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* ■'-'•■ WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1936 » PAGE B—1 ^
Second Division's Dead Paid Warm Tribute at Memorial Dedication
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W. P. A. ALLOTMENT
IS URGED FOR NEW
M IN DISTRICT
Conditions Serious and Cost*
ly, Social Agencies Com
mittee Says. *
STRUCTURE LACKING
IN MANY FACILITIES
Letter Tells Committees It Was
Completed in 1876 and En
larged in 1927.
Declaring the District Jail "obsolete
and outmoded,” the Corrections Com
mittee of the Council of Social Agen
cies yesterday urged the District Com
missioners to seek an allotment of
p. W. A. funds for construction of a
new Jail.
Writing to the Commissioners, J. A.
Nolan, secretary of the committee,
pointed out that the present Jail was
completed in 1876. and that the only
real enlargement of its original facili
ties was an addition to the east wing
in 1927.
Nolan stressed the lack of facilities
for segregating youthful and first of
fenders from the old timers who have
shown themselves to be hardened
criminals.
• Serious and Costly.
“It is a serious and costly matter
tor the community to permit this
situation to continue,” the letter read.
•'It is one thing to talk about crime
prevention and control, but another
question entirely in carrying out pre
vention if first offenders are to be
cooped up with the hardened criminal
type.”
Declaring the present jail in no way
compares with modern standards of
penal institutions. Nolan said the
structure now in use is practically im- ,
possible to heat, light or ventilate
properly. He also pointed out there is
no central cell-locking system, making :
It necessary to lock and unlock each ■1
cell individually.
“Over a period of years." the letter
continued, “there have been many ■
times when the jail was seriously over- '
crowded and a number of inmates
have been required to sleep on the
cell floors. The cells are built for j
three inmates, which is contrary to
the modern trend of construction, '
which builds cells far one inmate 1
only." J
Lack of Death House.
Another condition attacked is the
lack of a death house or execution :
AVinmKor TVin lattAi* nnintprl out tHflt. 2
prisoners under death sentence are
executed in the mess hall of the mis- 1
demeanor cell block between meals, 1
"which makes it decidedly unpleasant
for the prisoners who have to clear 1
up one meal in a hurry to clear the 1
hall, and then eat again soon after- '
wards on the spot where some one 1
has just died.” 1
Lack of facilities for outdoor exer- '
Cises also was criticized.
SANDY SPRING FIREMEN i
DISCUSS CARNIVAL PLAN
Ladies’ Auxiliary Arranging to
Serve Supper and Stage
“Country Store.’’ i
■rectal Dispatch to Tha Star.
SANDY SPRING. Md„ July 18 -
Plans for the annual carnival of the
Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Depart
ment to August 26 were discussed at
a meeting of the firemen Wednesday.
Herbert E. Dailey of Brookeville will ,
have charge of the advertising pamph- I
let and numerous chairmen of com- ,
mittees will be announced shortly.
At a meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary ,
plans for the supper they serve were
discussed. Mrs. Austin LaMar, presi
dent, is in charge. Another feature
staged by the women, "country store,”
will be directed by Mrs. Jack Boyd.
Double Wedding
Fulfills Plans of
Southern Girls
Ceremony Takes Place
After Whirlwind Court
ship for One.
A double wedding planned "back
home” in Winston-Salem, N. C., when
Gary Garwood, 31, and Elizabeth
Crews, 22, were children, took place
in Washington yesterday—after a five
flay wniriwma courcsnip iot one oi
the brides.
Mary, who has been living in Wash
ington for about a year, suspected
several months ago that she would
marry James E. Jordan, 24, It was
revealed yesterday. Then Elizabeth,
on a week’s visit here, met Bob Gulr
kin, 22.
And so they were married—Mary to
James, and Elizabeth to Bob—in a
simple little ceremony at the parson
age of the Ryland Methodist Church,
with Rev. Karl Newell, pastor, offi
ciating. Families of both brides were
to be notified of the wedding by tele
gram last night.
"We’ve always done things to
gether," the two brides laughed.
"We’d never been separated until Mary
came to Washington,’’ Elizabeth
added.
“And we’re all going on our honey
moon together in September,” the
. bridegrooms spoke up. “Florida’s our
. destination.”
Mrs. Oulrkln will have to return
to Winston-Salem tor a month before
she can join her husband, it was ex
plained.
