Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1929, Page 16

CPPPGIIEOIP IR LI ELRRP LS P BRI GG I PP PERI P RSP ET I 250 16 DELANO IS ELECTED NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION HEAD Variety of Problems Come Up at Final Sessions of Two-Day Meeting. VIEWS ARE PRESENTED ON MALL DEVELOPMENT Street’ Plans Also Discussed and Staff Authorized to Make New Draft. Frederic A. Delano, prominent Wash- ingtonian, today was chosen chairman | of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, to succeed Lieut. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, former chief of Army Engineers, now retired. Observers saw in this choice further recognition of the importance of the National Capital, because Mr. Delano is the representative on the commission of the District of Columbia selected by the President. ‘The commission entered the last ses- sions of its two-day meeting today with a variety of problems to be discussed. | A delegation from the Washington | Board of Trade appeared to go over; with the commission problems relating to the triangle development, partic- ularly with reference to a traffic outlet | southward at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Highway prob- Jems—particularly concerning _Adams Mill road, tae entrance to the Zoo, the vroposed monumental entrance to the! National Cepital at Wisconsin avenue ! and the District line and the Fern street | underpass, as well as prospective land | purchases, were on today's agenda, Water Supply Group Reports. 1 A report of the water supply com- mittee, representing interested Mary- land, Virginia and District authorities | dealing with the expansion of water | facilities in the Metropolitan area for | the next half century, occupled the | attention of the commission and was explained by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner of the commission. The com- mittee will continue its study and con- centrate on specific recommendations. C. L. Wirth, landscape architect, sub- mitted a report showing the improve- ments that have gone forward in the newly acquired park areas. He dis- cussed in particular the foundry branch and Piney Branch program. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the commission, brought up the question of the Rosslyn, Va., water | front and the application for a permit to build a wharf, made by the Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia to the United States engineer office. After the colonel had explained the sitaution, the commis- sion approved his action in protesting 1o the office of Maj. Brehon Somervell, the District engineer for the War De- partment for the Washington area, against the granting of a permit. This development of the Sun Oil Co., in con- structing wharfage and tankage facili- ties would hamper the plan of the com- mission for a_parkway up the Virginia side of the Potomac River to Chain Bridge and Great Plbll{id I.j! :.he (:Il company proposes to bul ust_north of the Key Bridge at Rosslyn, Va. Mall Development Taken Up. ‘The development of the Mall and street plans in conjunction with it was discussed, and the commission’s staff was authorized to redraw the plans. Prederick Law Olmsted and Harland Barthelmew, past presidents of the Ametican City Planning Institute and planners ‘for the St. Louis Planning Commission, who assisted the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in its streets and transit studies, laid before the commission their views on the problem, rtation, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. €. SATURDAY., NOVEMBER 16, 1929. | | i “King Tutt,” police dog. owned by to a member of Congress. INDEMNITY ASKED ON BONDS DEAL Action Against F. H. Smith? Co. and New Amsterdam Co. Filed by Three. Demands that the F. H. Smith Co..| Jocal investment concern, and the New Amsterdam Co. indemnify them against | any loss on their investment of $10,000 in hends have been made of the Dis- trict’ Supreme Court by Lucy I. Jones, Lillie M. Jones and Chapman W. Mau- | pin, 5012 Fourtecnth street. ‘The plaintiffs, instituting action yes- terday, charge that Lucy I. and Lillie M. Jones held $500 each in bonds of the City Investment Co., secured on the Investment Building, at Fifteenth and K streets, and Maupin owned $9,000 worth of bonds, when they were in- duced to exchange them for $5,000 of bonds of the New Amsterdam Co. and !;'0,000 in bonds of the Cavaller Corpora- tion. Alarmed at the difficulties of the Smith Co., the plaintiffs charged they investigated and learned the bond issue en the Cavalier was 10( per cent in excess of the assessed value of the property and the New Amsterdam bonds over 80 per cent in excess. The plain- tiffs said they then threatened suit and obtained a transfer of the Cavalier bonds for those of the New Amsterdam The plaintiffis charged they have learned since the last exchange that the New Amsterdam first trust bond issue of $770,000 was more than 50 per cent in excess of the assessed value and more than 100 per cent in excess of the The question of {rans af- fecting the public building program and the probable effects of