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. A—2 *x» SMITH €0. RULING 10 BE NEXT WEEK WHERE POLE TORE UP C. & P. ROOF New York Judge to Decide on; Fight Going on Among Security Holders. By a Staff Correspondent of The Sta: NEW YORK, January 17.—The ex- | tent to which the interests of F. H.! Smith Co. stock and bond holders have been jeopardized by the several recent | legal ‘attacks on the company will be | determined next week by Judge Abra- ham J. Levy of the State Supreme ! Court here, when he will decide | whether there is any justification for | the formation of “protective” commit- tees by holders of Smith Co. securities. The question was brought to the | attention of the court yesterday in a petition by one group of security hold- ers for an injunction to restrain other such groups from “organizing and doing certain things detrimental to the com- pany.” Ulterior Motive Is Charged. Affidavits. submitted by the plaintiffs allege the protective committees were, in fact, formed for an ulterior purpose— namely, to secure the appointment of a Teceiver and to share his profits. Representatives of the protective | committees who were named as defend- | ants countered with the charge that “the petitioners’ action was brought in bad faith.” They also charged that Raymond M. Markley, one of the petitioners, is an employe of the Smith Co. | The original petition and aMdavits were filed by Markley and Walter J. Pichert. They asked the court to re strain the stock and bond holder: committees from injuring the company | in any manner, pleading that they | were owners of Smith Co. stock and | bonds. “False” Ads Are Alleged. Specific practices on the part of the | curnpr.mtuex complained of were publish- | ing alleged false and misleading ad- | vertisements concerning lei actions | brought against the company, causing to be published news articles calculated l to undermine public confidence in the | Smith Co. and unjustly destroy its reputation. | ‘When the case came up in court vesterday, an additional affidavit from | William R. Baum, New York manager | of the Smith Co., was submitted by plaintiffs. Baum'’s affidavit objected to any in- timation that the Smith Co. had ever ! issued bonds of its own, stating that ! “it has never issued any bonds, but merely sold the bonds which were is- | sued by borrowing corporations and in- dividu: Baum also objected to the incorpora- tion in the advertisements of the state- | ment that a receivership action had| been begun it Washington. Refused to Name Receiver. In this action Judge Alfred A. Whea of the District Supreme Court refused, in a strong opinion, to appoint a tem-; porary receiver. The application for & | permanent receiver is still pending. H It was contended that if any refer- ence was to be made to the District re- ceivership application, all facts pertain- | ing to it should have been given. | Baum also denied that the Smith Co.: had been temporarily enjoined from | selling its securities in New York State. His afidavit, in referring to the ln-’ dictment in Washington of Representa- | tive Frederick N. Zihiman of Maryland, | and Daniel R. Crissinger, former con- troller of the currency, states: “These men were indicted early in October and although they have made every effort to expedite the trial of the charges against them, they have been unable to bring the matter to & head ::d that Bz:{ might clear their names the Smith Co.” Although the davit id not set forth the fact, it was point- :d‘out by the other side that both Zihl- man and Crissinger have filed pleas in abatement to the indictment, attacking the validity of the grand jury on tech- nical grounds. Thomas Submits Affidavit. o itional afidavit was submitte: byAwg Thomas, stating that he holds Smith Co. securities and that the com- pany has always met the interest pay- romptiy. e p-m-?n:: affidavit of the de- - states: 'fl‘l“;eclnuul: of the condition of the affairs of the Smith Co., evidenced by the fact that seven legal actlons have beenr started against it, the holders of bonds sold by the Smith Co. have caused to be organized a bondholders protective committee for the purpose of acting in concert for their mutual pro- tection. “It is Tespectfully submitted that the raethod of organizing such & committee is customary, usual and based upon & well-founded right on the part of in- vestors to protect their investments.” Prices Down, Landes Says. Another afdavit by Lewis Landes, one of the defendants, stated that bonds | and stock of the Smith Co. have been offered for sale by the holders at from 30 to 60 per cent less than their face value. A. M. Frumberg of New York, arguing for the protective committee of bond- holders, told the court that the mem- bers of the committee are acting in good faith and that the character of its personnel is above question. At a meeting here tomorrow, which will be attended by Senator Hastings of Delaware, the committee of bond- holders will outline its plans fe- carry- ing its purpose into effect. COLLEGE STUDENTS ACT AS PICKETS FOR STRIKERS Twelve Girls in Group of 21 at Pennsylvania Hosiery Manu- facturing Plant. By the Associated Press. EASTON, Pa., January 17.—A group of 21 college students, including 12 girls, Jast night acted as pickets at the Kraemer Hoslery Mill at Narareth, where a strike is in progress. The stu- dents were from Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr and the University of Pennsyl- vania. They were accompanied by Miss Hannah Morris, Jr., secretary of the Philadeiphia branch'of the Civil Liber- ties_Union. The group carried banners and marched back and forth in front of the mill. There were no disorders and no arrests were made. The students were quoted as saving they had come to study the conditions at first hand and to express their sym- pathies with the union labor movement. STRESEMANN TRIBUTE PAID BY SCHURMAN Retiring American Places Wreath on Tomb of Late Foreign Minister. Ambassador By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, January 17.