Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1931, Page 3

TAMMANY LEADER 4/ AND GARNER MEET Indications of Support for {¥exan Are Given After, Breakfast. 1 By ¥he Associated Presa, - _Two Democratic chleftains—John ; R ot Spaser of the Ative er, le Speaker of the ?!ou-o—dvz & 20-minute breakfast mfitf&y created a definite impression t the New Yorker had assured the | _ Furthermore, the feeling that the powerful New York Democratic dele- gation of 23 would follow Garner, the 'm‘ choice for Speaker, prevailed. er radiated pleasure over the breakfast, which he described as “pure- Wy social.” { . Cullen Assures Backing. | ‘This further cleared the air as to the :tm,unz of the Tammany group, which been uncertain since the Demo- ycrats came into a majority over the IRepublicans. Representative Cullen, ileader of the New York delegation, jhowever, said after a recent conference 'with Garner that the group would back Mhe Texan for Speaker and had taken 7 ro action looking toward the selection ©f a floor leader. ] The claim to the floor leadership imade Friday by Representative John J. O'Connor of New York muddled that situation until it was ascertalned yes- terday that there is strong opposition :’n the Tammany group to his candi- acy. However, the Tammany delegation ires & Northern man for the post, long with groups in other States above Mason-Dixon line. Most of the ortherners are looking to Represent- /@tive Henry T. Rainey of Illinois as e logical contender against the | @outhern candidates. 3 Discussions Not Divulged. ® was Representative Cullen and . Franklin Roosevelt's secretary who this first meeting between Curry and Garner. Neither divulged their discussions. Garner claimed none -of the issues before the party was brought up. “I had never seen one of these ani- fmals from Tammany Hall,” the white- haired Texas Democrat sald, “and I {wanted to see what one looked like. I couldn't see any horns or hoofs on thim like I had seen in cartoons of the frammany Hall boys. “Curry appeared to me to be a imighty nice man and a very pleasant gentleman. We didn't talk about any ‘business, because our breakfast just last- ed about 20 minutes and you can’t do much talking and eating in that time.” Garner said he had wanted to meet Curry for some time and had so ad- Jvised Cullen. Curry, on a visit to his son, Robert Curry, at Georgetown Uni- iversity, called Garner on the telephone Rast-night and invited him to dinner. “I told Mr. Curry that I didn't eat fnuch dinner or have much for lunch,” breakfast pretty early, around 7 o'clock. Curry laughed and said, ‘Why, that is the time I usually breakfast.’” “Well,” Garner added, “we had a mighty nice chat.” Wanted to Meet Garner. Later O’Connor, who had s confer- ence with Garner, said he did not know that Curry and the Texan had met. In that connection, Curry told friends here he wanted to become well acquainted with Garner, and that that was the purpose of the meeting. Both the political leaders gave the impression, however, that Tammany as a whole had not made any unreason- able requests for additional committee chairmanships. Although a few Southerners are ex- pected to make some personal sacri- fices on committee assignments, confi- dence that all the major committees on ‘which Southerners rank would go South has been expressed among the House membership. ‘While Garner was busy holding con- ¥erences in preparation for the Demo- cratic caucus December 5, other party Teaders began to gather. Representa- {tives Rayburn of Texas, prospective Democratic chairman of the Interstate “Commerce Committee; Vinson of Georgia of the Naval Committee, and Sumners of the Judiciary Committee mrrived. Representative Byrns of Tennessee, fehairman of the Democratic Congres- «ional Committee, and prospective head :of the Appropriations Committee, is fiue Monday. —_— ! The British Industries Fair will be 1d in London from February 22 to SPECIAL NOTICES. ALL LICENSES TO PRACTICE PHARMACY in the District of Columbia which were d zenewed in 1928 ov. 1, 1927, and N ovember 1, d wember will be suspended. ‘W. “P. KERFOOT, during No- Renewal fee, $3. .\ Jr., Secretary. Tth_and 'L_Sts. N.W. 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Open every ‘day until § p.m. Rockville Fruit Farm Apple Bargains AT QUAINT ACRES bushels, now sell- sraded apples at Butchery Dooms 50-Year-Old Capitol Hill Trees FAMOUS VISTA ¥ROM EAST CAPITOL STREET HELD RUINED. full length of a ting off all roots. manhole in the tunnel. ACK of co-ordination of Govern- ment agencies involved in the laying of the new steam tunnel on Capitol Hill has resulted in the probable destruction of a row of stately 50-year-old elms which will ruin the beautiful vista of the Capitol dome as viewed from the East Capitol street approach. In digging a ditch for the steam pipes workmen have cut off sharply Toot sections on one side of the whole | Tow of trees on the south side of the strect between First and Second streets. As the trees on the other side are hem- med in by the curb along the pavemext. Clifford Lanham, superintendent trees and parking of the District, has declared that all of them are certain to die. Officials of the office of the architect of the Capitol in charge of construction of the tunnel are of the opinion that they will survive. Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the Committee of the National Capital of the Garden Club of America, yester- day branded the cutting of the roots of the trees as “absolute ruthless de- struction of one of the great avenues leading to the Capitol.” Construction of Tunnel. The steam tunnel has been con- structed along the sidewalk of “East Capitol street nearest the tree side, | between First and Second streets, to | provide steam heat for the new Su- preme Court Building, the Library of Congress and the new annex of the Library of Congress. In digging the excavation, the roots of the trees were cut off close to the tranks to a depth of several feet. Four of the trees in the row had to be cut down, because they were so far under- mined by the tunnel there was danger of their falling down. One of the trees remaining is 5o undermined by a man- hole constructed directly beside the tree that a great part of its root system in that direction has been destroyed. “When they destroy trees, such_ as these old elms,” sald Mrs. Noyes, “they destroy something invaluable to Wash- ington which cannot be replaced. To | put in the place of these large. trees, new ones of comparatively tiny size, does not replace the beauty, the vista and the shade which was destroyed in the older trees. I am told that the elms, which will have to be cut down on East Capitol street, would have had at least 100 more years of life, had their roots not been’sacrificed.” Corrective Is Urged. Something should be done to elim- inate such lack of co-ordination and destruction of trees, Mrs. Noyes de- clared, even if it were found necessary to set up a new agency in the Govern- ment which would be in charge of “all growing things” in the Nation's Capital. Neither the Government through any of its agencles, nor any commercial in- terests, such as builders, should be per- mitted to destroy trees in this city, Mrs, Noyes said. A new co-ordination effo she thinks, should prevent such destrus tion, should protect the trees. Asked how soon the trees would die, Mr. Lanham said it was impossible to tell exactly, as they might linger along for a while. A tree has a root system as large as its overhead, he explained. The trees on East Capitol street al- ready had their roots cut on the street side” and received little nourishment from that side. have been cut off the other side, leav- ing only a small root system going straight down, he explained. “Trees along the streets are grown under the most adverse conditions,” he said. “The surrounding ground is’ gen- erally poor. This department provides an _excavation of approximately 63 cubic Money to Loan wd alion, i your B First Mortg.:ge Secnrity L. W. Groomes, 1719 Eye St. Now all their roots| pocy Above: The famous vista through 50-year-old elm trees on both sides of East Capitol street, the left row of which is sald to be doomed to die because of cutting of thejr roots. Centcr: The steam tunnel dug several feet deep the lock from First to Second streets, close to the tree trunks, cut- Below is shown a close-up of one ogthe most badly damaged roots of the trees still standing. The tree root was cul to make room for a big —Star Staff Photos. feet and fills it with the best top soll svailable. This is all that we can do with the space allotted to us. After the tree has grown for a few years the roots extend under the roadway and sidewalk, into what, no one knows. If the conditions are unfavorable for tree growth there is no remedy.” Definite responsibility for the destruc- tion of the trees could not be laid to any one person, inquiry disclosed, but MIs. Lr:nyes laid it to a sad lack of co-opera. ion. Jurisdiction to Curb. The sidewalk, which was cut up for the tunnel, is under direct jurisdiction of the office of David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, who has contrpl of the grounds of the adjacent Library of Con- gress. His jurisdiction goes to the curb. The sidewaik, however, is maintained by the District Highway 'Department, un: der the supervision of the office of the architect of the Capitol, and the trees in the small parkway between the side- walk and the curbing are in the custody of Mr. Lanham. ‘The District authorities recommended that the steam tunnel be not dug along the streets because of the existeace there already of water and sewer pipes and electrical cables. The District granted permission for cutting across streets, and suggested that wherever possible | the sidewalks rather than the streets be used. Adjacent to the sidewalk where the tunnel was cut is a large lawn of the Library of Congress. Asked why the steam tunnel was not cut through this area instead of along the sidewalk where the tree roots were sacrificed, Robert L. Harrison, chief engineer, of the Capitol Power Plant, in supervision of the tunnel said that this would have made a wide brown streak through the green grass of the lawn. and would have destroyed the shrubs and small trees. The heat from the tunnel would kill the grass on top, he said. Both Mr. Harrison, and Willlam A. Frederick, landscape gardener in the office of the architect of the Capitol. said that they thought the trees would live, in spite of their roots being cut off and the heat of the tunnel. Permission for Cutting. Permission