Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-06
CURB UPON STANDS.
Congress Asked to Prevent
Erection Near Public Buildings.
DECLARED TO BE MENACE
Also Obstruct View Of Inauguration
Visitors, It Is Declared.
FUND HAS REACHED $70,990
Large Contributions for Festivities
March 4 Are Received
Today.
DECLARED TO BE MENACE

Congress is asked to prevent the erec-
ton Of reviewing stands for the inaugu-
ra tion March near public buildings and
monuments, especially in front of the
Treasury Department building and La
fayette Park. in a petition presented TO
the Senate today by Senator Gallinger.
chairman Of the Senate District commit
tee. The petition is backed by the Wash
ington chapter Of the American Institute
of Architects.
The petition declares, in part:
-Four years ago huge reviewing stands
were erected on the north and east fronts
Of the Treasury Department building and
the south side OF Lafayette Square and
other public parks and reservations. and
on Pennsylvania avenue and intersectins
streets for the purpose of viewing the in
augural parade.
Objections to Stands.
THE reviewing stands referred to
above damage the buildings, monuments,
trees and shrubbery during the erection
and removal OF same, and are a serious
menace to them by fire.
Congress. i'm order to protect buildings
owned or used for public purposes from
damage by mourning draperies. enuacted
the 9th statute. section 5, winch Is a.
follows: That hereafter no building
owned or used for public purposes, by the
government OF the United States. shall
be draped in mourning and no part or
the public fund shall be used for such
purpose
"A proper view OF the public build
ings and monuments is seriously OBJ
structed and sometimes entirely OBJ
scured, and the thousands OF visitors
to the capital for the inaugural cere-
monies, by reason Of these huge re-
viewing stands, have proper view or
the buildings and monuments seriously
INSTRUCTED or entirely obliterated.
other Means Suggested.
TT is the opinion of the Washington
Chapter of the American Institute Oh
Architects that certain types OF review
ing stands may be erected on or along the
curbs or sidewalks without the objection
able features herein rererred to and
without epdangering the public buildings
and monuments and without defacing
them"
In view of these considerations, Con-
ereSs is asked ito enact such Legislation
as may be necessary to protect the pubic
buildings and monuments and permit VS.
itors to view them as under normal con-
dftions."
Subscriptions Today.
The inaugural guarantee fund had
reached s7O.99O by 1 o'clock this after
noon, according to statement given
out by Corcoran Thorn, chairman of the
finance committee The new subscrip-
tions announced today were as follows
Joseph III. Bradley, $3.50; Lewis III.
Thayer. 800; William NJ. Hallam. SGD;
at
800; ID. Loughran. $1O0: Lorenzo s.
brown. 800: Charles Albert Mckinney,
800; James A. Sample. $50; w. Il. Ed
monston, 500: Lee ID. Latimer. 800;
Nathaniel Wilson: 500; George d: oh Horn
ing. $3.50, and w. +. Brenizer, $3.50.
New Jersey and Wisconsin are the
only two states whose militias have SO
far asked Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chair
man Of the inaugural committee on mil
itary organiza tons. for positions In the
narade to be held March 4. Representa-
tive NJ. Z. Burke of Pennsylvania has
made application for a position for the
I'd Regiment, Wisconsin National Guard.
and W. S. Sadler. adjutant general OF
the National Guard of New jersey mas
asked for a position for the New Jersey
troops
Others Asking Positions.
Several applications have been received
at Gen. Woods Office for positions for
other military organizations. however.
these being as follows:
For the Boy Scouts OF Washington, F.
8. Martin: for the Spanish War Veterans
of the District. Jere A. Costello, depart
ment commander; for the Virginia Mill
tary Institute. Gen. Z. V. Nichols. super
intendent, Lexington. Va: for the De-
partment of the Potomac. G. A. r., j. ID.
pdor nd
for the Lexington Minute men. A Com
pany. J. J. r. Hughes. captain. Charles
town. Mass. An informal application for
position in the inaugural parade has also
been made by the military organization
of the Indian students at the Carlisle.
Pa, school.
Gets Number of Requests.
Robert y. Harper chairman of the
inaugural committee OH civic organiza-
tons in the parade, has received num-
Der Of requests for positions in the pa
rade and will go over them and tabulate
them tonight.
1t is expected that from now on appli-
cations for parade positions and quar-
tiers i'm Washington will be received by
these two committees in much larger
volume.
Mr.. Harper today announced the fol-
lowing additions to his committee on
civic organizations: w. l.. Symons.
Charles d. Fowler. Andrew Jordan
Green, NJ. J. Keane. J. A. Whitfield,
Thomas Bradley. Charles NJ. Schneider.
A. NJ. Poynton. Samuel Miller, Walter
Mcdonald.
Secretary Fisher Of the Interior Depart
ment today sent a letter to the House
asking for repairs to the electric cable
which furnishes light to the pensions
office, limiting that unless the cable was
there was danger of the lights
going out at any time. The question
arose in the minds of the
members of Congress Interested in the
plans for holding the inaugural ball I'm
the pension office, What if the lights
should go out during the big ball?"
Fisher Asks for So, 500.
Secretary Fisher asks for an appropria-
ton of $500 to have the cable repaired.
He says that the present cable is ten
years old is overtaXed and runs ada
cent to and under the car tracks. and the