Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1929, Page 13

SPANISH GAVE AREA WILL BE EXPLORED BY ARCHEOLOGISTS Region on Southern Slopes of Pyrenees May Bare Story of Prehistoric Man. A. S. RIGGS CONFERS WITH KING ALFONSO Monarch Promises His Personal In- fluence in Assisting Work of American Scientists. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The Archeology Society of Washing- #on is planning an expedition into the cave region of northern Spain where are found the remains of the celebrated Cro-Magnon prehistoric culture. Arthur Stanley Riggs, director of the society, has had a personal interview with King Alfonso on the matter, it was revealed yesterday. The Spanish | monarch expressed deep interest in the plans for exploration, urged Mr. Riggs to do everything possible to secure co- operation between American and Span- ish scholars in the field of pre-historic archeology, and promised his personal | influence to assist in sny such work. J. Townsend Russell, assistant cura- tor of archeology at the National| Museum, will continue the preliminaries | with Spanish officials. Area May be Rich in Sites. The extensive area on the southern slopes of the Pyrenees where the work will be carried on, Mr. Russell says, possibly is rich in sites of people who showed much progress, especially in the arts, long before the dawn of history, and it is only by reconstructing an adequate picture of their lives that the roots of many of the commonplace things of today can be traced. Northwestern Spain has been for years one of the richest fields for arch- eologists. The region lying east of this, however, is practically unexplored from the archeological standpoint. Riggs has just returned from Spain, where he held conferences with noted Spanish scholars regarding this moun- tainous country along the Spanish- Prench border between Barcelona and San Sabastian. Work is planned as soon as permission to excavate has been granted by the Spanish govern- ment. Mr. Russell will continue these con- ferences and will be the delegate of the society to the International Archeologi- eal Congress at Barcelona. He will work in connection with Dr. George Grant McCurdy of Yale, head of the American School of Prehistoric Re- search. Possibly Were of Same Species. “THe men of the epoch which will be studied.” Mr. Russell said, “possibly be- Jonged to our own species of man and were of the same ancestral stock, if not the ancestors of some of the present races. We can be justly-proud of the acoomplishments of some of these early ‘men of our own species. Migrating into Europe, they founded a culture on which was based all other prehistoric cultures from which our civilization de- veloped. Working in bone, ivory, horn, wood, stone and primitive paints they developed the earliest school of art so far discovered. “It is possible that the Spanish slopes of the Pyrenees may conceal many Te- mains of the * A prehistoric men sought to problems. We hope to obtain material which will throw new light on the de- velopment of thejr ideas along this line. The prehistoric man was a naked sav- age. He was surrounded on every hand by mysteries and subject to' every mis- fortune imaginable from the rigors of climate to starvation and death. Super- stition and ‘magic’ were to him the key and only hope of controlling these ex- ternal forces. Religion and magic were svnonymous. “Not yet progressed beyond the cave- dwelling stage, these people left among the ashes of their hearths numerous | objects which could be carried about, and decorated implements. As the upper Paleothic age advanced, tools be- came more and more highly embel- lished. Thus the carved heads of animals are placed on the weapons, supposedly to impart the cunning of | the hunted animal to the implement. Cave Art Exemplifies Magic. “It is in the cave art that the -spirit of the magic of the time is best ex- emplified. The limestone formation of Northwestern Spain is honey-combed with caves through which’ ran the streams of glacial times. In many of them we find great processions of the food animals such as mammoths, horses and bears. These paintings were de- signed to insure increase of game and success in the cl “The animal forms are most carefully executed, exactness in depicting tl subject being the key to sympathetic ‘magic, surrounded by arrows and per- haps wounded. Before such a repre- sentation, a ceremony would be per- formed, perhaps involving the sf of the picture with a real javelin. This thought is most graphically depicted in a clay figure of a bear discovered in the cave of Monespan a few years ago. The hole for a was found in the neck, ‘while the sl of a bear which lay be- tween the forepaws and the body, was g:tu?