Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1929, Page 16

16 BERANI”M ‘PmSUN,,l FIRST CATHEDRAL SPELLS WATERLOD 10 BEETLE HORDE More Than 8,000 Japanese Insect Invaders Accounted for in Capital This Summer. CASUALTIES REGARDED AS INDEX TO NUMBERS| Chemical Obtained From Flowen; Fatal to Bugs, Reports Depart- | ment of Agriculture. The odor of geraniums is irresistible to_the Japanese beetle. i When one of these big. hmn’n‘-cnl-( ored, destructive bugs gets a whiff of this fragrance, it loses all control of itself and proceeds to the source re- gardless of obstacles. Thus more than 8,000 of them fell into the geraniol traps set about Wash- ington this Summer, it is announced by the Department of Agriculture. Ge- | raniol is a chemical obtained from ge- ranium plants, whose chief characteristic is its odor. The traps were set all over | downtown Washington. _Many _bugs were captured in the White House hedge, about the grounds of the De- g;r]tlment of Agriculture and in the! all, Index to Numbers. A mere 8,000 Japanese beetles doesn't | mean very much in” itself. It gives an index to the enormous numbers of | these insects which are now in Wash- | ington and gives the Agriculture De- | partment specialists an idea of where ¢ to_concentrate their efforts. Three years ago a single specimen of this insect was discovered by a fortu- nate accident in a Petworth garden, | the first of its kind in Washington., It probably had been brought in on an automobile from the beetle-infested area in New Jersey. An intensive search of the neighborhood, including the ‘woods of Soldiers’ Home Park, failed to reveal any other specimens, although there probably were one or two which escaped notice. The next year more were reported, &nd soon the District was found in- fested with them. It was found neces- sary to impose a quarantine on ship- ments of nursery stock and garden produce to protect the surrounding countryside. Enormous Increase. While the geraniol traps are not ex- ected to eliminate the beetles, accord- to Department of Agriculture spe- cialists, every individual captured now means a great many less a few years hence, since they have an enormous Tate of increase. The progeny of 8,000, if all lived, soon would amount to tril- lions. ‘The Japanese beetle is one of the most difficult insects the Department of Agriculture has encountered, be- cause it feeds on practically all grow- ing things, from oak trees to straw- berries. It can be controlled effectively by treating the soil of infested areas. so that crops are not greatly damaged, but this is an expensive process. ; During the past year the beetle has traveled fast and far. It has been dis- covered almost simultaneously near Norfolk and in Providence, and the quarantine administration now is con- gidering extending the quarantine to these areas. & ‘The chief hope of combating the Jap- anese beetle lies in the introduction of & parasite, itself harmless, which will feed upon them. For several years ex- Peditions have been in Japan and Fast- ern Asia seeking such a parasite, and several have been introduced which may cause havoc with the beetle hordes once | they become established. V. M. 1. LUNCH MONDAY. Local Alumni Association to Meet at Army and Navy Club. ‘The local alumni association of the Virginia Military Institute will meet for & luncheon, 12:30 o'clock Monday, at the Army and Navy Club, Seventeenth and I streets. Arrangements will be completed at this time for the celebration of the ninetieth anniversary of the founding of V. M. I the evening of November 11 at the same club. Maj. Gen. John A.! Lejeune, former commandapt of the United States Marine Corps, and newly appointed superintendent of the insti- tute, will be the guest of honor and principal speaker at this time. Stuart B. Marshall heads the ar- rangements committee. MUSIC FIRST FACULTY RECITAL. Emanuel Zetlin, violinist, and Doro- | thy Neff Tyler, soprano, members of the faculty of the Washington College of Music, presented last night the first in a series of faculty recitals planned ! for the current season in the new school buildings on S street northwest. | ‘The rooms are well arranged for the | giving of such events with a corner ! Toom for the artists and adjoining | rooms giving directly on two sides of it. Both these adjoining rooms, another | rear room and the hall and stairs were filled with an attentive audience last night. Mr. Zetlin, who is head of the violin | department of the school and has an | international reputation as a soloist, opened the program with Bach's “Con- certo in E Major.” His second appear- ance was in a group of Tartini's “Vari- stions on a Theme by Corelli”; Boc- cherini’'s “Allegreto”; Cartier's “La Chasse” as arranged by Kreisler, and | Beethoven’s “Ruins of Athens” march, | mrranged by Leopold Auer. As a last oup he played three of the four num- | Bers'in De Falla's “Suite Populaire Es- | pagnole.”” They were the same three as Wwere given first public presentation in | Washington by Paul Kochanski in 1925 In one of Mrs. Townsend's musicales. Of them, the “Nana” with its very soft, Jullaby quality is the most unusual, al- | though the others are both colorful with | alluring dance themes and typical Spanish rhythms. Kreisler's “La | Gitana” was the finale. In it