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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
MOLLER PLAN
BUILT BIG
ORGAN
Auditorium instrument Mass
of Detail That Makes Its
Noble Soul of Sound
By JESSIE MCBRIDE.


Fifty miles Of wire in the great
new Moller Pipe Organ, Of the
Washington Auditorium!
About 5000 pipes, no two of
which are the same size!
These facts reveal some little OF
the intricacy Of this great instru-
ming with an organ recital by that
brilliant artist Archer Gibson OF
New York. after whose specified
tons the organ was built.
A visit to the factory OF the
NJ. p. Mol1er Pipe Organ Industry
OF Hagerstown, Maryland, lifts the
tricacies of this king of music
makers-the mammoth Pipe Organ.
1t took form out in the valley,
overlooking the hills where ripen-
ing wheat sways in the breeze and
red.scented clover blooms.
Here, step by step, one finds the
multitude of units that go into the
making of the instrument.
l had the great privilege OF be-
ing introduced to this factory for
music by M. P. Moller, himself, who
fifty years ago was pioneer here
among organ builders, coming from
his native Denmark to America.
Today he celebrates his Golden
Anniversary Organ" in the new
civic organ OF the National Capital,
promising that this will rank as
the greatest pipe organ in America.
Our Organ Serial No. 4O19.
The Moller Pipe Organ Industry
occupies some seven acres of land
q
covers three acres, with plans al
ready drawn for enlarging the
plant. The balance is used for lum-
Der yards, dry kilns, railroad sid.
ings, etc.
That Is not surprising when one
knows that more than one pipe
organ day is being shipped from
the factory. To be exact, in 1925
there were 141 organs shipped dur
ing the first 131 days.
The serial number for the Wash
ington organ is 4,019.
1t Is the largest pipe organ
factory in the world, it is claimed.
There are over 800 men employed
there, with sixty additional installa-
tion men on the road covering q
territory that reaches from coast
TO coast. They have fourteen sales
offices.
Think of the multitude OF ma.
terials that are contained in this
instrument The lumber is our
own, tin and shellac comes from
India, feathers domestic and for
eign, also felts. There is ivory
from Africa, varnishes from gums
OF Africa or China, ebony from the
tropics, brass, copper, bronze, alum
mum, steel, lead, zinc. These are
the raw materials that are manu-
featured at this plant into the
thousands of parts OF the smodern
pipe organ.
Today the pipe organ is not
alone an instrument for church
music, so variable are the uses to
which it is put.
Today the theater. school, concert
hall. residence. funeral parlors, in
dustriaI plants, studios, besides the
church and the cathedral. all NJ
clude the pipe organ in their equip
ment. Each has it's special re-
quirements which must be cared for
by the designers and builder.
The theater organ, Of the motion
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ar inch in length to thirty-two feet
long.
These metal pipes are Of great
Importance.
Their manufacture requires rare
skill, Made from various alloys Of
pure tin and lead, melted together
and flowed" in sheets over q long
soap-stone bed covered with linen
these sheets are cut to the diff
ferent sizes, the form being rounded
and soldered by hand into pipes
of the varying lengths and dame
tiers.
No two pipes in the entire or
gan is the same, the length and
diameter governs the tone.
That, at a. glance, shows how in
tricate and how delicate is The
workmanship Of a pipe organ.
Tone, Pitch and Pipe Mystery.
The larger pipes. those over -four
feet in length, are made of 1
harder substance, pure zinc, which
is annealed, to take away any brass
sound in tone.
1t is interesting to know thai
the reeds" of an organ are these
metal pipes that correspond in tone
to the wood-winds of an orchestra
The wood pipes must have tho
same treatment that, for instance
is used in the seasoning of WOOD
for the finest pianos. Spruce, fol
example, must be "seasoned''A from
four to six years in the air, tt
: acquire the right resonance.
| Cherry and apple wood is used fol
| the mouths of all wood pipes. The
32-foot open diapason in the Wash
! ington Auditorium organ required
over 1000 feet of lumber in its
construction alone, which shows
again how huge is the building Of
| the mighty instrument.
| The lumber in the mill rooms
or out Of doors, must be at least
| two years in supply ahead of the
demand, for though bought dry, il
still requires many months air sea
sonihg and then must go into the
dry kiln and into other sheds fol
| treatment to be subjected to just
! enough moisture as the finished
instrument is apt to encounter
This takes time.
| Fully 100000 is tied up in lum
Der at the Moller factory. On each
pile of lumber there is a record
Of the date received and even OF
the car number in which 1t was
shipped. Nothing is left to chance
How It's Joined Together.
| And now we come to the con
sole, the organ keyboard, the keys
made of genuine elephant ivory
and pure ebony in the black keys
even the black pedal Keys are made
of ebony.
Here is the nervous center OF the
instrument as from here is brought
under the control Of a single person
the entire mechanism OF the organ
Electric wires and cables connect
the parts. The cable is the only
connection between the pipes ant
the keyboard.
Its the simplest thing or
/ earth" Mr.. ShuIenberger said t
rather daZed spectator, ito ties
the electric magnets" Then HI
bowed us an electric test .boart
tor regulating the electric magnet
,,bout which are coiled-think o
it-345 feet of wire to each one
tnd each one is only about tn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
Bandits Arrive Early