—Jacob Gould Schurman, retiring American Am- bassador, today paid a farewell tribute to his friend, the late Dr. Gustav Stresemann, German minister for foreign affairs. Accompanied only by the statesman's Above: The hole torn in the roof of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone iding when a radio pole belng removed slipped and fell today, injuring three telephone operators. Below: View from the room where the pole crashed through Buil the ceiling. THE EVENING —Star Staff Photos. CHARGE DYING MAN DENID TREATNENT ton Barred for Lack of Cash. Denial Made. __ (Continued From First Page.) and his wife, Helen Carter, Daughton’s niece, Daughton went to Gallinger yes- terday morning and, aiced by his rela- tives, reached the waiting room. In the admission office, Carter was advised, he said, that it was necessary for Doughton to come to the office, despite his condition, which necessitated long walk. Questioned by Nurse. Relatives Say R. M. Daugh-| NATIONAL AD MEN T0 GATHER HERE iFederation Convention, May | 18-21, Will Bring Several Thousand Visitors. Washington has been selected for the convention this year of the Advertising | Federation of America, Ernest S. | Johnston, president of the Advertising | Club of Washington, announced today. | The dates for the meeting are May 18 |to May 21. Several thousand visitors are expected. Mr. Johnston received this assurance | today from C. S. Younggreen of Mil- Reaching the office, Daughton who was obviously in great need of treat- ment, according to Carter, was ques- tioned at length by & nurse, who Carter cuss matters with others who entered the office and to remark that it was her birthday. Advising that it was customary for pay patients to deliver an amount of $21, the nurse refused to provide Daughton with treatment or allow him to go to bed until the money had been paid, Carter declared, al- though the man was obviously weaken- ing, and ordered him to the waiting room until he could secure the money and be transferred to the psychopathic ward. to walk back througn the corridor to the waiting room where he slumped on floor. Nurses and orderlies of the hospital passed him by, Carter declared, but re- fused to assist in getting immediate aid. Carter said he finally secured the as- sistance of the telephone operator who summoned help, but at that time Daughton was dead. Not Criminal or Insane. “While Daughton may not have lived,” Carter declared “he should at least have been accorded decent treatment and been allowed to go to bed. He was not a criminal or an insane man and should have been given assistance.” Relating the circumstances to Coroner Carter said he was advised by Dr. Nev- itt, that he, the coroner, “while not in a position to criticize the municipal in- stitution, considered the failure to give treatment as unnecessary and im- proper.” for services is contrary to the policy of the institution,” Dr. Bocock, head of the hospital, said today. “Gallinger is a municipal hospital and we have no need for payment. If a patient wishes to pay for services that is his privilege, but a refusal to admit him because of lack of payment is un- heard of,” Bocéck declared. “An examination by Dr. George Nixon when the the man first came death might be expected,” Dr. Bocock dex d. was customary for pay patients fo give & week’s payment in advance, and then if they failed to remain in the hospital that time, the money would be refunded. Carter asked that Doughton be allowed to remain until he could secure the additional $7,” Bocock said, “and any delay was not occasioned by the neglect of hospital attendants.” Clubman Is Hurt in Crash. MIAMI, Fila., January 17 former private secretary he drove to the tomb and laid a wreath on the Stresemann grave. “abbon inscribed on one side, German, “To my own true friend.” night. N said interrupted the questioning to dis- | advance | Alded by Carter, Daughton managed | J. Ramsey Nevitt, at the morgue today, | ““Any attempt to force patients to pay i to the office failed to indicate that his | | 'Mr. Doughton was advised that it (#).—The condition'of W. H. Neill, wealthy San- ‘The wreath carried | dusky, Ohio, clubman, whose back was the American colors as well as & white | fractured in an automobile accident in ‘Jacob | Miami Beach Wednesday evening, re- Could Schurman,” and on the other in mained critical in a local hospital last waukee, president of the Federation, | who visited Washington last week be- Yore attending the federation board | meeting in Chicago. The selection of Washington came only after spirited competition from | Boston, Toronto and other cities that | have advertising clubs affiliated with | the federation. The 1929 convention was held in Berlin, Twengy-sixth Annual Session. “This will be our twenty-sixth an- nual convention,” said Mr. Younggreen in a letter to President Johnston, “but | it will be the first time the combined | advertising interests of the North | American continent as represented in the federation have ever met in the | Capital City of the United States. “In our international affiliations, we have joined in other years with the ad- vertising and business leaders of con- tinental Europe