Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1930, Page 16

OF AID IN MARKING ENTRANGES 10 CITY U. S., Two States and Civic Leaders Unite in Drive for Beautification. DESIGNS ARE PROPOSED, BUT NONE YET ADOPTED Garden Club of America Backs Capital Committee in Program for 1932 Fete. Beautification and dignified marking of entrances to the Nation's Capital be- fore the Washington bicentennial in 1932 received serious consideration of officials from the Federal Government, the States of Maryland and Virginia, and leaders of garden clubs and move- ments to beautify the roadside In a meeting called yesterday by Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the National Capital Committee of the Garden Club of America, at her home, 1239 Vermont avenue. Several plans were discussed, and the co-operation of all agencies represented was pledged in an effort to push the matter and to work out an acceptable program so that the hordes of visitors pouring into this city during the bicen- tennial year will enter through much more dignified and beautiful entrances than now exist. Some difference of opinion was ex- pressed as to the details of treatment which should be accorded the gates to the city, but all were agreed that some- thing should be done, and would be done in time for the bicentennial. Speakers at Meeting. Among the speakers were Mrs. Noyes, ehairman of the maaun& who will pre; sent & report to a gathering soon of officials of the Garden Olub of America in New York, planning their national rogram for the year; Frederic A. De- , chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city lanner of the same commission; Irving . Root, chief engineer of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission; H. J. Neal, landscape engineer of the Highway Department of - Virginia; Mrs. Leslie Gray of Orange, Va., president of the Garden Club of V! ; Mrs. W. L. Lawton, chairman of the National Council for Protection of Roadside Beauty; Dr. David Fair- child ?.I‘n the Department of Agriculture TS, In opening the meeting, a letter was Mrs. Willlam A. Lockwood, Junior and senior students of the Marjorie Webster School held their Fall archery contest yesterday. In the photo- graph, left to right: Mary Fondel, Margaret Jenning, Dorothy Darey, Ruth Heidcamp, Amelia Gude and Nancy Keeler. —Star Staff Photo. DR. WALSH TRACES SOVIET AGITATION Georgetown University Offi- cial Scores Russians for Geneva Speech. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, 8. J, vice president of Georgetown University, in his third public lecture last night on Russia reviewed evidences of Soviet in- tent to foment world revolution and declared that the recent speech of Maxim Litvinoff at Geneva was an ex- ample of bolshevist audacity in sending a delegate to insult the League of Na- tions and ridicule proposals for peace. Charging that Stalin and other bol- shevist leaders urged the Com- munist party to make use of the un- employment _situation in the United States to fi er the revolutionary movement, Dr. Walsh declared Russian economists had predicted the financial crash in Wall Street over a year before it happened. He had brought back with him from Euroj llwnnfl‘l y o{theslxmgonm-o gflc% in | Internationale, held in Moscow in 1928, from he oted the Mr. Eliot presented to the gatherin & series of architects’ sketches, prepared of treatment, using the coh feet in height for markers of the trict of Columbia line. Eagles were not be adequate, such, for instance, as the Sixteenth street entrance and the ‘Wisconsin avenue entrance. He thought, however, they would be desirable at several locations, such, for instance, as the line south of the Virginia end of Highway Bridge, at Key Bridge and some Maryland entrances. He ex- lained that the proposal had not yet Em the approval of the Fine Arts Com- mission. The columns themselves, he estimated, would be available long be- fore 1932. No Longer “Dirt Cheap.” Discussing the grading and planting problem at the entrances to the city, Col. Grant explained that the cost of grading and planting, in which the Garden Club was so much interested, depended largely upon the varying na- ture of the land and the soil, and ‘whether much new topsoil would be re- quired. The old phase, “dirt cheap,” was no longer true in the District of Columbia, he said, as good top soil ‘brought