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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

of these great and lasting edifices. Ger
tainly most persons are interested In
the identity Of the designer of q beau
tiful building and certainly most per-
sons are excusably vague on the subject
In this connection it may be said
that, If such custom obtains. the per-
petrators of some Of the public struc-
lures which, situated in the National
Capital, are local and national eyesores
may be thankful that the idea was not
pushed in the past. A poor book is
soon forgotten; a poor picture is seer
by comparatively few or can be removed
from sight or destroyed, but a poor
building usually remains for long a
prominent horrible example.
In New York here and there one
finds a corner stone bearing not only
an architects name, but also the CHS
eled sign-manusl of the building con-
Germ. That idea, too, has its good
points, for the skilled builders honor
is only less in degree than the archi-
tect's When it comes to adding the
name and title of the Government Of
fetal most directly responsible for the
erection Of a Federal or municipal
structure, it is probable that with the
example OF the War Risk Building and
the prominent name Of William Gibbs
McAdoo in mind, opinion will be d.
vided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
On Signing q Building.

Signatures Of designing architects on
buildings has been recommended by a
prominent member of the American
Institute of Architects, whose annual
convention was recently held in Wash
ington. Paintings are signed by artists
and books by authors-unless a nom
de plume be used or some good reason
for secrecy exists-and this architect
sees no reason why the man or the
firm designing beautiful and impress
sive structure of brick, marble or other
material should not with propriety and
all due modesty attach a signature
thereto.
Work has already begun in the Ma
tional Capital on an elaborate and
monumental Federal building program,
results Of which, If not constructed for
the ages, at least should certainly last
for centuries These structures will all
be highly impressive and intellectually
handsome 1t might be we'll II this
point, recently brought up, should be
considered BY the authorities In charge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Public Health Bureau and the Coast
and Geodetic Survey out of the Gov
ernment-owned buildings on this site
The other parcel of land, just west
across South Capitol street, Is pracu-
cally all vacant land, which the Gov
eminent desires to acquire now for
future expansion and to prevent the
price being raised by the Governments
own building operations.
The architect of the Capitol, David
Lynn, has invited the private property
owners in these two parcels TO make
offers of prices for which they would
sell to the Government. The total ask
ing price is s443,952 above the $780, 900
appropriation. The average of the ask
II nrice In both squares is 147ls per
cent )ove assessed valuation.
IT, 100000 appropriation was based
on estimates SIS per cent above the as
scssed valuation on all the property in
both parcels. The highest price asked
was on a piece of vacant land and was
4o7 per cent above assessed valuation.
Another property owner asked 344 per
cent above assessed valuation. The low
est asking price was on an individual
parcel and was lis per cent above as
sessed valuation.
The House ONCE Building Commits
sion has decided that some OF these
asking prices are extortionate, especially
since condemnation awards are invari-
ably less than 100 per cent above the
assessed value. They point out that in
the desirable property recently acquired
for site for the Supreme Court be-
tween East Capitol street and Maryland
avenue and between First and Second
streets northeast Zone of the most i'm
portant parcels of which the womens
Party desired to hold for historic in
the condemnation award was
only 100 per cent.
The architect of the Capitol has been
instructed to continue his negotiations
with the private property owners.
The proposed important building de-
should not be unduly de-
Iayod by excessive demands. The pub
lie interest demands that an agreement
should be reached as soon as possible
Or the matter be turned in to the De-
oartment of Justice for condemnation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES f. FREEMAN, D. D., LII. D.,
Bishop of Fdshingon

with men. Life to Him was the most
precious thing In the world. He would
expand 1t. enrich It, enoble 1t, make
life present and life to come a complete
and unbroken whole. Our poor and m
adequate Interpretation of His philos-
ophv has not always been in conso-
nance with His teaching. We think too
much in terms of the limitations and
restrictions of life. We emphasize too
largely the disciplines rather than the
privileg eS of our Christian faith. We
lack the breadth of His vision and
charity in dealing with those whose
lives have suffered serious impairment
through frailty, or loss of confidence in
the outworking of its plan. We fail to
see the relation that life here bears to
that future which stretches on beyond
the grave we still unduly magnify
the power of death. His whole
conception was that life present
was but a preparation for life future.
To fulfill the highest purposes of being,
to be conscious of the deep and death
the clear vision Of its relation to to-
morrow, this was to approximate the
highest ideal of being.
The Scotchman who wrote, Man Is
not so much a fact as a possibility"
caught Christ's conception; and the
poet who declared. Man is an eternal
becoming" had a like perception. The
most tragic thing we witness in men Is
their failure to discover their own
potentialities. To their limited vision
life is largely meat and drink, q little
success, a few rewards, the qualification
of desire, and nothing more. When
once q man holds the deep conviction
that what he is noy, what he makes OF
himself now, has a bearing upon his
future. 1t changes his whole outlook as
we'll as his whole habit. We cannot
think of those great qualities that have
distinguished men and women who have
enriched the world with their genius,
as suffering eclipse or cessation. We
often speak Of them as the immortals."
No more can we think Of those, who,
In a lesser sphere, have cultivated the
rich qualities and gifts Of life, as ceas-
ing to be. The Interpretation of life,
which we have Of Christ As expressed
in the words Of the text, Is, In Him
was life; and the life was the light Of
men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
New House Office Building.

