Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1927, Page 4

BUILDING PROGRAM ADVANCES FAST Additional Appropriations Al- ready Approved by Con- gress for Work. The great Federal building program in Washington now is making rapid progress in its three principal phases | jegislation, architectural plans and actual operations Additional appropriations have been approved by the Seu Congress and President Cool legislation is pending_and enactment. New pians es have been submitted by hitectural Cons Department terday the 1 swing into action in the building pro- &ram here took its first mouthful of earth out of the Depar culture site. The othe are in the mi 3 the Department of Internal Revenue 1 Thus with milliens of doilir authorized and appropriated which « t hington t ) a period of five ide for | the housing of i | well 1 prospects, according to pending logt lation. of being substantially amplfied T otw New Sketches Presented. and drawinzs d their pub- ose in clear ,wr:pmm and in more detail than |t previous ones the proposed de- of the led trangle - | cated between Twelfi o [of Commerce and Dignified and impressive south fronts | of the joined Department of Labor and Interstate Commerce Commission Buildings are shown (at top), to be lo- and Fourteenth streets on B street. The Grand Plaza of beautiful land- scape architecture (in_center), show- ing the east front of the Department the south front of the present District Building. Comprehensive perspective of the fu- ture of Washington's great triangle de- velopment (at .bottom) from a point above the Treasury Depart ing toward the Capitol, and showing also the proposed development to take :|Iw place of the present Botanic Gar- en. Sketches submitted by the Board of Architectural € from the owners, land on the site of the Archives Building, but it is not known yet whether the department will be able to succeed in this. Con- demnazion proceedings had to be in- stituted to obtain part of the Internal Revenue site. The Department of Jus- amd the District Supreme Court. | in co-operation with the Treasury, aie now ergaged in paying the owners r this square bounded by Tenth and eventh streets, Little B and C streets. The Farmers' Market occupy- ing part of the Internal Revenue site is to be moved to the other side of B street further east, nearer Center Market, temporari until a perma- n Pennsylvania avenue and the This most comprehensve also discloses the relationship of the entire triangle to the Mall as will look with the Botanic Garden ved from its present location to the new site, southwest of the Capitol grounds. In this view of the entire triangle is shown the huge Department of ‘ommerce Bullding in the fore- d. along Fifieenth street, for h excavation has started. Di- Tectly to the east along B street are in crder the structures for the De- for which, ruction ap- pro;mamm has been made. Beyond he Interstate Commerce Commission li\nldmp: and facing on B street be- tween Tenth and Twelfth streets is the Internal Revenue Bureau Build- ing, for which Congress already has appropriated money and excavation for which has started. Tall, Classical Front, Eastward of Internal Revenue is the Archives Building, also appro- priated for by Congress. This site is bounded by Ninth and Tenth streets, Pennsylvania avenue and B street. The Archives structure is shown as a tall, classical-front building, fac- ing on Tenth street, but hemmed in on the other three sides by a build- ing, the use of which has not as ¥et been designated. Next in order eastward, is the pro- posed Department of Justice, which presents its U-shaped facade to the Mall, on what is intended to be the axis of the Mall. In this axis can be seen the proposed development of gardens and pools. Justice is placed on the site of the present Center Market, which Senator Smoot, in a bill intreduced in this Congress, pro- poses 1o stop within a year, in order to clear the way for the bullding program. The Structure indicated for the point of the triangle is pot as yet designated as to uke. The frregular shaped structure. which runs between the circular and rectangular plazas and extends with a frontage along Pennsylvania ave- nue, 18 generally designated for “in- dependent establishments.” Although no final decision has been made concerning the use of the present District Building and the Post Office Building, which now stand in the triangle, the plans as drawn provide for structures eventu- ally to harmonize with the whole tri- angle plan. Senator Smoot sion, has pred! the Post Office way 10 a new Civie Center Plan Gains. The District of Columbia local gov- ernment, according to a plan now developing beyond the preliminary s of discussion into general . 