u:etl"m::a.] l:-e x;1:0'30%11 the idea of the clul anting areas at the entrances, but said signboards and gasoline stations marred the scen- ery at many places. Further studies of markers would be made by e commission, he said. Mrs. Noyes explained that the Garden Club of America was deeply Interested in the proposal to erect dignified mark- ers at the gateways of the city. She wished to have something definite to submit to a meeting of officials of the organization soon in New York, so that financial aid from the Garden Club might be considered. She hoped the garden clubs of Mary- jand and Virginia would be interested in planting suitable trees and shrubs about these markers. The National Capital Committee of the Garden Club of America, of which Mrs. Noyes is chairman, would make a gift of the planting about one of these markers, she explained. Mrs. Gray, president of the Garden Club of Virginia, expressed interest, eharacterizing it as a “beautiful idea,” and said her organization would do its part. Signboards Problem. The discussion also included gmb fems of beautifying the highways lead- ing into the city, particularly by limit- ing or Ellmlnlunf‘ ds. M. Neal of the Virginia Highway Depart- ment said it would be helpful to know gmore definitely whon‘n'nl the signs, and the property, ai how the right of way. He thought it might be helpful' to set a limit such 8s two miles outside of the National Capital, for c{e-rlnz up the highway, and perhaps it might be extended to four. A’ J. Montgomery, head of the divi- sion of Public Relations of the American ‘Automobile Association, speaking for Ernest N. Smith, executive vice presi- dent of the association, explained his organization was active in this very kind of work, to improve the beauty of the ways. Committees were be- £ il BY S ‘was being had from m- ber of Commerce, and models of W] agitator, go. In his opening address to the Congress, Dr. Walsh said, Bukharin had urged the Communists to take ad- vantage of the unemployment situa- tion that would follow in this wum]:yh. in this country “I consider that the Communist party in the United States is one.of the few Communist parties to which history has confided the decisive task of the world revolutionary movement,” he quoted Stalin as having said. P. J. RYAN, ATTORNEY, DIES AFTER ILLNESS Lifelong Resident of Washington Was Prominent in Labor Circles in City. Patrick J. Ryan, veteran Washington lwornct; nd prominent figure in local labor ci , died last night at George- town Hospital after a five-day illness. He was 64 years old. Mr. Ryan, a lifelong resident of ‘Washington, attended the public schools and St. John's Christian College here, later being graduated in law from George- town University. He an the practice of law in 1896 and bullt up an exten- sive clientele. At one time Mr. Ryan was a stereo- typer for The Evening Star, qualifying with a four-year apprenticeship for a later position in stereotyping at the Government Printing Office. Mr. Ryan was also formerly employed in the plate printing division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, gaining, through this connection, an unflagging interest in the affairs of the Plate Printers’ Union. He served as a delegate to the Central Labor Union and represented the Executive Commit- tee at various conventions. He was del- egated to attend the American Federa- gl;'og Labor Convention in Rochester 12. Mr. Ryan was formerly editor of the Plate Printer, the official organ of the International Steel & Copper Plate Printers’ Union of America. He had also, as counsel for labor organizations, conducted numerous cases against the Government. Mr. Ryan is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillile Hutton Ryan, and four sons, ‘William J, Cornelius 8., Francis P. and Philip J. Ryan, all of Washington. Funeral services will be held at_the home of Cornelius 8. Ryan, 3915 Twenty-eighth street, Mount Rainier, Md., but further arrangements were being made today. COLUMBIA ALUMNI MEET Ansel M. Tolbert, holder of the Wash- guest of the Columbia University Club at Juncheon at the University Club yes- terday afternoon. his appreciation for the scholarship and pledged himself to take advantage of every opportunity at Columbia. . llson, president of the ing the Washington alumni establish luncheon will be held Friday, Decem- ber 5. fore it can be