Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1929, Page 17

he Sunday Staf - GENERAL NEWS WATER PRESSURE FAILURE BLAMED ON “BOTTLENECK" District Officials Question Ability of Dalecarlia Plant to Supply Needs. s MAL. SOMERVELL HOLDS DISTRIBUTION AT FAULT 24-Inch Main, Linking Two 36- Inch Lines, Cuts Force of Flow, Engineer Says. Abnormal consumption of water on ®ertain days during the past Summer reduced pressure to such an extent in the thickly populated sections of Mouns Pleasant, as well as parts of Northeast Wumngwn that, officials of the Water | Department have questioned the ability | of the new Dalecarlia pumping station pected to be placed upon it. to be placed in operation one day last Summer to maintain adequate pressure. The low pressure, it is asserted, can | be blamed on the failure at Dalecarlia to keep an adequate water supply in the second high distributing reservoir, when consumption is excessive. But at ply system, including the Dalecarlia plant, it is asserted that blame does not Test with the supply system, but on the distribution system, which is not model- ed on a scale to carry the additional supply of water made available by the improvements to the supply system. Explanation of Low Pressure. ‘The low pressure, it is explained, was due to a so-called “bottleneck” in a vital link of the city's distribtuion system, which, it is sald, eventually must be removed. Maj. Brehon B. Somervell, charge of the United States Engineers office, declared that the Dalecarlia sta- tion is pumping all the water Washing- ton can consume and it has the capac- ity to do so for some years to come He is of the opinion there would be no loss in pressure anywhere llon? the distribution system if it is remodel clry the additional supply made av-u- able by the new supply system, The supply system, he pointed out, is effi- clent and doing its part ably in bringing the water down trom Great Falls, but the distribution end should be improved. | to meet all the strains that may be ex- | “The old | Bryant street station, it is asserted, had | the United States District \ engineer’s office, which controls the sup- | who has | oy P it is established. Installation of the dial Capital, commencing next Spring, now pleted building at 730 Twelfth street. D00 CHILDREN AND MOTHERS AIDED Them With Vacations at Various Camps. A striking example of need of im- provements in the distribution system, Maj. Somervell said, is the “bottleneck” which consists of a stretch of 24-inch | trunk main running from Thirteenth | and Kenyon streets south to Florida and mothers enjoyed open-air vaca- | vesterday. avenue, connected af’ both ends to a 36- | inch’ main. This 24-inch main is n\ link in the second high service area | trunk main. | Loses Head at Smaller Main, | Water running from the second high | distributing _reservoir, where it s, pumped by the Dalecarlia pumping sta- ! tion, Maj. Somervell explained, main- tains normal pressure until it reaches ‘Thirteenth and Kenyon streets, where it is forced through the smaller 24-inch main with a resumnl decrease in head. Points along the second high service | main from the beginning of the “bot- tleneck” therefore, do not get the benefit of the maximum pressure. ‘The effect of the “bottleneck” was not pronounced until the prolonged heat wave in August, when water con- sumj tlon greatly increased and the head became so weak in the ueond ‘g area of the Northeast section ths e Bryant street pumping Juuon. which had been on a reserve status since the completion of the new sup- ply system, went into service to supply | water to that territory. Plants already are being made, how- ever, to eliminate the “bottleneck.” Two are under consideration. One is to con- | tinue the 36-inch trunk main from, ‘Thirteenth and Kenyon streets almost | directly across Kenyon street to the! northeast section. The second plan which is looked upon most favorably at the District Building is the installa- tion of & new 36-inch trunk main which will bypass the water to the south or Mount Pleasant to the second high area of Northeast Washington. Differ Over Future of Station. ‘The plan finally decided upon will be | incorporated in the five-year program | for the development of the water sys- tem a tentative outline of which was drawn up recently and submitted to Engineer _Commissioner