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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
FAVOR HEIGHT CURB.
ON SOME BUILDINGS
Commissioners lndorse Ship
stead Bill to Preserve Pub
lie Structures Beauty.

A favorable report was sent 10 Con-
gress by the Commissioners today on
the bill sponsored by Senator Ship
stead of Minnesota, limiting the
height of buildings to 40 feet in front
of public buildings and public parks
without the approval of the plans by
the Commission of Fine Arts.
The measure is designed to protect
the monumental appearance of pub
lie buildings and contiguous sur
roundings.
Cosmos Club Property.
Chairman Charles Moore and Sec
rotary Fl. p. Caemmerer of the Ma
tional Commission of Fine Arts were
to appear before the Senate District
committee at 3 o'clock this afternoon
10 speak in favor of the Shipstead
measure.
Aroused to the need for action to
preserve the approach to the several
public buildings to be erected in the
triangle east of Fifteenth street and
south of Pennsylvania avenue, the
commission officials also were ready
to speak for acquisition by the Gov
eminent of the property now occupied
by the Cosmos Club in order that the
streets surrounding Lafayette Square
may be preserved for buildings of
the executive branch of the Govern
ment.
Lafayette Square Plan.
Enactment of the Shipstead meas
ure into law would bring before the
commission any plans which private
builders might have for construction
on the Cosmos Club site, since the
property is within 200 feet of the
Treasury annex and under the pro-
posed law the plans would have to
be approved by the commission. The
American Institute of Architects yes
terday pointed out the possibility that
the Cosmos Club property might fall
into the hands of private builders for
erection of building other than a
Government structure.
The commission always has taken
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Building. The Budget Bureau, 1t is
understood, declined to approve this
project in view of the plan of the
Public Buildings Commission to use
the site Immediately south of the Dis
trict Building for one of the proposed
buildings in the Federal building pro-
gram.
Other Changes Blocked.
The Commissioners also planned to
locate in the District Building addi-
ton the Police Department headquar-
ters, the Traffic Bureau and some of
the other activities of the municipal
government which will be forced out
of the Pennsylvania avenue triangle.
Construction of a new addition to
the District Building was proposed by
the Commissioners after the Budget
Bureau turned down the proposition
to acquire the Southern Railway
Building at Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue for quarters for
the overcrowded municipal activities.
The supplemental estimates sent to
the Budget Bureau last month carried
an item of $750.000 for the purchase
of the site for the proposed addition
and also an authorization for the con-
struction of the building. These esti-
mates were transmitted to Congress
by the Budget Bureau yesterday
minus both of these items.
Urgent Need Pointed Out.
The urgency of acquiring adequate
accommodation for the recorder of
deeds Office virtually forced the Com
missioners to draw up the alternative
MAN of having an indanppdopf h1rfJd.
ing for this Office, which also would
house the Municipal and Juvenile
Courts.
Just what their plans are now for
providing additional accommodations
for the municipal activities crowded
now in the present District Building
have not been revealed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
DIR. RALPH JENKINS
DIES AT AGE OF G.
Headed Local Red Cross in
War and Was Socially
Prominent.

DR. Ralph Jenkins, So years old,
chairman of the District of Columbia
Chapter OF the American Red Cross
during the World War. formerly a
practicing physician here for many
years, and well known in Washing
ton social circles, died at his home,
1882 Massachusetts avenue, yesterday
after a short illness.
DR.. Jenkins was a member and
former governor of both the Metro
politan and Chevy Chase Clubs, and
member of the Cosmos and Patuxent
Clubs. He also was a member of the
Sons of the Revolution.
Well known also in financial circles.
DR.. Jenkins served as a director of
the Federal National Bank for many
years.
Native of New York City.
Born in New York City, DIR. Jenkins
was graduated from Cornell Univer.
sity, with high honors. in 1885. Dur
ing the years Immediately following
his graduation, he spent much time
in universities and hospitals in
Europe, engaged in the practice of
medicine and surgery.
Returning to this country. he began
practice in Washington about 1890,
attaining eminence in both medicine
and surgery. Although retiring from
active practice several years ago, DIR.
Jenkins remained a trustee and ad-
wiser of the Homeopathic Hospital. to
the upbuilding of which he devoted
much of his time and energy.
Episcopal Church Member.
Long a member of st. Johns Episco-
pal Church, Sixteenth and Fl streets,
he was a. warden of the church, reg
lister of the parish and member of
the vestry for many years.
Funeral services will be conducted at
the late residence Saturday morning
at 11:30 o'clock Rev Robert John
ston, rector of st. Johns. will officiate.
Tnterment will be in Rock Creek Gene
terry.
He is survived by his widow Mrs.
Maria B. Jenkins, and a son, Ralph B.
Jenkins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
THREE ARE HURT
BY BOOTLEG CAR
Machine Crashes Into
3 Autos on Bridge--TWo
Men Escape in Fog.

