Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1931, Page 17

SUMMER DROUGHT * AGAIN CONFRONTS NEARBY SECTIONS Maryland and Virginia Have Rainfall Deficiency for First Quarter. DRY YEARS USUALLY SUCCEED EACH OTHER Conditions Similar to Correspond- ing Period in 1930 Noted by Weather Officials. With a rainfall deficiency during the first, quarter of the year in Maryland and Virginia comparable to conditions that precipitated the worst drought on record, Weather Bureau officials can give no definite assurance that farmers in this region will escape another Sum- mer of severe dryness. Unless there is ample rain with a good distribution during the coming montbs. they said, there is a potential danger in the situa- tion because a succceding drought this Summer would be felt even more than ast year. : Xnyhls office at the Weather Bureau J. B. Kincer, chief of the Division of Agricultural Meteorology. traced with his finger a chart of the droughts since 1873, showing, as he expiained, that the general tendency is for dry years to succeed each other. “But that ten- dency is not definite enough for us to forecast accurately so far ahead,” he m&mmred with the peak months of the drought, and even later, Mr, Kin- cer's tabulations of rainfall show condi- tions improved in Maryland and Vir- ginia, but still below normal. There is ample subsoil moisture, he believes, to take care of the present needs of the crops. But studies made by the Geo- Jogical Survey of deep moisture are not 50 encouraging. Wells in Northern Vir- ginia, for instance, were still 3 feet below normal when they began to rise. Virginia Better Off Than Maryland. The WASHINGTON, D. Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MOKNING EDITION General News (., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, IQ:Z PAGE B—1 RUM PRESCRIPTION SAFEGUARD URGED | ! | | | i | i i i * BYMEDIGAL GROUP _American Association Head Says Complete Freedom Is Unlikely. COMMITTEE TO REPORT {AFTER EXHAUSTIVE STUDY Profession and Public Protection Held Necessary—Subject Is Described as “Vexing." | Complete freedom for physiclans in" i preseribing alcohol cannot be expected | at this time, Dr. Willlam Gerry Morgan, | president of the American Medical As- socfation, told the Medical Society of the District of Columbia at it annual ! meeting today. A committez of the association, Dr. Morgan explained, now is at work on al draft of regulations which will meet th | | approval of prohibition authorities, and | which afterward will be submitted as| an amendment to the Volstead act, the object of which will be to give, the in- dividual physiclan much greater free- dom than is accorded him under the | present. Jaw. I Measures Held Necessary. “After a long and exhaustive study of the situation as it applies to medicinal alcohol,” Dr. Morgan said, “I have come to the conclusion that some regulatory measures for the safeguarding of the | { profession, as well as _the public, arc! still vitally necessary. I would that the | situation were otherwise, but it is nec- essary for us to recognize conditions a<, they are and map a course of action in accordance therewith. | “Perhaps no questi ° vexing the pro- | fession during the p. st half century| has been so critically studied by the board of trustees of the American Med- | Rear Admiral Byrd, explorer of the North and South Polar regions, is shown placing the apple blossom and jeweled crown on the head of Miss Patricia Morton f Winchester, England. Brandenburg, Dr. J. C. Brady, Dr. Earl G. Breeding, Dr. J. B. Brennan, Dr. G Brilmyer, Dr. Irving Brotman, Dr. Leo T. Brown, Dr. J. H. Bullock, Dr. Cary! Burbank, Dr. E. W. Burch, Dr. W. T Burch, Dr. William T. Burns, Dr. H. J. Bush, Dr. H. K. Butler, Dr. W. C. Byron. Dr. James Cahill, Dr. Tomas Cajigas. Dr. C. B. Campbell, Dr. R. J. Carl Dr. L. W. Cardwell, Dr. W. Cassidy. Dr. F. A. Casteel, Dr. C. C. Caylor, Dr D. C. Chadwick, Dr C. N. Chipman Dr. M. R. Choisser, Dr. A. C. Christie. Dr. M. H. Christie, Dr. William Earl Clark, Dr. H. L. Claud, Dr. T. A. Clay- tor, Dr. L. J. Clements, Dr. William Clements, Dr. E. G. Coiner, Dr. Eugene Conditions as a whole are somewhat |ical Association. I feel certain that they! Cole, Dr. C. B. Conklin, Dr. R. W. better in Virginia than in Maryland.|are in whole-hearted accord with the| Conklin, Dr. R. J. Conlon, Dr. Jack| Last March was the only month during | desire of the profession to be relieved of | Connor, Dr. P. Constantinople, Dr. R. U. the t 17 months of drought in M llndp‘t;ut experienced normal rainfall. The record of March was 22 per cent|considering every conceivable angle of | Cottrell, Dr. J. F. Coupal, Dr. F. above normal, in fact; but the prelimi- nary estimates for April reveal the rainfall had fallen off to 22 per cent below normal for the month, From January to April of this vear the rainfall of 9.4 inches, comparable with 9.8 for the same period last year, showed a deficiency of 4 inches. Virgihia had 2.2 inches more of Tain- fall during the same period for this| year than in the corresponding period in 1930, the total amount for the three months being 10.2 inches. ‘The danger of another drought next Summer, unless for the interference of nature, would be f¢lt more keenly in this region, Mr. Kinter said, because of the total rainfall deficiency of 225 inches in Maryland during the entire of 17 months since December, 1929. ‘The deficiency for Virginia in that period is 21.1 inches. e greatest rainfall deficiency the United States during April it said, extended in Wisconsin, Michigan and Central Missouri and the Lower Mississippi Valley, ranging from 14 to 28 per cent of normal. Exceptions to Rule Recalled. Studies of the drought chart, Mr. Kincer explained, show that the trend is for a year to be succeeded by an- other. But this does not always happen. 