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Evening star., 1933-04-18
WHITE HOUSE LAWN
REPAIRS ARE BEGUN
Grass Badly Tramp|ed in
Easter Egg RoIIing-Many
Lost Articles Found.

A score Of gardeners and laborers
were working today on the rear grounds
of the White House clearing away the
debris left behind by the children OF
Washington during their annual egg
rolling festival yesterday and giving
first-aid treatment to the Sorely tram
pied grass.
If the weather had not been so
threatening early yesterday the Easter
egg-rolling attendance record OF 48,3OO
in 1880 unquestionably would have
been broken. Despite the Threatening
skies at the time the gates for the egg
fete were thrown open more than Al 900
children and adults passed through the
grounds during the dav and afternoon.
Thirty thousand of this number were
en- hand between the hours of $50 in
the morning and $50 in the afternoon:
The remainder of the children swarmed
the grounds when the gates were
thrown open to the public to hear the
concert given by the United States
Marine Band.
Grass Badly Trampled.
The children had an opportunity to
see the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and Mrs. Anna Dali; their daughter'
and "Sistie," 6-year-old granddaughter,
and "Buzzie" 2la -year-old grandson,
as well as the White House pets,
"Meggie," the little Scotty, and
Major" the police dog.
When the workmen appeared on the
grounds early today there. were count
less numbers of broken eggshells,
broken boxes, pieces of paper, little
baskets, remains of toy rabbits and
chickens and cthcr evidences of the
egg frolic. Because the rain soaked
the grounds the grass on the lawns
suffered severely. It is feared that it
will take some time to restore this
smooth turf to its original condition.
The fete ran true to form IN casual
ties, as well as fun and frolic. There
were about Sc cases treated by doctors
and nurses from the Emergency Hos
pital and the Red Cross. The majority
of these were children who had stuf1ed
themselves, with boiled eggs and
chocolate eggs. A number OF persons
were treated for faintneSs from the
heat. One woman was treated for IN,
Easter egg.
Lost Articles Found.
There we're 100 or so lost articles
turned in at the police department ot
the White House, the articles being
principally hats, overshoes and coats
There were As children temporarily
lost, but all were returned to their
mothers or guardians. The Girl Scouts
were kept busy patrolling the mining
crowds for lost children and for motn-
ers Of lost children.
A brown fur piece and seven pocket
books were also found by police. Miss
Mary Langford of Los Angeles, Calf,
a guest at local hotel, reported to po-
lice at the White House that she lost
a diamond brooch valued at $4,000
in the south grounds during the egg
rolling.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
STEPHEN MATHER
MEMORIAL ISLAND
IN POTOMAC URGED
Proposal Is Made to Honor
Father of National Park
Service.
PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED
AT Meeting THIS WEEK
Col. Grant Says No Funds Are
Available for Project at
Present, However.

Charles w. Eliot, I'd, director OF
planning of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, today an
nounced that his organization Is recon-
mending that an island in the upper
Potomac River, near Great Falls, be
set aside as memorial to the late
Stephen T. Mather, director Of the Ma
tional Park Service Of the Interior De-
partment.
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, vice chair
man and executive officer of the COM
mission, made it clear there are no
funds available at present to purchase
land for this memorial. Mr.. Eliot ex-
planned that there are several possible
ties for appropriate memorials in the
upper Potomac to Mr. Mather, who
was a member Of the commission.
Meeting Starts Thursday.
Starting Thursday, the commission
will hold three-day meeting, and the
Mather memorial proposal will be dis
cussed by Col. Grant and Mr.. Eliot as
one of the outstanding items on the
program. Mr.. Mather was close per-
sonal friend of both Col. Grant and
Mr.. Eliot.
The director Of planning asserted to-
day that three islands are in mind for
the memorial, but he declined to state
the exact location, inasmuch as land
purchasing is involved.
1t is particularly fitting. Mr.. Eliot
said, that the Mather Memorial should
be included in the future George
81 Do VIZ yr-tYt ID
will run southwark from Great Falls,
on both sides of the Potomac River to
Fort Washington, Md, and Mount Yer
non, Va. Mr. Eliot pointed out that
former Representative Cramton, Re-
publican, of Michigan. who was the
co-author with Senator Capper, Re-
publican, of Kansas, in setting up legis-
lation to create the George Washington
Memorial Parkway, sponsored the bill
for the Mather Memorial. Congress
has authorized a suitable memorial to
Mr.. Mather and subsequently the
Mather Memorial Association was
formed among the late directors
friends, and they are attempting to
have a suitable park area created as
lasting memorial to the man who
Mr. Mather was a former newspaper
man.
Helped Preserve Gorge.
Having in mind Mr.. Mather's pre-
eminent work in creating National
parks in the West, his friends here be-
lieve that the wild islands in the gorge
Of the Potomac area more nearly ap-
proximate the National parks in which
he was interested, than any other To-
cality hereabouts. Further, Mr.. Eliot
asserted, Mr.. Mather was particularly
instrumental in preserving the gorge OF
the Potomac at Great Falls, when 1t
was suggested that hydro-electric de-
velopment should be permitted there.
During its meeting. the commission
will turn its attention to land pur-
chases. land transfers between various
agencies of the Government here and
the program of the Federal Employ
ment Sterilization Board, designed 70
map out a planning program for public
works.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
PLUNGE FROM BOAT
IS FATAL TO GIRL
Annie Fowler, ID, browns
After Losing Balance
While Playing.