Three men were injured, one seri-
ously. when heavy touring car
loaded with bootleg whisky colllded
with three lighter automobiles when
had stopped In the middle OF the
Pennsylvania avenue bridge over the
Eastern Branch following sight
accident when TWO of them attempted
to pass a group of District orldge
workmen shortly after O'Clock TINS
morning.
Ernest Adams, 81 years old, of Fort
Foote. Md, is in Providence Hospital,
where he is being treated for posi-
BILE fracture of the skull. He was one
of the District employees working on
the installation of a steel cable guard
rail over the bridge.
James Mcclure, IS, 544 Fourteenth
street southeast, received laceratlons
of the eye, shoulder and foot. he was
treated at the Public Health Service
Hospital and later sent to his home.
Mcclure also is bridge worker.
Autoist Also Injured.
Charles Alger. 20, 3239 Alabama
avenue southeast, the driver of one Of
the lighter cars that figured In the
minor accident, was taken to Provi-
dence Hospital and treated for a
sprained back and bruises. lie is
under observation also for possible
internal injuries.
Shortly after o'clock this morn
ing two small touring cars, one of
them operated by Alger, stopped in
the middle of the bridge opposite a
working crew and it's apparatus en-
gagged in the guard rail installation,
before attempting to pass each other.
In the fog that hung over the water
and bridge, a small coupe travelling
west bore down on the stopped ma
chimes and collided lightly with both
of them.
Two Flee From Car.
Before the resulting tangle could
be cleared, a heavy touring car, said
by G. NJ Kicker, in charge of the Dis
trict bridge division crew, to be trav-
cling at nearly so miles an hour, tore
into the group of automobiles, men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
HISTORY OF NATIONAL CAPITAL
BEING PREPARED BY PROCTOR
Fifty Contributors viii Write
Special Chapters for Four
Volume Work.
Experts on Many Subjects
Included in List of Those
Who Will Assist.

A complete history of the National
Capital. from the days of the In
dian tribes, who built their camp
fires beside the Potomac, to the pres
ent, is being prepared by John Clag
EFT Proctor, assisted by so persons
who are contributing special chap
ters. The history will be in four vol
umes and will be profusely illus
trated.
Mr.. Proctor is historian and former
president of the Society of Natives
of the District of Columbia and long
has been a deep student of Wash
ington affairs. He is vice president
and chronicler of the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants; member of the
board of managers of the Columbia
Historical Society and a member of
the District bar. He will contribute
TO the chapters on early history and
early wars.
Others to Contribute.
Among the chapters to be con-
tributed by various persons. under
Mr.. Proctor's supervision, are:
A chapter of geology and topog-
rapy by DR.. r. S. Bassler. curator of
paleontology. United States National
Museum. and professor of geology at
George Washington University;
chapter on Indians by j. Walter
Fewkes, chief of the Bureau of Amer
lean ethnology, Smithsonian Institu-
ton and author and writer for many
magazines; municipal development
by Daniel e. Garges, secretary of the
Board of Commissioners and author
of the National Capital" and other
works; public schools, Harry Oran
Hine, secretary of the School Board;
bank and bankers, John B. Larner,
president of the Washington Loan
and Trust Co.. early laws, Henry e.
Davis, former United States attorney
for the District and professor of law
at the National University; judges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

and working apparatus. The work
men and one of the drivers were bowl
ed over and narrowly escaped falling
through the torn-up bridge decking.
An acetylene gas tank, weighing about
ESQ pounds, was hurled into the river
by the impact.
Two colored men, operators of the
heavy car, jumped from their auto
mobile following the accident and dis
appeared into the fog. When the ma
chine was taken to No. II precinct
station, it was found to be loaded with
$50 quarts of supposed red corn
whisky.
The police were given good descrip-
tions of the negroes and they are
searching for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
Haircut Botched,
Says Boy, Asking
Arrest of Barber