Mr. Zetlin #ppeared to best advaniage. The tech- nique was excellent and one caught glimpses of Mr. Zetlin's talent. He was prtistically accompanied at the piano by Fanny Amstutz Roberts, who showed a Jovely pianistic talent, especially in the iano part of the ensemble work in the e Falla compositions. Mrs. Tyler, gowned in a quaint rese ostume, sang a group of London songs cluding “Cherry Ripe,” with gracious g:arm and a sweet, high voice. The st of musicianly singing came later | with Pergolesi’s “Se tu m'Ami,” Wekerlin's “Menuet d’Exaudet” and urdrain’s much more modern apillon,” There were moments that the hearer was strongly reminded of the famous Spanish singer, Lucrezia Pori, for the tone quality and excel- Jent’ command of both Italian and French provided very similar interpre- tations to those heard here given by Benorita Bori. Occasionally there was & suggestion of incomplete breath com- mand and a shriliness in tone-quality, but Mrs. Tyler showed generally the yesult of careful, thoughtful prepara- tion and real pleasure in her singing. Ehe also contrived to look most charm- ing and hold her audience, highly com- r~ndable characteristics. Kathryn Hill _{f wae her able accompanist. H. I ! | | Chapel of St. Mary. CATHEDRAL WINDOW 1S PUT IN PLACE First of More Than 180 Great Designs Is Installed by Skilled Glaziers. Construction work on the Washington Cathedral has reached one of its most interesting stages with the recent com- plete installment by skilled glaziers of . the first of the beautiful symbolic win- | dows being created especially for the! edifice. There will be more than 180 of these great stained glass windows, manufactured from formulas based on analysis of similar imaterial produced during the thirteenth century. Because of the construction now in progress, the window just installed will not be available for public inspection for some time. The building activities are taking place on the tranepts, or | arms, of the cross-shaped edifice. It is planned to have these units complete by 1932, so that an impressive service may be held at the cathedral on the 200th anniversary of George Washing- ton’s birth, ‘The 180 stained glass windows will be devoted mostly to a pictorial chro- nology of Christian history. Others | will ilulstrate parables, miracles and | other scriptural scenes. Concerns Seven Parables. ‘The first window is concerned with the seven parables of the kingdom. It occupies a place in the' Chapel of St. Mary, which is situated in the north choir aisle on the main floor of the Mount St. Alban edifice. It was designed by Lawrence B. Saint, American artist and authority of medieval stained glass, who is in charge of a studio and glass-making plant maintained near Philadelphia as an important phase of the Washington Cathedral undertaking. The install tion was the responsibility of James M. Newell and Frank J. Jeschon. asso- ciates of Mr. Saint. . Their task was an exacting one. The window was sonry and reinforced with iron strength- ening rods, which in turn were anchor- ed in the stone walls. bility, a special mortar was used. It was composed of lime, cow's hair and sand, and was not unlike that used by the glaziers of the middle ages. Window Weighs Half a Ton. Consisting of some 2,300 individual pieces of glass, held together by grooved strips of lead, the window just placed weighs in excess of 1,000 pounds. There are two vertically parallel panels and a rose capital, each surrounded by stone tracery. The panels are each 3 feet in width and the window measures 15 feet in height. To facilitate the in- stallation, the craftsmen erected plat- forms so that one man could work on each side of the window as it was eing placed. The design is in accordance with a comprehensive program of symbolic decoration being prepared for the cathedral by a commission headed by Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, Dean of | washington, and assisted by leading students of Christian symbolism. East Panel Shows Draw Net. In the rose capital appears the pi turization of the parable of the leaven; the west panel lllustrates the parables of the sower, the tares and the mustard seed, and the east panel por- trays_the parables of the hid treas- ure, the goodly pearl and the draw net. Mr. Saint visited the cathedral to supervise the final phases of the in- stallation, as his commission includes the entire window-making process from the manufacture of the glass, accord- ing to his own formulas, to the actual seiting in place of the completed window. Friend’s Greeting Mars Hold-up, as Bandit Disappears Arrival of an inquisitive friend just when he was well on the way toward completion of a highly lucrative hold-up proved too embarrassing yesterday after- noon for a would-be colored highwayman at the filling station of A. L. Creecy, Virginia avenue and Third street southwest, The inquisitive friend’s ques- tioning as to his actions was just too much for the highwayman, and he absented himself from i | that place in a hurry, leaving several hundred dollars untouch- ed in the cash register. The young colored man ar- rived at the filling station with a gun and demanded money. Creecy was about to comply when another colored man came up, thought he recognized the man with the gun and asked him what he was doing. The