Losing her balance while romping on
"a launch moored at the foot of Eighth
street southwest yesterday afternoon.
Annie Fowler, IA, plunged into the
water and drowned before her play
mates-her younger sister and a
cousin-could summon aid.
AS Annie splashed helplessly about,
her sister Geneva, IL, ran to their home,
SOB K street southwest, crying:
Armies drowning! Annie's drown
ing!'
Meanwhile. the girls cousin, Johnnie
Hall, II, of Capitol Heights, Md,
hastened to the harbor police station.
A few minutes later police boat
began dragging the channsl in the
vicinity of the launch. After a search
of mere than half an hour Annie's body
was recovered
The child's mother, Mrs. Mamie
Fowler, tainted when she learned of
the tragedy.
A certificate of accidental death was
issued by Acting Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Initiation THURSDAY
BY ROYAL ARCANUM
Large Glass to Be Received at
Official Visitation of Wash
ington Council.

A large class will be initiated into
the Royal Arcanum in connection with
the official visitation of the Washington
Council Thursday night by Supreme
Regent Charles H. Haring of New Jer-
sey, Supreme Vice-Regent James E.
Norton and other officials.
Grand Council officers of the District
of Columbia will welcome the visiting
delegation at banquet and reception
at the Ambassador Hotel at $50 o'clock.
The class will be initiated at Odd Fell
lows Temple at 8 o'clock. Kismet de-
gree team will perform the rit1alistic
work there
The following day the official vista
tion will move on to Richmond, where
another class will be initiated.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
HOSPITAL SUICIDE
PR0bED BY ARMY
Officials at Walter Reed Mys-
titled by Act of Lieut..
Col. Williams.

An investigating board of three Army
officers today was conducting an in
quiry into the death of Lieut.. Col.
Charles R. Williams. Judge Advocate
Generals Office, u S. A., who plunged
from a third-foor sun porch at Walter
Reed Hospital yesterday
Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald issued a certificate of suicide.
The Army board, however, is charged
with determining the full circumstances
surrounding the act, so Col. Williams
military record may be closed out.
Act Mystifies Officials.
Officials at the hospital were mysti-
fed at the officers act. Less than a
half-hour before the fatal plunge, Col
Williams had been examined for fitness
to return to duty and his release from
the hospital ordered. After leaving
the examination room, according to
hospital attaches, he strolled to the
sun porch, climbed upon 6-foot para
pet and jumped SO feet to a concrete
areaway, dying instantly.
The body was clad only in trousers
and a bathrobe His head and chest
were crushed and his watch had stopped
at ITO, presumably the time of death.
the hospital less than a month for
treatment of heart ailment. He was
to have appeared soon before 'dispo-
sition board" for examination to de-
termine whether he should continue
active duty or be retired. However,
officials at the hospital were not in
clined to believe the possibility of re-
tirement caused him to take his life.
They pointed out that, because he had
had only Is years service. retirement
for disability would have been to his
advantage.
Call Precedes Death.
An hour before his death, Col.
Williams received telephone call from
his wife, Mrs Louise R. Williams, that
she was coming to the hospital to take
him for a drive in the warm Spring
sunshine. When she arrived he was
dead.
Col. Williams, who lived here at 1861
Crescent place, was born in Columbus,
Ga, July Il. 1870, and would have
been So In three months.
During the war he entered the Judge
advocate generals Office as a major,
receiving his commission July 8, 1918,
and commencing active duty about a
week later. On September %. 1919. he
was honorably discharged, and less than
a year later reappointed in the Regular
Army at the same rank and in the
same office. He was promoted to lieu
tenant colonel November /, 1882.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

