Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1930, Page 13

The Sunday Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1930. _EAGE B—1 NODERN NETAODS DONOVANSUBHIT OFPREACHIG AE | BUDGE ESTIATE URCED BY BISHOP| FOR D. . IN 1% LINCOLN MEMORIAL AREATRANSFORMED INTO BEAUTY SPOT. CANPBELL PISTOL RETESTS PLANNED FTOHELPU. S, CASE | Chicago Expert Will Examine Alleged Baker Slaying Weapon Again. PHOTOGRAPHS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN EVIDENCE Defense Counsel Aftérward Will Be Allowed to Make Own Inspection of Gun. Steps to strengthen the Government's €ase against Herbert M. Campbell, eharged with slaying Mary Baker, in- eldding an exhaustive new examination of the alleged death weapon, will be taken soon, it was learned last night. William H. Collins, Assistant United States Attorney in charge of the case, disclosed he had decided to send the pistol turned over to the authorities by Campbell, and the bullets which caused the girl's death back to Chicago for new tests by Col. Calvin Goddard, noted ballistics expert and head of the crim- inology laboratory of Northwestern University. ‘While Collins attached little impor- tance to the return of the exhibits to Chicago, it was suggested in other circles that the move indicated the ‘Government felt that additional photo- graphs might be of help in the prose- cution’s effort to show a lay jury the markings on which the Government's experts base their contention that Campbell's pistol fired the fatal bullets. Col. Goddard reparted unequivocally after his original examination of the -4 Parkway Approach to Bridge Taking Shape. UNDERPASS TO CARRY HAINS POINT TRAFFIC B Street, Bordered by Handsome Structure, to Become Cere- monial Avenue, The Lincoln Memorial, which it was once predicted would shake itself to pleces with loneliness and ague, will soon havé plenty of company, for the engineers are transforming the area on the Washingion shore near the Arling- ten Memorial Bridge terminus into a vision of utility and beauty. Although the Great Emancipator never saw an automobile, the god of traffic is directing the construction around his great memorial, Washing- tonians can now see the skeletons of future construction work taking shape as the engineers translate their blue- i prints and sketches into concrete and steel. Jutting up above the Lincoln Memo- Plaza are the ings of the ramp and ballustrades that will repre- sent the gentle slope northward of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway ap- proach. This will lead from the plaza down to Twenty-sixth and B strees, where the engineers are constructing a plaza, where B street meets the Po- tomac River.” Motorists of the future will then be. able to drive on up to Rock Creek and skirt its banks north- pistol and slugs some two months ago that the bullets which killed Miss Baker had been fired from Campbell's weapon. He reiterated this belief on a visit here last week. It also was learned that additional hotographs of the death bullets and t slugs have been taken by Dr. Wil- mer Souder, expert of the Bureau of Standards. Persons who have viewed these pictures declared the photographs show the scratches and striations on ward through a beautiful wooded valley for miles into Maryland, which has plans for carrying the park develop- ment on beyond its borders. The Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way approach will take the motorist on a gentle rise about 17 feet before reaching the level of the Lincoln Memo- rial Plaza. . New Route to Hains Point. At Twenty-third and B streets there will be a little plaza. Trafic coming down from the Rock Creek and Po- tomac Parkway and destined for Hains Point will travel for a short distance eastward on B street, turn to the right into the low-level drive at Twenty- third street and pass through the underpass beneath the parkway ap- test’| PToach across the Water Gate, which murder. Charlet Henry Smith of Alexandria, 1o have hi§ t, Dr. Albert H. Hamilton of Auburn, N. Y., revolver and bullets. Collins informed Smith yesterday that the additional work planned Col. Goddard would not be until some time next week. He declared that Hamilton would be permitted to view the exhibits after Col. Goddard had finished. Collins asserted Col. investigation would consist of photographic work. He Chicago scientist was hampered original tests by the lack of complete phic