Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1931, Page 14

-FOR LIMERICK QUI A4 SEEK RELEASE ‘Member of Whoopee Club Had Left City After Mur- der of Girl. OTHERS READY TO WAIT IF TRIAL COMES SOON Prosecutor Says New Angles Are Being Run Down Before Going to Grand Jury. ‘While police today awaited the arrival here of another man for questioning in connection with the slaying of Beulah Limerick, counsel for the four men or- dered held by the coroner’s jury as hav- ing “guilty knowledge” were planning to seek their release from the District Jail on writs of habeas corpus. Police Inspector willhm S, Shelby announced that Edwin McIntyre, mem- ber of the Sky High Whoopee Club, who left town shortly after the girl was shot, had been located in Southern Maryland and was coming here voluntarily for questioning. MclIntyre, a taxicab driver, was re- to have left the city despite the that a friend warned him he might be wanted by the police for questioning. Shelby said the man’s sister, as soon 45 she learned he was being sought, communicated with him. McIntyre, according to police, says he left Wash- ington in search of work. Wants to Ask Questions. Assistant United States Attorney Wil- Ham H. Collins udmitted that he wanted to guestion McIntyre, but was inclined to laugh at reports dt.hn u;e man a‘?— peared nervous and acted strangely” a.ger Beuhg as death. e ames A. O'Shes, representing Vernon Limerick, William Paddy and Richard Reed, all charged with being “acces- sories to murder” in connection with the case, said he would make no de- cision in regard to lpgmn( for l wflt of habeas corpus unt! ited States Attorney !ao A. “If the United States attorney will give l.ssunnoe that my clients will be brought to & speedy trial if the grand jury indicts them, and if the case is gmanud promptly to the grand jury, ‘will not apply for a writ,” he declared. “However, I do not intend that they shall sit in jail indefinitely while the 2 try to work up a case against Langdon Wants Action. Attorney Harry T. Whelan, repre- senting Policeman Robert F. Langdon, held with the others on a similar ¢harge, also said he would defer apply- | ing ing for a writ until he find out Mloutt'mbehelmthefllell presented to the grand jury. “I am entirely willing to co-operate the authorities,” he said, “but I they should have uulr case nndy presentation next week. want to sit in jlll indennlfely » t the police are m'i'&ly men.l additional last Jrec!nct police was being nmined by detectives today. Shelby said he attached no particular ificance to this weapon, but that were checking every .25-caliber they can find on the slim chance it this may lead flum to identification of the fatal weapon. DR. RIVES TO PREACH ON ‘SOMETHING NEW’ Pastor of Francis Asbury M. E. Church Annpunces Sunday Serv- ices, Morning and Evening. Dr. J. J. Rives, pastor of Francis As- bury M. E. Church South, Sixteenth near Lamont street, will prelch to- morrow morning on_“Soms New” Indinflicevenln‘hzwmukfuhll subject “Have You Good Ears?” based of Charles Lamb's fascinating 'l'ha Epworth League Service, at 7 o'clock, will be led by Carrol Hurst, and the subject will be “How to Keep on the Upgrade.” The business and social meeting of Epworth League will be held Mon- the gevenin.inthnmmcollflumr- social hour. Dr. Rives will continue his study of the Book of Job at the prayer meeting| o' ‘Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. V. H. STONESIFER DIES Expires of Heart Disease in Office of Physician. Victor H. Stonesifer, 60 years old, secretary of the National League of District Postmasters and editor of the league’s publication, the Postmasters’ Advocate, died in the office of his phys- fcian, Dr. Guy Latimer, at Hyattsville, Md., yesterday, where he had gone for treatment. Death was ascribed to heart disease. ‘Mr. Stonesifer was the league’s legis- Iative representative. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillie N. Stonesifer. Puneral services will be conducted at the chapel of J. William Lee’s Sons, 332 Pennsylvania avenue, Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be ‘Mou 1t Olivet Cemetery. —————e P. A. FITZGERALD DIES Native of Capital Was Employe o Veterans’ Bureau. Patrick A. Pitzgerald, 62 years old, employe of the Veterans' Bureau, died josep! Hosp! in Georgetown University Hospital yes- — wrd.l fter a short Y P was 3 native of this dt& " He was s member of Carroll Council, Knights of Columbul, and St. Stephen’s Catholic Chu Funeral services will be condumd n B, Fitzgerald and Miss Ellen all of this eity. Mr. PFitzgerald’s home Twenty-second street. mm Tenth century diptych, stolen more Zagreb and recovered Leonide than a year age from the Ca In » museum in Cleveland thfough the efforts of Dr. Pitamic, minister of Jugoslavia. Dr. Pitamic recently was decorated by the Pope for his part in finding the stolen treasure. INDUSTRIAL GROUP PLEDGES CHEST AID Merchants and Manufactur- ers’ Board Urges All Mem- bers to Take Part. Pledging active support to the Com- munity Chest, the board of governors of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association at its first 1931 meeting yesterday indorsed the annual chari- table drive and urged members of the association to participate in it. Several officers are active workers in the Chelt Indorsement of the plan to fl-nl l;g!lpmmt to insure ice nnt Lincoln Memorial Pool '.hrouhmt the Winter was given by the board, “ mldln: no unsightly build- ings” be necessary to house the mn.hinerm ‘The proposal was recently made by Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. Announcement that Edward D. Shaw, aecreury of the Merchants’ Ml“fln, H.hzhodyn:hzconv:n- umazifl tion of Re- | $3 Ne' York next month Mr. Shaw nonvmuon ‘which mmlde proposals: The Dyer mote travel in and to the umua Stltel through the eeublhhmmt of a branch in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Com- merce, the Zihlman bill auf the 't Commissioners to settle all claims up to $500 the e e S R of e merchants’ to take place in June. P . Mark Lansburgh, president of the association, presided at the meeting. William Ktenas Dies Suddenly. Willlam Ktenas, 37 years old, of 2133 Pennsylvania avenue, suddenly yesterday afternoon at his home and died before he could reach Emergency Hospital. A certificate of death from natural causes was issued by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. Ao Marriage Licenses. was taken ill | P! RECOVERED RELIC BRINGS HIGH HONOR Diplomats and Churchmen Dine Jugoslavian Minister, Who Traced Diptych. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. A stolen treasure, whose origin has | been lost in the mists of medieval days; a bit of diplomatic detective work tracing the treasure from ancient reb to modern clevehnd, and final the recovery of the treasure and return to its rightful owners, combined to bring about a brilliant assemblage of diplomats and churchmen at a din- ner given here recently by the Apmwuc Delegate, Archbishop Fumasoni-B: ‘The guest of honor was the dlpln- wmatic detective, Dr. Leonide Pitamic, minister from Jugoslavia. m o! the dinner was v.ha upon Pitamic of one of Qu hest hon- orl of the Holy See, the nrder of Knight Commander e{- n’:; Order n‘(wsnt Greg- ly some tember, 1929. Treasured 500 Years. ’l'be dlptych, whlch vlé- of carved of many Cathedral. It is claimed that it was made some time during the tenth century, although nothing definite relative to has been established prior it came into possession of Cathedral, during the fourteenth cen- tury. In fact, some authorities contend that the Zagreb diptych has all the qualities which mark the French geniuses at the turn of the thirteenth century. During September, 1920, a renovation commission was the Cathe- dral, when the valued article was found missing. It had been taken from its lace and a counterfeit work had been substituted. Soon after, ‘were received by the archbis] in Zagreb that a rare diptych had n sold by & Prench dealer in Paris some American buyers for $10,000, nr below its real value. Minister Notified in U. S. Dr. Pitamic was immediately notified G. )‘uchumon. 29, And u", u_‘flt the theft from the Cathedral, and "Thom: this eln, Md; . 8myt) Hen, clile Yeatman, 32 Jay lnd Zoll & ity 7, 1.; Price. 25, Bethesds, ce A. Downes, ir.. Lanham, ua And mun ¥ Eiring, 33, Salisbugy, Md.; 8. Aberneth: Vi indel W, Cheatham. 