Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1929, Page 17

h WASHINGTON, D. C, ' FOUR BOLER BLAST CAUSES ARE CITED BY FIRE OFFICIALS Report to Be Submitted to Special Inquiry Board Tomorrow. HOLDS RUST IN PIPES MOST LIKELY THEORY| Toubts It Will Be Possible to Show | Whether Clogged-Up Water Line Was Responsible. | Having completed his investigation of the McCrory 5 and 10 cent store dis- ester last Thursday, Acting Fire Mar- shal Charles G. Achstetter has prepared a report containing four possible ex- planations of the cause of the boiler explosion which claimed six lives and resulted in injuries to more than a score. When the special board of inquiry, | appointed by the District Commissioners to investigate the tragedy, meets to-| morrow morning, Achstetter will sub-{ mit his report. It also was learned last night that experts who have been making an in- | vestigation for the owners of the store | have found some grounds for the belief | that the boiler blast may have been | caused by a preceding external ex- plosion in the vault. Water May Have Been Lacking. Mr. Achstetter'’s tentative theories ‘That the blast was caused by the ter supply of the boller being acci- dentally cut off. 2. That an accumulation of scale or rust in the pipes may have prevented the surplus steam from reaching the safety valve. 3. That the safety valve itself may have failed to function. 4. That the draft to the heater may have been left open, generating more surplus steam than the boiler could. accommodate. i The acting fire marshal is inclined to | believe that his second theory is the most plausible. Recently, he said, he cut out a sec- tion of water pipe in his own home and | found that the formation of rust scale had more than half closed it. If the pjpe leading from the boiler to the safety valve had become choked in this manner, he explained, it is highly prob- able that the pent-up steam would ex- plode the boiler. Doubts Proof of Clogging. 1 FEither too hot a fire or a shortage f water in the boiler could have caused | blast, he declared, but even so, if| the safety valve had been functioning properly and the pipes leading to it | clear, the surplus steam should have escaped without disaster, Mr. Achstetter was doubtful if it would be possible to show that the pipes were clogged, assuming-that such | a condition did exist. So forceful was the blast that many of the essential pipes were blown away, or so badly twisted that the individual units can-| not be identified. i While the death toll of the disaster | l!f':?ln! at six late last night, hos-; improvement had been shown by all of | the more seriously injured: victims. Physiclans at Sibley Hospital said that 5-yéar-old Charles Decker, whose life was at first degpaired of, showed some signs of improVement for the first time yesterday. However, the boy is by no means out of danger, they said. ‘Two Are Holding Own. At Emergency Hospital it was said | that Mrs. Ida Decker, mother of | Charles, and Mrs. Lulu Carter, graduate | nurse, are moreé than holding their own. of the others injured virtually are out of danger. ‘The dead are: Mrs. Florence Dar- lington, 50, of 63 W street: Miss Eliza- l | i | | { | i i [ bridge across the the Potomac for Buz: | sary to make way for the new Mount Vernon boulevard. CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB MOVES Moving the clubhouse of the Corinthian Yacht Club yesterday was mainly task of getting the clubhouse on a barge. Tt left the south end of the railroad Removal was made heces- —Star Staff Photo. zards Point. CHILDREN'S HOME EAERCISES ARE SET Mrs. Hoover to Place Corner Stone at Ceremonies Slated for 11 A.M. Tomorrow. Mrs. Hoover will place the corner stone of the new Children’s Country Home, Bunker Hill road and Eighteenth street northeast, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Proctor L. Dougherty, presi- dent of the Board of District Commis. sioners, and Elwood Street, director of the Community Chest, will be the speakers, The ceremony will be at- tended by members of the boards of the Country Home, the Children's Hos- pital, the Child Welfare Society and the pre-natal clinic of Columbia Hospital. ‘The home is being constructed on a six-acre tract, presented to the Coun- try Home board by Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien. The home site in Rock Creek Park now will be sold by the board. Will Accommodate 50. ‘The new home will be of fireproof construction throughout, but will be like a ]ll’g! home in design and equip- ment rather than of an institutional character. It will have accommoda- tions for 50 convalescent