Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1927, Page 4

* able to the Garden Club.” PLEA FOR CAPITAL - BEAUTY IS MADE Delano Addresses Garden ; Club Session on Error of F Destro: y Landscape. “Although four roc templed about 1 our_woods in Washington we have ne those rocks and rills and put in steam shovels that mow them down and fill up the hol lows and made a_ totally dead and uninteresting rederick A. De lano, pr > National Civ Federation, told the ient’s coun- cil ng of the en Club of America in the Carlton Hotel yester- day. The meeting, which brou dents, del. \d member ctions of the coun od by Dr. John C. f the Carnegie n, who urged pital be made a we prest per. welcomed by ien Club of The delegates were the president of the Ga America, Mrs. John A pointed out that this w president’s council me: by the members at large. Immedi- ately after the roll call Mrs. S. V. R Crosby of Boston read a paper on the work of the club in conservation and p ation of trees and plants and told tory results had been obt ivision of the work h as publicity, schools Dr. Mer of the Redwood League, to preserve for poste the marv ous “b es” of the West, told of ,the prog that had been made in the last 10 years in setting aside for- ests of redwood, and stated that the problem at present was to find a proper agency to take charge of the reservations. He spoke in favor of a division of the financial expenses of such work between the State of Cali- fornia and the rest of the Nation. Four main parks of redwood have now been set aside, the speaker said, and much of the area is clo: with the State highws . main responsibility for preservation rests.with the State, Dr. Merriam de- hough the trees are. of and California should rejoice in the opportunity of thus making a contribution of educa- tional, economic and esthetic impor- tance to America. Dr. Marvin, who is also on the advisory council for the development of the National Arbore- tum, told the meeting he was keenly interested in and had given consider- able study to the preservation of the trees of the National Capital as well m, who is also president which aim em. The | forwara the great public building pro- d | cherish STYLE IN FED w-fangled notions in architecture not be allowed to sway the char- cter of the great monumental struc- tures which the Government is rearing in the Capital, Secretary Mellon today assured Congress .in recommending the “triangle plan’ of development. The department,” he said in his an- nual report, “has not failed to note the opinions of those who see in such a project a_great opportunity for cast- » the established precedent in : ural forms and following in the wake of those who See progress only in the employment of new forms and new relationships of forms. But for the National Capital there are other considerations involved. “The early builders,” said the Sec- | retary, who is charged with carrying “have here set a very definite amp on the character of buildings erected for the Federal Government, and the spirit of this is sufficiently marked to have hecome a tradition which may not be lightly disregarded. Unifled Individuality. t seems eminently fitting that the United States Government should its national inheritance and should perpetuate in the Capital the general spirit of the architectural acter expressed in the best of the earlier Government buildings in Wash- ington. With this in view, the new buildings will take on the character of the eighteenth century adaptation of the classic style, seeking to main- tain such a measure of difference in the treatment of the several buildings as may be necessary to obtain a uni- fied individuality, free from the monot- ony of a stereotyped repetition.” Without going into details as to the actual progress made on the buildings already under way, Secretary Mellon discussed the program from a broad viewpoint, and declared that the plans laid down for the area which has come to be known as the Penn- sylvania avenue triangle will “give op- portunity for the placement of eight other federal buildings in an orderly and related way in addition to the three now authorized.” “In the composition of the general layout,” he sald reat care has been exercised to avoid concentration in the so-called triangle area. With a grouping of public buildings which are to be used for the purposes in view, there is a real problem involved in avoiding congestion of traffic inci- dent to the assemblage of the large number of people employed in the buildings and those coming to this area for the transaction of busines: The difficulty in question is avoid Jby introducing into the scheme a am @s the trees of California. Speaks on Fellowship Fund. Following Dr. Merriam’s address Mrs. Harold Pratt of the fellowship