equipment. This situa- he said, since has been remedied. Meanwhile, Campbell and his wife are enjoying a vacation in Montreal and other Canadian resorts. Campbell was released from jail under $30,000 bond last week. He is to be arraigned in the District Supreme Court tober 7. The release of Campbell under bond by order of Federal Judge D. Lawrence ‘Groner of Norfolk came as the culmina- tion of & long series of legal skirmishes between opposing counsel. Government attorneys had sought to: remove the defendant to Washington from Alex- andria. An_agreement was reached ‘whereby Campbell was given his tempo- rary freedom in exchange for his promise to app#ar here for trial, TWO ARRESTED HERE IN MARYLAND DEATH Man and Woman to Be Questioned in Probe of Bem Lyons Slaying Case. incipaily prin ly added the ‘Two Washington residents were taken into custody last night for questioning in the slaying of Ben Lyon, a merchant, at his store in Owings, Md., 10 days &0, The pair, Lawrence Moreland, 21 years old, and Mrs. Eulah M. Carter, 25, both of 1017 K street, were arrested by Lieut. Edward J. Kelly and Thomas Sweeney of the homicide squad. As they waived extradition, they will be re- turned soon to Prince Frederick, Md., for questioning by Arthur W. McDowell, Btate’s attorney. Moreland and Mrs, Carter said they rmerly lived in the community where yon was killed, but insisted they were in Washington when he met death. Lyon died in a Prince Frederick hos- pital after he was found with his throat slashed from ear to ear. He said he had been robbed of several hundred collars and attacked by three men, the names of whom he was unable to sup- ply officials. $3,000 AWARDED IN SUIT ASKING '$40,000 DAMAGES Nurse, Hurt in Auto Wreck, Filed Action Against Mrs. Phoebe R. Spilman. Soccial Dissatcl o, ov Sar, WARRENTON, Va. A suit for damages brought in the Cir- cuit Court here by Regina V. Peery against Mrs. Phoebe R. Spilman, wife of Baldwin Day Spilman, jr. was de- cided by the jury in favor of the plain- iff, but $3,000 instead of $40,- - s roused. much: Wterest on AC- case has aroused much S ;flum of the soclal ‘praminence of the { 3 rh:;;g”geery, who was em| Iny-'fil by urse, sued for alleged Mririen n an " automobile _accident Ty, 1929. Mrs, Spilman was driving her car and had wlthnher her two small daugh- ters and Miss Peery. % by Brockenborough Lam suit_by Brocken! , & Bu{cher of Richmond and W. H. Robertson of Warrenton. Miss Peel i mber 27—~ will afford mooring for small craft, and then through the underpass beneath Arlington Memoria] Bridge proper and :’hn'nw Potomac Park and to Hains The Water Gate, which is now rapid- shape, is artistically arranged. two underpasses, one on either inspect the | Side. are symmetrically laid out. Traffic that will take the low-level road will-be destined solely for Potomac Park. Traffic out of the Rock Creek and Potcmac Parkway destined for iransit over the Arlington Memorial Bridge will go up the ramp, turn to the ;lfllht and thence across the bridge. It be possible for motorists to cross Arlington Memorial Bridge by taking any one of the roads now lead- ing into the plaza, which is to be raised l.gh;‘]“ 5 feet to bring it up to the bridge vel. ‘The National Capital Park and Plan- ning m and the Fine Arts Commission decided long since that there should be no grade crossing on the Washington side of the bridge. The two underpasses have been constructed as the solution of this problem. B Street, Ceremonial Avenue. B street northwest is t> become the great ceremonial avenue of the National Oapital. This thoroughfare is to be widened soon and along this pretentious street will be such beautiful structures as the new Bureau of Internal Revenue, the new Department of Commerce, the Pan-, rican Union, the newly pro- posed lic Health Building, the Na- tional Academy of Sciences and the projected building for the pharmacists of the Nation. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and his colleagues and H. C. Whitehurst, co-ordinator and chief engineer for the District of Columbia, have directed their attention to the trafic condition arising from the flow of traffic out of Potomac Park, near the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, on Fourteenth street. Capt. White- hurst is anxious to have an underpass created at Fourteenth street, so that traffic coming from Hains Point can be distributed without interfering with the flow of traffic cn Fourteenth street. Capt. Whitehurst hopes to be able to include this project for relieving a bad traffic situation in his 1933 pro- gram. The commission has studied in addition the possibility of having a bridge constructed across the Wash- ington Channel from East Potomac Park to Water street in order to re- lieve the park traffic congestion. Plan Improved Approach. ‘The National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Co-or- dinating Committee now have under advisement & program for improving the approaches to the Highway Bridge on the Washington side. It is pro- to alleviate an undesirable traf- fic situation at that point, by provid- ing increased facilities for getting into Potomac Park. ‘While these plans are being pushed forward on the Washington side of the Potomac and construction is beginning to assume tangible shape, the engineers are not idle on the Virginia banks of the river. ‘The United States Engineer office is engaged in a $1,000,000 hydraulic fiil job in the construction of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, which will link up at Columbia Island with the road leading to the crossing of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Columbia Island, that hitherto vir- tual wilderness in the Potomac River, is to be transformed into a park area of beauty. Under the direction of Col. Grant, the Engineers will raise ihe Jevel of the island to be flush with the bridge flcor. This is being done by the exca- vating of the Georgetown Channel and by soil that.will be taken from the Vir- ginia slcpes, leading to Arlington Ni tional Cemetery. Across the river, leading up the slopes from the smaller bridge in the Arling- ton Memorial Bl‘ldle&:ojoct that spans Boundary Channel, Engineers will soon be at work, gnawing away at the earth that stands in the way of the de- velopment of the memorial avenue that will lead from the Virginia bridge-head into the entrance to Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. The contractor is to be given the word to shortly’ on laying the V'S v Y SEEET SR w2 paid in full by proceed groundwork for this memorial avenue on the of Arlington, and steam Jears s ‘hew picture” wii by presenied years a new presen in_the Memorial i 3 progress of Government’s building program in the triangle. Rock Creek and Potomac) e ‘staccats, phevsastic hasf. euma - Tustil ‘ em| 1 OVERSEAS LEAGLE 70 HONCR VISITOR President of Women’s Group | Will Be' Entertained by Predecessor. The Washington unit of the Woman's | | Overseas Service League will entertain tomorrow the national president of the | organization, - Mrs. G. H. Taubles, of | San Francisco, who | will be the house guest of Miss Lena | Hitehcock, 1755 N street, her prede- cessor in office. The executive board of the local unit and past pres! dents will _enter- . Taubles the unit be presented to her at an in- formal reception in the garden house of the Dodge Hotel. Mrs, Taubles served overseas with the Ametican Ru Cross. She was electe dnational presi- dent of the league at the Minneapolis convention last year. She headed a large group of members who traveled to France last May and presided over the tenth annual convention in Paris. From Washington the organization head will travel to Boston to attend the annual convention of the American Legion Auxiliary. She will visit as many units of her organization as possible before returning to the Pacific Coast. PARKING RULE CHANGED White House Area Is Affected by | New Regulations. ‘The parking situation in the vlcin\ty‘ {of the White House was materially altered yesterday when a one-hour parking rule went into effect on the west side of West Executive avenue, just across the street from the presi- dential offices. Officials said that on the east side, in keeping with the wishes of President Hcover, no parking will be { permitted. Angle parking at State place, south of the State, War and Navy Building, has been abolished, due to increasing traffic in that region, and parallel parking is permitted only on the south side. The mnorth side bears “no park- ing” signs. Mrs. Taubles, PROSECUTORS NAMED United States Attorney to Place Six Men in Criminal Courts. United States Attorney: Leo A. Rover, who returned to his office yesterday after a 10-day vacation, announced that six of his prosecutors would be assigned to | the three criminal courts which will be in