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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
News Translator
For u. S. Has Grasp
Of % Languages

With q reading or speaking
knowledge of % languages, mod
ern and ancient, Wilfred Stevens
of Minnesota has just been
named principal translator, De-
partment of State, it was an
nounced today.
Mr.. Stevens takes the post of
John S. Martin, IT,, recently
retired on account of age.
Mr.. Stevens speaks or reads
practically all of the modern
languages and many of the his
toric languages.
He was born in Shakopee,
Mimi, May 16, 1874, and received
his early education in that city.
He came to Washington in S94
and was appointed proofreader
in the Government Printing
ONCE. Three years later he was
transferred to the War Depart
ment and served as Librarian and
translator in the Office of the
adjutant general. He was there
for seven years before he was
transferred to the State, Depart
ment as translator. He worked
in the State Department 20 years,
leaving in June, 1924, to engage in
study and private pursuits.
Since then he has lived at
Landover, Md. When Mr.. Martin
retired, he was prevailed upon to
return to the State Department
as chief translator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
ENGINEERS LEADER
PRAISES PRESIDENT
G. w. Laughlin, on Visit to G. o. P
Offices, Says Brotherhood
Backs Hoover.

Support of President Hoover and his
administration was voiced by @. w.
Laughlin, assistant grand chief engineer
and national legislative representative
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, following visit to Republican
National Committee headquarters, ac-
cording to statement from headquar-
tiers today.
THE Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers is very favorable to President
Hoover and the legislative and admins
trative record of his administration" he
said. I'VE have given him all possible
support in the past and will continue to
do so. We are supporting Mr.. Hoover's
Secretary OF Labor James J. Davis, for
the United States Senate from Pennsyl-
vania, and We are proud to say that
labor was responsible for the defeat of
Senator Blease of South Carolina in the
recent primaries. Former Representative
Byrne of that State, who will be elected
in his place, is, Of course, a Democrat;
but he is big enough not to oppose the
President of the United States solely on
political lines.
Labor Is essentially non-partisian,
but am glad to say the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers looks upon very
large majority of the Republicans now
in the Senate and House favorably and
will support them for reelection"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
OPENING OF c. v.
|SPOSTPONED DAY
Large Enrolment at Univer.
sity NeceSSitates Delay
in Classes.

The scheduled opening Of George
Washington University was postponed
from today until tomorrow, so that
registrations, which have been unusually
heavy, may continue for another day
university officials said.
When the registration period was
closed last night 400 more students
had been enlisted than were entered
by the university during the corre-
spending period last year. Still other
in order to accommodate these the
university delayed its opening.
Assemblies Scheduled.
Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president OF
the university, will welcome the first
year students at opening assemblies
Friday at noon and pm. in Cor
coran Hall. DR.. William Allen Wilbur,
provost, also will address the newcom-
ers. Others who will welcome the fresh
men include Henry Grattan Doyle, dean
of the Junior College: James E. Pixlee,
director of mems athletics; Ruth At
well, director of women's athletics, and
Mrs. Winnie G. BarrowS, director Of
women'S personal guidance.
Law Students to Meet.
An assembly Tor SCudenCS OF the Law
School will be held this afternoon at
o'clock in Stockton Hall, the Law
School Building. Judge John w. Cox
of the District Supreme Court, a mem
Der of the Law School faculty, and Chief
Justice Alfred Adams Wheat, gradu-
ate of the Law School and president of
the Columbian-George Washington Law
School Association, will be the speakers.
They will be introduced by Charles
Sager Collier, acting dean of the Law
School.
Students Of the Medical School will
meet with the assistant deans of the
school, DR.. Oscar B. Hunter, DIR. Walter
A. Bloedorn and DR.. Joseph H. Roe, this
afternoon, and will assemble again on
Friday when they will be addressed by
DR.. Marvin.
The George Washington University
Y. w. c. A. will hold tea for fresh
men women in the garden of the Home
Economics Building this afternoon, from
until 6 o'clock. Upper class women
will attend the tea with their little
sisters" of the freshmen class. A dance
for all students of the university will be
given under the auspices of the Student
Council of the university Friday night
in Corcoran Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
POLICEMAN is VICTIM
OF ORDER FOR CHANGE
Telephone Operator, Working in
Off Hours Loses $40 on Max
ing Delivery.

