Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1930, Page 22

= of Agricuiture explains that in 1926, ARBORETUM PLANS * WILL BE SPEEDED 200,000 to Be Urged. of Hoyse for Additional Land for Project. i Nl ek ;* 3Y WILL P. KENNEDY. T'wo important steps toward creation ©f the great National Arboretum as an educational and scientific research center at the entrance to the National Capital from the North and East are to be taken as soon as Congress re- assembles in December. All of the im- portant horticultural, botanical and tree and garden clubs and associations are giving organized support to these plgns for pushing the arboretum project tof completion, so that it may be one of attractions for the bicentennial a‘mmmn of Washington's birth in Added Appropriation Needed. ese steps are: ;‘l}:‘fi(—-which is absolutely essential to the establishment of the arboretum— the passage by the House of the bill which has already passed the Senate authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to expend an additional $200,000 for accuisition of an adequate site by pur- chase of other large parcels of land adjacent to the site already acquired at an expenditure of $300,000. This bill has been held up in the House Committee on Agriculture. Chairman Haugen has promised his best efforts © get an early report on the measure, @nd Chairman Luce of the House Com- wittee on the Library is in charge of & doncerted drive by those who are bes tnformed regarding the needs for and erits of such an estnbll::me‘n;‘:l:(:;\:\ X ital to get the le o D ouse early in the De- More than a ‘tcore‘ol argest national organizations in- iue‘:és}td in trees, plants and the preser- ¥ation and study of wild life are ready @ bombard the members of this com: fnittes in behalf of this meritorious wmeasure. Mellon Support Expected. Second, it is still further to by the ac- enlarge the Arboretum .“ehn'd ring additional fiton o road o the northestern ®orner of the Arboretum, to be occup(e? by green houses of the Department of Agriculture, which must be remnv;: from the site they mow occupy in U Mall at Fourteenth and B streets tc; make way for the proposed anon? Art Museum, facing the great trllngel development _on which the Federal | | chased. Lined area, proposed to THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Black area under condemnation proceedings. Dotted area, already pur- be purchased. ORATORY WINNER BACK FROM EUROPE Edmund Gullion, National Champion, Will Begin Work for International Contest. His victory in the National Oratory finals last May is just a starter for Edmund Gullion, the 17-year-old West- ern High School graduate, who has Jjust returned from a European tour with six runners-up in the American contest, rnment is now engaged. Because sfovl’:ls particular interest in the Pb'-d‘; eral building program in the Ctpim and special interest in the Art Museul Secretary Mellon of the ent is expected to the timely carrying out of the Federal building program. wo “hext steps” are taken it If these t: s’ m': w,o: developing the Arboretum and ]m gut the entire vast area from M street as & southern boundary to the north. with Bladensburg as the western boundary and Mount Olivet Cemetery facing the Arboretum proper, which would extend on the east to the Anacostia River marshes, much of which have already been reclaimed by Army engineers and are available for use in connection with the Arboretum. ‘what has been known as “the Mount Hamilton tract” has been pur- p edditional $200,000 it is proposed to acquire the Ross tracts and the two Miller tracts on Hickey Hill. First Estimate Was $500,000. Secretary Hyde of the Department when the arboretum bills were under considera‘ion by Congress, it was esti- | {erD mated that the land to be purchased would cost $500,000, and that amount ‘was named in_the, ifl.-flwmnnd by Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania when it was reported from the Senate Com- - mittee on Agriculture and Forestry. This was subsequently reduced to $300,000, the amount authorized and appropriated by Congress, in order to conform to the financial program of °_ the administration at that time. Secretary Hyde has correspondence before the House Committee on Agri- culture awaiting consideration which emphasizes that when the arboretum chase money became available in B:rcember. 1927, it was found by the Secretary of Agriculture that the $300,- 000 appropriated would not be sufficient to buy the whole of the area required. The beginning of purchases was de- layed for several months while an at- tempt was made to obtain supple- mentary gifts of land sufficlent to make up the necessary acreage, but that ef- fort falled. Finally, after conferences with President Coolidge, Secretary Jardine gave instructions to proceed with the purchase of such lands as could be acquired with the $300,000 avallable, and to leave to future au- thorization the purchase of the neces- sary remainder. 