Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1929, Page 14

14 % INDUSTRY MUSEUM SEEN REASONABLY THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 14%9. IMPOSING STRUCTURE PLANNED HERE l‘%{{]flsu[l:]sgll)]mglfiw Tog\I;EISS'gSRIgAII;&\l; éfN%R:IEI'I%EgODY Commission in Three-Year Report Sug- 87,000 DEPOSITORS 10 GET 7,500,000 CERTAIN IN CAPITAL Project Will Require Exten. sive Area, Fine Arts Commis-| sion Says in Report. TEMPORARY BUILDINGS b A g Design for the building of the American Pharmaceutical Associati {in connection with the report of the Fine Arts Commission. ion, made publi IN MALL AHE CRITICIZED intended to harmonize with Lincoln Memorial. Six Projects Listed as Launched by Congress Here Since Group’s Last Statement. A museum of industry and engineer- | ing here is “a matter reasonably certain to develop in the future, whether under the Smithsonian Institution er through private initiative, and to require an ex- tensive area for its accommodatios the Pine Arts Commission said today in its report, which covers the period from January 1, 1926, to June 30, 1929. ‘The report, which is the commission’s eleventh, was prepared by H. P. Caem- merer, the executive secretary, under the direction of Charles Moore, the chairman. Despite the fact that 30 years ago Congress granted a charter to build 8 National Conservatory of Music, no steps have been taken to complete this crganization, the report pointed out, and hence “it was the judgment of this commission that no site should be al- lotted in advance of assurance that a fund sufficient for the erection of the proposed building was in sight.” One of the highlights of the report is the sharp cricitism of temporary struc- tures in the Mall area, which are de- clared respcnsible for a “depressing air of slovenliness,” and equally severe condemnation of the placing of two concrete buildings in Potomac Park and of the automobile parking situation in that whole area. Development Porirayed. The report, which is well {llustrated to portray the development of the fine erts in Washington and other parts of the Nation, as well as areas abroad. concerning which the commission has called into consultation, recalls that since the previous report was ren- dered, Congress has entered upon these ANNUAL CARNNAL CVEN AT EADOL {Many Associations Join in Program of Southeast Community Function. A crowd of more than 1,000 persons | attended an elaborate program of en- tertainment, featured by many novelties, incident to the fourth annual Southeast { Community Carnival, in the Hine | Junior High School, Seventh and C streets southeast, last night. The affair was under the auspices of the South- east Community Center, with the Southeast Citizens' Association, South- east Business Men's Association, the Lincoln Park Citizens’ Association, the Southeast Parent-Teacher Association and others co-operating. The school was in gala attire for the occasion and clowns and “animals” roamed through the building through- out the elaborate program, held on the various fidors. Vzudeville a Feature. A vaudeville performance, under the direction of Miss Helen W. Zeller, as- sisted by D. C. Smithson, included vo- cal solos by Miss Esther Etzler and O. E. Barbey, a song and dance act by Dorothy Lewis and Billy Zeller, a ban- jo duet by Hugh Baterman and James Mayhugl., a playlet, “Prof. Squeel's Radio School,” presented by a cast in- six projects of major importance to|ciyding D. C. Smithson, Clara Keull, the National Capital: The purchase and development with monumental buildings in the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue between the Capitol and the ‘Treasury Department; the highway con- necting the City of Washington with Mount Vernon; the improvement of the area between the Capitol and the Union Station and the systematic development of the Mall; the location and beginning of a separate building for the Supreme Court of the United States: the creation of a civic center for the District of Co- Elizabeth Hunter, Allie Epperley, John Zeller, Catherine Swain, Judson Swain, Ethel Burroughs, Perry Allen, Daisy Smithson and Cordelia Pollard. A special children’s entertainment program, under the direction of Miss Evelyn Davis, included an acrobatic clown dance by Jacqueline Embrey, Florence Cady, Mary Colin and Elsie Smithson, who performed many diffi- cult stunts in clever manner. Eight sets ‘of twins participated in another unusual dance. The Patterson, Evard lumbia and the location of an arboretum and botanic garden of the first class. “The commission looks forward to th= not distant time when the L'Enfant plan from the Capitol to the Anacostia River and park shall be utilized for the impressive settings for public and semi public buildings of dignity and beauty. says the report. “The opportunity ic waiting.” Relative to the placing Supreme Court_ Buils of the new e says: “It was a piece of tune not uncommon in the development of the National Capital that when the time arrived for the removal of the Supreme Court from the Capitol. the Chief Justice was Willlam H. Taft, as Secretary of War one of the stanchest and most influential backers of the plan of 1901 during its storm and stress period, and afterward, as President of the United States, was chairman of the commission that located and constructed the Lincoln