Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1931, Page 17

MARKET SITE DEAL AS HEGE PROTESTS Right to Accept Offer of Site Pending’ Title Acquisition Is Challenged. USE OF $300,000 FUND WITHOUT TITLE IS ISSUE| Commissioners - Invite Court Plea for Injunction, but Objector Plans No Action. LA SANSEAAER i Confronted with questions of doubtl Talsed against steps aiready taken ! toward establishing in Southwest Wash- | ington the much discussed urmen‘i produce market, it was understood to- day that the District Commissioners in- tend to stand by their guns and trust to a solution 'of the question in Con- es8. "Bnmx his test on an article ap- pearing in Star, Edwin 8. Hege, chairman of the Committee on Federation of Citi- l { t ~ pri It was learned today that at.s con- ference with Mr. Hege yesterday, before the receipt his le&r. ‘District guidance of the Commission Spending of Fund at Issue. ‘The legal it involved in the trans- Ilm admitted in official it ,1:,:. to do portrait busts of such wel artists mmm-, it first getting an Maj. H. L. wtn‘;‘ue!z’mmi'w“:?e;i mmmmmm m:'mullumm tended the District officials authority and General McCarl wrote him, “limit the acquisition of the land to purchase or condemnation. That is, acquisition of the fee simple title to the whole of both squares, and that it does not au- thorize the use of the land, or expendi- t , for a farmers’ market until so acquired.” Mr. Hedge had put to the controller general, for his informal ruling, the same questions he had protested about in his communication to the Com- missioners. The first ph of the legisla- tion for the market site, quoted by both McCarl and by Hege, reads as follows: “That the Cornmissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to ac- quire, by purchase or by condemnation, or by purchase and partly by con- demnstion, as they may deem best, the whole of squares numbered 354 and 355, as shown on the plat books in the office of the surveyor of the District of Co- lumbia, and when same shall have been asquired, to close to public occupation and use as & street all of F street south- west, within the adjacent curb lines of Tenth and Eleventh streets south- west, the area of such squares and the portion of F street southwest, when same shall have been acquired and closed, to be used and occupied by the District of Columbia as and for the| purposes of a wholesale farmers’ produce | market.” Hege Cites Two Acts. An appropriation of $300,000 for the | market was contained in an act of July 3, 1930, a year later. “Nothing in this act,” Mr. Hege con- tends, “either repealed or amended the said act of March 2, 1929, nor does the latter act appear to have been repealed or ame in any wise by any other e porusal of the first h of A perusal e first paragraph of the act of authorization, Mr. Hege pointed out, ves no room for doubt that legislation contemplated the pur- chase of the whole of squares 354 and 355 &d by two methods only, namely, pur- and condemnation. | Had Congress intended to sanction the acquisition of less than the whole of these two squares, or either of them, ; ar to sanction acquisition by a leasing or rental or free use arrangement, it is to be that Congress would have embodied such an intent in the| legislation. “In the same paragraph, the closing of P street southwest appears to be con- ) loned upon the acquisition <f the Was 1s whether the Commissioners | “aricd noted clavicem! 3 planist and president of the Beethoven the corporation counsel or ‘mmwfimm Mrs. Sarah E. Deeds Chosen street was elected president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Chapter of the War Wlfil.lna:&{(heldlm night at tional board to be without | A) ent, 2022 Columbia road, sched- “Puck” in Folger Library, 'WILL BE SUBJECT FOR SHAIESPIA“ FOUNTAIN. The Bard Qf Avon's famous charac- ter, Puck, depicted in stone by Miss Brenda Putnam (below), daughter of the librarian of the Library of Con- ’rul, ‘The statue will be part of the fountain to be placed to the right of the mlc!eifilsmupurun Library, on Capi- 188 A PUTNAM, daugh- S, e 470 lonal » as been commissictied by the Fol- Committee to ‘make a piece of smug for the fountain to fle n Li- Miss Putnam, whose studio is in New York , City, has, chosen’ e's famous ter, “Pluck,” as her sub- ject plece. Below the statue will be