the triangle Gevelopment on transportation, was taken up. The commission’s staff was authorized to make further study and report at a later meeting. It may be found necessary to rearrange the street car tracks in the downtown section of ‘Washington to accommodate the influx of Government employes, who will oc- cupy the new Government buildings in the triangle when they are complet- ed. The commission authorized the em- ployment of special experts to assist in the transportation and transit studies, if this should be found necessary. Change in Regulations Sought. In an attempt to secure a change in the zoning regulations for the increase in height of 60 to 90 feet for apart- ment houses in certain residential areas, representatives of the Washing- ton Chapter of the American Institute of Architects lgd the Operative Build- ers' Association appeared before the commission today for a hearing. The representatives are Louls Justement for the architects and Rufus S. Lusk for the builders. At the present time a number of resi- dential sections are zoned as B and C 60-foot areas. These are located on streets 110 feet wide. If the proposal of Justement and Lusk were put into effect builders would be able to erect eight-story apartment houses instead of five-story structures in such districts. ‘The ground space covered by the build- ing would be lessened and the interior cubic area would be increased by only 10 per cent. The new plan calls for a setback at the fitth story. Its proponents claim that it would make possible a greater variety of architectural style. STUART LEWIS, WELL KNOWN WRITER, DIES Former Capital Newspaper Man Passes Away in New Jersey Town. News was received here today of the death of Stuart Lewis, former well known Washington news?aper man, in Glenridge, N. J., Thursday. He had | been in 1li health more than a year. tol for the Washington News. *° 'was an instructor at the National Uni- . versity Law School and American Uni- L wersity. He ‘left Washington in 1927. g, AL the time of his death he was pro- 7 fessor of government of the New Jer- [ sey Law School, in Newark. &t The author of several bocks on gov- ernment, Lewis held nine degrees from verious universities, including the de- grees of Ph. D, L L. D. and J. U. D. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Lewis was born in Cairo, Ill, Decam- ber 22, 1891. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Albert Lewis; a sister, Miss Helen Lewis of Lake City, N. J., <'and a brother, Edward Lewis of Troy, N. Y. GIRL IS RUN DOWN. Six-year-old Bernice Matthews, col- ored, of 116 F street, was severely in- jured this morning when she was knocked down on the street near her home by an automobile. The child, ,| snows have fallen in the Alps in Bel- fair mortgage value of the property. TWO FIRMS SUMMONED. Virginia and Washington F. H. Smith Companies Cited at Richmond. RICHMOND, Va., November 16.—F. H. Smith Co. of Virginia, Inc., and the F. H. Smith Co. of Washington, D. C., have been summoned by the State Cor- poration Commission to appear with their books and records November 22 and show cause why a cease and desist order should not be issued against them in Virginia. Complainants in the case include the Virginia Better Trade Association, which presented affdavits by G. S. Ken- nard, Lillian E. Parker, Louisa R. Shel- ley and R. B. Faunt LeRoy. -The na- ture of the complaint was not described in the order. BENEFIT “POUND PARTY” SCHEDULED BY K. OF C. Planned l:):s!istnnce of Little of the Poor. Event Sisters A “pound party” for the benefit of the Little Sister of the Poor will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon by the Washington General Assembly of the Fourth Degree Knights of Co- lumbus of this city, at the home of the Little Sisters, at second and H streets northeast. * ‘This affair, which is an annual benefit for the poor, is given under the imme- diate supervision of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus and Catho- lic organizations throughout the city have been invited to lend support to| the appeal. The committee in charge includes ‘Thomas J. Trodden, chairman; Charles | W. Darr, Patrick J. Haltigan, Daniel J‘i O'Brien, J. Eugene Gallery, James B.| Flynn, A. J. Williamson, John . Burns, P. A, Simpson, John F. Hillyard, | Fred J. Diegelmann, Eugene C. B: nas, Michaei Casey, Thomas K. her, Albert Sardo, John B. Coyle, Rob- ert C. Carpenter, John Pellen, J. Fendall Coughlan, John'C. Brennan, Edward L. which was exonerated in Police Court y One of the witnesses who testified against the dog today threatened to appeal Policeman H. O. Tuit and Mrs. Tutt, yesterday of a charge of being vicious. ——Star Staff Photo. RED CROSS DRIVE | SHOWS PROGRESS New High Mark Expected To- day Following Pay Day for U. S. Employes. After a slight lull in receipts Thurs- day, returns in the annual Red Cross roll call drive rallied yesterday to main- tain an average of approximately $1,000 daily in subscriptions since the cam- paign got under way Monday. , Indica- tions were that today would set a new high mark, it peing the day following Government pay