 Perhaps you have thought of the cost of a baby grand in terms of one thousand or more dollars. ARTHUR JORDAN SALE TIME an opportunity is offered—rare indeed—to select one of these superb instru- The Edwin B. Hesse, new police hoat built by members of the Harbor Pa- trol, was formally put in service. yesterday when Commissioner Dougherty visited the Harbor Preeinct and took a spin down the river. With him in the | picture are Inspector Stoll, left, and Inspector Pratt and Maj. Hesse. BAR’S BACKING ASKED FOR SECURITY LEAGUE Virginia Session Closes After Ban- quet Addressed by Maj. Gen. Bullard. By the Associated Press. - HOT SPRINGS, Va., August 7.— A stirring plea. for support of the Na- tional Security League was made last night by its president, Maj. Gen. Rob- ert L. Bullard, in an address at the closing banqfet of the annual con- vention of the Virginia Bar Associa- tion. “The National Security League stands for non-neglect of the laws of national defense that are on our statute books,” he said. Military tralning in national guards and reserves is needed badly by the Government, he dhclared, adding that a preparedness program on the part of the league was necessary, because ments at a saving of $100 or more. Full Resale Value Allowed for Your Present Piano in Trade JORDAN COMPANY is being neglected seriously by the Government.” Maj. Gen. Bullard pointed to Mex- ico, certain schools teaching com- munism, the,“bolshevistic direction of the recent sensational strike in the mills at Passaic, N. J.,” and other ex- amples as belng just cause for the continuation of the league's activitles. With the election of R. Gray Wil liams of Winchester as president, the naming of other officers and the clean- ing up of a large volume of business matters, the association yesterday con- cluded its final session. The session was characterized as one of the most constructive on record and an ‘‘un- qualified success” in every detall. Ap- proximately 200 delégates attended. . o Giant Scales Accurate. By Sclence Service. SHEFFIELD, England, August 7.— A 14-foot scale which weighs the thick aym plates used on naval ves- sels, under test here after being re- built, w sensitive to a weight of 10 pounds when loaded with steel in- gots weighing 194 tons, according to E. G. Hattersley, head of the depart- ment of weights and measures of this city. This is an error of only fifteen- cent. But at NEW POLICE LAUNCH TAKES TRIAL CRUISE The Edwin B. Hesse Goes on Trij Down River With Chief and Com- missioner Dougherty Aboard. ‘The new police launch Edwin R Hesse, bullt by policemen at the ha- bor precinct during thelr spare tihs in the last two years, was taken int the District service yesterday in o dedicatory cruise down the river wit, Commissioner Dougherty and police officlals aboard. ‘The launch went by Haines Pol: and down the Potomac past Jo TPoint light, from which the Distr of Columbia line cuts across diagon: Iy to Blue Plains. Lieut. Harry Lohman of the harb. precinct was at the wheel. Beside« Mr. Dougherty the party include. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintende: of police; Inspector Pratt and I spector Stoll. The object was not only to try ou the boat, but to show the new Com missfoner the extent of the District « r precinct. i launch, ‘equipped ‘with a 6 horse power engine and capable o 18 miles an hour, bucked wind and the tide on the trip down the river. 1 is largely the handiwork of Patrolmen John Geir and W. D. Humphries. On their return to the wharf ti Commissioner was introduced by M Hesse to Patrolman J. R. Harrov the third oldest man in service In ti department. Say; Wife Stabbed Him. Declaring he was stabbed by I wife, Mrs. Ethel Bassil, colored, wit a butcher knife, Powell Bassil, rears old, of 7 Bellview court nort west Is in a serlous condition Freedmen's Hospital. Pollco stat that the husband has informed (th he will obtain a warrant for his wife arrest. Bassil was taken to the ho- pital in a patrol from the tenth pre cinct. Girl Clerk Robbed. Misg Edith Groves, 908 Twelf! street northeast, reported to the p: lice last night that a pocketboo containing $50 was stolen from he desk drawer at the Interlor Depart ment. She has given the police description of the man whom she suspects. OVERSTUFFED FURNITURE MADE TO ORDER You may eelect from o wide assorime of materials and we will make your furm ture—designed a8 you want jt—with lon. life and beauty, and save you money Also Reupholstering and Slip Covers Standard Upholstery Store 2810 14th W. Open evenings. Col. 403% ’ I / i SN A b‘\\‘\“\““\‘\‘\\‘“\\“\\‘\\\\\‘\\\\\\ S N RSN NN \\; A \‘\‘\““‘\\\\\‘m\\\;\\\ G Street, Corner 13th PEEEEX EERRETULERE XL L EA LA CRREE RN X% B i INEERRFERNREN ws\\\m“svs\“s\\«w‘mwv&\\\\\\s“s\\\\\&\' |