enforced. She said the &rden clubs hoped to get action from counties. Mr. Root, for the Maryland National Nflyu‘nl dmh ed Moo eclare favor ~f 200 feet back from the high- . -&: what she wanted, billboards 5hk-,h must be i rrepagia e K L on Counties be- ington Columbia Alumni scholarship to | Bu: Columbia University this year, was |Char Tolbert _expressed | Colu additional scholarships. The next alumni | to Power Needsof D. C. To Be Surveyed by Boston Engineer The District Commissioners yesterday appointed Earl H. Barber, a consulting electrical en- gineer of Boston, Mass., to con- duct a survey of the power needs of the District ernment, with the idea of deciding whether it would be economic to set up a municipal power plant to serve the District government’s needs. Mr. Barber was hired with money furnished by the current appro- priation act for the . His stipend is to be $50 per day. Mr. Barber, who is Washington in a few days to commence the work, was. for- merly connected with the Massa- chusetts Public Utilities Comiiis- sion. He was recommended by Assistant Engineer Commissioner Donald A. Davison. HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE PLANNED ON BIG SCALE ‘The Columbia Heights Business Men's Association yesterday voted to extend their December “Santa Claus lane” two additional blocks this year and other- wise add to the illumination of Four- teenth street. Merchants of the community, it was decided, would co-0] in decorating and illuminating the thoroughfare from Fairmont street to Meridian place, in- stead of to Monroe street, the northern limit formerly planned. The lane will be one-half mile long and in operation throughout the month of December. ‘The decorations include festoons of many colored lights, evergreen trees along the curb line and a tall Christmas tree with trimmings at Fourteenth and Kenyon streets. Plans are now being made for the parade and openi exercises which will be held Decem! 1, with' other events of interest during the month. The business men made their decision at & luncheon meeting at 3316 Four- teenth street. B. A. Levitan, president of the assoclation, has named a general committee of 60 members to take care of arrangements. District of Columbia—Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature about 34 degrees; gentle to moderate south and southwest winds. Maryland and Virginia—Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow, moder- ate south and southwest winds. West Virginia—Fair and warmer to- night and tomorrow. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 43; 8 pm., 36; 12 midnight, 32; 4 a.m., 29; 8 am., 2 noon, 48. Barometer—4 pm. 30.68; 8 p. 30.69; 12 midnight, 30.69; ., 30.67; 8 a.m, 30.68; noon, 30.64. Highest temperature, 48, occurred at 11 a.m. today. Lowest temperature, 27, occurred at 7 a.m. today. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey). Today—Low tide, 3:47 a.m. and 3:31 p.m.; high tide, 9:07 a.m. and 9:26 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:30 a.m. and 4:08 p.m.; high tide, 9:49 a.m. and 10:10 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:42 a.m.; sun sets 5:01 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:43 a.m.; sun sets 5 p.m. Moon rises 6:28 p.m.; sets 9:11 am. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Condition of Water. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers— Clear this morning. Weather in Various Cities. 2382338 RRRERWVVBINNE - Denver, Detroit; Galveston, I Mont. 8. . 30 Indianapolis,Ind 30.56 ille. Fla. 30.4 SSSe =2533228 Phoes At Pittsburgl Portland, M L 3 30 30 29. 3822230882882 208222128235 88288222220 8222808 HRRSAREIIRBLBLIRSARSIL2SRBULE, guzEgsceRanazeNaaat 0. 0. 30. .. 30. ul, Minn. . 30. ‘Wash... 20. 30. 0. 