George M. Will, telephone operator
at police headquarters, was a victim of
the change trick yesterday.
While employed at drug store in the
1900 block Monroe street, where he
occasionally works during of hours at
headquarters, he received a telephone
order Tor ice cream and change for $40
to be delivered at nearby home yester-
day afternoon and set out with the
order himself in the absence of a de-
livery boy. ARRIVING at the house In
question, he turned the ice cream and
change over to a neatly dressed Young
stranger who said that he would "po in
the rear entrance and get the So"
Needless to say, he did not return.
man answering the same descrip-
ton as the one who executed the first
job worked a similar trick on a drug
store at Eighteenth street and Florida
avenue couple of hours later, ordering
medicine and change for $40 delivered
to an apartment house In the 1900 block
Of Vernon street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
THREE NOTED ARTISTS
COMING FROM EUROPE

Three distinguished European artists,
who are members of the jury OF award
for the twenty-ninth Carnegie Institute
International, will arrive in Washington
tomorrow night for visiting the Corcoran
and the Phillips Memorial Galleries.
The European journeymen are Henri
Matisse of Paris the acknowledged
leader of advanced art in France; Glyn
Philpot of London, a member of the
Royal Academy and Carnegie prize WIN
ner, and Karl Sterrer of Vienna, who is
the first Austrian to serve on the Jury.
He is making his first trip to the United
States, They will be accompanied by
Homer Saint-Gaudens, director of fine
arts of the Carnegie Institute.
In company with American mem
bers of the jury of award, the group will
be entertained at luncheon by Secretary
Mellon during the visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
RETALIATION FUND
IS ORDERED POSTED
Traction Companies Instruct.
ed to Put Up $1,000 Each
to Defray Expenses.

First definite steps toward a reval-
uation of the properties of the Wash
ington Railway & Electric and Capital
Traction Cos. were taken today by the
Public Utilities Commission when it or
dered the companies to put up $4,000
each toward the cost of the investiga-
ton.
The revaluation was directed by the
commission July 81 on a petition of
Richmond B. Keech, peoples counsel,
as a sequel to the action of the District
Supreme Court in increasing street car
fares. Some preliminary work on the
revaluation already has been done by
the commissions accounting staff, but
the $4,000 assessment against each of
the car companies indicates that the
work now is to be undertaken vigor-
ously.
Under the act of Congress creating
the commission, public utility corpora
tons are required to pay the expenses
of any investigation, valuation or re-
valuation. The order, which directs the
companies to deposit SIS 900 each in the
Federal Treasury as the initial payment
toward the expenses Of the revaluation,
is based on this act.
The commissions order also directs
that the $4,000 be deposited by each
company not later than october /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT,
ARMY SHOW FEATURE
Work of Engineer Corps Special
Exhibit Being Prepared by Plan.
ming Commission Architect.

Contribution of the Corps of EnRin-
GERS OF the Army to the development of
Washington will be shown in a special
exhibit now being prepared by w. r.
partridge, consulting architect of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, in conjunction with the
military exposition and carnival to be
held at Washington Barracks tomor-
row. Friday and Saturday.
Models and maps will depict the work
OF the Army Engineers in. this area and
VIII be shown in a special tent. The
exhibit will include the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway, the washington
Monument, Potomac Park and other
developments with which the Engineers
OF the service have been intimately as
ISOLATED
The display will show activities Of
the District Commission, one member
OF which Is Maj. John c. Gotwais
Army Engineer; the National Capitai
Park and Planning Commission Of
which Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant. 3d IL
vice chairman and executive offIcer
likewise an Army Engineer; the United
states Engineer office, which is HEADED
by Maj. Joseph d, Arthur, jr., also An
engineer, and the Arlington Memorial
Bridge Commission, Of which Mai
Douglas H. Gillette is assistant execii-
tive ofncer, and he, too, is a member
OF the Army's Corps of Engineers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
WILL ANSWER CHARGE

Accused in Baltimore by his mother
in-law with failure to contribute Sc
a week to the support of his minor child
Robert James Ballantine, 80 years old
giving his address as 4136 Thirteenth
street, was arrested early this morning
by Detectives James Springman and
John T. Dalglish.
Ballantine, according to the police, is
residing in this city with his wife, the
mother-in-law in Baltimore caring for
the child. He is said to have been
ordered to contribute Sc week for the
child's support and is alleged to have
failed to comply with the court order.
He expressed a willingness to return
to Baltimore without demanding hear
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
MOTH INVASION
SWEEPING CITY
Cotton Leaf Pests Seen in
Washington on Migration
North.