and Great Britain in | two_conventions on the other side—the | international advertising convention in | Berlin, Germany, last Summer, and the | ,convention of 1924 in London, England. | {This year we are going to meet in | { America, where we will devote our at- | | tention to the problems of increased | profits through more effective adver- tising as they exist here at home. | “The Advertising Federation includes the affiliated advertising clubs through- | | | jout America and more than 20 naticnal | organizations representing the various | branches of advertising and Mr. Young- i green said. Decision Is Unanimous. i “It was the unanimous opinion of the | | board that we should convene in the | Capital City of the United States, in ' { which country the organized advertising | jmovement was first started. | “This will give opportunity for our | membership to know the Capital of ithe United States better than most of | {them now know it and will give the | | Federation a closer contact with these | {great sources of information in the | Government departments.” | |ELI J. FOUTS, FORMERLY OF CAPITAL, EXPIRES Man Said to Have | Newspaper Given George Ade and George McCutcheon Early Training. By the Associated Press. H PASSAIC, N. J., January 17.—El J. Fouts, who, as city editor of the | Lafayette, Ind., Courier, is said to have | | given George Ade and George Barr McCutcheon much of their early news- paper training, died at nis home here today. He was 67 years old. Mr. Fouts was assistant city editor of the Passalc Daily Herald at the time | of his death, During his life as & newspaver man Fouts had served as city editor of ihe Washington, D. C. Herald and the Washington Post. q’ to Bugar A | _The body will be t Grove, Ind,, for burial. | herd, STAR, SHURTLEFF NAVED ARCATEET HEAD Landscape Experts to Attend Meeting of Capital Park and Planning Group. A. A. Shurtleff of Boston was elected fleAlden& of the American Soclety of ndscape Architects for the ensuing year at the election meeting held this morning. A. R. Nichols of Minneapolis was elected vice president, S. H. Hare of Kansas City treasurer, B. W. Pond sec- retary, and the following were elected trustees: A. D. Taylor, Cleveland: Clar- ence Fowler, New York; H. V. Hubbard, Boston; P. H. Elwood, Ames, Towa, and Stephen Child, San Francisco. ‘The architects this afternoon listened to a group of addresses, and tonight they will attend the meeting arranged by the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commisison, at which plans for | the development of Greater Washington will be explained. The speakers this afternoon and their topics were : Dr. Frederick V. Coville, botanist, United States Department of Agriculture, who outlined the work and | purpose of the National Arboretum, of which he is acting director; Maj. Brehon Somervell, United States Dis- trict engineer, who discussed the engi- neer office’s plan for reclamation of the Anacostia and Potomac marshes for park development, and Raymond E. Toms, _ principal _engineer, United States Bureau of Public Roads, who dis- cussed various features in connection with the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. National parks and national forests were subjects for discussion by experts at a luncheon of the society at the Willard today. The members heard Horace M. Albright, director of the United States National Park Service, and Robert Y. Stuart, chief of the United States Forest Service. Last evening the members of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission and the National Commission of Fine Arts were guests of the society at the annual dinner. Mr. Shurtleff presided. Willlam A. Delano, the newest mem- ber of the Park and Planning Commis- slon, «discussed landscape architecture considerations which are taken into ac- count in providing settings for public bulldings. The beautification of the Washington Monument grounds was the theme of Ferruccio Vitale, a member of the Fine Arts Commission. Herman Hagedon of the Roosevelt Memorial Association described the utilitarian value of memorials. Members of the society and of the American Civic Association, which is meeting here also, will meet together | at dinner this evening at the Cosmos Club, preparatory to attending the meeting at Constitution Hall. The ex- ecutive committee of the American Civic Assor! ' met yesterday and re- elected " A. Delano of Washing- ton p ai. Other officers included John Barton Payne, vice president, and George W. White, treasurer. Both are | of Washington. DEFEND CONSENT DECREE OF PACKERS | | | Justice Department Attorneys Ask Modification Suit Be Dismissed. Dismissal of suits filed by Swift & Co. and Armour & Co., seeking modifi- cation of the packers’ consent decree, was asked today by the Department of Justice. ‘The consent decree was entered into by Swift and Armour and three other large packing firms in 1920 after suits had been filed against them by the Government. They agreed to confine themselves to the meat packing indus- try and to certain closely related lines. The decree has never taken effect, and the packers began proceedings in the District of Columbia Supreme Court looking to abatement. The petition filed by the Govern- ment today asking dismissal of the suits said that action taken by the packers did not entitle them to rellef and that the questions presented were of “grave importance” and must be dealt with by the courts, Department officials said the effect of the action today was that the packing companies must establish their case in all particulars. CHINESE NAVY PARTY TO TOUR U. S. PLANTS