Both bridegrooms are Government
employes, Jordan, of Escanaba, Mich.,
residing now at 935 H street, and
t Oulrkln, at Greensboro, N. C„ at 1319
' L street. Mrs. Jordan also lives at
93ft a street.
Mrs. a. S. Oulrkln, 1319 L street,
and Max Thompson, 1434 K street, ,
made up the bridal party. <
Who’s Who at the Zoo |
Soko May Have Set World Record for |
Captive Chimpanzees. I
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Soko, the Zoo’s veteran chimpanzee and one of the most
intelligent animals in captivity._—Star Staff Photo.
BY W. H. SHIPPEN, JR.
OKO can't talk himself out of
jail.
He can howl with rage or
delight, hoot with derision and
ihout to his friends, but that’s about
is far as his speech goes.
Yet if he had a more extensive
,’ocabulary he probably would be so:
lear the status of man that no one
could put him in a cage for life!
cithout due process of law.
Scientists say the chimpanzee’s in-1
irticulate tongue has halted his cul- !
ural and mental advancement. Still j
he chimp’ is the only animal except
nan who is intelligent enough to era
>loy tools in the accomplishment of
lis wishes.
Soko was only a "boy,” just 34
fears old, when he came to the Zoo
n 1915. At that time Headkeeper
William H. Blackburne used to lead
lim about the park by the hand like
iny other child.
Soko was well-behaved. In fact,
lis manners were superior to those
if some small boys who saw him out
calking with his guardian and
aughed derisively in his face. This
nade Soko furious, as well it might.
He wrenched free from Mr. Black
burne's grasp and made after his
tormentors.
Only the prompt action of Mr.
Blackbume and two other keepers
prevented Soko from punishing the
boys for their insulting behavior.
After that Soko went behind the bars
to stay.
The great ape from equatorial
Africa is one of the best-known ani
mals in any zoo in the East.
He gets a lot of attention from
his old Ifriend Blackbume. Soko is
allowed *outdoors only on the warm
est days, and his diet is carefully
regulated.
In Winter, when It seems a little
chilly in the lion house, Soko gets
a blanket which he pulls over him
when he goes to bed for the night.
The chimpanzee is particularly sus
ceptible to lung infections and rarely
lives to Soko’s age in captivity.
Mr. Blackbume believes Soko has
something like a world record foe
longevity of a chimp’ in captivity.
Tomorrow: The African shoebill
stork, most valuable bird at the
Zoo.
:ormer Griffman Is Hit as
He Steps From Own Car
in Clarendon.
James A. Shaw of Cherrydale, Va.,
i former pitcher for the Nationals. •
was injured yesterday when struck by ]
in automobile as he stepped from his;
marked car on Wilson Boulevard, in;
Clarendon. He was taken to George-1
own Hospital and treated for lacera- j
.ions and bruises to head and body. I
rle then was taken home.
Arlington County police are holding i
William E. Gooch, 41, of 3313 P street,;
James A. Shaw.
IfaanwViila T^r
I driving the ma- ;
chine which'
> struck Shaw. No
charge has been
placed against
him.
Shaw, who la
43 years o 1 d,
pitched here from
1914 to 1920,
when he retired
because of a hip
injury. Since
i then he has been
employed in the
Federal Govern
ment.
k Ifaa.
Donald, District coroner, said he has
been Informed that the McCloskey
Construction Co. has taken steps to
provide safety measures for its em
ployes in the basement of the Ar
chives Building, where a colored work
man was killed Friday.
The company, he said, now employs
a watchman to warn the workmen of
(See TRAFFIC, Page B-2.)
IUNI0R HIGHS SHUT
TO NON-RESIDENTS
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Dr. Frank W. Ballon Annonnces
Ban on New Enrollment!
for Coming Term.
A ban on new non-resident pupils
who might with to enroll in the Dis
trict's junior high schools for the
coming term was announced yester
day by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super
intendent of schools. Dr. Ballou said
be thought only a few prospective
pupils would be affected.
The announcement said that "after
careful consideration of the antici
pated enrollments In all junior high
schools, divisions 1 to 8, it will not be
possible to admit any new non-reei
dent pupils to any of said junior high
khools in September, 193«."
SYMPHONY PLAYS
IN OPEN TONIGHT
Wallenstein to Lead 80
Piece Orchestra at
Water Gate.