these wards of the bard of Avon: | fools these mortals be.” ‘The talented young sculptress is also She her ot 11 of the a s balist, and Harold Bauer, Has recelved many ¥ 4 among the most notable being the St. Gaudens prize, Art Students’ League; honorable mention, Art Insti- tute of Chicago; Helen Foster Barnett prize, National Academy of Design; Widener gold medal, Pennsylvania Aca of Fine Arts; sculpture of the National Association $pf Women Painters and Sculptors, and the Avery pru;. Architectural League of New York. D.C.MOTHERS SELECT OFFICERS as President Under Chap- ter’s New Status, Mrs. Sarah E. Deeds of 4125 Harrison the Hamilton H ter has an “independent” | . members, of = lc»"ei:lI Tecently voted to secede from the o W‘z Mothers’ nization, ',h:hN:lkmll lxec“‘mv'e | e former president, olrl:aon. no longer head of | re. Members of the local | declared this action of the na- | cause. officers elected last night were: Y M. Sauls, first vice presi- dent; Mrs. Charles Donch, second vice Mrs. Emile Walter, third vice president: Mrs. John Spengler, fourth vice president; Mrs. Katie Gross, record- ing. secretary; Mrs. Morrison, corre- sponding secretary; Mrs. Edith Wiley, cmlfln: Mrs. Belle Preer, treasurer, and Mrs. Olive Anthony, custodian of Mrs. Ella McDonnall was named chairman of the committee in charge of services at Arlington Cemetery; Mrs. Catherine L. Hood, ways and means committee; Mrs. Katie Boss, Naval Hos- pital; Mrs. Lucy Campbell, Mount Alto Hospital; Mrs. Katle Perkins, st. Eliza- beth Hospital, and Mrs. Olive Anthony, SALE OF WYOMING HALTED BY COURT Justice Adkins Requires 30 Days’| Advertising of Apartment Instead of 10. The auction sale of the Wyoming uled for this afternoon, has been post- | ed by Justice Jesse C. Adkins of the B":?um Supreme Court until Mcnday, October 26, at 2:15 p.m. The court held that .10 days' advertisement of a building worth ‘nearly $1,000,000 was inadequate and suggested at least 30 days should be had. The court also named John L. Barr, | 1713 G street, as receiver for the prop- el until further order of the court, ?hok of sald two squares by purchase or atiop, for the language is| “when the same shall have been acquir- | &d, the street shall be closed to public | occupation and use as a street, the in- ference being clear that the street is not to be closed prior to such acqui- gition of those squares.” — ‘RATE HEARING DELAYED The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion todsy until November 23 hearing on ition of a_group Leuldeflm!n is section who are & reduction in the rates on an- Pennsylvania flelds d nearby from the an ?mmudmm to Wi "The Maryland | A. with authority to collect the rents and | | asked police to broadcast lookouts in | TRADE BOARD TO STUDY RUNAWAY STUDENT 1S EVADING SCHOOL Note Saying He “Hates to Go” to Class Is Discovered After Boy Disappears. Ferguson Hungerford, missing 15- year-g;d Central High School student for whom a police lookout has been broadcast in large Eastern cities after his parents reported they believed him kidnaped, ran away from home because he “hated to go to school,” according to a note found today. Ferguson has been missing from his home, 1773 Lanier place, since early yesterday morning, When his parents thought he started for school. It was found, however, that he had started for Baltimore, Miss Alma Doutt of Capitol Heights, Md., having given him a “lift” from Washington as far as Beltsville, Md. His parents, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas J. G. Hungerford, upon recelving word from Miss Doutt, started for Baltimore immediately in search of their son, Leaves Note in Basement, The boy's note, found this morning by his mother in a locker in the base- ment of their apartment, follows: “Dear mother and the rest of the family: “I have gone because I hate to go to school and other various reasons whieh 1 prefer not to state. Iam going North, anywhere, I don't care. “Good-by, with love to all, Fergle.” A postscript said: “I will be alright and I am not go- ing to take any hops.” Mrs. Hungerford said that up until the time she found the note she “had no reason to belleve he had gone away.” Fails to Report at School. “I thought he had been kidnaped,” the mother said. The boy's father first believed his son had been the victim of hazing activities