Yard Here and Gun Factory at An- napolis Will Be Inspected by Admiral Tu. An inspection of the Washington Navy Yard and naval gun factory and of the Naval Academy at Annapolis is on the program of Admiral Tu, head of the Chinese naval mission now staying in Washington. Tomorrow Admirai Tu will inspect tn> Naval Air Station at Anacostia and lay wreaths on the tombs of the Unknown Soldier and George Washington Monday the admiral and his party will inspect the Naval Proving Ground at Indian Head, Md. Tuesday morning of next week has bee nset apart for an inspection of the Naval Observatory here and of chemical warfare activities at_Edgewood, Md. On Wednesday Admiral Tu will have a conference at the Navy Department with American officials, but the nature of this was not isclosed at the Navy ! Department_today. Admiral Tu and his party will leave on Thursday for Philadelphia on an in- spection trip that will take them to Portsmouth, N. H. Boston, Newport, New London and New York City. The party is scheduled to sail January 31 on the S. S. Bremen for Europe. The Navy Department has detailed Lieut. Comdr, T. DeWitt Carr as aide to Admiral Tu. The Chinese naval mission, which is gathering information on naval activities at various parts of | the world, is staying here at the Ward- man Park Hotel. 1B, GILBERT MAKES TEAM Washington Young Man Successful in Harvard Forensics. Captain of the Central High School “debating team and participant in the oratorical contests of 1929, J. B. Gilbert, 17 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gilbert of 2800 Alabama avenue north- east, has been selected for the debating team of Harvard University. Formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa. Gilbert came to Washington and entered Cen- tral for his senior year in the Autumn of 1928. He entered Harvard University, Cambridge in October. Wife'klk; Absolute D;vorce. Mrs. Flora Lohr Shepherd, 1301 Massachusetts avenue, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Willlam C. Shep- jr. employed in a department store. They were married December 29, 1926, and have no children. The wife charges that her husband deserted her December 15 last and transferred his affections to another woman. He is represented by Attorney Vivian O. Hill. at WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, PISTOL BILL GIVE FAVORABLE REPORT Regulation of Sale and Per- mits to Carry Arms Pro- vided in Proposal. A favorable repmt on the Zihlman bill to regulate the sale and carrying of pistols and other firearms in the Dis- ! 'trict of Columbia was sent to Congress | today by the District Commissioners. The bill gives the Commissioners power to license retail dealers in fire- | arms and prohibits any one except a | licensed dealer to engage in their sale. It provides that when anybody applies for the purchase of & gun a copy of his application, containing his name, ad- dress and other information, be sent to the chief of police by registered mail, and that in no case shall the revolver be transferred to the buyer until 48 hours has elapsed from the time when he made application to buy it. The bill further provides that fire- arms may be carried only by those who have a license to do so, issued by the major and superintendent of police, and that all licenses to carry firearms now in existence shall expire within 30 days after the passage of the act. In recommending the bill to the Com- missioners, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, chief of the department, wrote as fo the necessity of the bill: “This is evidenced by the case of one Robert Evans, who has on two occasions purchased pistols in the District of Columbia and who almost immediately following each pur- chase has used same on the street, in one instance shooting an Army ofticer at Seventh street and Pennsylvania during the World War, refulting in his being committed to St. Elivabeth's Hos- pital, and on January 23, 1928, while on parole from the above institution, was arrested by Pvt. Roy S. Bridges on a charge of robbery and five cases of assault with intent to kill, Evans having held up one Samuel Mitchell of 711 Ninth street with a loaded au- tomatic pistol, and at the time of his apprehension made an attempt to shoot the officer.” Additional penalties for crimes com- mitted while armed are covered in sec- [ tion 2 of the bill, which provides that if a person commit a crime of violence when armed, in addition to the punisn- ment provided for the crime he shall be punished by a prison term of three to to five years; for a second conviction the punishment will be 5 to 10 years, for a third, it will be 10 to 15 years and for subsequent convictions, 15 to 30 years, District Commissioners also today sent to Congress their favorable report on the Shipstead bill giving the Fine Arts Commission authority to pass on the plans for the new bulldings abut- ting "the grounds of the Capitol, the ‘White House, of Pennsylvania avenue between the Capitol and the White House. The bill calls for submission of plans to the Fine Arts Commission for all bulldings facing Rock Creek Park, the Zoological Park, thc Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in addition. The Commissioners, however, recommended that the various parks be removed from the scope of the bill. The Fine Arts Commission would have the final say, in approving the building plans for private buildings in these sections as regards height, ap- pearance, and color and texture of materials used on exteriors. POLICE RETURN STOLEN CLOTHING TO WOMAN Articles Recovered From Man Who Loaned Money on Them. Bracelet