Memorial.” Controlling Forces. Touching the triangle development plan, the report says: “The two con- trolling forces were Congress and the Becretary of the Treasury. In Congres® the agencies were the Public Buildings Commission, the committee on public buildings and grounds and the joint committee on the Library. From the beginning these agencies have worked, each within its own jurisdiction, in com- plete harmony, looking only to the end to be attained. The Secretary of the ‘Treasury, on his part, has created an organization calculated to bring about a result at once practical and esthetic.” During the course of the report a frame for the Lincoln Memorial is di cussed, whereby the American Phai maceutical Association and the Pa American Union are proposing to erect imposing structures, in harmony with the Pan-American Union headquarters, the National Academy of Sciences and the Lincoln Memorial itself. “The pylons at the Lincoln Memorial end of the bridge are to be replaced by sculpture, with the aim of avoiding ible conflict with the memorial it- self,” the report points out with refer- ence to Arlington Memorial Bridge. “The treatment of Columbia Island has been restudied " with the view of maintaining a strong traverse support to the composition and at the same time providing for connections with the projected parkway leading up to Great Falls, the Virginia approaches and the Mount Vernon Highway. “Incidentally. the conventionalized American buffalo heads on the keystones and eagles on the spandrels of the arches have been worked over until satisfactory results were obtained. Va- rious seemingly minor, but really vital. features of the design have cccupied much time and thought, and have beer adjusted to the satisfaction of both the architects and the commission.” Comment on Parking. Parking of automobiles in the city's parks evoked this comment in the com- mission's report: “The disastrous ef- fects brought forward by the so-called temporary structures in producing a de pressing air of slovenliness is_exempli fied in the case of the Mall buildings: The spaces at the back are receptacles for trash; the entire Mall Park (includ- ing the Smithsonian grounds) area has become an open-air garage: in the De- gnnmem of Agriculture square automo- iles are parked on the grass: even the President’s Park (or the Ellipse) is given over to all-day parking, with the re- sult that these spacious park spaces designed for the satisfaction of all the )ple of the country are monopolized g;o. comparatively few persons, 19 out of 20 of whom live in the District of Columbia. “Even more serious results followed the location of the two concrete build- ings in Potomac Park. There the sim- plicity and good taste of the design for structures designated as temparary are calculated to prolong the life of these buildings. A large area of Potomac Park is fenced off for automobile park- ing, thereby mutilating the design of the landscape setting of the Lincoln Memorial. Still more disturbing is the overflow of parked motors along the drive leading to the very steps of the memorial itself.” Turning_its attention to the Naval Hospital buildings, the report says: “The chief concern for the future is the and Bracy trio performed feats of skill and strength. Blackface Farce. Members of several drama groups staged a blackface farce. In the troupe were Mrs. Justin Swaln, Mrs. D. C. Smithson, Mrs. Ethel Burrough, Mrs. Alice Smith, Mrs. A. Pollard, Mrs. Clara Kuell, Mrs. Alice Epperly. Mrs. Elsie Hill, Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter, Horace Higgins, Perry Allen and John W. Zeller. The Elks’ Club Boys' Band as- sisted in the minstrel. A marionette show played by the Boys Club of Washington, under the direction of David Wolf, included bur- lesques of “Romeo and Juliet,” an opera singer and other numbers. Prizes “for the prettiest and most original costumes worn at the affair were awarded to Gladys Hendricks and Margaret Schwenk, respectively. A carnival dance was staged in the gymnasium, under the direction of the Southeast Business Men's Association, with Charles H. Jenkins, secretary of the association, in charge. Exhibits of various organizations were on display, including those of the Friendship House, the Public Library, the Instructive Visiting Nurses' Society, Associated Charities and others. REPUBLICANS PLANNING LINCOLN CELEBRATION Meeting to Be Held Wednesday tp Discuss Details of Plans for Anniversary Fete. Edgar C. Snyder, president of the Re- publican League of State Clubs, who has been designated by Samuel J. Pres- cott, chairman of the Republican State committee for the District, to arrange for services commemorating the anni- versary of the birth of Abraham Lin- coln, has called a meeting for next Wednesday at 4 o'clock at 1331 G street to discuss details. At this meeting will be four repre- sentatives from each of the Republican organizations in the District, which are members of the League of Republican Organizations. This includes the State committee, the Republican State Voters' Association, the League of Re- publican Clubs, the Leagus of Republi- é?nh Women and the Hoover-Curtiss ub. LEG IS FRACTURED Charles E. Smoot, 60-year-old em- ploye of the Southeastern Railway Ex- press Co., was injured early today when he slipped and fell from a ladder while working in the