Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1931, Page 24

WASHINGTON ATLAS T0 SHOW TRAVELS Maps Made by First Presi- dent in Boyhood Found for Historic Volume. | ARE FOUND IN Have Averted Civi By the Associated Press. Plans of the George Washington Bi- | fentennial Commission for publishing | an atlas of all the travels and activities | of Washington were discussed in Phila- | delphia today at a conference of his- | torians and librarians who are to as- sist in gathering material in the States between New England and the Po-| tomac. Dr. H. M. Lydenburg, yector of the New York Public Li- brary and chairman of the Rigional Committee, presided. The speakers in- cluded Col. Lawrence Martin, director | of the division of maps, Library of Congress, who is editing the atlas. and Dr. Albert B. Hart, the commission’s istorian B “atias will be the first of its kind to present a complete record of the civil, military and personal activities of Washington. The volume will contain | 48 plates of maps. accompanied by ex- planatory text, and will be published by | the National Geographic Soclety. | 0ld Maps Uncovered. Some 50 years of map-making by the | first President will be represented. Pre- liminary rescarch by Col. Martin in | preparaticn for the atlas already has | uncovered 20 times the number of | maps previously known assistant di- | sting and his- i vas sketched by Washington at e Al as a “Map of Major Law. Washington's Turnip Field at Mount Vernon, as Surveyed By Me This 27th day cf February, 1747. G. W. A still earlier map is a sketch of lands 8t Mount Vernon made when Wash- | ton was 14 | m’?’he atlas will contain a map of Phila- | deiphia_on which will be located places visited by Washington as a member of | the Continental Congress, as General in | Chief of the Army and as President.| The map will indicate the house where Washington discussed the design of the | first American flag with Betsy Ross, and | the spot at which he was accustomed to stop at nocn to adjust his personal time- piece from an especially reliable clock. | ‘Washington's Travels Traced. | At today's meeting Col. Martin out- lined plans for the definite tracing of all Washington's places of residence, travels on business or matters of state, and all his military campaigns. i He asked representatives of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and | Maryland to help uncover rare and un- pubfished material to be embodied 1n‘ he atlas. { * Those in attendance at the meeting were: George K. Osborne, librarian of | Ruters College; Albert Cook Myers of | the Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia; George H. Ryden, State | architect, Newark, Del.; Dr. Louis H. | Dieland, executive secretary and libra-| rian of Peabody Institute, Baltimore, | and A. H. Bumstead, chief cartog- of the National Geographic | o i NEW BUSINESS GROUP [ NAMES FOUR OFFICERS Central Association Organizes | Temporarily in Meeting at St. John's College. Arthur Clarendon Smith was named president of the Central Business Men's Association when it nized tem- porarily yesterday in a meeting at St. | John's College. The group orglymd Tor “mutual protection and benefit” and to boost trade conditions in the central ction of the city. uot.hcr officers named include M. A.| Robbins, vice president; Edward H | Young, secretary, and S. Aarons, treas- wrer. The organization will stage a drive | for members in the area from| Thomas Circle north on Fourteenth | street to Florida avenue and from Georgia avenue south on Seventh street to New York avenue. The next meet- | 4ng will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Northminster Presbyterian Church, Eleventh street and Rhode Island ave- nue, in connection with the Logan- Thomas Circle Citizens' Association. | EX-KING ON PILGRIMAGE | ‘Amanullah Believed Seeking to Re- | gain Faith in Afghanistan. SIMLA, India, April 23 () —Ama- fullah, deposed king of Afghanistan, en route from Rome on a pilgrimage to Mecca, arrived today at Jeddah, port of the Holy Cit The object of the former king in mak- ing the trip is not known, but it was thought here that he is anxious to set himself right with orthodox Moslem opinion, The pilgrimage seems effec- tually to dispose of rumors that he is about to become a Roman Catholic. The rapld westernization which Ama- nullah attempted in Afghanistan alien- ated the loyalty of strict Moslems in his | country and led to his downfall and the | King's personal prestige as a champion | of Islam was impaired among millions of strict followers of the prophet throughout the Moslem world. | | history CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 23.