Still Missing. Wearing apparel valued at $1,000, I stolen together with a $1,200 bracelet and other articles Tuesday afternoon by a thief who jimmied the front door of Mrs. Ruben Slan's apartment at 115 New York avenue, today was recovered by headquarters detectives from a man who had loaned money on them and returned to Mrs, Slan. No arrests were made, According to the story told police by the man, the clothing was brought in by an unknown colored man, who promised to redeem it within the next few days. The bracelet is still missing. Included in the loot recovered was & $700 mink coat, dresses and underwear. The recovery was effected by Detective Sergts. Bagby King, Thomas J. Sulli- van, John A. Foley and Charles E. War- field, members of the Detective Bureau clothing squad; Carlton Talley and Louis M. Wilson. ARMY OFFICERS GIVEN NEW SERVICE POSITIONS Col. John B. Huggins, Medical Corps, Coming to Capi- tal for Duty Here. Col. John B. Huggins, Medical Corps, at the general depot, Brookiyn, N. Y., has been ordered to this city for duty in the office of the surgeon general, Munitions Building; Lieut. Col. Resolve P. Palmer, Adjutant General’s Depart- ment, in tkg Philippines, has been or- dered to Wort Sam Houston, Tex.; Maj. Edward W. Turner, Coast Artil- lery Corps, in the Philippines, has been detafled to the Utah State Agricultural College, at Logan; Chaplain Joseph G. Garrison, in the Philippines, has been ordered {o San Francisco; Maj. Albert | Tucker, Infantry, at Houston, Tex., been ordered to this city for duty in the Militia Bureau, War Department; Maj. Roy L. Bodine, Dental Corps, has been transferred from Walter Reed General Hospital to the general dis- pensary, this city; Maj. John B. Rose, Ordnance Department, from Water- town, Mass, to Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, Del.; First Lieut. Ambrose F. White, Infantry, from the Philippines to Grove City, Pa. for duty with the Pennsylvania National Guard; Capt. William E, Sankey, Dental Corps, from Fort Benning, Ga. to Hawall, and Capt. Frederic V. M. Dyer, 3d In- fantry, from Fort Snelling, Minn, to JANUARY 17, CO-OPERATION OF ARCHITECTS IS ASKED FOR ARBORETUM Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr. 1930 Dr. Coville Explains Purpose of National Project to Landscapers. |268 Already Acquired for Outdoor Laboratory for Plant Life Study. An interesting description of the Na- tional Arboretum being develop'd here was given at the annual meeting of the American Soclety of Laniscape Architects this afternoon in a1 ad- dress by Dr. Prederick V. Coville, bot- | anist of the United States Department of Agriculture, acting director. The outdoor laboratory for scientific research on plant life already comprises 268 acres, Dr. Coville said, including Mount Hamilton, Hicky M and the water-lily gardens at Kenilworth. The Secretary of Agriculture expects to make additional purchases, he said, which will bring the acreage to 1,000 acres. Inviting the co-operation and advice of the soclety, he pointed out that the Secretary of Agriculture has ‘“the hearty co-operation of the Garden Club of America and of the American Asso- clation of Nurserymen.” Tells Purpose of Arboretum. Dr. Coville spoke as follows: “The National Arboretum is an in- stitution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge concerning trees. The National Arboretum act, approved by President Coolidge March 4, 1927, states that the purpose of the arbore- tum is research and education concern- ing tree and plant life, and that in order to stimulate research and dis- covery the National Arboretum shall be under scientific direction. “To study the living tree, to breed new kinds, to select the best gmong them, to develop methods of propa- gating them, to show to what soils and to what situations and to what special purposes they are best adapted, such is the fleld of experiment and discovery to be occupled by the National Arbore- tum. The human race has bred sheep and cattle and horses, but not ele- phants. The elephant is too big, too wild, too long-lived. The human race has bred wheat and potatoes and apples, but not timber rtees. They also have seemed too big, too wild and too long- lived. But the time has come to begin. “A strange case of the superiority of an individual tree has recently come to light in a most unexpected way. One of the soil chemists of the De- partment of Agriculture, W. O. Robin- son, amuses himself at home by mak- ing bows and arrows and shooting them. He has made bows of every kind of resilient wood the world af- fords, so far as he has been able to obtain it. One of the very best woods for bows is yew, which our own ances- tors in Western Europe used when they were savages, and which the Klamaths, Modocs and other Indian tribes of our Northwest Coast used until we brought them the rifie. But a yew bow is not durable. It loses much of its elasticity and strength after a few years of ternating heat and cold. There is an- other American wood, however, from which bows are made of such superior- ity and of such lasting qualities that in the old Indlan days they were handed down from father to son. This wood is the Osage-orange, the bois d'arc of the early French trappers, corrupted into bodark by Mississippi Valley fron- tiersmen, and made into a scientific name, Toxylon, or bow wood, by one of the early botanists. Best Wood Comes From Texas. *:“The “best commercial supply of Osage-orange comes from Texas. With ‘this* wood Mr. Robinson has made ‘many bows of remarkable performance, a typical bow of 49 pounds pull weigh- ing 25.1 ounces. Last year Mr. Rob- inson made the delightful discovery that from an Osage-orange tree in an old hedge on the farm of a friend near Rockville, Md. he could get equal strength and elasticity with litle more than half the usual weight of wood. From this tree he made a bow weigh- ing 17.7 ounces, which has a pull of 62 pounds. With this bow he shot an arrow 341 yards, a far greater distance than any authentic American record up to that time. No one knows how far, in the hands of a more expert bow- . this Osage bow will shoot. 