268 Acres Already Affected. ‘With the $300,000 already authorized and appropriated, 190 acres of land have been purchased for the Arboretum and 78 acres more are now in process of condemnation, making a total of 268 acres. ‘The $200,000 authorized in the Me- Nary bill which passed the Senate and which is identical with the Luce bill pending before the House Committee, would make possible the purchase of the remaining parcels of privately- owned land from M street and Mount Olivet road on the south to R street on the north and eastward to the Anacostia | marshes, a total of 126 acres. The eastern border of the area would ex- tend from M street northward to the Pennsylvania railroad. The land avail- able for Arboretum purposes would then lie in a fairly symmetrical, com- pact body, Secretary Hyde points out, and so would be much more useful and canvenient and more economical of operation than the unconsolidated par- cels thus far acquired . Because of the steady advance of land values in that section and the proba- bility that such advance will continue as additional streets are opened, pur- chase of this land at an early date s important from the standpoint of econ- omy as well as to make possible the orderly and effective development of the Arboretum project, Secretary Hyde declares. Scientific Research Intended. ‘The chief purpose of the National Arboretum will be to promote scientific research and diffusion of knowledge of plants, as well as to establish a garden for the permanent preservation of the authentic living specimens of the thousands of plants which the Depart- ment of Agriculture has introduced from foreign countries. It will be something of a plant mu- seum wherein the cultivated plants and their wild relatives growing together in the same climate may be studied as source material for the breedln‘ of the more valuable species. It will afford botanists an opportunity to carry on re- search which will be of great help to the Department of Agriculture in de- veloping the strongest type of plants of superior qualities. Plants and trees that resist certain diseases, for instance, can be studied with a view to replacing the types that are easily infected with destructive blights. The Department of Agricul- Edmund no_sooner had returned to his home, at 3730 Northampton street, yesterday than he began to brush up on the declamation which he will de- liver in the International Oratory con- test at Constitution Hall October 25. Much Work Ahead. “How is the contest shaping up?” was one of the first questions he aski “I'll have to put in plenty of work be- tween now and the last of October, I know, if I want to make a showing in the international contest.” Edmund and the other finalists, in- cluding two girls and the winner of the national contest in Mexico, were conducted on their journey by Dr. and Mrs. Glen L. Swiggett. Dr. Swiggett, a professor of economics at Georgetown University, is also a linguist and trav- | eler of considerable experience. The party landed at New York ‘Thursday aboard the liner George Washington after sailing from South- hampton, England. ‘The eastward passage of the Atlantic was begun July 2 and ended in Hamburg, Germany. Two-Month Tour. For more than two months the party toured England and North Europe by automobile, going as far south as Rome. Edmund was interested particularly in the famous art galleries of Italy. At Florence he spent many hours studying ieces, and at Genoa he and his companions viewed a Fascist demon- stration in the public square. The party visited Oberammergau, in Southern Germany, during a presenta- tion of the famous Passion Play.. The spectacle was an absorbing one, Ed- mund said, even though it occupied most of the day. Liked Peaceful TItaly. Their automobiles took the visitors through the rural districts of England, France, Holland, Germany, land, Belgium, into regions little vis- ited by tourists. But best of all, Edmund said. he liked the tranquil atmosphere of Italy. ‘The Americans extended their stops in the three principal capitals of Eu- rope—London, Paris and Berlin—where they visited innumerable places familiar to them from their school histories. “It wasn't all educational,” Edmund admitted with a grin, “once in Venice one of the fellows started to step into a gondola just as the boat veered off a bit. We grabbed him, though, before he went all the way into the canal. Glad o See F Street. “Once in Germany somebody put our luggage on the wrong train and we had several anxious hours, but for the most part things moved smoothly. Dr. Swig- gett could converse with the people of almost every country we entered. and he seemed to know just what to do to save us trouble and delay. “We stopped at the best hotels, and we traveled on the best trains and boats. It was sll very instructive, and I'm sure we all benefited by the ex- perience. “Not, you understand, that it isn’t