-—} Discovery in a barn of more than 20,000 letters to and from Stephen A. Douglas was announced by George Fort | Milton today, the 118th anniversary of | Douglas’ birth. | Mr. Milton, editor of the Chatanooga News, who is engaged in writing a biography of Douglas, said the corre- | spondence indicated that had the Illi- nois statesman_been elected President in 1860 instead of Abraham Lincoln, “the Civil War would have been post- poned and possibly altogether averted.” Milton Hails Discovery. | Finding of the correspondence in an | old box in a barn at the home of one of Douglas’ grandsons, Robert Dick Douglas, in Greensboro, N. C., was de scribed by Mr. Milton as “certainly one of the two or three most important discoveries of source material for the | of America in the nineteenth | century which has been made in recent years, “In the past,” said Mr. Milton, “much | of our history of the twilight years im- | mediately preceding the Civil War has | been written from ultra-points of view. Either it has been a product of the New England school of historians, with | a_consequent over-emphasis upon the | Abolitionist attitude, or it has come | from the counter-balancing extreme Southern school. devoting its energies | with cqual zeal and probably with equal truth to painting a picture of a united South, rushing to arms to champion | certain gossamer theories of State sovereignty Believes War Was Avoldable. | “The fact that all during the 50s | and through the crisis preceding the | call to arms there existed the great| middle group, North, South, East and | West, disconnected with the extremist views of either section, and endeavor- | ing bravely, but vainly, to preserve | the Union and peace, has not received | anything like the notice which. it prop- erly deserves. 1In large easure, o cause of this underemphasis of the cox servative Union sentiment has been be- cause the primary sources from which | history 4s best written have not con- | tained a proper supply of letters and | documents of this group. | “The Douglas letters reveal the ex- istence of a strong Union sentiment throughout the South as late as April 15, 1861, and important figures from | throughout the States of the new Con- federacy kept writing Douglas in piteous appeal that he work out a plan | of compromise which would maintain | both the Union and peace. | “A reading of Douglas’ correspondence LIP COVERS CREENS Made to Order . ing. 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DOUGLAS CAROLINA BARN More Than 20,000 to and by Statesmen Indicate Election as President Might 1War, Editor Says. leads to the almost inescapable conclu- sion that the Civil War was an avold- able war had only there been enough statesmanship North and South to do s0.” McKINLEY SENIOR WINS The District of Columbia scholarship for the University of Pennsylvania has becn awarded William R. Dodge of Mec- Kinley High School, it was announced last night. This is & four-year scholarship and its award is based upon personal quali- fications, scholarship, ability, energy and general fitness. Dodge is captain of his cadet com- pany at McKinley, president of the student government organization and a member of the National Honor Society. STAR, WASHING' ASSAIL CAB STANDS IN RESTRICTED ZONE Dahlgren Terrace Citizens Oppose Giving Taxis Parking Rights Denied Motorists. Protests against the continuance of taxicab stands in the downtown area where citizens are prohibited from park- ing under the new traffic regulations were made last night by members of the Dahlgren Terrace Citizens’ Associa- tion meeting at the Social Oyster Club, Suggestion was made that Washington | model itself after other cities and de- mand a central terminal for all taxis, | busses and other public service vehicles. | The Law and Legislation Committee under the chairmanship of A. S. Scheer was directed to study the matter fur- ther. Opposition to having a taxi stand on | Rhode Island avenue between Twelfth and Fifteenth streets northeast was also expressed. _ Construction of a_ bridge | over the Baltimore & Ohio Raflroad tracks at Tenth and Franklin streets northeast was also requested in an effort !to relieve the present traffic situation | A, 8. Scheer and E. C. Walters. | liam Weber, president of the organiza , D. C, THURSDAY, existing in the Dahigren Terrace terri- tory. ‘The opening of a through street to connect with New York avenue was ed. Seventeenth street northeast was named by the association as being preferable. A resolution indorsing the |palian formation of a parent-teacher associa- tion for the new Crosby 8. Noyes School, which will be opened about September 1, was adopted. The Nomination Committee appointed to select officers for the coming election which will be held next meeting con- sists of A. W. Barnes, chairman; Mrs. J. D. Kingsbury, Mrs. Willlam Blount, Wi tion, presided. Tadybugs were originally imported from China by Western vegetable and | fruit growers because they prey upon aphis and the larvae of harmful insects. SPRING APRIL 23, CHURCH SHOW PLANNED Rock Creek Episcopalian faun‘ People to Give Vaudeville. Plans are being made by the Episco- Diocesan Yauxg‘ People’s So- clety for a vaudeville show to be pre- sented April 24 and 25 at 8 o'clock each evening at the Rock Creek Parish Hall. A special committee, which will enlist acts from each of the eight so- cleties in the diocese, has been appoint- ed. Miss Barbara Burroughs of Rock Creep parish is chajrman. Following the presentation of the | show each night there will be dancing |in the parish hall, according to present | | plans of the committee in charge. | { A Dublin, Ireland, clothing dealer | gave a ticket for the Grand National | | Hospitals Sweepstakes with every over- | coat. SPECIAL: 1931. manent Waves Reg. $4.00 Wave Soft curls that last. Any style THE POPULAR PRICED MILLINERY SECTION at W. D, Moses & Sons F Se 11th $3.95 Hats A collection of hats including rough straws, sisols, and almost every desired straw. In styles that cleverly copy many of the most favored modes found in higher priced hats. 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