day, and also pay day for many other local business houses. Another 100 per cent certificate was issued yesterday to the Washington Loan & Trust Co. and its West End branch. Every member of this organi- zation was enrolled as & member. Acknowledgement was also made this morning by Mrs. H. C. Barnes, director of the local chapter, of receipt of $440 from Walter Reed Hospital and $564 from the Treasury Department. The War Department has also contributed $192 to date. This morning 40 Boy Scouts set out from the roll call headquarters, 1342 G street, which building was made available for the period of the cam- paign by Albert Carry, bearing more than 2,000 posters, which they dis- tributed in stores and publie buildings throughout the city. Mrs, Barnes paid tribute this morning to the enthusiastic co-operation in the drive by the many business houses of the city. She mentioned the Willard Hotel Co,, which, through its manager, Frank Hight, is responsible for the out- fitting of the building being used for roll call headquarters, Julius Garfinkle furnished the decorations for the show window of the building. D, J. Kauff- man, “Radio Joe,” is to dedicate an ad- dres: in behalf of the drive during the week. EIGHT PERSONS HURT IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Two Suffer Serious Injuries in Series of Accidents Over- night in Distdict. Eight persons were injured, two seri- ously, in traffic accidents reported last night and this morning. Samuel C. Smoot, 76 years old, of 1311 Taylor street, is in Emergency Hospital as the result of injuries suf- fered last night when run down at Georgla avenue and Shepherd street by an automobile operated by George R. Bruce, 713 Hobart street. Nancy Simpkins, 25-year-old colored woman, living at 506 L street, was also seriously injured last night when struck while attempting to cross the street at Ninth and U streets by a Capital Trac- tlon street car operated by Motorman John E. Lore of the Navy Yard car barn. She was removed to Emer- gency Hospital. John Swann, 59 years old, colored, of 1208 Fifth street; Miss Marian Butler, 18 years old, of Alexandria, Va.; James Dorsey, 5-year-old colored boy; Beatrice Mullin, 38 years old, of 2400 Nineteenth street; Mary Peterson, 34 years old, colored, of 1717 Oregon avenue, and 13-year-old Marguerite Denison, living at Fort Myer, Va., were the others hurt. Miss Butler was struck by a Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. car. |DR. SCOTT DECORATED BY CUBAN GOVERNMENT ‘Tucker, Matthew Dillon, Richard Field, gml-:‘?fe A. Donohoe, and Dr. Bertram ral DOGS ATTACK CHILDREN. pital Treatment. ‘Two colored children were bitten by dogs yesterday. Earline Thornton, 11 years old, residing at 1122 Half street southwest, was playing on the street near her home when the dog of a neighbor bit her. She was given first- aid treatment at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Francis E. Gilfoy. Seven-year-old Morgan Harris, 110 Bates street, was the other victim. He was in his home when the dog of an- other occupant of the house bit him, his left arm being lacerated. He was given first-aid treatment at Freedman's Hospital by Dr. Thompson. HEAVY SNOW HITS ALPS. ROME, November 16 ().—Heavy suffering from lacerations of the scalp and shock, was taken to Freedmen's Hospital, where her condition was un- datermined. DPolice of the sixth pre- cinet repcrted inability to determine lung Provirce, closing all frontier roads of Northern Italy. A hurricane has Colored Boy and Girl Given Hos-; Georgetown Professor Honored for Bervice in International Affairs. | The Cuban Government has deco- irated Dr. James Brown Scott of the Georgetown University Schcol of For- eign Service, with its highest award, the Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos Manuel Decespedes, for his able services to the Cuban people in international | affairs, Secretary of State Martinez Oritiz be- | stowed the decoration upon Dr. Scott j recently in Havana during sessions of the American Institute of International él:’ whll.‘h“l.l]ls flg hefldqul{:en in the ‘'uban capital. - Dr. Scott is president of the institute. ‘The Georgetown professor is taking active part in the establishment of a palace of international law in Havana, irecently authorized by the Cuban gov- ernment under the decree of President Machado. Through his writing and |work at many -American confer- ences, Dr. Scott done much to ad- vance the terests of the Cuban people Two Die in Bus Crash. SAN FRANCISCO, November 16 (#). caused considerable damage about Lakc Maggiore. ihe identity of the driver of th: auto- covered, while storms were reported to- -mobile. -day.from.Sardinia.and Naples. { Central Ttaly mountains are also snow- ' —'Two persons were killed and nine | others were injured in the head-on collision of a stage bus and an auto- mobile at Colima, near here, Thurs- ISSUE OF TRUCK TAGS AUTHORIZED IN CURRENT YEAR | Plan Designed to Eliminate| Unnecessary Delay Among License Applicants. OWNERS TO BE ALLOWED | T0 PAY TAX BY CHECK| Those Wishing Private-Car Tags Must Apply at District Building After January 2. In