30 FOREIGN. (1 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Stati N ‘Temperature. Weather. l,nndnnomhulmu S0 Ciear A 5, Vienna, ri SEEKSFAR CHANCE FORWAFSIND.C. W. W. Bride to Recommend Legislation to Eliminate Stigma on Birth. Legislation directed to wiping out the stigma of illegitimate birth in the Dis- trict is being considered by Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride, who will recommend it to the District Commis- sioners as soon as the terms of a bill drafted for this purpose have been carefully scrutinized. ‘The bill on which the Bride report will be based was drawn up by Assist- ant Corporation Counsel Edward M. Welliver, formerly attached to Juvenile Court but now at Police Court. The bill provides that “every child is the legitimate child of its natural parents, and is entitled to care, maintenance and education, whether or not born in law- ful wedlock.” These words are to be substituted for language in section 1 of the present law which states that every child shall be deemed illegitimate who “shall be begotten and born out of unlawful wedlock.” ‘The substance of the bill already has the approval of Mr. Bride, who recom- mended its passage to the Commission- ers in his annual report. In that docu- ment Mr, Bride said: “Our present law is a cruel sixteenth century view. The child is not responsible in the slightest degree and the stigma should not in Jjustice be held against him.” Mr. Bride went on to point out that the law now compels the father of an illegitimate child to support him only up to the age of 14, but the compulsory school act compels the child to continue in school until he has completed the eighth grade or reached the age of 16. This law also restricts the type of work which a minor between 14 and 16 may do and forbids him absolutely to work unless he can obtain a work permit. There are stringent requirements forbidding him to get the permit for reasons of health. In Mr. Bride's words, “If he has so much as & hollow tooth the Department of Work Permits may in law refuse him a permit to work in any capacity.” The proposed bill has been approved in principle by the Board of Public Welfare and the finishing touches are now being put upon it for submission to the District Commissioners. LUDWIG C. YOUNG DEAD AFTER MONTH’S ILLNESS Father of Mrs. Robert M. La Fol- lette, Jr., Was 90—Burial at Beallsville, Md. Ludwig Craven Young, retired Gov- ernment employe, died yesterday at his residence, 1869 Mintwood place, after an illness of more than a month. He was 90 years old. Mr. Young was the father of Mrs. Robert M. La Follette, jr. He was a native of Montgomery County, Md., and retired from Govern- ment service 17 years ago. ides his widow and Mrs. La Fol- lette, he is survived by one son and five daughters. They are Arthur Young, Miss Joy Young, Miss Louise Young, Miss Sophia Young, Miss Matilda Young and Miss Mary Young. Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock at Monocacy Chapel, Bealisville, Md. s Marriage Licenses. Georse B. Ostermaver, jr. 24, and Ruth £ Williams, 22; Rev. Johason. ~ oo James 8. BI 60, Indiana, Pa. Leena C. W. Hall, 63, this city; Rev. Ch: Wood. Garfield Jones, 33, Baltimore, Md., and I Vessells, 20, Lamaville, Va.:' Rev. . R. Alexander. Charles C. Montgomery, 34, and Thelma M_ Mendel, 27; Rev. 8. B. Daugherty. Henry K. Mulr, 28, and Maybelle E. Wald- man, 21; Rev. Henry W. Snyde: n L. Flannery. 26, Philadelphia, Pa., . Kelly, 30, city;” Rev. nnell d Cornelia Lee, 22; Sr., 22, this city, 8. nd les Paulding, 48; Rev. Charles T. Warner. Asron O. Mason, 47, and Jean Garstner, 3 F. W. Johinson. Edgar B._Glanning, 55, University, and Mary E. Black, 28, Crozet, Vi John E. Briges. Va.. Rev. FLYTHE HOME RAD | CALLED LEGAL BUT CAUTION 1S URGED Crosby Says Police Used “Bad Judgment” in Han- dling of Investigation. MOTIVE OF INFORMER HAS NOT BEEN STATED Newspaper Man's Complaint Closed Issue With Department—Facts Before Grand Jury. Investigation into the recent rald on the home of Willlam P. Flythe, White House newspaper correspondent, brought forth a declaration today from Com- missioner Herbert B. Crosby that the police should use “good judggent” when invading s private home in search of liquor. Commissioner Crosby sald he thought the squad which raided Flythe's home used “bad judgment,” but other than that, his investigation failed to develop anything for which the raiders could be censured, and the case was closed as far as the police are concerned. Raid Declared Legal. ‘The Commissioner described the raid on Flythe's home as “one of those un- fortunate things that just happen,” but declared it was legal in every re- spect, since the police had acted on a warrant sworn to by a private citizen. After the warrant had been issued, he pointed out, the police had no other course but to make the raid. Gen. Crosby announced his findings after a conference this morning with Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, who submitted a