36, and Stanley H. Jones, '35, both of Richmond, Va.; Preeiey Rohre: oA E Lake, 21, and Margaret A. Zebn- both of Baltimore, Md.; Rev. Pl 3 D“.Durln,., 36, and Helen P. Kirsch, n e 38, -na Theresa E. Wood, Rice. B oare, 3r., 31, this city. and est, 19, Lebanon, Pa; it) Pun:h W, Gordy. 30, Rowles, 32; Howard K Bochentkl, 1. Dotk of Baltimore, Md.; Jg 'rnnkmun b wler, 24, and Anna M. ning. o both ot ‘Balttmore. M Rev. seph’ V. ‘Buckley, Coit’ Quaries, 29, and Ethel Lott, 32; Rev. Jam: Edward W. Pointer. 23, u} Marsaret R. Smallwood, 19; Rev. Alonzo J. Olds William ‘M. Mallory, 24, and vxou Renderson, 23, inte eity: Rev. " lm Pumlhur 23, his city, and Carrle ‘Thomas, Rev. S Bristow, Va.; awin 3 nuld-m 24, and Catherine O. Lee. 22: Rev. Joh: ight. Caj Benjamin i’ Chambers. 56 and Tweed, 35, 2 nu liwood, Vi w York Oity; Rev. w-lm Williams. Deaths Reported e following deaths have been reported to m. Health Department in the last 34 “Blizabeth Smoot Hughes, 84, 3310 Park pL Annfe M. Bully, 83, en route Garfield Hospital. Gertrude H. My, 80, 2124 P st Nellie Cl Md. Franklia Cker, 75, the ‘Gordove Apart- Mary Jane Dodge. 75, 1301 Delafie] eriff Td. n. dorts 46, Bibl ital. ell, u.'f 73 vf ebste PrMIden Hos} III Walter Tnest, 32, Emersency no.pml . Hargroder, 31, Walter is and Elizabeth Kern, Co- 8. 28D st ze. pital tal. st niel Gibson, hqu Porter, iola Ross, Births Reported. roTie, Sllovine_Mrths baye Been reported to the e "SHeatih ent in the last 34 Wililam H Elizabeth -‘l'"ll. fl?fl' A“:JM ary ., l“nbhlunn A Jlmlhl’ o arrival sum The minister in the Unleed started some T | vate detective work. At first, he helrd sacred articl Bosf Last Summer he traveled to Cleveland Rev. [to attend a celebration given by some 60,000 or more of his countrymen, now naturalized Americans, and lving in Cleveland. ‘While in that city, the minister vis- ited the Museum of Cleveland, and there he found the diptych, stolen from Zagreb a few months before. Dr. Pitamic not only had seen the article in his own country, but had also been sent photographs. It was not difficult to identify the piece, which was graci- ously turned over to the minister by Cleveland Museum authorities. Honored By Pope. The diptych was returned to the , and in November, lon which was not re- ceived officially until a few days ago, l'eeo‘n.mon of his zeal and interest the article for the church. mptycbl described as a sort of book cover or a tablet, eonnhfln: of two leaves or light boards, hinges, was extensively umeormelumnnempln!amm spondence pu mmycm mred lulely in uu his- tory of the church for several centuries, being tokens of intercomm tween the B the church, so it is assumed their use ;.:e commenced at s much earlier ate. AR .|VIRGINIAN FACES CHARGE huby"‘ 1y sl i thy | 88 7 TONS WATER N 35 DROUGHT HOLRS Current of Brooklet_ Near Cabin John Measured Test by U. S. Expert. U. S. DATA MAY HELP SOLVE CROP PROBLEMS! Puzzle of Returning Flow With Changing Leaves Traced by Weather Observers. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘Trees are gluttons for water. Thirty-two of them, ranging in di- ameter from 3 to 30 inches, “drank” nearly 7 tons in 36 hours, nccm'dlnr to measurements by Dr. Harry Humphrey of the Department of ml— culwre ‘The measurements were made at the height of the recent drought on the discharge rate of a brooklet flowing into Cabin John Creek near Dr. Hum- springs and flowed lppraxlm.uly 200 yards through a into volr, was much zrenter at night mn d the day. In the evening it would be entirely dry, while the next morning it would be discharging into the reservoir from 4 to 6 quarts a minute. The stream wus so shaded by low vegetation that the water loss through evaporation was negligible. There would be no rain during the night source of the water in- crease led Dr. Humphrey, since it y was not due to increased ac- tivity of the feeding springs at nl(h!- Trees Thirst jn Daytime. But in the ravine along the course of thnlm.