children. ‘The home will be kept open through- out the year, whereas the present home has been operated only three months each year to care for District children who needed medical supervision, fresh air and nutritious food during the Sum- mer months. The new home will be used to care for convalescent children who are not ill enough to require treatment at Chil- dren’s Hospital, but ‘who are not strong enough to be sent home. There will be a supervisor and nurses on duty con- tinuously and attendant physicians and a housekeeper. Provide for Playroom. The plans provide for a large well lighted playroom on the first floor, while other rooms will be equipped like | nurseries in a private home rather than in the manner of hospital rooms. The | building will be ready for occupancy | within a year from the laying of the corner stone. Among those who will be present are i Mrs. Alexander B. Legare, president of | the board of the Country Home; Mrs. Joseph H. Himes, vice president; Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, corresponding secre- tary; Mrs. Archibald Davis, treasurer; Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mrs. John R. Wil- liams, Mrs. Ormsby McCammon, Mrs. Lee Warren, Mrs. Robert Roosevelt, Mrs. Frederick DeF. Faust, Mrs. Ran- dall H. Hagner, Mrs. Kenna Elkins, and other members of the board. Mrs. | Frederick H. Brooke, president of the Board of Lady Visitors of the Children's Hospital, will be present with other members of her board. beth Dawson, 38, of 337 Maryland nue notheast; Miss Kitty Cullinan, 46, of 4505 Arkansas avenue; her sister, Mrs. Annle Cockrell, 41, also of the | Arkansas avenue address; Mary Anne | Cockrell, two-year-old daughter of Mrs. | Cockrell, and Charles Jacobsen, 58, of | 2824 Twelfth street northeast. | Charles B. Tebbs, attorney for the | McCrory firm, said the experts con- ducting the investigation for the store have not yet submitted formal reports. | It was believed, however, that these | experts found some evidence of an ex- ternal explosion which might have | blown the top off the boiler, causing the second and more severe blast. “We are depending a lot,” Mr. Tebbs | said, “on the investigation being con- | ducted by the District authorities and experts from the Bureau of Standacds and the Bureau of Mines. | “We are anxious to have all of the | facts of this terrible disaster brough?| to light and we will co-operate with the | investigating officials in every possible | way.” aj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, is chairman of | the specjal board of inquiry, which to- morrow will begin hearing evidence as to the cause of the explosion. Other: on the board include: P. M. Green- law, inspector of boilers: John W. Oeh- mann, building inspector: A. R. Mc- Gonegal, inspector of plumbing: Fire Mashal Achstetter, and a representa- tive of the Corporation Council's of- fice, probably Robert E. Lynch, rank- ing assistant. Jacobsen, whose legs were crushed in the wreckage and who died from | loss of blood, was buried yesterday. —o COUPLE STRUCK DOWN BY HIT-AND-RUN TAXI Man and Wife Slightly Injured. Driver Abandons Car. Harold H. Sizemore, 30 years old, of 1824 Potomac street southeast, and his | wife, Mrs. Ruth Sizemore, 26, were run taxicab while attempting to street at Pifteenth and E streets southeast last night. Police #aid the driver of the taxicab aban- doned the car and fled after striking the pair. ‘The injured couple was taken to Gal- linger Hospital, two blocks away, where Mrs. Sizemore was found to have suffered a deep scalp laceration and shock, while her husband had suffered contusions to both legs. The condition of neither is regarded serious. NORMAN BARRETT DEAD. Norman Barrett, 35 years old, of 626 Raleigh street southecast, employe of the Balimore & Ohio Raiiroad Co. suffered an attack of heart discase yes- | terday morning while conversing with fellow workmen in the railroad yards at Eckington place and Flordia avenue northeast and died before Dr. Francis Gilfoy of Emergency Hospital reach him in response to the emer- asncy call. He pronounced him dead. 