1In 1894, the worst drought prior to last year, it was followed by a very dry year, but the famous drought of 1901 was succeeded by good rains. So also was drought in the West, but in 1924 Southern farmers who encountered & disastrous drought faced another pe- riod of hardship in 1925. The studies of very deep moisture made by the Geological Survey in Northern Virginia are interesting, be- cause they reveal that conditions below the surface of the soil are none too en- couraging for this Summer’s crops un- Jess plenty of rain follows. The deep weils are replenished from the Winter rainfall, and studies of a particular well showed that in two previous Winters the water began to rise in it during January. This Winter, however, the water did not begin to rise until March 28, and in a period of three weeks the rise registered only 6 inches. But when it did begin to rise the water in the well was 3 feet Jower than last year or the year before The rainfall in Virginia last January was only 47 per cent of normal: in February, 62 per cent; in March it hi reached 96 per cent, and the prelim nary estimate for April shows it is ap- proximately normal. April rainfall in Maryland, which in- ciudes the District of Columbia, was approximately 78 per cent of normal.!vince that body that the removal of | Lamb, Dr. compared with 22 per cent above nor- all crippling restrictions to the daily practise of medicinc. However, after this question they are forced to recog- i nize that we cannot get through Con- | gress a bill which does not carry with it | rotective regulation. I emphasize tmsi a‘l order that we may all be prepared to accept the final conclusions which come from the trustees and be prepared to | present the backing of the solidified | sentiment of the profession.” It was not the original intent of the ! framers of the eighteenth amendment | to interfere with medical practice, Dr.| Morgan said. Only after alleged abuses | had been reported was any restriction | placed upon prescriptions. | A 3 24 Courtney, Dr. S. Cousins, Dr. C. W. Creswell, Dr. C. R. Creverling, Dr. Thomas Crisp, Dr. H. J. Crosson, Dr. J. F. Crowley, Dr. Thomas S. Cullen, Dr. C. W. Culver, Dr. L. M. Cuvillier. Dr. Worth Daniels, H. L. Darner, Dr. E. Y. Davidson, Dr. J. F. Davidson, Dr. H. F. Davies, Dr. H. J. Davis, Dr. B. F. Dean, Dr. J. L. De Mayo, Mr. Herbert Depew, Dr. R. L. De Saussure, Dr. George Dewey, Dr. M. C. Doliman. Dr. F. Y. Donn, Dr. M. Donohue, Dr. H. N. Dorman, Dr. Charles Dugan, Dr. John Dull. Dr. James Early, Dr. J. P. Earnest, Cooper, Dr. E. P. Copeland, Dr. L. Cornet, Dr. James Costello, R in was | ward the remcving of the restrictions Dr. Lewis Ecker, Dr. John C. Eckhardt, Dr. H. Einstein, Dr. W. W. Eldridge, Dr.I E. M. Ellerson, Dr. H. E. Elliott, Dr. Joseph F. Elward, Dr. J. W. Esler, Dr. A. B. Evans, Dr, Paul Evans. | Dr. James M. Padeley, Mr. Frederick | | Fenning, Dr. C. E. Ferguson, Dr. Au- { brey Fischer, Dr. M. Fischer, Dr. T. M. {Foley, Dr. S. O. Foster, Dr. H. A. Fowler, Dr. L. O. Fox, Dr. R. K. Fox { well, Dr. H. Preidenberg, Dr. Allen Ful Bill Being Drafted. ‘The committee appointed by the trustees of the association, under au- thority of a resolution adopted at the 1925 convention, Dr. Morgan sald, “is| in the process of drafting a bill, together with regulatory provisions looking to- imposed by Congress on the practice of medicine, the medicinal alcohol item being but incidental to the basic prin- ciple involved. “I want ‘o emphasize again and again,” Dr. Morgan sald, “that it is not primarily the medicinal alcohol regula- tions that we are fighting, but the much more basic principle of freeing the pro- fession from humiliating crippling and unnecessary restrictions in the pursuit of our calling. Different groups in the practice of medicine differ widely in their attitude toward the use of alco- hol, each group having a logical rea- son for its belief. This divergence of opinion should not alienate the support {of any group in this fight for the es- tablishment of a basic principle.” | ‘The House of Delegates of the Amer- | jean Medical Association, Dr. Morgan | said, repeatedly has emphasized that it | is not concerned with prohibition itself | as an issue, but only with such parts of | the Volstead act as might actually pre- | vent a physician from acting on his | best judgment in treating an individual | patient. “Any such prohibition,” he | |sald, “is & Teproach to our profession.” The honor of the profession, Dr.