by fellow students at Central High School, changed his_theory He sald Ferguson left home early yesterday to attend classes and that was the last scen of him. Teachers at the high school said he falled to appear for classes yesterday. Frantic over his disappearance yes- terday, the boy's parents last night all large Eastern cities. Outdoor Furnace Still Under Repair At Heatless School manage the rty. m‘e‘ orderme court followed the | filing of a petition by Johnson R. Mor- gan, 1715 Riggs place, seeking to halt the sale and appoint a receiver. Named as defendants are L. Coblentz, Middletown, Md.; Charles C. Mathias | and Claude S. Hahn of Prederick, Md., trustees under a second deed of trust on the property, of which the notes are said to have been owned or controlled by Coblentz; Lester A. Barr, 1870 Wy- oming avenue, holder of the first trust for $700,000, and John L. Barr and James J. Becker, trustees under that trust, now being foreclosed. | ‘The plaintiff was represented by At- ftorney W. Gwynn Gardiner and Lester Barr and the trustees were repre- | sented by Attorney Edward Staflord, | ‘There was no appearance for the Mary- | land defendants, With a temperature at only 68 degrees in the class the Johnson School today still is without warmth, despite its now renowned sidewalk furnace. Instead of firemen and stokers, the furnace is overrun to- day by District Shop yorkmen, attéap g to completion may be lighted some time in the near future. the is is but later | time C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER TWO MORE SOUGHT FOR QUESTIONING I 3 VIRGINIA DEATHS| TO BIG MEMORIAL {} Companions of Men Arrested Yesterday Face Inquiry in Miller Mystery. INVESTIGATORS DIFFER ON THEORY OF MURDER| Officials Unable to Determine How Man, Wife and Child Died in Fire. Virginia authorities expect today to arrest two more men for questioning in the death of Goodwin Miller, his wife and 7-month-old baby, who died in a fire which destroyed their cabin, near Joplin, Va,, early Friday. The men sought live in a remote farm house about two miles from the Miller home with B. J. Barber, 26, and Jonah Cole, 25, who were arrested yes- terday by Sheriff John P. Kerlin of Prince Wiliam County. Kerlin ques- tioned the men, but failed to obtain any information throwing light on the mysterious deaths of the Miller family. | The men for whom a search is now being conducted are Eugene Barber, ! brother of B. J. Barber, and Ben Dooley. They were said. to have been in Alexan- dria trading an automobile at the time of the rald yesterday. Two other men who formerly lived at the place are said to have gone to New Jersey a week ago last Friday. Not Linked With Deaths, " According to Sheriff Kerlin, no in- formation has been obtained to link the quartet with the deaths of the Millers. Their arrest is desired, he explained, because they live in the vicinity and have no visible means of support. They also are suspected of dealing in liquor, since a quantity of alleged intoxicants was found in their house when the sheriff .raided the place September 11. ‘Those arrested yesterday were charged with vagrancy pending a thorough in- vestigation of their activities. They are to be questioned today or tomorrow by Thomas * M. Lion, commonwealth's at- torney for Prince William County. Meanwhile county authorities remain divided in their versions of the tragedy. Sheriffl Kerlin and Coroner E. H. Mar- stellar maintain that Miller, his wife and child were murdered before their bodies were burned in their home, while Commonwealth ‘Attorney Lion and Justice of the Peace William Crow of Joplin think the fire was accidentally kindled and the victims were burned while they slept. Murder Theory Explained. Proponents of the murder theory int to the improbability that the em- ire family could have lost their lives without being awakened by the heat and making some effort to escape. The positions in which the bodies were found indicate the victims did not ¢l e their sleeping positions. The remains of the baby, however, were crosswise in the crib. It also is pointed out Miller apparently was wearing overalls instead of ht clothes when he met death. The belt and buckles of the overalls were found on the bed. . Justice of the Peace Crow advanced the theory that the family might have been suffocated by the smoke as