Washington is being invaded today by
vast army of yellow cotton leaf
worms, in the moth state, which ar
rived here on northward flight last
night. Store windows along Pennsyl-
vania avenue and F street and electric
light posts were cluttered with them
today.
Gracefully shaped, in the moth state
the little pests resemble any ordinary
moth, except their wings are trimmer
Too Late for Harm.
The cotton leaf worm is well known
to entomologists Of the Department o.
Agriculture, who are familiar with 1t.
many habits and give assurance that
the vast army of moths in the National
Capital arrived too late this year tc
do any harm.
The moths, it was explained by j. A
Hyslop, senior entomologist of the Blu
reau OF Entomology, Department of
Agriculture, today, stay south of the
United States during the Winter and
promptly disappear with the first frost
in the Fall.
Early in the Spring the moth flies
over the border line into the Southern
States and breeds. The first brood,
while in the caterpillar state, eats cot
ton leaves and does considerable harm
to the cotton crop when it arrives early
enough. Likewise, the caterpillar grows
into the moth state, does harm in the
latter state to fruit when it arrives in
the fruit sections early enough.
Fruit Is Undamaged.
This year, however, the moths were
too late in their arrival tn do DAMAGE IN
the fruit, Mr.. Hyslop said. MANY wears
the moth does not get as far North
as the National Capital, but it is moth
ing unusual for it to do so, he said.
This year, Mr.. Hyslop declared today,
the moth probably will get as far North
as New York and possibly Maine or
Canada. This, he said, also Is not un-
usual. During the visit to this country
there are about four broods in all The
moth, however, never gets back South,
but is killed by frost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
MOTORIZED POLICE
!. DEBATE CLUB TOPIC
Hunior Citizens Alliance Event At.
1. tended by Capt. Davis and
3 Mrs. A. J. Driscoll.

The motorization of police patrols in
the District was the subject of a debate
last night of the Debating Club of the
Junior Citizens Alliance in the Offices
of the Washington Board of Trade.
Miss Clara B. Vaughan, upholding
the affirmative, commended that motor
1zation of police patrols would effect a
large financial economy. Luther B
Keen, speaking for the negative, pointed
out that motor police would be unable
to make thorough personal contact
with the community, prime essential
in crime detection
The debate was attended by Capt
o. T. Davis of the second precinct, and
Mrs. A. j. Driscoll, president of the
Mid-City Citizens Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
SOLDIER INMATE STABBED
Colored Man Found Wounded Near
Cemetery Entrance of Home.

Isaac Simmons, colored, ~ years old.
inmate of Soldiers Home, was found
on the road near the entrance to the
cemetery OF the home last night about
10 o'clock suffering from a stab wound
in the chest.
Melvin w, Bryant, 453O Ninth street.
who found Simmons took him to the
hospital. Surgeons reported his con-
dition serious.
Henry c. Lewis. colored, SIS years
old. an orderly in the hospital was
arrested by police of the tenth precinct
and held for investigation, though
Simmons denies he was the assailant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
RUDOLPH EXPLAINS
RESIGNATION OF POST
Dicsntsnnial Chairmanship Re.
quires Time he Il Forced to Be
H. Out Of City, He Says.