an effort to avold unnecessary congestion among applicants for auto- mobile tags next January, the District Commissioners yesterday authorized ap- plication to be made for truck tags during the present calendar year. Applications should be made to the personal tax office on the first floor of the District Building on blanks provided for the purpose. Clerks of the personal tax office will then calculate the per- sonal tax to be paid on each truck and insert the sum on the application blank. The truck owners will then be notified | of the amount of their tax and wii be allowed to pay by check on or after December 15. The tags will be distrio- uted January 2. | None of the above, however, applics to tags for private cars. Those wishing to buy such tags should come to the District Bullding not earlier than Jani- jary 2, and they will be served in the | order in which they apply. District officials .expect to have com- pleted the job of selling tags by Janu-| ary 31, and the proper authorities in nearby States have been asked to ac- | cept District 1929 tags as good until that time. The present situation is caused by the act of Congress passed last February | which compels the District to collect the personal tax on each automobile before a tag is issued to each machine. Under the law the taxes are to be as- sessed for the calendar year 1930, and consequently the taxes may not be re- | ceived before January. | Most motorists have already paid per- sonal taxes on their automobiles up to June 30, 1930. For such persons the mnonll tax to be charged will be one 1f of a year's tax and will clear the tax payments on the car up to Decem- ber 31, 1930. TRAY OF DIAMONDS STOLEN FROM STORE, Professional Thief Blamed for Loss of $2,500 in Gems From Showcase. Fifteen diamond rings, valued at ap- | proximately $2,500, were stolen from a showcase in the Franc jewelry store, at the southeast corner of Seventh and G streets, about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon by a supposed professional Jewelry thief. It is believed the diamonds were taken by the taller of two men who entered the store together, one going to the rear and engaging a woman clerk in conversation, the other strolling leisurely to the showcase in which was the tray of 15 diamonds. None of the clerks actually witnessed” the taking of the tray from the show- case, Detectives Carlton Talley and L. M. Wilson were informed, but they felt certain the tall man was the thief. The pair had been in the store before, presumably looking over the ground. Descriptions of the men were fur- nished police. Police of other cities have been notified. CITIZENS’ FORUM PLANS FOR ANNUAL ELECTION Columbia Heights Organization to! Meet Tuesday Night in Wil- son Normal School. The Citizens’ Forum of Columbia Heights will hold its second annual meeting and election of officers Tuesday night in the Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets. Members of the forum are permitted to nominate and vote by mail. The preliminary ballot prepared by the elec- tion committee composed of C. E. La Vigue, Dr. Lyman F. Kebler and Miss A. G. Woodward, lists 34 candidates for the eight elective offices. In addition to the annual election, it is announced, a report will be received from & special committee, of which W. W. Coulllette is chairman, concerning the acquisition of property by colored persons in the southern section of Co- lumbia Heights. GIVEN NEW POSTS. Army Officers Are Transferred by ‘War Department Orders. Lieut. Col. Elliot J. Dent, Corps of Engineers, has been assigned to the 13th Engineers, at Fort Humphreys, Va.; Maj. Frederick Schoenfeld, Quar- termaster Corps, has been transferred from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, to Fort Eustis, Va.; Lieut. Col. Sidney H. Hopson, retired, from the Porter Mili- tary Academy, Charleston, S. C,, to his home; Maj. Edward H. Pearce, retired, has been assigned to the public high schools at Oakland, Calif. vice Capt. Prank Nickerson, retired, who has been relleved and will proceed to his home; Chaplain Nathaniel A. Jones, from Jef- ferson Barracks, Mo., to the Philippines; Chaplain Thomas E. Swan, from San Antonio, Tex., to the Philippines; Capt. ‘Willlam A. Wappenstein, 65th Infantry, from San Juan, Porto Rico., to the 4th Infantry at Fort George Wright, Wash- iington; Capt. David Grove, Quarter- master Corps, from Chicago to Logan, Colo., and Capt. James L. Olsen, 1 Dental Corps, from Hawail to Sa Prancisco. 