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o GRAVITY EXPLORER WORKS IN CAPITAL Dutch Scientist Speeds Plans to Start Cruise of Sea Bot- tom in U. S. Submarine. Demonstrating that he is a man of action as well as_science, Dr. F. R Vening Meinesz, Dutch scientist who explores the bottom of the ocean in submarines, lost no time after his ar- rival in Washington yesterday getting things in readiness for one of the| strangest of scientific expeditions under the general auspices of the Naval Ob- servatory. His purpose in coming here is to co- operate with the Navy, the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Carnegie In- gtitution of Washington in a study that will determine with almost absolute ac- curacy the contour of the eaith under e sea. The submarine S-21, in which cientists of the expedition will de- e force of gravity with Dr Meineisz's new device for use at sea. docked yesterday afternoon at the navy yard, Her commander. Lieut. J. . Fisher, U. S. N., is getting the biz under-sea craft ready for the departur> of the expedition about October 1I.| whose first obiective will be the waters of the West Indies. Two eagle boats, Nos. 35 and 58, also will accompany the expedition. These will be used for depth soundings and radio tests. Sets Up~ Device. Two hours after his arrival here on his first visit to Washington Dr. Meinesz plunged into the preliminaries necessary %o the cxpedition. His first task was to set up in the Gravity Station of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, with the assistance of Dr. A. L. Day, the almost anny instrument he has devised in determining for' the first time in the history of science the accurate force of gravity at sea. When Dr. Meinesz stresses accuracy, he speaks with scien- tific knowledge, for the pendulum ap- paratus he uses in this undersea study is so delicately attuned that the maxi- mum error it can make is estimated at one-three hundred thousandths part of unit of gravity. - ® For the next few days Dr. Meinesz will be engaged at the Gravity Station in comparing his results of previous studies with the standard instruments of the United States. In this way he plans to connect the American gravity net with that of Holland and the oceanic net already developed by himself in a cruise by Dutch submarines around the vorld. ‘qll? there is the slightest bit of dif- ference in’ the instruments” he ex- plained, “everything will go Wrong. Dr. Meinesz would like to sce some- thing of the beauties of ‘Washington about which he has heard a lot—if only he could spare the time. In New York he paused to marvel at the skyscrapers. 50 foreign to his native Holland. Upon Tis arrival here he was in such a hurry to consult with Capt. C. S. Freeman, superintendent of the Naval Observa- tory, that his machine stopped only to leave his baggage at the Cosmos Club. Locks Like Sea Captain. He is a bundle of nervous energy, this 4l-year-old 225-pounder from Holland, who looks more like a rol- licking sea captain than a scientist. He has about him something of the breeziness of the sea he has traveled beneath in submarines while he circled the globe. Put him in foot ball togs and any coach would jump at the chance to place him in the line. While outward appearances may be deceptive, mentally, however, Dr. Meinesz is a juggler of figures and scientific terms that would flounder the ordinary lay- man, He is brimming over with en-| thusiasm, but when he speaks in scientific terms_his voice is low and calculated. He speaks English fluently. Although Dr. Meinesz is a seasoned sailor, he follows the sea through the necessity of his chosen line of scien- tific work. In one voyage from Hol- land, through the Panama Canal to; Sumatra, he was 115 days at' sea aboard a submarine somewhat smaller than the S-21.. His scientific inves- tigations under the Dutch Geodetic Commission correspond with ~ similar work that is being done in this couniry through the Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey. Once the exploration work is com- pleted on the Atlantic continental shelf and in the West Indies and other lo- calities, he will return here to recheck his instrument. Submarine Is Necessary. A submarine is necessary in the work ©of determining with true exactness the force of gravity at the bottom of the ocean because it provides a relatively stable