man with the gun pocketed the weapon and left. Sergt. W. P. Barnes and Pvts, C. J. Stewart and John O'Con- nell last night arrested Joseph Castor, colored, 23 years old, of 16 Fifth street southeast, for questioning. Skilled glaziers completing the installation of the figst of the windows in the superstructure of the Washington Cathedral. This windaw is situated in the | Lane was taken to the third precinct |DRIVE FOR MEMBERS carefully fitted into the adjoining ma- | To insure dura- | THE EVENING WINDOW PLACED TNESS CAPTURES HI-RUN DRVER Donald A. Lane, 24, Caught! After Chase of Several Blocks After Collision. A chase of several blocks by Henry W. Woodhouse, 1214 Eighteenth street, following a collision last night, resulted in the arrest of Donald A. Lane, 24- year-old vouth of Scranton, Pa., on cnarges of illegal possession and trans- portation of liquor, leaving the scene | uf an accident without making his identity known and reckless driving. station house and released in $3,100 bond for -his appearance in Police Court today. According to police, Lane's car is said to have been in collision at New Hampshire avenue and R street with an automobile operated by Everett S.| Beall, 39 years old, of 1261 New Hamp- shire avenue. Lane is said by police to have speeded away immediately fol- lowing the collision and Woodhouse, who sald he witnessed the collision, gave chase. He overtook Lane’s car at Eighteenth and S streets, five blocks away, and forced him to the curb. He then forced Lane to return to the scene of the accident, where police placed him under arrest. BY Y. M. C. A. GAINING More Than 300 Reported Enrolled | by 24 Teams—160 Were Added Yesterday. i The total of new members enrolled in the Y. M. C. A. annual membership campaign went over the 300 mark last | night, when 24 teams reported gains for | the day aggregating 160 members. The total enroliment now is 315 new mem- bers. . | Returns were reported to R. W. Dun- |1ap, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture | and chairman of the drive, at the fifth of a series of membership dinners in the assembly hall of the “Y,” 1736 G street. Teams of the midwestern division, under Charles W. Pimper, are leading the two other divisions in the race for rizes to be awarded for the best work n the campaign. Pimper's group has signed up 119 new members since the campaign opened last Monday. A. L. Thompson, member of a team in the division headed by John W. Hardell, was awarded a ticket to today's foot ball game between the Marines and Coast Guard for winning individual honors. The workers were addressed last night by Chairman Dunlap, who presided; Linn Drake, captain of one of the teams and Boy Scout executive; Dr. D. E. | Yarnell, acting captain ' of another team; Leonard W. De Gast, general | secretary of the Y. M. C. A.. C. E. | Fleming, secretary of the drive, and others, Final returns will be reported Monday | night at a dinner in the Y. M. C. A. Building. | ARMY SER VICE CHANGES. Officers Listed for Reassignment. One Resigns, One Retired. Lieut. Col. Nelson E. Margetts, Field Artillery, has been relieved from duty at Chicago and ordered to Peking, China for duty as military attache at the U. S. legation; Maj. Beverly C. Dunn, Corps of Engineers, from the office of the Assistant Secretary of War to the office of the chief of Engineers; | Capt. Donald B. Rogers, Field Artillery, | from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to Boise, Idaho; Capt. Selim W. Myers, Infantry, from Fort Des Moines, Iowa, o Utica, N. Y.; Capt. Willlam Fisk, In- fantry, Fort Leavenworth, Kan,, to Fort, Benjamin Harrison, Ind.; Maj. Ballard Lyerly, Field Artillery, from Fort Sam Tex., to Fort D. A. Russell, Capt. Patrick Kelly, Quarter- Corps, from the 'Munitions Building, this city. to Los Angeles, Calif.; Capt. George S. Warren, Air , from Belleville, IIl, to Dayton, Ohio, and Maj. Thomas O. Humphreys, Coast Artillery Corps, from Fort Han- cock, N. Y., to the Kansas State Agri- cultural College at Hanhattan. The President has accepted the resig- nation of Maj. Willlam S. Rice, Dental Corps, at Chicago. Capt. Earl F. Greene, Medical Ad- ministrative Corps, at El Paso, Tex., will be retired December 30, on his own ap- plication after more than 30 years of service. Wyo.: master Reports Attack to Police. Leonard H. Payne, 19 years old, of 38 R street northeast, told police of the ninth precinct that he was attacked by three young men while at a gasolinc station at Fourth and I streets north- east about 7 o'clock last night. His nose was broken and his face bruised. Payne was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated by Dr. I. Rutkoski. Police of the ninth precinct conducted an investi- gation. ey learned from the wound- ed man the names of his alleged sallants and were told that ‘Iflnnh o would be procured. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. ENGINE CO.N0.21 | PRESENTED SPEED CUP PERMANENTLY Commissioner Dougherty Presents Trophy in Behalf of Evening Star. LIEUT. DAVIS AND AIDES COMMENDED FOR WORK Veteran Chief Watson Held Up as an “Inspiration” to Entire i Department, I Capt. G. S. Bishop and the firemen | of No. 21 Engine Company, undisputed | speed champlons of the District Fire Department, received into their perma- nent keeping yesterday The Evening; Star Cup awarded them in the recent speed tests. The particular heroes of the occasion were Lieut. H. T. Davis, commanding, and Pvts. T. H. Fenton and A. Gold- water, driver and cranker, respectively, of the winning 1929 crew. They clear- ed quarters on a test alarm in the fast time of 645 seconds to win a third vic- tory in the annual contests. In doing 80, they nosed out No. 23 Engine Com- pany, twice winner in previous years, and competitor for the permanent trophy. Dougherty Presents Cup. Presentation of the trophy was made on behalf of The Evening Star by Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who congratulated the three firemen and the entire company for their re- markable speed performances in this and other years. The exercises took place in the engine house on Lanfer place in the presence of Fire Chief George Watson and the entire company, lined up in dress formation. Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Star, turned the cup over to Commissioner Dougherty and in a brief talk to the ascembled firemen, paid a tribute to the veteran, Chief Watson, as an “inspiration” to the entire depart- ment. The trophy, he told the men, would be a constant reminder of the diligence and devotion they had dis- played in the performance of their duties and was being presented in great appreciation of their own efforts in making the contests successful. Mr. Dougherty first called the names of the three members of this year's winning crew, and they stepped proudly ! forward. He reminded the men that it was his privilege, upon being appoint- ed District Commissioner, to make his first public appearance at similar exer- cises in No. 21 Engine House when the Star Cup was awarded the company. “This cup,” he said, “stands for effi- clency and loyal performance in official duty to the District of Columbia.” Speed Stressed in Talk. Referring to the elimination of time through the increasing of speed every- where, as witnessed by Lindbergh's rec- ord flight over the Atlantic, Mr. Dough- | erty pointed out also that the motoriza- tion of the Fire Department makes way for a higher degree of efficiency and a greater opportunity for saving life and property. In winning permanent possession of ‘The Star Cup, Commissioner Dough- erty sald. it was necessary for No. 21 engine to run a “nip and tuck race” owing the the high speed which the local companies have been able to main- tain during the course of the annual tests. ‘The first record of No. 21 Engine Company, 6 seconds flat, Is belizved to be a national speed record for engine companies. It has never been equaled since by any engine or truck company in the District. The successful run of 6 4-5 seconds by No. 21 last month, was made in the same hose cart, whica is one of the oldest in the city. In addition to those already men- tioned, the roster of No. 21 Engine Company includes Sergt. M. J. Barry, R. B. Allisan, S. C. Johnson, A. Marshall, W. T. Lennon, W. } theny, G. M. K. Cook, H. J. Atwood, M. A. Carley, W. R. Cralle, C. L. Hull, C. 8. Peterson, W. W. Snow and J. E. Richter, A bronze plaque, properly inscribed with the names of the 1929 winning crew and the company roster, will be presented to the engine company to | accompany the cup. BOUNDARY CHANNEL CONCRETE IS LAID Section of Arlington Memorial Bridge Program Is Started. ‘The first of the concrete for the | main ‘arch of the bridge across | Boundary Channel to the Virginia shore, as part of the Arlington Memorial Bridge program, is now being laid, ac- cording to Lieut. Col. U, 8. Grant, 3d, the executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission. The bridge across Boundary Channel. which links up with the main Arlington Memorial Bridge on Columbia Isiand, will be completed early in the Spring, J. C. Knee, engineer of the N. P, Severin Co. of Chicago, the contractors, said today. The laying of the concrete of the main arch will be finished this Fall, he said. All the foundation work for the smaller bridge has now been completed. Pylons will be erected on this bridge, similar to those that have been put into place on the westerly end of the main Arlington Memorial Bridge. GASOLINE IS IGNITED. Man's Arm Cut by Broken Window Pane in Burning Room. A small quantity of gasoline was ig- nited in a rear ‘srmnd-swry room in the home of Joseph Hawkins, colored, 1835 Providence street northeast, last night about 9 o'clock, while A member of the famiiy was ironing clothes. Hawkins hurried to the room and made an effort to extinguish the fire, suffering a severe cut on his right arm when his arm came in contact with a broken window pane. As soon as fire- men had extinguished the slight blaze they took the injured man to Casualty Hospital, COURT UPHOLDS FORD. Injunction Plea of Sudbury Neigh bors Is Refused. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, November 2 (#).