‘ with perforations from javelin rusts. % Murals Depict Purpose. “That sympathetic magic was used to | nsure the increase of game is seen in the murals as well as sculpture;, Much light is thrown on this magical practice by a mural of a sorcerer found in the caves ot Trois Freres. This portrait. is of a man in long beard dressed in an animal skin, retaining the tail and hay- ing a pair of antlers as headdress, rep- resented in the attitude of some cere- monial dance. “In considering all the evidence, we find none to indicate any religion in the true sense of the word. Theology and revelation were intellectually beyond the simplicity of the time and its puzzled human beings, who knew no form of 'I:tflc and whose language was greatly Te! a bellef in T w'eunmm d mod- ern men with his faults and his virtues.” — Wite Sues Horseshoer. Charging cruelty and asking for limited = divorce with ai “Theresa | a hot the schools must be met with part-time pre Dr. all of our portable schoolhouses might he | have been abandoned by the end of-the coming Elg that each Summer witnesses the trans- needed portables has been abandoned. ed. Burial of the dead was ac- | f B Mistaken for his errent father, above, fell into the hands of the pound: from home and Nicolai is still missing. PORTABLE SCHOOLS WIL BE INSPECTED Board to Base Future Action| Toward Buildings on Re- sults of Project. Approximately one week will be re- quired by the municipal architect’s of- fice, probably working with the repair shop force, to complete the inspection of the 75 portable school buildings now in use in the District of Columbia, Al- bert D. Harris, municipal architect, said last night. ‘The inspection is that which the Board of Education decided, upon as & basis for the formation of new policies which might ban portables here once they are released from service at their present locations. The school board's request that the municipal architect make the inspection was presented at the District Building by Harry O. Hine, | secretary of the Board of Education, yesterday. Believes Many Beyond Use. ‘While he had not received the school board's request when called by The | Star, Mr. Harris said the actual exam- ination of the frame one-room struc- tures probably would be made by the repair shop force. It is that depart- ment in the District government. he | pointed out, which has moved the port- ables from one site to another and which has repaired them following storm damage. Because of the famil- iarity of the repair shop force with the structures, Mr. Harris said it was the logical group to inspect them efficiently. He added that, in his opinion, many of the portables now in use are in such bad condition that they should not be moved again. The inspection of the portables was inspired by Dr. Prank W. Ballou, super- intendent of schools, who, with every other school official, has regarded with growing concern continued use of the frame structures in the face of the lucky escapes from injury which pupils and teachers have experienced in recent windstorms. Dr. - Ballou cited .‘these escapes which were accountable to the fact that the storms generally struck either at night or, as on one specific occasion, at lunch hour, and asked the school board for advice as to the ccn- tinued use of the portables. The board requested the inspection yesterday, and it was agreed that any action which might léad to the total | disuse of portables here would be based upon the resultant findings. Part-Time Classes May Result. If portables are withdrawn from use entirely, it will mean that until an dequate number of permanent school- uses is constructed the congestion in classes, Under present conditions and | because of the time required in obtain- ing appropriations and in actual con- struction, one or the other of. these emergency expedients must be followed, and Dr. Ballou’s request for advice from the board sought a decision in the e. 5 Had the five-year school building ogram been carried 'out on schedule . Ballou declares thadt “most if rot fiscal year.” points out also fer of. bles from one section of the city, where they are no longer ‘because of the opening of per- ‘manent school buildings, to some other section whére congestion has become acute. In this way none of the 75 Most of the portables now in-use are near adjoining permanent school build- ings; and, following the last windstorm, the teachers in charge were instructed to march their classes out of the port- able to the main- building if in their judgment an approaching storm seemed a serious menace. Fourteen portables, however, are on “isolated sites,” whic! are far from permanent schools. 