| | Morgan emphasized, is in the keeping | | of every individual physician, even with | | the present restricted privileges of pre- | !scribing alcohol. When he accepts a | license to prescribe alcohol, Dr. Morgan | said, “he becomes, in the eye of the law, | | a public officer to the extent that he is | permitted to dispense an article for the | public good which no other class of so- clety has the right to do.” Must Act Temperately. | M | “In seeking relief from Congress,” he continued, “it will be necessary to con- | | { such restrictions will promote sound | | Kendal!, Dr ler, Dr. Homer Fuller. Dr. L. T. Gager, Dr. James A. Gan- non, Dr. F. E. Gantz, Dr. H. §. Gates, Dr. Fred A. Geler, Dr. G. B. Gill, Dr. W. T. Gill, jr.: Dr. W. T. Gill, sr.; Mr. Strickland Gillllan, Dr. J. B. Glenn, Dr. E. E. Golden, Dr, Vincent Gould, Dr. E. W. Graefl, Dr. A. C. Gray, Dr. W. S. Greaney, Dr. Louis Green, Dr. S. H. Greene, Dr. A. H. Griffith, Dr. J.| Beaty Griffith, Dr. T. A. Groover, Mr. E. Carlin Guy, Dr. W. C. Gwynn. Dr. F. R. Hagner, Dr. P. Haines, Dr. Custis Lee Hall, Dr. C. R. L. Halley, Dr. Charles Hammett, Dr. W. S. Hardesty, | Dr. R. H. Harmon, Dr. C. W. Harns- berger, Dr. J. W. Harrington, Dr. James Hawfleld, Dr. C. E. Hawkes, Dr. Leonard Hays, Dr. G. H. Heinecke, Dr. J. M. Heller, Dr. Earnest Hendry, Dr. Roy Higgins, Mr. Joseph Hock, Dr. G. W. Hoover, Dr. . A. Hornaday, Dr. Joseph Horgan, Dr. R. R. Hottel, Dr. William H. Hough, Dr. J. M. Howe, Dr. C. P. Howze, Dr. E. S. Hull, Dr. G. R. Huff- man, Dr. J. R. B. Hutchinson, Mr. G. W. Hutchinson, Dr. Charles Hyde, Dr. Le Roy Hyde. ! Dr. Benjamin Iden, Dr. John Iden, Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland: Dr. William A. Jack, jr.; Dr. V. B. Jackson, Dr. J. B. Jacobs, Dr. H. W. Jaeger, Dr. J. A. Jeffries, Dr. Howard F. Kane, Dr. 8. A Karples, Dr. Harry Kaufman, Dr. H. W. Kearney, Dr. J. T. Kelley, Dr. Adam Kemble, Dr. R. J. Kemp. Maj. C. K. M. F. Kennedy, Dr H. H Kerr, Dr. Sothoran Key, M enderfer, Dr. C. K. Koones, Dr. Jacob Kotz, Dr. W. E. H. Kretching, Dr. J Kreiselman, Dr. W. J. Lally, Dr. R. §. A. Latane, Dr. G. W. E. Latimer, Dr. H. W. Latimer, Dr. T mal in March. For January and Pebru- medical practice and that their removal | Lawson. Dr. R. M. LeComte, Dr. Frank ary, respectfully, it was only 51 and 55 per cent of normal. R. A. DIXON HEADS CENTRAL LABOR UNION Vice President Colvin Who Accepts Federal Position in Virgin The Central Labor Union announced Former today that R. A. Dixon, its former vice | president, had been elected to the presidency to succeed Howard T. Colvin Mr. Colvin, who was serving his sec- ond term as president of the union, resigned to become supervisor of em- ployment in Virginia for the Depart- ment of Labor. He was appointed to this post by Secretary of Labor Doak. The union also named J. H. Cook- man and Miss Mignon Miller as dele- gates to the annual convention of the Maryland State and District Federa- tion of Labor to be heid in Baltimore May 18, 19 and 20, JEWS RAISE $30,000 ‘Werkers Meet at Luncheon to Re- port on Progress of Drive. ‘Volunteer workers in the United Jew- ish Campaign met again yesterday at the Jewish Community Center to re- port progress in the drive for Eastern FEuropean relief and Palestine upbuild- ing. Br, Abram Simon, Isidore Hershfield and Rudolph B. Behrend addressed the Succeeds | will not facilitate evil practices. We| must continue to act temperately but, firmly and demand of Congress thei rights which are ours. We have in our | | keeping the honor of the profession and | { when a substantial number of that pro- fession does believe wholcheartedly in | the use of alcohol in the practise 0.'| | medicine and their right to that use is denied by Congress we are summoned | mclew! to_decisive action.” The annual meeting of the { opened with an address by Dr. William H. Hough, president, after which scien- tific papers were read by Dr. W. Warren | | Eager, Dr. Walter Freeman, Dr. Alexan- der B. Moore, Dr. Harry H. Kerr, Dr { Joseph J. Mundell, Dr. J. Russell 'Ver- | brycke, jr. Dr. W. Calhoun Stirling, | all of Washington. and Dr. John B ' Deaver of Philadelphia } Plan Hospital Conference, ‘There will be a hcspital conference tomorrow afternoon and & public meet- ing tomorrow night, when Dr. C. Rufus | Rorem will speak on the findings to date of the Committee on the Cgosts of | Medical Care: Dr. William A. White, superintendent of St. Elizibeth's Hos- | pital, on “The Responsibility of the ! Citizen for the Health cf the Commu- | nity,” and Dr. J. J. Durrett, chief of the | Drug Control Administration of the De- | partment of Agriculture on “Some Fads | | In Medical Frauds." | | ‘There also will be a symposium on | lip reading with t2lks by Dr. John H., | Trinder, Miss Betty C, Wright and Miss | Frances H. Dcwnes. | The annual election of officers will be held tonight. | | ""The following attended the banquet: Dr. Truman Abbe, Dr. Roy D. Adams, W. P. Argy, Dr. John 8. Arnold, Prosperi, Dr. Paul 8. Putzki, Dr. E. E. | i Dr. Dr. Wade Atkinson, Dr. F. S. Avery. Dr. John Baber, Dr. R. B. Bacon, Leech, Dr. H H. Leffier. Dr. C. Lelva, Dr. W. L. Lewis. Dr. William A. Linthi- cum. Dr. Thomas Linville, Dr. A. B.