18 to have fe center of its own on the nor de of Pennsyl- vania avenue between Third and| Seventh streets, The present Dis- 1ding shown in the been remodeled to fit the wite of the ing, ®o that a “unified con- bend of the cpartment w 1l give Gecislon hax been rea wition will be made of thew ingx, or how they will be hand 2 the presents what 8 ¢ Lt plan or two drawings reproduced from the arch P"' drawings dis- clome the ful and impressive laings for showing the pro the and the Buildy addil of Agri silding, and the ocation of 1 tarule, ¥ nent site can be obtained. The District Commissioners recommended the Southwest site for ‘the Farmers’ Market permanently. WEST POINT COACH TO TALK AT CENTRAL Prominent Alumnus to Tell Inside Story of Army-Navy Foot Ball Game. “The Inside Story of the Army- Navy Game” will be related by the head coach of the Army team, Capt. Lawrence M. Jones, as the principal feature of the annual reunion of the Central High School Alumn! Associa- tion in the school auditorium tomor- row. The association has voted to honor annually some alumnus who has dis- tinguished himself particularly during the year, and Capt. Jones, known to s friends and the foot ball world as “BIff,” will be the first such guest of honor at the reunion, which s expect- ed to be attended by a thousand or more old grads. In his talk Capt. Jones will use slow- motion pictures and will point out plays not observed by the casual spec- L.«lor The Army coach 8 captain ? the Central team of 1913, and later ;\on All-American selection at West Point, The holiday program of the alumni association was ushered in last night with a radio forum conducted over station WMAL., at which the presi. dent of the association, Maj. Randolph C. Shaw; Senior Assistant Engineer Commissioner Maj. W. E. R. Covell and Assistant Supt. of Schools Ste. phen E. Kramer were speakers. Maj. Shaw will preside at the re- union and has arranged a program of entertainment In addition to Capt. Jones' talk. It will include vaude ville acts, music and dancing. The entertainment committee is headed by Miss Erma L. Steiger and includes Miss Bessie Whitford, Lieut. Thoma: Chapman, Mrs. Willlam E. Chamber- lin, Mrs. Bruce Baird and Robert Newby. Officers for the new year will be clected and the nomination committee | report will be made by Principal Alvin E. Miller. SENATORS ENTER FIGHT OVER 13TH STREET PARKING (Continued from First Page.) plaints from busines Anton Stephan, president of the Mer- chants’ and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, sent a neutrsl questionnaire to all the business houses on Thirteenth street between I and E streets, and on intersecting streets for one block east and west Queries Merchant, The questionnalre asked “1. Has your business been affected by the new parallel to curb parking recently put into effect on Thirteenth street northwest? Do you favor the continuance of the new plan of parallel parking on Thirtsenth strect? Do you feel that angle-parking i3 he boiter solution of the parking problem on Thirteenth street and that Ui method should be again ewtab 1 4 on this street He received 62 replies, of which 67 urged th the old wystem of angle purking be restored. Only five voted for continuance of the purallel park ing Gen Ftephan had a conference with {the District Comminstoners and the fraffic director in which he was told that this action on Thirt th street men, Gen. f s ‘redident. rogram seed the Letpre the don th body » e Preside b oper wuln ot G o 5oh 2600 000 ar ent it g b i Bullding Being € ulnpl- e nue and | L oper noof the Lty Loun the Buresu of v wnd Printing new lond for the bulla " oor vation pro the Uniten he e Depurtiert B \ wan w preliminary step toward pro abiting W)l parking in the business {district The Thirteenth street mer » feel they are belng made “the after o for the widerng Nireet W the mame e Twelfth st usinens men we 1owith mhout 10 years ago, when I'HE A UNDER NEW This building contains al of up-to-date apartments, and We have now available : | | 1 | 3 raonm and hath | ) SEE, MAN 44-'”( 5K I room, kiwhenette und hath, Including these special features, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. they pald all the costs of wid the wtrect, only to have it n one-way street. Thelr protests aguinat this proved ensful, und the Thirteenth Street business men are confident that Congress will see that they aulso are dealt with Justly. Gen. Btephan in his protest to the District Comming! dire parking rule was put Into drastically, without the usual formal ity of advance notlee, opportunity for