—Judge Philip J. O'Connell in Su- perior Court yesterday refused to order a temporary injunction against Henry Ford, his wife, and Edward J. Boyer, manager of their Wayside Inn property at Sudbury, to restrain them from in- terfering with the fiow of a brook which g:uu onto the property of their neigh- rs, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Sturte- vant of Newtonville. ‘The bill of com- plaint alleged that dams built by Mr. Ford's agents had diminished the flow and made it muddy and unfit for bath- ing and other purposes. ., SATURDAY, COo. 21 For its feat in winning the recent speed tests, Fire Engine Cofpany No. 21 yesterday was awarded permanent pos. session of The Evening Star Cup. The company had won the tests on two previous occasions. In the center of the photo- graph, left to right: Pvt. T. H. Fenton, who drove the truck; Commissioner Dougherty, presenting the cup to Lient. H. T. | Davis; Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Star, and Chief George Watson of the Fire Department. NOVEMBER 2, 1929. AWARDED STAR €UP PERMANENTLY —Star Staff Photo. MOVEFOR TARF TRUGE ADVANGED League Publishes Draft Con- | vention as Basis for Negotiations. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 2.—The League of Natfons' move for a tariff truce advanced a stage yesterday with the publication of a draft convention as the basis for negotiations at a conference proposed for early next year. This proposed formula for an inter- national agreement not, to increase cus- toms duties or add new duties during the period of truce will be circulated to both member and non-member govern- ments. Replies are requested before the January meeting of the League council to enable that body to decide whether it is worth while holding the conference. It was the view of the economic com- mittee, as set forth in the report con- veying the draft, that “the tariff truce is designed to inaugurate an era of peace and stability during which col- lective agreements to facilitate inter- national economic relations could be worked out and negotiated.” Defines U. S. Sentiment. . At the beginning of the deliberations of the committee Lucius Eastman, American business man, who is a mem- ber, made it clear that in his opinion American sentiment, while favorable to any scheme encouraging European prosperity without discrimination against the United States, was disposed to re- gard a tariff truce as a matter for par- ticipation strictly by European states. ‘To_insure that no country would take advantage of the interval before the truce is applied, the committee agreed the convention should be retroactive. Fixing of the exact date was left to decision by the proposed eonference, but the committee suggested it should be as of October 1, 1929, or as near that date as possible. Duration of the truce was also left to the conference to | determine. Benefits Participants Only. On further action the committee ex- pressed itsalf thus: “Although convinced that the tariff truce is only a preliminary stage of | concerted action in which the contract- ing states will bind themselves to take part later, the economic committee does not feel called upon to outline the prin- ciples of that action. They will depend on the results of the tariff truce con- ference, the number, economic impor- tance and treaty relations of states taking part and on the policy dictated to them by their grouping.” The draft convention provides that it shall be applied for the benefit only of countries becoming parties to it. The committee, in drawing up the docu- ment, recognized that special circum- stances might arise in some contract- ing state and acknowledged that that | state would have “the right to proceed to tariff adjustments for the purpose of | meeting grave emergencies affecting H}e essential factors of its economic NOVA SCOTIA “WET” MAKES FORECAST Says U. S. May Follow Example Set by His Country and “‘Jet- tison Prohibition.” By the Associated Press. ‘The result of the prohibition election in Nova Scotia Thursday brought from Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, the inquiry yesterday if the United States would not be the “next to jettison prohibition.” “‘One by one the few peoples of the world who in a moment of war enthu- slasm adopted prohibition are throwing it overboard,” his statement said. “On top of Ontario’s recent refusal to rein- state prohibition, Nova Scotia now abandons it after a 13-year trial. “‘Only Finland, Prince Edward Island and the United States are left groping in the dark of attempted prohibition of the use of God's gifts. All three are Christian nations trying to forbid the use of the Christian wine of the New ‘Testament. “Will the United States be the next to jettison this unfortunate fancy? or will it be Prince Edward Island? or will it be Finland?" WILL TALK AT BANQUET. Lee Johnson to Address K. of C. Chapter Tomorrow Night. Recent activities of the Greek Ameri- can Progressive Association will be out- lined by Lee Johnson of Pittsburgh, na. tional president, in an address tomor- row night at a banquet in the Knights of Columbus Hall in celebration of the Arst_anniversary of the local chapter, the Lodge Miaoulis. Members of lodges in cities nearby will be among the guests. Officials of the Greek legation also will attend. A report will be made on a recent visit of Johnson and other officers to the ‘White House. Two Air Pilots Injured. By Cable to The Star. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, November 2.