| Little, Dr. W. E. Long, Dr. Thomas Lowe, Dr. J. A. Lyon Dr’ H. C. Macatee, Dr. George H. Magee ganaro, Dr. J. W. Mankin, Dr. J. T. Mann, Dr. William Mann, Dr. A.| Marland, Dr. E. H. Marstellar, Dr. H. E. | Martyne, Dr. William B. Mason, Dr. T. E. Mattingly, Dr. George Maxfield, Dr. | A. M. MacDonald, Dr. H. E. McCabe, | Dr. J. J. McCarthy, Dr. F. M. McChes- ney. Dr. E. A. McDermott, Dr. Charles McEnerney, Dr. Georze McLain, Dr. John McLain. Dr. P. A. McLendon, Dr. | Arncld McNitt, Dr. H. J. R. McNitt, Dr. | R. J. McNulty, Dr. Sterling V. Mead, Dr. Hugh r. E. A. Merritt, Dr. 2m Meyer, Dr. ncis H. Miner, Dr. E. Mitchell, Dr. ‘W. C. Moore, Dr. F. S. Machen, | Dr. R. Man- zan, Dr. F. H. M; | Dr. J. J. Munde .'C. J. Murphy, Dr. S. N. Mistret Harry Nalley, Dr. Lester , Dy, : V- | comer, 8. 2 8. 1. L wil- | Dr. E. C. Moxse, . Nore lia U. D. Nourse. Dr. J. F. O'Brein, Dr. Robert Oden, Dr. Willlam O'Donnell, Dr. Harry Ong. Dr. M. F. Ottman, Dr.’S. L. Owens, Dr. A. E. Pagen, Dr. R. M. Pege, Dr. R. V. Falmer, Dr. Howard Parker, Dr. J. W. Peabody, Dr. P. O. Pelland, Dr. Ivy Pelzman, Dr. R. Pendexter, Dr. Robert Perkins, Dr. Benjamin Perry, Dr. M. W. Perry, Dr. ‘E. F. Pickford, Dr. J. Burr Piggott, Dr. T. A. Poole, Dr. W. T. Pratt, Dr. W. W. Price, Dr. M. H. Quayle. Dr. 8. B. Ragsdale, Dr. H. B. Ram- | Duerson | R._Sutton. | pr. Lewis H. Taylor, Dr. Tegge, Dr. | william Tewsbury, Dr. J. D. Thomas, CAPITAL CHAMBER HITS COAL RATES Reductions for Baltimore Made Discrimination, Directors Aver. ‘The Washington Chamber of Com- merce at & meeting of its board of di- rectors last night registered prctest against what it termed discrimination on the part of railroads against Wash- ington. ‘The carriers last month effected s reduction of 26 cents per ton on ccal transported from North- ern mines to Baltimore, and failed to extend the reduction to the Capital Adopting_a resolution introduced by Fdwin C. Blanchard, chairman cf th~ Committee on Freight Rates, the board sharply eriticized the rate discrepancy. The action of the coal carriers, ac- cording to Mr. Blanchard, granted to Baltimore what was distinctly a prefer- ential rate. Pricr to the reduction. he #ald, Washington and Baltimore had enjoyed the same rate. It was brought out at the meetint | that both the Washington and Balt more Chambers of Commerce had filed separate complains on the subject of high coal transportation rates with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Each asked for a decrease. This action. which took place last year, was fol- lowed in the Winter bv a compromise with shippers and the Baltimore group, culminating last month in the reduc- tion which did not include the District The board of directors voted to ap- point_two delegates to represent the chamber in a fight to obtain increased appropriation for the Community Cen- ter department of the District. The delegates will appear with representa- tives of other groups before the next session of Congress. The resignation of William McK. | Stowell as treasurer of the Washington Chamber of Commerce was accepted by the board last night. Martin A. Leese was appointed to succeed him. The board adopt~d a resolution con- gratulating John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co.. upon hi appointment to the board of director of the United States Chamber of Com merce at the annual mecting in Atlan- tic_City. A_progress report of the chamber's Traffic Conmittee on a traffic code for the District was made by George E. Keneipp. chairman of the committee Col. Willlam O. Tufts announced plans for the Carusi m>morial services in the auditorium of Central High School Fr day. 2 A luncheon meeting of campaign teams Priday will inaugurate a week long_membership drive of the cham- ber, to be conducted as part of ihe sec- ond year's goal in the chamber’s five- year ‘expansion progray. The meeting will be held in the Washington Hotel commencing at 12:15 p.m. PLANE FORCED DOWN Suffers Slizht Mishap in Landing in Field. Forced down in a Acld near the Col- lege Park, Md., Airport yesterdav after- noon when his motor failed just after taking off, Capt. A. R. Brooks, former Army combat pilot, cracked a landing gear strut of his plane on the rough ground. The plane, owned by the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., had been engaged in experimental radio work with the Bureau of Standards at its College as Fender of New York. They expected to take off again today for New York. P ——— Dr. Fred Sanderson, Dr. H. Schoenfeldt, | Dr. H. 8. Schreiber, Dr. E. G. Seibert, Dr. R. L. Sexton, Dr. W. A, Shannon. J. P. Shearer, Dr. Jesse Shoup. Dr. John Shugrue, Dr. H. Shultz, Dr. DI K. Shute, Dr. W. B. Sims, Dr. J. A Smart, Df. C. C. Smith, Df. Ches- fer ‘Smith, Dr. H. A. Smith, Dr. Edgar Snowden, Dr. 5, G Speldel. Dr. W. . .’ Dr. ~ Stirling, Dr. J. Stantor: gwit. Dr. H. F. Strine, Dr. R H. Strine, Dr. R. Y. Sullivan, Dr. Dr. J. A. Talbot, Dr. Eugene Taylor, Dr. J. L. Thompson, Dr. Roy Thornley, Dr, A. P. Tibbets, Dr. J. A. Tilton, D E, W. Titus, Dr. George Trible, Dr. T. S. Troy, Dr. M. E. Twogood. Dr. John Van Rensslar, Dr. G. T. ughan. Ve bert Walker, Dr. Reginald walker, Dr. Joseph Wall, Dr. C. Wallace, Dr. H. W. Ward, Dr. B R. R. Park station. Capt. Brooks has | ngers D. B. McKey and W. F. | drive teams urging them to carry on in | Dr. Seneca Bain, Dr. W. M. Ballinger, | sey, Dr. R. Ransdell, Dr. H. G. Raw-| Washington, Dr. C. A. Weaver, D their efforts toward the $60,000 goal. Dr. J. M. Bankhead, Dr. Noble P. son. Dr. Boyd Read, Dr. John T.|F. Weems, Dr. W. C- Welburn, ; Mr, Behrend acted as host and wel- Barnes, Dr. Grant S. Barnhart, Dr.|Ready, Dr. J. A. Reed, Dr. Willlam P.|Welsh, Dr. John whnrw{;}h?n Charles comed to the meeting a number of new | Lewis J. Battle, Dr. S. L. Battles, Dr.| Reeves, Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer,|S. White, Col. Eugens Whitmore, Dr. workers who have been recruited for| H. W. Baxley, Dr.'C. M. Beall, Dr.|Dr. Fred Repetti, Dr. F. A. Reuter, Ad- | Oscar Wilkinson, l,)h ]ea Y,; ‘William- the canvass. | E_ H, Behrend, Dr. V. V. Bele, Dr. N.|miral C. E. Riggs, Mr. William Ristig, |son, Dr. F. L. Willlam, Dr. E. Willson, The drive is now in its third week 'Belt, Dr. W. 8. Benedict, Dr. A. B. Ben- | Dr. W. 8. Ritchie, Dr. E. E. Roberts, | Dr. r and workers are determined to con- nett, Dr. Fred L. Benion, Dr. Robvert|Dr. Joseph D. Rogers Dr. J. A. Rolls, | H. A Wood, Dr. H._ 0. Woolley, Dr. tinue until the quota 15 reached. An- | Bler, Dr. M. I Bierman, Dr. G. C. Dr.F. O. Roman. Dr. M. T. Rosser, Dr.|J. C. Wynkoop, Dr. John Wyakeop. jr. other luncheon of drive workers will | Birdsall, Dr. W. A. Bloedorn, Dr. Joel| T. J. Rossiter, Dr. R. C. Ruedy, Dr. W. M. Yater, Dr. Willfam "G. be held Priday at the Jewish Center. T. Boone, Dr. D. L. Borden, Dr. R. J.' George Ruffin, Dr. Sterling Ruffin, Dr. A little more than $30,000 has been Bosworth, Dr. A. K. Bowie, Dr. C. T. Rusmiselle, Dr. W. A. Ryon. 1l i Harry raised to date. Bowne, Dr. Prank W. Bradep, Dr. W. Dr. J. B. Sacasa, Dr. W. W. Sager, ' Zinkhar. Zehner, Dr, L4 A M A. S. Wolfe, Dr. J. T. Wolfe, Dr. | tr EDWARD H. BENNETT. ARCHITECTS NAMIED FOR . S. BUILDING New Coast Guard Quarters Will Be Designed by Chi- cago Firm. The United States Coast Guard Build- | ing, to be located at the apex of the Federal triangle, between Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues, Sixth and Seventh streets, will be designed by the architectural firm of Bennett, Parsons & Frost of Chicago, it was announced today by the Treasury Department. A contract has been entered into be- tween the Government and this firm of architects for “architectural services” on this unusual building, which is to occupy & position of great importance in the new program. Located at the exireme eastern point of the triangle, this structure will be | nearest to the Capitol Building of all buildings in the great triangle bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, Constitution avenuc, Fourteenth street and Sixth street. Ship Design Suggested. One reason for the selection of the United States Coast Guard for this site was that there have been suggestions that the bullding for the Coast Guard, | of triangular shape, might lend itself to the suggestion of a ship's prow, point- ing to the Capitol Building, at the fore- | front of the monumental array of build- ings behind it, all the way back to Four- teenth street. Final decision on the de- | sign of the building, however, has not | been made and it is not certain that the ship's prow idea will be carried out. Acquiring Property. ‘The Treasury Department already is acquiring property in the little triangle | needed for the Coast Guard Bullding, and will continue with the acquisition | program until all the property is 'hands of the Government. | The architectural firm which will de- | sign the building is headed by Edward H. Bennett of Chicago, who is chairman of the Treasury Board of Architectural Consultants. Mr. Bennett is also doing the architectural grand 'plaza and the great circle in the large Federal triangle. He s working on plans for effective night lighting of the great group of Federal buildings so as to give them an impressive and artistic appearance at night. | The appropriation made by Congress the Coast Guard Building is | for | 3,000,000, | |AIR LéGIVONNAIVREVSA TO HEAR TWO LECTURES Lieut.' Louly M. Merrick, operations officer of Bolling Field, and Col. Fran- cisco J. Aguilar, military attache of the Mexican embassy, will speak on aeronautical progress at the open meet- ing of the International Air Legion, Tuesday night, 8 o'clock, at the Ham- ilton Hotel, Fourteenth and K streets. Lieut. Merrick, who recently returned the country, will give in detail just what progress other cities are making will address the meeting on interna- tional air commerce and describe the aeronautical situation in his own coun- y. Other speakers include Jack Stuart |and Ira Keller, World War pilots, who | will relate some interesting war-time. experiences, and Maj. H. Kicklighter, |who was commander of sn aerial | squadron during the war, STUBBORN BLOOMS REFUSE TO CHEER APPLE FESTIVAL Visiting Throng Disappointed, but See Gay Parade. Honor Queen. ° ITHOUSANDS LINE STREETS TO WATCH FINAL EVENTS Queen Shenandoah Takes Roya]‘ Oath of Apple Kingdom—Byrd Leads Salute. BY CHARLES B. DEGGES, Staff"Correspondesnt of The Star WINCHESTER, Va., May 6.