Washington's second year of Sum
mer symphonies will begin at 8 o'clock
tonight at the Water Gate of the
Arlington Memorial Bridge with Alfred
Wallenstein, gueet leader, conducting
the 80-piece orchestra, which is com
pos:d entirely of Washingtonians.
Augmenting a heavy advance sale
of season tickets, single ones will be
placed on sale at 6:30 p.m. at both the
lower and upper levels of the Water
Gate.
Transportation Is being simplified
by a special schedule of buses by the
Capital Transit Co. The schedule
calls for one bus from Petworth, leav
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Ulg V1AIU miu BUIVIOVU wvavvw —- --
p.m., passing Sixteenth and Harvard
streets at 7:18 and reaching the IAn
coln Memorial at 7:36.
Bn From Georgia Avenue.
Another bus will leave Georgia and
Alaska avenues at 7:07 pm., passing
Sixteenth and Harvard streets at 7:25
and arriving at the Memorial at 7:43.
There will be two busses from
Chevy Chase Circle. The first will
leave at 7:05 pm., pass Van Ness
street at 7:13, Cathedral avenue at
7:18 and reach the Memorial via
8 wen tie th street at 7:40. The second
will follow the same route 10 min
utes later, Busses from Seventeenth
and K streets will leave at 7:15, 7:25,
7:35, 7:45, 7:55 and 8 p.m.
The Washington Summer Concerts
Association is sponsoring the series
of 22 concerts in co-operation with
the offlce of National Capital Parks.
U7iiUn,t>if, *,<n #(<»,•* th* Srit three
concerts. Prank Gittelson, who for
several years was concert master of
the National Symphony Orchestra,
will serve In that capacity for the
present co-operative group during the
present session.
Beethoven on Program.
Tonight’* program will feature the
"Fifth Symphony" of Beethoven, the
Dubensky “Tom Sawyer” and other
works especially suitable to open-sir
concerts.
In case of inclement weataher to
night, the inaugural concert will be
held Monday night.
Eunice Norton, pianist, will be fea
tured on the Wednesday night pro
gram, with Joseph Coleman, violinist,
as guest soloist Friday night.
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. *5,000,000 Bails Ordered..
Fifteen million n«ti« have been or
dered for the building of the JubUee
Exposition In Johannesburg, mfouth
Africa. * W
iff ILK PRICE CHANGE
N CAPITAL MB
1ANGS IN BALANCE
Ifficials of Producers’ Group
Say Action Depends on
Developments.
BEARING ON MARKETING
AGREEMENT TOMORROW
Inpply for Local Market Higher
Yesterday Than at Same
Time in 1935.
Whether local milk prices will be
ihanged depends on developments
luring the early part of this week, it
iras announced yesterday by the
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers’
association. Preparations were com
pleted for a hearing of local milk
producers and dealers tomorrow morn
ing on a proposed local marketing
lareement. and regulations for hand
ling milk in the local marketing area.
Officials of the association were un
willing to hazard a guess a% to the
possibility of price changes, saying
:hat it would depend upon milk
production in the Maryland and Vir
ginia sections from which the District
draws its supplies.
The supply of milk for the local
market was slightly higher yesterday
than at the same time last year and
has been higher for several days.
Production during May and June of
this year, however, was lower than
during the same months last year and
surplus supplies have been seriously
depleted.
Little Reserve on Hand.
“There la little reserve on hand.”
It was explained by officers of the as
lociation. ”If the production con
tinues at the present rate, there is
tittle prospect of difficulty here and
not much likelihood of price changes.
Drought and feed conditions, however,
have a very rapid effect on milk
production, and if production should
decrease as rapidly as it did a week
ago. when it fell from 65,000 gallons
to about 60.000 gallons a day, it is
very likely prices may have to be
increased.”
After the 5.000-gallon drop of a
week ago, production apparently has
stabilized, according to production
charts at the association offices, 1731
I street. The chart shows the supply
now is averaging nearly 1,000 gallons
a day better than on the same days
last veur
Tomorrow'* meeting will be held at
9:30 o’clock in the auditorium ol the
south building of the Agriculture De
partment and will be attended by
representatives of the Maryland-Vir
gin la association, interested farmers
and dealers and Federal and District
officials. Elwood Seal, assistant cor
poration counsel, will represent the
District government as an observer,
it was announced. The Marjland
Virginia association will be represented
by Frank B. Walker, president, and
B. B. Derrick, secretary-treasurer.
A. A. A. Officials in Charge.
The meeting will be conducted by
officials of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration, under terms of
the agricultural adjustment act, for
the discussion of a proposed voluntary
marketing agreement for the local
milk industry.