2 Four to Be Withdrawn in February. Four of these “outpost” portables will be withdrawn from duty in February, 1930, when the Ben W. Murch School, now under construction, is opened. This group is now at Thirty-sixth and Eli- cott streets. The others on isolated sites are: Two at Tenth and Franklin streets north- east; two at” Broad Branch road -and Oliver street; two at Kalmia road -and | Fourteenth street, and’ four at Forty- fourth and Newark streets in Wesley Heights. It was one of the Wesley eights that lost a section of its wall the windstorm in m‘;ch. M:gd D'lc Bl:ll m':thuum;ol this grou Wi A lou’ daugh- ter Emth attends school. e les, all of which are JONES TO HOSPITAL, Senator Wesley L. Jones of Wash- ington will ‘un an ‘operation at Emergency Tuesday; The Sen« tor probably will enter the hospital | them left home during the absence of W. Nicolai, Boris, whose picture appears master yesterday. Both had run away —Star Staff Photo. Similarity to Sire Places Pup, Boris, In Hands of Police Officers Told to Watch for| Father, Nicolai, But Pick! Up His Wandering Son. Nicolai, like most Russians, is no slouch when it comes to traveling, and Nicolai’s 2-year-old offspring happens to be just another one of those chips off the old block. That was one of the reasons why Boris, in all innocence, wandered into the dragnet police tossed out because Boris’ sire had itching feet. But it was the family resemblance, rather than' the family penchant, that had police guessing yesterday. They thought they had Nicolal, but it turned out to be little Boris, although it took some expert advice to differentiate them. Alike as Two Peas. Boris and Nicolai are like two peas in a pod. , Both stand 4 feet high, weigh more than 100 pounds and bear the black and white markings of the Rus- sian wolf hound. It so happened that Nieolal took French leave Wednesday from 1833 New Hampshire avenue, while Boris left his home at 1422 Massachusetts avenue Pri- day without making his intention known. Mrs. E. L. Steppan, Nicolai’s mistress. notified police. and when Boris was found yesterday morning at Vermont avenue and I street..she was informed that her pet was at the District dog ASHINGTON, D. C; SUNDAY MORN. COMMISSION PLANS ON MERGER AWAIT W.R. &E. ATTITUDE Capital Traction’s View Is That Next Move Should Start Elsewhere. | QUESTION OF RAILWAY STOCK CONTROL PENDING Utilities Body to Re-examine Right of Control by New York Company. The announced unwillingness of the Capital Traction Co. to submit any further street rallway merger plans at this time, and decision by the Public Utllities Commission to re-examine the whole matter of acquisition of control of the Washington Rallway & Electric Co., by the North American Co., a New York utility holding corporation, were outstanding developments yesterday in the somewhat complicated situation surrounding Washington's street rail- ways and their future. The first development grew out of & letter sent by the commission to the two street car companies, June 29, ask- ing for suggestions for a basis for work- ing up a new merger agreement, to be presented to Congress for ratification. The companies were asked, in the event that they elected not to submit any lan, to state their reasons at length. 'aking advantage of this invitation, the Capital Traction Co. wrote the commis- sion that to draw up any new merger plan at this time would be “futile”. The company said it was still as eager as | ever to have what Congress, the people of Washington, the commission, and the companies all desired—a unification of the city's street transportatjon. But the red ?Eehnme to! companies had prepal bring this about, had submitted it to Congress, and the Capital Traction Co., at least, was willing to accept the modi- fications to the plan suggested by the Senate District committee’s expert, Dr. Milo R. Maltbie. But Congress adjourn- ed last March without approving the plan, and the next move should be up to Congress. W. R. & E. Reply After July 24. The reply of the Washington Rallway & Electric Co. is not expected until} after the regular meeting of its board of directors, July 24. July 29 hearings will start on the petitions of the two companies for increased fares, and in- dications are that merger negotiations probably will be held in abeyance until after those petitions are disposed of. The commission yesterday received a formal acknowledgement of its letter from the railway Company, with