'he stump of this tree is still alive. At the Arboretum we shall try to prop- agate it by cuttings or by grafting and if we can find another Osage tree of equal superiority we will cross-breed the two and develop a whole population of these tree aristocrats. One cannot foretell the possible industrial uses of such a wood. It is suggested however, by way of warning, that if golf sticks are ever made from the Rockville Osage 1t may become necessary for golf clul to double the length of their holes. “The search for superior trees of every kind and the making of experi- ments with them will occupy, undoub edly, a large part of the Arboretum's activities in future years. The beautifi- cation of American homes and the beau- tification of parks for purposes of out- door relaxation and recreation is de- pendent largely on trees. Every one knows the beauty of the Japanese flow- ering cherries in Potomac Park. Even in Japan, last Spring, I saw no more impressive display of cherry blossoms than is afforded by the mile stretch of Yoshino cherries around the borders of our Tidal Basin, that most gracious gift from the City of Tokio. Give Thought te U. S. Trees. ““These Japanese cherries have set us' thinking about the little appreciated beauty of some of our own wild trees, Two or three years ago I suggested to Col. Grant the desirability of preparing for our public parks an extensive dis- play of our American sweet-scented wild crabapple. This is the tree that the good Lord evidently intended for our national flower, but we have been slow to appreciate the divine gift and to pro- vide for it the place of honor it de- serves. Our wild crabapples are of sev- eral specles. They extend from New York to Minnesota and southward to Florida and Louisiana, and they are be- loved by all who know them. At the National Arboretum we not only shall give them a place of honor, but we shall select the most outstanding individuals among them and these we will cross- breed, making selections again among By the Associated Press. KEYSTONE, 8. Dak., January 17— T on the face of the imperishable | granite of the Black Hills Calvin Cool- idge will chronicle in letters of stone the history of the Nation of which he was President. The Mount Rushmore National Me- morial Association has announced Mr. Coolidge's acceptance of its invitation to provide the historical data to be cut, in five-inch letters, beside the rock- rellef figures of four other Presidents— ‘Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt. Even the Coolidge penchant for brev- ity will be taxed, for the life of the country from the date of the Declara- tion of Independence until the present will be l‘ell"d«n 500 words or less. COOLIDGE 500-WORD U. S. HISTORY TO BE CUT ON MEMORIAL MOUNT Ex-President Accepts Task of Chronicling Nation’s Story to Be Seen for Ages in Black Hills. What the histery lacks in length will be more than recompensed by the size of the inscriptions, which may be read miles away. Each'letter will be gilded, to_catch the blaze of the setting sun. The history the former President will write will be embossed upon a table 120 feet in width and 80 feet high. Mr. Coolidge has had a previous part in the Bl Hills memorial. While vacationing in South Dakota in 1927 he dedicated the project. Should the expectations of the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, be met, the great figures of ‘Washington and Jefferson will be read; for formal unveiling next July 4, whicl also Is a dominant date in the life of Mr. Coolidge—his birthday anniversary. b"lrm )l'ollnt Runhmor:u)l‘emorlfll 1s ng cut ) & granite face rising 1,000 feet. };on lflm have estimated correctly, the 500-word history, written by & man who had an important part in its making, will withstand the ele- ments half & million years. | | | 1 . FREDERICK V. COVILLE. the progeny until we have developed a wide range of varieties, more beautiful even than the wild trees and more fully adopted to the purposes of landscape art. I cannot believe, however, that we shall ever develop any crabapple trees more fragrant than the wild ones. “For some reason which is unex- plained, Providence did not allow the wild crabapple to enter New England, the home of our early poets. In conse- quence its beauty and its fragrance long remained unsung, byt ask the man from Des Moines or from Tallahassee if he knows the wild crabapple, and you will get & new lesson in the appreciation of nature. ‘Will Concentrate on Forestry. “Although many of the botanical ex- periments and discoveries made at the Arboretum will be of value chiefly to horticulture and to landscape art. the most important work of the Arbore- tum will find its application in forestry. In a recent address in New York, before the Garden Club of America, I made & statement which I may be permitted to repeat here: “It is well known to American for- esters that our original stands of tim- ber are fast disappearing. White pine is .lrend{ gone. At the present rate of cutting, the original stand of Southern long-leaf pine is expected to last eight years. The irregular