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The Washington times., 1924-12-02
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FOR new
LANDS
Estimates Garry First AIIot-
ment for Newly Created
Commission

Estimates for the District OF Co
A0mbia for the coming fiscal year,
submitted to Congress today, pro.
vide. the most liberal amounts for
parks allowed in the recent history
of the National Capital.
Despite the increase, however,
the amount allowed for the newly
created National Park Commission.
OF 100000, is but little more than
half the maximum appropriation
allowed by law Of / cent for each
inhabitant Of the United States, or
$1,1O0. 900.
The estimates carry the first ap-
preparation for the Park Commits.
sion since it was created during
the last session OF Congress. The
estimates allow $5s9, $50 for the pur-
chase OF new land for parks, to be
selected by the commission.
The amount allowed for improve
ment and care Of public grounds
and parks in the District is literally
lncreased.A The new estimates pro.
woe $4,000 for this purpose, as
against SS90.550 appropriated for
the current fiscal year.
$38,945 for Rock Creek.
Among the larger items allowed
ir the estimates are $38,945 for i'm
provenent and care Of Rock Creek
Park, $4,000 for West Potomac
Park, $69,100 for miscellaneous
reservations, $4O,560 for East Pc.
tomac Park, $27,44O for improve
ment of Meridian Hill Park, and
$4,000 for Anacostia Park.
A new appropriation of $4,000 is
allowed for Improvement Of the
parkway connecting Rock Creek
and Potomac parks, on which no
work has yet been done.
The estimates also provide $4,000
Tor the construction of park lodge
and comfort station in Rock Creek
Park and $4,000 for construction
OF new roads and bridges in Rock
Creek Park and for widening exist.
ing roads and bridges.
An appropriation of $4,000 is
authorized for widening the Inlet
Bridge in West Potomac Park.
Park Police Force.
The estimates for maintenance OF
the park police force is increased
from $lO,600 to $11 ,45O, while the
salaries of officers and men on the
force is increased from $85, $40 for
the current year, to 1927, 446, under
the terms of the new police salary
Dill passed by Congress during the
past session.
The estimates for Geological Park
are $156.000, as against $148,237 for
the current year. The Budget Blu.
reau allows $43,480 for lighting of
public grounds.
An increase from $50, 900 for the
current year to $4,000 is allowed,
for development of Anacostia Park.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02

Budget Bureau Favors
New Projects
Here

Among the principal new
projects recommended by the
Budget Bureau for the District
of Columbia for next year are:
New police station, No. Is, to
be located at Georgia and Colo
RADIO avenues northwest.
Seven new pieces Of fire APP
paratus.
Three new schools.
Nearly 100000 to be spent
by the new National Capital
Park Commission for purchase
of new parks.
Paving and grading Of
seventy-five. streets.
Widening of two streets to
relieve traffic congestion.
Widening Of number Of
park roads and bridges.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $3.50, Obituary Desk
THOMAS DAWSON.

Requiem mass will be celebrated
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at
st. Joseph's Church for Thomas
Dawson, fifty-three, a member of
the Metropolitan Police force for
twenty years, who died yesterday
at his residence, A14 Delaware ave-
nue. northeast. The funeral will be
held from the home at $50 o'clock.
The Reverend Father j. T. Kennedy
will officiate.
Mr.. Dawson was native of Phila-
delphia, Pa, and had been living
in Washington about thirty years.
He was retired from the police force
about four years ago. Beside his
widow, Mrs. Ellen T. Dawson, who
before her marriage was Miss Con.
nors, he is survived by four daugh-
tiers. Mary, Catherine. Elizabeth, and
Rita Dawson, and one son, Dennis
Dawson.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
BUDGET ALLOWS
WIDENING Of
8 STREETS
Traffic Congestion Relief Be-
ing Planned on NJ, Ninth
and BIadensburg Road