'AVIATION 10N TRAINING IN COLLEGES SOUGHT Bill Being Drawn Up by Maas to Be Offered Soon After Con- gress Convenes. N e A Aviation training in Reserve Offic Training Corps colleges and universi. ties in this country would be provided under the terms of a bill now being drafted by Representative J. Maas of Minnesota, member of the House com- mittee on military affairs, who has just completed a 12,000-mile airplane inspec- tion trip to Army posts and flying fields in all parts of the United States. Mr. Maas said yesterday that his bill probably will be introduced soon after Congress convenes for the regular ses- sion, and will provide for a four-year ground-school course in all colleges handling Reserve training. All students who show promise in these courses will be given three months of flight train- ing each year at an Army Air Corps training field, fitting them for commis- sions in the Air Corps Reserve. Reorganization of the present Alr Corps Reserve into tactical squadrons, based near the larger centers of popu- lation, so that Reserve officers may re- ceive tactical training without difficulty and so that they may use service types of airplanes rather than training planes | also ig being considered by Mr. Maa: who i5 a Reserve pilot. “I did not realize until I made this | trip just how badly in need of legislative | and financial aid the Air Corps and Re- | serve actually are,” Mr. Maas said. | {NEW DIRECTOR NAMED | BY Y. W. C. A. BOARD! Mrs. E. E. Danly to Fill Unexpired Term Until Election. A new member was chosen Thursday | by the board of directors of the Young | Women's Christian Association at its monthly meeting to fill an unexpired term and to serve until the next regular election by the full membership of the association. She is Mrs. E. E. Danly, formerly of Nebraska, who is now on the national board of the Y. W. C. A. as a member of the national committee on rural communities work. At the meeting, at which Mrs Thomas Edwin Brown, president of the board, presided, the date was set for the annual meeting, to be held January 18 Also the “call to national convention™ was announced by the president. This convention will be held in Detroit April 25 to May 1. Fcllowing the conclusion of business. the board met at luncheon, with Mrs. could | from Tenncssee, and Mrs. Camilio Osias, William F. Brock, wife of the Senator | several solos. SPEEDIS EXPECTED ~ ONDISTRICT BILLS 'Committees to Swing Into| | Action Early in Senate | Session, Say Prophets. Several Senate committees will swing into motion on legislation of interest to J‘ the National Capital early in the regular session of Congress, which starts one | week from tomorrow. ‘The District of Columbia committee, presided over by Senator Capper of Kansas, already has on file, awaiting consideration, a scare of bills introduced during the special session, and many others undoubtedly will be offered during the first few weeks after the reconvening. In addition to the list of miscellaneous measures before the committee, two sub- committees of the District group will continue during the regular session in- quirfes on special subjects. One is the Blaine subcommittee, working on legis- lation to regulate the real estate busi- ness, the sale of securities and the method of foreclosing mo: . The other is the Sackett subcommittee, which will resume during the regular session the investigation of police affairs. Federal Employe Bills. At the earliest opportunity in the reg- ular session members of the Senate Civil Service committee will seek to obtain Senate action on two bills of far-reaching importance to Federal em- ployes, the Dale retirement bill and the Brookhart measure to correct inequali- ties in the salary schedules under the| classification law. Both these bills are already on the Senate calendar, having been favorably reported from the com- mittee during the special session, which increases the chances for early consider- ation. The public buildings and _grounds committee of which Senator Keyes of New Hampshire is chairman, will con- sidér an authorization for the new United States Supreme Court Building, the site for which has been purchased. In this field of legislation, it is expected that one of the first appropriation bills will carry funds with which to start work on the physical improvement of Union Station plaza. Among_the bills already introduced | and awaiting consideration by the Dis- trict committee are the Bingham meas- ure to authorize a $10,000.000 school con- struction program and the Capper bill to provide for free text books and sup- lies in the high schools and in the | higher classes of junior high schools. | Senator Capper expressed the hope re- cently that the text-book measure would pass without delay in the regular | session. | Other bills that were introduced dur- | ing the special session to await consid- | eration at the regular session, include: A proposed insurance code, a bill to regulate the real estate business, one to regulate the sale of securities and a bill for the election of the board of educa- tion, all introduced by Senator Capper. Proposes City Manager. Senator Caraway, Democrat