platform for his apparatus. His device, constructed for use at sca, has afforded science its first opportunity to determine an accurate measurement of gravity under the water. In determining the contour of the earth under the sea, a problem which has interested science for centuries, Dr. Meinesz hopes also to add very mate- rially to the knowledge concerning earthquakes and their causes and origin. Scientists have already amassed a wealth of knowledge about earthquakes from their studies of the earth’s crust on land and while it is known that stresses are the cause of earthquakes, little opportunity has been given to study them under the sea. The expedition, which will take about two months, will penetrate into the Nares Deep north of Porto Rico, the Bartlett Deep -south of Cuba and the Sigsbee Deep in the Guilf of Mexico, and the intervening waters traversed in reaching those spots. Much work is to be done in the Mississippi Delta. Dr. Meinesz will be accompanied aboard the S-21 by Principal Scientist Elmer S. Collins of the Hydrographic Office of the Navy and by Dr. Fred E. Wright of the Carnegie Institution of ‘Washington. Eagle Boat, No. 35 is commanded by Lieut. Comdr. T. L.| Nash, who will be the senior officer present with the expedition, while Eagle | Boat No. 58 will be commanded by Lieut. Comdr. L. R. Moore. 1 termine th | {RED CROSS PLANS ' FLORIDA CENSUS TO SPEED RELIEF| (Continued from First Page.) dditional gruesome find of bodies out n the flooded section of the Everglades, | verflowed when Lake Okeechobee swept way dikes and carried death and de- truction to the unsuspecting populace. ; In Jacksonville, Gov. Martin, worn ffrom his experiences during a week's gntpez‘nnn tour of the district, issued a urther call for the people of the State ko respond even more generously than hey have already. Several appeals ave reached the governor asking that e call special session of the Legisla- ure, but so far he has not made any omment regarding the possibility as a torm measure, | In one appeal from Mayor E. G. ewell of Miami a plan involving a Jevee system 1s set out, which, if adopt- d would prevent a recurrence of Ehe widespread destruction in the event f a similar blow, at a cost of $8,000,000. Red Cross and medical officials today nnounced, following a conference last ight, that there “is nothing alarming rom a sanitation or a health stand- int in the Okeechobee district.” Previous reports expressed fear that pidemics might break out as a result f sanitary conditions. E:n the last three wecks of August 0,000 bunches of bananas and 64,000 es of oranges were taken from Bra- 4 Tandan SCHODLGIRL TELLS THE EVFjYI'NG STAR,. WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1928.° OF STREET ATIACK Fell Unconscious After Being Stuck With Needie, She Reports. Acting on information brought by a man who would not let his name be made public, police were investigating today the story of a 16-year-old high school girl, who told her mother last | night that'a man stuck her forehead | with a hypodermic needle, fled imme- | diately, and that she ran to the door- way of a house nearby and fell uncon- scious, remaining there for three hours. The police withheld all names con- nected with the case. The man who told his story to In- | spector Pratt this morning said that his stepdaughter was walking along a street in the northwest section of the city about 11 o'clock yesterday morning, when a well dressed man darted up to her, injected the needle and then re- tired to a distant spot. The child said that she ran to the doorway of a house, where she collapsed and lay uncon- scious until 2 o'clock. The girl's stepfather said today that she failed to tell her mother of the alleged attack until 10 o'clock last night. Her reasons were not divulged. The stepfather said that he had hesi- tated to report the case, but finally de- cided that other girls should be warned to look out for the man. He promised to return later in the day with a more definite description of the assailant. The doctor who, police said, examined the girl, is understood to have reported that she bore a small scratch on her forehead, which might have been made by a neecle. The girl was unzble to pick out the doorway where she said she fell unconscious. HAMILTON SCORES CONGRESS FOES OF CAR FARE INCREASE (Continued_from_First Page.). ceived from