\ebmokhewunud'.heflm of which required water. During :he dAy when the sun was shining &?1': trees were u:um,du}d“thel‘r meta- processes requ Jof water. At night they were “asleep. ‘Their living requirements were at a minimum. And the rise and fall of the stream discharge corresponded approximately to this waking and sleeping of the vegetation. The warmer the day the more water they required, and conse- quently the less water in the stream, which was their only source of supply. Dr. Humphrey has reported to the Weather Bureau observations over 28 days, during which there was no rain. - | At noon one day he found the stream discharging 4 quarts a minute. Four ts | hours later this had been cut in hal the afternoon being hot and sunn: lnd the vital processes of the trees roceeding at a rapid rate. On cloudy d: the differences were not so marked. measurements mnducud over the 26-hour period started at 7 p.m., when no water was flowing into the reservoir. Two hours later a trickle was observable, and this gradually in- creased during the night to a maximum of nearly 5 quarts a minute, which was flowing at 7 am. the next day. During this period the temperature, which directly affects the activity of the trees, had fallen from 70 to 52. This flow continued until about 10 am., egetation began making an easing “pull,” so that by 3 p.m. the stream was dry. There was no water until after sunset that evening. But this night was warmer than the night before, so the trees were more active, and the water did not reach quite as high a level. Winter Sleep Begun. ‘Then came the first heavy frosts, the leaves which are the breathing organs Delegates of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Francis Scott Key School at Potomac Heights, who appeared Representative Simmons’ uheolllll“ee on apropriatio ns yesterday to present their petition for $60,000 with which gymnasium at their school. They are, seated, left to right: Mrs. Lucian Jordan, before to build & combination l—ahly ball and William A. ;n-fiunl‘ and Mrs. FOOD PROBE SCOPE T0 BE DETERMINED Senators Will Meet Monday to Prepare for Inquiry Just Ordered. The Capper subcommittee of the Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a preliminary meeting at 2:30 o'clock Monday to map the scope of the in- vestigation into bread and sugar prices ordered by the Senate yesterday. In view of the adoption of the resolu- tion for a national inquiry, it is probable Senator Capper will not press for adop- tion a sfmilar resolution pending for a ;epfinte investigation into bread costs ere. Senator Capper explained today that the meeting Monday afternoon will not be a public hearing, but a conference of the subcommittee. The other mem- bers of the subcommittee are Senators Frazier, Republican, of North Dakota Townsend, Republican, of Delaware, Kendrick, Democrat, of Wyoming, and Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma. ‘The resolution adopted by the Senate was introduced by Senator w er, Demn“:c.l;l-t 'zl u}:ew York m pues o ly e an flour, as_compared with the of wheat. Before its adoption therv was included the Brookhart proposal to study differences between wheat flour and white flour and between brown and unrefined sugars, as compared with re- fined sugars. Senator Capper said he thought that the inquiry would get under way early in the week, following the preliminary meeting Monday. The Senate gave the committee $15,000 to cover the cost o! of the tree fell, and the trees went to | th inter. The brooklet began discharging approximately 6 quarts a minute into the reservoir and this did not vary appreciably night or day. Dr. Humphrey calculated that this was the amount which the springs had supplied all the time. The trees and undergrowth when they were ac- tive had a minimum requirement of about 1 quart per minute merely to keep breathing and this was all that they took from the stream during the night. During the 36-hour period the total discharge would have been 12,960 . Actually only 6,606 quarts went into the reservoir. The thirst of the trees accounted for the rest. ‘With the coming of cold weather, al- though there was no rain, the level of Cabin John Creek rose more than 6 inches, Dr.. Humphrey found, and this could not be accounted for by any increased supply of underground water. Similar observations were made on nearby streams by Weather Bureau ob- servers, the return of normal flow co- inciding almost exactly with the color- ing of the leaves. This had proved a great e to Virginia farmers who 5uddenly found it possible to water their cattle again from the pasture brool although there had been no