William - B. Ladue. It is estimated that either | project will cost more than $200,000. Aside from the cause of the low pres- sure on the second high main, Maj. Somervell and the water department also differ over the future of the Bryant street pumping station. This! station, incidentally, is under super- | vision of the water department, and its officials think that because of its strategic location near the heart of the distribution system, it should be re- condtiioned and assume the pumping on the second high area. Maj. Somervell, however, oonunds that the Dalecarlia station is capable of pumping all water, but he is firmly of the opinoin that the Bryant street atation should be maintained on its present basis as a reserve for emer- gency use, The Dalecarlia pumps are operated by power generated by a small hydro- électric plant at the station which uses surplus water brought down to the reservoir over the new water supply system. Its operation is far more economical, it was said, than the Bryant street station, which uses coal for the steam boilers which generate power for its. pnmp« Maj. of the nnmd tates Engineer's officc when the new supply system was de- signed and constructed, estimated that there would be sufficient surplus water | ta furnish nearly 1,200 horsepower for | the Dalecarlia pumps for a number of | years. Developments Show Wisdom. Tt was originally planned to abandon | street smflr\r‘ 4 n + "rnmmlnd:d is. car have shown t ‘wisdom of aintaininz the piant, times it was callod upon to assist in s coi Developm €. Tyler, who was in charge |- — — consumption of consumers, Four | | munity Chest more than 4,000 children tions in Summes. Leading the organizations in the number of vacations afforded, the Com- | munity Chest announced vesterday, was the Associated Charities, which varipus camps during the | dren at Camp G dren and 86 mothi ant, the colored outing center, at Biue Plains, D. C. Their guests totaled 1,281. In addition, the Children's Health Camp, conducted by the Tuberculosis | Association at Fourteenth and Upshur gtreets, entertained 55 children. 990 at Camp Roosevelt. Camp Roosevelt, the Boy Scout camp at Calvert Cliffs, Md., and Camp Wil- | son, at Burnt Mill Md., accommo- dated 990 campers during the Summer. Kamp Kahlert, the Y. W. C. A. Sum. mer playground on West River, Md., entertainedd 600 girls during the sum- | mer. Camp Letts, operated by the Y. M. | C. A, entertained 265 boys during the seinwn. The camp is located on Rhodes River. At the Girl Scout camp, located near Harrisonburg, Va., about 135 miles from ‘Washington, a. total of 226 girls were entertained. About 250 boys attended Camp Reed- er, the Boys' Club camp on the Wicom: ico River near Mount Victoria, Md. At the Summer farm home of the Christ Child Soclety at Rockville 169 girls were entertained during the Sum- mer, the last two weeks being given over to 69 boys. At the Salvation Army camp at Pa tuxent, Md., 333 young people and chi dren and 53 mothers were- given vaca- | tions. The Phyllis Wheltley Branch of the Y. W. C. A, and the Boy Scouts of the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. S&ldA‘ had camps at Highland Beach, TAXICAB PURSUED Will and 538 chil. Policeman Hite, Recognizing | License Plate, Holds H. M. Page on Fugitive Charge. While directing traffic last night at | Fourteenth and F street, Policeman J. | O. Hite of the Traffic Bureau observed | ber he recognized as that for which the Detective Bureau had broadcast a lookout. He jumped into another taxi and a chase of three blocks ended in the arrest of Herndon M. Page, 27 years old, of the 3300 block of Ninth | i:reet northeast, as a fugitive from jus- ice. Hite pursued Page, who is a taxi driver, along F street to Pifteenth street and then south almost to Pennsylvania avenue. Page is wanted in Potomac, Va., on a warrant charging passing of 18 bad check for $60. are defec- tive. Col. Ladiue said yesterdey he in- tended to call on the water department for any recommendations it may have for correcting these conditions. If the meters are defective, he deciared, thev should be repaired or replaced. Loss is Lald to Leakage, An exhaustive sur have to be made, Co explained e the cause of . the wate; rt could not | as assumed that emergencies when breaks and leaks in trunks’ mains and valve changes would have caused a