"This public hearing,” it was ex
plained by A. A. A. officials, "is for
the purpose of receiving evidence as
to the general economic conditions
which may necessitate regulation in
order to effectuate the declared policy
of the act and as to the specific pro
visions which a marketing agreement
and order should contain."
The proposed marketing agreement
for th* District, to be considered to
morrow, includes "a plan for the
regulation of such handling of milk
in the District of Columbia marketing
area as is in the current of inter
state commerce, or which directly
burdens, obstructs or affects inter
state commerce in such milk.”
Among the items to be covered in
the discussion will be the selection of
a market administrator, classification
of milk produced and handled in the
local area, minimum prices, payments
to producers through the use of In
dividual handler pools, reports of
handlers and expense of administra
tion.
WILL ASK INCREASE.
Maryland Distributors Will Be Asked
to Pay 4 Cents More.
BALTIMORE, July 18 (A3).—I. W.
Heaps, executive secretary of the
Maryland State Dairymen's Associa
tion. said today he would ask milk
distributors early next week to pay 4
cents a gallon more for their milk.
The increase would raise the retail
price of milk at least a cent a quart,
Heaps said.
The exact amount of the increase,
which Heaps said was necessary be
cause of the drought and the rising
price of feed, will be settled at the
conference.
“It’ll lust depend on how much
they are willing to pay tor milk and
how much we are willing to take,’1
Heaps said.
V. F. W. POST ELECTS
3. 3. Quinn Named Commander
at Culpeper,
gpeclai Dispatch to The Star.
CULPEPER, Va., July li.—New of
ficers elected by the Burton-Ham
mond Poet, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
are: Commander, J. J. Quinn; first
vice commander, J. B. Atkina, Sperry
second vice commander, George
L_ Taylor, Sperryvllle; quartermaster,
C. W. Smith, Culpeper, and adjutant,
Edwin F. Grimmelaman, Culpeper.
Alan Rosenthal, past pint com
mander, with Mickey Gorman and
j, j. Quinn were elected delegates to
tbe State convention, with Ed Green,
George Taylor and J. B. Atkins as al
ternates.
Second Division Memorial Dedicated f |
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General view of the "Flaming Sword" Memorial as it was dedicated by the 2nd Division As- 1
sociation near Constitution avenue and Seventeenth street yesterday afternoon. Inset: Brig.
Gen. Hugh S. Matthews, U. S. Marine Corps, elected president of the association for the coming
year. ■
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10 BE CHALLENGED
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Sager Will Be Called Upon
to Verify Statistics Fa
voring Them.
Fred A. Sager, chief engineer of
the Public Utilities Commission, who
testified Friday that oce-man street
cars are safer than vehicles on which
there is two-man operation, will be
called upon tomorrow to verify his
statistics, when the current public
hearing reaches its sixth and final
day.
William A. Roberts, people's coun
ael. who has vigorously fought the
application ol the Capital Transit Co.
to extend the use of one-nun can.
has indicated that he will challenge
Sager’s records of accidents.
Roberts’ contention will be that
saSty statistics offered by the com
accurate since, under two-man opera
tion, two reports of each mishap are
made and that under one-man opera
tion some accidents of a minor nature
are Ignored.
Roberts also expects to challenge
Sager's testimony that the cost of
operation is less under one-man op
eration.
Direct Testimony to Continue.
Chester H. Gray, assistant corpora
tion counsel and acting counsel for
the commission, expects to continue
the introdaction of direct testimony
from the engineer before Roberts'
cross-examination begins.
No concluding arguments are ex
pected to be made, unless William
McK. Clayton, chairman of the Pub
lic Utilities Committee of the Federa
tion of Citizens' Associations, desires
to make a closing statement. Clayton
has participated in the case both as
counsel and as a witness, and has
joined Roberts in many instances in
noting exceptions to the rulings of
Richmond B. Keech, acting chairman
of the P. U. C., before whom the en
tire proceedings have been held.
Clayton has already indicated that
if the Federation of Citizens’ Associa
tions dissatisfied with the ruling of
the commissions, whatever it may be,
he is prepared to take the case to
court. No definite plans for court ac
♦ inn hnwpvpr hftvp hppn m strip pvpn
if the commission grants the Capital
Transit Co.’s petition.
Martin to Take Stand.