a statement. that it would be taken up by the board of dl.rl!cmrl at “as early a date as practicable.” The matter of acquisition of the Washington Railway & Electric Co.’s stock by the North American Co. has been gone into several times before. At the hearings before the commyission on the last merger plan, William McK. Clayton, representing the Federation of und. era. Steppan went to the pound yes- terday afternoon and recognized Bo: whom she had raised from a puppy and sold some time ago to Mrs. James Cutlip of the Massachusetts ayenue ad- dress. . Followed Passerby. Boris_had come running up to Miss Roma - Dent Moore of 829 Fourteenth street, and he followed her when she went to market and later by the Dis- trict Building. Here she met W. R. Smith, District poundmaster, who prom- ised he would give the dog special at- tention until his master could be lo- cated. Boris 1s spending the week end at the pound, South Capitol and I streets. since his mistress is spending a few days in New York. Mrs. Steppan, who says the “ogs are worth between $400 and $500, 1s anxiously awaiting information as to the whereabouts of Nicolal. . Both of their mistresses. SIX ARRESTS MADE BY POLICE RAIDERS Liquor Squad Takes Two on|Po ‘Gambling C:urgel in "After- noon Activities. Six persons were arrested, two on gambling charges, -in raids by Sergt. O. J. Letterman and his special liquor squad yesterday afternoon. Letterman and his men, Detectives G. C. McCarron, Richard Cox and J. A. Mostyn, broke down a heavily barri- caded door with bars and axes in a rniear-beer saloon at 1124 Seventh street, arrested three men, but found no liquor. Police said the liquor supply on hand was “dumped” on their entrance. The men arrested, James Bradford, 34 ygefi old, and Harry Rich, 24, both of Seventh street address, and George Edwards, 25-year-old colored at- tendant of the 700 block Eighteenth street, were all charged with sale and possession: of liquor. They were held at_the second precinct police station. 1In a raid on an oyster house and soft drink parlor at 110 L street, the raid- ing party arrested Robert Lee, 38 years ‘old, colored,: of the 1300 block Florida avenue, and Alice Kenney, 26, also col- ored, of the 1600 block Fourth street, and seized 22 quarts of alleged corn whisky. Lee was charged with sale and pos- session and_the woman with possession of liquor. Both were taken to the sec- ond precinct. In a raid on a cigar store in the 800 Citizens’ Associations, asked the com- mission to subpoena officers of the to testify as to their E.|North American y P ownership of Wreco stock. com- refused his des that it owned suggested that this was the La Follette anti-merger law. The commission called tion Counsel william W. Bride into consultation, and he suggested that the hearing proceed without a ruling on Mr. Clayton’s point, which could be decided later. The mat~ ter was next taken to the District Supreme Court by John J. Noonan, & stockholder in the rallway company,; but in his suit Justice Peyton Gordon ruled the North American’s purchase legal. Ofter to Stockholders. Recently the North American Co. senlcn let{er to stockholders of the rail- way company offering five shares of North American stock for each out- standing share of railway stock. copy of this letter was obtained by Mr. Bride, who took it up with the com- mission at the latter's meeting yester- day. The commission instructed Mr. Bride, who is its legal officer, to go into the whole situation and prepare & re- rt. Mr. Bride told the ccommission he had not made up his mind whether Justice Gordon’s decision, which was not appealed, represented the final view of the matter. Purchase of stock in any local concern by any foreign holding corporation is forbidden by the terms of the La Follette anti-merger act. In March, 1925, however, the restrictions f this act partly lifted 50 as to :.llow [ me:lg" of the street rallway companies to afl pen vy’ esch jes were allowed fo buy eaci SPher’s stock, o the stock was allowed to be sold to a company especially formed for the of divided as to any corporation or any corporation re- the preceding sections of the act. This is the point that Mr. Bride is called upon specifically to de- cide. P. E. P. Ownership Question. A collateral matter to be decided is, even if the purchase of the raillway s is strictly legal, whether this would allow the North American Co., a foreign holding corporation, to ex- er s t‘ the Potomac Elec- block Fourteerith street, the raiders ar- | & tate to his son, e permit his widow to ] i g | % ] & |SOUTHERN WINDS | upward. Above: One of the architect’s