they slept, accounting for the fact the re- mains of both Miller and Mrs. Miller were found on the bed. Sheriff Kerlin said after questioning Cole and Barber he was entirely with- out clues to the mystery. Every angle of the case so far disclosed has been investigated thoroughly, he declared, and nothing has been found to indicate definitely how the family, dled. S 4 GUARDIAN DECEASED, CLOCKS RUNNING WILD Interior Department Timepieces Are From Two Minutes to Two Hours Off. Clocks in the Interior Department Building were reported running wild to- day. Officials explained that due to the death of Adolph P. Springer of 106 varnum street, a clock Tepairman for the Public Buildings and Public Parks Commission, and in charge of the time- pieces at the Interior Building for sev- eral years, the timepleces were without an adjuster. The Interior Department has more clocks than any other building in Wash- ington. They are to be found on the walls of corridors as well as in the many offices of the bullding that cakes up an entire block. A survey made today showed that the clocks were from two minutes to two hours off and a special request was sent to Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of pub- lic bulldings and public parks, for an- other clock guardian. The timepiece in the office of Secre- tary Wilbur was described as being “a little cuckoo.” This ornate and gold- plated affair was about one hour behind e, Mr. Springer was the official repair- man for the clocks in the Interior Bullding for several years. It took his entire time to keep the many clocks wound and in running order. Mr. Springer died on September 15. He was 67 years old and had been connected with the Government for about 13 years. PROBLEMS OF CAPITAL Annual Dinner Meeting to Talk Over Objectives for City and Bicentennial. A preview of the problems and de- sired objectives before the city will be taken by the officers, directors and committee chairmen of the Washington Board of Trade at their annual dinner meeting, to be held next Wednesday at the Willard Hotel. At that timc the work of the officers and the various committees of the trade body will be outlined for the com- season. Committee chairmen will review the work of the past year and discuss cur- rent and future matters before the Dis- trict, ra from community affairs and acti of the George Washing- ton Bicentennial Celebration ne 'velopment to finance and city de- PR e board, will preside. . Offutt, president of the }AIRPURT CLOSING ' THREATENED DUE Commerce Department May Act if Columns Are Erected on Island. MENACE TO AIR TRAVEL IS SEEN BY OFFICIALS Conference Called for Thursday Discuss Navy and Marine Project. to If the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission carries through its plans to erect two glant granite columns on Columbia Island and to permit con- struction of the Navy and Marine Memorial, the Department of Commerce may close Washington-Hoover Airport to all transport operations for the sake of safety, it was indicated today. The shafts and memorial will con- stitute so serious a menace to pilots terminal that, rather than risk the de- struction of a loaded passenger plane, the department would force the removal of operations from the field. ‘While the department has no author- ity to order the closing of the airport, it could stop every K’ueenler plane operating from the field by taking up the operating licenses of the five lines, which now carry between 6,000 and 7,000 passenges a month in and out of the Capital. Will Confer Thursday. The fate of the Columbia Island de- velopment and the immediate future of air transportation in the Capital will be taken up Thursday at a conference bf:f"""x?i-' U'nfi}%‘fa'zfihg Br)d:: officer of the Ar] e Commission; Col. Harry H. Blee, di- rector of aeronautic development of the Department of Commerce, and a spe- cial subcommittee of the Washington i Board of Trade, composed of Lawrence E. Williams, chairman of the Aviation Committee; Willlam P. MacCracken, jr., former Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Aeronautics, and Charles M. Saxelby. Revival of the fight for construction of a great governmental air terminal at Gravelly Point by filling in the river flats south’ of the railroad bridge across the Potomac probably will result from the Columbia Island