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For Street Car Extension.

A new bridge. claim the members of the
citizens association committee generally,
not only would be safer, but it would per-
NIT the Washington Railway and Electric
Company to run its proposed extension
thereon, as desired by the Commissioners.
rather than across the Connecticut Ave
nue. bridge. The latter structure, they
say, was purposely made ten feet mar
rover than thought desirable. with the
expectation that 1t would be too narrow
to be available for street car lines.
1.-THE fine arts commission" said men,
Der of the committee, Stands ready to
deliver the Connecticut Avenue bridge
to the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. which means throwing the
present foOtwalks into the roadway and
then hanging balconies outside the bridge
to replace the footwalks.
'It is conclusive to my mind that
economy, safety, the needs Of street car
expansion and the accommodation OF
heavy hauling and vehicle traffice de-
mand at the present time new bridge.
The Calvert Street bridge, which was
strengthened last year by the Penn
Bridge Company at cost to the Dis
trict of $4,000, today was declared by
District Engineer of Bridges Baily to be,
in his opinion, entirely SAFE The struc-
ture, however, he said, is unsightly and
of a type not now used in the District.
and should be done away with as soon as
a modern concrete bridge can be built.
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even when new. was poorly designed and
constructed as cheaply as possible.
With reference to the statement by Mr.
Leonard that some Of the light braces
which stiffen the floor beams are miss
ing. e member Of the committee repre-
senting the Citizens' Association Of Chevy
Chase. Nd, which will appear before the
Senate committee in the interest of
new bridge. declared that. in his opinion.
the fact that braces are missing proves
that the construction of the bridge was
not properly supervised or that such
parts have fallen out, indicating lack
of proper inspection by the municipal
authorities.
Another member Of the committee as
serted that the reduction in the width
of the roadway to twenty-six feet would
leave only five feet on either side of the
street car tracks, and would therefore
confine all slow and heavy traffic to the
space which should be reserved for the
cars. thereby interfering with the passage
Of the cars and vastly increasing the dan
ger of serious collisions between auto
mobiles, heavily loaded wagons and the
cars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY.
Potomac Conclave of Heptasophs
Also Installs Officers.

The members Of Potomac Conclave, No
40. Improved Order of Heptasophs. OBJ
served the fifteenth anniversary of their
organization at Pythian Temple last night
with a social and banquet, at which the
guest OF honor was John w Cruett OF
Baltimore. supreme organizer of the or
der.
Oficers for the current year were in
stalled as follows: Past archon, T. ID.
Swayne: archon. W. G. White; provost
Lewis Cohen; prelatc, l.. Goldsmith; sec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19

sonville, which she had in tow. outward
bound, from Baltimore, and had her
smokestack knocked to one side and rail-
and other woodwork crushed, made tenn
porary repairs at Solomons Island. which
were completed Tuesday and she resumed
service. Meanwhile reports of the dam
age done the tug and the schooner had
reached Baltimore, and the Iayenue cut
ter Apache started in search OF thu tug
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
Romance in Gotham

Inez Haynes Gilmore enters Cupid in
Manhattan as a possible prize winner
in next Sunday Magazine. 1t Is a
pretty little story of light character, deal
ing with the Bohemian side of the Ameri-
can metropolis. and will furnish real en-
tertainment for our readers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19

| rotary. NJ r. Pines: ffnancier, S. Siegel;
treasurer, l.. Suderman: inspector, H.
Wolf: warden. H. Wessberg. sentinel G..
w. Nelson; trustees, DR. T. h. Burke,
DIR. W. Cpham and J.. Goldsmith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19

ana her tow, and she assisted the Peer
less in conveying her tow through the
heavy ice in the bay on her way TO
Cape Henry. The Peerless will receive
permanent repairs at Baltimore. The
schooner is not injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
Tug Peerless Being Repaired.