drawings of the proposed Georgetown approach to Key Bridge. Filling in of the| determined \ missto; canal for use as a roadway is suggested in this plan. Below: A proposed approach to Washington from the North at Sixteenth street. ING, JULY 7, 1929—PART 1—SECTION 2. # PAGE 13, ° CAPITAL GATEWAY PLANS CONSIDERED BY COMMISSION Treatment of Key Bridge Ap- proach in Georgetown Among Suggestions. WAFTHEAT WAVE Local day and Tomorrow, Predic- tion of Weather Bureau. Thundershowers To-| ‘Warmer weather, wafted Into this region yesterday on the wings of mod- erate winds from the south and south- west, which dispelled the more delight- ful atmospheric condition of the past day or two, will continue today and local thundershowers are to be expected this afternoon and tomorrow. This was the pronouncement of the ‘Weather Bureau last night after a study of conditions affecting the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and East- ern Pennsylvania. Despite the forecast.of thundershow- ers, “little change in temperature” is| expected by the weather officials’ ‘Washington will have the consolation, however, of knowing that the same gen- eral condition of showers and slight temperature change is held out for most sections of the country for today. Warmer weather, even, is forecast for Maine for tomorrow. Local thunder- showers are foreseen for widely scat- tered sections of the country. ‘The thermometer reached its high ml:rk y’:sm::‘:'ye :aumoo: at 4 o'clock when it r red 92 de; at the ‘Weather Bureau. It hnd"ilelflmbed u: that mark from 67 degrees at 5 a. , The highest reached Fri- ay was 89, at noon. ‘The humidity might have been blamed yesterday morning, when it was recorded at 81, but by 8 o'clock last night it had dropped to 66 after the thermometer had made its climb Unconscious on Street. ‘Thought to have suffered a sun- stroke, yesterday afternoon, at the peak of the day’s temperature, Wesley Jones, colored, 36, of 903 Second street north- east, was removed unconscious from where he had fallen to the sidewalk at was a and discharged several hours 1 MRS. REYNOLDS CUT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Sullhinl Lacerations on Arm. When | Machine Is Struck by An- other Car. Mrs. Florence Reynolds, 2130 O street, was badly cut on the right arm yester- day afternon when the automobile in| which she was a passenger was side- | swiped by another machine on the Chesapeake Beach road and overturned nnpo!m-boutamnumnaldeorthe‘ Two other occupants of the car es- | caped with minor bruises and lacera- Authorities were told that the auto- ‘blck i RELIEVED FROM DUTY. Maj. Somervell to Be Givem More Time for D. C. Projects. Maj. Brehon Somervell, District en- gineer for the War Department for the Washington area, will be relieved from duty with the 343d Organized Rescrves on September 1. He will go to camp with the outfit from July 21 to August 4, but this will be his last active duty | with them. Maj. Somervell's place will be taken by Maj. Layson E. Atkins. Assistant Engineer Commissioner, who will asume this_job in addition to his dutfes for the District government. Orders from the War Depzrtment have just been received by Maj. Somer- vell, advising him of being relieved of duty to permit him to devote more attention to his work as District engi- | neer in the develogpment of several projects around Washington. SMOOT IN FAVOR OF BIGGER FUNDS Triangle Buildings Needed, Says Senator of Presi- dent’s Proposal. The proposal of President Hoover | that Congress increase the total au-| thorization for the Federal building program in Washington found favor yesterday with Senator Smoot, Re- publican, of Utah, who, as chairman of -| the Public Buildings Commission, took a leading part in putting through the original building legislation. Senator Smoot indicated that he is in accord with the President's suggestion that $2,500,000 be appropriated annu- ally during the next 10 years, in addi- tion to the funds already authorized for the triangle layout. The original au- approj at not exc 3 e ngg a year. This was followed shortly afterward by the authorization of $25.