actual in- crease in the water supply. There is no reason to believe, say Weather Bureau experts, that the same phe- nomenon observed in the hill country of Virginia does not take place every- where. May Further Studies. Dr. Humphrey's observations, the perts say, may have an important bear- ing on further studies of the disposition of ground waters which become de- pleted rapidly in periods of extended drought through the drain upon them by vegetation. They lead to the hope that during the Winter when the trees are quiescent there can be considerable recovery to fit the soil for the Spring crops, even without much rainfall. ‘The “thirst” and capacity of the trees ap- r from the measurements consider- ably greater than hitherto had been lieved. TRUST FUND OF $25,000 IS SHARED BY HOWARD U. Will of Massachusetts Attorney Stipulates Portion for Use of ‘Washington School. Howard University will share a trust :‘fi}d of num und”gr the unm of me OF RECKLESS DRIVING | Massachusetts . | William A. Shaw Held for Injuring Taxi Driver—Other Street Ac- cidents Noted. William A. Shaw, 37 years old, of Stafford Court House, Va., was arrested on a charge of reckless driving last night after an -uw:ohl.h he wn:&?v— it Eig] nd cast, injuring the cab driver, Ra ackson, 27 years old, of the 1 block attorney, -eoordin: ficial advices ncelvsfl Iast night by the Executive Committee of the university board of t:ulue Garnet ‘Wilkinso: mpermunflanz of .ehoola in Washing- ton, and Butler R. Wilson of Boston named as trustees of the fund and parts principal of the $25,000, will be applied at their discretion for the use of How- ard and such other colleges and schools. WOMAN BADLY WOUNDED k | Police Beek Man Blamed in Early Morning Shooting. confine itself to bread and sugar, but, if necessary, may look into prices of other staple foods. It has been indicated that the sub- committee will study the differences be- tween pricés received by producers for raw products and the retail prices paid by consumers. LECTURES ON NOVELTIES IN ALPINE MOUNTAINS ‘Wells, Addressing Geographie, De- picts Frigid Area Approached Through Violets. Regions of year-round frigid cold, heavy snowstorms and Alpine moun- tains, app: through flelds of viclets and forget-me-nots and ever- lasting bowers of mortician fame, at higher altitudes—this was the torial scene to mnmhen of the National Geographic Society last evening by Carveth Wells, when he lectured on “Coldest Africa.” Mr. Wdl.s recalled that the “Mount- ains of the Moon” had been in geog- raphies of a century ago, though they had not yet been seen, and were not speak placing ere | nose, throat and lips of her instructor explorer, the Duke of them. The great moment of Mr. Wells’ expedition came when the persopal card of the Duke of Abruzzi was found in a cairn atop one of the group, Mount Baker. et MAJ. RITTENHOUSE RITES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY Funeral Services for Retired Ma- rine Corps Officer Set to Be Held in Leesburg, Va. Funeral services for Maj. B. P. Nt- tenhouse, United States Marine retired, 61 years old, who died at home, in h for several the san of TS, Maj. Rittenhouse was the late Maj. B. F. Rittenhouse, sr., Wwho was for some time connected with noon at 3:30 o'clouk. had been in failing first_assistant | B! ico and China. Ee was retired prior to the World War, but returned to active duty for that confiict. 1. 1. MORAN RITES SET Services to Be Held Monday for World War Veteran. Puneral services for John Josepl bored and mechanical. bed GEORGE LORD, Detroit tax expert, who has started an exhaustive tax investigation for the special House Committee on Fiscal Re- lations. He was resently appeinted consultant to the committee. —Wide World Photo. 