committee explained the international importance of the club’s support of a student in landscape gardening at the Academy of Rome by means of its fel- lowship fund, indicating that such work afforded a “noble way in which to create a world-wide influence favor- The club seeks to raise a fund of $50,000, the interest of which would support the student. At present it has $31,000 for the purpose and hopes shortly to raise the other $19,000. The student selected by the club is chosen after competition. The one who has been in Rome for the past three years has been supported from funds forwarded by the treasurers of the clubs, it was disclosed. Mr. Delano's address dealt with the efforts that had been made to create an artistically beautiful city out of Washington. He paid tribute to the genius-of L'I’'nfant and Wash- ington, who without funds and with- out encouragement had the faith and vision to formulate a definite plan for the seat of the Government. It was recalled incidentally that the reason Washington was selected for the Capital and the Nation in the first place was because Congress was so annoyed by soldiers of the Revolution asking for their pay “that the mem- bers said we must make a capital soméwhere off from the haunts of meny in a separate district where we need: not be bothered.” Plans Call for Vigilance. Tl speaker declared that those now’ intrusted with the work of de- veloping this city should take heart from the historical example of Wash- ington and L’Enfunt, because “no plan of the city of Washington is self-executing, nor can any be car- ried out without vigilance and tireless ‘work on the part of those who are en- thusiastic about it.” Vigilance, which has been called the price of liberty, Mr. Delano said, will also be the price of success in making Washington a fit capital for the country. Mr. Delano, who is also a member of the National pital Park and Planning Col ission and chairman of the advisory council of the devel- opment of an arboretum here, ex- plained that, of the 3,200 acres of park land set aside in the Capital, the main portion was included in Rock Creek and Potomac Parks. of the plan of securing numerous small parks and grounds for community centers, em phasizing their importance since the widespread use of the automobile had made the streets unsafe for children. He also outlined the idea of a Fort Drive which would connect all the in- teresting Civil War forts in the vi- cinity of Washington, most of which are on high points of commanding im- portance. Ten or twelve of the thirty forts desired have already been pur- chased, he said, and the others were being acquired as rapidly as possible. States’ Co-operation Needed. It is already very evident to stu- dents of such plans, Mr. Delano said, that the co-operation of Maryland and Virginia would be needed, and both States, he explained, have named plan- ning commissions with this idea in view. One of the great troubles which the s were having, the group was as that property was advanc- ing in value very rapidly and it is a common feeling that the people of ‘Washington are asking too much for themselves. “I hope that you will get out of your mind,” Mr. Delano said, “the idea that this is an effort on the part of the people who live in Washington to help themselve the expense of the peo- ple of the country. This is the Na- tion's Capita those who live here Speaking of the proposed national arboretum, Mr. Delano cited the con- ditions in ropean countries which produce all the timber needed by in- telligent conservation and the elimi- nation of waste, and expressed th hope that through the lead of the Garden Club of America “we will be wise enough to learn something from the example of other: the nter gerden it avenue, tive pink he made a the depend at her home, 1239 Verm swhere some especially a poinsettas are in bloom. brief address ence of the pl: shington on the support of the States, through Congress. The ridiculous system of planting young trees and surroundir them with cement was mentioned b Mrs. Noyes, who urged that the dele. He told | playgrounds and | as the Capital of | ¥ large open plaza which not only serves the purpose of opening up the general plan but also forms a major point of interest when treated with planting and framed with monumental build- ings. Plans Secondary Plaza. “In further extension of this princl- ple a secondary plaza, circular in plan, occurs adjoining the first, from which through openings of ample size a vista is obtained between the two open spaces, bringing into composition that imaginative element which fis so essential to success in planning a project of this kind. With these open spaces and a proper treatment of streets and parkways, with the pos- sibility of subsurface levels