Another step to improve traffic
congestion in Washington is taken
in the 1925 budget by the pro-
visions for widening three streets
in the city.
The estimates provide for widen
Ing to sixty feet and repaving the
roadway, M street from twenty.
ninth to Thirty-fifth street at a
cost of $97,4O0.
A provision widening to sixty feet
Bladensburg road from H street TO
end of asphalt roadway, at cost
Of $4,000, is in the budget.
Widening of Ninth street by
twelve feet, from New York ave-
nue. to Massachusetts, avenue, cost.
ing $4,000. is provided.
Several months ago, the District
Commissioners held a public hear
ing to consider the widening of
five streets. Citizens, were unani-
mously in favor the widening Of NJ
street and Bladensburg road. Con-
siderable opposition to the widening
of Tenth and Eleventh streets
northwest developed.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
NORRIS AND UNDERWOOD
UNITE IN SHOALS FIGHT

An agreement to keep the Muscle
Shoals, water power, project before
the Senate until finally disposed of
was reached this afternoon be-
tween Senators George w. Norris
Rep) Of Nebraska, and Oscar w.
Underwood Dem) OF Alabama,
authors Of rival plans for operating
the project.
Under the agreement, the two
Senator's although opposing each
others plan, will unite against an
administration move to recommit
the whole question to the Senate
Agriculture Committee. The sub
ject viii come before the Senate
tomorrow under an agreement
|Yeached last spring.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
PRUNE COST Of
WHITE HOUSE
OPERATION
Cut Of 81 ,407 in Estimates Of
Executive Mansion for Com
s. ing Fiscal Year

The White House has not been
spared the pruning knife welded
by the Director of the Budget.
General H. NJ. Lord.
Estimates for the coming fiscal
year for the Executive Mansion.
totaling $439. $50. represent cut of
81. 407.50 from the current appropri.
alton Of SAL 1857.
Strict economy is being exercised
In the household of President Cool.
idge, as is evidenced by the fact
that there is a net reduction of
81 ,407 In salaries in the executive
offices; a cut of 500 in the cost
Of printing and binding documents,
cut of $4,000 in contingent ex-
penses; Of $1,000 in the salaries OF
the White House police and Of $2.760
in the estimates for repairs, fuel,
lighting, etc.
G. p. o. Increase.
The Government Printing Office
obtains an increase in the estimates
Of 1867, 14O. the appropriations for
the current year being $2.662, SAC
and the estimates for next year
being $3.12S.9SO. The increase is
due to increases from 81 100000 to
81. 400, 900 for congressional printing
to an increase Of $37, 900 for salaries
in the office Of the Superintendent
Of Documents, and an increase OF
$4,000 in the expenses OF the same
office.
The Bureau Of Efficiency is cut
$500. virtually all Of it in reduced
personnel.
Estimates are made for new book
stacks in the Library of Congress,
to cost $345,00O. The estimate for
the architect of the Capitol's office
is S1,S4S,8S1, an increase OF $212,-
SSs over the appropriations for the
present year.
For Botanic Garden.
For the Botanic Garden the esti-
mates provide an increase of $751;
OOS over the current appropriations,
the former being $123,s37.
A net reduction in the estimates
Of $S49.1 100 is decreed for the EN-
ployes' Compensation Commission.
The current, appropriation is So $685..
500. and the estimates for 1929 is
1901, 500.
This net reduction involves 81, 600
In the personnel estimates, and of
$S50,000 for the employees com
pensation fund. General Lord, Di.
rector Of the Budget, explains that
this reduction is due to a change
Of policy regarding awards for dis.
ability on account OF diseases.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
Single Dining Room Is
Saving Money For
u. S. Hotels

By the mere change of serv-
ing the guests Of the Govern
ment hotels on Union Station
plaza in one dining room i'm
stead of two Uncle Sam saves
$127, 500.
This is what Director Of the
Budget Lord says in cutting the
estimates for the hotels from
100000 to $572,500 for the next
fiscal year.
This saving has been accom-
plished already and probably
means that the hotels actually
show balance on the right side
Of the ledger under present con-
ditions.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
LOUIS H. GERHARD.