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June IL
Half an hour after the bank doors
were opened for business for the
day, two armed bandits entered
the Fletcher Savings and Trust
Company here, held several EN-.
ployes at bay and escaped with an
unknown amount Of loot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
AMERICAN HOT WEATHER
WAVE VISITS LONDON

LONDON, June 1.-THE heat
wave which brought suffering to
New York and other American
cities last week descended on Lon
day today. The thermometer at
9 o'clock this morning registered
20 degrees in the shade,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11

COPYRIGHT fiAARIa a EW1Mo


COPYRIGHT HAHRis a EWING
Nj. p. MOIIer upper inset whose
organ works at Hagerstown. Md.
built the great organ for the
Washington Auditorium that was
dedicated last evening. Archer
Gibson. who gave the opening
organ recital and upon whose
plans the organ was constructed.
seated at the console Of the organ
in his studio i'm New York city.
william S. Corby (center) who.
as chairman Of the organ COM
mittee brought about this great
civic achievement for Washing
ton. Robert N. Harper (bottomD.
first president Of the Washing.
ton Auditorium. who was HON
Ored in the dedication Of the
building as the spirit Of the en-.
tire enterprise.
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Every kind Of insect pest in the
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roaches-ants, bedbugs, dog feas,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
Get back that lost
weight with Tanlac

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
CONCERT

by the United StAtes soIdieFe'
Home Band. at the bandstand,
at 6:45 o'clock. John Q.
Al. Fenstad, assistant leader.
March--'aThe Potentate,' Sanford
Overture-.'Son and StranFe
Song FOR Young Wer.
ner's Parting Song Neseler
(Musician Bernard.l
Gems from Comic Opera The
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Strauss
Fox trot-sWest India Blnee,"
williams
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aThe -spangled Banner"
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the county grand jury viii investi.
gate the $500 900 bank Indebtedness
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11

capes. For BLACK FLAG con-
tains q secret vegetable in
gredient that pests breathe
and die. But it is absolutely
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11

BLACK FLAG is the
surest killer Of bugs
ever discovered. It kills
every fly, mosquito and
roach that gets into
your home. Not one eS-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
The greatest of
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every roach, tool

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to kill dog 1ieas and lice
Never use any liquid ON furs;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-11
TANLAC
FOR YOUR HEALTH
Flies = And Mosquitoes u Breathe Black
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moths, plant lice and
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Evening star., 1925-06-28