The Baltimore tug Peerless, which,
while hung up in the ice off Cove point
Nd. was run into by the schooner Jack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19

stated that no word Of any kind had been
received in regard to a visit of the king
and queen to Washington. either In 1914
or. at any other time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19

1t pays to read the want columns Of
The Star Hundreds of situations are
filled through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19

II you want work read ths4want ooa.
umpS Of ThA StAE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
Lee Birthday Celebration.

The interior of Lee Camp Hall has
been attractively decorated by the ladies
identified with the various Confederate
organizations of the city for the annual
banquet of II. f. Lee Camp. Confederate
Veterans, which will be held at the hall
at . o'clock tonight. The banquet will
be attended by a large gathering of vet
Grams, sons of veterans and others. The
speakers will be Senator John Sharp Will
lams, Mississipp; Representative II. d.
Clayton, Alabama; Representative A. f..
Rucker, Colorado, and Kyle B. Price.
Alabama. w. a. Smoot, commander of
the local camp, will be POSTMASTER.
AS the day is legal holiday in Vir-
GINA in honor of Lees birth the banks
and schools were closed all day.
Counsel for Lewis Hooff, the indicted
secretary and general manager of the de-
funct Mercantile Railway Building Loan
Association, against whom ten indict-
meuts are pending for embezzlement, will
ask for a jury from some other section
of the state when Hooff's case is called
for trial in the corporation court Mon
day next. This request will doubtless be
granted by the court, which will mean a
delay of several days before the trial of
the accused can be begun. Preparations
for the trial have practically been COM
pleted by Commemorative Attorney S. u.
Brent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
Advises Double Flooring.

''Second-That the floor beams be more
efficiently braced to tie trusses.
'Third-That the present single course
of roadway plank he replaced with two
courses. the upper one of which to be
laid diagonally. This Is not an economical
form of floor, but you will find that /,
will reduce very materially the lateral
motion.
mo amount Of change or additions will,
make this structure first class, but with
tie notifications recommended / believe
the structure can safely carry it's present
traffic for a number of years.
Several residents of Chevy Chase and
of the sections interested in the effort
being made to secure an appropriation for
a new bridge, when told of the Leonard
report, today stated that they regarded
It as an auth9I MOI, Ta admission that the
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Drop New Bridge Project.

AS result of their decision to endeavor
to strengthen the present structure, the
Commissioners, it is said, have tempo
rarily abandoned their plan TO secure an
appropriation with which to build a new
one in its place and may not consider it
for at least two years
Residents of Chevy Chase and of the sec
tons west of Rock creek on the contrary
are planning to appear before the appro-
prlat1ons committee of the Senate, when
the District bill is being considered to
urge an appropriation of 100000, of
which a large amount is to be Immediate
~ available, with which to begin con-
struction of a new Calvert Street bridge
Despite the general Encouragement of
the proposals of the Commissioners, the
fact that they are convinced that some
thing should be done to increase the
safety of the Calvert Street bridge did not
become known until today. when details
OF the Leonard report were made public
Mr.. Leonard was authorized by the
Commissioners October IL. last to make
the examination. and, according to the
report, his inspection was conducted with
view to determining the efficiency OF
the design, the physical condition of the
bridge and its safety for the present
amount OF traffic that passes over It,
Regarding the efficiency of the design
the report says:
This bridge, built in 1891, was the
product of keen competition for this class
OF work existing at that time. and the
sections and details were pared down tc
give minimum amount of material.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
Recent Deaths.