—All the, din of applause which acclaimed Queen | | Shenandoah VIII as she bowed and smiled for the thousands that lined the streets of the apple capital of Virginia in the grand feature parade closing the “apple blossom” festival today, could not quite dispel the disappointment at i the failure of the orchards themselves| }to burst into the glory that was prom- | iised for them. S tar Siaft Puerm | Alded and abetted by an unkind sun, | - MYSTERY CLEARED bloom before the festival closed. | The gay procession of the 1eu'ur»; ! parade began moving through jammed | Pipefitter Tells Police Car Was Used to Convey Acci- dent Victims to Hospital. i | | the fair grounds, where Miss Patricia ! Morton of Winchester, England, | Queen Shenandoah VIII, will review i the marchers. As the long-awaited | parade got into motion, additional | thousands of visitors who arrived over cvery road soon after daylight this i morning. augmented those here since | | yesterday to form a packed human } { canyon in the narrow streets that are the line of march. Marines Head Parade. Escorted by the 20th Marines and {the 20th Marine Band of Washington, The veil of mystery surrounding the | the parade was headed by Queen finding of a_blood-stained roadster at:Shenandoah VIII's gorgeous float, which | | Eighth and R streets Monday was lifted | Was virtually a transient throne. Im-; today with the arrest of Bradley M.|mediately behind her royal highness | Oliff, 23-year-old pipe-fitter of the 200 | Came the two floats which bore the block of E street northeast. { bevy of royal beauty that is the staff Oliff admitted to police that while |Of apple blossom festival princesses. riding in the stolen roadster near| The National Capital's numerical | streets early this afternoon bound for ' i | GROUP PLAN URGED FOR NEW TRIANGLE BUILDING PROJECTS Lack of Program in North- west Area Declared’ “Dangerous.” REPORT SEEKS TO AVOID “MISTAKES IN POLICY” Park Body Would Delay Work on Five Buildings Until Prob- lems Are Settled. Preparation of a group plan for the so-called Northwest Triangle, compris- ing the area west of the White Lot and south of the Interior Department, along Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue. was recommended by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in a special report, made public today by its executive officer, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. Inviting attention to the point that “at least flve new buildings are pro- posed for early construction in this area”—the Public Health Office Build- heat plant, the Pan-American the Naval Hospital, the Phar- maceutaical Building—the commission asserted that it would be unwise to go forward with this program without having a plan for the whole area. “These proposed buildings have all been located without reference to any comprehensive plan for the simple rea- son that no plan for the whole group of buildings in this area now exists” the commission said. these buildings, prior to the prepara- tion of a group plan, would be a great mistake in policy and extremely dan- gerous as o its result.” The recommendations, embodied in the special report, were drafted in ac- cordancs with the vbte of the com- mission in March and were prepared by Frederick Law Olmsted, & member j of the commission and landscape archi- tect of Brookline, Mass. Many Problems Raised. The report asserted action of the Public Buildings Commissjon in ap- proving sites for buildings to accommo- date the new War and Navy Depart- ment Buildings in the arca west of the White Lot and south of the In- terior Department ‘“raises numerous Clinton, Md., with a friend Sunday !Strength in the parade was chiefly in ! | night he stopped at the scene of an | the second division, which included three | automobile accident and conveyed three | musical organizations. They were the | injured persons to Emergency Hospital. - Overseas Band and Bugle Corps of the | With Oliff's admission police im-: Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Victory | mediately started a scarch for three; Post. No. 4, Drum and Bugle Corps of | other men said to have ridden in the | the American Leglon, and the Vincent | stolen automobile Sunday night. | B. Cosiello Post Drum and Bugle Corps | { of the American Leglon. Adding to the | Invited for Ride. i r.prezentation from Washington's D{ohlems in design, street arrangement, ete.” Ample provision for the movement through this area of important tides of traffic on reasonably direct and con- venient lines and “so related to th- proposed buildings as to minimize in- terference and conflict between thi: through trafic and the proper local uses of the remaining land for buildings and their accessories,” was urged in the here after an 8,500-mile flight across | | “I was at a party in the 300 block of Tenth street Sunday night. when a riend stopped by in the roadster and asked me to go for a ride,” OMff