for auto- mobile parking, and provisions by which rapid transit facilities and ve- hicular and pedestrian traffic may ef- fectively operate, a comprehensive so- NORMAL BUSINESS IS ON WAY, MELLON INFORMS CONGRESS (Continued from First Page.) slum . have been lessened, as demands for replacements are now sufficient to absorb about half of the year’s output. Competition More Intense. “Competition became more intense and the largest profits were made by those concerns capable of introducing economies or capturing the market by adaptation of their products to the de- mand. “Charges for the use of fixed capital were reduced both on industrial and Government securities and on farm loans, “Banks in the United States in- creased their loans and investments about $2,000,000,000 at the same time that they reduced somewhat their de- pendence upon the Federal Reserve system, due mainly to gold imports and a decline in requirements for cur- rency.” Although internal revenue collec- tions showed an increase of only $31,- 774,965 during the last fiscal year over the previous 12 months, Secretary Mellon declared that a ‘“‘closer analy- sis of the collections shows more defi- nitely that tax changes were respon- gible for the failure of such receipts to increase.” Receipts from internal revenue totaled $2,869.414,342, while income from customs and other mis- | cellaneous sources amounted to $1,- (259,980,099, or an increase of $134,863,- 786 over the previous year. $635,809,922 Surplus. The $3,493,584,519 total expenditures | of the Government for the last fiscal vear, the report said, represented a de- crease of $124,000,000 over the preced- |ing year, while receipts totaled $4, 129,394,441, which left a surplus of | $635,800,922. Of this margin $611,754,- 538 was applied to retirement of the public debt, which was $258,000,000 more than was applied to the debt in the previous year. This left a total debt at the close of the fiscal year last June 30 of $18,510,174,266.10 after normal retirement of $519,663,844.78 had been effected. Future Structures to Follow Lines of Present Architecture, Secretary Assures Congress. THE EVENING MELLON BANS NEW-FANGLED ERAL BUILDINGS lution of the entire problem is prom- ised.” Secretary Mellon explained the scope and difficulties of responsibility in de veloping the public buildings plan for Washington, and told Congress of the appointment by his Board of Architec- tural Consultants, and their develop- ment of the triangle nlan, for the area bounded by Fifteenth, B and Sixth streets, and Pennsylv. nue. In this area, the first three buildings are the Department of Com- merce, Internal Revenue, on both of which’ excavation has begun, and the National Archives structure. “The very obvious necessity for re- lating these buildings to other future buildings, which are even now needed to eliminate rental charges and tem. porary housing of a very unsatisfac- tory character,” sald the Secretary, led to the general plan as developed, for eight other additional buildings. Broad Vision Urged. His consultants had been appointed, Secretary Mellon said, “to give assur- ance that the solution of the problem in hand would be conceived with breadth of vision and a thorough rec- ognition of all the elements involved in it." Difficulty experienced in deciding what general plan td follow was ex- plained by the Secretary. “It soon became evident,” he said, “that the future expansion of the Gov- ernment’s housing needs called for a decision as to whether the Govern- ment's policy should be aligned with one or the other of two opposing ideas. According to one of these, Govern- ment buildings should be separated by locating them in various parts of the District, each building treated in- dividually, each creating its own cen- ter of activities and personnel, all de- pending for interdepartmental commu- nication on the various methods of rapid transit and transportation that play their part in the equipment of & modern city. Whereas, from the sec- ond point of view, the grouping of new Federal buildings In one large area under a system of reasonable con- centration interspersed with open spaces would better serve the Govern- ment's needs, this department un- hesitatingly recommends the latter plan as the means of accomplishing certain very definite objectives, which Include the following: “With the dominating position which the Capitol Building occupies, and with the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, the Mall and the bridge to Arlington in their respective locations, there is set up a series of isolated fo- cal points of the major plan. In fur- therance of this plan it is proposed tof| form a connecting link by the estab- lishment of a group of buildings work- ed out with due regard