temporary suspension’ of the water service in certain sections. The most serious situation was cauced by & bresk in the 48-inch trunk main at Twenty-seventh and M streets, where The mfled |.n this emeruncy and pumwd t high area east. of m creek whlch covers & Jarge ‘portion- ot the downtown section. s-u- considering a program for dzveloph\[ the distribution system, En- Commissioner l‘m al m\'iupfu\‘,h!em te) t annual re o ‘water 'M rtment, which showed that one- “m of Qh! um':flnm supply of the that mlfly dying | b2 ed I !').my that Col, Ladue will direct the water department to make a careful check on the amount of water used by the street cleaning de- the fire d.apnrtmm mb; mm‘étmumdu. the Federal weofihl:gdor through such The five-year development program, if ‘carried out, it was estimated, would !.. He bilhvu necessitate an lnm of about 30 per cent in t water rates. Col. Ladue empl e hofiver, that c'i‘hu program’ ve, many anges may T which would make an in- crease in rates unnecessa economies also m whlch He explained an increase in rates be the-last resort, [ As a result of the activities of or- | | 8anizations affiliated with the Com- entertained 97 mothers and 560 chil- | rs at Camp Pleas- | AND DRIVER ARRESTED | a passing taxicab whose license num- | quantity of the loss may usage. ry. e would preguu a higher water | the WASHINGTON, - D. .C., e o < 3 N. H. Roop, supervising installation foreman of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Ca.. checking the relay adjustment on a line finder frame, the equip- ment in the dial system that is comparable to the manual operator’s answering Jack or opening on the present switchboard, where the connection for calls now system, which will serve the downtown is well under way in the recently com- SHEPPARD DENIES - LIQUOR LAW TALE :Community Chest Provides Senator Declares Penrose. under the new policy o fthe zoard with \ 1 Agreement Was Merely to Expedite Amendment. For the first time since the Senate ‘reconvened, following the recess, the | subect of prohibition came to the front Senator Morris Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, displeased by an |article on this subject in the current | issue of Collier's, purporting to be a history of prohibition, sought to give another version of the facts from his tandpoint. Senator Sheppard especially' disputed | the idea, expressed in the article, that “Wayne B. Wheeler framed the 103- word holeproof amendment, of which Senator Sheppard secured , be- cause the Senate was in a hurry and ! most Senators didn't think it would | ever become a law anyway.” Moreover, he assailed the notion it was passed hastily or that the late Senator Boles Penrose played an im- pomn\ p-n in the matter. assert, | his memory—was solely responsible for | th» amendment which passed Congress | and was then submitted to the States, |1s to fall into distinct error.” Recalls Proceedings. Senator Sheppard said that in De- cember, 1913, he, in the Senate, and ! {son, in the House, introduced a resolu- l tion for submission of a constitutional | amendment which would have prohib- ited the manufacture, importation or transportation of liquor for sale. Sub- sequently, dry organizations came to the conclusion that the words “for sale” should be dropped. Four years | later the eighteenth amendment was | favorably reported to the Senate, Sen- | ator Sheppard continued. “There are no evasions, no substitutes, no tricks in the eighteenth amend- | ment,” he said. and change, reflecting the thought and came to represent an invincible and militant majority of the American {people. ‘To call it the result of the | efforts of any one individual is to| credit him with superhuman qualities and to transcend the farthest boundar- ies of reality. “When Senator Penrose asked me to accept an amendment limiting the pen- dency of the prohibition amendment before the States to six years, he said that if I would do so he would make, no objection to unanimous consent for a time for a vote upon the resolution. “This was the crucial difficulty which | confronted the friends of the meas- |ure. T accepted because I felt that the amendment would be ratified long before the six years had expired and because acceptance made a vote sure at that session, “The wrifer in Collier's attaches a significance out of all due proportion |to