Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 24

EAST CAPITOL PLAN BOOSTED ASASSET Allied Architects Explain Original Scheme Was for Expansion to Anacostia. The National Capital Park and Plan- ihg Commission and the Fine Arts Com- mission are studying a plan to beautify East Capitol street from the Capitol to the Anacostia River. The Allied Archi- tects, Inc., a group of Washingtonians, 18 co-operating in the project and al- ready preliminary plans have been drawn up, contemplating the erection of & number of stately buildings along this thoroughfare, terminating on the banks of the river in a great stadium. Lincoln Park, under the plans, would | become transformed into Indepeadence Square, and the Washington that has been growing at tremendous rate to the northwest would be developed to |he' eastward, as was originally intended by | the founders. Plans Already Drawn. | Horace W. Peaslee, acting for his| colleagues in Allied Architects of Wash- ington, Inc., has submitted plans for this ambitious program to the Arts and Planning Commissions. The architects believe that there is yet ample time for the construction of an adequate stadium on the banks of the Anacostia River before the George Washington bicentennial celebrations in 1932 take place. The establishing of Independence Square would represent the traditional development of Washington, in con- | formity with the L'Enfant plan, in the belief of the architects and planners, | and & series of suggestions for this| project is now available, representing the thought of 30 persons from 10 | architectural schools. According to the architects' plans, the development_falls into three phases— the expansion of East Capitol street from the Capitol to the river, the im- provement of Lincoln Park 'and the construction of the giant stadium near the Anacostia River, with resultant beautification of that area. Buildings Fit in Scheme. ‘The Federal Government now is en-i gaged in erecting the new building for | the Supreme Court of the United States | near the Capitol, and David Lynn, | architect of the Capitol, is studylng’ plans for the expansion of the Library of Congress to make additional room for the numerous volumes that are com- ing from the printing presses of this| and foreign nations. e Folger Memorial Building, that will Rouse a valuable Shakespearean col- lection, is an attractive building on East Capitol street just east of the ry of Congress, and is the type of structure that those interested in the proper development of this thorough- fare would like to see constructed. . Peaslee recalled yesterday that the City of Washington was projected from Jenkins Hill, on which the Capi-| tol stands, as the most desirable part of the new city. The Capitol Building faces the east, and it was in this direc- tion that the original planners desired to see the city expand. The new-born Capital developed to the west, however, not only because the White House was located in that section, but, the histo- rians say, because real estate develop- ers purchased the property to the east and held it, hoping to reap handsome profits. East Needs Assistance. ‘The entire Federal development has been to the west of the Capitol, Mr. Peaslee pointed out, for the Mall, the great public buildings and the great avenues lie to the west, although the eastern section of the Capital was orig- inally deemed the most desirable. “If Washington is to be developed as 8 balanced capital,- the city should be expanded to the east,” Mr: Peaslee said. This has alreagly in part been ac- complished by the enframement of the Capitol, Mr. Peaslee maintained. The Library of Congress is not considered d is more in competi- tion with the Capitol, in his opinion. It blocked in its placement the radial line of Pennsylvania avenue to the southeast, cutting off the view of the Capitol from fl'w]flflch in that ai- rection, he asses . The House and Senate office Buildings followed, but properly subordinated, so that they were considered enframing elements, Mr. Peaslee explained Charles W. Eliot. 2d, director of planning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, has drawn up a proposed plan. under which East Capitol street would become the “Ave- nue of the States.” e g ANNANDALE HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE M. F. Bean Loses House—Firemen Are Handicapped by Total Lack of Water. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ANNADALE, Va., December 20.