pretty good to see F strec. again.” ——— ARMY CHANGES. Col. PFrederick M. Jones, Cavalry, at Seattle, Wash., will be transferred to the retired list September 30 on account of age; Col. George A. Nugent, Coast Artillery, has been transferred from Fort Monroe, Va., to Fort H. G. Wright, New York: Maj. John S. Wood, Pield Artillery, from the Ecole de Guerre, Paris, France, to Fort Sill, Okla.; Capt. George S. Warren, Air Corps, from Dayton, Ohio, to Babson Institute at Boston; Capt. Robert P. Blodgett, Field Artillery, from Walter Reed General Hospital, this city, to Manchester, N. H.; Capt. Robert W. McBride, Coast Artillery, from Fort Totten, New York, to the University of Illinois, at Urbana: Capt. Harry 8. Robertson, Infantry, from Fort Snelling, Minn., to Indiana- polis; Capt. Joseph L. Brooks, Quarter- master Corps, of this city, from Hawaii 1o the Holabird . depot at Baltimore; Pirst thui:. Carlisle V. Allen and Regi- nald W. Hubbell, Infantry, have been assigned to duty with the American Battle Monuments Commission, War Department. nation of First Lieut. John L. Rudd, Medical Corps, recently appointed at [ Fort Banks, Mass. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Breakfast, Zeta Chapter, Beta Gam- ma Phi; Hamilton Hotel, 11 am. Presentation of travel picture of Per- sia, National Press Club auditorium, 8 p.m. Hike, Red Triangle Outing Club, meet at Glen Echo, 3 p.m. FUTURE. Meeting, Columbia Floral Circle, home of Mrs. Mary E. Eppelshetmer, 3227 Hiatt place, tomotrow, 1 p.m. ture cites the case of the blight which came from Japan on nursery trees about m’lfl ‘This blight has attacked almost exterminated certain species ©of chesfputs, plowing, some of the world’s most famous mas- | Switzer- | The President has accepted the resig- | ! To increase interest in mechanical | Italy hag subsidized private tors to the extent of $417,000 this MEET HERE TODAY | International Good Will Is Theme of Committee Meet of World Aliiance. International good-will is the theme to be discussed by prominent religious | leaders at a meeting of national and | local committees of the World Alliance | for International Friendship Through the Churches, to be held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Willard Hotel. Arrangements for the annual con- gress of the World Alliance here No- vember 10, 11 and 12 will be made at the meeting, which will be attended by prominent church officials and lay- men of this and other cities. Clarence Aspinwall, chairman of the Washington Committee, will preside. Addresses Planned. Addresses will be made by Fred B. Smith, chairman of the National Execu- tive Committee and moderator of the Congregational Churches of America; Harry N. Holmes, Linley V. Gordon and Charles Stelzle, *all officers of the Al- liance movement. Today’s preliminary conference, as well as the annual congress in Novem- ber, will be open to the general public. | All members of the local committee | are expected to attend the conference | this afternoon. They include the fol- lowing: Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of Washington; Bishop William F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Simon Lyon and Charles W. Darr, vice chairmen of the general committee. Committees Announced. Executive Committee—Dr. A, C. Chris- tie, chairman; Dr. Willam Knowles | Cooper, vice chairman; Charles P. | Neill, Myer Cohen, Dr. John A. Ryan, | Rabbi Abram Simon, Dr. W. L. Darby, | Hugh A. Thrift, Arthur J. May, Mrs. Thomas E. Brown, Mrs, Edwin B. Parker, Mrs. George F. Bowerman, Leonard W. De Gast_(executive secre- tary) and George W. White (treasurer). Committee on Preliminary Meetings —Rey. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, chairman, and Dr. W. L. Darby, secretary. Banquet Committee—Dr, George Otis Smith, chairman; Page McK. Etchison, 4s£creury, and Dr. Alanson B. Hough- n. Reception Committee—Mrs. Carroll Glover, chairman. Finance Committee—H. L. Rust, jr., chairman; John Saul and Joseph Kauf- man, 1 'WORK OF RED CROSS IN MONTGOMERY TOLD | Activities for Health in County, Explained by Miss Ansdell in Radio Address. ‘The function of the Red Cross in pro- | moting the public health of Montgom- ery County, Md., by advising on mat- | ters concerning nutrition, was explained |in a radio address from Station WOL delivered recently by Miss Margaret | Ansdell, who has been assigned to the | county ‘as Red Cross nutritionist. She outlines the daily program of & | nutritionist in the county and told of | the educational gaulifications necessary for the work. These include a four- year course in home economis three years' teaching experience, and at least six months’ hospital student dietitian trainnig. ‘The nutritionist, she asserted, is called upon to instruct the school steacher as well as their pupils, to go into the homes and explain to mothers how to prepare a balanced dict and to speak before va- {{Duu kinds of social and