Funeral services for Louis H.
Gerhard, fifty-five, prominent por-
trait painter, who was asphyxiated
il, his studio at 631 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the chapel of Frank Geier's under.
taking establishment followed by
irterment at Prospect Hill Gem
etery. He lived at 1926 Sixth street
northwest
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Marie Gerhard, and three sisters,
Miss Mary c. Gerhard, Mrs. A. S.
Oden and Mrs. Pauline B. Bishoff.
Mr.. Gerhard was a native of
Washington and had attended Cen
trail High School. Without special
training he is said to have risen
to the rank Of one OF Washington s
foremost painters. He had had
several commissions from the Bar
Association and had painted many
officers of Masonic circles.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
MARRIAGE LICENSES.


The following persons were licensed
yesterday to marry. Unless otherwise
indicated they are from the District Of
Columbia:
Gary Gllchrist. 80, and Robener
Brown, 80, 10th OF No. 20s Fenbe place
northeast. The Reverend Aquila Sayles.
Arthur Williams, 20. and Willie
Downs 10, both of No. l314M Fifth
street northwest. The Reverend @. o.
Bullock. 4G r
William q. Taylor, 20, No. 1s22 Fourth
street northwest, and Mary r.. Myers, %,
No. sos y street northwest. The Rev
John w. smith. 80. No. 1909 New
Jersey avenue northwest and Ethel
Wcrmley. 81, No. els NJ street north
west The Reverend W. H. Jernagin.
August Patrick. 20. No. A97 Locust
street southwest, and Dorothy HauG.
bury 10, No. ace Clark court south
west. The Reverend AQuila Sayles.
William Dade, 30. No. 1873 Q street
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
$765, 62s IS PROVIDED
FOR CAPITAL S ELECTRICITY

The District electrical department
is granted $765, 62S In the 1926 bud.
get as compared with $696,S60 ap-
propriated for the current fiscal
year.
The estimates are listed as fol-
lows: for personal services, $4,000;
for general supplies, repairs, ETC.,
$31,12S; for placing wire OF fire
alarm. police patrol and telephone
service underground, $4,000; for ex-
tension and relocation of police
patrol system, ETC., $500.
For purchase. installation and
maintenance Of public lamps, lamp
POSTS, ETC., S69D,000; for replacinr
gas lamps and less effective electric
lamps by improved electric installa.
ton. $4,000: for extension and re.
location OF fire alarm system. $10,-
900 and for purchase and installing
additional lead covered cables, Ss,.
600.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
INCREASE FOR D. c. GUARD
OVER PRESENT TOTALS

Rental of a new armory and
storeAouse for the District National
Guard is provided in the estimates
submitted to Congress today by the
budget bureau.
The estimates provide $500 for
rental of an armory for the First
Separate Battalion of the guard
and $4,000 for rental of new
storehouse.
The total appropriation for the
National Guard. as provided in the
estimates, is $5O,450 as against $45,-
$40 for the current fiscal year.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
BIRTHS.
DIM no,
Charles and Gladys McGogney hoy.

Charles and Gladys McGogney, hoy
Clarence / and Mae Kesler. girl. n
Dominick and Mary e. santaiti, boy.
VIM. H. and Mary Dean. boy
Joseph A. and Amelia Blinkhorn. boy.
Raymond l.. and Lucille Kirchner,
girl.
Lawrence and Lauro Dodd, girl.
Harry and Annie Connell, girl.
James f. and Eunice Sheahan, girl.
Antonio and Gilardina Gonnella, girl.
Soccarso and Caterina LiCalzi, boy.
Russell L, and Catherine Frye, girl.
Leo. A. and Jessie L. Watkins, boy.
Matthew and Lucy Jones, boy.
Charles b. and Cora Pryor, boy.
!. Samuel H. and Maud =. Leggett,
boy
william A. and Florence Roberts.
boy.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
DR.. KoBER AND j.. J. EDISON
RENAMED TO D. c. BOARD

John Joy Edison. Doctor George
M. Kober today were reappointed
members Of the board of charities
by President Coolidge.
The nominations were sent to
the Senate, whore 1t IL expected
they will be confirmed without
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
MARY ELIZABETH ENGLTsH.

