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Evening star., 1924-08-24
OPPOSITION
/ TO K Street PLAN
Commissioners Plan to Meet
Objections to Double Width
Of Thoroughfare.

. Considerable opposition 10 expected
by the District Commissioners to the
proposal to widen X street, between
Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets.
when the public hearing on the plan
II held In the board room Of the Dis
trtct Building on September S.
:. The chief objection, according to
engineer Commissioner J. Franklin
Bell. undoubtedly Will come from
occupants Of residences along the thor
oughfare. Business men and motor
ISIS, ne believes, will support the
proposition strongly because II will
make = decided Improvement in traf-
nc conditions.
:. The two important reasons Of the
Commissioners for favorins the
widening OF K street, Commissioner =
Bell explains. are:
i. Trahic congestion at Sixteenth,
ana x streets, now the most seriously
muddled up intersection along the
sixteenth street boulevard will be
aIleViated materially.
2. Material Improvement In tradc
conditions along X street, which will
make It q better thoroughfare for
motorists ana business establish
More ThaA Double Width.
n Street between Fourteenth and
Sixteenth streets Is now 40 feet wide.
The Commissioner plans to widen 1t
to approximately % feet, with a 25-
foot sidewalk on each side with shade
trees, except along Mcpherson Square.
The street will not be as wide there
because the Commissioner do not
want to encroach upon the park.
A center park. paved for automo-
bile parking, 10 included in the widen
ing plans. Paraiieling the park, will
be two roadways each 80 feet wide
for moving trafi1c. The center park
Will be 81 feet. 8 inches wide, except
In front OF Mcpherson Square, where
1t will be 80 feet.
Funds for widening the street, ac-
cordins to present plans. will come
from the gasoline tax fund. AS con-
gressional action is necessary before
the Commissioners can proceed with
the plans to widen the street, It prob
ably will be several years before the
project fs started. 1t Is the inten.
ton Of Commfssioner Bell to include
the item for widening the street in
the budget for the fiscal year of 1926.
II the Commissioners formally ap.
prove the plan.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
District Boys Get
Lou Records IL,
Armv's Track Tests

The District of Columbia made a
score OF ~ in the tests for physical
efficiency conducted At the civilian
military training camps OF 1923. In
which $4,000 young men took part.
according to the records OF the War
Department. The tests comprised
four events l00-yard dash, run
ming broad jump. running high jump
and bar vault.
The average score. for the United
States was 5l.9, Arkansas led with q
score OF 81. Kansas was second, with
q score OF IS and Arizona third with
q score Of 81. The West. West Cen
trail and Southwestern States topped
the list. Each Of these groups scored
IS. The New England States scored
50. the Southeastern States 81. the
East Central States t7.5 and the East
ern States, 45.5. New York and YER
mont tied with the District Of Column
bia with A and Maryland, Iowa and
Nebraska each scored less than that
figure.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
MAN HELD IN DOUBLE
MURDER 3 YEARS AGO
Arrested In New Mexico Charged
With Staying Husband and
Wife in 1921.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the ASSOCIATED IreSe,
GALLUP, N. Mex, August 23.-
Claude Olin Walker. jr., was placed
under arrest at Pennington. N. Mex,
yesterday on a charge of numbering
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Blackwell, jr., No
vember Is, 1921. Blackwell Is said to
be the son Of J. w. Blackwell, ST., Of
Durham, N. c.
On the night of the staying the
Blackwells attended q motion picture
show. Investigation the next morn
ing when Mr.. and Mrs. Blackwell
failed to show up where they were
employed revealed their bodies on
the porch Of their home. Both had
been shot. Robbery 10 believed to
have been the motive. Two hundred
dollars, which Mrs. Blackwell was
known to have had, was missing.
Mrs. Blackwell also wore valuable
diamonds. which were unmolested,
the authorities believing that the
murderer was frightened away by 4
passing automobile before he had an
opportunity to strip the diamonds
from the body.
J. W. Blackwell, jr., was understood
to be a member of a prominent pian-
.ufacturing arm.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
NEW LAW SCHOOL
BUILDING PLANNED
George Washington Univer-
sity to Erect $3.50, 900
Structure on 10th Street.