—Two pilots were injured yesterday when their Sikorsky amphibian plane turned turtle as they were attempting to take off from a small landing field at Playas, 50 miles from here. The plane was forced down yesterday by lack of fuel. The pilots were brought here by automobile for wm treatment. | of varieties. | Pompon and single (and 180 varieties of Japanese chrysan- | are: 250 Cherry Trees Accepted to Fill Losses by Flood The cherry trees depleted in Washington's parks by the flood of the Summer of 1928 are to be replaced. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, di- rector of public buildings and public parks, announced accept- ance of a gift from A. E. Wohl- ert of Narberth, Pa., of some 250 trees. Mr., Wohlert's offer was to the effect that he would donate enough Japanese cherry trees to replace those lost. ‘The new cherry trees will be g‘lt‘?d mostly in East Potomac ark, but Col. Grant's office has under consideration a plan to place some of them in Anacostia Park, if possible. RECORDSHONING OF ARE BLOONS Secretary and Mrs. Hyde1 Open Agriculture Dept. Chrysanthemum Display. Secretary and Mrs. Hyde today for- mally opened the twenty-eighth an- nual chrysanthemum show of the De- CENTER MARKET T0 CLOSE IN JUNE Government to Be Ready to Take Over Site June 30, 1930, Instead of 1931. The proposed date for the closing of Center Market has been changed from January 1, 1931, to June 30, 1230, be- cause officials in charge of the Govern- ment building program expect to be ready to start the new Department of Justice building shortly after that time, Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Public Buildings Commission, said today. This new date will not be definitely established, however, until the House acts in December on a resolution al- ready approved by the Senate, which gives the Secretary of Agriculture au--| thority to cease operation of Cente Market at. the end of next June and | provide for the vacating of the build- ing on or before such date. Senator Smoot said the regular ses- sion of Congress, beginning in Decem- | ber, probably would appropriate some money to begin work on the Justice building. If this sppropriation is ob- tained the market structure probably would be cleared away shortly after it is varated. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. | partment of Agriculture, with an invi- tation showing, which was attended by wives of cabinet members, diplomats | and members of their households and other leaders in Washington society. | Mere than 300 of the most prominent people in the National Capital were | gussts of Secretary and Mrs. Hyde- | ‘The show, opening to the public at| 2 pm. today, will remain open daily from 9 am. to 9 pm. until Sunday night, November 10. It is being held in the exhibition greenhouse at Fourteenth | and B streets northwest. | ‘The show this year is the largest ever | held in this country, both in number of | plants on display and in the wide range ‘There are 501 varieties of chysanthemums themums, the latter being the large, feathery blooms which attract so much attention at this season, and the former being the smaller garden varieties. There are on exhibition for the first time 18 Japanese seedlings and 75 pom- pon seedlings originated by the spe- clalists of the Department of Agricul- ture, and these are attracting com- mercial growers as well as amateur enthusiasts from far outside of th~ Capital. A number of these Govern- ment seedlings are to be adopted by :;vmmerclnl growers for trade propoga- jon. Six Japanese varicties, 18 seedling: 4 standard varieties of the anemone | type and 3 standard pompon varieties will be shown for the first time, Japanese chrysanthemums — Golden Malestic, yellow: Pirst Dawn, chamoic pink with gold tipped petals; Hilda H. Bergen, bronze; W. H. Everard, salmon bronze; E. N. Ward, golden orange; Florence Bahn, chestnut bronze. Anemone chrysanthemums — Norma, pink with bronze cushion: Marietta, soft pink: Verona, golden buff; Stoplight, crimson terra cotta with yellow cushion. Pompon chrysanthemums—Rowanna. medium bron: Sunlight, orange yel- low; Rich Red, red. FINANCE NEWS REPORTER DESCRIBES WALL STREET William H. Grimes, Bureau Chief, Gives Address to University Journalism Class. “There is a popular misconception of the nature of the financial center of New York,” sald Willlam H. Grimes, chief of the Washington bureau of the ‘Wall Street Journal, an address yes- terday afternoon before the class journalism at George Washington Uni- versity. “Wall Street is older than anybody now livirg.” continued the speaker, ana he explained the way in which it haa grown to its present proportions as a result of & popular demand for a con- venient meeting place for those who were prepared to buy or sell securities. “The fact is,” said Mr. Grimes, “that | it is a place to go when you have = certain amount of stocks to sell ana desire to find a buyer, or wish to buy stocks without the uncertainty of pr- vate dealings. It is a free and open market and offers instant commum- cation as well as the opportunity to Ret cash in transactions. “Any other conception of Wail Street,” contizutd_the speaker, “is ot minor importance' and entirely over- looks the character of the markec place.” Mr. Grimes explained financial re- porting, the demand that had arisen | as a result of growing interest in i1 vestments and the almost instantane- ous character of transmission that is required for the information of the financial world. “For such