ognflnn this Fall. : T assistants who have charge of criminal work are William H. Collins, Walter F. Shea, James R. Kirkland, lfltlh‘;. Irvin Goldstein and bert. gfllflld..we‘rflflnl 1 A of M stry ‘was robbed-of $4. WORK ON HIGHWAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Department of Agriculture Bureau Attributes Fact to Long Dry Spell. Construction of the 15-mile Mount Vernon Memorial Highway is well under | way, according to the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States Department | of Agriculture. The extraordinary dry | spell has permitted contractors to keep | steadily at work all Summer and some | of the work is being finished ahead of | ~ contract time, the bureau explained. | The steel and pler work on the bridge carrying the tracks of the Richmond, | Fredericksburg and Potomac Rallroad | over the Highway near its north | terminus was completed several weeks | in advance of contract time. The first | train passed over the new bridge on September 12. Facing stone is still to be placed and wing¥ are to be con- | structed. 1 Construction of the Highway is under | the direct supervision of the Bureau | of Public Roads, by congressional au- thority and appropriation. The High- way will be open to travei at the cele- bration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, The steel and pler work on three other bridge structures will be finished within about & month and the detour trestle at the Virginia end of the Highway Bridge spanning the Potomac River south of Washington, will also be open to traffic. The detour trestle will take care of traffic from Washington into Virginia, while the two southern spans are being removed from the Highway Bridge to make room for the new grade separation structure at this point. Con- tractors are at work on 11 of the 12 bridges to be built on the Highway. Grading operations, including drainage work, are practically completed for about half the length of the Highway. Land- | scape construction forces began trans- planting trees along the Highway early | in the Spring. INJURED IN FIGHT Altercation Results in Minor Hurts and Arrest of Alleged Attacker. Owen M. Cleveland of Arlington, Va., was treated last, night at Emergency Hospital for cuts under his right eye, and other minor injurfes, as a result of an aitercation with Ernest E. Tan- sigant, 29 years old, a soldier stationed at Fort Myer, Va. according to the police. Three stitches were taken on Cleveland's face. ‘Tansigant is alleged to have attacked Cleveland when he saw the latter walk- ing with Tansigant’s wife at Eleventh and G streets. Tansigant was booked at No. 1 precinct on a charge of as- sault and released on $25 collateral to appear in Police Court Monday. SRS ROB NEWS CARRIER Two Unidentified White Men Steal Day’s Receipts From Youth. Attacked by two unidentified white men while counting his day’s receipts in an alley at the rear of the Daily News Building last night, George Smith, u The } men mad> good thelr eszape. S COMMUNITY DRAMA | High School auditorium, which will be | sented in late November. | membership committee to obtain not ERICSSON * MEMORIAL Upper: Water gate leadin, underpass through which traffic bound up to Lincoln Memorial. On the left is seen the for Hains Point will pass beneath the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway approach. Center: The beginn leading down from the street. Lower left: Memorial Bridge, rising bascule draw span. ture on the left pylon. 't of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway approach, coln Memorial plaza and B street at Twenty-sixth Looking eastward from Columbia Island at the Arlington with the top of the Lincoln Memorial visible just above the A giant eagle is being carved in the box-like strue- Columbia Island will be raised. Lower right: A map showing the proposed plaza, approaches and under- pa: sses that will handle parkway and bridge traffic. GUILD PLANS WORK First Production of Season to! Be “The Great Divide” in Late November. The third season of the Community Drama Guild of Washington will be opened next month! with an augmented schedule of play productions for .the general public and play readings and other programs for the membership, it was announced last night. The public productions during the | Winter will be staged in the McKinley | ready for the opening play of the Sea- son, “The Greaf, Divide,” to be pre- Committees