- 000,000 more to acquire all the land in the triangle between Pennsylvania ave- nue and B street. Therefore, the latest suggestion for $2,500,000 annually for 10 years would bring the total authori- > | zation up to $100,000,000. sell cfl‘lil; condition was not regarded as criti- Anxious About Triangle. Senator Smoot said he was anxious to see the triangle building program carried to a conclusion promptly to en- able the Government bureaus to move from rented quarters into their own buildings. & - d additional appropriation ‘The propose of $2,500,000 annually is not intended to enlarge the original building program, but to provide for steady progress of construction work on structures orig- inally planned, such as the Justice, r and Independent Offices Build- Labot ings. Asked whether legislation for this ad- ditional authorization might be con- sidered during the remainder of the spe- cial session, Senator Smoot said that would depend on ho;h thes;‘lm;: 'lla_le’(lo;: Congress pr . The Sena 3 .rln m work on the tariff and the House returns bill August 19, Sej umgr 23." It will be a matter &f P a few months, in any event, be- m the regular session opens in De- cember, at which time it could be con- sidered. ':nueeomeunum INURES SUGHT N3 AGDENTS {88 Arrests Up to 10 P.M. Yesterday, Including 16 Speed Cases. ‘Washington traffic had course yesterday, only three accidents bei reported, none attended by seri- ous injurfed. ‘The Traffic Bureau re- ported 88 arrests up to 10 o'clock last night. Of these 16 were for and 2 for reckless dri: 35, of Brentwood, Md., a passenger on a W n Rail- way & Electric Co. car, became hyster- ical yesterday when the car was in collision at Fourth and R streats north- east with an Army truck operated by ‘W. Dorsey of the 600 block of L street. She was taken to Sibley Hospital in & passing automobile, and di after treatment there. The street car, operated by Motorman Herbert Grant, 1700 block of First -street northeast, was going east on R street at the time. slightly damaged. Suffers Sprained Back. Paul Stannard, colored, 21, 700 block of Q street, suffered a sprained back and possible fracture of his right knee- cap when hit by an auto as he was crossing Sixteenth street at I street. Police reported the automobile was driven by August Weines, 700 block of Fern street. Stannard was taken to Emergency Hospital in a passing auto- mobile, where he was given first aid and discharged. Abe Rubin, 21, first block of Channing street, received minor lacerations to the right leg and knee and body bruises when knocked off his bicycle by an Alexandria street car on Fourteenth street near B street. A passing auto- mobile took him to Emergency Hos- pital, where his injuries were described as not serious, street car, police reported, was operated by Motorman C. Akers. ; Condition Still Critical. Casualty Hospital reported the con- dition of Mrs. Warren Clardy, injured when helr automobile crashed iuto a power pole near Largo, Md., Friday, as still critical. Mr. Clardy, who de:yl-ho injured, was reported improving satis- factorily. The collision brought down a line c ing ’:,40& volts upon the car, badly g the occupants. Arthur S. Halsey, 45, 1300 block of Quincy street, is still in a critical con- dition at the same hospital as a re~ sult of injuries received in an accident near North Chesapeake Beach, Md., Friday, when he was run down by an automobile as he was attempting to rescue a pet poodle from under the wheels of the car. DETECTIVE “SHOTBP" WITH ROMAN CANDLES Gravely Uninjured as Colored Man Escapes by Turning Fire- works on Him. Detective Sportsworth F. Gravely of the third precinct appeared in Police Court yesterday apparently none the worse for wear after an unidentified colored man, armed with several ‘“six- shooters,” during an argument. with the policeman “shot his way out” and et it print st rol e ct recently, in the company of Dmcuv&?. J. Me- Carty, Gravely observed tmnnduc . fire into the thern Railway on Pennsylvania avenue, which by the Government to form oot | trees and other to | 20 The one-sided battle continued until the colored man, real eral parting shots and escaped through ley. Gravely was not struck dur- ing the battle. Because he kept as a treasure a ye- volver which he took from a German WOULD DRAIN CANAL AND RAZE OLD BRIDGE New Jersey Chapter of American Architects Provide Sketch of Tentative Changes. With the gigantic Federal building program in Washington now well under way and President Hoover and other Government officials urging the neces- sity of further appropriations for ex- tension of these developments at an early date, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission has turned to J serious study of plans for imposing en- trances to what is destined to be the most lavishly developed capital in the world. The commission now has before it a host of ideas for treatment of the va- rious approaches to the National Cap- ital, obtained through co-operation of member chapters of the American In- stitute of Architects. While the thought of adequately developed entrances