told detectives. He explained that they rode to Clin- | ton and were making their way home when they came across the automobi's accident. Oliff said that he and his friend picked up three persons, aseist-d two of them into the rear seat of the stolen car and OIlff held a third in his lap. The persons who were taken to the hospital in the stolen roadster Sunday night were Miss Elizabeth Tyndell, 3G vears old, of 3620 Eleventh street: H:nry Chatlin, 22 years old, of 1358 H street northeast, and an unidentified man, who left the hospital after treatment for slight injuries. It was Miss Tyndell whom OIliff held on his lap in the froni seat, he sald. Companion to Be Arrested. Olff furnished the name of his com- panion, who was driving the car, and police expect to arrest the man some- | time today. The blood-stained automobile was stolen from its parking place at Eighth and P streets Sunday night, where it had been left by its owner, Dr. Louis qutes, dentist, of 1104 H street north- east. Police have been investigating the finding of the car since it was located by Detective Sergt. Frank Alligood of the automobile squad. Samples of the blood were examined by the District chemist and photographs of palm prints were iaken from the car at the time of its discovery. F.W. CARDEN, RETIRED U. S. AUDITOR, DIES Former Treasury Employe, Native of Towa, Had Been IIl Long Time. | \ Frank W. Carden, retired auditor of fhe Treasury Department, died at his home, 3576 Thirteenth street, yesterday after a long illness. Mr. Carden had retired from his Gov- ernment position last August after many vears' service. Since 1919 he had been a member | of the board of trustess of the First | in the | Congregational Church and had be- |longed to the cburch since 1883. He was a member of Mount Pleasant Lodge | of Masons and was a past grand of | Beacon Lodge, Independent Order of | Odd Fellows. A native of Middletown, Towa, Mr. landscaping for - the | Carden had served for many years as |s | vice president of the local Jowa State Society. He was married in November, | 1906, to Miss Nena May Palmer of this city. He leaves his wife and three | brothers, William Carden, member of | the Towa State Senate; Edwin C. Car- den of Middletown, Iowa, and Lincoln | J. Carden of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. A. A. Stockdale will officiate. ~ Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Honorary pall bearers will be as fol- lows: Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who is president of the First Congregational Soclety; Hugh A. Thrift, Edward La Fetra, Willlam W. Gilbert and W. P. Benson, members of the board of trustees of the First Congregational Church. Active pall bearers wil be Robert Lee E{cfit, H}ilfl'l:y‘r g.m“Grlm. Melville indsey, rri . Albert Cosf and Arthur Brown. g i metrcpolitan area was the Arlington | FePort. County Post, No. 139, American Legion oi_Arlington. The High School Cadet Corps of Alexandria had its place with other Virginia student military organizations in the fourth division, where marched also the Arlington County Cadet Band d Drum Battalion. Besides military entries, however, the > this afternoon was made gor- 1 ! Development of Constitution avenue and of the public building areas on both sides of the Mall, east of the White House, the report maintained, will mean that Virginia avenue, “already much traveled, will become a still more important interceptor of traffic bound fo and from the entire northwest region of the District of Columbia and its environs.” = T zcus in the warm sunlight by numerou: i claborately decorated floats of various | commercial organizations. Novelties | | weic introduced by pantomime possum hunts and fiddlers of the Virginia meuntains. Cameras Not Permitted. {* This final day of the eighth annual epple blossom _festival followed the | coronation of Miss Morton as Queen ! | Shenandoah VIII yesterday in the | | Handley School Stadium. State police had been instructed to permit no photo- | graphs to be made of the ceremonies or the pageant which followed. ' ‘The actual coronation ceremony was sdanted from the ancient Winchester Eazland, ceremonial by Dy. S. L. FHck- | | inger. Following a procession of the | participants the queen was recognized | I by her subjects, assembled in the sta- | dium, who gave vent to a reverberating shout of “all hail the queen.” | " 'The bishop, a role enacted by Dr. | Flickinger, then asked the queen | 1if she were ready to take the oath of | | her royalty, and receiving the affirma- |tive reply, he secured from her her |pledge “to preserve true peace under | her “auspices and to command equity | and mercy in all judgments.” ELKS MAY ABANDON H STREET PROPERTY Vote Tonight on Proposal to Grant Option on Quarters to Garage Intere: "A proposal to grant Detroit. an option on the Wuhsnnmf of Elks' property at 919 H street, will be voted upon at tonight's meeting of the organization. The Detroit interests already have obtained options on most of the property in the block bounded by H, I, Ninth and Tenth streets, with a view to erecting an 11-story parking building. The board of trustees