Mrs. Delaney. widow Of Dennis W. De-
laney, a former resident Of this city, died
this morning at her homo at Headley,
Prince William county, after long ILL
ness. The deceased leaves the following
children: DR.. NJ. D. Delaney, Rev. Father
William Delaney, Joseph Delaney. Mrs.
Joseph p. Smith and Mrs. Baker. The
body will be brought to this city for
burial.
Mrs. Medora n. Larmand, wife Of Fran
els Larmand, died shortly after O'Clock
this morning at her home, lis South Co
lumbus street, after short illness. The
deceased leaves two children, Mrs. Alex
ander E. Slaymaker of Braddock Heights
and Miss Ethel r. Larmand. Her firm
eral will take place at o'clock Sunday
afternoon from her late residence. Serv-
ices will be conducted by Rev. w. G.
Morton, rector of Christ P. +. Church.
James T. Davis died last night at the
city almshouse at the age of fifty
eight years. He was native of
Prince William county. Va.
Thirty days in jail was the sentence
imposed in the police court today on
Robert Williams, colored. charged with
theft.
Railroad detectives have arrested
three young men on suspicion OF rob-
bling freight cars.
The officers of Alexandria Lodge of
Elks will go to Washington February
IA to confer the degree work of the
order on a class of candidates of Wash
ington Lodge OF Elks.
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Masonic Memorial of Washington.

Arrangements have been completed for
the annual meeting of the George WASH
ington Memorial Association, which will
be held here February II and will
be attended by number Of grand
masters from throughout the country.
Three sessions will be held that day by
the association and it will terminate with
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon the after
noon of February 22. at which time
President Taft will be u guest. The OBJ
ject of this association is to build a Ma
sonic temple here i'm memory of Wash
ington. The association meets here
every year.
The opera house here was flooded at
go o'clock this morning by the bursting
of "A three-inch water main which had
frozen. The entire building, including
the stores beneath the auditorium, were
| flooded. Policemen Carney and Scott,
who were passing at the time. saw water
pouring from the building and after some
! little time they secured the services of
an attache of the water company. who
| turned the water off. The damage was
slight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
Overriding Is Abnormal.

I'm order to minimize the weight Of
bracing In both trusses and supporting
towers, the trusses were spaced twenty
i've feet, for a width of roadway OF forty
feet, and total width, Of railing, of
hfty feet, resulting in an abnormal over
lang of the floor beams. This overhane
practically permits Of the weight of one
line of vehicles being carried outside of
the truss, with. of course, all pedestrian
traffic still farther overhanging.
THE trusses have redundant members.
which have tendency to cause lateral
movement of vibration from any defiec-
ton under vertical load. These redund-
ant members make the stresses in the
truss members, to a small extent, inde-
terminate. The lateral and sway system
of trusses We're originally of poor gen
eral and detail design. The additions,
however. which your officials have made
have improved this portion of the struc-
ture to a considerable extent
With respect to the physical condition
of the bridge, the report continues:
Il have had close inspection made OF
the entire structure and find that its
physical condition is good No great
amount OF corrosion was detected and NO
wear on the pin joints. However, some
of the very light braces, which stiffen
the floor beams where they rest on ton
OF the chords, are missing
with certain modifica tons" states the
report, regarding the safety of the bridge
for its present traffic, "a careful STUDY o1
the stress sheets would show that there
is sufficient section in the main mem
bers of trusseS, floor beams and towers
| to carry safely the present traffic.
Tie recommendations, which conclude
the report, are the following:
"First-That the light overha nging side
walk brackets be entirely removed and
the width of the roadway be reduced to
twenty-six feet between curbs. This will
give an available width of footwalk O.
six and a half feet on both sides and will
keep the vehicular traffic inside the truss
lines. 1t is quite noticeable that the pass
age Of the electric cars, which are well
within the truss lines. causes less vibra-
ton than considerably lighter traffic
passing on the outer parts Of the road
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
Plan to Cut Roadway.

Plans are being drawn in the Office of
T. J. c. Baily. the District engineer of
| bridges. providing for a reduction in the
| width of the bridge roadway from forty
! to twenty-six feet and the laying of a
new floor, which is to be more efficiently
braced to the trusses. The latter i'm
provement, which will cost 81 500 and is
not included in the amount Congress is
asked to appropriate, is to be commenced
without delay, the funds to be supplied
from the appropriation for the construc-
ton and repair of bridges for the cur
rent year.
The decision of the Commissioners to
take further further steps to increase
the safety of the Calvert street struc-
ture is based on a report which they re-
ceived November IS from III. r. Leonard,
engineer of bridges of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, who was employed
to make an examination of the bridge.
the document being made public for the
first time today.
1t states that no amount of changes
or additions will make the bridge first
class, but that certain notifications,
which are recommended. should be suf-
ticient to enable the structure to carry
its present traffic safely for number of
years. The notifications suggested.
which the Commissioner have decided to
execute If Congress provides the neces-
sary appropriation. are those referred to
respecting the reduction of the roadway
width and the laying of new floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19