members of Congress in response to a message sent them by the People’s Legislative Service. The attorney challenged the statements made by the legislative service in its message to the Senators and Repre- sentatives, He declared the telegram of the legislative service contained statements concerning the rate case that are not borne out by the evidence. S. R. Bowen, counsel for the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co., asserted in his closing argument that the proof in the record shows both companies are entitled to an increase and that either would be entitled to go into court for relief. His company did not join in the original application of the Cap- ital Traction, but later was made a party to the proceeding, and the posi- tion of both companies is that the rate of fare must be kept the same on both systems. | People’s Counsel Fleharty reminded | the commission when the evidence was | all in yesterday that he still has pend- ing and undecided a motion to dismiss the Capital Traction application. He said he staked his case on the one proposition that the increase was sought by the Capital Traction Co. to meet a 7 per cent dividend, and that the com- pany had failed to show an “urgent need." “‘Merger_cannot bz more than five months off, if we are going to have it at all,” Fleharty declared. He added that if the present rate of fare would be restored upon the effective date of the merger, the commission should not, as a temporary measure, increase the ! fare now. Seen Blow at Merger. “I speak advisedly when I say that nothing could strike at the merger more effectively at this time than an increase in fare,” declared Mr. Clayton, who followed Fleharty. He renewed his argument that the commission has never completed the requirement laid down in the utilities act that rules for depreciation be established, and he argued that even if merger was not hanging in the balance the commis- sion should not change the fare with- out establishing methods of handling depreciation. Attorney Bowen of the Washington Railway & Electric, contended that un- der the law the commission can no more deny a utility a fair return when it shows it is entitled to it than it could go out and take the physical property of a company. “Every company,” he said “wants the Submarine S-21 at the navy yard, to be used by Dr. F. R. Vening Meinesz, Dutch scientist (below), in experiments to determine the contour of the earth under the sea. Officers of the S-21 are, left to right: Licut. A. R. Sodergren, Lieut. F. S. Hall, Lieut. F. D. Hamblin and Lieut. J. L. Fisher, commanding the ship. —Star Stafl Photos. SENATOR'S TRUNKS SEARCHED AT PIER Phipps’ Protest Fails to Halt! Hunt by Customs . Inspectors. By the Assoclated Pross, NEW YORK, September 25.—Despite his indignant prote: the baggage of United States Senator Lawrence C. Phipps of Colorado was thoroughly searched when he arrived on the Frenct steamer Ile de France today. ‘The Republican Senator toms inspectors that his 17 piece: luggage contained y trifling for purchases, all of which he had properly declared, but at the direction of a deputy collector of customs everything was opened on the pier and carefuliy examined. An unidentified customs official late: interceded in the examination of the Senator's baggage and the inspection was_expedited, and, although reluctant to discuss the foreign purchases of the Scnator, it was learned from authori- ties that he paid considerable duties before leaving the pier. Despite his controversy with the cus- toms men, Scnator Phipps found tima to speak of politics with ehip 1eporterz He defended the Republican policy of leasing Colorado water power to private interests and said that its present higa state of development was due to private enterprise. “Gov. Smith.” he said, “is making a bugaboo out of the water power con- trol. If the water power development had been left to the Government we would never have gotten along as rap- idly as we have. It should not bz a question of politics, whether Demo- cratic or Republican, but of sound tcld cus- | business policy.” BRUCE—'S STATEMEN BASED ON PRE-WAR TALK, DARROW SAYS (Continued_from_First_Page.) statement in which he refused any apology or withdrawal of his statement that Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis had violated the prohibition law, made during a speech