already has been given tentative authorization to sign the option, and a final vote will ibe taken tonight. A successor to Exalted Ruler John J. Morlarty, who resigned ta do regionz1 work for the Veterans' Bureau in Recelv- | Massachusetts, will be elected. . Queen o Shenandoah VIII presented to the Dean | cxbe® warimgy - 0 Porte Wil suc {of Winchester a golden apple, which, | i in_her coronation. she was asked 10 | here by W W, ordan. "-i-h':"p’:;;’.;iifi to pray for bujlding would have a capacity of 15 i 3 1 8 we may gather in the harvest of apples | g?gn: "ot ?::-?n ‘:"71 05’0"555":"; 38,000,006 and ever rejoice in His goodness.” | : i ‘The Dean of Winchester then launched the final gesture of the coro- nation by handing to Rear Admiral {Richard E. Byrd the crown of jewels and apple blossoms. | Mrs. Helen Lincklen Fairchild, 85 yea Byrd Salutes Queen. j old, ‘widow of Charles S. Fairchild, who vhite- ira] | Was Secretary of the Uni es gently piaced the crown upen the hesd | Treasury under President Cleveland, is of the new queen. Escorting her royal | dead at her home here. highness to her throne at the top of | A Dative of Cazenovia, she had passed the stone steps which cascade down into | the greater part of her life in the vil- | the stadium from the Handley School, ! 1age, with the exception of the time her Admiral Byrd gave the little Briton a | husband was in Government service. gallant salute while the crowd set up s its cry of: “Long live the queen.” Montgomery County, the whole day was {., Returning then to the foot of the | just one big thril from the moment | steps, Queen Shenandoah VIII and her | drove into this apple capital behind an ! admiral escort, took seats in a blazing | escort of Montgomery County motor | sun, flanked by the yellow-gowned prin- ! cycle policemen until the last refrain | cesses, to witness the pageant of “the | of the apple blossom ball tonight. | fruit of the gods. i If there was one “teeny, weeney" little The pageant was repeated in the|irk which both girls experienced, it was | stadium this morning. Development of | what the sun did to their complexions .lhe apple was traced from the planting | during this afternoon’s pageant. The of seeds, on through the growth of green | whole royal phalanx was seated with |leaves, blossoms and finally to its full | its queen directly in the face of the hot { glory of ripe fruit. !sun during the celebration which fol- Costumed children who danced inter- | lowed the coronation, and not one girl pretive séep‘s“bealnre lhcrvas: lssem:;llsz in the group escaped sunburn. | portzayed this drama of nature, while a % reader voiced verbal explanations from Tmpressed With Honor. a loud-speaking system erected in the ‘Miss Brown said: stadium. “Why everything here is just lovely | “The festival will be concluded with |and these people just can't do enough the formal Queen’s ball at the Shenan- | for us. It is just one big thrill after doah Valley Academy tonight. Mean-|another and of them all, Admiral while apple blossom balls are scheduled | Byrd is just wonderful.” | at the various hotels here and in nearby ; 'Miss Williams, Maryland's princess, Shenandceh Valley clubs and hostelries. | was most impressed with the “sense of Miss Morton, the reigning Queen | importance,” which comes with being Shenandoah VIII, will leave Winchester | a “princess.” tomorrow for Washington. After a| “Being a princess and standing up brief stay there she will go to Phila- | there with the queen of this big festi- delphia, where she Temain over val somehow seems to be about the Saturday afid Sunday. She will con-!most important thing in the world, tinue on to New York late Sunday to|right now,” Miss Willlams declared. be the.guest at the Lexington Hotel of | “It's far. more than just hklnl'-g:n in a play, because you just feel im- Mrs. F. Eorunee that is showered upon you ere.” MRS. FAIRCHILD DIES CAZENOVIA, N. Y., May 6 () — . 8. Waterman, wife of the foun- tain pen manufacturer. in the science of aviation. Col. Aguilar | Capital Princess Thrilled. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in his i glistening white tropical uniform at | yesterday's coronation of the queen of- fered the itest “thrill” of the first day of the le blossom festival for Princess ‘who, more pro- salcally, is Miss Rosalie Brown, Western High School student of the National Capital. For Princess Maryland, Miss J. Elizabeth Willlams of ensington, | GOES TO ,W;'IITE HOUSE | Patrolman Roscoe A. Chambliss of |the Trafic Bureau was permanently | assigned to the White House force yes- iurdly by Maj. Henry G. Pratt and im- | mediately took up his new duties. | Prior to his assignment as a license | examiner at the Traffic Bureau, Cham- bliss was detailed at the first precinct as a stationtclerk. ‘Winchester, area ‘Washington ex| here Both _Princess Washington and Princess Maryland were fervent in their praise of Queen Shenandoah, 8th, in the person of Miss Patricia Morton of England. The two girls from the metropolitan t to leave rsday morning. While Miss Brown was accompanied by her family, ! Miss Mrs. J¢ ms came here with Mr. and Chase, Md.