5 REPORT ERRONEOUS. Presbytery Plans No Church at Second and 8 Streets N.E. In Tuesday's Star ft was erroneously | stated that the Washington City Pres-| bytery planned a colored church at Second and S streets northeast. The Presbytery's plans concerned a colored church which is already established at Second and S streets northwest. No plans have been made by the Presbytery for a church at Second and S streets northeast. ROBBED OF HER PAY. | Colored Man Grabs Woman’s Pock- ethook Containing $63. An unidentified colored man snatched a pocketbook containing $63, the pay she dra T clerk in the Veterans' Bu- reau, residing at 1320 Twelfth street, ! early last_evening. Miss Powers was | and posing for photographs, the Master | Photo Finishers of America at the con- | isylvania avenue RK VIEW CITIZENS SEE HOPES REALIZED Ground was broken yesterday for the nmew addition to the Park View School, for which the residents of that area have campaigned yigorously. View Citizens’ Assoclation, are shown at the turning of the earth. PHOTO FINSHERS HOLDS RELIGN WRITE MR. HOOVER President Is Saved ““Ordeal” | of Handshaking and Posing by Delegates to D. C. Rather than subject President Hoover to an ordeal of prolonged handshaking | clusion of their seventh annual conven- tion here yesterday forwarded a letter | of greetings to the Chief Executive in- | stead of requesting a reception at the | White House. | The letter of greetings expressed the | B hope that other associations convening in Washington would do likewise to | eliminate a “grave drain upon the President’s health and time.” | The letter wishing Mr. Hoover “a happy and successful administration” | was signed by A. J. Cunningham of Utica, N. Y., newly elected president of the association; Fred Mayer of Portland, Oreg,, the retiring head; Guy A. Bing- ham, executive manager, and Walter W. Hicks, chairman of the local committee on_arrangements. They stated that the organization did not seek and declined to approve a re- ception at the White House, belleving that the President should conserve his energy for matters of State. “Our association feels certain that the President, really desires to meet as many visitors to this city as is possible, but. it is our earnest prayer that these re- ceptions shall not be too numerous, for the President’s sake,” the letter sald. Besides naming Mr. Cunningham president the finishers selected William Burton vice president. and Fred *B. Fountain, treasurer. | Woman guests were entertained at a | bridge party at the Manor Club by Mrs. Walter W. Hicks, chairman of the | committee on ladies' entertainment. | The final event of the conventfon was a | trip to Mount Vernon. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF: TODAY. A lecture will be given by Miss Christabel Pankburst of London, Eng- land, this evening, 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Business Women's Council at the Y. W. C. A., Seventeenth and K streets. ‘The 73%a regular meeting of the Blological Society of Washington will be heid this evening, 8 o'clock, in the new | assembly hall of the Cosmos Club. FUTURE. ‘The Wanderlusters’ hike tomorrow will start from Seventh street and Penn- southeast. Mr. Mc- Miilian will lead. Rummage sale of Deborah Knapp Chapter, D. A. R, will be held at Twenty-ninth and Q streets northwest, Georgetown, November 18, 19 and 20. The Citizens' Forum of Columbia Heights will hold its second annual meeting and election of officers Tuesday night, November 19, 8 o'clock, in the auditorlum of the Wilson ' Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets. Columbia Historical Society will meet at the Cosmos Club assembly hall Tuesday evening, 8:15 o'clock. . The Monday Evening Club of the District of Columbia will meet Monday evening, 8 o'clock, at the Y. W, C. A. Building, Seventeenth and K streets. The Loyal Knights of the Round Table will meet at the University Club for luncheon, Tuesday, November 19, 12:30 o'clock. ‘Washington Review, No. 4, of the W. B. A. will hold a benefit card party Monday evening, 8:30 o'clock, at 1750 Massachusetts averue. Public invited. Washington Alliance of Delta Delta Delta Fraternity will celebrate Found- ers’ day, Wednesday, November 20, with a banquet at Tabard Inn, 1739 N street northwest, 7 o'clock. Tri-Deltas in Washington and vicinity are invited to communicate with Mrs. Howard Eales, 3700 Massachusetts avenue, if they wish to attend. The regular meeting of the West End Citizens’ Assoclation will be held Monday, November 18, 8 p.m, in the ‘Western Presbyteris Church, Chester C. Platt, publisher of the Times, Batavia, N. Y., and one-time secretary to Gov. Sulzer of New York State, will address a public anti-bluz law meeting in the Green Tea Room of the Dodge Hotel, Monday evening, 8 p.m. Burnside Post, No. 8, G. A. R., will meet at G. A. R. Hall, 1412 Pennsyl- November 19, vania avenue, 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Nominations of officers for the ensuing year will be made. ‘The Hubbard-Raymond Home and School Association will meet Monday evening, 8 o'clock, in the Hubbard School, Eleventh and Kenyon streets. ‘The Huguenot Soclety of Washington will have its secend meeting of the se son at the American University, Massa. chusetts and Nebraska avenues, Mon- day evening, 8 o'clock. The adult Bible class of Foundry M. E. Church will meet at the home of M 3547 Thirteenta cet northwest, Tuesday evening for a_business and social meeting. All iviends of the class are invited. Rev. Harold E. Beatty, pastor of the Cicorgetown Lutheran Church, will ;peak on “The Reality of the World Seyond” at the services tomorrow orning at 11 o'clock. Christian En- deavor meeting at 7 pm. Evening service at 8 o’clock. ‘The regular meeting of the Lincoln Park Citizens’ Assoclation will be held at 8 o'clock Monday evening in the Bryan School, B street near Fourteenth | southeast. . A dinner at 7 p.m. will be the first item on the program of the regular meeting o: '.