company’s offices at Sec- ond and H streets northeast, fracturing his left leg. Smoot, who lives at 1004 C street northeast, was taken to the Emergency Hospital and treated by Dr. John Schwarzmann of the hospital staff, who described the injured man's condition as _“undetermine Mar. | Elizabeth Gorman, BY FALL FROM LADDER| CHRISTMAS SEALS ARE PUT ON SALE Tuberculosis - Association’s Annual Drive Gets Under Way as Letters Are Sent. Washington Tuberculosis Association’s annual sale of Christmas seals, which opened yesterday, began In_earnest today with the mailing of 54,000 seal sale letters. Campaign head- quarters are lo- cated in the So- cial Service House, 1022 Eleventh street. Each letter con- tains its quota of seals with a stamped and addressed envelope en- closed for the remittance of those who desire to retain the seals or for the re- turn of seals. Posters Distributed. ‘The preliminary work was completed yesterday with the distribution of post- ers, window cards and the ringing of church bells. The distribution of the posters and window cards was carried out by volunteer members of the Boy and Girl Scouts. Dashboard poaters reading “Christmas Seals Buy Health” were placed on display on the- street cars. Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon gen- eral of the United States Pu“{r?‘c HE‘lllh Service, broadcast a short talk over sta- tion WRC last night, using for his sub- ject, Christmas Seals and the Public Health.” Dr. Cumming cited the decline in the tubercular death rate, but declared | there are still 100,000 people dying an- nually in this country from the disease. ‘Tuberculosis still tops all other diseases as the cause of the deaths of persons ranging from 18 to 40 years old, he added. ‘Women Present Play. A group of volunteer woman workers presented a dramatization of the history of the Christmas seal last night at the Tuberculosis Hospital at Fourteenth and Upshur streets, prior to the organ- ization of the patients’ special cam- paign for the sale of the seals, The playlet was adated by Mrs. Ap- pleton Clark, who played the role of “The Lady of Long Ago.” Other mem- bers of the cast were: Miss Alice Wil- liams, Miss O'Donoghue, . Miss Miss Katherine Mc- Inerny and John Daily. The entertain- ment and reception was arranged by gcrs. DAlflles lHTitewln. glereclnr of the cu ional lerapy artment of the Tuberculosis Assoel-uog. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and not | quite so cold, with lowest temperature about 15 degrees tonight. Tomorrow fair, with rising temperature; moder- ate westerly winds. Maryland and Virginia—Fair and not auite so cold tonight. Tomorrow fair, with rising temperature; moderate to fresh northwest and west winds. West Virginia—Fair and not quite so cold tonight. Tomorrow increasing cloudiness “and warmer, followed by snow tomorrow night or Monday. Temperature for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 30; 8 p.m., 23; 12 midnight, 19; 4 a.m., 15; 8 :m., 12; nogn. 16. arometer—4 pm., 29.85; 8 pm. 29.96; 12 midnight, 30.05; 4 a.m., 3&09; 8 2.m,, 30.16; noon, 30.20, Highest temperature, 32, occurred at noon ye:y.etrdny. ; west temperature, 11, 8:30 am. !.odar;' i ‘Temperature “same dal = Highest, 1 e date last year- lowest, 42, Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 1:48 a.m. o p.m.; high tide, 7:23 am. n 143 b, Tomorrow—Low tide, 2:38 p.m.; high tide, 8: 8:24 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 7:06 a.m.; sun sets 4:47 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:07 a.m.; sun sets 4:47 pm. Moon rises 6:37 a.m.; sets 4:19 p.m. Condition of the Water. Great Falls—Clear. Harpers Ferry— fi;)]:amnc and Shenandoah pl:ivera :‘;{Il’ am. Weather in Various Cities. o Tem g 05 am. and perature.o, & & Statfons. “The commission reached the conclu- sion that while the change from the use of smokeless anthracite to sffoke- producing bituminous coal (which came during the World War) was practically necessary, nevertheless the amount of destructive black smoke emitted by Gov- ernment buildings, hotels, apartment houses and office buildings is excessive. By excessive is meant that the evil may removed. “The Lincoln Memorial receives de- posits of soot from the chimney of the heating plant of the Public Health Serv- ‘The Freer Gallery of Art is situated in a center of smoking chimneys. The money cost of this preventable nuisance, already large, is on the increase. Every fine building erected in the District is soon begrimed. * * * “The problem must be faced by the officers of the Government, first, in the purchases of coal of low volatile con- tent; and, secondly, in training and re- quiring engineers to insist on proper treatment of the frontage along B strect west of Twenty-third street (perhaps by a terrace) so as to complete the frame of the Lincoln Memorial and at the same time to obtain the largest possible area for the Naval Hospital end the Public Health Service adjoin- ing.” Smoke Held Excessive. ‘With reference to the smoke nuisance in the District of Columbia, the com- this mission's report uses language: firing. Also, new iflmu, whether govern- mental or privately owned, should be re- quired to be fitted to burn the grades of coal used. There is a problem, but it can be solved.” Designed to furnish proof of this, the commission cited the case of the Bu- reau of Standards’ central power plant, so that, it says, “particular attention has been given to the boilers and fur- naces to the epd that absolutely smoke- less combum; may be obtained at all times.” be mitigated greatly if not altogether | Den El P ice and the Naval Hospital, as well as | from neighboring apartment houses. | Lo, Abilene, Te: Albany, N. Atianta, 10.02 Md.. 30. Birmingham Bismarck, Boston, Mass... 20.74 Buffalo, N. Y... Charieston, 8.C. 30.: . T 3024 Cincinnati, Ohio 30.30 Cleveland, Ohio. 30.02 8. C. 3030 TR RS P e e LT Huron.' 