Maurice Gentleman, years
old, of 1880 Queen street north
east has been assaulted.
At least so he told Joseph
Bruce, assistant United States at
torney, in Police Court today. He
stated that he entered a barber
shop and asked for a hair cut.
Whereupon the barber put the old
soup bowl on his head and used
the clippers without any discre-
ton at all.
1t was testified that the boy was
ashamed to go to school, and his
brother-in-law caused a warrant to
be issued for the barber for as
sault The trim of the boys head,
according to Mr.. Bruce, made
prima facie case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
CHALIAPIN O. KS JOB.
Singer Glad His Daughter Is at
Work in Store.

NEW YORK, February 10 P).--
Feodor Chaliapin. Russian opera
singer, informed here yesterday the
Soviet government plans to restore
to him lands confiscated during the
revolution, declared he did not wish
to have his land back unless the
law which allowed for their seizure
were repealed.
The singer gave his approval to
the action OF his daughter Stella in
having taken employment in a de-
partment store in her fathers absence
from the city with his opera COM
pany.
"Since she has come to America, .
he said, "she has seen that every one
works. / am glad she has been In
fiuenced by that fact and hope sin
cereiy she will make IA success of 1t. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
TIE FOR FELLOWSHIPS.
Princeton, Chicago. California Lead
in Rockefeller Awards.

PRINCETON. n. j., February 10 up
Princeton, Chicago and California
lead the universities and colleges In
the number of graduates award ed
National Research Council fellow
ships established by the Rockefeller
Foundation in 1919.
The three schools each furnished
four mathematics students, according
to survey appearing in the Princeton
alumni Weekly today. California fur
nlsned the greatest number of chemis-
try students.
Thirty-five of the men continued
their studies at Harvard, 81 at
princeton and Is each at Chicago
and California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
Watch Requires No Winding.

At last has been invented a watch
that will run forever without winding.
IL the optimism of the inventor is
10 be shared. The timepiece has 800
parts, and the inventor. European,
spent LOO hours of spare time in
perfecting it. The watch tells time
in seconds. minutes, hours, days,
weeks, months and years. 1t also
indicates the day of the week and
of the month, leap years. the signs
Of the zodiac, times of sunrise and
sunset, the phases of the moon. the
number Of weeks remaining In the
year and a number Of other things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
REVOLT ENDS. LONDON HEARS

LONDON, February 10 [Pl.--Sur-
render of the revolutionaries in Lisbon
at 1890 o'clock last night was report
ed in a Reuter- dispatch from the
Portuguese capital today. The cor
respondent said the city was quiet
and that order had been restored
throughout the country A large num-
Der of persons, including non-combat-
ants, he added, were killed or wound
ed in Lisbon during the fighting be-
tween the insurrectionists and the
Royal forces, and the property dam
age is extensive.
The insurgents, who had intrenched
themselves in an arsenal, surrendered
after "A hours of intense bombardment
from field guns and machine guns.
To add to the discomfort of the
revolutionaries, an airplane dropped
three torpedoes into the arsenal, doing
much demage.
Barbados Were Erected.
The revolution broke out in the
capital at noon Monday, supported by
naval men. a portion of the Repub.
lican Guard, police and large number
of civilians. The insurgents erected
barricades in various parts of the city
and the government took energetic
measures to crush the movement, or.
dering out all loyal attachments of the
Lisbon garrison, who directed an in.
tense machine gun fire on the insur.
rectionisss.
BY orders of the government the
cruisers whose crews were suspected
of favoring the revolt were promptly
Ciisarmed. Thus, it is believed, Lis
bon was spared the horrors of a naval
bombardment. The insurgents had
seized the naval arsenal and the gen
eral post office, preventing news from
leaving the capital.
Bombardmenr of the naval arsenal
ceased at 10 o'clock last night, and
the fighting stopped shortly after
ward. The government forces com
pletely dominated the rebels, the dis
patch said.
The night passed quietly, and street
traffic was partially resumed this
morning. All the firemen and ambu
lance services are engaged in recov
ering bodies from the wreckage ir
which most OF them are buried. Com
munication with points outside the
country is being carried on with diff
ficulty. owing to the damage suffered
by the cables during the lombard
n1ent. elimination of the siege of The
naval arsenal began at 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, when two regiments
from Orpoto reinforced the govern
ment troops. Additional artillery wa:
brought up, and drum fire was di
rected against the arsenal. where ths
rebels We're intrenched.
Gradually the rebel fire weakened
while the thunder of the government
guns continued undated. Over The
roar of the field pieces could be heard
the intermittent bursts Of machine
gun fire.
Extensive damage was done in tbs
Praca de Rio de Janeiro, a public
square in the most modern part o.
the capital, and also in the Praca d.
Brazil.
The British admiralty issued a tel
egrarn received today from H. NJ. S
Windsor at Oporto reporting that Il
has been quiet at that port since early
Tuesday. No British shipping wa.
damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
MAN DIES FROM GAS.