hearings or glving the business in terents concerned an opportunity to protect their fnterest e Dickson to Speak. Iring Line' “Christmas On the wm be the tople of L Dickson, chinplain gen tary Ord row evening, w W at 640 0’ WALDORF 1616 Sixteenth St. N.W. MANAGEMENT Located on fashionable § xteenth Street 1 the modern |mpmvcmen|b in addition electric refrigera- tion, telephone service, freight and passenger elevators, | Murphy bed, mail chute and refuse chute, and a special | system of air ventilation in each bathroom. e 872,50 | Including these special features, $42.50 (IN PREMIS, .,,,,_M"KEEVER-MGOS | Beaboard Air Line Official Says CAHILL DENIES RUMOR. Line Raflway, vosterday reports that he had resigned vumor,” watd Mr. Cahill, the the My “hourd Ruflway for elght years Resignation Not Contemplated. HAVANNAH, Ga., December 24 (). . Cahil, prodident ™ hoard. vico n P 0000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000y | N N Y v WHAT IS CHRISTMAS BUT A GENERAL CALL TO HAPPINESS Kindling the fire of hospitality on the hearth, and the genial flame of brotherly love in the heurts of men. May the feative charm of the Yuletide turn your world into melody and beauty, and may this, our holiday greeting, blond with « ploasure to be yours throughout another glad New Year. BN HOLMES . MODERN BAKERY HOLMES & SON, Inc. 107-115 1 St. and 600-618 First St. N.\V. Telephone: Main 4537-4538 AAARAARAMAAAAN AR 00000000 00000000000 000 charge of operatlons of the Seabonrd | Al dented © i absolutely no truth in the | orring to t which was widespread along Cahlll has been with the Sea. 20000 eee st sttt sreessesesesesetisssssssssssesssnsssrsssesssses 05, 1927—PART 1. EX-KAISER HAS DIFFICULTY MAKING ENDS MEET, WIFE SAYS (Continued_from_First_Page.) tween himself and his advisers. His point of view was not purely con- tinental. Neither was it British. He never forgot the traditions of his house. He always remembered that he was the Caeser of the Germans. Too English for Germans. “I am afrald,” he once said to me, “that the two stralns in my blood make me a riddle both at home and abroad, The Germans contend that I was too English. The English, on the other hand, complained that I was too German.” AllL those who have met the Kaiser personally admit his power to charm. TAke most truly great men, he is can- did. 1s candor startles, It even pro- vokes skepticism. The Kajser possesses not only a sense of Mumor, but a lancetlike wit. Men of his temperament rarely lack a sarcastic vein. The Kalser's sarcasm, however gentle, has turned friends to enemies. At times the Kalser's temper may gallop away with him. That is the peénalty o fmost sanguine natures. His very generosity, once betrayed, turns to anger. He who Is quick to laugh is equally quick to take offense. But he is also quick to forgive. The Emperor's youth was a hard struggle to prepare for the throne in spite of physical handicaps. It was clouded by his unfortunate relations with his mother. Intrigue Separated Mother and Son. Whenever mother and son were on the point of a complete understand- ing some intrigue was set afoot to keep them apart. The son's very desire to work, to make himself useful, was misrepre- sented to turn his father against him. When the crown came to Willilam IT it was always a crown of thorns. During the 30 years of his reign William IT carried the heaviest re- sponsibilities without complaint. He labored without relaxation. He possessed and he still retains the abllity for quick intuitive judg- ments. liis verdicts, while fast, were never snap judgments. His intuition was more often right than the de- liberate cogitation of the elder states- men. Would to God he had trusted his judgment more often than theirs! The publication of the Kalser's marginalia on state documents has shown how often his judgment was sounder than the policy, adopted by his government. It would have been better for Germany if he had ruth- lessly swept away the passive resist- ance that thwarted his plans, especi- ally in the foreign office. His share in the military campaigns of the World War was far more decisive than appears from the memoirs of his collaborators. Called to Power Too Soon. The very obstacles palced in his path before he ascended the throne had made the Kaiser uncertain of himself, in spite of his efforts, natural in a young man called to powér per- haps too soon, to asse/t himself. His faith in himself received another staggering blow when Prince Bulow practically disavowed him in Parliament. I refer to the publication of the interview in the Daily Tele- graph, first authorized then r3pudi- ated by the foreign office, and to the storm