was obtained from Mr. Lanham, they said, to cut down four of the trees which had to be destroyed. Mr. Lanham said he had given this per- mission because the trees had been so undermined there was danger of their falling on_passersby, Study of ways and means to help the city preserve its trees will be one of the important subjects taken up by the committee of the National Capital of the Garden Club of America, in a serles of meetings with leaders in official and administrative life here beginning next month. The first of these meetings will take place Friday, December 11, in the office of the Engineer Commissioner of the District, in’ the District Building, with Mrs. Noyes presiding. Four special subcommittees will re- port. These committees are in charge of developing a memorial grove about the District of Columbia World War Memorial in West Potomac Park; study- ing the condition of small parks in the District of Columbia: surveying street tree conditions, and the development in Creek Park of a beautiful new Tock garden. The desirabllity of using more foun- —_— Men or Women who have paid a Registration Fee —of $2.00 or more to any em- ployment agency and have mot received work, please send your name, addre: r, 142X, Star ofice; imn tains in the parks of the city will be one of the subjects brought up by Mrs. Noyes at future meetings of her com- mittee. “I hope in the future,” she said, “that many of the circles and parks of Washington may have playing water not only to refresh the people of the city, but also because of their great beauty.” She had been told, Mrs. Noyes said, that temperature tests in the Summer had shown that the at- mosphere in Dupont Circle in the vicinity of the fountain there is five du“l!gml! cooler than on the nearby street. CHEST SPEAKERS TO MEET Training Division to Hold Second Breakfast of Series Tomorrow. A division of the Speakers’ Bureau of the Community Chest, in charge of training speakers to present ideas through the forthcoming campaign, will hold the second of & serfes of breakfast meetings at the E street branch of the Y. M. C. A, 640 E street, tomorrow morning at 7:30 o'clock. W. W. Wheel- er is chairman of the group. The “speech clinic” is alternating its weekly meetings between breakfasts and night meetings in_preparation for the drive for funds to begin shortly. ey VSecretaryi :]ibed For 50-Cent Loan to Panhandler Repaid {Sum Borrowed 8 Months Ago Is Returned in Letter. Eight months ago & Y. M. C. A. sec- retary, who was assigned to clear the Central Y. M. C. A. lobby of a group of professional pan-handlers suspected of Mihking their headquarters there, was “touched” for 50 cents by one of the men he interrogated. ‘The secretary was twitted by his col- leqgues for his “gullibility,” but he in- sisi the loan was justified in view of the convincing “hard luck” story related by the seedy stranger. “He sald he would repay me when he gets a job, and I believe 1s sincere,” the secretary explained. ‘The secretary, George B. Landls, is proudly exhibiting the following letter to prove he is a good judge of character: “About March 13, 1931, on a Friday, at about 9 a.m., ou were good enough to advance to me a half dollar. “I am now In a position to return it to you, which I am doing by way of stamps. Not until the present time have T been in a position to do so. It is with regret that I am unable to add to the sum to reimburse you for your un- doubted risk in connection with trans- actions of this sort. “To my appreciation then of your kindness I add my present thanks.” November Planting Pays Let us help you" 1if beauty to your mung“cmm-'hflf scape service. S trong fled-grown Evergreens, Shrubs, Roses, Hedges, Parennf:l': ete. transplaniing, fertilizing, Estimate Free REPAIRING— Slevnst, Soint,. Ny b sew Cqmpletely riined ‘with I Turalah.” Comaiets :;':"3 b 88.75 REMODELING letely ARKERS FUR SHOP C., NOVEMBER 22, 1931—PART ONE. HOOVER FINISHING. SESSION MESSAGE Financial and Unemployment Factors Receive Strong Consideration. By the Assoclated Press. Hard at work on the finishing touches of his coming message to Congress, President Hoover ggve strong considera- tion yesterday to factors affecting its financial and unemployment sections. Bernard Baruch,. New York financler, was called into a between-curtain con- ference_at the White House last eve- ning. Departing, he said financial con- ditions had been discussed. Only an hour or so before Mr. Hoo- ver received an optimistic report from ‘Walter 8. Gifford, director of the Emer- gency Rellef Committee, upon the progress of local drives for funds to ald the jobless during the Winter. Croxton at White House. Fred Croxton, assistant relief direc- tor, also was cailed to the White House during the afternoon. Baruch was smiling but reticent as| he left, the executive mansion. “No, I can’t tell you anything I said to the President or he to me.” the financler replied in answer to all ques- tons as he departed to catch & train for the South. Although White House officlals as- serted no speclal subject had been set for Mr. Hoover's conference with the financier, his coming aroused consider- able speculation. Baruch is a Demo- crat, His tdvice, however, has often been sought by the President. ‘ar Board Report Discredited. Reports were discredited