of Ar- kansas, has several measures pending be- fore the District committee, including | one to abolish the Board of Commis- sloners and substitute a city manager; one to cede back to Maryland all of the District area except Government | reservations and 5-cent car fare bill Senator McKellar, Democrat of Tennes- see, also is the author of a 5-cent fare bill. Senator Schall, Republican of Minne- sota, has a bill to abolish capital pun- ishment here. Senator Swanson, Demo- crat of Virginia, has a bill to provide for estimates for a new Chain Bridge. Senator Copeland, Democrat of New York, has prepared a bill to require barber shops to remain closed on Sun- | days. Legislation to bring about the street | railway merger has not been reintro- duced since the old Congress adjourned | last March without acting on the ques- | tion. The subject of merger has been dismissed from time to time since | March, however, in connection with the rate hearings before the Public Utilities Commission. {PROGRAM AT MUSICALE TO BE LED BY G. U. BAND| i Entertainment Will Be Given byi Gonzaga Alumni "Association Tuesday Evening. | | | | | | | | ‘The Georgetown University Band, under the direction of Prof, Carl Schaefer, will lead the program at a musicale to be given at Gonzaga The- ater, 49 I street, next Tuesday evening at the Alumni Association of Gonzaga accompanied by Mrs. George Thomaides, will sing The Aloysian Club Or- chestra, composed of Misses Pauline Loria, Mary Loria, Dorothy Hayes and Evelyn Harper will give selections. Other entertainment features include a duet by Fred East and Bill 'mond, Robert Thomas accompanying; selec- tions by George O'Connor with Matt Horne at the piano, songs by the Sacred Heart Quartet, under the direc- tion of Miss Mary Louise Sullivan, and solos by George Cowles, accom- panied by Miss Katherine Kenny. SOUTH AFRlCiN TO SPEAK. Eric H. Louw, minister of the Union of South Africa, will address the monthly meeting of the Canadian Club of Washington at the Mayflower Hotel on Tuesday, December 3, :30 o'clock. A social hour will be preceded by wife of one of the resident commis- sloners of the Phluppx&es. as guests. musical program, under the direction of Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl, . SUNDAY CLUB WILL AVARD NEDALTO V'S OUTSTANING HAN Cosmopolitan Will Reward Most Unselfish - Service Performed in 1929. COMMITTEE TO SELECT RECIPIENT APPOINTED | Murphy, Kent and Gen. Stephan Chosen to Name Person to Be Honored, ‘The Cosmopolitan Club of Washing- ton, in keeping with the practice of Cosmopolitan Clubs in all parts of the United States, will award a citation and engraved gold medal to the man or woman who, in the opinion of a se- lected committee, has rformed the most outstanding, unselfish service for Washington in 1929. Dr. J. Rozier Biggs, president of the ‘Washington Club, last night announced the plans for honoring Washington's most “outstanding citizen.” Arrange- ments for the presentation of the medal will be made by a committee composed of Dr. Biggs as chairman, Frederick J. Rice, vice chairman; Lewis A. Payne William L. King and Michael L. Doyle. The committee which will select the person so honored will be composed of E. J. Murphy, president of the Wash- ington Board of Trade; Russell Kent president of the National Press Clul and Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, pre: dent of the Merchants and Manufa turers’ Association. Idea Advanced Two Years Ago. The idea of rewarding the outstand- ing citizen of various communities was first advanced by Dr. Biggs at a meet- ing of the Cosmopolitan delegates here | two years ago, but was not taken up at | that time. At the 1920 meeting of the | International Pederation of Cosmopoli- tan Clubs the subject again was brought up. The federation voted in favor of presenting such medals. “This is in no sense a_hero medal” Dr. Biggs explained. “The Carnegie, police and firemen and other similar medals take care of heroic actions. Our medal is designed to reward the earnest, thinking citizen who conceives a plan for the good of his city and either puts it into operation or sees that this is done, Committee to Make Award. “The Cosmopolitan Club will have no volce in the selection of such person. He or she may be nominated through the newspapers or in letters to the president of the club in the District National Bank Building, or merely sug- gested by word of mouth to 8 member of the Cosmopolitan Club. The com- mittee which we have named, and Which we believe to be thoroughly rep- resentative of Washington, will then make the award.” “Them medals are uniform in design and are suitably engraved after the de- cision as to the winner is made. The medal for Washington will be placed on display following its arrival here. While no definite plans have been made, it is probable that the presenta- | tion, following the decision of the judges, will be made at the first night | meeting of the Cosmopolitan Club fol- lowing the New Year. RECEPTION T0 HONOR | NATURALIZED GROUP Chief Justige McCoy to Preside at| Gathering, and Edward Keating to Be Chief Speaker. Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the District Supreme Court will preside at a reception Tuesday night in honor of & group of men and women recently nat- uralized in the District of Columbia. The reception, which will be held in the auditorium of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce, will be held under the auspices of the Americanization School Association and the Americanism com- mittee of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. Edward Keating, editor of Labor, will be the speaker, and music will be furnished by the Americanization School Association Orchestra. Representatives of the group of honor guests will make their initial speeches as American citi- zens. These will include Samuel Shuster, Niels Hansen, Miss S. A. deBar and Edward Cassan. S. H. Hennessian, president of the Americanization School Association, and Walter Lutz, secretary, will represent that organization. Miss Maude E. Aiton, principal of the Amer- icanization School, will make the intro- ductions. Special features of the reception pro- gram will include vocal solos by Mme. Clara_Schinskaya, soprano. formerly of | the Russian Imperial Opera. Mrs. Eugenia Cherniafskaya of the Russian Symphony Orchestra will be the accom- panist. The Americanization School Associa- tion is paying tribute to Chief Justice McCoy in the reception. He has spon- sored the orgsnization since its found- ing in 1922. He is chairman of the lec- ture committee and brings before the students persons who are in close touch with the nation’s most vital affairs. GUARDSMEN WILL GET NEW STYLE UNIFORMS | Work of Distribution Is Expected by Elverson to Be Com- pleted by January 1. By strict economy for several years, the Militia Bureau of the War Depart- ment has accumulated sufficient funds to equip the entire enlisted personnel of the National Guard, approximately 175,000 men, with the new type olive drab melton, roll-collar uniforms. Maj. Gen. Willilam G. Elverson, chief of the bur who has just returned from a visit the quartermaster depot at Philadelphia, where the uniforms are being made, says that distribution of the uniforms, which has already com- menced, will be completed about the first of the year. RECEPTION POSTPONED. Minnesota Society Acts in Respect to Late Secretary. Out of respect to the memory of the late Secretary of War, James W. Good, the Minesota State Society reception in honor of newly appointed Government MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, ¢ Sundy Stad 1929—PART 1—SECTION 2. Above: Misses Regina Warren and Alma Gable, snapped on the Mounment Grounds yesterday. Below: Three brothers enjoy the snow. Left to right: Payson, Norman and Robert Springer, —Star Staff Photos. BAMBLING SQUAD MAKES 9 ARRESTS Woman and Man Seized as Climax to Day’s Work by | Vice Squad. ‘ A man and woman were arrested late yesterday on charges of conduct-| ing a disorderly house and permitting gaming when Sergt. O. J. Letterman and his vice squad raided a house in the 1300 block of Ohio avenue, where a dice game was reported in progress. ‘The man gave his name at the first precinct as Tex Vesta Cooper and the woman said she was Blanche Alma Cooper, both of the Ohio avenue ad- dress. They were later released in $1,000 bond each. ‘While conducting the raid, Sergt. Let- terman said a man booked as James H. Holtman, 27-year-old ironworker, one of about a dozen alleged participants, | voiced objections to the raid. He was taken iInto the first precinct and charged | with disorderly conduct and released on | $10 collateral. Others Not Taken. None of the r men, said to be | workmen employed on Government buildings. was held. ‘The raid was the third made by Let- terman’s squad during the day. Six persons, five of them colored, were arrested and a quantity of alleged | gambling paraphernalia was seized by | the squad in two “numbers” raids in widely separated sections of the city in | the morning. | In the first raid Letterman and his squad, Detectives George C. McCarron, Richard Cox and J. A. Mostyn, arrested two men in a near beer saloon in the 1800 block of Seventh street. The ar- rested