One Of the long contemplated and
most important Development projects
in the vicinity of the Capitol is being
delayed and the entire improvement
imperiled by the action of certain prop
erty owners, who are asking high prices
for the land which the Government de-
, aires as a site for the new House once
Building.
With funds available to acquire this
land and to start work at once on this
structure. badly needed so that men,
bers Of the House may efficiently per-
form their duties as national legislators,
IL would be most regrettable were this
project unduly delayed.
BY act Of Congress $7,5O0,oOo has
been authorized for construction of the
building on the land between South
Capitol street and New Jersey avenue,
B and C streets southeast. and 100000
authorized for acquisition of all pri-
vately owned land in the two parcels
to the east and west OF South Capitol
street between Delaware and New Jer-
sey avenues. B and c streets. In the
deficiency appropriation bill s2,l00,00C
was appropriated, of which 100000 is
for acquisition of this land SO thai
the funds are Immediately available.
The Government already owns about
tvo-thirds of the land in the site be-
tween South Capitol street and New
Jersey avenue on which it is proposed
to build now, and the greater part O.
the remainder is. occupied by two hotels
- Government is already moving th'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Rum.Running Casualties.

Analysis of Maj. Pratt's Rtport to
Representative Simmons on the number
of casualties and deaths suffered by
police or innocent civilians during the
war on rum runners is interesting for
its emphasis upon the automobile as
the most dangerous weapon. Bullets
and smoke screens have played q rela-
lively minor part in causing death or
injury. And while the nature of Mr..
Simmons request for information did
not call for comparison between the
number of law officers or innocent by
ISLANDERS and the number of bootleggers
or suspected bootleggers killed or in
jured in the battles, the report does
show that the lawbreaker is not always
the one who pays the penalty for law
enforcement.
OF the four deaths cited in the re-
port, bullet from revolver held by a
bootlegger caused one, the victim being
policeman on his way to investigate
a complaint against his sSsailant. The
three other deaths we're caused by auto
mobile collisions, rum runners trying
to escape pursuing Officers, crashing
into the cars or persons of those in no
way involved In the chase. OF the
thirteen police injured, nine of them
were hurt In automobile accidents;
two of them fell down while chasing
suspects on foot and two of them were
injured by the effects of smoke screen.
All of the five innocent bystanders'
mentioned in the report were injured
in automobile accidents caused by boot
logger cars trying to escape pursuing
policemen.
If the complaint against the police
man who fired and accidentally killed
a rum runner is based on the conten-
ton that the bullets endangered the
lives Of innocent bystanders, the COM
plant would logically hold even greater
weight against the policemen who pur-
sue. without shooting, the suspected
cars of bootleggers. The longer and
more speedy the chase the greater
chance of injury to the policeman or
the innocent citizen who unfortunately
gets in the way. And If the police are
not to pursue the fleeing cars Of GRIM
insls, or suspected criminals, the sooner
that fact becomes known the better.
There will be less danger Of injury
either to citizens, police officers or boot
leggers.
There is always tragedy In death and
injury. There was tragedy in the death
Of the one hundred and sixty-seven
persons killed in the last two years in
automobile accidents In the District,
and there was tragedy in the injury to
five Thousand four hundred and fifty
persons in the same period and from
the same cause. The tragedy was more
poignant by reason of the fact that
many of those who suffered were In no
way to blame.
But those who countenance defiance
Of law on the grounds that enforcement
Of the law threatens death and injury
to innocent persons could more reason
ably argue against the use of the auto
mobile on the same ground. Preserva-
ton of the law is more valuable than
the automobile In q country whose
citizens make, and may lawfully repeal,
their own laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Eugene Meyers Record as Head
of Farm Loan Board Reviewed