to the Capital is not new, ideas are being crystallized and suggested plans re- vised as new conditions become factors, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive a smooth | g |at_Rock Creel No one was injured. The truck was| 4 officer of the commission, stated yester~ day that the many suggestions received are being studied in the light of pres- ent conditions. Detalls of the matter are being tackled by Charles W. Eliot, the city planner, and other experts of the commission. To date only plans for the treatment -of the northern portal at the intersection of Sixteenth street and the District line have been definitely as the result of the come n’s last meeting. Suggestion Is Submitted. Through the assistance of Horace W, Peaslee, Washington architect, who is chairman of the commitee on the Na- tional Capital of the American Insti- tute of Architects, the New Jersey chap- ter has submitted a suggestion for the treatment to be accorded the Washing- ton approach from the Key Bridge in Georgetown. A tentative sketch has been prepared, showing the proposed lay out there, with the aid of Harry T. Stephens and his New Jersey committee of architects. In considering this, the architects were requested tentatively to bear in nind these possibilities: Quay develop= ment of the water front below the bridge, with elevated roadway for pleas- ure vehicles. This roadway might be part of the parkway connection between Potomac Park and Potomac Drive, along the Palisades to Great Falls. Drainage of the canal and use of its bed as a through route for heavy traf< fic, such as trucks, passing under all existing north-south streets. east of the bridge, to a connection with K street k. Removal of the old Aqueduct Bridge. Development of Prospect street as a through street, primarily for pleasure traffic. It has been suggested that Prospect street might be swung south onto the roofs of new buildings oppo- site the end of the bridge to form a plaza at an upper level. A serious traffic problem now exists at the bridgehead, due to the left-hand ed [ turn involved for vehicles going from Washington to Rosslyn, Va. It had been suggested that circular ramps on either side of the bridge might be pro- vided to divert the heavy traffic coming over the bridge into the new truckway in the bed of the canal. Tentative Sketch Provided. Accordingly, the architects of New Jersey have been studying proposed treatment of Key Bridge and have pro- duced the tentative sketch of how the area might look when finished. as one ?‘f’ the imposing entrances to Washing- . ‘The commission has under considera~ tion proposed treatment for the Com= modore Barney Circle, the Rhode Is= land avenue entrance, the Wisconsin avenue entrance, the Massachusetts avenue entrance at its westerly ex- tremity and the District line, and wher- ever else it might be appropriate to es« tablish pretentious gateways. The High- way Bridge problem is receiving atten~ tion from the commission also. W. T. Partridge, the commission's consulting architect, and T. C. Jeffers, landscape architect, have just com- pleted a proposed study for the crea- tion_of a concourse at the high point on Sixteenth street, near the Walter Reed Hospital, just north of Alaska avenue. This is suggested as an addi- tional treat for visitors entering the city through the Sixteenth street portal. The Philadelphia architects are lending their aid in the development of this area. Col. Grant explained that the plans for all the entrances are “in a fluid state,” and that this program will not necessarily mean that the entrances will take the form of arches, for foun- tains or statuary might be considered desirable after the whole program re- | ceives further study. For Roosevelt Memorial. It has been suggested that the pro- posed memorial to Theodore Roosevelt be located at the high point of Six- teenth street, and this plan is likewise recelving consideration. The commis- sion has under advisement also the pro- posal to construct a circle at the junc« tion of Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues, in which to place the proposed memorial to Gen. Artemus Ward, Revo= iutionary War hero. Col. Grant made it clear that much further study is necessary in order that Washington may become more and more the city beautiful. The ald of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission is being secured in assisting in the development of the . CHILD LEFT PROPERTY. ‘Will of Mrs. Alice Henderson, Col- lision Victim, Probated. ‘The will of Mrs. Alice K. Henderson, wife of Irving J. Henderson, who was kllledlnm\uuz.eoumm at Twelll