of indignation against the Emperor that followed. Then, as later, his paladins sought refuge in cyclone cellars, leaving their sover- eign to brave the fury of the elements their negligence had unchained. The Emperor always welcomed suggestions tactfully made by com- petent persons. His mind was always open. He lent his ear to every one capable of imparting information. It was not his fault that too often the {nformation was colored by deceit or by the desire to fawn upon the !m- pertal master. The Kaiser never enjoyed parlor patter. It was not always easy, espe- clally for women, to engage him in conversation. The fault lay mostly with those who could not understand his_peculiarities. Undérneath his vivacity lurks a deep fundamental shyness. This shy- ness has pursued him throughout his lite. It is an inherited characteristic. I understand that my husband's young cousin, the Prince of Wales, is bandicapped by the same inheritance. Princes Devoted to Him. The ruling princes of Germany, in spite of gossip to the contrary, were | devoted to Willlam II. I remembe: my conversations preceding the wa with the late King Willlam of Wur temberg, with the King of Saxony with the Grand Duke of Oldenburg with the Duke of Altenberg and with Prince Henry XII of Reuss, junior line. FEvery one of these crowned liam 11, although their attitude w by no means uncritical. They hid no reason to disguise thelr opinion from me, myselt the daughter of « reigning prince. I met the other German rulers’ after the debacle. They were not d posed to make Willlam the scapesoat for the fall of the empire, althour thelr own thrones tumbled after tie | Emperor's abdication. In Bavaria | Brunswick, {the ninth of Novembe | selzed our people. It was due largely to the undernourishment of the war period. proved abortive, in spite of Intrigue hove and below, in spite of the bat. tering of allled armies and the bicker. | ings of allled propagandists with Ger. man defeatists, except for the hunger paychosie which deprived the German people temporarily of thelr reason. This seems to be the view of Crown | Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. The Duke of Brunswick assumes a similar Paying Up THE AN heads expressed admiration for Wil | M e ¢ k lenburg-Schwerin. | | barricades had been raised even before | A madness | | "The German revolution would have | MORRIS attitude. The same holds true in the case of Duke Carl Edward of Gotha. These men would be the first to blame the Emperor if he were respon- #ible for the lome of the war and the loss of their crowns. The crash came not because, but in spite, of him. Or, if he bears a share of the blame, his virtues rather than his weaknesses are at fault. Hard work, physically and mentally, is the Emporor's salvation. Without hard work, his nature could mot en- dure the enforced conflnement at Doorn. He Is not physically a prison- er. He could leave Holland, but where should he go, while Germany is barred to him? His active spirit is always engaged in #ome creative pursuit. Occasional- 1y, he invites scholars to confer with him. But the expense of the trip and other complications Mmit such eon- tacts. Henco study remains his chief occu- pation. He supplements his reading by correspondence. " Memory Is Undiminished. Thus the Emporor, in his isolation, keeps abreast of the currents that sweep the intellectual life of his epoch. His memory is undiminished. It is 1aver necessary for him to refer to a book of reference. He carries his en- cyclopedia in his head. Religion is the Emporor’s ultimate sola His attitude toward religion has al- ways been a controversial subject. Some sald that he was too pious. Others recolled with horror from his liberal Interpretation of our faith. Dur- ing the war, the rumor spread that he was a victim of religlous mania. This story, intensified after his stay in Holland, reached me by diverse channels. It was partly responsible for his hesitation to take my children to Doorn. The rumor proved base- less. Nevertheless lies of this type continued to be repeated. T can only say this: The Kaiser is a deeply religious man, a true believer. His faith has no taint of morbidity. William II claims from God no spe- clal privilege. The humblest of his subjects cannot be more humble than the Kaiser. Personal Life Simple. ‘The Emporor is the most simple of men. The pomp with which he sur- rounded himself during his reign was not in response to his own need. It arose from the feeling that the seat of the government must be a central source of splendor and of joy. This view prevails in every monarchy. Itls imitated in many republics. If the Kaiser had