civic organiza- ons. Miss Ansdell said a study is now be- ing made in the schools of the correla- tion of nutrition and the different sub- Jects of the curriculum. | . It is hoped, she declared, that statis- | tics will be available this year to permit & determination of the relation nutrition bears to absenteeism, behavior and men- tal progress. After servinz as foreman of a rail- road station at Edinburgh for 48 years, a record in Scotland, Andrew R. Ander- s0n_has just retire EXPERT WORK ou ' experience E ingihe tecth ot i 0 i ent fled o Il superior | ide. C u: Il mation of your teets i Dr. FREIOT Phone National 0019 407 7th St. N.W. Enirance Next to Kay's Jeweiry Store CANADIANS WEIGH LABOR PROBLEMS Unemployment Major Topic at Three Conventions of Union Members. Special Dispatch to The Star. MONTREAL, Quebec, September 13. —Labor in Canada has gone through a week of unusually significant develop- ments, some of which seem destined to echo in the convention of the American Federation of Labor opening in Boston on October 6. Two international unions and the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress have been in session. In all three gatherings unemployment has been a paramount subject of discussion. The Canadian Trades and Labor Congress, composed of American Federation of Labor unions, forwarded to the Domin- ion government a detailed program aimed at unemployment relief. The Commercial Telegraphers' Union con- vention gave nearly a half day to dis- cussion of the subject, and the Brick- layers’, Masons’ and Plasterers Union rated it at least on a level with in- Junctions as a labor issue. The Canadian Trades and Labor Congress, which will have & spokesman in the Boston convention, sent by wire from Regina, where it met, a four- plank platform on unemployment to the Dominion government at Ottawa. The government, at the time was immersed in consideration of a plan to expand large sums for immediate public works. Agree on Three Planks. On three out of the four planks Canadian labor is in accord with or- ganized labor in the United States, but on the remaining plank the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress strikes out for State insurance, which was con- demned by President Willlam Green of the American Federation of Labor at Atlantic City less than a week ago. At that time it was said that Mr. Green's declaration foreshadowed an executive council report in the same direction to the coming convention. The Canadian Trades and Labor Congress has one vote in American Federation of Labor conventions, but its affiliated unions are members of international unions within the American federation. This does not mean that there will be any material disagreement on the issue in the Boston convention, but it does not diminish the importance and interest attaching to the development of two labor philosophies on opposite sides of the border, as labor men here see the situation. GARRISON FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING DEPUTY Jury Recommends 20-Year Sentence for Paducah, Ky., Attorney—De- fense Claims ‘“Accident.” By the Associated Press. UNION CITY, Tenn., September 13.— Roy Garrison, Paducah, Ky., attorney, was found guilty - tonight of second- degree murder for the fatal shooting of Sam Boyette, a Mason Hall, Tenn., dep- uty sheriff. The jury recommended a sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was filed. Pending hearing on the motion, Garri- son will remain at liberty under the $20,000 bond previously given. ‘The State asked for the death sen- tence and the defense said “it was all an accident.” The slaying of Boyette ocourred near here last July. ‘The defendant’s father, John H. Gar- rison. testified that a quarrel with Boyette over the arrest of another son preceded the shooting. O In all Belgium there are only about 12,000 unemployed. 2 Limited Time Only! Never before have you heard of an offer like this. Install your heating plant and get 2 tons, high grade hard coal free. It means you won't have to worry about a coal bill when winter comes. But you must hurry if you wish to benefit by this special offer. TONS COAL ARMY PLAY LEADS TAKENBY GIVILIANS | Prominent Amateur Actors to Help With Fourth Annual Military Show. Leading parts in the Army's play, “The Perils of the Plains,” feature at- | traction of the Fourth Annual Military 1 Exposition and Carnival, to be held at the Army War College September 25, 26 and 27, will be taken by prominent civilians who have been active in ama- teur theatricals here, it was announced today by Maj. R. R. Lawrence, who is directing the play. ‘The play, a talking drama com- memorating the departure of the first wagon train from St. Louis for Oregon in 1830, will be produced on a monster scale, with amplifiers hidden about the broad parade ground at the War Col- lege taking the voices of the players to the open-air stands ranged along the parade ground. Maurice