James L. Martin, executive secre
tary of the commission, also will take
the stand at the closing session to in
troduce as an exhibit a summary of
letters and other communications re
ceived by the commission and the
people’s counsel on the subject of one
man cars. Yesterday the letters re
ceived at the two offices totaled close
to 60.
When a ruling in the case may be
expected is problematic. Col. Dan I.
Sultan, Engineer Commissioner and a
member of the P. U. C., has been ab
sent from the city, and has not yet
had an opportunity to study the rec
ord.
Riley E. Eigen, chairman, who has
been seriously ill at his home for a
little more than three weeks, will prob
ably undergo an operation tomorrow
or next day, and his return will de
pend upon his physical condition.
Both Eigen and Sultan will receive
an opportunity to study the record
before any order is Issued.
During the past week the transit
company has presented a series ol
tractidh executives from-cities where
one-man cars are in Service. In
every case they testified that the can
are safer than two-man cars, more
economical in operation and In some
cases faster.
Assert None to Lose Job.
Company officials, answering
charges of organised labor, have tes
- titled that no men' will lose their jobt
because of additional use of one-mar
cars. William W. Keeler, chairmar
of the Utilities Committee of the Cen
tral Labor Union, however, hai
charged that one-man cars here will
mean an application of the “stretch
out" system of making one man d<
the work of two.
Keeler vul joined by spokesmen foi
the organised trainmen, who, with one
exception, have opposed the can.
Clayton, speaking for the Federation
of Citizens’ Associations, testified that
all 64 member organizations an
against the proposed change. He alsc
attempted unsuceeSbfully to show that
the adoption of the new jpolley wai
dictated, not by local direflora of the
City Heads to Rule
On W hether Heat
Was 6Act of God?
Delay in Furnishing Lor
ton Equipment Forces
Decision.
District Commissioners yesterday
were called on to rule on the ques
tion of whether sizzling temperature
that closed a factory temporarily was
an ‘‘act of God" meriting an exten
sion of time for delivery of equip
ment ordered for the District Reforma
tory at Lorton, Va.
The Commissioners received from
Bay City Shovels, Inc., Bay City,
Mich., a plea for an extension of a
week in the time allowed for delivery
of two cranes the company had con
tracted to provide by next Friday.
Morgan Ramsay, company vice pres
ident. said the official Weather Bu
reau temperature there had reached
107 July 8 and had continued high.
Temperatures inside the factory had
ranged from 110 to 131. and mechanics
had refused to work at times, he said.
District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan
tomorrow will prepare a recommenda
I tion to the Commissioners. He said
I he thought the request reasonable.
I Contracts allow time extensions for
onwiitMiialra* rilras onH ntVwte
“acts of God.”
POLICE AWAIT AD
OF FREWS SON
Reply to Florida Message
Expected—Physicians
Study Condition.
Washington police late last night
had received no word from Charles
Boulton, adopted son of Alden Free
man, wealthy 74-year-old architect,
author and political reformer, who is
under observation at Gallinger Hos
pital.
Police sent a wire to Boulton, who
lives at Freeman's home in Miami
Beach, Fla., but the Associated Press
reported Boulton could not be located.
Freeman, who turned his palatial
East Orange, N. J., home into a con
valescent hospital for soldiers during
the World War, was arrested and ad
mitted to Gallinger Thursday when
he disturbed patrons of a Turkish
bath in the 1400 block of O street by
his conversation.
Hospital authorities have not diag
nosed Freeman’s case. Dr. Joseph L.
Gilbert, chief of the psychiatric ward,
said the man is suffering from mental
trouble of some kind, but that it will
require some time to determine the
exact nature of his illness.
architect, designed the Franklin
Lodge at Miami in 1924, and later
designed sevekgl mansions. He is the
author of books and articles on polit
ical and reform subjects.
He is listed as consul general of
Haiti at Miami, and holds a Medal of
Merit from the Red Cross Society ol
Japan.
SLAYER SEEKS STAY
Reprieve Until October 1 Asked
for Newell Sherman.
BOSTON, July 1« (JP).—Counsel for
Newell P. Sherman of Sutton, sen
tenced to die the week of August 2 for
slaying his wife, Alice, petitioned Qov,
James M. Curley and the Executive
Council today for a respite until Octo
ber 1.
Sherman's counsel said further time
was necessary to gather evidence thej
said they believed existed to support
“further proceedings.”