Some have been convicted and sem
fenced to the penitentiary. Some have
avoided exposure of incompetency-or
of worse-by resignation. Stricter ac-
counting systems have been introduced.
The total Of bonds and debentures is
sued by the banks in our Federal Farm
Loan system and dependent for their
safety upon the honest and effective
management of that system is now In
the neighborhood of two billion dollars.
A merely farm minded" Federal Farm
Loan Board, through ignorance and
through slackness, allowed that system
to become permeated with corrupt and
incompetent dangers not only to the
system itself, but to the whole reputa-
ton and prospect Of Federal financial
assistance to agriculture.
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
I'm Him wGs life; and the life ,Uds
the light OF men" est. John, 10.
Life"

life"
The whole emphasis of the ministry
of Jesus was upon that which concerns
life itself. In all His utterances He
emphasizes its tranScendence. A few of
His striking passages will illustrate this.
The life is more than meat and the
body than raiment" Again, "A mans
life CONSISTENT not in the abundance of
the things which he possesseth." Again,
L am come that they might have life,
and that they might have II more
abundantly." In all these passages He
makes life in its fullneSS and in its
higher development His supreme quest
Repeatedly He speaks of Himself as the
giver of life" Yes, He declares Himself
10 be its author. L am the way, the
truth. and the life" He afirms, and in
His great word to sorrowing women He
states, Il am the resurrection and the
life" He does not recognize death or
its power. and invariably He speaks of
transition from life to life. The maid
Is not dead but sleepeth," He says to
Borrowing n1ourners. OF Lazarus He
declares. "our friend Lazarus sleepeth:
/ 60 that may awake him out of his
sleep" To Him life is not meat and
drink, satisfaction. acquisition, or the
esteem Of men: 1t is something in
HnlCely greater, IL is IulnllmenC.
He took ignoble men and made them
noble. selfish men and made them self
less, impure men and made them pure,
weak and vacillating men and made
them strong and stable. His whole eff
fort was to invest life with a new
meaning, to give 1t new purpose and
outlook. He was the discoverer and re-
deemer of seemingly lost potentialities.
the refiner Of base metals. Nothing
was more precious to Him than life,
and in His contacts with men He was
ever hopeful and expectant. Il am
was lost" this was His unfailing atti-
tude. To make men see the infinite
possibilities Of life, to give them q right
conception of its essential values, to
reveal to them powers and gifts Of
which they were apparently uncon-
scious, this He did in all His relations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Uncle Sam has plenty Of business Of
his own. A part of that business has
come to relate to enterprises and ideas
promoted abroad with view to inter-
esting him in outside affairs. A diplo-
mat is expected to know how to draw
the line between a dignified reserve and
entire isolation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Impenitence,

Impenltence.
It's kinder awful when I think
OF hours I've fooled away,
A-lingerin' on the rivers brink
To watch the ripples play;
A-watchin' silvery clouds that fioa
Acrost the crystal sky,
Or stoppin' by the hour to note
The dancin' butterflies!
I might have been a-savin' coin
An pilin' bricks on stone,
An findin' easy folks to join
Their money with my own:
An yet, whene'er I think of it,
My heart grows warm an gay.
somehow don't begrudge a bit
The hours I've fooled away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Attention still turns to expressions
from ex-President Coolidge, although
II DO not choose" is a phrase naturally
fraught with more immediate interest
than II did not choose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

A number of Maryland police are
commanded to take off weight The
increasing trafic complications should
make this easy If there is anything in
the theory that worry makes people
thin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

An accurate Congressional Record
may have to concentrate on the
bracketed word Applause" and make
known a vote to show just who ap-
plauded and who did not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

d. The largest job AL Smith ever under
took was that of reforming Tammsny.
Fears are already entertained that the
old "wigwam' is on the verge of a
, backslide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Withdrawal Of freedom Of the port"
privilege is likely to bring pathetic In
quiry from old-timers as to whether we
are nearing a system where there will
never be any more perquisites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
A DISAPPEARANCE.

Miss Spring, she come a-smilin',
But de Northwind was so cross
Her Sunday clo'es was all mussed up
An some o. dem got los!
He holler at her all day long,
She jes' S Town to cry;
Her bonnet ..Js' bowed off her head
An de trimmin's all awry!
We've missed her sadly, but she amt
To blame foh what she did.
she got so scarf an Justified
She went somewhat an hidl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

AS an expert lyricist himself, Mayor
Walker as town boss may yet flnd a
way to bring some of the tin pan
alley" poetry to terms of reasonable
prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Delayed.

Spring is an exposition great
That's offered every year.
It's frequently a little late.
But all right when it's here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Poison Golfers Full.