8. Indianapoli: Jacksonville,Fla. Kansas City.Mo. s Angeles Touisville, iam, ... 2982 Dak. 30.06 is,Ind 3030 3030 Nebr hia Omaha, Phlladelp! 004 Ariz.. San Antonio. .. 30, iego, Cailf 29.98 8an _Francisco. 30.00 is, Mo.. 30.40 n. 20.1 FOREIGN. (Noon, Greenwich time, today.) ‘ature. Weather. ON BOLER CHECKS Action Is Result of Fatal Blast at McCrory Store Here Last Week. on, ade purli@STEP TAKEN TO PREVENT POSSIBLE RECURRENCE Regulations Held Unavailing Against Mechanical Processes Beyond Control, Looking to possible revision of the local ordinances regulating hot-water boilers, Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner Donald A. Davison has appoint- ed a commission of three to study the existing laws and to determine whether any revision or addition to them might act to prevent disasters such as the one which occurred last week in the McCrory Five and Ten Cent Store. On the commission are Col. John W. Oehmann, building inspector; A. R. McGonegal, plumbing inspector, and P. M. Greenlaw, inspector of boilers. ‘They are expected to confine their examination to laws affecting the in- stallation, maintenance and inspec- tion of heating apparatus and plumb- ing fixtures in connection with hot- water heating. The result of the study will be re- ported to Col. Willlam B. Ladue, En- gineer Commissioner, by Maj. Davison as soon as the commission has complet- ed its work. Maj. Davison announced that this examination is being made to make sure there is no way in which the Dis- trict regulations can be improved so as to reduce the possibility of such ex- plosions occurring. ‘The McCrory blast, in which six per- sons were killed and a score injured, was in all probability caused by me- chanical processes difficult to anticipate, and the mere enactment of regulations, he said, would not be competent to pre- vent situations of this nature from arising. WATCHES STOLEN IN SHOP WINDOW Robbers Break Pane in Store Front and Escape With $600 in Loot. ‘To the adage “Its an ill wind that blows no one good,” burglars applied their trade last night, and the chill blasts that drove late travelers from the sidewalks of F strest played into the hands of those who smashed the display window of the Oppenheimer & Shaw jewelry shop at 907 F street and escaped with 20 watches valued at be- tween $600 and $700. ‘Whether is was the cold or fear of detection which frightened the loot- ers away without much of the jewelry in the store window, police today were unable to say. Many valuables, in- cluding other watches, bracelets and silverware were left in the window and one watch was dropped on the street as the thieves hurried away from the scene of their depredations. The robbery was discovered about 4:30 o'clock this morning by Police- man Prederick R. Rabil as he was mak- ing his rounds. I. N. Oppenheimer, manager of the store, reported it is the third robbery of about the same pro- portions in the past five years. Other thieves had no thought of the present weather, however, for the police report lists 2 electric fans, as well as 13 chairs and 14 dozen knives and forks as among loot taken yesterday from the premises of Samuel Four- nasos, 213 John Marshall place. Another thief fortified himself against the chill blasts, for another police re- port lists a fur coat valued at $300 and other wearing apparel valued at $60 as stclen from the apartment of Alonzo J. Collins, 1901 Seventh street, with the aid of a duplicate key. JUDICIAL TIMBER SURVEY PLANNED Head of Bar Assciation Names Committee to Select McCoy's Successor. Ma). Julius I. Peyser, president of the Bar Association, has appointed a com- mittee of nine lawyers to recommend to the association the names of available men for the judicial appointments ex- pected to follow the retirement of Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy or the passage of a bill now pending in Congress for an_additional member of the bench. Recently, when a committee of the association called on Attorney General Mitchell to suggest that in case of a vacancy in the office of chief justice the honor be given to Justice Wen- dell Phillips Stafford, inquiry was made if the association would have a candi- date for the new member of the bench. Alexander H. Bell, chairman of that committee, reported to the recent meet- ing of the association and a resolu- tion was proposed by George H. Lamar and amended by Roger J. Whiteford declaring in favor of the appointment of a practioner at the local bar and authorizing the president of the asso- clation to name a committee to can- vass the situation and make a recom- mendation of the names of available judicial timber. Stanton C. Peclle, a former president of the Bar Assoclation, is named as chairman of the committee, announced today by President Peyser. The other members of the committee are Leon ‘Tobriner, Alexander H. Bell, James A. ‘Toomey, Thomas P. Littlepage, George E. Sullivan, Wade H. Ellis, S. McComas Hawkgn and W. Gwynn Gardiner. COLORED MAN IS FOUND DEAD IN VACANT LOT Revolver and Two Notes Are Found Near Body in 1800 Block of Florida Avenue. With a bullet wound through his heart and a revolver and two notes beside him, the body of George C. Frazier, colored, 40, of 1812 Vernon street was found early this morning lying in a vacant lot in the 1800 blocl of Florida avenue. William W. Orme, a colored police- man attached to the eleventh precinct, Stations. ‘Tempe: Horta (Fayal), Asre. .. 