— Total lack of water rendersd five fire companies practically helpless _this morning as flames totally destroyed the five-room bungalow of M. F. Bean on! the highway between here and Baileys Cross Roads. The damage was esti- mated at approximately $2.500. Neighbors noticed flames shooting ' from the roof of the dwelling and called the Pire Department, companies from Fairfax, Falls Church, Halls Hill, Ar-| lington and East Arlinglon responding Neighbors and firemen saved & large part of the furniture. Chemieals proved Pt mo avail in quelling the fire, which | is believed to have started from an overheated stove. No one was at home | when the fire broke out. WILL DEBATE CASH BONUS Representatives Patman and Fish to Discuss Compensation. i Representatives Wright Patman of | Texas and Hamilton Fish, jr., of New | .York will debate upon the proposed casly payment of the veterans' adjusted | compensation at a meeting of Phllovi Me Post, No. 1830, Veterans of Foreign Wars, tomorrow evening at 9 o'clock, | at the Concord Club, 314 C street. Mr. Patman advocates payment in ! | full immediately and Mr. Fish favors & present 25 per cent cash payment. Production restrictions in important industries of Japan are being increased, An unusual opportunity high elvs weil paid work (mot clerical) is oyen to a few men under forty w can furnish satisfactory character references —replies should state briefly business experience. for 'ADIUM PROPOSED FOR END OF EAST C are shown. Under this arrangement, East Capitol street would terminate on the west bank of the river in a preten by the Allied Architects of Washington, in co-operation with the Fine Arts and National Capital Park and Planning Comm issions and the Board of Trade. tious stadium and a plaza. This project THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTOX; HUGE ST. APITOL ST. stadium on banks of Anacostia River, showing the Capitol in distance. Projected bridges across the rlvfl-' fraud in the sale of the Bosch Magneto has_been oo B | hallway t-lephone and called police. | Morton Lewis Demands $250,000 of Man Is Held Up i And Kidnaped by 2 Woman Bandits Pair Flee With Only $2.70 After Being Trapped by Courteous Act. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 20.— Two stylishly clad young women held up and kidnaped a business man early today, the first all-woman robbery on record here. They escaped with only & trivial sum because they acccpted a courtesy from their victim. Allan Carson, 33, said the women asked him for a ride as he stopped his car at a street intersection. He refused, but changed his mind wh:n one of them drew a large pistol. They ordered him to drive to & secluded spot. They searched him, but found only $2.70. With a show of anger, they told him to drive home and “dig up” more money. But in accepting the usual courtesy of a gentleman, they erred as robbers. | Carson said he unlocked his apartment | door and stood aside, allowing them (o enter first. Instead of following them, he snapped the door shut, ran to a Amused at this turn of events, Carson walked back to the door, expecting to hear some genuine feminine tempera- ment. He did. It was a crash, He opened the door in time to see one of the women kick out a balcony door. Both of them leaped to the ground and fled in the darkness. FORMER U. S. OFFICIAL ASKS LIBEL DAMAGES | F. P. Garvan and Chemical Foundation. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER. N. Y., December 20— Suit for $250,000 for ‘alleged Jibel has been instituted here by Morton E Lewis of Rochester, former attorney | general of New York and former special | Assistant_ Attorney General of the | United States, agairst the Chemical | Foundation, Inc.. and Prancis P. Gar- van of New York. Mr. Garvan is for- mer Alien Property Custodian, and president of the Chemical Foundation. The complaint alleges libel in con- | sequence of & statement ascribed to Mr. Garvan, in which it was asserted that Mr. Lewls, who served for four years as special counsel of the United States Government in a suit to recover 5,000,000 for alleged conspiracy and Co., received his salary of $10,000 from German funds. GREAT EGYPTOLOGIST éHOSEN MEMBER OF FRENCH ACADEMY Dn;. James Henry Breasted Likened to “King Canute” as Man Who Pushes Back Oceans of Time Successfully. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 20.