Frequent absence from the city was
given by Cuno H. Rudolph yesterday as
his reason for resigning as chairman of
the District Of Columbia Commission on
the George Washington bicentennial
celebration.
Mr.. Rudolph wrote the District Com
nnissioners that the work of the COM
mission had become so heavy 1t was
necessary for the chairman to be In
direct contact with affairs of the body
at all times. He added he was unable
10 carry out such requirements.
The Commissioners announced DR.
Cloyd H. Marvin, president of George
Washington University, would direct
the activities Of the commission as vice
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
EOhOes Of Good, old summertime

NEW YORK, September "a Up
Summer has gone, but Summertime lin
gers. The Autumnal equinox has ar
rived, but daylight saving will continue
tlli sunday when folks will have stand
ard time instead of watches ana cIocI.
an hour fast. The oficial time for
turning the hands back an hour /;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
Yale Bowl Center of Interest.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, September "a
R1.--Maybe there will be some nifty
stuff In the way Of placements or serv-
ice aces or something when Yale and
Harvard play foot ball in the Yale bowl
in November. Sandy Wiener. Tildens
protege, is out for quarterback at Yale.
Barry Wood, also tennis star, is Har-
wards field general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
SCOUT CHIEFS MEET

District Will Be Represented at
Atlantic City Session.
Many District Of Columbia Scout
leaders will attend the regional meet
ing of the Boy Scouts of America, to
be held in Atlantic City, Friday and
Saturday, october and 4.
The meeting includes leaders from
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia and the District, who will
gather in the Hotel Chelsea to discuss
the organization program and problems
for the ensuing year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
BOOK TO BE SOUVENIR
OF STAR MODEL HOMES
Visitors to Exhibition Dwellings Will Be Provided
Pictures and Stories About Structures and Also
of Government Buildings and Parks.

AS the time for opening the demonstration of the 1oa0
Star model homes draws
or punncaton OF Star Model Homes
program. w. -" "a 'iio
the book will carry pictures and stories about
MONIES ana as special feature this
articles about Government buildings park
sections OF the city, made possible through cooperation of the
National Park Planning Commission. - 'S
The Model Home Book prepared Operative Build
homes demonstration " ~ ~ - '--N NO~SA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
SIDEWALKS IN BUILDING ARCADES
ARE SUGGESTED FOR NEW YORK
Move Would Make Streets Wider to Help Relieve
Increasing Traffic Congestion.

Increasing traffic congestion in New
York City will lead to the placing of
sidewalks in arcades within the build
ings, so that streets may be widened.
in the opinion of David v. Sutton,
Gotham business leader. Supporting
this idea, he makes the following state
ment:
1.-THE monetary loss to stores due to
the no parking orders of the police
department is becoming more serious
each day. and yet more and more auto
mobiles each year are added to the hun
dreds OF thousands already trying to
use our streets.
There is only one solution that can
see, and that is to take the sidewalks
for roadways, and put new sidewalks
in the buildingS-in other words, ar
cade them. BY this means on the 60
foot streets we would add 20 or IS. feet
of disable space for automobiles and
create room for two and possibly three
extra lanes of traffic in these streets,
create room for even more lines.
1.-THE loss of revenue from the rental
value of square foOtage taken from the
store floors would be a very consider
able item, but on the other hand 1t
would be made up in other ways. Due
to better traffic conditions the stores
in these sections would command
higher rents, the sidewalks being under
cover would attract more shoppers, es-
pecially in bad weather land statistics
prove that we have more of rain
fall in New York than in London
acknowledged to be one of the wettest
citiesy, and last, but by no means least,
a uniform system of arcades, well ex-
ecuted from an architectural standpoint,
would add UNNECESSARILY to the beauty
Of our streets.
Furthermore if the streets in these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
c. j. ARCHITECTS
AMONG F|NAL|STS
{. T. Pairo and r. A. Wepp-
ner Win Place in COMPETE
ton for Scholarship.