64 =~ Rain (Current observations.) Hamilton, s 4 San Juan, s @?{chud! udy discovered the body and notified eighth precinct police. DBr. Jol Schwarz- mann of Emergency Hospital arrived with the ambulance and pronounced the man dead. Coroner Nevitt was notified. work, which has just been made public. “The commission considered with tourists’ camp in East Potomac Park. “The commission has ever regarded the tourists’ camp an eyesore that ought to be removed from East Potomac Park. The fact that it is adjacent to the main railroad line between New York and Florida, with numerous trains P , makes it particularly objec- tionable at this location. Furthermore, it interferes with the completion of East Potomac Park as one of the needed recreational parks of the city, according to a well-designed plan. Congress has enacted a law for bathing pools, and one gests Erection of Permanent Building in East Potomac Park. ‘The Fine Arts Commission considers the tourists’ camp in East Potomac Park an “eyesore” and says 5o in definite terms in the report of its three years’ Lieut. Col. Grant, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, the project to erect a permanent building on the ‘The act of Congress being mandatory, it was incumbent upon the director to see that it was bullt. or two ought to be located at or near the site of the tourists’ camp. “Commenting on the location of the tourists’ camp in the heart of the National Capital, and the objection to the suggestion of relocating it some- where adjacent to the boundary line of the District of Columbia, the director of the budget sald that all persons who patronize the tourists’ camp have automobiles and it certainly ought to be no trouble for them to drive into the city. The Commission of Fine Arts heartily concurs in this view.” SEVEN ARE INJURED INTRAFFIC MISHAPS Woman Severely Hurt in Col- lision, Husband Arrested. Pedestrian Hit by Car. Traffic accidents last night and this morning took a toll of seven injured, two seriously, according to police re- ports. Mrs. Margaret Loveless, 28 years old, of Hyattsville, Md., is in & serious con- dition at George Washington Univer- sity Hospital as the result of injuries suffered last night when thrown to the street as the machine in which she was riding and driven by her husband, Leo Loveless, was in collision at North cn:mm street and Michigan avenue with a truck operated by Joseph B. Skinner of 1260 Second street southwest. The injured woman was found to have sustained a possible fractured spine, elbow and wrist in addition to severe bruises to the head and body. Loveless was arrested by police of the eighth precinct on a charge of reckless driving and later released in $500 bond. Pedestrian Seriously Injured. Charles F. Murray,55 years old, of 3351 Nichols avenue southeast, was seriously injured late yesterday when run down near his home by a machine driven by Glenn C. Maimes of Clearfleld, Pa. Murray’s condition at Casualty Hos- pital was sald this morning to be still “undetermined,” and physicians said he probably suffered a fracture of the skull in addition to deep scalp lacerations and numerous cuts on the legs. Gaby Diez de Medina, 14-year-old daughter of the Bolivian Minister to the United States, was slightly bruised and shaken up yesterday when struck by an automobile while walking from a street car safety zone to the sidewalk at Fourteenth and H streets. The girl said she was not hurt and refused medical treatment. She re- turned to the Bolivian legation, at 1746 Q street, with her mother, who was with her at the time. The e was operated by Mrs. Dorothy R. Phil- lips of 6708 Eastern avenue, Takoma Park, Md 2 Knocked Down, Suffers Bruises. Frank Tucci, 54 years old, of 123 D street was slightly injured late yester- day when run down 2t Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue by a machine driven by James Dowie, who gave his address at the National Radio Insti- tute, at Sixteenth and U streets. The injured man was treated at Emergency Hospital for bruises to the knee. Hugh D. Heitzel, 57-year-old Govern- ment clerk, of 311 Tenth street, suffered a fractured left leg last night when struck at Tenth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue by a hit-and-run driver. ‘The injured man was taken to Emer- gency Hospital in a passing automobile and treated by Dr. John Schwarzmann. A lookout has been broadcast for the driver of the car, who failed to stop. Listed as Hit-and-Run Vietim. ‘The second hit-and-run victim re- ported last night was John N. Matthews, 68-year-old colored man of 27 Seven- teenth street southeast, who was treated at Providence Hospital for a fractured right leg suffered when rundown