situation, it was indicated. At the suggestion of John J. Esch, former member of the Interstate merce Commission, the Board of Trade Committee will Col. Grant to_delay construction of the Columbia Island monuments and the planting of large trees on the island until development of th: Gravelly Point site can be carried out. May Take Legal Action. Should the Bridge Commission sist in its plans to develop Columbia Island, it was indicated, legal steps rrobnbly will be taken to protect the ives of pilots and passengers flying from the airport. This action might take the form of a request for an in- junction against the erection of the Navy and Marine Memorial and the 200-foot granite columns. Mr. MacCracken declared it would be an “outrage” from the point of view of aviation to permit the erection of the memorial and columns so close to the airport. Mr. Esch suggested the foundations for the memorial aund col- umns be completed but the ere¢tion of the superstructures be delayed. Board of Trade action against the construction of the Columbia Island obstacles to air transportation was de- cided upon at a special meeting of Mr. Willlams' Aviation Committee late yes- terday. Road Closing Dropped. After hearing the protests of Mr. MacCracken, Mr. Esch, John S. Wynne of the Washington-Hoover Alrport, and others, the committee appointed the special subcommittee to confer with Col. Grant and Col. Blee. A resolution urging the: closing of the portion of Military .road between the two halves of the airport was-tabled by the committee. This action was taken after it was learned there is a dis- agreement between the owners -of the properties on both sides of the road. Though Washington Airport and Hoo- ver Field were combined into the pres- ent Washington-Hoover Airport for operating purposes, the two areas still are owned by firms which have not merged. Closing of the road would cut off all approach to the Hoover Field area and would . destroy the value of the property for use as anything but a part of the airport and would permit ‘Washington Airport’s owners to pur- chase the land at virtually their own terms, it was explained. Memorial Plans Lald. The Fine Arts Commission now has under consideration details of the pro- posed columns to be erected on Colum- bia Island. H. P, Caemmerer, the commission’s executive secretary, said today no decision has been reached and is not likely to be before the next com- mission meeting, scheduled for the lat- ter part of October. 'h of the columns would cost $500,000, officials of the Arlington Me- morial Bridge Commission revealed. The tentative plans for the two col- umns provide that they would be 180 feet above the level of Columbia Island, which is 35 feet above the surface of the waters of the Potomac River. One would be placed 150 feet upstream of the main bridge thoroughfare, while the other would be 150 feet downstream from the main avenue. Would Be Illuminated. At the base of the columns there would be an encircling bas relief, con- taining some kind of symbolism. tails of this had not been determined before aviation authorities objected to the columns as a menace to air navi- fnd passengers fiying from the air|ing Found Before He Was Lost " BUT CHILD NEVERTHELESS REMAINS MISSING OVERNIGHT. LTHOUGH No. 9 :fl'flm’ Te- ceived a report t he had found before his mother “télephoned that he was missing, 3-year-old Bernard V. Pum- y, jr., of 1367 C street northeast, - wandered off and could not tell where he lived, spent last night in a home a half dozen blocks from his own while his parents and police scoured the District for him. Mrs. O. W. Lamp of 516 C street northeast noticed the child playing in the park across the street from her home about 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon. He obviously was lost and, ac- cording to neighbors, walked into the street and narrowly escaped being run down by a passing automobile. Report to Police. Mrs. Lamp. led the child to her home and questioned him. He could not tell her his name or home address, however, and Mrs. Lamp went to No. 9 precinct, where she reported she had found the child and would look after him while his parents were being located. ‘When Bernard’s mother missed him she searched the neighborhood and noti- fled police about 4 o'clock yesterday | afternoon, according