men were Willlam Kaplin, 57 | years old, of the 1800 block of Seventh | street_and his colored assistant, Shep- | herd Benson, 23 years old, of the 1500 block of Seventh street, who were taken | to the eighth precinct station. They were held in $2,000 bonds each. | Resturant Is Raided. | The raiding party next visited a col- | ored resturant in Anacostia, where they arrested four men, all colored, in the 2400 block of Nichols avenue southeast. At the eleventh precinct station house the arrested persons gave their names and addresses as Robert Paul Williams, 29, and his brother, Charles, 32, both of the 900 block of Howard road south- east: Alexander Williams, 39, of the | 2500 block of Nichols avenue southeast, | and Guy Proctor, 36. of the 2600 block of Seigle place southeast. Police said | they also took the names of 20 or more “‘patrons” of the place, where they said | they also found an adding machine, | which at the time they entered was in operation tabulating numbers. BROTHERS VICTORS IN BUGLE CONTEST Boy Scout Prizes Are Won by Robert and William Babcock. Col. Mattice Supervises Event. Making it a “family affair,” two brothers, Robert and William Babcock, | were awarded first and second prizes | in the annual bugling competition of | the District Council of American Boy Scouts, last night in the Wilson Nor- | mal School Auditorium. i Robert, council bugler for Troop 3. was awarded the first prize, a_silver bugle. William, assistant council bugler | of the same troop, received the second | prize, a brass bugle. Scout Murrell | Lank of Troop 49, third place winner, was presented with a bugle cover. Scouts participating in the contest | were: Ralph Duffy, Troop 49; Murrell Lank, Troop 48 Willlam Day, Troop | 49; Earl Schaffner, Troop 43: Frank | McDermott, Troop 23: John Stephen- son, Troop 75, and Robert and Willlam Babeock of Troop 3. | The following bugle calls were played | by the contestants: Scout’s call, reveille, to_the - colors, assembly, recall, ! Col. E. L. Mattice, assistant Scout | executive of the District, supervised the contest. W. H. Walker and J. W. Till- | bury band sergeants in the United States Army Band, acted as judges. STORE TO GIVE COATS. Continuing a custom established 42 years ago, & Co. will play Santa Claus to 100 needy children on Christ- mas morning at 10 o'clock, when it will present 100 overcoats to the children in its store at Pennsylvania avenue and | Seventh street. ‘The Associated Charities of the Dis- trict will select the children to receive the coats and give them tickets to be presented at the store Christmas morn- officials from Minnesota has been post- poned from November 25 to an unde- termined date in January. i ing, in return for which they will re- ceive an overcoat. SN 31 DAVS OF YULE SHOPPNG SEE Gen. Stephan Comménds_Government to Acquire Title| Merchants for Putting Stocks on Display. Commending ‘local merchants placing their full Christmas stocks on display earlier than ever this year, Maj. | | Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assocla- tion, declared last night that he be- lieved it “entirely possible” to spread the Yuletide shopping season over a 31- day period, with benefit to every one concerned, including the public, the postal workers and the employes of shops and department stores. “Shoppers, fortunately, have forced this change on industry,” he said. “Women, who -are the keenest buyers, seem to have realized in the past sev- eral years that postponement of their Christmas shopping until the last pos- sible moment was a foolish and ex- pensive process. “They have found that by starting their shopping in November they have the advantage of making their selec- tions from complete stocks. They have the pleasure of dealing with regular store employes, who are not too rushed to give them the information and serv- ice_they require.” Gen. Stephan declared that the early shopping movement is a matter of real importance to the entire country an one that should be encouraged. 