Jarvis Has Male Lead. Maurice Jarvis, well known in local amateur theatricals, will have the lead- ing male role as Bill Brandon, pioneer head of the covered wagon train, with Maude Howell Smith, equally well known locally, having the leading femi- nine role. Strong parts in the play also will be taken by Katherine Tennant Marshall and Virginia Alene Lawrence. The play is to be one of the biggest productions of the sort ever given. The stage will be large enough to get & whole wagon train, with a score or more yokes of oxen and the huge lumbering prairie schooners, a band of attacking Indians and a rescuing squadron of cavalry into the picture. ‘The details of the huge production are being worked out by Maj. Lawrence, who also wrote the piece, with techni- clans of the Army who have taken over the matters of sound amplification and other details of the undertaking. Gilant flood lights will light the parade ground for the show at the evening performances. Love Story Invelved. ‘The play will be enacted in continual performance, with the whole story of attack by Indians and rescue by United States Cavalry unfolded without pause. A love story runs through the play. Rehearsals for the play were started several days ago. Costumes faithful to the period in which they were worn have been secured from collectors here and elsewhere, with the old Cavalry uniforms drawn from historic Army supplies of a century ago. ‘Workmen already are busily building the stands, booths and shelters for the exhibits of various forms of Army equipment which will form an im- portant part of this year's show, as in years past. Posters have been prepared and are being distributed about the city and the programs will be in the hands of the printers in & few days. The show will be given for the benefit of the Army Relief Soclety and other Army charities. Ticket Sales Announced. Tickets will be on sale at the follow- ing places: General admission and reserved box seats at the Willard, Wardman Park and Mayflower Hotels; the headquarters of the American Automobile Association in the Mills Bullding, Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, and on the exposition grounds. General admis- sion tickets only will be on sale at Woodward . & Lothrop, Drooj the Y. M. C. A.. National Red Cross, Army and Navy Club and the Peoples Drug Stores at Pifteenth and G streets, Eighteenth street and Columbia road, Fourteenth street and Park road, 5550 Connecticut avenue, and Thirty-first and M streets. FREE With Every . HOT - WATER Heating Plant Ordered This Week NO DOWN PAYMENT! Plumbing Work Save Money—Call Shields 4 Years To Pay expert prices and liberal terms. red by Bal- g Hou Written Guarantee With Every Installation Builders--Contractors New Homes Built---0ld Homes Remodeled expert knowle g—none too small to 1001 New York Ave. Home Repairs Carpentering Painting Papering National 2668 D. C., SEPTEMBER 14, 1930—PART ONE. FEATURED IN ANNUAL ARMY SHOW Upper: Maurice Jarvis, well known in Tocal amateur theatricals, who has the leading part as Bill Brandon in “Perils of the Plains,” the feature play of the Fourth Annual Military Exposition and Carnival, to be held at the War College September 25, 26 and 27, and Maude Howell Smith, who will have the feminine lead in the show. Lower: Miss Virginia Alene Lawrence, who plays the part of Eilen Harris, and Miss Katherine Tennant Marshall, who has a strong supporting role. TEELER IS LEADING RELIABILITY TOUR Pilots Reach Duluth in Time to Take Part in Open- ing of Airport. By the Associated Press. DULUTH, Minn., September 13.—Led by Myron Zeeler 'of Dearborn, Mich., Puou contesting in the National Re- lability Air Tour arrived here this af- ternoon in time to gnucipou in the dedication of Duluth’s new $300,000 municipal airport. Zeeler, piloting a Ford tri-motored ship, landed at 2:59 p.m. negotiating the 125 -mile hop from Eau Claire. Wis, in one hour. He was followed two 'minutes later by Arthur Davis, East Lansing, Mich., with the other Planes arriving at brief intervals. Tourists remained in Duluth tonight and were to resume the flight tomor- Tow morning. The schedule calls for & take-off at 10 a.m. for Grand Forks, N. Dak., 250 miles from here. ‘Tonight those competing in the tour were guests at & dinner. Gov. Theodore Christianson of Minnesota was one of the speakers at | the_dedication ceremonies today, with A. B. Kapplin, Duluth, Minn., American | Legion commander, giving the dedica- | tory address and unveiling the monu- ment erected in memory of two Duluth young men after whom the flying fleld has been named. AUXILIARY TO MEET Protestant Episcopal Church Group Convenes October 10. LAYTONSVILLE, Md., September 13. —The annual meeting of the Mont- gomery County Women's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church is to be held at St. Bartholomew's Church | here, October 10. 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