the -Penrose incident. It expedited | action, but the eighteenth amendment would have come without it. Described in Address. “The Penrose incident was described by me in an address before one of the annual meetings of the Anti-Saloon League after the adoption of the eight- eenth amendment. lin saying that Senator Penrose proin- sed to permit thc measure to ve te- ported from the judiciary commit {in return for my agircment amendmeni he suezosied. Whr { promised was no* nbjec., wh nous consen’ for a time to vote sho i be_ask or Shepherd cencluds saying: “It took nearly four yea G four gif- | ferent mcasures to get the resolution for thc eighteenth amendment through jthe Senate and a decided majority of { ine Senate believed it would be ratified. There was no joke in'it, no haste and no confusion. “It was the deliberate consummation of an ideal.” TRUCK RUNS |NTO AUTO. Cameron BH"I, Colored, of Dupont Heights Slightly Hurt. cASm auto truck, operated by Eugene lided with the auto of Cameron S e T e ni a n) B M’m treated for mmmw “nee, fiumuu " said Senator : Sheppard, | that W ayne B. Wheeler—all honor to | b | Representative Richmond Person Hob- | pol- | | icy, either for or against a bill to abol- ! “It developed into itsi | final form by a process of readjustment effort and enthysiasm of forces which | | “The writer in Collier's was wrong ! 1 unan- | osp! Park,' Md., col- | fums SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 15, 1920—PART 1—SECTION 2.% DELAY N OPENING T0 PERMIT REPAIRS FACES PORTABLES Inspection Leads to Belief Work Cannot Be Com- pleted in Time. BEGUN BY COMMITTEEi | Recent Survey Showed More Than 50 Per Cent Need Strengthen- ing, With Two Condemned. Some of the rickety portable sche buildings which are expected to ac-| commodate District school pupils when the new term opens September 23 are| s0 badly in need of repairs that it Isi | doubtful if they can be put in shape for use by that time, it was discovered ! yesterday when a new inspection of the 28 buildings reported in' bad condition was begun. Acting under instructions from the | Board of Education, Jere C. Crane, a ! sistant _superintendent of schools, and | D. A. Long, engineer in charge of the District repair shop, visited a number of the portables yesterday and will re- sume their inspection tomorrow morn- ng. | Twe Portables Condemned. H ‘The recent survey of the 45 portable | | bulldings shows that 28 were in need of { jrepairs. Two others were condemned as_unfit fer use. Some of the portables under in‘fl)ec- tion will require extensive overhauling, it is believed, before they can be re- paired satisfactorily. In some rotting timbers must be replaced, and in other cases repairs to the foundations nmnK be_made. Before taking any furthor action in! the matter, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, su-| perintendent of schools, will make Il\ careful study of a further report on these portables by the District repair | shop. The report was authorized to be made last Wednesday, together with an estimate of the cost of any necessary | 1 repairs. i Schools May Be Moved. ! respect, to portable buildings, it 15 pos-: | sible to discard those deemed unsuited | i for further use. The District repai shop also has been called upon to port on such portables as may be proj erly moved to other locations in ac- cordance with the policy of the Board of Education to move hereafter only those that are in substantial condi- tion. Wherever it is possible to place a portable in good condition by minor re- pairs before the opening of the school | term, this work will be expedited. | Other portables which will require a; { longer time will be closed during the| | period of work. |JUDGE 0'TOOLE ASKS | DEATH PENALTY END | i Radio Audience Told Method Is Cruel and Ineffective as Crime Deterrent. A plea for abolition of the dellh. nalty here was delivered last night | Judge Mary O'Toole of Municipal Court, chairman of the committee on law and legislation of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, in a radio ad- dress over station WMAL. i | The speaker pointed out that the| chamber had requested her committee | | to investigate the subject and return a report with the idea of guiding the or- ganization in the formulation of a ish capital punishment. A debate on the subject will be held by the chamber | ‘Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the May- | | flower Hotel. { In inflicting the death penalty, she | said, “we are simply doing that for which we are punishing the individual. In doing so, we are infinitely more oruel, since the wretch we condemn el i the horror of it before him every min- ute during the hours, days, weeks, months or years until he is annihilated; whereas, his victim's agony was prob- ably short.” Quoting crime figures from this coun- try and abroad, Judge O'Toole said: | “It would appear that the infliction of ‘capml punishment is not a deterrent. | Experience teaches that the certainty of punishment is the deterrent rather than the severity of it. We no longer read lists of outrages in New York since {they have laws compelling the courts to send proven criminals to jail for life.” MRS. MARY SCHICK IS DEAD AT AGE OF 73| Widow of Pastor Came Here From Pennsylvania Quarter of Century Ago. Mrs. Mary Gay Schick, 73, widow of the Jate Rev. John M. Schick, died at her home, 3046 Shepherd street, yes- terday afternoon, after being ill for almost & year. Born in Huntington County, Pa., Mrs. Schick moved to Washington 29 years ago, where her husband was pastor of the Grace Reformed Church, Fifteenth and D streets. She is survived by a daughter, Mary E. Schick, and two sons, James P. | Schick, president of the National Mort- ment Co., and John L. comptroiler of the | L held from the | sidence Monday at 2:30 o'clock. In- termeni will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. | TWO MEN | ARE INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT WDRKI Two mechanics were injured yester- | day afternoon when a drum of sulphur ) Wi dioxide exploded while they were en- gaged in xl:n:llln‘ f-lnl mer,mmmw nbledlmlll'udme muwun by _the oeo!'.honnlo-hn were Hugh Luvise, old, mummu.ma George Ballenger, 19, of Alexandria, Va. -Luvise was taken to Emergency ital suffering from the effects of T el shasat the "boty’ tured leg an al 4 § momirmmmmnmbfi treatment from & 27 years on the stove in the hunltllmhlur Heat mw‘,flu- - SCENE3 o2 i e 3oy $55,000 BLAZE IN FAIRFAX, VA. ENGEL ACCEPTS ADVISORY PLACE Library of Congress Official to' Be on Community Institute Board. Carl Engel, chief of the music di- vision of the Library of Congress, and director of the Coolidge Foundation Auditorium and Music Pestival, has ac- cepted the invitation of the Community Institute of Washington to serve on the advisory board for the 1929-30 season, it was announced yesterday. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley also will serve on the board for the first time. The chairman of the board, Fred- erick A. Delano, is serving for the third season, and other members serving for a second or third time are Edwin N. C. Barnes, George F. Bowerman, E. C. Graham, Leila Mechlin, Sarah E. Simons, Corcoran Thom and George W. White. The institute will open its season with a concert by the Kedroff Quartet October 23 at Central Community Center. ‘This year the Parent-Teacher Associ- ation is taking an active interest in the campaign for subscriptions to the institute’s 10 cultural events. Mrs. W. E. Perry of 2030 Lawrence street north- east heads the Parent-Teacher work- ers.. The campaign also has been ex- tended to a number of clubs of the city, including the Twentieth Century Club, the Women's City Club, the ‘Washington Society of the Fine Arts, the National Club of the A. A. U. W, the Soroptimists and others. Literature has been sent to the Pub- le mmy and all its branches, where o information regarding the program may The public sale of tickets will ‘begin October 1, when tickets will be avail-| wi able at the New Willard Hotel news- stand, ‘A. A. A. irters and the Pranklin Administration Building. ' Files Bankruptcy Petition. Prank 04 Hall, 1717 Seventeenth street, has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptey individually and \mder the trade name !fillbod- Seventh street. He 1i southwest. hb N | debts at $3.826.39 and est.l.m-m h|u ll- sets ut “’lfl.flx u&m BOTTLE BREAKS SKULL. Seventh Street Delicatessan Clerk | Critfcally Hurt by Blow. | While standing in front of the deli- catessen store at 1221 Seventh street last night, George Gazis, 35, a clerk in the store, was struck on the head by a | bottle thrown by an unidentified colored man. Emergency