—They | elected the King Canute of the | Oceans of Time to membership among the immortals in the -French Academy this week. He was Dr. James Henry Breasted, famous Orientalist of the Uni- | versity - of- -Chicago--and - perhaps. greatest Egyptoligist in the world. One of the things Dr. Breasted hopes | to be able to do is to push back the | dates of known history & million years. Like the ancient Norse King, he | stands before the ocean of the past and | bids it withdraw, and, unlike King Canute’s ocean, it does. . Wages War on Nine Fronts. It is & war upon nine fronts that Dr. Breasted carries ‘on. He is commander | in chief of the greatest onslaught everi made against the cotrosion of the re-| mains of the cradles of civilization in | Egypt and the Near East. Nine large | nd well financed expeditions are di- TWO HELD IN FLOGGING Third Sought for Attack on Florida Deputy Sheriff. ORLANDO, Fla., December 20 (#).— Two men were under arrest here today and another was sought for a flogging administered Austin Cox, a deputy sheriff, Wednesday night. Two men registered as B. H. Car- michael and 8. H. Carmichael were in prison on charges of kidnaping in con- nection with the attack. The name of the man sought was not disclosed. Cox said he appeared as a witness against the Carmichaels rec:ntly in a trial involving charges of prohibition law violations. They were acquitted. THREE MEN FOUND DEAD; | Trio Seated in Chairs—Drinking Is Evidenced—Door Forced After Absence of Week. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 20.— | Three men were found dead today in & gas-filled room on the third floor of a rooming house in the Kensington sec- tion of the city. The door to the room was forced open after the men had+failed to appear for | a week. All three were sitting upright in_chairs. Police said they found evidence the men had been drinking. and believe one had accidentally knocked open a gas jet. | Best Store Lease STRATEGIC ATTRACTIVE FRONT HOT WATER HEAT rected from his office here, where he sits before walls covered with maps in which pins bristle the location of his historical “armies.” Six expeditions are working in Egypt. There is another at Megiddo, which un- covered King Solomon’s stables and is ae “the battlefield of - Armaged- don. Another, exploring the remain of the Hittite Kings, has dipped into his- toric geologic structures that belong to the stone age. Still another in the Near East is exploring the remains of King Sargon II, in Irak. Pins Faith on Nile Expedition. One of the Egyplian expeditions, on the upper Nile, is seeking to link up the basic Egyptian civilization with the stone age, 1,000,000 years ago, and on its work, largely, Dr. Breasted pins his faith In the orlgin of civilization in the Nile Valley, as well as, perhaps, the origin there of biological man. PROMINENT REALTOR DIES IN AUTO CRASH Charles Beuchler, Native of Lees- burg, Is Killed in Florida Accident. LEESBURG, Va. December 20.—In- formation was received here this morn- ing that Charles Beuchler, 50, of Or- lando, Fla, was instagtly killed this morning in an automobile accident in Orlando, the details of which have not been learned here. Mr. Beuchler, who was & prominent Florida realtor, was the son of J. R. Beuchler of Leesburg, and was a native of this town, having lived here until 20 jears ago, when he went to Florida | to make his home. His widow #nd six children in Or- lando survive him, also his aged father and one sistx, Miss Ida Beuchler, in Leesburg: a sister, Miss Ellen Beuchler, | in . Washington, and three bLrothers, Harry and Ernest, in Robert, in Washington. ices and burial will be in - —— e Orlando, and Orlando. William Shakespeare Weds. NATICK. Mass., Decembsr 20 (#).— William _ Shakespeare, 3rd, married Bertha Mae Merrill here today, exactly 348 years after the Bard of Avon took Ann> Hathaway as his bride. Young Shakespeare, who lives in Waltham, claims direct descent from the dramatist. in Washington! —Available Now— LOCATION AFFORDING BIG CONTACT WITH RETAIL BUYERS - OVER 5000 SO. FEET STEEL CONSTRUCTION MODERN COMBINATION EI EVATOR PASSENGER AND FREIGHT Funeral serv- | LANE GIVEN OATH BY GOV. RITCHE Assumes Office as New At- torney General of Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. | BALTIMORE, Md., December 20— Willlam Preston Lene, jr., of Hagers | town today was sworn ‘in as attorney general by Gov. Richie, the ceremony taking place in the Governor's city of- fice in the Union Trust Building. After the Governor had read the oath of office, to which the new