to the mainte- nance of a proper relationship to the Mall and to the other focal points of this portion of the city’s plan. “2. The grouping of the new build- ings places them in such relation to each other that the transaction of public business is facilitated. “3. In reclaiming the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, the opportunity is presented to dignify that thorough- fare as an important artery between the Capitol and the White House: and by the rehabilitation of B street a second important line of circula- tion {s created connecting the Capitol with the Lincoln Memorial and the bridge to Arlington. “4, The proposed grouping gives recognition to the plan of L'Enfant, and accords with steps heretofore taken by officially appointed commis. slons In furtherance of that plan.” securities would be placed on a more even footing with tax-exempt State and municipal issues. He again re- quested Congress to pass the alien property bill and the amendment to the farm loan act which were intro- duced at the last session. . TUBERCULOSIS ON DROP. Takes Sixth - Place in Maryland Records of Fatal Disease. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 7.—Heart disease, Bright's disease and cancer have supplanted tuberculosis and other communicable diseases as the foremost causes of death in Maryland, according to records prepared by the bureau of vital statistics of the State Department of Health. Qne out of every seven deaths which occurred in the State last year was caused by heart disease, the re- port showed. Bronchial and lobar pneumonia were responsible for 2,459 deaths out of the year’s total of 22,656, Bright's disease followed with 2,087 fatal f{llnesses, cancer, with 1,486 deaths, coming next. Tuberculosis took sixth place in the list with 1,161, —— ‘Wife Asks Divorce. Mrs. Emma R. Reed today filed suit in the District Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Stanley A. Reed. They were married December 4. 1923 at Baltimore, Md., and have no children. Misconduct is alleged and a correspondent named. Attorney James Conlon appears for the wife. @he Forning Htar In an analysis of the distribution of ! expenditures, the report showed that | payments to the public debt in the last fiscal year absorbed 51.1 per cent | of the total, military functions 31.8 | per cent and ordinary civil functions | {17.1. Emphasizing that the cost of | past wars occupies an fmportant place in Government finance, the Secretary estimated that the World War cost the United States $35,119,622,144. Reiterating his recommendations for tax legislation as outlined to the House ways and means committee, in which he urged. limitation of reduction to 225,000,000, Secretary Mellon further | urged Congress to remove the surtax | from Government securitles so that | corporations and individual investors | would be on a parity and Government ates to visit the grounds of the N Cathedral. Announcement of the exhibition of “Intimate Garden Sculpture” at the Arden Studios, 460 Park avenue, New York, was made b Mrs. Henry Osborne Taylor. The roll was_called by Mrs. John R. Lynch. Mrs. John A. Stewart, presi- dent, who presided, called attention to the cover design on the Almanac issued by the cluh, which had been made by Mrs. Frederica Orr, after a contest in which seven others had competed. Several speeches were followed by questions on the part of the audience nd a general discussion of the sub- jects touched upon. The flower com- mittee called attention to models of houses suitable for gardens that had gates get behind all movements which would further the proper development of the Cap Mrs e R . F. itenahl spoke on “wCathedral Planting and invited the heen made by the women themselves |and were displayed in the back of the jroom. The council held an executive ses- slon yesterday afternoon, B o STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, CITIZENS DELAY PARK LOAN AGTION Columbia Heights Group De- bates Extensive Land Pur- chase Proposal. After two hours of heated debate last night relative to a proposed $10,000,000 Treasury loan for the purchase of land for parks and play- grounds here, the Columbia Heights Citizens' Assoclation decided to with- hold a d on until the February meeting, which will be devoted to dis cussion of that subject. The group has several times gone on record as opposing such a bond issue and at its November meeting passed a resolu- tion deferring further discussion of the matter until a proper fiscal rela- tion is reached between the District and Federal governments. The question was revived last night in a resolution offered by Miss A. G. Woodward, chairman of the commit- tee on recreation and amusements, asking the association to go on record as favoring a plan which