A new Law school building OF four
stories in height. colonial design. and
to cost about 3250.000 will be erected
on Twentieth street between G and
H streets for George Washington
University.
This was announced today by DR.
William Mather Lewis, president OF
the university, who explained that II
Is hoped to have the building ready
for occupancy some time during the
coming Winter term.
Contract has been let to the Ward
man Construction Company Albert
Harris and Arthur b. Heaton are the
architects Rasing the old buildings on
the site, which have been used for the
home economic departments and the
offices for instructors and student ac-
tivities. Is expected to begin shortly
Ample Lecture Room.
The structure will have a lecture
room capable Of seating $50 persons
This room will be located on the frst
floor. which will also contain Offices
for members OF the administration n
we'll as smaller lecture rooms.
The second and third floors will be
given over to lecture rooms and will
contain a large ,woman'S rest room
Mems clubrooms will be found in the
basement.
The feature OF the new building IL
the large library on the fourth moor
capable of containing 10000 volumes
Progress on Corcoran HALL.
Work has so far progressed on
Corcoran Hall, the new $2S0.00c
building on Twenty-frst street, as
to insure its occupation by the open
ing Of the university the latter part
Of next month. This structure Is Z
duplicate of the new law school. Ia
the first unit of the new university
scheme. 1t will increase the holding
of the university, with the new law
school. by more than half a million
dollars. exclusive of the value of the
land upon which the buildings will
stand.
In Corcoran Hall will be class
rooms. Offices and facilities for Z
modern rife range. This innovation.
with the completion OF the $4,000
gymnasium within a few weeks. will
centralize student activities and
greatly facilitate an extensive cam.
paign this winter.
The floor of the new gym will be
laid shortly. The building will have
accommodations for 1900 persons. in
addition to showers and locker rooms
for men and women.
President's Announcement.
President Lewis announces that the
Cambridge University-George wash
ington University debate scheduled
for October 20 probably will take
place in the new gymnasium
Offices for athletic instructors and
coaches also will be found in this
new building. which is SIS feet wide
and 120 feet long. 1t will be the
largest single room in the downtown
section with the exception OF Con-
vention Hall. capable Of staging big
basket bail games and the like
The completion of Corcoran Hall
and the new gymnasium and the new
law school some time during the
Winter, marks the greatest PROGRESS
in single year in the history of the
Institution.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
AGENTS
| WARNED BY OYSTER
Says UnWarranted Liberties
Must Not Be Taken in
Enforcing Law.

Commissioner James F. Oyster, who
supervises the Police Department
called 81 newly-made police.revenue
agents to his office yesterday after
noon. and gave them a heart-to.
heart talk on their new duties.
He warned them against beink
over zelaous and urged them to give
and accept utmost cooperation with
the prohibition units forces.
Warns OF OversealouHness.
II want you men to realize that
you are to call in prohibition agents
whenever possible" he said. "and only
to take matters in your own hands
when absolute necessity demands. ]
want you to remember that your
commissions as special prohibition
agents does not give you authority to
take unwananted liberties in en-
forcement of the law. but / don't
want you to forget that you are to
exert every effort to see that the law
is lived up to. Goodbye and good
luck =
Thus ended the talk which inaug.
urates the campaign of the police
department to mop up wet spots In
Washington with police who have the
same power to arrest as revenue
agents. The 81 policemen were sworn
in as agents Friday morning by Di.
visional Chief Harry Luckett of the
prohibition unit.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
SONG PLEASES FRIENDS
AND FOES OF HERRIOT
eve Can't Refuse Him Anything,' .
Dealing With English and Teu-
tons, Taken in Two Ways.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. August ga song which
makes the British and German states
men say I'VE can't refuse him any,
thing" has appeared coincidentally
with Premier Herriot's return from
the London reparation conference. 1t
Is meeting with favor from those Of
all political compilations. the pre-
mier's supporters taking 1t as seri-
Gus recognition of his success in cre-
ating z fraternal atmosphere among
the statesmen. while his opponents
see in it q bitter satire on the French
concessions at London.
The ditty, which was introduced At
a cafe which serves rs the town hall
OF the mythical free commune Of
Montmartre,r burlesQues the British
prime ministers Scotch burr and
Chancellor Marks German accent,
and has them describe the head OF
tho French EovePnne1t ~ 'that big,
sympathetic tat nAa. hrun Lyons"
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Killing of American,
InHO7,dur0s Is Held
To Be NO7,-PoIiticuI