ers from putting their houses at
points where streets will connect with
the District of Columbia streets. so
that they may collect high prices when
it does become necessary to cut the
streets through. The law under
which the sanitary commission oper-
ates permits US to do this.
There is a broad law, now existing
in Maryland, which gives the author
ity to carry out planning, so that mis-
takes will not have to be corrected
later at great expense by tearing
down expensive buildings. There is
everything in the law, except a pro-
vision for Zoning. 1t will not be
necessary to get any authority from
the legislature to cooperate with the
proposed regional planning commit
tee. All that will be necessary is for
the governor to name a committee to
become a part of the general plan
ming committee. This should consist
of the members of the sanitary com
mittee, the county commissioners of
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties, and a representative of the
governor to serve with the heard.
II know that the governor will do
anything that we ask, as have talked
with him about the matter and he is
much interested. OF course, any
plans that are made must be practi-
cal. Idealistic plans that can never
be worked out, such as traversing
fertile farm lands with grand boule-
wards, are out of the question, but in
the development of subdivisions, high
ways and parks, all questions of city
planning can be dealt with and car
ried to a successful conclusion.
The sanitary commission has eXer'
cised its very broad powers in every
subdivision that has been planned
since the law went into effect"
Invitation to Maryland.
With all of this planning work al
ready done, it will be seen that Mary
land has anticipated the regional de-
velopment, and is ready to join hands
for the great expansion into a metro
politan district. But the Maryland au-
thorities had not been approached
about the matter. When Lieut.. Col.
Clarence o. Sheriff., director of the
office of public buildings and public
parks of the National Capital and eX-
ecutive officer Of the National Capital
Park Commission, was apprised of the
fact that Maryland was waiting with
Evening star., 1925-06-28
SHEPHERD TO FIGHT
TO SECURE ESTATE
Probate of McClintock Will
Expected to Be Opposed
by Youths Fiancee.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AeSOclateO fress
CHICAGO, Jule 27.-William Oar
ling Shepherd, freed of charges of
numbering his millionaire foster son.
William Nelson McClintock, tonight
prepared to fight for probate of the
estate, which is virtually his under
the terms of the will. Miss Isabelle
Pope, fiancee of young McClintock,
was given an $4,000 annuity. Shep-
herd drew the will.
Miss Pope, with several COUSINS
has indicated she will oppose Shep-
herd in Probate Court when the case
is called July l.
he would not be prosecuted on a
charge of having slain Mrs. Emma
Nelson McClintock, young McClin-
tock's mother.
Celebrates Acquittal.
Shepherd. who had been in Jail
since March 13, was with his wife
Mrs. Julie Shepherd, at their Kenil-
worth home today. He spent last
night at a downtown apartment
where, with his wife and a party of
friends, he celebrated his acquittal
with banquet.
Chief Justice Harry Olson of the
Municipal Court, who instigated the
investigation into McClintock's death
ment. said he expected to continue to
investigate the case, and to prosecute,
If that is possible. He criticized the
conduct of the States case by Robert
r.. Grove, States attorney, and his
staff.
Mr.. Grove ignored Judge Olson
completely today in a brief comment,
and indicated his intention of asking
no bill" of the grand jury on the
charge that Shepherd had slain Mrs.
McClintock.
Juror Defends Verdict.
The juror who held out for five
hours for guilty verdict against his
IL associates, today told reporters
that the verdict of not guilty Is the
only one the jury could have given
| honestly because the State did not
present sufficient evidence"
What action, II any, will be taken
against Charles Faiman, indicted for
murder with Shepherd, is problemati-
cal. Faiman, proprietor of a school
of science which doctors discredited,
said he had given Shepherd typhoid
germs to administer to McClintock,
and had been promised 500, 900 for
his part in the alleged plot. The State
| asked the court to call Faiman as a
witness, refusing to vouch for him.
Faiman himself was making his own
plans.
IF l get out of this with a whole
hide he told reporters today, Il
intend to leave Chicago"
Evening star., 1925-06-28
BORAH RAPS BACK
AT HANKOW CRITICS
Repeats That Foreigners Are Re
sponsible for Disturbance
in China.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Replying to a resolution adopted by
the American Cha of Commerce
at Hankow, criticiZing his recent ut
terances on China, Chairman Borah
of the Senate foreign relations COM
mittee, declared yesterday that the
Chamber was "a part of the imperial
istic combine which would oppress and
exploit the Chinese people and charge
the result of their offenses to some one
else"
They are perfectly willing" he
asserted, Ito continue in connection
with others these explorations and
they care verey little if it drags the
American people into war and sacri-
fees thousands of our people"
ANY one who Is familiar with what
has been going on in China for the
last 10 years. and the manner in
which foreigners have disregarded
and bruited the Chinese interests, will
have no doubt as to what is the real
cause of the trouble in China at the
present time. So far as l am con-
cerned, they are not going to hide
the cause of the trouble. These inter-
ests, including the American Cham
Der of Commerce in China, are the
real cause of this trouble.
II venture to say that If the foreign
interests in China will respect the
rights of the Chinese people and deal
with them in justice; If they would
even give them the rights and respect
the rights as they were defined in the
Disarmament Conference, there would
be no trouble in China with foreign
powers.
I'm making the former statement, I
expressed my personal views. but /
am prepared with the facts to dis
close a condition of affairs which
would be exceedingly distasteful. In
my opinion, to the American Cham
Der of Commerce"
Evening star., 1925-06-28