to the child’ father, Bernard Pumphrey, sr. A de- scription of the missing child was broadcast to the precincts. Later a lookout was broadcast over Radio Sta- tion*WJSV. About midnight last night the police Tecelved word that a lost child answer- ing Bernard's general description had been found in Anacostia. Bernard's father and a police officer went to Ana- costia, only to learn the child was miss- from a home in the vicinity, Located This Morning. Members of the Pumphrey family said they were notified by police about 8:30 o'clock this morning that Bernard had been found. Mrs. Pumphrey went BERNARD V. PUMPHREY, Jr. —Star Staff Photo. to 516 C _street northeast and found her son well and happv. Capt. Michael Raedy of No. 9 pre- cinet sald this morning the police some- times had difficulty in promptly con- necting reports of missing and found persons, due to differences in descrip- tions furnished officers. Bernard’s father saild he telephoned the precinct late yesterday afternoon and was told the police had received no reports of lost children having been found in the vicinity. FLOWER EXHIBIT OPENS AT CARLTON 110 Classes of Dahlias and Fall Flowers Included in Display. The Autumn exhibition of the Na- tional Capital Dahlia and Iris Society gation. The main shaft of the col- umns would be fluted, like those of the Lincoln Memorial. The columns would be surrounded by an ornamental capi- tal and a lantern effect at the top. On the peak an aluminum electric torch is planned, which the officials believe would provide a warning to night fiyers. Officials of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission said the founda- tions have just been designed for the column, but theré is no intention of starting work on them soon. The foun- dations alone would cost about $100,- 000 for both columns. o Seeks $25,000 Damages. opened today at the Carlton Hotel with 110 classes of dahlias and Fall flowers on display from hundreds of exhibitors from the District of Columbia and nearby Virginia and Maryland com- munities. In the dahlia classes, of which there are 67, the exhibitor winning the most peints will be awarded the silver medal offered by the American Dahlia Society, with whose co-operation the local so- clety is staging the exhibition. A medal is also being competed for. 28 Groups of Exhibits. Provision has been made for exhibits in 28 groups where competition is open to both large and small exhibitors; an- other group of exhibits calls for a col- lection of 50 different of dahlias; collections of 25, 12, 6 ‘and 3 varieties, respectively, and for single specimen blooms, each subdivided into groups accerding to type and color. Roses are on exhibit in cight classes, made up of specimen blooms and ar- tistically arranged baskcts and vases, whug ladiolus exhibitors will compete in 10 cl . ‘Twenty-five additional classes pro- vided for exhibits of cosmos, marigolds, nasturtiums, petunias, znnias, Jap- anese anemones, asters, chrysanthe- mums and house plants. Prizes are offered for the most attractive exhibit of wild flowers, while miniature rock gardens are on display, along with striking entries from local florists. Public to Pick- Winner. A novel feature of the exhibition is the class calling for competition be- tween the 20 local garden clubs for the most attractively staged exhibit of dahlias with other Fall flowers, in which the votes of the visiting publit will de- | termine the winner. Each visitor to the show will receive a ballot for one vote, to be cast for the display considered most attractive and striking. On the closing evening of the show to- morrow the votes will be counted and the winner announced. ‘The public will be admitted until 10 o'clock this evening and from 9 am. to 10 p.m. tomorrow. The staging of the show is in charge of Mrs. Milton B. Payne, president of the local society; Mrs. Edna M. Reinohl and Aubrey B. Carter. S T STIMSON SENDS REGRETS Cables Chinese Minister He Is “Shocked” at His Beating. In a message to Foreign Minister C. T. Wang of China, Secretary Stim- son has expressed himself as “shocked™ at the attack made on the Minister by a Chinese mob at Nanking yesterday. ‘Wang was beaten with clubs by stu- dents who invaded his office to vent indignation at what they regarded as the Minister’s failure to obtain effective League of Nations