The prosecution contended he upset
a canoe and drowned his wife, Alice
Dudley Sherman, 22, In Lake Single
tary, near Worcester, July 20, 1935.
company, but by the North American
Co., principal owner of the Capital
Transit Co.
Both Roberts and Clayton have
carefully laid the groundwork for an
appeal In case the decision Is In favoi
of the company, and officials of thi
company have indicated they will
welcome an opportunity to present
their case in court* The ease is ex
pected to end abode neon tomorrow
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300 Work on 14th Street
Tracks Between New York
Avenue and H.
In a shower of sparks from a bat
tery of acetylene cutting torches, a j
crew of 300 men began at midnight
last night Washington's largest street
car construction project, replacement:
of rails on Fourteenth street from
New York avenue to H street.
Designed to speed up traffic by re- j
routing several street car lines, and
to relieve congestion at one of the j
| busiest intersections, the project en
tails changing two sets of tracks about,
350 feet long. Each set of track in- j
I eludes two wheel rails and two guide
! rails for the third rail under the
pavement.
Street, car service on the Mount
Pleasant and Fourteenth street
• ♦l-.-r* lUi. Jin/iino at PifiAAntk ert roof
and New York avenue was halted at j
midnight and busses were substituted
as trucks, cranes, tractors and der-;
I ricks went into action to cub the old :
track into sections, lift it out and re- j
place it with.the new rails.
Despite the magnitude of the_ job,
' it was expected to be completed within
! six hours, in time to carry traffic on
the new routes this morning.
Elaborate Plans Made.
To insure the utmost speed and ac
curacy. elaborate plans were made to
prevent any hitch in the work. White
marks were painted at 20-foot inter
vals, where each rail was to be cut. |
A green mark was painted exactly
in the middle of each section, so the
men would know exactly, without
measuring, where to place the chain |
and hook for the derrick to lift out
the 700-pound section of steel.
All excavation had been com- ;
pleted. so that as soon as one piece
was sheared by the acetylene cut-1
ters it was lifted out by one of the j
five cranes or three derrick trucks,'
and one of the new rail sections was
lifted into place.
To eliminate further measure
ments in lining up the new rails,
| pegs had been placed where the end
| of each rail was to rest. The pegs
were circled with white paint to be
visible easily at night, the last word
in precaution.
Outside Rails Abandoned.
When the Job is completed the two
middle rails of the four-track
stretch between New York avenue
and H, on Fourteenth, will have been
replaced. The two outside rails are
to be abandoned, but will be taken
up later. The west rail of the two
to be replaced will be moved 11 inches
farther west to allow a wider space
between the new rails, and will have
a switch at the New York avenue
j end to correspond to one now in
nlac* nn the east, rail
The job is complicated by the large
number of castings required on the
third-rail type of switch and inter
section, which must fit together like
the pieces of a cross-word puzzle, R.
H. Dalglish, chief engineer of the
Capital Transit Co., explained. The
job is the largest rerouting change
in the history of Washington elec
tric transportation and one of the
largest in the country, he said.
Even before midnight the cutters
began work with their acetylene
torches. cutting about halfway
through from the top to reduce the
time required to cut the sections
when the cars stopped at midnight.
The blue-green flame eats through
the heavy rolled steel rails, weighing
about 100 pounds to the yard, in a
minute or less.
The work of fitting the rails and
guide lines calls for a high degree
of skill, even in the laborers, and
several at those on the Job last night
have been with the company since
the third-rail tracks, now being re
moved, were laid to replace the old
cable car rails in 1806.
'Tobacco Maid Chosen,
WARSAW, .Va„ July 18 (Special).
—Miss Mae Myers Cog gin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Coggin of
Warsaw, Richmond County, has been
chosen as "Miss Northern Veck,” one
of the 60 maids to Queen Westwood
Byrd at the second annual tobacco
festival and pageant, to be held in
South Beaton, Halifax County, on
September 10 aaS 11.
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REN LOVED NATION
1VE MERE LIFE
loosevelt Sends Greeting to
Colorful Ceremony at
Stone-Bronze Shrine.
IRIG.GEN. MATTHEWS
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
reteran Vote to Hold Session
Next Year at Pittsburgh
1,200 at Event Here.
With roar of cannon bringing
nemories of 18 years ago, 2d Division
eterans yesterday dedicated here their
flaming sword" memorial of granite
nd bronze to more than 4.000 dead
nd 20,000 wounded of that division,
,ho fell in Prance.