attorney | general subscribed, he handed Lane’s commission to Mrs. Lane, who had made the trip from Hagerstown to see Aer husband assume his new office, ‘Among those who witnessed the pro- <eedings were various State and city | officials, past and present. There were | the four assistunt attorney generals, Willis R. Jones, Herbert Levy, Robert {R. Archer and Willlam Marbury, jr. All of them except Marbury plan {o re- | sign. 1t is understood. | 'Others among the spectators were | Former Mayor Howard W. Jackson and | State’s Attorney O'Connor. Maj. Lane recommended that a spe- | cial ascistant attorney general be ap- pointed to care for the affairs of the State Roads Commission and a special | counsel for the State Industrial Acci- dent Commission be named. Lane was elected attorney general by a margin of 85,000 votes over his Re- publican opponent, David A. Robb of Cumberland. NEW MUSIC B.ODY FORMED | Will Be Exponents of Unusual in Their Art. NEW YORK, December 20 (#).—Hans | Barth, composer and _quarter-tone | planoforte recitalist, launched a projgct | tonight to form an American society. of | exponents of unusual forms of music. He presided at a conference with | Maurice Martenot, inventor of so-called | “ether” music instruments; Leon There- min, Russian inventor of the Therémin- vox, and Thcmas Wilfred Dane, origin- ator of the Chavilux, which projects color instead of sound on a scréen LOW FARM PRICES BLAMED ON BOARD Head of Farmers’ Union Says Legge Admitted Power of U. 8. to Control Crops. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 20.— John Simpson, national president of the Farmers’ Union, charged today the present low prices of cotton and wheat “are being deliberately maintained” by the Federal Farm Board and that the board “is using its ability to lend money to farm organizations and voluntary co-operatives to force support for it-| 1. St}‘lls views were expressed in a tele- gram to Senator Walsh of Montana indorsing the Senator’s resolution ask- ing an investigation of the bolrds( marketing activities. Simpson declared Chairman Alexan- der admitted before a recent| closed session of the Senate Agricultural Committee the Farm Board, through Government sponsored _co-operatives, could raise or lower prices of wheat and cotton at will. The Farmers’ Union ~president said his information was obtained through | Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma. Although there is doubt at present regarding the validity of marriages at | Gretna Green, Scotland, the number of | wedding ceremonies is greater than ever | befcre. Q> The Brodway Valet Shop —will put on a pair of half soles and heels, Absolutely Free, to any child under 12 years of age. This Offer Is From Monday, Dec. 22, Until 1st of Year when played. An orchestra or ensemble first. will be attempted. A Big Surprise Pack FREE Monday and Tuesday Only We are giving a Surprise Package Free, with Every Purchase of Monday an only. - 410 New York Ave. age $1 or over, d Tuesday 'D. C. DECEMBER 21, '1930—PART ON 0LD BRIDGE SEEN AS TRAFFIC HAZARD Workmen Begin the Razing of Structure Over Little Hunting Creek. Special Dispatch to The Star. WOODLAWN, Va., December 20.— Workmen of the State Highway De- partment this week started to - tear down the old bridge over Little Hunt- ing Creek at the junction of the Richmond and Mount Vernon roads. When the State Highway Depart- ment decided to eliminate the danger- ous curves on the Richmond road at Gun Springs, following innumerable accidents and a flood of complaints from civic organizations, it was decided to construct a ncw bridge over Little Hunting Creek a few feet to the west of the first structure and to route a | new section of roadwayv from the creek to the top of Snake Hill which would eliminate most of the torturous curves at Gun Springs ahd provide a better grade up the hill, County officials were much disturbed when the new bridge was built to see that it was narrower than the old | bridge and several feet lower in level. Protests were lodged with the com- mission, asking that the level of the new bridge be raised to correspond with the old structure and that the two be united in one wide bridge which would amply care for traffic at this point. The supervisors and citizens state that the bridge now being torn down was not wide enough to safely accommodate the volume of traffic at this junction point and that ins of widening it, the State has narrowed the entrance, thereby presenting in- creased hazard. J. C. Albright, dis- trict engineer, met with the supervisors several months ago and inspected the site. but refused to make any change in the plans. Quake Shakes Ecuador. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, December 20 (P).—A severe earthquake shook Ecua- dor at 3:35 o'clock this morning, but no loss of life or property damage has been reported. Telegrams received from various cities indicate the ake was felt in all parts of the republ?: 16th & L Sts. N.W. North 0750 Free Hair Cuts For Unemployed At Cumberland By the Assoclated Press. CUMBERLAND, Md, December 20.—Various relief agencies here are seeing to it that Cumberland's un- employed are not hungry or without shelter, and tomorrow the barbers plan to be sure that they are present- able. Working in two hour shifts at the City Hall, they will give free hair cuts to several hundred persons. About 500 tickets have been dis- tributed by the Salvation Army an the Associated Charitles and a com- mittee has been named to provide transportation for those unable to get to the City Hall otherwise. More than 50 barbers attended a meeting at which the plans were made. The hair-cutting will start at 8 am. and continue till 8 p.m. KENTUCKY GUNS BLAZE; \TWO DEAD, TWO WOUNDED | Young Girl Is Shot as Feud Is Renewed After Turkey Shoot. | By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Ky., December 20.— | “Bloody Breathitt” County's guns blazed | again -today, resulting in the death of two men and the wounding of an 18- year-old girl and another man. Ike Little, 55,7 was found shot to death-on a mountain side this aft:rnoon, and Wilton Gabbard, 29, died tonight as a | resuit of knife wounds and a beating. | Little's daughter, Virgie, was wound- |ed at the same time her father was | killed. Gabbard's father, Pierce Gab- bard, was found wounded shortly after | his son was found critically hurt near | the scene of the shooting. The trouble | arose while members of the two families | were participating in a turkey shoot near their homes, 6 miles from here. Breathitt County deputies tonight were seeking Little’s sons, Fred, George and Herman Little, who, they said, ap- parently had attacked the Gabbards | after their father and daughter were | shot. Ike Little and Pierce Gabbard were first cousins and neighbors, and it | | was said here they had had no previous |trouble. . | o The cuuse of today's fight could not be. ascertained. R p! SUITS THREATENED Waynesbhoro, Pa., Warned Against Dumping Sewage in Antietam Creek. | Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 20.— Warning that continued pollution of the Antietam Creek will subject it to damage suits by Maryland property owners along the stream, Waynesboro, Pa. officials yesterday were given one year to find some other source for its sewage than dumping it untreated into the creek. The State Sanitary Board summoned Waynesboro to explain the action in the recent election, when voters reject- ed a bond issue to erect a sewage dis- osal plant. Mayor J. W. Croft. ex- plained that the economic situation at | the time of the election caused the vot- | ers to reject an additional debt to the |city, and he asked for a year's grace to dispose of the question, which was granted by the board. ‘The discovery that untreated sewage was being dumped into the creek, the water from which stream was being {pumped into the mains of Hagerstown, | was made several years ago by Mayor | Reuben Musey of Hagerstown, and he | immediately protested to the Maryland Department of Health. The Pennsyl- vania board was notified. Hagerstown, | however, has not used the creek water | since the completion of its pumping lant on the Potomac River. The odor |from the creek, which passes through | the southern section of Hagerstown, has brought many protests during the | Summertime. | The Pennsylvania board, in giving | Waynesboro a year in which to remedy the situation, informed Mayor Croft that this did not relieve the town from action for damages from property own- ers along the creek. Arts Club to Give Party. By a Btafl Correspondent of The Star. UNIVERSITY PARK, Md., December 20—A Christmas party will be by the Junior Arts Olub of Prince Georges County at the home of Miss | Katherine E. Crilly, secretary, Decem- ber 23, it was decided at a meeting in thekhome of Arthur H. Pittaway last week. & Columbi: Rd. 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