writers,” he said, “the Fea- eral Reserve Board and the Interstaie Commerce Commission are the hign points in Washington.” Woman Killed in Earthquake. BUCHAREST, Rumania, November 2 (A —A woman was killed during a seven-second earthquake yesterday which caused much alarm, shook houses, cracked walls and hurled down chimneys. The woman was leaving St. Joseph's Church, where a statue of the Archangel Raphael fell and crushed | sylvania avenue southeast, 2:30 p.m. | Kappa Tau Chi Sorcrity. Beta Chap | 4. in the ballroom of Wardman Park {luncheon of the Quartermaster Corps her. Seismographic instruments at the observatory were damaged by the tremor, TODAY. The Ohio Girls' Club will hold its first dance tonight at the Arlington Hotel. The National Genealogical Society has arranged to hold its monthly meet- ing at the Mount Pleasant Library this evening, 8 p.m. The ladies of the Universalist Church will hold a home-cooked food sale this afternoon and every Saturday afternoon from 11 to 5:30 at the temporary parish house, 1603 S street. FUTURE. The Wanderlusters' hike tomorrow will start from Seventeenth and Penn- Mr. McMillan will lead. Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp. No. 4. United Spanish War Veterans, will hold its monthly meeting Monday evening. November 4, in Pythian Temple, 8 o'clock. ‘The next regular meeting Monday, Novem- ber 4, '8“ pm., in St. Alban's Parish Hall, A benefit card party. sponsored by ter, is announced for Monday, Novem Chi Sigma Sorority, Alpha Chapter. will have a benefit card party Tuesday evening, November 5, 8:30, at Thomas Circle Club. ‘The Rowac Club will meet Wednes- | day evening, November 6, with Mrs. J. A.'L. Sayer, 701 Sixth street southwest. Saturday, November 9. the Rowac Club will have charge of the book re- view meeting at Mount Pleasant Li- rary, 2 p.m. Columbia_Council, No. 4, Sons and | Daughters of Liberty, announces a Hal- loween masquerade dance at Naval Lodgs Hall, Fourth and Pennsyl\'nn‘u| avenue southeast, second floor, Mon- day, November 4. S i The first meeting this season of the | Massachusetts Society of Washington will be held Monday evening. November Hotel. The fifty-seventh meeting of the Washington branch, Society of Ameri- | can Bacteriologists, will be held in the | conference room, fourth floor of the Biecber building, Fourteenth and B streets southwest, Monday evening, No- | vember 4, 8 oclock. ¥ The Manor Park Citizens' Association will hold its monthly meeting at the Whittier School Building, Fifth and | Sheridan streets, 7:45 p.m., Monday evening. Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, com- | mandant of the Marine Corps, will be | tthe guest of honor at the first monthly | officers of the Regular Army, National Guard and Organized Reserves. which | will be held at the Carlton Hotel Tues- day. The Loyal Knights of the Round Ta- ble will meet at University Club_for luncheon Tuesday, November 5, 12:30 | pm. Gamma Phi Beta Alumnae Associa- | tion of the District of Columbia will meet with Harriet Shannon, quarters 9. Walter Reed Hospital, 8 o'clock, Wednesday evening, November 6. The Columbia Women will meet Tues- day afternoon, November 5, in Corcoran ; Hall of George Washington University, 4 o'clock. Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, president of the Natlonal League of American Pen Women, and Mrs. Her- bert D. Brown will be the speakers. Scotch Terrier Strays. Simon, & pet Scotch terrier belonging to Representative Robert L. Bacon of New York, strayed from its owner's home, 1801 F street, yesterday and po- lice have been asked to search for it. Cc;;‘med by Senate. Cathedral Heights - Cleveland | Park Citizens' Association will hold its | ber 4, 8:30 p.m, at the Thomas Circle 14 They | Club. SMITHSONIAN GIFT FOR RESEARCH 10 PRESENT PROBLEM 1$100,000 Left for Experi- ments With “Mother Stuff ! of Universe.” |CLARIFICATION TO AWAIT | EXACT TERMS OF WILL ‘Secrefary of Institution Withholds Comment Pending Official Notification. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. What is the “mother stuff of the uni- verse'"? This difficult philosophical problem may confront the Smithsonian Institu- tion because of the will of William H. Rollins of Boston, filed for probate this week, bequeathing it $100,000 for “ex- periments with the mother stuff of the universe to find out how to handle its manifestations for the benefit of man.” Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian, said he had not yet received official notification of the gift and could not comment until he knew the exact terms of Mr. Rollins’ will. It is the policy of the institution to ad- minister such legacies so far as pos- sible to meet the intention of the testator, without subjecting the terms to strained meanings. Unless the intent is defined more specifically in some other part of the will, it was pointed out at the Smith- sonian, the term “mother stuff of the | universe” probably would be interpreted to mean the ultimate constituents of matter as now generally accepted by physics and chemistry, since the path backward to the first beginnings of things lies through a clearer under- standing of these. Present Mystery. | Beyond the infinitely small protons ;and electrons. which presumably make up the material atoms, science enters