Rites for Miss Mary Elizabeth
English, daughter Of the late Sam
uel r. and Sarah A. English, who
died yesterday at her residences
1907 p street northwest. will he AZ
Oak Hill Cemetery chapel tomorroyv
afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Reyer.
END Alternately, of the Calvary Bap-
tisf Church, of which she was a
member, will officiate.
Miss English was native of New
YORK State, but had lived in Wash
lngton for many years. She is sur.
vlved by two brothers, Harry and
Walter c. English, of this city.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02

State politician, the late Murray
Crane. From 1890 to 1895 he was in
the Massachusetts Legislature. first
in the House and then in the Senate.
he was the Quintessence of party
regularity.
1t was there he first met Calvin
Coolidge, a member from Northamp-
ton.
Amasses Fortune.
BY combining his law. his politics.
and his natural business sagacity,
William M. Butler piled up a con-
siderable fortune by the time he
reached middle age. He became in.
terested in cotton mills, in public
utilities, in railroads, in real estate,
and he prospered in all of them. His
law practice was corporation law.
Today. at the age of sixty-fOur,
and stepping into the United States
Senate, he is president of the Bos-
ton and Worcester Electric Con,-
pany the Boston and Western
Street Railway Company, the But.
Ter Mills. the HooSac Cotton Mills,
the Newmarket Mills, the New
Bedford Cotton Mills Corporation,
the New Bedford Storage Ware
house Company, the Quissett Mills
end the West End Thread Com
pany.
He heads these corporations. He
is a director in and is interested
in many others. His son, Morgan
Butler, was only recently elected
president of the National Associa-
ton of Cotton Manufacturers.
Tax PAYMENT MOdist.
He paid an income tax last year
of $13,906.
Those are the material facts
about William NJ. Butler.
He does not play much. nor is
he an orator. He is business. A
golf club would be a strange i'm
plement in his hands. He is 4
blunt man of blunt speech. He
has no hobbies, although he does
enjoy a boat. That is inherent in
him and New Bedford.
Mr.. Butler is not going to have
an easy time in his difficult role
in the Senate.
AS manager of the Coolidge pre-
convention campaign, he clashed
head-on with national figures who
have been dominating the Republic
can party, and particularly Repub-
lican national conventions, for
many years. The convention at
Cleveland produced many wounds
not yet healed. Whether they will
be healed in the rarefied and
soothing atmosphere of the Senate
remains to be seen.
"Old Guard" Victory.
Few of those who were on the
platform in the Republican ma
tional convention in Cleveland on
the night of June IL last will
forget the stormy scene that was
presented there by Butler and the
Senatorial "Old Guard" as repre-
scented by Senators Wadsworth, Of
New York; Reed, of Pennsylvania;
Watson, Of Indiana; Edge. of New
Jersey, and others.
All day long the wires between
Cleveland and Washington had been
kept hot trying to find Vice Presi-
dental candidate acceptable at both
ends of the wire. Conflicting or.
ders had been issued, misunder-
standings had prevailed. and tenn
pers were frazzled and the heat ter
rifle. Lowden had been nominated
and had refused.
On the floor. under the direction
Of a handful of Senators, a quiet
movement had been started in the
direction of Charles G. Dawes.
Butler came down from the plat
form to stop 1t. He was visibly
perturbed.
Its to be Hooverv' he said
sharply to one of the Senators busy
lining up Dawes votes.
mo, 1t isn't: it's to be Dawes
on the next ballotp'l irritably re-
piled the Senator addressed.
And 1t was-on the next ballot.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
GEORGE III. POLLOCK.