verbal report on the result of an investigation of the raid, made at the direction of the Com- missioner. The inquiry was ordered fol- lowing Flythe'’s complaint to Gen. Crosby. Maj. Pratt reported that seven mem- bers of the liguor squad took part in the rald, and Gen. Crosby said he thought the police had used “bad judgment” in going into the Flythe home in such a large force when several men would have been sufficient. The investigation showed, the Commissioner declared, that the liquor squad had gone out on a series of raids and the seven members happened to be together when Flythe’s home was reached. Man’s Motive Unrevealed. The inquiry, Commissioner Crosby declared, did not reveal one of its primary es—the motive which actuated the man who swore to the warrant on which the police acted. The Commissioner said the man at one time had been employed by the Police De- partment as an informer, but was no longer connected with it in any way, and in fact was unknown to the police when he came to them with informa- tion on which the warrant was issued. The raid on Flythe's home also is under investigation by the District grand jury. This action likewise was taken on Flythe’s complaint to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover that the man who swore to the warrant had perjured himself. The man, however, has not appeared before the grand jury, but it has taken the testimony of a number of witnesses, including United States Commissioner Needham Turnage, who issued the warrant; Police Inspector T. R. Bean, who is in command of the liquor squad, and William H. Hutchin- son, real estate dealer, who is the rental agent for the house in which Flythe lives, at 1806 G street. COL. LOVING DIES Retired Army Medical Corps Of- ficer Expires in Philadelphia. Col. Robert C. Loving, Army Medical Corps, retired, died at his home, at 3819 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, yesterday, according to War Department advices. Born in Jefferson County, Ky., July 16, 1878, Col. Loving was commissioned in the Medical Corps in July, 1903, and served continuously until his retirement for disability in the line of duty in December, 1922. During the World War he served as a surgeon with the rank of colonel. He was a graduate of the Army Medical School of this city, and held a degree from the Medico-Chirurgical College of Pennsylvania. His widow, Mrs. Belle C. Loving, is a resident of Philadelphia. o PLAN NEW YORK BURIAL John P. Pickett Died From Drink- ing Denatured Alcohol. The body of John P. Pickett, 52- year-old Spanish-American War vet- eran, was sent today to the home of relatives in New York. Pickett was the second of two men to die from the effects of drinking denatured alcohol. Pickett died at Gallinger Hospital Thursday, while the first victim, Ed- ward Warnock, expired at a house on Wisconsin avenue on Sunday night, where he and Warnock had been drink- ing in a rented room. POSEY GIVEN FIVE YEARS Sentenced After Conviction on Charges of Daughter, 15. Iden Posey, 38 years old, recently convicted of intimacy with his 15-year- old daughter, has been sentenced by Justice Oscar R. Luhring in Criminal Division 3 to serve five years in the penitentiary. ‘The mother died since the assault, and Posey married a young woman, 21 years old, about two months ago. As- sistant United States Attorney Irvin Goldstein conducted the prosecution. IMMODEST GINGKO TREES THROW OFF ALL GARMENTS OF LEAVES Natives of Japan Step Out of Their Verdure Overnight as Cold Weather Arrives. A surprising manifestation of immod- esty in nature was apparent throughout ‘Washington today in the form of 3,000 famed gingko trees which stood forth- right in nakedness. Virtually all members of the tree family hold to their garments of brown, yellow and deep red until Winter robs them of their covering, but not the gingko. With seeming disregard” for convention, the gingko trees step out of their leaves overnight as a petulant v [ child discards an unwonted coat. Leaves Extremely Sensitive. Research does not disclose an ex- planation of the omenon, but tree think fan-like leaves of the gingko are extremely sensitive to temperature at a certain low level. ‘The tree is a native of China and , although it is not in a first in only species, i8 a tree which sometimes attains a height of nearly 100 feet. It is used as an ornamental tree in