2000 HEAR TALK BY HELEN KELLER Church Crowded, Hundreds Turned Away, While Traf- fic Is Congested. More than 2,000 persons thronged the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church last night to see and hear Helen Keller, noted worker among the blind, who lost both her sight and her hearmm when she was only 19 months o Every seat in the upper church, where Miss Keller spoke, was occupied at 7 o'clock, an hour before she was scheduled to make her appearance. )nny'enmudmtheu.uucron the steps leading to the pulpit and every available inch of standing room was taken. Amplifiers in Basement. ‘Those who could not gain admittance to the upper church thronged the base- ment, where an amplifier was installed. Several hundred persons were turned away and police were kept l:xay clnr- e neigl ing the way for traffic in borhood of the church. U completion of her address, Miss Keller went to the basement, where she spoke briefly to those gathered there. Miss xz{!er. whose blindness and were caused to by and imitating the varfous sounds. As a result her diction is somewhat la- Dhn-u Favorite Books. The first words Miss Keller learned to enunciate, she told her audience, were “I am not dumb now.” “a bonehead at surmountable Keller, who was mdul!ed from R;dcufle College despite her Ignorance of mathematics and ero'.ber handicaps, said she ‘“hears” music through its vibrations, to which her feet are particularly sensitive. She also discussed her favorite books and authors. Her secretary, Miss Polly ‘Thompson, repeated Miss Keller's sen- tences after her. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the urch, presided. MOTHER OF 4 FREED ON HABEAS CORPUS Had Been Refused Hearing in Po- lice Court Before Probation on Rum Charge Was Revoked. Mrs. Ida Weitzman, mother of four ed released been po-e-lm of lig She had been - -mma on a similar , and the revocation of proba- e s mxm or serve 360 days additional the writ had been granted. At- torney M. J. Lane appeared for the woman. tion et R HOLD DINNER TONIGHT ‘Waghington - Craftsmen - Typothetae | 8 w\nhfldmlr-nnmmnmdhfll Roberts. Standing, left to right: Mrs, Ralph Stair, Mrs. E. E. Rittue and Mrs. J. Studies Fiscal Relations —Star Staff Photo. ON 3 NEW SCHOOLS Relief Here—8,000 Unem- ployed in December.’ available in the District of Columbia when work on five new school struc- director of employment for the Capital reported to the Labor Department yes- terday in the monthly survey of em- there was considerable unemployment apparent throughout December, the di- rector sald bids are to be asked during January for erection of five school structures at a total cost of $780,000. A large number of men and women were employed in the various depart- ment stores, & number of the hotels and in the postal service d% hol!dly period. Welfare organizal entmz with civic committees IM public employment service were busily engaged during the month in placing many of the unemployed in temporary work. While there was a ‘volume of both Federal and private bul - der way, offering employment to large nun;bers‘gf both Y, Mt aud g workers, it was not great enough to al sorb the available supply of 'building mechanics. Estimates of the unem- ployed in Washington, made recently, placed the number at about 8,000 per- sons. Activity Bélow Normal. Manufacturing activity and employ- ment throughout Maryland continued below normal during Federal director for ported. While the major industries most of the centers were operating, many curtailed production schedules and forces, while a labor surplus pre- vailed in most communities. Building experienced the usual seasonal slacken- ing_and an oversupply of building craftsmen was apparent. State and municipal authorities, hovlever, are try- ing to increase the volume of construc- tion work and building with as little delay as possible. Little demand for farm help was reported. In Baltimore, the largest city of the State, industrial em) Jflcymt registered a further downward trend during De- cember, with the labor surplus embrac- ing neuly all trades and Includmg many transient workers seeking em: ment. Many manufacturing elt«lh- ents curtailed production sched- ules and several were closed, while building wes considerably below normal and a surplus of building tradesmen prevailed. Virginia Work Scarce. Considerable unemployment was ap- parent in Virginia d December, with semi-skilled and ‘workers forming the largest number, althot there were many ed craftsmen The majority of the industrial ph.nh of the State were in operation, al- though quite a number worked on greatly curtailed schedules, with re- duced forces in many instances. In Lynchburg the shoe industry operations, after a suspension of two weeks, affecting