‘l;'u Homoeopathic Laymen’s uq&n of ‘Tuesday, ‘' No- vember 19. The meeting will follow Miss Emily Scrivener, principal of the school, and Fred S. Walker, president of the Park ~—Star Staff Photo. FRED A. EMERY. —Harris-Ewing Photo. DISTRICT NATIVES ELECTF. A, EMERY Succeeds Lee D. Latimer,! Who Served Two Terms as President. Fred A. Emery, veteran Washington newspaper man and representative of the United States Daily at the Capitol, was elected president of the Society of Natives of the District of Columibia at the annual meeting for the election of officers in the Washington Club last night. He succeeds Lee D. Latimer, who had served as president two terms, the maximum allowed. Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding Judge at Police Court, was elected first vice president. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Henry F. Sawtelle, second vic president; Ralph L. Hall, third vice president; James F. Duhamel, his- torian; Miss Emma A. Bright, recerd- ing secretary, and Miss May E. Hun- gerford, corresponding secretary. Both of the secretaries were re-clected. Choose Federation Delegates, Miss Etta L. Taggart and Mr. Emer: were elected to serve as delegates to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations pending acceptance of the soclety to membership by the federation. The society at a previous meeting voted to make application. This motion was discussed at length at last night's session, when John A. Saul declared the resolufion as adopted at the previous meeting was “void” be- cause no provision was made for the payment of dues to the federation in the original motion. Miss Taggart, who had introduced the resolution at the former meeting, read it and it was decided by Mr. Emery, and other members of the society that the original resolution, as adopted, carried all the necessary requirements in re- questing admission into the' federation and carrying out the necessary meas- ures if admitted. The application for membership had not been presented prior to last night. ~ The new president was for 25 years connected with the Asociated Press, as reporter, editor, day manager, night manager and Capitol manager, and was for three years chief of the Bureau of Foreign _Intelligence, Department of State. He also is identified with several organizations in the District, including the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, of which he is a vice president. Name Christmas Committee. The following committee was ap- pointed to arrange for the society's annual Christmas celebration, to be held Decémber 20: Mrs, J. C. Kondrup, Lee D. Latimer, Mrs. Henry F. Saw- telle, Washington Topham, Percy B. Israel, Miss Etta L. Taggart, Ralph L. Hall and John A. Saul. Mr. Emery announced that Mrs. Ella Robinson had been reappointed chairman of the entertainment com- mittee for the coming year. The so- clety voted last night to increase iis membership dues from $1 to $2 a year. Representative Richard 8. Aldrich of Rhode Island, a native of this city, was elected to membership in the soclety. Other mew members elected are Mrs. Mary E. Burns, Mrs. Emma C. McWii- liams, George H. Happ, Isaac Birch, Mrs. Minnie M. Birch, Miss Margaret E. Maiz, Dr. J. Simms Riggles and W. R. Frank Hines. Vocal solos were rendered at the meeting by Mrs. Ruth Goodall and Eugene Swygert, and a piano solo by R. E. Rapp. Mr. Rapp and Mrs, E. W. Robinson were accompanists for the singing. ‘The meeting was called to order by Percy B. Israel, vice president, in the absence of the retiring president, Mr. Latimer. Mr. Emery took the chair following the election of officers. SMOKE SCREEN USER IS GIVEN FOUR YEARS Justice Gordon Sentences Man Whose Car Hit Another After Violating Light. Four years in the iten the sentence w4 victims victed October 24. Assistant United States Attorney Walter M. Shea con- NG LI PROSSCIIDA, Dr. Bowen Expresses Belief in Therapeutic Value Be- fore Conference. A positive belief in the therapeutic value of religion in the practice of med- icine was expressed by Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen, prominent Capital physician and | Episcopal layman, in an address at the | thirteenth annual convocation of the Howard School of Religion Thursday afternoon. “Physicians need to take into account the spiritual condition of their patients in order to render the best possible service,” Dr. Bowen stated. He further contended that in order for a physician properly to recognize such a condition in a patient it is necessary for him to see the development of his own spir- ituality, and to this end, Dr. Bowen sald, no physician is too busy to attend church at least once on Sunda; He urged ministers to seek a closer alignment with physicians for the gen- eral welfare of the community. Dr. Bowen precipitated a general discussion of the physical effects of tobacco when he declared that “60 per cent of children of women