of the guild have been increased and are at work on plans for the season. It will be the aim of the less than 30 guarantors of $50, 200 guarantors of $10 and 300 guarantors of 85 as season subscribers. The com- mittee hopes also for 10 member groups'| at $5 each. The membership committee is headed by Mrs. Charles T. Watson of the Twen- tieth Century Club, who is a member | of the advisory council of the guild. The Committee on public Relations, headed by Elwood Street, met last week and submitted suggestions to the Exec- utive Committee, of which Dr. DeWitt C. Croissant is president. The Public Relations Committee also includes Clif- | ford K. Berryman, H. R. Baukhage, ‘Thomas Cahill, Robert D. Chase, Joseph D. Kauffman Dorothea Lewis, Rev. Moses R. Lovell, O. Melvin Sharpe and W. Hayes Yeager. i ‘The Committee on Productions an- nounces that following “The Great Di- vide” the guild will stage “The Queen's Husband,” in January; a one-act-play tournament in February, the “Washing- ton Follles™ in April and “The Piper” in June. Protelt" l;locking Fountains. Attention of members of the force has been called to a complaint of the Humane Society relative to the parking of automobiles in front of ani- mal drinking fountains. Such parking prevents free access of horses to the fountains, police were told, and Ma). Pratt gave directions for the strict en- forcement of the regulation relating to lice AUTOPSY REVEALS DEATH FROM GAS Coroner Will Not Order In- quest in Case of Mrs. E. L. M. Archey. Mrs. E. L. M. Archey, 34 years old, garded as one of the most prominent lawyers in the Government service, who was found dead in the gas-filled kitchen of her apartment 2121 New York avenue, yesterday morning, died from the effects of illuminating gas, an autopsy - performed _at the District Morgue revealed. No inquest will be ordered, Deputy Coroner Joseph Rodg- ers, who performed the autopsy, said. After an investigation police said they believe Mrs. Archey fainted just when she was preparing to light the stove to get breakfast and that she was asphyxiated. the side of the stove bore out this theory. Mrs. Archey's only son, Basil, 3 years old, slept in a nearby room and was un- ml:imw by the deadly gas fumes, police said. Mrs. Archey was employed as assistant coursel of the United States Shipping Board. She had been in that position since 1923. ARMY BAND WILL TOUR l‘EAST UNTIL NOVEMBER 23 | Vistt to Home Town of Leader Will Be Feature of Fourth Public Series of Concerts. The United States Army Band, known as “Pershing’s own,” will leave Wash- ington October 6 on the fourth public concert tour, and will be away until November 23. The tour is being con- fined to the States of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and the New England States. A feature of the tour will be the band's visit to Guilford, Conn., the home town of the noted leader, Capt. W. J. Stannard. A town of about 3, population, Guilford does not have an auditorium of sufficient size to accom- modate the musicians, and the the village green for the concerts. Forty-six cities will be visited by gu 's direc- on. such obstructions, for the 1931 tour to the West Coast. A burned match by! Methodist Ministers Told New Generation Cannot Be Reached as Was 0ld. ORDINATION OF 17 ARRANGED FOR TODAY Conference Delegates to Deliver Sermons in Pulpits in and Near City Today. Ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church were urged to “learn how to preach to the modern generation and reach them for the Kingdom of God,” in an address by Presiding Bishop Wil- liam B. Beauchamp of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, meeting in the third day of its one-hundred and forty-sixth an- nual convention in the Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South, yesterday. The final business sessions of the con- ference will be held in Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South, tomorrow, when the report of the budget commis- slon of the conference will be acted upon and ministerial appointments will he announced. Features of today in connection with the “conference will be the ordaining of 17 ministers promoted from the third to the fourth year in the conference course of study this morning and the ordaining of "elders at services tonight. Conference dele- gates are to deliver sermons in various Methodist Episcopal churches in and near Washington this