Additional information was re-
ceived yesterday by the state
Department regarding the killing
In Honduras OF George Gatewood
Hamilton, whose address was
given as Mount Sterling, Ky. and
CHARLES Edward Rimr1er. q British
subject.
United States Consul willard l..
Beaulac. At Puerto Castillo, Hon
duras, reported that the men were
cut to death" at Sonora Farm In
the Department Of Colon on
August 2l. Both men were en-
ployes of the Truxiiio Railroad
Company. The messase said the
local authorities were searching for
a Salvadorean and a NicarasuAn
who are suspected Of the murders.
The vice consul expressed the
opinion that the crimes had no
political significance.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
FUEL OIL SUPPLY SENT.
Ship Goes to Meet Battleships With
World Flyers.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON. August 23.-The Navy took
new measures to supplement the forces
and supplies of the Gordon of. vessels
accompanying tho world flyers. The
fuel supply ship Brasos was ordered to
leave here Immediately with . stock
Of fuel oil for the destroyers Of the
Gordon, to be delivered probably at Bay
Of Islands, on the west coast of New
foundland.
The cruiser Detroit was ordered out
OF Newport, r. L, to 90 to the Bay Of
Fundy. In connection with the inser-
ton Of = stop at ST., John. New
Brunswick. after the flyers leave Pic
tou, Nova Scotia: 1t was announced
that the flyers would come directly
from st. John to this city. unless .
landing was forced. Their arrival
here now b locked for shout Sstur.
day OF naxt week.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
GIRL SWlMS MOBILE BAY.
16-Year-old Miss Makes 10 Miles
in 6 Hours,

MOBILE. Ala, August 23-Miss
Aleen Evans, Is years old. Of this
city. today swan across Mobile Bay.
10 miles, making the distance in less
than eight hours. according to a
dispatch from Fairhope, q resort on
the eastern shore.
pleted the distance shortly before
noon.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
ouake Rocks Scotch Villages.

EDINBURGH. Scotland, August %.
1.-Two earth Shocks, coming at. short
Intervals, last night rocked the viii
taeea Of spesn Bridge, Roy Bridge
and Gaifioch. In the Lochaber district
OF. lnYeHness. ..s.rhe sAoeks were ac-
eamp&hfed by . reverbefation, which
alarmed The Inhabitants. but no cas-
uslt3s1 Or 1sAASs 10 :prpIsrty were
f4poftSd =. - - -
Evening star., 1924-08-24
GIRL WIFE ASKS $4,000
Special Dispatch to The Star.

HAGERSTOwN,. Md, August ga
Alleging assault and Imprisonment
Mrs. Nellie Mentzer, Is years old, filed
suit here for $4,000 damages against
William c. Bell.
Bell. whose neck was broken while
he was employed by the Western
Maryland Railroad. is being held for
action of the grand jury. Jesse Bur-
ger and Paul Devine. who were with
Bell, also are under arrest
The suit charges that the trio took
Mrs. Mentzer and two others for
ride, and then took the other two
girls home, but detained her and kept
her a prisoner all night.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
SUPPLIES, RECEIVED.
Advice From Indian Harbor Says
Destroyer Is In.
BY the AsSociated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, August
23.-Advices received here from Indian
Harbor. Labrador, state that an Ameri-
can destroyer landed there today with
tents, provisions and other comforts
for the American Army world flyers,
who are expected tomorrow from
Greenland. Ordinary accommodations
ut Indian Harbor are lacking, except
at Grenfeil Hospital, which 10 fully
occupied. The place IL merely q fish-
ing settlement, with few: houses,
provision for tho comfort Of the
flyers.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
FEARS FOR LOCATELLIS SAFETY
INCREASE AS LONG SEARCH FAILS
Officials Here Advised That EsEin,os Familiar With
Greenland Coast Are Aiding Americans
in Hunt for Flyer.