England and the United States, and flourishes best in the shade in & deep and somewhat moist soil. The head of the gingko is conical and the branches are usually horizontal, which accounts for the fact that so many of the trees are planted in Wash- ington. They are found throughout the residential sections, for the most part between sidewalks and houses. Japan Reveres Gingko. Noted for its grace and beauty in this country, the gingko enjoys greater dis- tinction in Jaj . ‘There it is sacred and is pllnur:elr the umnl:s. Its it is little known in this d, but hout China and Japan it is eaten with relish. The fruit, which is of the size of a small plum, has a pulp with a disagreeable odor of butyric acid and inclosing a kernel which, when roasted, has a taste like that of maize. One of the finest collections of the ko forms a lendid avenue ex- from the of the old Agri- culture Department Building Thirteenth street to B street. Some of the trees are wearing a fe ves, but mest of the 6v« are on ground. s 3 rrorosnarus vwsparess o v ] BIOKS CONDENSED BY PHOTOGRAPHY IN MINUTE FORM Camera Device Duplicates Newspaper Page on Inch- Square Film. MICRO-FOCUS IS USED TO REDUCE BIG TYPE Special Projectors Thro"v Up Tiny Negatives 8o That Ordinary Eye Can Read Them Easily. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Newspapers of the future filling neat- ly into vest pockets and libraries of ments now being conducted in the Di- glon of Manuscripts at the Library of nEress. Using a be focused , & NEWs- paper page can be photographed on a film little more than an inch square. ‘The whole newspaper can be to- graphed on a roil of film less 3 feet long. Then, with a special projector device worked out by Dr. Thomas P. Martin of the Library staff, the whole can be placed directly in front of the reader in its original size. The roll of film is placed in gl ordinary projector which is inserted a case equipped with a mirror so arranged that it places the » page directly before the reader’s eyes. The device is applicable to from a small letter to a medium. newspaper at present, and can be de- velog:d in either direction. ‘The immediately practical side of the device, however, is not in its Mswlla; Above: Dr. Thomas P. Martin with the apparatus he uses to enlarge for | tion to newspapers, except reading photographs of newspapers recorded on an inch-wide film. photographing apparatus. Below: The —Star Staff Photos. SOUTHERN BUILDING GOING AT AUCTION Romantic Enterprise Led to Erection of Structure to Boost South. ‘The Southern Building, a 9-story office | structure located on the northeast coi ner of Fifteenth and H streets in down- town Washington, will be sold by public auction Wednesday afternoon, it was announced yesterday by Joseph 1. Wel- ler and Donald M. McNeale, trustees for the Southern Building Investment Co., Inc. The sale will be conducted in front of the premises by Thomas J. Owen & Son, auctioneers. The sale will be made subject to cer- tain leases of record and subject to a deed of trust for $1,500,000. The sale is being made in default of a second trust of approximately $400,000. Erected in 1911 on a site formerly oc- cupied by the old St. Matthew’s Church, there is woven about the Southern Building a romantic tale of an enter- prise originally launched by a group of Southern philanthropic and patriotic men to erect in the National Capital a building which would “boost the South.” The structure was constructed for the Southern Commercial Congress, an organization of Southern gentlemen interested in the project, by the Thomp- son Sterritt Co. Contributions for the erection of the building were solicited in & number of Southern States. A few years later the building was transferred to the name of the South- ern Building Co., which organization placed cn the market & series of stocks and bonds representing the subscribers’ contributions. The building at that time was ap- praised by a group of three local ex- perts, including the then District tax assessor, for $1,800,000. The Southern Building changed hands again to the First National and Commercial Fire Insurance companies and later again to the Southern Build- ing Co. of Delaware. In 1926 an or- ganization known as the Southern Building Investment Co., Inc., of which Peter Drury was president, was formed and took over title to the property. TRAINING