process of natu- ral reseeding will replace, ultimately, some of the timber that we have cut. ‘We shall be compelled, however, before jong to grow trees as a crop, just as we grow corn, or wheat or potatoes. When we begin to plant trees as a timber crop, should we plant wild seedlings or should we plant improved strains, just as we now plant improved strains of corn, wheat and potatoes? There can be but one answer. When we go to the expense of growing trees as & crop, we shall plant improved kinds just as soon as we have the improved kinds to plant. It is the primary function of the National Arboretum to develop im- proved kinds of timber trees by selec: tion, by hybridization and by compara- tive tests of wild seed, selected seed and hybrid seed. We have every confidence in the outcome of such research and experimentation, for the tree is only a plant, and that kind of experiment has succeeded with every other plant to which it has been scientifically ap- plied. A white pine, sowmproved in its rate of growth that it will reach in 50 years or in 60 Vi the size that now requires 80 years, would repay the cost of the National Arboretum for a gen- eration. “The members of the American So- clety of Landscape Architects here present may with propriety be asking for what purpose is this address deliv- ered before this society, for although much hes been said about the rela- tion of the Arboretum to forestry and to horticulture, little has said about its relation to landscape art. I must confess that at the present time 'SNOW IS FORECAST FOR . TONGHT Zero Temperatures in Mid- west, With 56 Below in Montana. Washington is due to have another taste of snow tonight. A Weather Bureau forecast today predicted “snow tonight and probably Saturday morning. Continued cold. Lowest temperature tonight about 26 degrees.” The lowest mark reached by the thermometer here this morning was 24 degrees. The reading at 11 o'clock this morning was 25. Central States Shiver. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 17.—Zero carved its name upon the snow-covered chest of Middle America today. Rivers that had run wild earlier in the week slunk back to their beds, but the cold that checked their rampages brought added misery to persons who had eeen driven from their homes by the high waters. Many places were drifted high with snow, and, in the urban centers, sheets of glass carpeted the Woulevards. Coming out of the Rockies, the cold descended upon virtually the entire Central and Northwest, but it was upon the Mississippi River banks of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri that it trod heaviest. 12 Below at Minneapolis. At Minneapolls it was . 12 below; Keokuk, Towa, was unmbed with 6 be- low, and at Quincy, IIl, it was only one degree higher. Down the river, the blast tempered itself; at St. Louis, the thermometer wavered around 5 above, while at Cairo, I, it was 13 above. Zero was predicted for Chicago today, accompanied by snow. In the exposed suburbs and surrounding lower Lake Michingan area, the mercury was ex- pected to drop to 5 below. In Southwestern Indiana, the flood condition was still serious. At Vincennes, a crisis was expected today in the looked-for crest of the raging Wabash, with a smallpox epidemic spreading. 56 Below in Montana. DENVER, Colo., January 17 (P).— Bordering on the blizzard-bound peaks of the Rocky Mountains there lay to- day a vast land of snow and Arctic tem- peratures, lashed by the Winter's worst storm. Approximately one-third of the United States was whipped by frigid winds, which brought a temperature of 56 degrees below zero in Montana. Two persons, Carl Miller, 35 and Mabel Dennis, 28, were frozen near Ploche, Nev., bringing to eight the death toll of the killing cold in the last three s. st night was one of the most se- vere in Denver in many years. A blind- ing blizzard swept the city, and long before midnight the snowbound streets virtually were deserted. An official reading at the Weather Bureau early today was 17 degrees below zero, and the thermometer still dropped as an lcytl!le drove down from the North- east. Air and bus systems were paralyzed overnigit, although railroad traffic was not hampered seriously. At Cheyenne, as the mercury stood at 28 degrees below zero, a 30-inch water main froze and burst near the officers’ quarters at Fort Francis E. Warren. ‘Water Floods Restricted Area. It was estimated 4,000,000 gallons of water flooded a restricted area. Tele- phone service in all directions from Cheyenne was demoralized. In Montana there was not & point in the State with a temperature above the zero mark and average readings were 10 degrees below yesterday. Snow fell at_several points. I am chiefly concerned, not with what the National Arboretum can do for landscape art, but with what landscape art can do for the National Arboretum. Asks Architects’ Co-operation. “The Secretary of Agriculture has urchased, or is in process of purchz:- Kw. 268 acres of land for the Arbore. tum, He expects to make additional purchases which, with other land al- ready owned or claimed by the Gov- ernment. will make a total of approxi- mately the 1,000 acres originally plan- ned for the Arboretum. The site con- tatins several elements of great dignity and beauty: Mount Hamiiton, covered with a growth of mature hardwood timber and overlooking the city, with an excellent view of the Capitol, the Washington Monument and the Arling- ton Hills in Virginia: Hicky Hill, with fine views up the Anacostia River and down it to the Potomac; the curve of the upper Anacostia, bordered with wild rice and