Services for George H. Pollock,
sixty.five, who died yesterday at
his home, 1892 Bladensburg road.
will be held from the residence of
his brother, Wallace r. Pollock,
Philadelphia, Pa, tomorrow after.
noon. Interment, will be at Phila.
delphia.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
JAMES H. CLARKE.

Requiem mass was celebrated
today at st. Anthony,s Catholic
Church for. James H. Clarke, sew
enty-four. who died Sunday at Gar.
Held Hospital. Interment was
private. Funeral services were con.
Quoted from his home at 719 Law.
renee street northwest.
Members of the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants, Washington
Council, knights of Columbus and
other officials Of the knights of
Columbus, attended the funeral.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
DEATHS.

Sadie A. Adams. A. No. 100 G
street northwest.
Jennie Thomas. 10. Casualty Hos
sue L. Perkins. &c. No. 21s e street
northwest.
Albert g. Yount. 81, No. AHA Thir-
teenth street northwest.
Winfield NJ Alvey. n, George Wash
ington University Hospital.
Marian e. Nevins, rs. Tuberculosis
Hospital. ss
Anna M. Haslup. Sc, No. soS Quack-
enbos street northwest.
:. Armour Mcfarland. 7S. u. s. $. H.
Hospital.
Edna A. Dixon. so. No. 1916 G street
Marie =. Repetti. 90, No. 50 U
street northwest
William H. O'Hara, 81, No. 1920 r
street northwest.
Benjamin F. Hobbs. so. No. 1S9
Adams street.
Maude =. O'Leary %, No. 62s
Gresham street northwest.
Berdelia B. Jones 4S, No. 7ls Har-
ward street northwest
Mary l.. Duckett, 40. No. 91O New
Hampshire avenue northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
FLORIsTN
APPROPRIATE Funeral Tokens
GUIDE Bros. Co., 1912 F st. N. w.
Artistic-Expressive-
Prompt Auto Delivery Service.

northwest. and Bonnie A. Crutchfield,
81. No. 1921 Eighteenth street north
west. The Reverend j. E. Willis.
William H. Hart, Is, No. 1869 U
street northwest. and Annie Randall, 90.
No. 1910 Eighth street northwest. The
Reverend NJ. w. d. Norman.
Eugene w. w. Mason, 10, Chevy
Chase, Nd, and Ethel NJ. Royce. Is,
Falls Church. Va. The Reverend T. E.
Roy Barrows. 20. No. 1911 Fifth street
northeast. and Ellen Wilt, 2s. No %
Quincy place northeast. The Reverend
Henry Gregg, 20. Denison, Tex. and
Alfredo Scheyett, 10. No. 1910 E street
southeast. The Reverend r. L. Woven.
Grover o. HeLshalI. 81, winchester,
Va, and Sarah e. Grove. 81, same
address. The Reverend c. R. stauffer.
William H. Timer. 26, No. 1Os Indiana
avenue northwest, and Carrie M. Crews,
rs. Porteau. Okla. The Reverend ]. e.
Briggs.
John T. OConnor. Is, No. 1914 Four.
Gilmore. 10. No. 1921 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest The Reverend J. e.
Briggs.
Brown, IS, No. 1143 New Hampshire
avenue northwest. The Reverend T. v.
Fitzgerald.
Raymond ]. Reed So, No. 1858
Lamont street northwest and Flora r.
Gutman,- 2s. Congress Heights. The
Reverend j. E. Briggs.
Harold w. Gray, SO. No. 21S Second
street northwest. and Doris Grant, Is,
Boston, Mass. The Reverend, w. NJ.
Hoffman
Wilton l. Ea6ho, %, No. 72s Mary.
land avenue northeast, and Julia M.
Pitts, -. No. 400 Eighth street north
east. The Reverend F.. p! MacAdams
George B. Jurden, 49, st. Paul, Mimi,
and Helen M. Keister, 80, No. 1915
Fern street northwest. The Reverend
g. NJ. Diffenderfar. -
The Washington times., 1924-12-02