OF SCOUTS IS PRAISED BY ENVOY W’illingnen of Boys to Serve With- out Thought of Reward Topic of Irwin B. Laughlin. ‘The training of Boy Scouts in the spirit of helpfulness to others without thought of material reward or even of the praise of men was advocated by Irwin B. Laughlin, United States Am- bassador to Spain, in an address at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier this morning in connection with tice day ceremonies sponsored by the Dis- trict of Columbia Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The Unknown Soldier, Mr. Laughlin said, in the loss of his identity estab- lished a bond between himself and the purpose of the scout organization “in the unobtrusiveness and quiet effective- ness of the tasks you set yourselves.” Boy Scouts attending the ceremonies were divided into two troops in charge of Lester G. Wilson and E. M. Perkins, deputy commissioners of the organiza- tion, and marched from the west gate of Arlington Cemetery to the tomb, where E. L. Mattice took charge as offi- cer of the day. Ambassador Laughlin was introduced by Dr. Paul Bartsch, vice president of the District of Columbia council of the Scout organization. The program in- cluded & roll call by James Sibbet, ‘Troop 43; placing of a wreath on the tomb by Karl Krumke, Troop 38, and Melville Fraser, Troop 33; repeating of the Scout oath by Linn C. Drake, Scout executive leader, and the sound- ing of “Taps” by Laing Sibbet, Troop 43. “Taps" were sounded at the graves of Wiliam Howard Taft, late honorary president of the Boy Scouts; Brig. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, late vice president of the District of Columbia Council, and Lieut. Edward Comegys, Lieut. rice Snyder and Sergt. Lawrence Asbell, for- mer Scouts. — IOEEREIAS Fire Damages Office. A fire last night in the office of the Amem‘;r: gfyc‘o‘ml"!)?glr street, caused approximat f mi , comj y o&pcuu estimated today. - S Four desks were destroyed and & counter badly damaged by the flames, which is said to have started from a short circuit in a floor socket. Births R and Kathryn y L. and Gertrude M. G. and Ellen Valliotis, George William W. and Lanier Tate, Hairy R. and B. Davis, gorled. BISHOP DEDICATE SBLEY ADDITIO ! Mrs. Goode Is Main Speaker of Ceremonies Held in Rust Hall Chapel. ‘The $275,000 addition to Sibley Me- morial Hospital was dedicated by | Bishop Willlam FPrasier McDowell of | the Methodist Episcopal Church at cere- monies held last night in Rust Hall Chapel. The new structure adds two floors and increases the facilities of the { hospital by 7 operating rooms and 19 private rooms. | Mrs. W. H. C. Goode, president of | the National Women'’s Home Missionary Society, made the principal address in which she outlined the ideals that should guide a hospital in its service to a community. Other speakers were: Dr. Charles 8. Cole, president of the hospital, who presided at the ceremony; George S. ‘Wilson, director of public welfare, who presented the District Commissioners; Dr. B. W. Meeks, superintendent of M. E. Churches in the District, and Dr. Lewis H. Taylor. A musical program was Tendered by the George Washing- ton University Glee Club. ‘The operating rooms in the addition are ventilated by a system of circulating air which can be heated in Winter and cooled in Summer. ‘The private rooms, it was explained, are individually fu: nished and have a home-like atmos- phere. Mrs. A. C. Pisher, chairman of the Furnishing Committee and president of the Women’s Guild of the hospital, de- scribed the work of planning the addi- tion and supervising the installation of furniture, equipment and decorations. The membership roll call of the Women’s Gyild, it was reported to the meeting, disclosed an enrollment of 2,000. Four new life memberships of $100 each were reported. COMA VICTIM EXPIRES AT GARFIELD HOSPITAL Minor J. Benjamin, 45 years old, of 1104 Trinidad avenue northeast died at Garfield Hospital yesterday after- noon shortly after he had fallen into a coma while driving in the 1000 block | of Q street. The cause of death could not be de- termined by physicians and Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt ordered an autopsy. car to a parking place at the curb and slumped over in his seat. Henry Dye of Arlington, Va., came to his as- When taken ill Benjamin drove his | preservation of rela of libraries