Hospital where he was treated for & fractured skull. His con- dition is critical. Police could advance no reason for the attack, POLICE HEADOUARTERS GETS NEW FURNITURE| Fifty Chairs Are Placed in Detec-| tives’ Room, Replacing Fur- nishings 19 Years 0ld. Worn by the 19 years in which they served as furnishings for the squadroom at Police Headquarters, where detec- tives gather daily to observe the line of suspected criminals, some 30 chairs " [and tables yesterday were removed to make way for new furniture. Placed in a squadroom many years ago when not more than 20 detectives appeared at me roll call, the fur- niture has become insufficient for the increased number in the department. Today between 40 and 75 men fill the squadroom in the morning. Fifty new armchairs, whlch replace the :1‘: vbere th:w"d into their sur- Tount The old hmmn"".‘fi?”u taken to | __An ambulance conveyed Gazis to the | Occoquan. GROUPS WILL PLAN D.C. AFFAIRS SLAT Subcommittees Expected-to Begin Work This Week on Legislative Matters. ‘Two subcommittees of the Senate District committee are expected to be- gin work this week on local problems which will come before the entire com- mittee when the regular session gets under way in December. One is the subcommittee on traffic, headed by Senator Hastings, Republi- can of Delaware, which meets at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning to consider, primarily, automobile parking condi- tions in the District. The other is the subcommittee on banks and insurance, headed by Senator Blaine, Republican of Wisconsin, which has before it the question of recommending new legisla- tion to regulate real estate financing procedure, the foreclosure of mortgages and related subjects. A definite day for the meeting of this subcommittee has not been announced, but s:mwr Bllin: hukindlclkd it probably will this ‘The traffic meeting Tuesday is ex- pected to be confined to a conference or the subcommittee members with Traffic Director Harland to outline the scope of the survey to be undertaken later. The first meeting of the other subcommittee also is likely to be limited %o the mapping out of & program. “Did you ever stop to think what we would do without rubber?” was one of wnrflun Plerce asked the ques hen he bounced into town yesterday. “You can stretch it,” 'ent on wu- ing down off i 'rut el.uueuy. ‘as hr as ork.” k. ‘William, “you can roll on u that far, saving blow- at his tires “Not flll': m 'ulnotbe Bouncing Billy Blithely Broadcasts Elastic Reasons for Using Rubber However, he seemed cheerful enough under the circumstances. Most people would recoll from the thought of bauncln; all the way to Los les t | just to advertise Akron, Ohio, S Yes." sald William, Akmn, Ohlo. the Akron Chamber of rubber boots, rubber tires, mbber ho',-wlur bottles, rubber hose, "w.lz ‘s _minute,” begged somebody. What will you do in ‘Washington?” “I'm going to see President Hoover, announced William, d check signed by a “Is that rubber?’ T'm in favor of | PAGE 17 BLAZE AT FAIRFAX MENACES HISTORIC - GOURT STRUCTURE Garage Damage of $55,000 Estimated—Records Lost in Mayor’s Office. ROW OF FRAME BUILDINGS SAVED BY GREAT EFFORTS Nearby Towns Send Apparatus to Fight Blaze—Smoke Affects Fire Officials. Fire starting in the office of Mayor Thomas P. Chapman, on the second floor of the Fairfax Garage, directly across the street from the historic courthouse at Fairfax, Va. last night badly damaged the garage structure and threatened on several occasions to i lJay waste the nearby row of frame buildings housing the offices of many attorneys. Assistant Chief Robert Williams of the Fairfax Fire Department was over- come by smoke upon entering the building soon after the arrival of his department, but he quickly rallied and returned to the fire. Handicapped by the lack of water. volunteer firemen from Clarendon, Cherrydale, Ballston, Vienna, Potomac, Alexandria. Falls Church, McLean and No. 5 Engine Company of the District of Columbia Fire Department, under command of Lieut. R. E. Oden, battled for more than two hours in a successful effort to confine the blaze to the garage. Damage Placed at $55,000. The damage was estimated at $55.