morning and evening. Heard by Ministers. ‘The bishop’s remarks yesterday were addressed to groups of elders and min- isters recently promoted, after having completed required phases of the con- ference course of ernoon the delegal for the Aged at Gaithersburg, Md. Bishop Beauchamp _devel the thought that the same kind of preach- ing that reached past or older genera- tions will not reach the younger gen- eration of today. Accordingly, he stressed the point that preachers should S0 modernize their methods of deliver- ing sermons as to reach the younger genegation. i Toward the close of yesterday's ses- sion, & motion to authorize the bishop to appoint a committee to arrange for g date of the a change in the meetin conference next year to much interest among the delegates. A rising vote was called for and it was at first announced that the motion to have the committee appointed was defeated 69 to 68, but later anoher vote was counted, making the vote on the motion a tie, at 69. Subsequently, & |the motion to reconsider the resolution was lost by a vote of 52 to 50. ‘The Budget Commission of the con- ference held a meeting yesterday after- noon. mendations of considerable importance to the conference are to be presented tomorrow, it was indicated yesterday afternoon. Appropriation Proposed. Among them will be recommendations regarding a sum of $18,900 made by the conference’s new Board of Christian Education at the eatly part of the ses- sion yesterday. The question of appro- priating the sum, covering several dif- ferent items, the leading ones for ed- ucational institutions, was referred to the Budget Commission upon motion of Dr. H. M. Canter of Staunton, Va., the conference secretary, who asserted there is a “revolt” in the conference among the people ding the matter of as- sessments, h he said were too large. gr:. E. L. Wolf of Winchester, Va., had urged the adoption in full of the recommendations of the Board of Christian Education when they were made, declaring: “The crux of our financial situation is in the church.” He then asserted that the E€hurch members should be eduu'edtto 1i‘}'e'olhllue rtll-lfll;. financial re- sponsibili church. An lppr’o lation of $12,000 to cover the operat expenses of the new Board of talrdhuln M;:lfl;;‘l‘h'u ap- proved yesterday, together a gen- eral approval of the entire report of the board with the exception of the $18,900 budget proposal, which was referred to the commission. In an address before the conference yesterday afternoon, shortly before it adjourned for the day, Dr. C. D. Bulla of Nashville, Tenn., speaking on the general subject of “Christian Educa- tion.” urged the development of “faith with intelligence,” saying that “faith without intelligence develops into su- perstition.” He also asserted that edu- cational systems “musb not degenerate into & mechanical routine.” MAN SERIOUSLY HURT WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE Samuel Fine of Hartford, Conn., in Hospital With Reported Concussion of Brain. wi Samuel Fine, 34 years old, of Hart- ford, Conn., was reported in a serious condition at Emergency . Hospital last night as the result of an automobile accident late yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Third street and Virginia avenue southwest. Fine was sald to be suffering from concussion of the brain and a fractured hip recelved when an automobile, driven by his son, Louis, was in colli- sion with a machine operated by Capt. George Lindlow, attached to the Army Medical School. — . D. A. R. CHAPTER GOING TO FORT WASHINGTON Members Will Be Guests of Maj. A number of budget recom- Report Designed to Justify Appropriations in Excess of $48,000,000. HEARING OF BUREAU PLANNED OCTOBER 6 Summary Expected to Show Financial Ability to Stand Increase. A comprehensive report analyzing the District's budgetary estimates for the1932 fiscal year was transmitted to the Budget Bureau yesterday by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, The report is designed to justify each of the various items that make up the budget which calls for appropriations in excess of $48,000,000. It represents the final step in the preparation of the 1932 estimates. Hearings on the District's budget are scheduled to begin before the Budqg: Bureau October 6. The re?,on will used extensively at these hearings to save the time of department heads of the municipal government, who