at Westminster on Sat- urday night. He reiterated his stand that he was, in the case of the charge against Hoover, merely repeating a statement that had been attributed to Clarence Darrow, Chi 0 attorney. He said that it had never been denied by Mr. Darrow or Mr. Hoover, and that the familiarity shown by Gebrge Aker- son, Mr. Hoover's aide, in denying the charge showed he knew of the state- ment which he said had been made by Mr. Darrow. Senator Bruce refused to comment on the denial of the charge entered earlier in the day by Senator Curtis until he had seen the published state- ment of the vice presidential candidate. -“If Mr. Darrow will unequivocally deny that he has ever made such a statement, I will be glad to accept his denial, rather than the press report of what he said, as a true version of the matter, and to express my regret that good will of the public and of the legislative body, but in the meantime Vthe companies must operate, and they eannct aperate an Nromises” I should have used his alleged state- ment in_commenting in my speech,” Senatar Bruce said in his statement. | nary, to meet him before he reached his | up and 6 to play, in, the first completed MOTHER SEES FIRE | KILL TWO CHILDREN Stands Helpless as Flames Rage Through Forest Glen Home. A mother, with her two little boys be- | side her, stood frantic and helpless yes- | terday afternoon as she saw her home | consumed by fire. An hour earlier she | had left the home with one of her baby daughters sleeping in her crib and an- other playing on the floor. She knew | they were still inside as she watched i the house burn, and when the flames | had burned low their charred bodies | were found in the ruins. | The mother is Mrs. Mary Ridgway, { who lived near Forest Glen, Md., and | the little girls who were burned to death | were Vira Elizabeth, 3 years old, and Martha Washington ~ Ridgway, 18 | months. | When Mrs. Ridgway reached home about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and saw the flames licking high from the cottage in which she, her husband and the children had lived, it took many hands to restrain her from dashing into the plaze in what would have been a fatile cffort to rescue the children. Away One Hour. She had left her home about an hour before for a grocery store in Forest Glen. | After purchasing some provisions she | met hwer sons, Bernard, 7 years old, and James, 5 years old, on their way home from a private school. It had been | her custom to meet them every day and take their hands as they crossed the | railroad tracks between the school and | home. The Ridgway cottage stood in a | clump of trees some distance from the | main road and the fire was well under way biore it was discovered. The first to see the blaze was Elmer Dulin, chief engineer at the National Park Seminary. He turned in the alarm and the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Department re- spondad. Mrs. Ri | idgway and her boys saw the fire from the distance, They ran until they reached the spot. The fire appa- ratus arrived a few minutes later, but | the hose lines would not reach the | house. Efforts to extinguish the confla- gration with water carried in buckets | proved unavailing and the house burned to the ground. Today only the chim- ney stands bleakly above the charred timbers. Recover Bodies. With _the firemen, under Chief Charles E. Deffinbaugh working at top speed, the bodies of the little girls were dug out of the ruins whiie the embers still were smouldering. As soon as Mrs. Ridgway could be persuaded to leave the scene she was taken to the home of Mrs. Robert B. Turner, at the Forest Glen Post Office, where she collapsed. William B. Ridgway, father of the children, a steamfitter empioyed at the McKinley High School, knew notning of the tragedy until he returned home at 6 o'clock. Afraid the shock might unsettle his reason unless the news was broken gently, Mrs. Turner requested Luther Smith, a watchman at the semi- burned home. Insurance Lapsed Month Ago. Ridgway was due home on the 5 o'clock bus, but when he failed to appear, Smith continued to wait and when the 6 o'clock bus arrived, took him aside and broke the news to him. ‘This morning Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway returned to the place where their home had stood and sat hand-in-hand, on a stump in what yesterday