1300 BIG TEN ALUMNI IN ANNUAL ROUND-U Ohio State Has Largest Celebration of Close Ball Season. Number at of Foot ‘The_close_of the foot ball season of the Big Ten Conference, in which Purdue University captured champion- ship honors, was celebrated last night at an annual round-up of Big Ten| Alumni at the Washington Hotel. The event was attended by delegations from all the universities in the conference, the total numbering approximately 300. | Ohio State University was found to have the largest attendance and honors were accorded delegates from that col- lege, in keeping th an annual cus- tom. There was a program of dancing, cards and refreshments, arranged by a committee headed by Karl Hoffman, president of the organization; Miss Marie Mount, secretary; David Wickens, vice president, and Miss May Murphy, treasurer. grand march at the opening of festivities was headed by H. R. Smalley, president of the Washington chapter of Purdue University, and Mrs. Smalley, followed by Mr. and Mrs. J. Clyde Marquis. College yells were given and judges of event were Walter Newton, sec- retary to President Hoover; Represen- taive F. D. Letts of Iowa, and Miss Emily Clark of Wisconsin. There were representatives at the event from Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern. Ohio, Iowa, InMana, Wisconsin and Chicago Uni- v=nmck for | Michigan, | WORK SEEN NEARER " ON EYTENSBL PAGE 17 SEPARATE BUILDING IS CONSIDERED FOR . WAR DEPARTMENT Orders Are Issued for Pre- liminary Surveys to Study Project. CENTRALIZATION OF ALL UNITS IS HOOVER’S AIM Present Structure Would Be Used for Diplomatic Business of Government. In preparation for the materially broadened activities President Hoover plans for the State Department, orders were issued yesterday for preliminary surveys to be made looking to the con- struction of a new War Department building, leaving the entire State, War and Navy Building to the diplomatic business of the Government. Until & few years ago the big gray~ stone building opposite the executive of- fice was occupied, as its name indicated, by the State, War and Navy Depart- ments. The increased activities of all three departments during the World War made it necessary for one of them to vacate. The Navy Department was assigned to “temporary” quarters. Plan Separate Navy Building. Neither of the three departments ever returned to the activities they were limited to before the war. As a result the present building program of the Government_includes plans for a sep- arate Navy Department Building, to be situated near the present temporary quarters on the Mall. In the meantime the activities of both the State and War Departments have increased apace. The official orders issued by the War Department yesterday contained an an- nouncement that a board consisting of Maj. Gen. B. Frank Cheatham, quarter- master general of the Army; Maj. Gen, Charles H. Bridges, adjutant general of the Army, and . Gen. Ewing E. Booth, assistant chief of staff, had been appointed to make a complete study of the need for a separate War Depart- ment Building. It was disclosed in the orders that President Hoover had written a letter to the late James W. Good, Secretary of War, directing the survey. Although the White House would not comment on the letter, it was understood that President Hoover and Secretary had discussed the subject together at length and that had Mr. Good lived, the project would have been pushed to completion as quickly as congressional authorization could be obtained. Departments Lack Centralization. Like most other Government depart- ments_in Washington, both the State and War ent now have ime portant activities scattered about other buildings, farigemoved from centralized control. - The War Department, be- sides occupying half of the State, War and Navy Building, occuples two tem- porary structures on the Mall. The State Department has activities scat- tered about costly suites in privately owned buildings. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State, explained that it was obvious both de- partments were overcrowded in their present joint quarters. The need for | to Property if Appeals Are Not Taken. The new Department of Agmculture extensible building will be brought one | step nearer construction this week, as the time for filing appeals from the | condemnation jury award on property | in the two squares concerned expires ‘Tuesday. | ‘The findings of the jury have been | approved by the Treasury Department, | and returned through the Department of Justice to the court, so this week is expected to see another phase of the complicated business of acquiring land by condemnation consummated. If no lgpells are filed in the court from the finding of the commission the price will thus be finally fixed and the | process of passing title and paying | for each of the several parcels of prop- | erty in the two squares between Thir- teenth and Fourteenth, B and C streets | southwest will continue. | Plans are all ready in the Treasury tising for bids and letting a contract for construction of the building as soon | as the title passes. It is expected the first property deals to be concluded will | be In the eastern block between Thir- teenth and Thirteen-and-a-half