at Thirteenth street and Pennsylva avenue southeast by a machine which failed to stop. Park Policeman Raymond F. Selby, 31 years old, of 2306 Park place southeast, suffered minor injuries late yesterday when knocked from his motor cycle while riding along Bladensburg road near Neal street northeast by a machine which, police said, was operated by Her- bert R. Smith, 58 years old, of Riverdale Hills, Md. ‘The injured policeman was treated at Casualty Hospital for an injured left leg and sent home, while Smith was arrested by police of the ninth precthct and later released in $500 bond for his appearance in Police Court this morn- ing on a charge of reckless driving. FROZEN STOVE BURSTS INJURING 3 PERSONS Waterback Explodes When Fire Is Built, Wrecking Alexan- dria House. | I | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 30.— ‘Three persons were injured here this morning when a cook stove in the kitchen at 709 South Fairfax street ex- ploded while breakfast was being served. The injured are Claude Utterback, 40 years old; Lavant Utterback, 11 years old, and Vincent Burns, 4 years old. They were taken to the Alexandria Hospital in the police patrol and treated for cuts, burns and bruises. Apparently the waterback in the stove froze during the night:and explod- ed when sicam was generated by the fire built this morning. The stove was demolished, window sashes were blown out and the breakfast was scattered all over the room. Four other persons caped injury. At the hospital it wi stated that none of the injuries were serious. MASONIC TEMPLE PLANS APPROVED AT MEETING United Temple Committee of Grand Lodge Is Instructed to Proceed on Project. At a special communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of the District | of Columbia last night in Masonic | Temple, Thirteenth street and New | York avenue, the elaborate plans for the proposed new Masonic Temple on Temple Heights, the former Dean estate, at Connecticut avenue, Florida avenue and Nineteenth street, were tapproved in prineiple. i | border the pool has been ITALIAN GARDEN IN MERIDIAN PARK Fine Arts Commission En- visions Project as 3 Years’ Work Is Reviewed. An Ttalian garden overlooking thel City of Washington is envisioned as the future of Meridian Hill Park, at Flor- ida avenue and Sixteenth street, by the Fine Arts Commission in its elev- enth report, which surveys work cov- ering the last three years. Outlining planz for the completed park, which is now under construction, the report says that the reflecting pool, 60 by 134 feet, will be enriched by the addition of posts and urns, 12 antique oll jars filled with trailing vines, that will have their beauty reflected in the ?vlwl: uhlt the Villa d'!:u :?n .'nvon.d th perhaps two of coping, an of such height as :Xg:.d children pleas- ure nbt.otgz edge of the pool playing ats. “The mosalc pavement which will simplified by the elimination of border lines’” says the report. “The much-changed forc- court to the garden has finally been brought down to a mere crossing of the two walks with consequent thicken- ing of the tree-hedge mass. The change in the location of walks to the cascade- serving entrance permits planting im- mediately against curving walls of as- cents from the lower garden to the cascades. “A clipped hedge of holly will inclose the park. The grand terrace cascades extending to the lower garden are major projects to be completed. The cascades will diminish from the lower base to the grand terrace, and will consist of a series of shallow basins bordered by planting and flanked walks with seats. The water will fall from one basin to the next through shell outlets at the edge of the basins. ““The grand terrace, 60 feet wide and 300 feet long east and west, will be planted with four, rows of elm trees. From the terrace visitors can look over the city. The Jeanne d'Arc memorial occupies a central position on the grand terrace. There will be easy ascents from the lower garden to the upper level. A music pavilion will be near the grand terrace., “The upper level, now completed, is much used by residents of the locality. In fact, it is the only park in that densely populated neighborhood.” BUTCHER SAVES SELF FROM MONOXIDE GAS A. E. Pyles Treated by Rescue Squad After Staggering From Columbia Road Garage. A. E. Pyles, 55 years old, 1466 Colum- bia road, staggered out of his garage shortly before last midnight, just in a | time to save himself from asphyxiation from the carbon monoxide gas, gener- ated by the running motor of his car, which filled the small room. He sald he did not suspect the pres- ence of the deadly fumes until he was almost overcome. Stumbling into the house, he attracted the attention of his wife. ~ The partment rescue squad and Dr. John Schwarzman were summoned. They worked over him 45 minutes. Hospital treatment was not necessary. Pyles went to the garage last night to run the motor to prevent it freezing. The windows and doors were closed. He is a retired butcher. DRY RAIDERS REPORT SEIZURE OF LIQUOR Squad Arrests Driver and Take Possession of Two Automobiles and Alcoholic Cargoes, While on a ‘cruise” on Fourteenth street above Florida avenue yesterday afternoon, Sergt. George M. Little and members of his liquor squad overtook a car driven by Percy R. Kelson, col- ored, of the first block of G street southwest, arrested