William M. the IN" stands for
Morgan) Butler was born in New
Bedford, Mass. in January, 1851.
making him nearly sixty-four years
old--twelve years older than the
President. His father was a min
lister. Further back his people were
seafarers.
He had little liking for the min
istry and directed his attention to.
ward the law, graduating from Bos-
ton University in 1884. Two years
later he married. and for ten years
thereafter he practised his. profess
sion in New Bedford.
He had an early flair for poll
tics. and gradually he came under
the tutelage Of that master Bay
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-31
Sentry Hillerud to Take
Charge of Light Plants
Sank Centre Man to Take Charge of
Systems At Park Rapids and Axe
ley August First

Sentry Hillerud who has been as
ISOLATED with his father in the hard
ware business in this city for the past
several years, spent Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week at Park
Rapids and Akeley looking over the
light and power plants in those vii
lagos owned by the Minnesota Power
& Light Company. The young man
has accepted position as general
superintendent of the plants at AXE
ley and Park Rapids, and will also
be general overseer for eighty miles
of high line. Sentry will assume his
new duties August first.
The young man received his first
electrical experience while employed
by the Little Falls Corporation in
company with George Conkey also
formerly of this city, several years
ago. He has special adaptability
for electrical appliances and will
make a very valuable man for the
Minnesota Power & Light organiza-
ton. While in the electrical business
with his father here he had charge
of the installation Of Sank Centre
white way, and the manner in which
he handled this job is distinct
credit to him.
The Herald hates to see young
men of Sentry's type leave the city
but congratulates him upon his ap-
pointment to this responsible position
with every confidence that he will
make good.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-31
Three-Year- Old Boy Is
Called to Great Beyond
Theodore Stillman Son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. Stillman Dies of Pneu-
monia Wednesday

Wednesday evening about nine
o'clock at the Chas. Harrison home on
Maple street the Grimm reaper
claimed the life of little three-year-
old Theodore Stillman of Great Falls,
Mont, who with his mother and lit
tie sister were visiting at the Har-
rison home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Stillman with
their children had been visiting the
gentleman's parents in Ontario, Can,
prior to their arrival in Sank Cen
trel July FL, while there, both chill
dren suffered an attack of measles,
from which they had apparently full
ly recovered, but upon reaching this
city little Theodore seemed very
much fatigued, and Sunday took to
his bed suffering with pneumonia,
which caused his death Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. Stillman who left Sank Cen
tire last Thursday for his home in
Mont, to resume his business, was
advised of his little sons serious ILL
ness Wednesday noon and is expected
to arrive in this city tonight.
At this writing no definite arrange
ments regarding burial are known,
but no doubt the body will be shipped
to Great Falls, for interment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-31
entomology division at University
Farm at st. Paul.

entomology division at University
Farm at st. Paul.
Most of the damage was done by
the hoppers in the early stages of
their development. The loss of pas
lures in many localities was reported,
and, doubtless, pastures which seemed
unthrifty in other localities were
simply denuded by young hoppers
Now that the hoppers have matured
and are flying about, thy are more
noticeable, and reports of their pres
ence are more frequnt.
1t is still not too late to use poison
bait, consisting of 100 pounds of
coarse wheat bran (free from shorts)
5 pounds of crude white arsenic,
pounds of salt, 8 ounces of amlace-
tate technical grade), 2 gallons OF
molasses Glow grade), and 10 or IL
gallons of Matchmaking enough to
cover ten or twelve acres, scattered
in flakes.
The entomologists at University
Farm, st. Paul, are asking that the
presence of grasshoppers anywhere
in the state in considerable numbers
be carefully reported, in order that
preparations may be made to fight
them next spring. If conditions favor
the survival of the pests over winter
-as they are likely to-the damage
next year may. be vastly greater
than this.