that a pos- sible revival of the War Finance Corpo- ration had been the subject of the con- ference. The Chief Executive had listed such a possible move, if econom- fcally necessary, at tme time he an- nounced his plan for $500,000,000 National Credit Corporation now in operation. Gifford reported after his conference the President was pleased at returns thus far shown in local and sectional drives for funds, under the guidance of a Federal committee. t is too early to predict a final re- sult,” Gifford said. “The time set for the local efforts will not expire until Thanksgiving. But from the funds re- ported thus far, it appears that through- out the country as a wnole expectations will be fulfilled.” Visitor List Abandoned. In order to allow more ume for work upon his annual message, the President directed that his usuat formal list of visitors be abandoned. Nevertheless visitors came and went. Although the message was reported nearly completed, it cannot be put into final printed form before next week or later. White House officials have an- nounced that the President had reached no decision as yet on whether he would ask for an increase in taxes to meet the ever-higher-reaching deficit. Mr. Hoover expects a report from the Treasury Department on the question early next week. PASTORS WILL MEET Catholic Clergy to Plan Program | of Chest Co-operation. Catholic pastors and church keymen will meet tomorrow night in St. Pat- rick's Church, Tenth and G streets, to map out a program for church co- operation in the development of the work of the Community Chest Commit- tee in charge of church social activity. Announcement of the meeting was made by Rev. Laurence J. Shehan, acting chairman of the committee. ‘The Catholic group will outline ways | and means of co-operating with Jewish, | Protestant and Greek Orthodox | churches of the city, both colored and white, so as to combine their social service work with that of the Commu- nity Chest. SAYS PAIR HE SLEW INSULTED HIS WIFE Kin of Famous Tennessee Governor Faces Two Murder Charges. By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, November 21 Charges that he murdered two men ac- cused of insulting his wife were added today to the long griminal record of | Isham G. Harris, 38-yedr-old fasmer and great-grandson of Tennessee's d tinguished Civil War governor® of that name. Sherifft W. J. Bacon said he con- fessed he was one of a group of men who kidnaped J. D. Smith, 60-year- old farmer Thursday night, took him a mile from his home auid fired seven bullets into his body. Sheriff Bacon also sald I® confessed the slaying of Earl Sheridan, 30-year- old colored man, but when arraigned in his_cell this affernoon Harris sald the colored man was shot by a com- panion whose name was ot revealed. He pleaded guilty to participation in the slaying of Smith. He was held without ‘bail on two charges of first- degreé murder. Claims Wife Insulted. The sheriff quoted him as saying Smith and Sheridan were slain because they 1insulted his wife. Harris' wife confirmed this as regards Smith but she declared the colored man did not insult her, the officer added. The sheriff advanced the theory Sheridan was one of three men, includ- Harris, who went to Smith’s home ‘Thursday night, menaced members of his family with shotguns and forced Smith to go with them for “a ride.” Mrs. Harris, 32, and pretty, was held as a material witness and reporters were not permitted to interview her. Imprisonment was no new thing for Isham Q: Harris, 3d. Oldtimers here recalled the slaying of E. Blondi in 1919 and Harris’ subsequent conviction end 21-year sentence for that murder in 1919. The prosecution contended Harris lured Biondi from his home on the pretext of selling him liquor and then shot and robbed him. Pardoned by Governor. Former Gov. Alf Taylor pardoned Harris. | Harris was arrested a number of |- times on charges of bootlegging and once he and his brother, James Harris, 3d, staged a pistol and knife fight in which both were wounded seriously. No prosecution resulted. | James Harris, sr., was killed In De- | cember of last year in an argument | over a cow. The State has indicated his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Walter Har- ris, on_a charge of murder d_she TODAY ONLY SALE OF FRESH CUT FLOWERS Roses, 2 doz.‘ il $1 Carnations, 2 doz. R sin Large MUMS, for.. $2& $3 doz.. . FLORIST \/ 4000 Baltimore Boulevard Opposite Fort Lincoln Cemetery AT. 0162—Hyatts. 785 is slated for trial soon. Her husband, Walter Harris, another ~great. son of the former governor once served time for operating a liquor still and is now awaiting trial in conection with & Paducah, Ky., bank robbery. SHILLING RITES SET Mother of Rev. George Shilling to Rest in Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Anna R. Shilling, 63 years old, ; mother of Rev. George G. Shilling of the historic Addison Chapel, at Seat Pleasant, Md,, died suddenly at her residence, 31 Chapel road, Friday night. Mrs. Shilling had been a resi- dent of this community since her son, a graduate of American University, was assigned to Addison Chapel about & year ago. Funeral services will be held at the chapel at 11 a.m. Monday. Burial will follow in the chapel cemetery. 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