him and reported they seized the car and four cases of whisky. Kelson said he ‘“was driving for Jack,” but was booked on charges of driving a car equipped with a dead tag. transporting and illegal possession of the liquor. Later Pvt. Leo Murray of Little's squad investigated a new automobile with a broken bumper, seized two con- tainers of liquor reported to have been in the car, while the driver, who regis- tered as Carl C. Haussener, 35 years old, of the first block of N street south- west, was arrested on charges of trans- porting and illegal possession of liquor and driving while under the influence of liquor. PATRICK J. McCARTHY, FORMER GROCER, DIES Patrick J. McCarthy, 61, who formerly conducted a grocery and delicatessen store at 705 Webster street, died at his home, 715 Allison street, yesterday after an illness of several months. He retired from business a year ago. Mr. McCarthy, a Washington resi- dent for 36 years, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Susan H. McCarthy; four sons, John P. Thomas A. Francis X. and Edward V. McCarthy, and a daughter, Miss Margaret M. McCarthy. Funeral services will be conducted 8t. Gabriel's Catholic Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock, following serv- ices at the residence at 8:30. Intere Masonic Temple committee grand lodge ru P with the devel nt of the project. ment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. - YULE CHECKS TODAY Amount of Savings and Num- ber of Persons Involved Rec- ord for Capital Banks. BENEFIT TO PUBLIC IN EARLY SHOPPING Secretary Shaw of Merchants’ Body Tells How City and Indi- viduals Are Affected. Christmas savings funds amounting to $7,500,000 will be mailed out today by Washington banks to 87,000 local depositors. ‘This is the largest amount of Christ- . mas savings and the greatest number of depositors in Christmas savings clubs in PVT. ADNA R. CHAFFEE, 3d. PVT. EDWIN B. COX. A.R. CHAFFEE WINS IN AGADEMY TEST District Guard Appointment to West Point Goes to Son of Army Officer. ‘The District National Guard appoint- ment to West Point has been won by Pvt. Adna R. Chaffee, 3d, Company A, 121st Engineers, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephen, commanding, announced to- day. tc ”mmh::l:e‘.mmz“t’g W0 general en en the service. His father is Maj. Adna R. Chaffee of the general staff, now on duty at the War Department, and his grandfather was Lieut. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee. Young Chaffee is 19 years old. His a] tment was the Tesult of making the highest grades in a com- petitive examination held recently. He now will have to pass the entrance ex- aminations at West Point before being admitted to the Military Academy. The appointee attended the West Point Preparatory School here and formerly St. Luke School, Wayne, Pa., for three years and the Stuyvesant School at Warrenton, Va., for one year. Gen. Stephan also announced that while he is permitted to designate but one candidate from the National Guard he é:a submitted the name of Edwin B. X to the War Department with the recommendation that if possible the allotment of another candidate be made to the District. Pvt. Cox is a member of the Headquarters and Service Com- pany, 121st Engineers. Other candidates who took the ex- amination are as follows, in their order of standing: Sergt. George O. Weber, Headquar- ters Detachment, Special Troops, 29th Division; Pvt. William B. Bunker, Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi- slon: Corpl. Joseph F. McCue, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery; Pvt. Frey D. Vechery, Company B, 121st Engineers; Pvt. August F. Pohlig, jr., Company E, 121st Engineers, and Corpl. Walter E. Horn, Campany F, 121st Engineers. | HEAVY TIMBER}ELlEVED | TO HIDE BASSETT’S BODY ! Search for Missing Annapolis Man | Centers in Wooded Canyon in Washington State. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE. Wash.,, November 30.—A lonely, heavily-wooded canyon north of Bothell, Wash., was the center of ac- tivity today in the search for the body of James Eugene Bassett, former An- napolis, :dd., man missing since Septem- ber, 192 Prosecutor Ewing D. Colvin, who is directing the search, said he learned of the canyon as a possible hiding place | for the supposedly missing body during secret investigations conducted yester- day. He said the canyon was within | the area indicated by Decasto Earl| Mayer, a suspect in the case, while | being subjected to tests with a lie de- tector machine. | Mayer is in jail here pending decision {on his appeal from conviction on a | charge of stealing Bassett's automobile. MRS. LOUISE KARR DIES ON EAST ORANGE VISIT Mrs. Louise Karr, 69 years old, widow of Philip A. Karr and a resident of this city since a young girl, died at the home of her nisce, Mrs. Harry Shaw, at East Orange, N. Thursday. Death was Upper: Lower: the history of the National Capital and, in keeping with the mail-early shop- early movement, checks are being dis- tributed considerably earlier than in former years when funds were released December 15, Distribution of this huge fund in Washington at this early date augurs well for the public, individually and col- lectively, it is declared by Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, b“ enabling the Christmas shopper to do his buying of gifts