Judge Louis C. Barley of the corpora
ton court of this city and Attorney Ed
mund Burke appeared before the senate
committee on insurance and banking Of
the legislature, yesterday afternoon. in
support of the Bowers Moncure bill,
which proposes to revoke the license and
authority Of any foreign insurance COM
pany and it's agents to do business in
this state who shall remove suits or
proceedings brought against them in the
courts of this commonwealth to any fed
eral court without the consent of the
other parties in such suit
The bill was taken up by the committee
out of its order, to permit the attorneys
to leave on an early train. Before re-
porting on the bill the committee decided
to hold another public hearing January
%, to give the insurance attorneys a
chance to present their side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Preparing for the Fight to Be
Made for Annexation.
LEE BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE
Arrangements Completed for Meet.
ing Of George Washington Me-
mortal Association.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special correspondence or Inc STAR
ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 10. 1912
Certified copies of the ordinance pro-
viding for the annexation to this city Of
a part of Alexandria and Fairfax coun-
ties will be placed in the hands Of the
city sergeant tomorrow by Corporation
Attorney Fisher for service. Eleven cop
les are to be served. Each member Of
the board Of supervisors of each county.
together with the commemorative at
torneys Of those counties, will receive a
copy. The ordinance providing for an
nexation will also be officially published
tomorrow.
The next step on the part Of the city
will be a motion before the court, which
will take place at the February term of
the circuit court for this city. This mo-
ton will be for the annexation, and I'M
der the law Judge J. B. T. Thornton.
who will preside. will request the deslg-
nation of a judge to sit in the case. This
viii be done by Gov. Mann. and 1t is ex-
pected a judge from some distant point
will be selected.
The city council will, at its next meet
ing, Tuesday night next, act on the reso-
luton appropriating $1,000 for expenses
for counsel to assist Corporation Attor-
ney Fisher. The board of aldermen has
already acted on the proposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-19
CHANGE bR|DGEP[AN
Now Proposed to Repair CAL
vert Street Structure.
LEONARD REPORT PUBLIC
Expert Advises Changes to Insure
Greater Safety.
CITIZENS FOR NEW BRIDGE
Will Appear Before Senate Commit
tee in Opposition to Program
Of Commissioners.

Notwithstanding the recent expenditure
by the District of $4,000 in strengthen
| ing Calvert Street bridge, over Rock
creek, the District Commissioners. it be-
came known today, are not convinced
that the structure is as safe as 1t should
be. They have asked Congress for an ap-
preparation of $1,000 with which to
strengthen it further.
The Commissioners had included in
| their estimates an item of 5000. with
which to have plans made for the pro-
posed new structure, when the Leonard
report was received. The report brought
about hurried arrangement of their
program, and resulted in a full explana-
ton of the situation being made to the
House appropriations committee, which,
at that time, was preparing the District
bill.
The committee was asked to eliminate
the five-thousand-dollarl item for plans
for a new bridge and increase the appro-
priation for the construction and repair
of bridges by $4,000, so that this addi-
tional amount could be used for strength
ening the structure in accordance with
the Leonard recommendations. The COM
mittee granted the request and the item
was approved yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
BABY CARSENIERE
IN ElG|N ROAD RACE
FRS, Time in the History of
Auto Races for Such
ali Event.
Seventh Near F.