were scanned through glasses for
traces OF the missing flyer.
To the northward the cruiser Raj
eigh engaged in . similar search. 1t
is the intention Of the Raleigh to
use airplanes when fog conditions
permit.
From the Barry's bridge Cape Fare
we'll presented q most forbidding
spectacle-huge mountains. scores OF
towering peaks. with innumerable
needle points and finger-like spires.
In the foreground a wide girdle of
ice. from which great bergs stood
out. glistened in the sunshine.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

A single speck of light, IS seen in
the night sky by the naked eye, may
really DO = group OF Thousands Of
stAf4
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dai and Ivigtut. awaiting more IA
vorable conditions.
Tho weather forecast here indi-
Gates fog on the west coast Of Green
land.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

ties in the country. and the sample
plan is to be distributed through the
local branches of these organisations.
The work of the new committee.
which is to hold a called meeting in
Memorial Continental Hall, on Au-
gust %, to discuss methods of back
ing up Uncle Sans program, Is to be
largely educational in character. The
vexed question, Just what is Defense
Test day." will be answered. its pur-
pose will be explained and methods
spirit Of President Coolidges proc
lamation will be outlined. Head
quarters have been established in
Memorial Continental Hall. national
headquarters Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The sample plan has been worked
up by Lieut.. Col. G. G. ReiniGer, of
the Field Artillery Reserve Corps.
| who has been drafted as executive
hand man to Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook. president general Of the D. A.
r.. and chairman of the Defense
Test committee.
The tentative plan for a national
| celebration of Defense Test day in
| cludes a parade not only OF military
| organisations but of veterans, OF
4 CIVIC, business, lAOOT ana patflOtiC Or
ganixations. OF school children, etc
| which will terminate at a suitable
place for a public gathering. There
speeches are to be made and other
| features OF the local program carried
out.
Opea WITH Prayer.
This mass meeting will be opened
| with prayer. speeches explaining the
| national defense act and the plans OF
local commanders for mobilizing
their units, following patriotic ad-
| dresses by local leaders Of veteran.
patriotic and civic societies will be
| featured as we'll rs music by the
| bands taking part in the parade. In
the evening q banquet in honor of
visiting officials and speakers is
planned, with q reception and dance
to bring . gala day to a close.
The principal speaker at the
afternoon session will be Maj. Gen.
John L. Hines. deputy chief of stan.
who is to succeed Gen. Pershing rs
chief Of stan Immediately after De.
tense Test day. Brig. Gen. Hugh A.
Drum will address the morning meet
Ing ana both win Be followed BY dis.
cussion in open committee. :.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
CONFIDENCE VOTED
AGAIN By DEPUTIES
IN HERRIOT COURSE

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CAPE Is FoRBIDDINa.
Farewell Presents Menacing Aspect
to Searchers.

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD THE U. s. s. BARRY, Au-
gust e2' 't5 'p.m)-In the search for
Lieut.. LocatAlli. the Italian aviator.
the destroyer Barry approached to
within . few miles OF the coastline
and steamed parallel toward Cape
Farewell while tha shoros and fjords
Evening star., 1924-08-24

"The purpose is to spare AZ many
male employees as possible within mill
tary age without disrupting business for
the afternoon only" said Mr.. Cola
days letter. Wont you please take
the necessary steps to ascertain how
many members Of your organization
or establishment will voluntarily en-
roll for the occasion and advise us on
or before the 29th instant SO that the
required number OF enrolment blanks
may be sent you"
In an effort to make the observ-
Ance OF Defense Test day truly na-
ttonal in character, = typical pro-
gram is being sent out to cities all
over the country BY the national COM
mittee to support the defense test.
Organized to secure the cooperation
of veteran and patriotic societies in
Supporting the governments plans.
tAS eonmittee IL made up Of the exec
uairss q @os$ ot the patriotic soeis>
Evening star., 1924-06-15
Finds Morale of
Midshipn,en Gets
Better Each Year