sweeping around to the old deer lick Licking Banks; and the water-lily gardens at Kenilworth, one of the most beautiful sights in the city of Washington. “This area is to constitute an out= door laboratory for scientific research on trees. The materials for research are the trees and shrubs thaf will be planted in the area. It is planned to bring there every kind of tree that will thrive out of doors under this climate. There will be buildings, greenhouses and nurseries. Broad highways will border the Arboretum, and it is ex- vected that one of the principal en- trances to Washington will pass through it. The parts of the Arbore- tum in contact with these principal streets, or in view from them, should be developed with all the natural beau- ty that the situation affords. The greenhouses, the nurseries. the experi- mental plantings in straight lines, and the everyday work with spades and hoes should be secluded from the main highways. “In the development of the National Arboretum the Secretary of Agricul- ture has the hearty co-operation of the Garden Club of America and of the American Association of Nyrserymen. He would greatly appreciate the co- operation and advice of the American Society of Landscape Architects.” |CELEBRATE BETROTHAL OF PRINCE TAKAMATSU | Ceremony of Exchanging Gifts in Accordance With Ancient Cus- tom Is Observed. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 17.—The formal betrothal of Prince Takamatsu, brother of Emperor Hirohito, to Princess Kiku- ko Tokugawa, a granddaughter .of the last shogun, was celebrated today with a ceremony of exchanging gifts. In accordance with an anclent cus- tom regulating imperial marriages, Prince Takamatsu sent his prospective bride ceremonial court garments, a wooden fan, two casks of rice wine and & quantity of choice fish. The Toku- gawa family, following the same cus- tom, returned the wine and fish, BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra in Stanley Hall this evening at 5:30 o'clock; John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Point- Brtl Overture, “The Wanderer’s Goal".. Suppe Entracte, popular— l ‘The thermometer of the Anaconda Co’s pump station at Silver Lake, 12 miles west of Anaconda, registered the record mark of 56 below, and the ter- rific cold brought the mercury to che minus 48 point at Basin, 40 below at Georgetown Lake, 33 below at Billings and 30 below at Livingston. Nebraska, the Dakotas and Iowa suf- fered only in slighter degree, and even farther South, in Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, ocean of cold air spread and numbed the countryside. Snow and increased :,Olfl were threatened in the Missouri alley. orthwestern Area Is Swept. SAN FRANCISCO, January 17 (#).— Icy blasts, accompanied by extreme cold, strengthened Winter’s grip in the Nort west States today, but California perienced relief from freezing temper: mlm under the stimulus of a general rain. Although Califorhia irrigation and water power interests looked with favor on the storm, it brought danger of sta:- vation to nearly 8,000 head of cattle in the northern part of the State. Heavy snows which have blanketed grazing lands and shrubbery in that section are reported to have split up herds and caused serious worry to cattlemen. Pack trains loaded with feed were a: tempting to break through the drifts. In Spokane a blizzard caused one fatality when Miss Virginia Holcomb, her vision obscured by the falling snow, walked in the path of a Great Northern Railroad train and was killed. A howling gale, accompanied by a 12-foot tide and 40-foot waves, raked the Tacoma water front late last night, wrecking a ferry ship, which resulted in suspension of intercity water trans- portation. 17 Are Marooned in Shack. A relef party headed northward from Flagstaff, Ariz, with teams and snowplows to reach 17 persons reported marooned in a shack on the Flagstaff- ‘Tuba City Highway. H. Hildred, one of those marooned, yesterday suc- ceeded in tapping a telephone wire with a portable instrument, spreading the first news of the party's plight. ‘The marooned party was believed to be supplied with food, but had no means of heating the shack. At Everett, Wash., the most serious water shortage in the city's history occurred when a break in the mains caused a shutdown of all big mills yesterday. Enough water for only two days remained in the reservoirs. LONDON THIEVES SEIZE TWO SACKS OF AIRMAIL Men Escape in Auto After Spec- tacular Robbery at En- trance of Ministry. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 17.—A spectacular robbery of airmail at the very entrance of the air ministry took place today, robbers seizing two bags of mail whic had just been delivered. The men es- caped in an automoblle. Some of the published accounts of the robbery sald it was believed secret air ministry documents were included in the mail matter in the bags, but it was stated in authoritative quarters later that the bags contained only ordinary correspondence. R-100 Speedier Than Graf. CARDINGTON, England, January 17 () —The new glant British dirigible “‘Wedding of the Painted Doll “The Pagan Love Song”.. Scenes from musical comedy Continental Yankee". Fox trot, “Steppin’ Along ‘Walts suite, “The Imperial”. Final, “Over and Over Again". ‘The: fgar Spangled Bann: T .Brown R-100 was back in its gar today after a successful test flight of more than 12 hours, during which its officers credited it with cruising at a potential speed greater than that of the Graf zeppelln. The ship's officers said their craft made 81,5 miles per hour, with, 600 horsepower in reserve. ’