intervention in the Manchurian dispute with Japan. BEST MALL TREES CONVICT DECLARES SCHENCK BOASTED OF FRAME-UP PLAN Prisoner’s Letter Is Given Group of Lawyers Investi- gating Staples Case. LEAVENWORTH CHARGES BACKED BY AFFIDAVITS Officials Prepared to Present Police Accusations to New Grand Jury October 7. The District Commissioners have over to the Committee of Lawyers investigating the grand {ury'l charges in the Staples case, a letter from a prisoner in the Federal peni- tentiary at Lavenworth, which is sald to declare that former Policeman Fred- erick A. Schenck had boasted he pro- posed to “frame a couple of cops” in ‘Washington. The committee also is sald to be in possession of affidavits supporting the statement, given to De- partment of Justice agents by Schenck's fellow prisoners at Leavenworth. Schenck, who was serving term at Leavenworth on charges, was brought to Wasl about 10 days ago. at the request of the District Commissioners, so he would :‘e‘“l;:fl:‘bl:.l«o wsutil be‘(.ora the com- ers. He District Jlfl‘wy e Prisoner’s Name Withheld. The name of the wrote the letter was riot.. h:;!flr “He ported to have said, Schenck told other BEING PRESERVED &2 Only Dead Ones Being Felled in Beautification, Says Commission. The program for removal of trees from the Mall drew from officials of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission today the explanation that good trees are being preserved and moved elsewhere, but that dead or dying m.mmnedbythedmmt,nube cut down to make way for ‘develop- ment of the Mall, authorized by Con: , the Pine Arts Commission and mhnnlng ni . ‘Trees now being removed will provide a right of way for a iway from the L, o ent of north side of the Mall, at which it is proposed to erect the National Gallery. The Office of Publi¢c Buildings and Public Parks is removing the trees, First Lieut. F. B. Butler, assistant director, said today, in the absence of Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d. Plan Monument Garden. Prederick Law Olmsted, Brookline, Mass,, landscape architect, and Willlam A. Delano, New York architect, mem- bers of the commission, ‘Wash entails a plan that will be artistically , but at the same time fit in with the limitations imposed by the en- gineers to protect the equilibrium of the monument. ‘Under the development %‘”‘ are to be constructed at Twelfth, urteenth and Fifteenth streets, be- neath the central portion of the Mall, in order to avoid grade crossings. Mr. Eliot today offered this cxplana- tion of the whole development: “It is pr to move all the good trees and t0' put in fill from the Federal ‘Warehouse, soon to be started, to con- struct some of the Mall road, in ac- cordance with plans approved by the commission. We are taking every pre- caution to safeguard the beauty of the area and save the healthy trees. © “The commission has worked out a scheme that can be carried out in pro- gressive stages. Only small parts' of the Mall will be disturbed at any one g;le, so that the Mall will look its t. “The first step consisted in the con- struction of the road in {front of the Department by the Treasury Department last year, continuing the line in front of the Freer Art Gallery. Setting Is Revised. “The second step comprised using the material in the Agriculture grounds, trees being either cut or removed, to make a proper setting for the new Agriculture Buil third step, on which we are now engaged, is the using of the fill from the foundation of the Supreme Court of the United States Building to provide the bed for the cross road from the middle of ‘the Agriculture Building, across the Mall to the north side. The fill for this is now in and we are giving it time to settle. “The plans for development of the Mall between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets have received the approval of ln:x. under- the Secretary of Agriculture.” ROBOT TO TAKE OVER CONTROLS OF PASSENGER PLANE THURSDAY Mechanical Pilot Instaled for Tests Which May Result in Regular Use by Line. For the first time in aviation history a robot pilot will take over the controls of a passenger air liner on Thursday, when Eastern Air Transport, operating mail and passénger service through Washington, will begin a series of tests which may result in installation of me- pilots in all passenger planes operating from New York to Miami. Installation of the mechanical pilot was completed today at the Berliner Joyce Aircraft Corporation factory in Baltimore and the first passenger flight of the plane with its mechanical man at the contsols may be made on Thurs- day '{"he device, of a type used by the Army and Navy, has been installed in a big twin-motored 18-pas- Frances Dold, La Salle Apartments, | senger has filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $25,000 damages from Franklin T. Howe, ‘1730 Twenty-first street, for alleged ries. personal y ext !heunmmnmekbynn"x:“ au- tomobile while crossing at Conn t avenue and L street, ¥ 12, madcu.