who smoke excessively are either born dead or die in their first year:” In the discussion, | Dr. Bowen took the position that the detriment to health through smoking is a matter of the extent to which the habit is indulged. The need of church school nurseries, where children may be cared for so that their parents may have an opportunity to attend church services, also was stressed by Dr. Bowen. In concluding the series of addresses on “Conflicc or Co-operation” Prof. Joseph B. Matthews, president of the World Youth Peace Congress and sec- retary of the Fellowship of Reconcilia- tion, New York City, turned his atten- tlon to the Western Hemisphere, where he regards the economic situation as the basis of present conflict. He contended that the only solution to the problem is by way of the cross, a disposition on the part of individuals to stand up for principles of justice and co-operation regardless of consequences. EMPLOYES BENEFIT UNDER CURRAN WILL - ADTONEDCNE 3| Many Bequests Made by Business Man Who Died in At- lantic City. Employes of the firm of Guy, Curran & Co. are remembered in the will of its proprietor, Joseph H Curran, which has been filed in the District Supreme Court, Mr. Curran died last Monday at Atlantic City and left a will dated September 22, 1926, which is modified by a codicil of April 4, 1928, The Lincoln National Bank and Wil- liam C. Johnson, assistant to the presi- dent of the Federal-American National Bank, are named as executors and trustees of the estate. Mr. Johnson is described as a personal friend of the deceased and 1s to have $2,000 in addi- tion to his commissions from the estate. If still in the employ of the firm, the following employes are to. benefit from the estate: Willlam O. Briesen, $2,500; Eugene P. D. Hathaway, $1,000; Thomas H. Flint, Harry F. Isherwood, Joseph G. Eskridge, Herman Darcey and Frederick Volland, $500 each; Bertram Sampson and George Templeman, $300 each; Preston Hartley anc Willlam Bates, $200 each; Robert Cameron and Frank Turner, $150 each. Bequests of $5,000 each are made to his daughters, Mildred and Ruth Cur- ran; his sisters, Julia A. Bryan, Aman: Radcliffe and Claudia Davis; his broth- ers, Samuel A, and E. P. Curran, and his sister-in-law, Susie M. Curran. The latter bequest is for the education of the children of a deceased brother. His widow, Susie E. Curran, is to have premises at 1616 P street with the contents, the family automobile and $5,000 in addition to her dower in- terest in his estate. Should she decline to accept the dower the trustees are to pay her $700 monthly for life. The trustees are also directed to take over the residue of the estate and to pay & life annuity of $125 monthly to his sister, Julla A. Bryan, and $300 monthly to each of his daughters, Mildred and Ruth. The value of the estate is not disclosed. . SOUTHWEST BRANCH BOYS’ CLUB READY Headquarters of New Organization to Be Opened for Members Monday Afternoon. ‘The first branch club of the Boy's Club of Washington, established for the boys of the Southwest section at 230 C street southwest will be thrown Monday afternoon. Facilities similar to those available at the club head- quarters, at Third and C_streets, have been provided by the Rotary Club, which is sponsoring the branch. C. M. Fyfe, formerly assistant super- intendent at club headquarters, is di- rector in of the branch. Joseph Mittchel and tt Twooney will be in charge of athletic programs. The club will be open to boys be- tween the ages of 8 and 18 on week days between 3:30 and 5:15 o'clock and from 6:45 to 9:30 o'clock. was| information about membership rates may be had at 230 C street. — Brush Fire Destroys Village. EDMONTON, Alta., November 16 (#). —Almost all of the 200 persons living in near here, are homeless yes- terday following a fire which sprang up last night and destroyed the :llllue. causing an estimated loss of : e AUTO ARCHWAY MAY BE RECOMMENDED FOR 13TH STREET Plannirfg Commission Action Probable as Result of Hear- ing, Says Grant. ONLY FOR INGRESS TO TRIANGLE CENTER Board of Trade Representatives Heard at Session of Hour and Half. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission probably will recommend an automobile archway as a continuation of Thirteenth street to the center of the triangle, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, as vice chairman and executive officer, stated late this morn- ing following a hearing during which representatives of the Washington Board of Trade presented arguments against the blocking of ‘Thirteenth street at Pennsylvania avenue. Col. Grant explained that the arch will be constructed in the Government bullding ‘which will be erected across | Thirteenth street at the Avenue. No facilities for traffic passing all the way through the triangle development wiil be provided, however. The passageway will merely constitute a means of in- gress to the center of that area. Col. Grant made it clear that he could not promise definitely that this would be the action of the Planning | Commission. He said it was his opinion that the decision to construct the pas- sageway would be