William l.. Fox. So years old. was
iound DEAD in his room at I'll Tenth
street northeast late last night as a
result of having inhaled illumination
gas.
Fox used TO keep a dim flame burn.
ing In a wall bracket as a light for
his pipe, 1t was said Friends believe
the light went out accidentally and
that Fox died from the poisonous
fumes before he realized their pres.
ence.
coroner hewitt gave certificate of
accidental death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
WILL SERVE ON z BOARDS.
Vincent Aston Gets Permission to
Be Director of Two Roads.

BY the Associated Press.
Vincent Aston of New York City
was given permission today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
serve as director Of the Great North
ern Railroad, although Commissioner
Eastman protested,
Astor is now a director Of the I'LL
nois Central and, under the law, com
mission approval was necessary before
he could serve on the board Of an
other road.
Commissioner Eastman refused to
comment on his dissent. The COM
mission hitherto has been unanimous
In all OF it's decisions as to interlock-
ing directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

the stand that Lafayette Square
should be surrounded by imposing
structures for the use Of the executives
branch, with the White House as the
center of the group, thereby carrying
out the provisions of the Mcmillan
plan of 1901.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

Col. iii. Edmund Bulls OF the zen
eral Staff of the War Department VIII
talk on Where There Are No Ten
Commandments" at the Women's City
Club, 4:30 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TO-DAY.

The Hope Chapter, No. 30. o. Il. -,
will give dinner at the Scottish Kite
Cathedral, 5 to o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
Carys SPECIAL Ice Cream

Our SPECIAL" Is a dessert Ice Cream,
very rich in butter fat, smooth and won
derfully delicious. II IL SPECIAL" In
the sense that 1t Is designed to meet the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

The Peacock Players will present
"The Charm School at St. Anthony's
Hall, Twelfth and Monroe streets, 8
o clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
REVOLT PUT DOWN
I'M PORTUGAL WITH
HEAVY CASUAL TIES

Continued from First Pagel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
Bombardment Damage Heavy.

Inhabitants of Oporto who fed to
the frontier town of Tuy said the
bombardment lasted for 16 hours,
causing enormous damage and de-
stroying several magnificent buildings.
They estimated that more than 100
persons were killed and 800 wounded
1t was confirmed by these residents
of Oporto that the revolutionary Gen.
Souza, when surrendering to Presi-
dent Carmona, made it clear that it
was only to avoid complete destruction
of the town. They said that when
Gen. Carmona, who also is minister
of war. made his entry on horseback,
he was coldly received by the popula-
ton, which resented his lombard
ment.
The situation In Oporto is again
normal, and communication with the
frontier has been restored. Crowds
of Insurgents are reported to be seek
ing TO cross the frontier to avoid gov
eminent reprisals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
BUILDING TO HOUSE
COURTS AND DEEDS
OFFICE is URGED

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the Dona Maria Pia Bridge, over
which the Insurgents were seeking to
advance.
On the morning of February Z, the
correspondent says. a shell fell on an
Insurgent machine gun detachment.
killing 10 men and wounding 20
others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

Mrs. Josephine A. Lee of Providence.
r. l., will lecture on Truth and
Prayer" at the Unity Auditorium, s
o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
Carrys FOOD Ice Cream

Our Food Ice Cream Is made especially
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
"Rodv and Astral Body" will be the