nearly 4,000 workers, while in Norfolk industrial employment ;vulmlmmned at a fairly satisfactory eve! A general surplus of labor was ap- aarem in West Virginia, although prac- s t::.ugyh plants were ‘E operation, ough some Were operating time schedules. Little building nmy wu lgplrent ‘throughout the State, al- the outlook for building trades- men in Morgantown is brighter. Coal mining in the Morgantown slackened in employment, while in Key- ser many railroad men and shop were out of work. ACKER RITES ARE HELQ Real Estate Operator and Con- tractor Died Thursday. Acker, 75 years old, real estate oper: ator and contractor,” who died at his afternoon, with interment to be in Oak Hill Cemerg Mr. Acker Was a native of this city. He was a member of the Association af Oldutmllnhlblhnfil of the District of —_— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. party, Wi h‘wwn Simmor Connecticut Cluh. 1 359 avenue, Dmce. Alpha Chapter, Beta Gamma Phi Sorority, Hamilton Hotel, 10 p.m. Dinner dance, 'Pynot.heho of Wash- ington, Hamilton 7 pm. Meeting, Mmmt Pleasant Citisens’ Association, Mount Pleasant Branch Llhnry, Sixteenth lnd Lamont streets, Dnm meet Wars, ;‘muflng'd. 7” FUTURE. Colonial pyTes, dance, Eta Chapter, Bata X e Ry Mlhlr MANY TO GET JOBS): tures is actually started, the Federal|ihe PLANNERSFOCUS ATTENTONOND. . POPULATON TREND Data on Proposed Fort Drive and War and Navy Office Sites Secured. LAND PURCHASE ITEMS BEFORE COMMISSION Group Views Contemplated Naval Building Location From Arling- ton Memorial Bridge. Focusing its attention today on the population trend in Greater Washington, the National Capital Park and Commission had before it a first-hand, ture of the Fort Drive, k up the circle of Civil War forts about Ohe city, and the prob- lems it entails. It likewise secured addi- tional information on the projected site for the War and Navy Department buildings, but has expressed no new offi- cial opinion, as a result of its fleld sur- Eliot Prepares Figures. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of plan- ning of the commission, has prepared a set of flznm and other information, showing the way the tion is dfl.(b- in the du-ecuon of adjoining Mas l-nd and Virginia. These data are mlp- to the commission in its. planning for highways and other facilities in the regional plan for Wumnmn and its ;wde hll Vg c. A number of items of land the commission bers of the $780,000 Contracts Promise | i 1 Some additional employment is to be | there eminence off to the left Object to Capitel View Obstruction. The commission members likewise went down on the new Mount Vernon ployment conditions. Declaring that = ‘War m Navy Buildings as is proposed, say that the Exploding Stove Injures Man. Maurice H. Ferguson, colored, slightly “njured, and wibdows 1 the flnornlmnmm-umumc 'ere shattered at aboul uq o'clock this morning when a gas stove THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair, wif est temperature tonight about 34 de- December, the that State re- |tempera change in erate westerly winds tomorrow. wl‘:::tm Virginia—Pair and llkhuy northeast ‘portios mm morrow cloudy, followed D; Record for Twenty-four l.-n. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 37; 8 p.m., 34; 12 midnight, 34; ¢ a.m., 35; .L.m..“l, noon, 26. 30.26; Blromekl'—i p.m., p.m., Hllhen temm 11 a.m. today. Lowest hm occurred at 10:30 p.m., y Temperature same date last Highest, 31; lowest, 24. Tide hfl-. (Furnished b! Ul‘lflfld States Coast and letic Survey.) 'l\)dl!—ld)' uae. 1:24 P.m The Sun and Moon. 5;l‘lm'hy—sunmse 7:25 a.m.; sun sets p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:3¢ a.m.; sun sets 5:13 p.m. Moon rises 6:07 a.m.; sets 2:58 Automobile lamps to be ligh half hour after sunset. Weather in Various Cities. i B -3 .m. Stations. 1999mor Funeral services for Pranklin J.|Ch home in the Cordova A mts | 3 Thursday, were conducted in” Gewiers | B¢ chapel, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue, this |El P Phils eeting, Federation of Citizens’ Asso- | Ehoen muom, District. Building, board room, | BLgpurh o % 8 A % e B L T a' nmuam:xtszzsmsz=======ss:===x====n: FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) ¥ . Wi X Temperaturg, Weather. @