here= tofore have been called before budget officials to explain the necessity of the appropriations requested for their re- spective departments. The budget in skeleton form has been before the Budget Bureau since July 15. It contained only a list of the appropriations sought by each of the municipal government departments and the purpose for which they would be used, but did not go into detail explanation of the items as does the report M?rep-nd by Maj. Donovan, In addition to the exhaustive report, Maj. Donovan has prepared a condensed :\]x:m:;y of z‘tl:’e mmmmm ows the pective ncial condition of the Dxmct in the coming year and its ability to su) the more than $48,000,000 budget. summary will be sent-to the Budget Bureau this week and probably will be made public. ARCHITECT'S REPORT SHOWS SCHOOL COSTS District Commissioners Informed of Detailed Construction Work During Past Fiscal Year. ‘The annual report of Munici) = chitect Albert l..wflarrh. !omw A:o District yesterday, orded the compl dllrl.n(n the rec e compl fiscal year of the fol tlchoollmlmn: n-np.il showing the cost per cubic foot of each: E. A. Paul Junior High School, 32.3 cents; John Quincy Adams School, 38.1 cents; addition to the S. J. Bowen School, 38.8 cents; addition to the Francis Junior High School, 27.2 cents; addition to the Raymond Schooi, 3 cents; addition to the Takoma School, 174 cents; addition to the Morgan School, 356 cents; Ben W. e tollowing schools de following sc! were under eon- struction July 1: . B, t.gwnv J. Bowdejn, Park View addition, tion and Alice Deal Junior High School. ‘Work was also done on the McKinley High School unds, the reptile house at the Zoo, e Highway Department's garage, the fourteenth precinct garage and other municipal buil gs. FORMER WASHINGTON MAN TO MAKE SURVEY Maj. L. B. Roberts to Head Engi- neering Party Going to Ethiopia. A _cablegram to Mr. and Mrs. David ¥. Roberts of 614 Lexington place crtheast. advised them yesterday that heir son, Maj. L. B.' Roberts, who a8 captained the track team at Cen- tral High School, had started on one of the biggest undertakings of his career—that of heading a surveying party along 900 miles of territory from Addis Ablgl to Lake Tsana, in far-off Ethiopia. Maj. Roberts heads an expedition representing the firm of J. G. White of New York, which has been commis- sioned by the Emperor of Ethiopia to survey the territory and submit a bid for the construction of a dam to con- trol the waters of the Nile. ‘The proposed work was discussed re- cently in connection with the announce- ment that an American, Everet Colson, assistant to the financial adviser to Haitl, had been selected by representa- tives of the Emperor to be financial adviser to that large African empire. Leaders of the empire are endeavoring to break away from a medieval past and establish itself as a progressive, modern state. Maj. Roberts, who, as head of the surveying party, will contribute toward the realization of those hopes, has trav- eled extensively in South America, and in 1923 was chief topographer with Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews' expedition to the Gobi Desert. He was connected with the United States Geological Sur- vey for 11 years after graduating from Kansas University and has done sur- vey work in virtually all the States. Maj. Roberts entered the United States Army in 1918 as a second lieu- tenant and in France rose to the grade of major. HOLY NAME SOCIETIES TO HOLD PUBLIC RALLY A. H. Patch on Visit to Points of Interest. The District of Columbia Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, will travel to Fort Washi ‘Tuesday to b2 the guests of Maj. A. H. Patch, U. 8. A, the commanding officer. There ym- | fomac board of | Maj. Patch trade has arranged to place a tent onof the members will visit various points of interest and hold a picnic on the grounds. The trip is to be made down the Po- on the U, 8. 8. has placed at the Rodriguez is ition and row of 1106 East of the pilgrimage. ‘Washington Section of Organiza- tion Plan Event in St. Peter's Church October 26. ‘The Washington section of the Baltl~ day, October 26, at St. Peter's Churech, Becond and C streets southeast, ac- cording to an announcement at the rterly meeting of the local union Alello, Ca 3 Washington llneg“tanhllve plans for the rally. “Our ganiza t. St never was b‘n}%flag"o:g‘, b::xmmud first vice regeant, is acting chairman