was their front vard. They sat there for almost an hour without speaking, gazing at the blackened timbers. To add to the catastrophe, Mr. Ridgway said this morning that his insurance had lapsed, through an oversight, about a month ago. Miss Velma Smith of 818 Quintana place, a friend of Mrs. Ridgway before her marriage, came to the assistance of the stricken family and took them into her home. This morning the boys did not seem to have grasped the significance of what had happened to their sisters, No ar- rangements for the funeral have yet been made. . WOMEN BATTLING FOR GOLF TITLE By the Associated Press. CASCADE GOLF COURSE, Hot Springs, Va., September 25.—Miss Maureen Orcutt, Englewood, N. J., de- feated Mrs. Austin Pardue, Chicago, 7 match of the first round of the wom- en’s national golf championship. Miss Orcutt was 6 up at the turn and won the twelfth after the tenth and elev- enth were halved. Glenna Collett Wins. Glenna Collett, Providence, R. I, won from Beatrice Gottlieb, New York, 5 up and 3 to play. The former champion ended the match on the fiftcenth green when she placed her tee shot six feet from the pin on the 237-yard hole. Mrs. George H. Stetson of Philadel- phia defeated Marion Turpie of New Orleans, the Southern champion, 3 and 2. Going 3 down at the tenth, Miss Turpie won the eleventh with a birdie 2 and the twelfth with a par 5. The thirteenth and fourteenth were halved in par, but Miss Turpie’s 6 and 7 on the fifteenth and sixteenth against par figures for her opponent ended the match., Miss Turpie was the last South- ern player in the tournament. Match Goes 19 Holes. Mrs. Harley G. Higbie, Detroit, won from Miss Edith Cummings, Chicago, 1 up, 19 holes. The extra hole was halved at 4, but Robert M. Cutting, president of the Western Golf Associa- tion, who was refereeing the match, ruled that Miss Cummings had pressed the line of her putt and awarded the hole and the match to Mrs. Higbie. Miss Edith Quier, Reading, Pa., de- feated Mrs. O. S. Hill, Kansas City, Mo., 3 up and 1 to play. Mrs. Hill in spite of par golf, was 3 down at the turn. She then rallled to win three holes in a row, only to see her oppon- ent from Pennsylvania come back again to take the next three. Other Results. Mrs. Miriam Burns Tyson, the cham- pion, was defeated 2 and 1 by Miss Helen Paget, Ottawa, Canada. ‘The only other Canadian entry, Miss Dora Virtue, Montreal, defeated Mrs. L. C. Nelson, Dayton, Ohio, 3 and 2. Helen Hicks, 17-year-old New York girl, won her match from Miss Kath- leen Wright, Pasadena, Calif, 1 up, winning at the eighteenth hole, when she drove the 200-yard green and scored a birdie 3, sinking a long putt after her approach was short. Miss Rosalie Knapp, New York, won from Mrs. Lee W. Mida, Chicago, 2 up and 1 to play. Mrs. G. H. Lifur, Culver City, Calif., defeated Mrs. J. B. Rose, Pittsburgh, 4 and 3. Marion_Hollins, a_formér champion, defeated Miss Betty Guthrie, New York, 7 up and 6 to play, while Miss Vir- ginia Van Wie, Chicago, won from Mrs. Stewart Hanley, Detroit, 7 and 5. Mrs. Harry Pressler, Los Angeles, de- feated Mrs.' E. H. Baker, jr, Boston, 2 up and 1 to play. Mrs. D. C. Hurd defeated Miss Helen Payson 2 up by winning the eighteenth, where she drove to the green while her opponent was in the I BLEAK REMINDER OF YESTERDAY’S TRAGEDY REDCROSS FUND GROVS STEADLY Report Is Compiled—May Show Total of Over $25,000. National Red Cross officials here were working on the compi today which, it is expected, will reveal a much better standing in their drive for $5,000,000 for relief of those caught | in the path of the West Indies hurri- cane than was shown last Saturday, when less than one-third of the needed amount had been collected. At that time only one-half of the 3,500 member chapters had been heard from. The lagging chapters were urgently requested to forward their financial reports to headquarters to- day. Fund at $21,500. Victor B. Deyber, who is_directing | the drive for funds in Washington, had a total of $21,500 collected this morning. _Additional money had been | sent to the cashier of The Evening Star, and it was expected that before night Washington will have passed the halfway mark of its $50.000 quota. | Henry M. Baker, National Red Cross director of disaster relief, who is per- sonally directing relief operations in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, re- ported