cheaply and storing them ouving. ‘mad " peerervation’ o€ — an manu- script mmlnl.m Benefit to Colleges. ‘Thus, he points out, a poor college class library with Much manusecript material invaluable to scholars is stored away in the great libraries, such as the Library of Con-# gress, and the only way to it is to go where it is. Nowrsany institution can obtain The cost is less than two cents a even in the present stage of limif production. material uun:“;mh”“m:h:n pying, s cheaper co} does not approach the present method and the photostat copies are easily de- *fhe ‘method, Dr. Martin explatned, me 3 e mwmzo(nuwmuu;m,‘ Prof. Samuel E. Bemis ington University started coples of the photostat up apparatus at the Then Dr. Bemis, director of the mission, learned of the micro-focus camera and a few trials convinced him was in order to read it. devised the projector case which places the projected D'l'g directly before the reader's eyes, Wi he is in a position to manipulate the projector wishes. The t is at least as legible in the . The ling bulky material. One present drawback is that, with such magnification as would be re- overcome developing solutions many which are not yet in use in the United States, according to Dr. Martin. He sees immediate practical appli- cations with newspapers. These, the records of contemporary history, are bulky and easily perishable. Library files a century old often have so deteri- orated that they are delicate to handle and are almost . ‘Thus valuable records are lost. Besides M. possible to keep complete, imperishable of all papers in a little space. sistance and took him to Garfield Hos- pital. CO-OPERATION ASKED Combined Effort Needed to Get | Saturday Half Holiday, Is Belief. ‘The co-ordinated effort of Federal employes everywhere is ne to for a Saturday half-holiday for Federal employes, Gertrude Mc- Nally, secretary-treasurer of the Na- tional Federation of Federal Employes, declared in a radio address over Sta- tion WOL last night. “If you wish the benefit of the short- er working week,” she declared, “see to is that your voice joins with the many thousands of other voices of Federal employes that speak through the or- ganization which is dedicated to the advancement of the interests of the Federal Government and the Mederal employes, the National Federation of Federal Employes.” CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Card party, Columbia Chapter, D. A. R., Raleigh Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps, Soldier, Sailor and Marine Club house, Eleventh and L streets, 8 p.m. Dance, Georegtown Inter-Fraternity, willard Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Mount Pleasant Citizens’ Association, Mount Pleasant Branch, Public Library, 8 p.m. Lecture, Edwin . Potter, League for Larger Life, 1336 I street, 8:15 p.m. FUTURE. ! Kalorama Oitizens’ Association an- nual meeting, Monday, November 10, John Quiney: School. Election of officers and refi Hike, Wanderluster meet | Twelfgh and Pennsylvania a%gnue to- | morrow 2:30 p.m. | Hike, Red Triangle @uting meet &t §ilen Echo tomorrow 3 p W Chenp by Plane. Besides it is possible for publishers to send editions to distant points by © airplane about as cheaply as single . letters could be sent. Once at the other end the phic can be reversed, the image on film magni- fied and projected on se: paper, thus reproducing the newspaper in if ecessary bring about action by Congress on the{ D Martin says, bilities of television, newspaper published in New York may be on the streets of Tokio a few minutes later. He also sees the possibility of bring- ing the private library back to fiy home‘. [~ ly th:' mmmt. present, points out - ment dweller cannot afford the ce for storing many books when a le, room costs him about $25 a month. But he could keep as many films of & books as he wanted in a clothes and the projector which would them readable would not take up nnli his radio. Reading woul the space of not interfere with the k. It is not even darken the room. S e of Martin, the photographic system is by far the most accurate method of copy- ever and leaves the original entirely HEADS RETIREMENT BODY Robert H. Alcorn Named by Civil Service Employes. of '.h?. Joint oonru-;n o man ment of Civil Service m“ w l.nmfi';l meeting, held Thursday evening I 'l‘ypngruy phical Temple. md'" . William M. Collins Past anc