would aid the Public Parks and Planning Com- mission in carrying out its land acqui- sition plans. History of Fight Traced. After a spirited verbal exchange among members the question of re- opening discussion on the matter was placed before the body, a tie vote re- sulting. President Alton B. Carty cast the declding vote in favor of re- opening the discussion, During the debate which followed, Dr. Willard S. Small, dean of the Col- lege of Iiducation of the University of Maryland, traced the his.ory of the Columbia Heights Citizens' fight for adequate playground facilities. Efforts were being made 20 years ago to ob- tain an appropriation from Congress for a recreation and playground cen- ter in the Columbia Heights section, Dr. Small said, and a continuous battle has been waged since without resuits. He said during that period many suit able sites have been available at fair prices, but now practically all of the land is improved and much higher prices will have to be paid to obtain land. He announced himself in favor of any plan that would bring about the immediate establishment of a recreation center, whigh would provide safe playgrounds for the children o that section. 5 Charles E. Kern and Burd W. Payne, chairman of the finance com mittee, supported the plan to recon- sider the bond issue question. W. I. Swanton, chairman of the public utlli- ties committee and former delegate to the federation, and Mrs. Swanton voiced opposition to the reconsidera- tion resolution. In the absence of Charles T. Clayton, chairman of the law and legislation committee, who in- troduced the resolution at the No- vember meeting, it was decided to hold the matter open until he is able to present a report. Action on Teachers Delayed. Action on the question as to whether married women should be permitted to teach in the public schools of the Distriet, which was brought up at the November meeting and held over un- til last night, was deferred until the next meeting. Plans for a soclal meeting on the regular meeting night in January were announced by W. W. Coulliette, chair- man of the membership committee. Resolutions passed favored better street-lighting facilities in the Colun: bia Helghts section, the establishment of a car stop on the east side of Eleventh street at Fairmont and more efficient handling of trafic in the downtown sections during rush hours. Another resolution passed opposed the use of one-man street cars without re- duction in fares. New members were admitted as fol- lows: Albert L. Taylor, Mrs. B. Shea, Levi N. Faust, Mrs. F. J. Wildeman, R. Bruce Gore, G. P. Ritter, J. W. Cupp, John R. Bradburn, E. M. Brew- ster, Martin A, Morrison, Jacques E. Harringer, John B. Bovello, Mrs. Agnes Rice, James C 1, E. Gi- larda, Elizabeth C. Fr . Daniel Duty and Gustav Backen..emer. . 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President Roosevelt—Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen Maracaibo—San Juan. La Guayra and Mara- 0. aire—Ba tevideo and ® SAILING SU WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1927. COLLUSION IN BIDS ON SCHOOLS SEEN Madden Makes Charge at Hearing—Architect Harris Expresses Doubt. Collusion among bidders on school- houses in the District of Columbia was charged yesterday by Chairman Madden of the House committee on \ppropriations during hearings on the first deflciency appropriation bill. The charge came in connection with consideration of an item of $80,000 for expending the unobligated bal- inces of appropr ons for the Garnet- Patterson & ool, at Vermont avenue and U street. Following sharp questioni Municipal Architect Harris chairman as to why the cost of carry- ing_for this construction might be higher later on if the $80,000 were not allowed to be spent now but new bids were to be asked, Mr. Madden said: “It s generally understood—of , T do not know how true it is, but it is fair to assume that it is fairly true—that these bids are all made in collusion—that is, made between con- tractors, and one contractor will get this school and the next one will get the next school at a higher price than we ought to pay, and the next one will get the next school.” Harris Doubts Collusion. Mr. Harris sald: “I do not believe there is any collusion on the part of organization here.” > question whether there was a “strong bullders’ organization in the City of Washfngton,” Mr. Harris said, had been raised in the budget com- mittee. “There ~ was mever anything stronger,” declared Mr. Madden. “Judging from what I know of the way in which the builders’ organiza- tion is carried on,” rejoined Harris, “I should say it is not a strong organization.” Suggesting that he could explain l\h;n,self better by an example, Harris said: “The contractor for this school sub- mitted