a realm of mathematical mysticism, where there is little possibility of cer- {tainty in the present state of knowl- {edge. It is not even known whether the electrans and protons are material jor not, since they lie so far below the | threshhold of the human senses and are demonstrable only by mathematical { formulae applied to the phenomena of nature, It is being held more and more, it was pointed cut, that they are not material, although all matter is made out of them, but merely imma- terial particles of positive and negative lectricity. ‘The strange bequest of Mr. Rollins may be so interpreted as to carry the Smithsonian investigators along unex- plored trails thrcugh these infinitely little particles, billions of which would be required to cover the point of a pin, but each of which is supposed to be roughly like the solar system with {from 1 to 90 planets revolving around |a central “sun.” Much work to de- { termine the nature of atcmic systems now is under way both at the Burean of Standards here and at university physical laboratories throughout the country. But during the past few years there | bas been a great flood of mathematical philosophy. incomprehensible to laymen land to most. scientists, which seeks to { 8> even farther than these immaterial particles cf electricity for “the mother stuff of the universe.” For they them- { selves must have a beginning out of | something underlying all nature. First matter and energy have been experimentally determined to be dif- | ferent forms of the same thing—that { is, matter giving off energy, as by burn- ing, is giving off a part of itself. The |old"law of the conservation of matter {no longer 1s exactly true, although it | holds within the finest limits detectable to the human scnses. The sun and stars continually are giving off energy in the form of radiation and in the process losing some of their masses. ‘Two years ago at the annual meeting | of the National Academy of Sciences here Prof. R. A. Milliken cf the Cali- fornia Institute of Technology presented the mathematical hypothesis that some- where in outer space the energy of radlation was re-created into matter | again, stars expiring as energy and be- {ing reborn as matter over incalculably | great periods of time. Then the various theories of the Ger- man physicist Einstein, theoretically de- | stroying the reality of the universe of he human senses, implied that all the ultimate realities known to man—space, ime, and energy—were really forms of the same thing, existing as relative phe- nomena of a structure of creation which could not be comprehended since it transcended human sensory experience, but which could be demonstrated math- ematically. Since Einstein even more radical pictures have been presented by the world's foremost mathematicians. Matter Called State of Mind. ‘The whole may nave been summed up by Sir Arthur Eddington, one of the foremost living mathematical physicists, at the meetings of the British Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science last year, in which matter was defined as a stale of nilnd, its existence depend- ing on the peculiar relation of the hu- man sensory system to tne real structure of the universe. But these philosophical concepts are not likely to enter the Smithsonian studies if the bequest can be interpreted as being intended for further investiga- tions of the laws of atomic systems. A few years hence, it wgs pointed out, the practical conception of the “mother stuff of the universe” may be quite dif- ferent than at present, since the -prog- ress of science is to follow mathemati- cal theory with supporting facts. ‘The probable procedure would be to consider the problem as scientific rather than philosophical, since the Smith- sonian is a scientific institution. “It is gratifying,” Dr. Abbot said, “to learn that people are turning to the Smithsonian with such bequests. The institution is in a position to produce worthwhile results in the investigation of a scientific problem.” The investigations involved probably come under Dr. Abbot's own depart- ment. He has made notable contribu- tions to the sum total of knowledge con- cerning the structure of the stars, their evolutionary processes, and their rela- tions to lfe, COL. GRANT TO ADDRESS ° CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION Group Will Hear Public Parks Director at Presbyterian Church Monday. In response to a request by the Six- teenth Street Highlands Citizens’ Asso- ciation, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, di- rector of public buildings d public parks, will address that body on Mon- day night at 8 o'clock at Sixth Presb; terian Church at Sixteenth and Ken- nedy streets. Some time ago, a delegation called upon Col Grant to urge him to give consideration to the mml of mak- ing the entrance to 'k Creek Para directly west of Kennedy street, to avold an awkward traffic turn now necessary near the Bright voir. The delegatian of the association contended that a traffic tangle resulted The nomination of Thomas S. Wil- liams of Iilinois to bé & judge of the Court of Claims was confirmed yester- day by the s’u. N from the failure to have the park en- trance due west of Kennedy street. Proposals to improve the reservoir for athletic purposes will be considered. h