today that the Red Cross is now distributing a daily average of 300 tons of food in the island of Porto Rico, as well as clothing and other medical supplies. “After carefully reviewing the situa- tion here, following my Sunday meet- ing with 150 representatives of branches of the Porto Rico Chapter of the Red Cross and civil governments of 39 of the 77 municipalities, I am of the opin- fon that the previous estimate of Asso- ciate Director M. K. Reckord that the refugees number at least 400,000 is a good estimate. “Most of the municipalities reported that the relief situation is fairly well in hand. but the health situation is of outstanding seriousness and is giving | me the most concern.” 284,000 Given Aid. The 39 municipalities represented at the Sunday meeting reported a total of approximately 56,777 families, or nearly 284,000 individuals, as homeless and re- ceiving Red Cross aid, but Director Ba- ker pointed out that several of the mu- nicipalities most seriously affected by the hurricane were not represented at the meeting. Equipment for three refugee tent camps was ordered today from the New Orleans Army supply base to be sent to Florida to care for the refugees who will be unable to return to their homes in the Okeechobee Lake district for an in- definite period. A. .. Schafer, Red Cross relief direc- tor for Florida, said that 2,000 tents will be sent to West Palm Beach, 1,000 to Pahoke and 50 to Clewiston. Ten thousand cots and blankets also were given by the Army to the Red Cross. ARLINGTON APPEAL MADE. Nearly One-Fourth of County's $800 Quota Ts Raised. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., September 25— Nearly one-fourth of Arlington Coun- ty's quota of $800 for relief of storm sufferers in the Porto Rico and Florida areas has been raised, according to a report made to a meeting of the execu- tive committee of Arlington Chapter. American Red Cross, last night, by E. C. Butterfield, chairman of the drive committee. The committee is appeal- ing to all civic and fraternal organiza- tions and churches as well as individ- uals for contributions, in the hope that the county will go over the top in the next few days, Mr. Butterfield declared. Those contributing to date are: Del Ray Baptist Church, $57; Arlington County Monarch Club, $25; Arlington County Chamber of Commerce, $25: Mrs. Edith Gilbert, $10; Arlington Lodge, 1. O. O. F., $5;. Miss Florence Ward, $2; Mrs. Sara Scanland, $5; Miss Laura Chamblin, $5; Ballston Presby- ¢ terian Chureh, $5; Mrs. W. E. Willis, $5; Dr. Claude E. Semones, $5; William Coates, $5;: Mary Washington Chapter, No. 50, O. E. 8. $25; Dr. Willlam Poos, $10; Mrs. Pauline A. Smith, §1;, Mrs. Norman Davies. $1; Mrs. Elmer $5; E. C. Butterfield, $5; a friend, $1. - Contributions may be made to any member of the committee or any of the banks of the county. i i FRANCIS P. B. SANDS DEAD AT AGE OF 86 Retired TLawyer Home—TFuneral Set for Thursday. Francis Preston Blair Sands, 86 years | old, retired lawyer of this city, where he practiced for many years, died at his residence in the Toronto Apartments today. He had been in failing health for several years. Mr. Sands, who retired from the practice of law about 10 years ago, had for many years been a resident of this city and was educated in George Wash- ington and Georgetown Universities here. He was a veteran of the Union Navy. Active in patriotic organizaticns, he was a past commander of th® Loyal Legion in the District of Columbia and a member of the Sons of the Revolution in_the District of Columbia. He is survived by his widow, Mrs Heloise McCue Sands, dlu{hur «f the late Judge McCue of Brooklyn, N. Y.; three daughters, Mrs. Richard T. Mer- rick of New York, Sister M. Loyola of the Visitation Convent, Baltimore, and Mrs. Silvanus B. Newton of Palm Beach, Fla, and a sister, Mother M. Succumbs at| lation of a report | Ruins of the home of Mr. and Mrs. | Md.. which burned yesterday afternoon. The two R in the flames. Below: the burning of their home. | Contributions for West Indian hurricane | relief fund received by V. R. Deyber, | chairmen, Second National Bank, M. J. Sherratt Isaac_ Gans Amy L. Woif. S. H. Gwynne Mary L. Soule. Josephine O'Rourke. Belle Heath Lee Anonymous ‘Theresa Mancini Mabel B. Marvin. Cash . Stockett-Fiske Co., Inc. William H. HefTner.. weue Park View Christian Church.. Emma H. Andrus. Margaret Hugh Mrs. Pearl M. Jones.... S. A. Staunton Gen. C. W. Hobbs . Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Loomis Dr. and Mrs. Howe Collections through Libr Florence S. Hellman Emma A. Runner. Elmeda_Ansell, ‘W. R. Whittles Herman H. B. Meyel F. W. Ashley. Cash .. Hecht's Store Mount Vernon Savings Bank Palais Royal Collections through American S & Trust Co.: E. W. Beaver Mrs. H. E. Da . Miss F. . Marean . 61 ecurity . $50.00 2.00 | 25.73 Cash . Through Mercha and Grace Dodg Cash . G. F. Schnerger . N. Blackistone ., Columbia Theater (collections) Earle Theater (collections) Metropolitan Theater (col- lections) Keith's Theater (collection: Fox Theater (collections) Palace Theater (collections) Miscellaneous ~theaters (col- lections) Park Savings Bank Mrs. Henry W. Fitch F. K. Wetmore . Ella B. Wetmore H. W. Warner Philip_Ershler ..... Leah S. DuRell . E. Quincy Smith Cash Through office: Mrs. E. A. Gavin ... Grace H. Muirhead R. G. G. Onyun R. F. Martin (mi collection) e Hotel: 156.44 97.02 88.23 87.62 ] 4172 25.20 ¢ 100.00 general accounting Miss Augusta F. Johnston Dr. John H. Sesler . J. P. Turner, V. M. D. . H. M. Pieters . Mrs. A. J. Pleters Edith Spray . Nell W. Bartr: Alice Marlowe Cortlandt Parker, U. S. Mrs. K. G. White . Miss Dorothy Week H. B. Gauld .. Arthur Cornelius Mr. and Mrs. M. Willson Ella C. McIntosh . Neomi Baker Cash collections Through 2400 Sixteenth apartment house: H. P. Huse .. Agnes V. Scott . Cash collections . Hilda Sands of the Visitation Convent, Baltimore. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Matthew's Catholic Church( Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. In- terment will be in Arlington Cemtery. Through Union Trust Co. W. H. Martin. H. C. Macatee. T. B. Whitsey.... Bernard and James Ridgway, who witnessed, with their mother, o | Through | Louise B. Peter: . William B. gway, ncar Forest Glen, cgway baby girls were lost —Star Staff Photes. Cash .. Through Prudential Bank Catherine Brooks $5.00 5.00! | Ambassador Theater, cash. 12673 | | Merchants' Bank & Trust Co., cash .... Through Washington Loan & Trust Co.: Clara G. Barker... . 10.00 Leon O. Wrenn. 1.00 J. . Barker. E. Bertha Chinn. Federal American Bank, cash. | Through Riggs Banl Marion CI Cash oodwar Helen Eisenhardt . Martha Hunt D. B. Prosser. L. P. D. . Cash .. . ‘Through National Savings & Bank: M. A. Easby-Smith Cas sl.go i cesns 45.33 Through Commercial Bank: v $10.00 William L. Yaeger tions .. Employes and officers of the Dis- trict Lawyers’ & Washington Title Insurance Cos. S. Kann Sons Co., casl tions Fox Theater, ca Dulin & Martin, cash collections C. H. Koris..... Collection taken uj the Church . Lucy G. Lynch. . Mary F. Van Slvke Josephine C. McDonald. collec- p in St. Mat- Mrs. George B. B(‘)}1 B. Cain. o The following checks were received at D. C. Chapter headquarters: Marie C. Roder, 1316 New Hamp- shire avenue S. Flint, 3041 W Mrs. Grace Berry, 1337 C necticut_avenue Clare N. Back, 2936 Macomb street David J. Hill, 1745 Rhode Island avenue.. Axson:»":mous, Washington, Laura A. P. Sansbury, ‘Washington, D. C. ...... Miss M. Picken, 1761 N Stree Dr. Henry C. Young, the Farragut . Frederica F. Albright . Miss K. Gibson, 2131 Florida avenue . Mrs. J. W. Smith, 601 the ‘Wyoming Charles W. Stoneleigh Court Miss Mary A. Harvey, the Bradford . R. L. de Lashmutt, 1438 N strect . . Dr. A. B. Little, Takor Bishop James E. Freeman, Washington, D. C. The Misses McCannon, 1403 ‘Twenty-first street Mrs. B. C. Rieger, 3814 Fulton street Miss C. street . C. R. Kingsbury, 2818 Bellevue terrace Mary L. D. Willis, 1833 New Hampshire avenue . Anonymous Helen V. Robinson, 3602 S street northwest Jane E. Williams, 51 teenth street . Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Hardin, 1329 Connecticut avenue...... 25.00 Primary Dept. Trinity Lutheran Church, Fourth and E streets, 5.00 Andrew T. Smith, Transporta- tion Bilding ...........000e. 10.00 | | | Dattodil WATSON SETS SITE FOR FIRE HOUSES Two Forced Out by U. S. Buildings Should Go on 15th Street, He Says. H The two Fire Department units to be forced out of the Pennsylvania ave- nue triangle by the Federal. Govern- ment's gigantic building program—No. 3 Truck Co. and No. 16 Engine Co.