Stirring ceremony marked the dedi
ation on Constitution avenue, near
Seventeenth street, as uniformed men
if the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
i one red their "comrades who placed
ove of country before mere life.”
Maj, Gen. James G. Harbord, war
;ime division commander who, as
:hief of staff of the A. E. P, 18 years
igo yesterday, commanded the dt
Ision against the Germans at Sois
ons, delivered the dedicatory address
i a setting colorful with flags, bristling
havnnpfs.
Roosevelt Sends Message.
President Roosevelt in a message
egretted his absence, but paid trlb
lte to the "beautiful memorial sym
jolizing the splendid achievements of
he 2d Division.”
M send my hearty greetings,” said
:he President, "and the assurance
hat continued and individual service
in your capacity as citizens is as nec
essary today to the well-being of our
country as was the gallant service
irou gave the Nation in time of War.”
The dedication was the liigh point
>f the eighteenth annual reunion of
the 2d Division Association, which for
three days had been in session at the
Willard Hotel. Festivities came to a
close last night with the "grand an
nual banquet.” More than 1.200 par
ticipated.
Brig. Gen. Hugh S. Matthews,
United States Marine Corps, stationed
at Marine headquarters here, who had
been elected new president of the
association earlier in the day, waa
among the banquet speakers.
He succeeds Maj. Frank E. Mason of
New York City. It was a gala oc
casion with impromptu, brief, but en
thusiastic speeches from many of tha
old leaders of the division. Brig. Gen.
Manus McCloskey presided.
Meet Next in Pittsburgh.
Scattering to their homes in all
parts of the country, late last nigni
and today, the veterans planned to
meet next year at Pittsburgh, Pa.
The memorial, which forms a great
open doorway, flanked by inscribed
wings of stone, before tWch stands
an 18-foot-h:gh bronze sword, has
been placed in custody of the Gov
ernment. and the care of a commit
tee of three local 2d Division men. •
They are: Dr. C. W. Tegge. president
of the District of Columbia branch
of the 2d Division; Tom Mason,
national sergeant at arms of the as
sociation, and Harry Friedman. The
memorial is symbolic of the 2d
Divisions stand at Chateau Thierry
and Belleau Wood, where it barred
the Germans from Paris.
The dedication itself was brief, but
impressive. The Army and Marine
Bands opened the ceremony with a
concert of patriotic martial music.
Uniformed units of Marines, blue
jackets from the Navy, infantry,
cavalry and artillery were drawn up,
in formation. Color guards from 11
units of the 2d Division marched
to form a brilliant picture against the
memorial itself, behind the three
principal participants of the pro
gram The colors were from tha
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fantry 5th Marines. 6th Marines,
12th Field Artillery. 15th Field Ar
tillery, 17th Field Artillery, 2d Engi
neers, 2d Medical Regiment and 2d
Quartermaster Regiment.
Planes Dip in Salute.
Soaring overhead, Marine planes
from Quantico dipped in salute. Gen.
Harbord, in full uniform, stood to re
reive the honors of a division com
mander from the Army Band. Maj.
Gen. John A. Lejeune, also a war
time commander of the division, stood
to receive formal honors from the
Marine Band. The other war-time
commander of the division, Maj. Gen.
Omar Bundy, ill in Walter Reed Hos
pital, could not be present for the
honors, but was sent a huge bouquet
of flowers from the division.
Mrs. Lily Mosher, Gold Star mother
of New York, placed a basket of
flowers on the memorial in tribute
to her son who was killed in action
with D Battery, 12th Field Artillery.
Baskets of flowers also were placed
by 7-year-old Lloyd Andrews of
Brooklyn, son of Sergt. John J.
Andrews, former Marine, and by
Harriett I. Cash, daughter of Joseph
Cash of Colmar Manor, Md. ,
Maj. Mason, president of the as
sociation, presided and the Invocation
and benediction were by Col. Alva J.
Brasted, chief of chaplains, United
States Army.
Division’s History Traced.
In his address Gen. Harbord traced
the valiant history of the division,
“It has been said, but not by one
of us," he said, “that the 2d Division
played a greater part in changing tna
course of the World War, after
America entered it, than any othef
American division, greater part than
any single division in Europe of any
army."
Eighteen years ago yesterday^ thf
general declared, “the world waa
electrified by the brilliant stroke
against the Chateau Thierry salient
(See VETERANS, Page B-2.)