Another feature has been added to
the annual Elein road race meet,
scheduled for August 3G-3l, under the
auspices Of the Chicago Automobile
club and the Elgin Automobile Road
Race Association 1t is to be baby
car event for machines with motors
having less than go cubic inches pis-
ton displacement IL is the first time
in the history OF the annual speed car
nival on this course that such an event
has been run The race will be ap-
proXimately ninety-siX miles the
little fellows having to cover twelve
laps of the course. The first prize
viii be $500 in cash to the winner. and
S200 will 20 10 the second best
Already -four entries have been as
sured-two Flanders and two HERE
shciis; the Flanders pair To he piloted
hN Bob Evans and Jack Tower The
II erreShoHS have been nominated by
tie Chicago agent, W. Wordingham
and the drivers for these have not yet
been chosen.
Tho four events. in addition to the
2Jt-inch class event. are the Aurora
trophy. for cars of 231-300 cubic
inches piston displacement. a l52- mile
affair. the Illinois trophy. for cars
of Z3l-41o cubic inches piston displace-
be run Friday, August so. as will be
the baby car race). while Saturday the
5i-mle ElSin national event for cars
of coo cubic riches and under and the
3G6-mile free-foralI viii wind up the
carnival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
ADMITTANCE BY CARD.
Unusual Attendance Expected at
barrow Hearing Next Week.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. August 10.-So
great has been the demand for seats at
the bribery trial OF Clarence S barrow
next week, when final arguments will be
made, that admittance probably viii be
arranged by card. The entire week Will
be given over TO oratory, with the case
going finally to the jury not later than
Friday evening. There was no session
today. as the taking of evidence was com
Guided yesterday.
Assistant District Attorney w. j. Ford
will make the opening argument for the
prosecution Monday. He viii be followed
Tuesday by Attorney Horace II. Appel,
who will open for the defense. Appel will
divide the day with Chief Counsel Earl
Rogers, who is expected to continue his
speech through the greater part of We'd
nesday
Because of his oratorical ability OAR
rows closing speech in his own behalf is
expected to excite the most interest. The
accused probably will begin his plea 10
the jury late Wednesday afternoon, and
conclude Thursday at noon. after which
| District Attorney John d. Fredericks will
make the governments closing argument
| using Thursday afternoon and probably
! all of Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
HIGHWAY ENGINEERS
ARE IN BIC DEMAND
Road Congress to Suggest
More Practical Courses of
Instruction.

\ practical effort to bring the supply
of expert highway engineers to the point
where they will be numerous enough to
meet the demand for their services Is to
be made at the American Road Congress
to be held in Atlantic City September 80
to October ). At the present time, with
the people of the United States spending
more than $200,G30.091 year for the i'm
provement of highways, the demand for
expert highway engineers exceeds the
supply There is to be conference OF
educational institutions at the American
Road Congress to be directed by the So
cety for the Promotion of Engineering
fducatiOn, and through this conference
efforts are to be made to induce the lead
ing universities to establish specific and
practical courses for the instruction of
highway. engineers.
There arc about eighty-two universities
in the United States devoting some at
tenton to highway engineering. The in
struction in this branch of engineering.
however. is in most cases merely part
of the general training of engineers, so
that there will be sufficient number of
trained men to handle the great problem
that has been thrust upon the United
States by the widespread agitation for
a better system of public highways that
VIII reduce the cost of hauling crops and
permit shipments by farmers at all sea-
sons of the year.
Prof Henry F. Norris of Cornell Uni
versity is the secretary of the Society
for the Promotion of Engineering Edu-
cation, which is composed OF officials sOf
the leading educational institutions hav-
ing engineering departments. Prof. Nor
ris has just sent letters to al the insti-
tutions which are represented in their
society. asking them to appoint dele
gates to represent them at the conven-
ton, which Will be part of the American
Road Congress at Atlantic City.
The Packard Motor Car Company has
secured notable addition TO its engineer
ing forces in tle appointment of j. q.
Vincent to the position of chief engineer.
Mr. Vincent becomes the executive head
of the active engineering CORPS.
Russell Huff. consulting engineer, and
{. j. Moore, manufacturing engineer.
both Of whom have been with the COM
pany since the bringing out of the first
model, viii constitute an advisory body
having supervision over all Packard ell
cheering work.