street, sometimes known as Linworth place. - It | is this block which will be cleared of | its buildings and a new structure erected as soon as possible to take care of the expanding needs of the Depart- "\ | ment of Agriculture. | It was thought that the western block of the two, facing Fourteenth street, would be allowed to remain as it now is for some time. Buildings there which are capable of being used will be made | tenable for some Government activities, but others will be rented backs probably to the gresem. owners, or tenants. The | extensible building eventually is to | cover three blocks. SPELLERS WILL COMPETE IN CONTEST DECEMBER 4| Champion of District and Vicinity Will Receive Copy of Roget's “Thesaurus” as Prize. The Capital City Spelling Club wants to know who is the best speller in | Washington. | "The answer, the club hopes, will be | forthcoming December 4. On that night the club's first annual spelling contest, in_Mount Pleasant branch of the Public Library will be thrown open to_all_comers. Prospective contestants can secure a list of the first 300 words to be pro- nounced by communicating with E. C. free and visitors will be club has announced. The individual champion of the Dis- trict and vicinity, to be determined at the bee, will be awarded a copy of et’s “Thesaurus,” donated by Pur- sell's Book Store. welcome, the Australian Stocks Rise. 23 (#)—As a result of the new tariff announced in the Labor government's budget at Canberra yesterday, shares in several industrial companies have risen sharply in price. Some have touched mew high levels. The new tariff increases import duties on a num- ber of commodities. AT Department to go forward with adver- | | Helm at Brentwood, Md. Admission is ! MELBOURNE, Australia, November ' Pirst additional space for the State Depart- ment, he said, was imperative. When President Hoover’s plan for broadening the activities of the State Department, announced in his Armistice day address, goes into effect, the State Department will need the entire building alone. There are numerous commissions an- der the State Department that are scattered . all over Washington. ~The expansion program President Hoover has in mind will necessitate many ad- ditional commissions. All, it was said, should be housed in immediate contact with the central eontrol. It alsois probable that virtually all of the exist- lfl‘{ bureaus of the State Departm:nt will be expanded to meet present-day requirements. A further factor in desiring to sep- arate the State and War Departments is the need for further expansion of the activities of the executive office. - retary Stimson explained that the Pres- ident and Secretary of State are brought into more frequent contact than any other members of the cab- inet. The diplomatic end of the Gov- ernment's activities is a particular con- cern of the President. It is highly de- sirable, therefore, that the two work close co-operation. Secretary Stimson said it was probable that for this rea- son many of the activities of the White House probably would be carried on in offices in the State Department Bulld- ing when new quarters have been ob- tained for the War Department. 0. K. MAULDIN IS CHOSEN | 7th DIVISION MEN’S HEAD South Carolina Member Named by Association at Closing Session of Its Eighth Reunion. 0. K. Mauldin of Greenville, 8. C., was elected president of the Seventh Division Association at the closing ses- sions of the eighth reunion at the Hotel Mayflower yesterday. Mauldin succeeds to the office vacated through the death of Maj. Gen, Lutz Wahl, adjutant gen- eral of the Army. Other officers chosen were Gustav Hirsch of Columbus, Ohio. vice presi- dent, and M. H. Stern of Birmingham, Ala., secretary. The executive commit- tee comprises Col. William W. Taylor, U. S. A.; MaJ. John T. Harris, U. 5. A.; Maj. E. L. Robertson of Washington, D. +C.; Harry Singerman of Baltimore and Maj. R. R. Morris of Crisfield, Md. Washington was selected as the next meeting place in. 1930. The reunion was officially terminated at a dinner last evening in the Mayflower. Col. Taylor presided. |ANNUAL BANQUET HELD ' BY NATIONAL GUARD UNIT | Members of Company E, 121st En- gineers, Stage Affair at Blossom Inn. Company E, 121st Engineers, District Natonal Guard, held its fourth annual B Inn, . Guests of honor_included Maj. Julian 8. Olff, Lieut. John C. Wade, Pirst Lieut. Hugh Everett, jr.. First Lieut. James Quade, Sergt. Ord C. Bush and H, Clay Espey. The committee on arra ementg m. sisted of PFirst Lieut. Thldnxeu.! A. A general chairman: Sergt. Eugepe ; ‘Wemple, Corpl. Steve M. Brown and Leo C. Streitberger.