Two Washington students Of archi-
lecture have won places as f1nalists In
the Paris prize competition, under
which scholarship providing two and
a half years of study in Paris is award
ed by the Society of the Beaux Arts
Architects, according to an announce
ment made here today by Fred v. Muir
ply, dean of the School of Architecture
of Catholic University.
The two fln3lists are Edwin T. Pairo
and Robert A. Weppner, both students
at Catholic University. The two other
finalistS in the national competition are
students at the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology and at the University of
Illinois. The selection of the winner
among these four will be made within
10 weeks
The award is one of the most priced
in the architectural profession for stu
dents. Several hundred originally en-
tered the contest the number being re-
duced by the process of elimination
until only the four remain.
Contestants prepared design for
supposed building for what is described
as a National School of Fine Arts to
be erected in the National Capital.
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thickly populated Office and store dis
tricts are allowed to become so con-
gested, not only from automobiles, but
from pedestrian traffic as well, it will
have a very bad effect on the desira-
bility of the space on the upper floors
due to the trouble and waste of time in
getting to and from the buildings them
selves, thus causing additional loss of
revenue through unrentable space on
these floors. 1t is a very serious prob
lem
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Meanwhile. construction of the i've
exhibition houses is proceeding at q
steady rate, each week bringing ont
more and more the picture the houses
will present when they have been COM
pleted, handicapped, decorated and fur.
nished for the exhibition.
The demonstration will start MAY 4
when the Colonial dwelling erected BY
Shannon & Luch, Inc, at $500 Maple
avenue, forest section of Chevy Chase,
Is thrown open to the public of greater
Washington for a month of exhibition,
The landscaping for this house now is
being completed and ample time re-
mains for the furnishing, which viii
be done by the woodward d Lothrop
department store. -
The second house In the series. ar,
English group house erected by Waveriy
Taylor, Inc. at 1909 Forty-fourth
street, in Foxall, now has reached the
finishing stage. This is a three-story
brick dwelling featured by an interest,"
ing front porch with rough hewn tim
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and two of the bed rooms. The grace
full lines of this design are accentuated
by the charming window bays.
Brick is recommended for the first
floor exterior. with the upper portions
of stucco, half-timber and clapboards
A natural slate or tile roof is preferable.
but wood shingles may be used.
The location of the fireplace at the
end of the living room, with the room
along the largest dimension of the
ground plot, presents distinct advan-
tage, especially when the edge Of the
house IS near the lot line.
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STATE BUILDING
Of DOO-DAD TYPE
Francis P. Sullivan Cites
Structure as Example
Out of Control.

The State, War and Navy Building
is the classic example of the doo-dad
escaped from control and running
amuck, Francis P. Sullivan, member of
the American Institute of Architects,
declares in a statement reviewing basic
principles underlying ornamentation of
buildings.
"On the other hand" he points out,
"the Munitions and Navy Buildings
seen from the Mall are hideous warm
ings\ of the monstroSitieS that result
from an unrestrained application of
anti-doo-dad ideas.
1.-THE campaign against the use Of
doo-dadS on buildings is based on the
plausible argument that any trimmings
which do not directly contribute to the
practical uses of the building are super
f1uouS and therefore extravagant," Mr..
Sullivan continues.
even the most ardent anti-doo-
dadiSt, however, would shrink from a
literal application of the rule such as
would Danish from every building all
decoration not demonStrably useful.
For example, it would be hard to say
what practical purpose is served by the
dome of the Capitol.
Where, then, is the line to be drawn
between the permissible and the per-
niciouS? How are we to determine on
which buildings we may reasonably
spend more than Just the minimum
necessary to make them habitable?
From the architects point of view
the answer to the first question is
simple one We should use on
building just exactly as much decora-
ton as contributes to making it more
A4a n
more bit of carving, one mere column,
one more moulding will enhance the
beauty of a structure, by all means let
it be added. If the beauty Of the
structure can be heightened by the
elimination of moulding, or column,
or a piece Of sculpture df 1t were by
Phidias himself) it should be hacked
off without remorse.
GAS for the second question, the
answer depends chiefly upon the pur-
pose in putting up buildings and in
ornamenting them.
IF our purpose is merely to be osten-
tatious, or to display our wealth and
magnificence, or Gas one anti-doo-dad
advocate puts it) Ito feed the vanity of
the architect" then we would be better
off with bare brick walls.
But, if our purpose be to make the
world a more pleasant place to live in,
obviously we will desire to see every
building as beautiful as it can be made;
and if the beauty of any building can
be heightened by aff1xing trimmings to
it, even if they canont be logically
justified on the ground Of utility, we
will be cheerfully willing to make use
Of them.
"It must be understood, of course,
that this is not intended to suggest that
an deliberately decorated building is
necessarily more admirable than a
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