considered only himself, he vould have cast off much of this splendor. He would much rather read a book than change his uniform several times in the course of one afternoon. He always pre- ferred the calm discussion of religious or philosophic problems to participa- tion in exhausting court functions or ostentatious parades. The initiate always knew how sim- ply the Kaiser lived personally. Even when the empire was at its height, even In his young manhood, Kaiser was an example of moderation. He detested the gluttony of state din- ners. He Is equally in his clothes, needing little for himseif. ‘When he was on the throne courtesy made it necessary for him to have a hundred uniforms for a hundred oc- casions. The Emperor's favorite suit con- sists of simple tweeds. He wears decorations because they symbolize things that are very real to him. Household Is Expensive. Our household, despite its simplicity, is expensive. The German Emperor, even in exile, cannot live like a pau- per. However little he may need him- self. he cannot, like Diogenes, inhabit a tub.. He must comply with certain traditional standards. But the econo- mies practiced at Doorn, of which I have enumerated several instances, would astonish people accustomed to more ample expenditures. The settlement with the Prussian government has not made a material change in our financial condition. We' hristmas! 3 Saks” practice the most rigid economy to; make both ends meet. 1 am glad training and inclination enable me ‘o assist in this. Barbarossa, Germany's legendary re-* deemer, still rests in his enchanted mountain, darkened by the somber flight of the ravens. Wil Frederiok Barbarossa ever bestir himsel? from his sleep? House Doorm eonfines his scion Willlam II, even as the roun- tain prison immures the r-rl?»ardcvl Emperor, Unllke Barbarossa, Williarn 17 sleeps. Anxiously, he scans v to note if the birds of fllomen are still encircliug above the fither! Not far from our home R ver Rhine. With a spy follow its course, How often the Empersr's eyes long. ingly travel in this direction' times he sighs. How n"": h must dwell on past gl rushes by! Feels No Bitterness. The Emperor's regrets for are not tinctured with terness. He curses pej nor hLis foe tractors. Whe betraying his confidence, rously and ungenerou: saddle upon him the have accomplished if i had understood him, if plans to insure German met with a ready respons advisers able to compren intentions, such a man moved mountains. But his advisers a misunderstood him. Ir they lacked vision. others was due to Indiff shipwrecked his gre active or passive res! If he had found tion, if he had been ‘J‘ right advisers, if b chancellor who had be Bismarck was to figure would be reign, instead of endir have marked a new e annals. 1 married Emperor Wil share his exile and his sorro not marry him with the ho ever, remots, of wearing s crown of Augusta Victoria. be content with my fate if [ can en the burden of his ba can give the Kaiser the de porarily denled him by his m people. Crowned or uncrowned, emperor and king. Comyriedt, 107, in all cousizies vy Sorth American Newsvaver A L ] WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS TO ENTERTAIN VETERANS Union Army Auxiliary to Be Host New Year Day to u. A. R. and Allied Societies. d so- cleties incident to the wars of the country will be entertained by the Department of Potomac Woman's Re- llef Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, at 2 New Year reception to be held at the home of Col. and Mrs. John McElroy, 1412 Six- teenth street from 1 to 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Monday. January 2. Previous New Year celebrations of the Woman's Relief Corps were held in the Grand Army Hall. but as it has now been dismantled the home of Col. and Mrs. McElroy has been c"eb ed for the occasion this year. V. will be brought direct in busses which will the purpose. United States Spanish War Veteran Sons of Veterans, World War Ve erans, Members of the Loyal Legion and Army and Navy U vited to attend. Mrs. Lizzie Basse president of the Department of Wo an's Relief Corps, will be in charge the entertainment, and will be aided by Anna Hage. The population of Manchuria is only 41 persons per square mile, &s o« pared with 3%0 in Japan and 3 Korea. T I e T o Cam - PRNSTOANIA AVENUS AT SVENTS The store will remain closed all day t» morrow, Monday, in observance of the holiday ~—except for the annual distributi of over coats to needy hads, a treasured Saks tradition. ANSTN T L Stait the New Year RIGHT by Your Bills And Get the Money from I‘HE MORRIS PLAN BANK Undee Supervinion U. & Yt _ay 1408 H STREETY, N. W. BANK