the one at which the body would arrive. Hearing Hour and Half Long. ‘The hearing this morning began at 10 o'clock and continued for one hour and a half. During that time Board of Trade representatives, Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary; George V. Graham, chairman of the board's com- mittee; Henry E. Stringer and E. F. Colladay, answered questions of the members of the commission. A brief outlining of the board’s contention in re- gard to the blocking of Thirteenth street and facts supporting.that stand, which includes a detailed traffic count, was presented. Col. Grant complimented the Board of Trade on the thoroughness of its in- vestigation into the subject and-assured it that its case would be given careful consideration. The commission request- ed the board to make a study of the parking conditions in the triangle area and to come to them again with the facts they find on this subject. Col. Grant then explained to the trade body representatives the Govern- ment’s present plans for handling traf- fic around the new Federal buildings. He lald great stress on the fact that Ninth street and Fifteenth street, which formerly ended at the Mall, will be con- tinued through to the waterfront. The traffic capacity of Fourteenth street, he sald, will be increased by building underpasses at its intersection, witn driveways in Potomac Park. Underground Provision.' ‘Twelfth street also will be run under- ground when necessary, he declared. The position of the Board of Trade as stated in its brief follows: “The main problem presented is the fact that the business section of the city, to which and through which flows a great volume of passenger traffic and the largest volume of commercial traf- fic, is almost completely blocked off from the largest commercial centers in Southwest Washington and Northern Virginia, which is important because of the rapid development of both these sections. - “Thirteenth street, which it is pro- posed to block, is one of the key arterics of the city and has recently been widened at great cost. It is to be widened on through to the north, and has been chosen by the public as the main downtown arterial thoroughfare, Eleventh street, which has been cut off, has been widened at great cost and is the second of the two wide thorough- fares leading to the Avenue. Leaves Direct Route. “Thirteenth street, remaining open through the triangle, would leave & direct route, eliminating congested areas for the Virginia traffic going to Mary- land destinations by way of Rhode Island avenue. If Thirteenth street is blocked at the Avenue trafic will still seek and use this wide thoroughfare, regardless, because Fourteenth street, with its car line, is already congested to the limit and Twelfth street is too nar- row and cannot be widened north of the Avenue, being only 48 feet. Taking the present situation into considera- tion and adding to it the traffic which will come with the 25,000 employes in the triangle. you can readily picture what the traffic situation on this street will be when it attempts to relieve it- self at Pennsylvania avenue going east and west. “Thus far, we have only discussed the problem of passenger cars. The ques- tion of commercial vehicles which must get through the city is a difficult one. There are already existing but few highways in this area and the Mall over which they may travel. Others, we understand, will' be prohibitéd. This traffic is of the type necessaty to the daily living of the city. Large quantities of food products from the nsyl- vania freight yards, large g ities of building material, large quagitities of food stuffs from the fish m: t, the refrigerating terminals, as welfas prod- ucts of other industries in Phis area must come through the trianglt,” Adequate facilities for trs in the triangle and the Mall are provided un- der the present building plan which would close Thirteenth street &t Penn- sylvania avenue, Col. Grantadeclared last night before members offthe Na- tional Press Club, “, Urges Purchase of Tsland. The remarks were made by Col. Grant in the course of an illustr: during which he told of the National Capital Park and Commission and the dev 'nt ‘Washin from the original® city as designi by L’Enfant to the present day metropolis. He urged the acquisition by the Gov- ernment of Analostan Island and its incorporation in the park system. Other speakers were Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner, and Capt. E. N. open | Chisholm, jr., engineer of the planning commission. Mr. Eliot told of out- lyins park development of Wi and Capt. Chisholm explaired the high- way system. ‘The lectures last night .were - sored and arranged by J.-C. Nichols of Hional Capital FArk and Planning Com- an Com- mission. DISCUSSES JUNGLE LIFE. Nl:n‘. :fllhm M. m?lri director ofilme ational Zoological , gave an illus- thctunonmsoutrsummdx during aha?el exercises at the Wood- ‘ward School . Dr. Mann is an aul on wild animal life and has led itions into the jungle. His vivid de iption of con- ditions in the tropics the keen e chapel, progeam, tnoluded. sel pel selec- ing hm!‘b-. 1