The board of visitors to the An
napoiis Naval Academy. of which
board Rear Admiral w. L. Rodgers,
retired. is chairman. has reported
that "the strict regimen maintained
at the academy is well devised to
achieve the desired end" and that the
morale of the institution "is growing
better each year"
That result" according to the re-
port, "is the product of the recogni-
ton of the fact thas ene midshipmen
are young Americans who carry into
the academy with them the atti-
tudes prevalent among a democratic
American people. The regimen is
Just and humane, as becomes any
American institution, but rigidiy firm
in all matters where there is no room
for dispute as to the moral qualities
necessary to an American naval off,
Ger. The supremacy of character as
the chief product is maintained
throughout all the aspects of acad-
emy life and work. No middle
in matters of character is ad-
mitted.
Evasion or attempting to de-
celve, for example, are not included
within the scale of dement's. Any
thlng savering of evasion or fraud
In dismissal offense. Trustworthi-
ness is fundamental in an American
naval officer. The absence of that
mand"
Evening star., 1924-06-15

followers aver. Two wrongly tilted
moons in succession are uncommon
certainly unpopular-it Is pointed out.
And SO. around the mystic hour of
emerge from obscurity a new and un-
trammeled moon. fresh from It's quar-
tiers. its slim lunar figure inclined,
1t Is hoped, TO a position sufficiently
restful. to assure a wet populace of
a dry country.
In the meantime, it Is argued,
Washington may expect the present
clear weather to give way again to
showers, drizZles and other common
garden varieties Of rain without
casts to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
To all of this line OF reasoning
science replies bunk" or words to
that effect.
To quote Forecaster Mitchell: "rhe
called theories have absolutely
nothing to do with the rain"
The moon faction of weather
prophets is composed largely of tillers
of the soil of the old school. These
people have great faith in the infiu-
ence welded by the worlds noe
turnal visitor, not only on the
weather. but on such less abstract
things as potatoes and fence posts.
Potato Planting.
Many farmers would no more plant
potatoes in the light" Of the moon
than they would expect a fish to
bite on bait not christened with
saliva They declare that experience
has proved conclusively that potatoes
buried with such improper obsequies
will rise again to haunt their male
factor with luxuriant tops" but in
significant tubers. Similar unhappy
consequences await the farmer who
does his planting of other crops by
the light of the moon.
AS regards fence posts, many a
care efully- erected barbed-wire inclos-
ure has let the COWS into the spinach
through the owners disregard for
Luna's idiosynCrasies. it is contended.
Posts stuc kin the ground when the
moon is out of sorts will become
loose in their moorings and generally
unrAanageable. ii is said. while posts
inserted at the proper phase. what
ever it is. are tractable and guaran-
teed not to fall out
The explanation advanced in sup
port of these arguments is simple, If
Evening star., 1924-06-15
MANHATTAN DAYS AND NIGHTS
BY HERBERT COREY.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE pace is
positively breathless here. The air
is filled with the cIack of steel
UP. Corners where high buildings
rose yesterday are holes today, filled
with engines desperately tearing at
new foundations. New skyscrappers
attract no more attention than a
fresh onion shoot in the garden. l
have been walking through 10th
street for weeks. Yesterday the tim
Der overhang was taken away from
the pavement, and for the first time
1 noted that a huge brownish- black
building trimmed with yellow had
risen. This morning I saw a new
structure from the ONCE window. 1t
was as though it had sprung up
overnight.
The old Brook Club has sold its
property in the forties and is moving
uptown. When Stanford White was
the worlds greatest architect the
Brook was known to every man in
town. Not that many had visited it.
point of fanaticism. In it was the
finest cellar, the most talented chef,
the highest play.
The Brook goes on forever" said
it's members, IN play on Tennyson's
words.
Somehow it has been forgotten
lately. Club life does not mean what
it used to mean in Manhattan. Per-
haps the Volstead act may have
something to do with this, but it
seems to me that a better reason is
a change in temperament. New
York men do not spend time in their
clubs as they used to. They drive
play golf, do something. The aver
age member has to take what
amounts to a railroad journey to
visit his club. The window loafer
was once a person to be enVied Now
he is almost in disrepute.
1t was the Brook which once pass
ed a bylaw forbidding stran ngers TO
enter the card room. Guests had all
the other privileges. The profane
legend goes that once upon a time
guest got into a little game in the
card room. When he got through
he had gone through the card-play-
ing members like a knife through
butter. The bylaw was enacted to
protect the members, not the guests.
There's a very handsome authoress in
town who not long ago figured in the
divorce courts. So did the handsome
young man who was at the moment her
chauffeur. One wondered if the sale Of