— should be located on the west side of Fifteenth, street between D and E streets in the public park, opposite the new Department of Commeree site, for the protection of the White House and the hazarduous business section, Fire Chief George S. Watson today reported to_Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty. Watson and Municipal Arc bert L. Harris had just completed a survey of sites adjacent to the business section. In addition to the one on Fifteenth strect, two others were con- sidered, one at Nineteenth and B streets, and the other at Eighteenth street and New York avenue. The fire ‘luhlrl. however, came to the conclusion | that both of these' would be too far removed from the high value section :g(r}(:)rzhf éwiu (E‘ovemmem buildings to ected in the triangular area s of Pennsylvania avenue, = Site Owned by U. S. The site recommended by Watson fs towned by the Federal Government, and |its use will have to be approved by the Public Buildings Commission. Commis- stoner Doughnerty is known to approve gxln(s location, and steps probably will be en soon to have the property trans rerL to th{s Sl atson told Commissioner Dougherty that No. 3 Truck Company and No. 15 Engine Company are located at presen: |for the protection of the hazardous | business section and the large Govern- ment buildings, which are more or less centrally located. “For instance,” he |sald, “both companies are due on the first alarm at the White House, and to | materially change their present strate- gic location would correspondingly de- crease the protection aZorded. | White House Considered. | “The Executive Mansion has always | been given speecial consideration with | regard to the response of units in the event of fire, and the department has | established definite positions for each | piece of apparatus due on the first |alarm. It is believed that any decrease |in the protection now afforded would | be a serious mistake. Moreover, to re- locate the two companies south of the | Mall would be most unwise, and they would be entirely too far removed from | the hazardous downtown section.” FOR TOMORROW. ACE—Purse, $1.300; r-olds. '8 furlonge *Bozo ... 118 LForluck ite Pop 102 Donna. Foil a*Uppity . Lalila . Abington John Speed Elliott and J. P. Jones entry. SECOND RACE—Purse, $ 3 2-vear-olds and up: 8 furlonse. *Skirmisher . *Hich Hope .. *Alex WoodlifTe Sun Sweepar claiming. Vimont ountain Grass *Pelite Poule clatming; 4439 e Al . Fred Buell .. Also_eligible Supersede . Suky *Gols H Rock Light “Iron Crown Zuker . Secure ".1] True Love Donna Taz ". THIRD RACE—Purs vear-olds: 1 mile and Fire Watch Proxima “Light Air . *Goulazix *Blind Cast . *Lincoln Piaut . li+Jim Bean ...... FOURTH RACE—P vert: ~3-vear-oids and up: vardz. Verdi_. den ' Tinted . ouston .1\ tar Gold ... e, $1.300: claiming: yards. “Portia *Fire P $1.300 1 mile and the Cal- ] s 113 Siznola ....... Hot Spt 104 Epanish ‘Aster Scot's G 103 Hot Toddy ... Sun Deweur 102 Honker . FIPTH RACE—The cap; $20,060 added; 2-sear-olds. 6 Justinian Aquastella ~ n_Fiil . Russell » King d Soul of Hont Neddie tWeight includes 3 pounds penaity. aThree D's Siabie. b Samuel Ross. cH. P. Whitney, d Audley Farm. SIXTH RACE_Puze. $2.000:" thie Trial 3-year-olds and up: 1. miles. Single Foot . . 112 Crusader . 1 Displat sosee 31T W 2. 3 Black Panthier . 107 Hydromel Strolling Plaver.. 106 NTH RACE-—Purse. 1 d up; 1's mi Candy Stick *Real Artist 5 Judge Caverly ALRSSIEEE $1.200: claiming *Dram Red Ci *Apprentice ol Weather cle a urtain the cashier of The Evening Star stood at noon today as follow Acknowledged John Finr. ....... Fifth Baptist Church. . {J. McD. Stewart Helen J. Stewart . Ladies of the Louise Hom | George G. Perkins Mrs. George G Pel N Anna Perkins Stewart. . Miss Elizabeth D. Goul Mrs. W. F. Norris. Nelson Franklin Bertha W. Underwood M. T.and J. W. L. Francis P. Hill . Mrs. A. C. Tolson.. D. B. Carson . H. M. S. . LT.... Edra Barrett . Mr. and Mrs, J. M. W Mrs. Carrie E. Klepper.. Emma J. Artz. Mrs. Maude E. Hirst. Charles A. Ehrhart. Nipeteenth Sireet Baptist Walter W. Mulbry cesese Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Cruick- shank ... B. G. and K. Mrs. Agnes 8. John Mowatt .... . Ladies of the Louise Home ditional) Cash .... Community Christian Church, Lyon Park, Va.... C. A. Manning. » (ad- ‘Margaret I. Clark Miss Charlotte Wiggin. Edw. P. Warner, wardman k 150.00 The status-of the fund collected by - Joseph Klein Tetal to date.