From the Adrian Daily Telegram.
A Kansas City court tried to give 1853
pints Of confiscated whisky to a hos
pital, but 1t was refused. Probably the
hospital had suficient supply Of an
eSthetic on hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

In any discussion looking to disarma-
ment, the supplementary question, IF
so, how much?" always intrudes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Inquiry concerning the Inflated Yes
iris indicates some overloaded con-
sciences that needed unburdening long
since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

The farmer is not reported we'll sat
isfied by the large crop of interesting
speeches he has succeeded In producing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Boiled in Oil Is Good.

From the Nashville Banner.
A Georgia pastor scouts the fre-and-
birthstone hell idea, and We would be
interested TO know what final disposal
he'd make Of hit-and- run drivers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
An Otl1er Sfates and Canada.
Member of the Associated Pre-,

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited 70 IL or not otherwise cred
ited in this paper and also the local news
publiGhed herein. All rights Of publication 81
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

In Berlin the Queen Of the May
had to run to cover to. escape stray
bullets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

we are less disposed to accept this
estimation now that we have seen the
excellence Of Parole confirmed Of
EPSON"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
The Partisan's Profession.

love the right. With courage s:ro,
I'll ever battle 'gainst the wrong.
And they are always right, you see,
Who in their visws agree with me.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Fifty years ago an American
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lish turf cou
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depressing, while the Pantheon at Paris
Is hardly better.
IAN American building which may
serve to recall our departed great must
start from q different attitude of mind.
Neither royalties. nor men of rank, nor
statesmen, nor Officers of the Army and
Navy can have precedence; ancestry,
wealth, race or nationality are equally
immaterial. The only general rule for
admission to American Halls of Fame
will be character. Naturally enough,
there will be many mistakes which later
generations will have to correct"
~
1t is to have careful study made. TO
design something decidedly new, essen
TALLY American, that Representative
Tinkham suggests an architectural and
landscape design should be prepared
for the proposed American National
Hall Of Fame. He suggests that the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission and the Commission Of
Fine Arts in consultation with other
specified Government officials should
consider this matter most carefully and
make a report to Congress.
The individual State is left free to
select its candidates for Statuary Hall.
The deceased citizens to be thus
honored should be illustrious for historic
renown or for distinguished civic or
military service. The individual State
passes upon these qualifications. After
the State has made its selection Of the
person it desires to honor and the State
Legislature has passed a resolution
authorizing the erection Of the statue,
a commission is usually selected to act
as the business representative of the
state. This commission selects the
sculptor, the price to be paid, etc, and
arranges with the architect Of the
Capitol for an exact location for the
statue.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
FUR TRADE AIDS
BUREAU HERE

Operatives IL the washington
Better Business Bureau are confin.
ing their activities to the Washing.
ton fur trade, 1t was iearned from
Louis Rothschild. director Of the
bureau.
The bureau sent a circular letter
recently to all furriers in the city,
he says, asking for their co-opera-
tIon in making the advertisements Of
August fur sales represent just what
they were selling
According to Rothschild there are
approximately 600 trade names used
In the fur trade These designate
all bra nds of fur from the common
dog and rabbit to the finest of seal
and ermine. He says that the dealers
here have co-operated with the local
bureau In explaining TO their Gus.
toners in the advertisements just
what they were selling. He says
the lads" show that the trade name
Is used and usually the real name of
the fur. as known to the public.
The action OF the dealers, accord
ing to the trade association head
has bolstered public confidence N
the local industry and has to de-.
gree increased sales of their prod
ucts. He says that there are only
a few merchants that have not com.
piled with the request of the bureau
and that bureau operatives are work
ing on their cases now.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
D. Usher SUED
FOR DIVORCE

Otis f. Fisher, former prohibition
agent. was sued for absolute divorce
yesterday in District Supreme Court
by his wife, Mrs. Helen NJ. Fisher.
the 900 block East Capitol st. She
charges infidality with several
women, as grounds for the action.
Fisher became known when he
participated in raid on Pennsyl.
vania Avenue, during which Senator
Frank L. Green of Vermont was
struck by a stray bullet as he was
passing an alley where the raid
was in progress. At the time the
agents We're engaged in an active
gun fight with the bootIeggers.
Fisher was accused of the shooting,
but was later exonerated.
According to the wife's declara.
ton. she was married to him on
June 80. 1928. and they lived to-
gether until May 13, when he de.
serted her. Attorneys James r.
Flynn and Raymond Neudecker rep.
resent her.
Fisher was dismissed from the
prohibition service on August s.
1924, for the good of the service"
No reason for the DISMISSAL was
given at the time, but it was
thought to have grown out of activ-
tiles of his and two other agents
in southern Maryland