well ahead of the last-minute congestion that comes a few days before the holidays. Better for Purchaser. Thus the purchaser, he said, finds a better selection of offerings, due to the ractice of merchants in placing full ‘hristmas stocks on display before De- cember 1, and employes of stores are relieved of much of the hectic struggles of last-minute lhorplnl that in former yelnl was an inevitable and wearisome event. Figures obtained from local banks shows that one out of every six persons in Washington will receive a Christmas savings check. Washington leads the country in the proportional number and total amount of deposits, Mr. Shaw points out. A mm is noted from totals of pre years. Year-by-Year Gain. In 1924, 49,000 depositors in Christ- mas Savings Clubs compiled a total of 1925, this total rose in 1927 the total mounted to $5,994,000. Last vear the aggregate was $7,035, 000. Thus, there been a of nearly one-half million dollars in the it year, when the number of de- positors was 83,000. BURNED BABY BOY EXPECTED TO LIVE Sister, 3, Is Injured Fatally After Setting Fire to His Carriage and ‘Her Clothes. Physicians at the Children's Hospital say today that 6-month-old Willard D lon, 1161 Third street bl burns in ly the flicted yesterday at his home, when his 3-year-old sister set fire to his carriage :nd' hher clothes, burning herself to leath, Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, District cor- oner, issued a certificate of accidental death in the case of the little girl, Betty Lou Dillon. Funeral arrangements have not yet been mide. They are the chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Dillon. A brother, 5 years old, in the room at the time, was not hurt. s CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. E Pluribus Unum Chapter, D. A. R. will hold its annual card Pfl't’ tonight, 8 o'clock, at the Roosevelt Hotel, 2101 Sixteenth street. Proceeds for educa- tional and patriotic work of the chapter. Past Pocahontas Association will give a card party tonight, 8:30, at the | Hamilton Hotel for benefit of orphans of the Imp.oved Order of Redmen. “Prophecy and World Peace” is the subject of a lecture to be given tonight at the Y. W, C. A, 8 o'clock, by Miss lchg.st«lbe] Pankhurst of London, Eng- and. E. R. Kalmbach and Remington Kellogg will be the speakers at the meeting of the Biological Soclety of Washington tonight, 8 o'clock, in the assembly hall of the Cosmos Club, Congress Lodge Chapter, O. E. §., will flve & benefit card party tonight. 8 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. J. W. Davis, 520 Eighth street northeast. There will be no dance at the Cleve- land Park Club tonight on account of the death of Col. Walter M. McBroom last night. Ohio Girls' Club will entertain at a dance tonight at the Colonfal Hotel. Fifteenth and M streets, opening at 9 o'clock. An llustrated lecture on “A Trip ‘Through South Africa” will be given tonight, 8:15 o'clock, at the League for the Largest Life, 1628 K street. Anacostia-dodge, F. A. A. M., will hold a card party and dance tonight in the ball room of the Mayflower. ‘The second of a series of lectures on clatrvoyant sight will be given tonight by Geoffrey Hodson of England at 1204 Eighteenth street under the auspices of the Theosophical Society of Washing- ton. His subject will be “The Root Cause of Disease A diamond jubilee novena of Immacu- Iate Conception will take place at St. Aloysius’ Church, North Capitol and I } attributed to a heart attack. Mrs. Karr had gone to East Orange to spend Thanksgiving. Funeral services will be conducted in the Church of the Nativity Monday morning at 9 o'clock, following brief services at the residence of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Rosa Ferry, 5300 Eighth street, at 8:30 am. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Karr leaves two daughters, Mrs. Ferry and Mrs. George W. Rabbitt; sev- eral sisters and brothers. Mrs. Karr had long been a member of the Order of the Maccabees. Explorer to ieput Lecture. Dr. G. Whitfield Ray, South Amer- ican explorer, who made an address on “Seventeen Years in South America” llntnre_nt;hedw gton Missionary Col- e esday eve [, Wi lechure tonight, v Wl Tepest his Colored Man Dies Suddenly. George Washington, colored, 85 old, died suddenly late ;uwrdu l’l"::! noon in his home, at 936 L street. Dr. Francis Gilfoy, member of the Emer- 527 "5l ol okl natural causes. streets, at 7:30 o'clock tonight. FUTURB. Red Triangle Outing Club will meet at 2:15 p.m. tomorrow at Rosslyn, Va., for a hike from Peacock along cult Run. Buy round-trip ticket to Treat l!llém Car leaves at 2:30. Guy Dodson, leader. A meeting for the Community Chest campaign pageant is called by Elwood Street, director, Monday afternoon at 4:30 in the Community Center office, Pranklin Administration Building. ‘Wanderlusters’ hike tomorrow will start from the Robert E. Lee School. Meet at Twelfth and Pennsylvania avenue at 2:30 to take the bus to the school. o the Wall Street hng?" is the son, dean of theols wflg:&" 3 g n Missionary College, deuAv‘:;lwmru e 3132 Fourteenth street, at 8 o'clock. ‘The woman's organizai of Me- ts avenue between and Tenth will hold its annual turkey din- B subject of the lecture Dr. B. row night in th fum, Kendree M. E. Church, Mflofl huset e g Ninth ner Tuesday evening o'clock.