- 000 by W. W. Beattie, proprietor of the garage, who set the value of the building at $42,000 and his stock -of cars and accessories at approximately $13,000. The building and stock were partially covered by insurance. i The blaze was first discovered by { Mayor Chapman at 7:30 pm. As he passed the building and gazed up into his office window he saw_the dull red reflection of the fire. Racing to a nearby telephone, Chapman placed a call for all Fairfax and Arlington County fire companies, and later called No. 4 Engine Company of Alexandria lir;d No. 5 Engine Company from this city. The Fairfax firemen, under the com- mand of Chief A. H. Williams, were the first upon the scene, and were joined a few moments later by the Falls Church department. A 2,000- foot relay was quickly formed to Courthouse Branch, the nearest supply | of water, and one line was soon piay- {ing upon the blaze, which had gained | great headway. | Attracts Great Crowd. | Thousands of persons, attracted to | the scene by the blaze, which lighted iup the heavens for les, joined in the work of saving the new cars stored in the garage. Ten used cars, which {could not be moved before the flames reached them, were destroyed. | A second stream of water was soon { turned upon the blaze, while the | chemical tanks of all of the engines | responding. were emptied in the fight i to save the nearby buildings. All of the town records of Fairfax iand the State automobile license rec- ! ords, which were kept in Mayor Chap- ; man’s office, were destroyed, as well as ‘the $2,000 law library and insurance records of Richard B. rT, attorney and insurance agent, who had offices on_ the same floor. The blaze leaped to the roof of the nearby office of John Rust, attorney, several times, but was quickly extin- | guished by firemen. Fearing that the gasoline tanks buried beneath the pavement skirting the garage might explode, the im- | mense crowd that viewed the fire hung | cautiously in the background until after the fire had nearly burned itsell out. A huge oil drum, exploding, sent the spectators scurrying for shelter on { one occasion, but they soon returned to their former places. ‘The garage, the oldest commercial structure and the third oldest build- ing in Fairfax, was erected in 1833 by Rezon Wilson, the grandfather of Com- monwealth's Attorney Wilson Farr of Fairfax County. It was first operated | as & hotel, and during the Civil War was used as a dwelling. The building { was later converted into apartments {and then was turned into a garage, | soon after becoming the property of the i late Lanius H. Young. It is now owned by the widow. | Telephone and electric light service | was ‘disrupted in the business section | of Fairfax by the burning of wires sus- pended from poles near the garage, but linesmen were sent to the scene soon after the fire was extinguished and service was expected to be restored momenuruy FRIENDSHIP HOUSE TO HAVE BIRTHDAY Silver Anniversary to Be Cele- brated by Center Next 3 Month. Priendship House, the Southeast com- munity center, located at 324-6 Vir- ginia avenue southeast, will celebrate lu silver anniversary next month. A rogram of pageants and plays, in which lhe Glee. Club, Boys', Girls’ and Moth- ers’ Clubs will take part, is being ar- ranged by officials of the settlement, headed by Miss Lydia Burklin. One of the oldest organizations of its kind in the city, Friendship House has done an important work in earing jor the children of the southeast section while some of the parents have to work. It is a real clubhouse, where the boys and girls of the neighborhood can ac- quire a healthy interest in community | affairs, Priendship- House is Iscated in a building more than a century and a quarter old. The house was built by Dr. Frederick May in 1800. A large bronze plaque, giving its history lnd marking the house as one of toric places of Washington, will be placed in the wall as part of the cele- bration. TYPHOID CLINICS HELD.: By a Staft Correspondent. i UPPER RO, Md., Septem! 14.—Typhoid clinics were held at Lel: and at Hall's Station during August an effort to prevent the yearly oum of that disease, according monthly report of Dr. fl.lllm S. Keister, Prince Georges ty health officer, transmitted to the State Depl.l'!- ment of Health today. report shows there were § um of typhoid in the county during the month and states that “each year a number of cases have developed in the areas around v,wer mrlbom and every eflort is now Nh\l currences.” | to prevent re-