"BOdy and AStFaI BODY VIII DC tHU
subject of a talk at United Lodge of
Theosophists, Hill Building, Seven
teenth and streets at 8:15 o'clock. No
charge. Public welcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

William r. MacCracken. ir., Assist
ant Secretary or Commerce In charge
of aeronautics, will deliver an address
at a luncheon of the Washington
Round Table in the University Club
tomorrow at 1880 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

The American War Mothers will
have a banquet, o'clock, at Hamilton
Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

Women's City Club: A "Glee Club"
concert, assisted by Suzanne Stone.
harpist, of New York, and the West
brook Trio, will be given at the club
house, % jackson place. at $40 o'clock.
Evening star., 1927-04-29
AL SMITH" CLUB
OPENS D. c. OFFICE
Membership Includes Virginia
and Local Democrats, With
T. r. DoIan President.

An "Al Smith for President Club, =
formed by voters who live in Virginia
and the District of Columbia, has
opened headquarters in the Munsey
Building, it was announced today by
Thomas f. Dolan of Arlington County,
Va. president of the club. il is pro-
posed to organize similar clubs in vari-
Gus towns and counties in Northern
Virginia and Maryland and TO present
TO the voters the qualifications of Gov.
Smith for President.
The president of the club has Just
returned from a trip through New
England and says he found the senti-
ment strong for Smith, especially in
manufacturing towns where mills
have ceased operation and are shut
down.
Gov. Smiths letter in the Atlantic
Monthly has convinced many South
ern Democratic leaders that, with the
religious issue settled, he can now be
nominated and elected. Dolan believes.
The clubs president attended the
Massachusetts Democratic Clubs meet
ing in Boston April 10. He said that
Gov. Smith hopes to have the complete
delegation from the New England
States behind him.
The "Al Smith for President Club"
slogan will be: "Only AL can defeat
Cal"
Evening star., 1927-04-29
DUE. TUESDAY. MAY 3.
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OUTGOING STEAMERS.
SAILING TODAY.

Republic-Queensland Plymouth. Cherbours
anc Bremen.
MUnargo-Nass5u.
Homeric--Cherbourg and Southampton.
Haiti-Haiti, Puerto Colombia and Car
Medea@Turks Island. Puerto Cabello and
Ariadne@Inagua Haiti and Curacao
Carmania-Plymouth. Havre and London.
SAILING SATURDAY. APRIL 80.
Leviathan--Cherbourg and Southampton. ;.
nnekhada-Plymouth. Boulogne and
Bremen%-oueenstown Plymouth, Cherbours
RotterdamwP Boulogne and Rot
Frsnce@Plymouth and Havre.
BaiticEQueenstown and Liverpool.
Orizaba-Ravana.
Arapahoe--San Juan.
zacapa-santiago, Tela and Puerto, Barrios.
Araguaya---Bermuda
Vestris--Rio de Janeiro, Montevldeo and
Buenos Aires.
Nerissa-st. Johns.
Fort st. George-Bermuda.
IIlYa-Havana. Cristobal and Pert LImons;
Domingo City and Puerto Plata.
SAILING MONDAY. MAY 2.
Kansan-Pacifc Coast.
SAILING TUESDAY. MAY 8.
Suffren--Havre.
Lituania-Copenhagen and DaEzig.
SAILING WEDNESDAY. MAY 4.
Duilo-Naples and Genoa.
MISUNDERSTANDING and Southampton.
Lara-Laguayra. Curacao and Maracaibo.
araval-Granada. Trinidad and Georgetown.
President Roosevelt-Plymouth. CherbouTg
and Bremen.
SAILING THURSDAY. MAY 5.
American Trader-London.
Rcp OaFlef finr Re ay1A OcIn
Bogota--Kingston and Puerto Colombia.
Observation-Disclosures. Southampton and
Hamburg.
Berln-Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen.
Bourdonnais-Vigo and Bordeaux.
Mexico--Havana, Progreso and Vera Cruz.
Mongoha-Hayana. Cristobal and San Fran
cisco.
San Lorenzo-San Juan.
Observation-Disclosures
SAILING FRIDAY. MAY g.
Poseidon--Laguayra. Curacao and Maracaibo.
Bolivar--Kingston and Puerto Colombia.
Edison--Patras and Piraeus.
Sinaia---Horta. Lisbon and Palermo.