the name of an excavator, a non-union man, and a protest was made. He was compelled to submit another name, the name of a union man, for the job. He went to the builders’ organization, he went to cach one of them personally, and asked them if they would back him up In a fight against the union on this particular job. Not one of them would back him up in that fight. I know two men who have been driven out of business by starting a fight of that kind because they got no sup- pert for the local builders’ organiza- tion.” g of Refers to Bidders. “Of course,” answered Mr. Mad- den,” the fewer they have the more certain they are to be able to make a successful combination, so they drive out as many as they can.” “It is a fact, however" said Harris, “that I do not believe there is any col- lusion on the part of the buflders’ or- ga ation here.” “I am not saying there is on the part of the builders’ organization,” re- sponded the chairman, “I am saying it is fair to assume that there is col- lusion on the part of the bidders. That is a different proposition al- together.” Mr. Madden also expressed the opinion that Virginia should help pay for reconstructing the east abutment to Chain Bridge, as the bridge is of most use to residents of Virginia. 2 Under the bill of an ex-councilor, a supply of cigars and cigarettes is to be kept in the council chamber at Penart, Ireland. STEEL & WOOD High Quality—Low Cost SHAW WALKER 605—13ts STREET, N. W. Orrin and Lee Dunlap, (Brothers) 1228 Kirby St. N.W., Washington know that boys are ee » never too young (and goodness knows they’re never too oldl) to be made happy on Christmas with an American Flyer Train. Six million boys, every age, can tell the fun of owning American Flyer electrical and mechanical trains. American Flyer electric trains,“O” gauge and wide gauge, are headed by the 6%-foot, wide gauge “President’s Special.” American Flyer me- chanical trains have strong, easy-to-wind, long- running motors. 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Today Stinson and his party are scheduled to hop off for Okeecho- bee, Fla. MAN WHO ESCAPED PRISON BACK TO COMPLETE TERM North Carolina Fugitive Who Achieved Prosperity in Twelve Years Voluntarily Surrenders. By the Associated Pre RALEIGH, N. C., December 7.— Twelve years ago George Rhyne stole away from the Caledonia prison farm in Halifax county, where he had served 14 months of a four-year sen- tence for larceny and gained his free- dom under the cover of darkness. Go- ing secretly to his home in Gaston county, he carried his wife and baby daughter to Atlanta and adopted the name of George Mooney. . The dozen years, spent at Atlanta and Augusta, Ga., brought a degree of prosperity, but the freedom thus gained failed to bring neace of mind and Rhyne is now back in the State prison to complete his sentence. Prison officlals, failing to recognize him, doubted his story when he voluntarily surrendered to them and announced he was ready to complete his term, after he had left his wife and two young daughters at his former home near Gastonia, N. C. A Choice of 40 Different Routes to California Given in This Free Book. “40 ways and more to California and the North Pacific Coast Select the route best suited ‘for this season of the year. Detail maps indicating these routes from Chicago together with fares and other information sent free on application to R. O. Small, General Agent, Chicago & North Western Ry., 201 Franklin Trust Bldg., Philadel- phia, Pa.—Advertisement. —_— A man who has just died in England at the age of 100 smoked the same 2- foot-long meerschaum pipe for 8§ vears, MAIL TRUCK HOLD-UP SUSPECT CAPTURED Frank Kiekart, Alleged Member of Gang That Killed One and Wound- ed Three in New Jersey. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, December ice 1 tors and memi bureau Kart, 43 years ol and murd. up on Octo 14, 1926, of a mail truck at Elizabet N. J. Kiekart, who has several aliases. alleged to have been a member of gang of eight bandits who rode do on a truck behind a barrage of m chine gun fire, killed the driv wounded three other men and escape | with registered mail and a pay T consignment valued at $150,000. The alleged bandit was picked ur in Wyman Park in this city by Fed inspectors and Lieut. James Il Manning and Anthony A. Parr of ti local detective bureau after a day an a night watch. i According to detectives, Kiekart h: admitted his identity, but has refuse to confess to any part in the robber and murder. The robbery of whict he is accused took place on one « the busiest corners in Elizabeth an Ited in President Coolidge and I binet ordering Marines placed and trains. It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. 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