\c“u_ May tained anent injuries. She is rep- rdenur\rfly” Attorney Howe P, Ool:m-:’;: e. mugh the robot pilot has been de- veloped to a point where he is said to excel , the services of a regular trans- port pilot will be re the robot-controlled The robot will be the human pilot of the mechanical burden ' of flying on courses, leaving him . free-to care for problems of navigation, communication and other duties. . Human hands and ‘brains will be re- ?ulred for taking off and landing a or avoiding other ‘planés’ wl in flight. Once in the air and headed on the proper course, the pilot throws a switch, which places the robot in oper- ation and takes his hands and feet off the_controls. The robot operates rudder bar, eleva- tor and ailerons, maintaining a fixed course, holding the plane level and flying at any set alfitude. Small gyro- scopes resist the effect of deviation | Rev. from the course in any direction; actu- ating electrical relays and motors which | % operate the controls. complete trical motors and connections to the control and source of , weighs about 100 pounds and is contained in a t:fiox placed just -behind the pilot’s The any human pilot in straightaway | seal straightaway | ation, of Agriculture Building | Octobe: S ot ot e confirm letter. It has been l:r Bll‘l?'l ‘golg , are at-work on | transfe the transfer with. out awaiting a request from the warden. Virtually Complete Review. is ‘understood Schenck has ex- pressed a desire to be transferred per- manently to Lorton Reformatory, bu there was little prospect of this, The committee of lawyers has vir- tually completed a é"é:: gt the 1,684~ e e Pl for the new ceedings. were being discussed ernoon. In conference with Justice repre- sentatives, United States Attorney Rover was to review the list of ap- proximately 200 witnesses with a view to sending out notifications for their appearance before the inquisitorial body i o r 7. Intimidation Cases First. The entire proceedings must be re- enacted because of disqualification of a member of the present grand jury. It is probable intimidation charges against two self-styled friends of a headquar- ters detective will be heard first. ‘The Government will expedite the grand jury hearing in the hope of com- gll:‘ung re-presentation of all the police tality ‘cases before the end of the anc week of the new jury’s delibera- lons. E ‘There is a possibility that one or two additional third-degree cases, brought to attention of investigators -since dis- ruption of the first grand jury sessions, Will be presented to the October body. The Government is preparing to ask indictments in 17 cases involving & score of policemen, it is understood. Detective Explains. ‘The intimidation cases to come be- fore the jury name Cecil F. Mason and Maurice 'O'Connor, Mason, when ar- raigned before United States Commis- sioner Neecham C. Turnage last Satur~ day, pleaded gufl&vnw & charge of “ob- ,structing justice” in the case of “United g?.g,oes vzrs;zu d:fm B:lm". et al” 'Connor plea not ity to & sim- ilar charge. R Barrett is a headquarters detective. He has submitted to Superintendent of Police Pratt a confidential memorandum giving his explanation of why his name appeared in the warrants against Mason and O'Connor. Marriage Licenses. Walter J._ Smith, 49, Morns, 23: Rev. L. 'rs.!ch[-:g':'g-n{mvhm = Fiorence J, Wade. 43, St Louis. Mo REw 22. : r3%,4nd Annie Franks, 20; and Ruth E. Tuck, 33; . Brown. 24. Tak . Md. ine K Ssaisit, 35, hiaTeley; Nev: pilot, T with gyroscopes, relays, elec- | Thompsop, "W, ‘Simpao CBoiey strman: fiagk”' (ockee. > Rockville, Md. a‘ Bert ;afi"’n'&ngi.%' Sbotsyivania. 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