open arms to join in the great expan-
sion move, he said that he would i'm
mediately take steps to invite the off-
cials of that State to join in the move
ment.
This appears to be the only thing
necessary now to bring into being a
very important regional development
and city planning committee, to make
the National Capital the greatest city
in the world and have it expand along
such lines as can only result in its
rapidly becoming the beautiful devel.
opment that it's founders had In mind.
The Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, which will be great
power in Marylands portion of the
development of the metropolitan dis
trict, is composed Of IT. Howard Duck
ett, Hyattsville, Md, chairman; Emery
II. Bogley, Friendship Heights, Md,
and j. Bond Smith Of Takoma Park,
Md. J. d. Bowman is secretary. The
offices of the commission are in the
Evans Building in this city.
The section governed by the san
itary commission consists of approx
mately 80 square miles in Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges counties, and
covers an area that naturally drains
into the streams and rivers passing
through and by the District of Colum'
bia. Primarily,> it was organized to
lay pipe lines and plan sewage sys-
TENS to connect up with the sewage
systems of the District of Columbia
so as to reduce the pollution of these
streams. Although it has authority To
use the water system of the District
this has not been done, as the com
mission is developing its own water
works, notably the one at Burnt Mills
which is to be the basis of the devel
opment of the Northwest Branch
Park and the Hyattsville system.
Must Be Approved.
But aside from the water and sewer
problem the commission has beer
given broad planning powers in de
veloping this section so as to conform
to the development of the Capita
City which it borders. No subdivi
sion may be opened in this drainage
district until the plan has been ap
proved by the commission. One sec
ton of the law says:
That no plat or plan of any sub
division of land into streets, avenues
alleys, lots and blocks in Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties. within
the Washington Suburban SANITARY
| District, shall be admitted to the lanC
| records of either of said counties. ol
| received or recorded by the clerks O
the courts of said counties until tn.
said plat or plan has been approved
| in writing by the Washington Subur
| ban Sanitary Commission
THE Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission shall proceed when
and as, practicable to survey and plar
a general and permanent system OF
| highways, streets, roads, avenues, al
leys and drives within the districr
| under their jurisdiction, without au
thority, however, to change the loca
ton or relocate any County or State
road, and every subdivision of land
| as heretofore defined within the sani
| tary district, shall conform as nearly
as may by said commission be deemed
practicable, to said general and perma
| nent plan. The said commission i.
authorized to require to be preserved
on any plat continuity of width
Evening star., 1925-06-28
PEDESTRIANS CHANCE OF DEATH
is LITTLE LESS THAN MOTORISTS
Reporter Gifted With Spirit of Statistical Inquiry
Braues Heat to Prove That There Is No
Sense in alking for Safety.

Not to detract from today's ball
game or burden the reader with too
many figures on day OF rest, The
Star, nevertheless. feels inclined to get
off it's chest the startling discovery
that If you are pedestrian you stand
about as much chance of getting killed
on the streets as motorist, and vice
versa.
To be exact. and hoping the reader
will not inquire too closely into the
mathematics of the matter, a pedes-
trian in Washington has one-eightleth
of / per cent of chance of being
knocked for row of tombstoneS
every time he appears on the street.
The motorist be he driver or pas
senger, has a slightly greater risk
viz, eleven-eight- ht-hundreds of l per
cent of a chance.
Motorists Chance Greater.
Brisk calculation will show that the
motorists risk is just one-eight-hun-
dredths of l per cent greater than
the PEDESTRIANS.
The figures are based on records of
traffic fatalities in the office of Traf-
fic Director Eldridge. 1t was very
simple to get the records, but cal
culating the percentage of accident
hazard per pedestrian and per motor
list was not so easy on warm after
noon such as yesterday boasted.
Leaving logarithms aside and dis
pensing with the too-eXact slide rule,
the perspiring reporter, after brush
ing up on his long division and frac-
tions. succeeded in filling an ordinary
piece of copy paper with maze of
figures that had him cropping for air
inside of half an hour.
Well, any way, look at this and then
figure it out for yourself if you must
have your figures explicit:
55 Pedestrians Killed.
In the 12-month period from July /,
1923, to June 80, 1924, a total of 55
pedestrians were killed by automo-
biles in the District of Columbia.
During the same period 26 motor
lists were killed.
If you know the total number of
pedestrians in Washington and the
Evening star., 1925-06-28
CREW FIRES RUM BOAT,
Hailed by Cutter, Flee in Dory
But Swamp in Heavy seaA

KEY WEST, Fla, June 27 Np.-
Three men, launch and a cargo OF
assorted liquors, valued at $3,5O0
were seized by the Coast Guard cutter
29S off Key West tonight. The men
on the launch, which was proceeding
without lights. set fire to their boat
when they were hailed by the cutter
also without lights. They attempted
to make a getaway in a dory. which
was swamped almost Immediately by
the high seas
They were later rescued
After a Commute battle the blaze
on the launch was extinguished, al
though a portion OF the liquor cargo
was destroyed, the bottles bursting as
the water from the cutters hose
struck them. The boat was towed
into Key West.