new Calvert Street Bridge over Rock
Greek should be of masonry or OF steer
arch type was debated before the SEN
ate Subcommittee today.
George Oakley Totten. jr.. archltect,
who, in 1917, prepared for the Dlst:lct
government a design for masonry Cal
vert street structure, urged the COM
mittee to instruct the Commissioners
to build a masonry bridge rather tnan
q steel one "either from my designs or
from some other designs" :,
The Commissioners have recently had
plans and detailed structural drawings
for a steel arch Calvert Street Bridge,
prepared by Modjeska -Masters-Cn
Corporation.
Engineer Commissioner Gotwals de-
Tended the action of the District In
having the new plans prepared, and
argued in favor Of the bridge as 1t Is
now proposed to be built.
He said the detailed drawings Tor
the steel arch bridge have been made
and that everything Is IN readiness to
let q contract for the erection OF the
appropriation. Paul P. Cret was con-
sulting architect in the preparation Of
the Modjeska plans.
The subcommittee also heard testi-
mony this morning of Berkeley Sim
mons, who wanted to amend the House
item allowing $500 for preliminary
survey of plans for bridge to carry
New Hampshire avenue across the rail-
road tracks to the District line.
Mr.. Simmons urged an amendment
under which studies also could be made
of proposed extensions Of Kansas ave-
nue. and several other highways in the
same vicinity, where underpasses could
be built. Several other witnesses were
present fayoring the New Hampshire
avenue extension, including Thomas
Joy and Charles A. Langley Of the
Chillum Heights Citizens Association,
and DR.. Llewellyn Jordon Of the Board
Of Trade.
Harry j. Overman was also MEM
ber Of the New Hampshire avenue dele
cation.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
CAFE BANDIT FLEES
AS WAITER SNATCF1ES $40 BILL
Coored Man Thinks HoldUp Is Joke Until He Sees
Gun in Robbers Hand.

Charley Hill, old-fashioned colored
waiter at Schneider's Cafe, 427 Eleventh
street, thought patron was playing G
joke on him last night when a man
snatched a $40 bill from his hand as
he approached the cash register to have
it changed
So Charley grabbed it back. Then
he almost tainted when he found out
it was a hold-up man, with gun IN
the other hand, ready to rob the
place.
But Charley's sudden action, con-
scious or not, so surprised the bandit
that he and a companion fed from
the restaurant, without getting cent.
And old Charley was congratulated for
saving the days receipts.
The two bandits, each carrying re.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
TREASURY AIDE is SWORN

L. w. Roberts, jr, Of Atlanta, Ga.
was sworn in yesterday as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury succeeding
Maj Ferry K. Heath.
The ceremony took place in the ONCE
of Secretary of Treasury Woodin, and
was witnessed by an interested group
Of officials, including Postmaster Cen
eral Farley.
The oath was administered by r. 4.
Eirgfeld, chief clerk Of the department.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
ADULT TUBERCU[AR
HOSPITAL IS URGED
BY RE|CHELDERFER
Commissioner Points to In
adequate Facilities for
Older Patients.
GROUND is AVAILABLE
AT BUENA VISTA SITE
Plans for New Building Will Be
Pressed as Soon as Funds
Are Available.

Construction of a new hospital for
the care of adult tuberculosis patients
of the District is needed and should be
provided as soon as funds can be found
for the project, DR.. Luther H. Reichel-
derfer, president of the Board of Com
missioners. said today.
The present inadequate facilities for
the care of adult tubercular patients
here was brought graphically to the
attention of the Senate subcommittee
considering the 1884 appropriation bill
yesterday by a statement by DR.. A.
Barklie Coulter.
Undoubtedly provision of a new adult
tuberculosis hospital would have been
sought by the District before now, had
funds been available for the purpose.
Dr. Reichelderfer said today.
Plans Already Considered.
The city official pointed out that the
building of more adequate adult hos
pital already has been in the minds of
District executives, as seen in plans for
the new Children's tuberculosis SAM
tarium now under construction at
Buena Vista, Md.
There, Dr. Reichelderfer points out
the District purchased a much larger
tract than was needed merely for the
childrens institution, the plan being
for the later construction of an adult
institution on the same tract.
The children's building. which will
have a capacity of about 200 beds, now
has been carried to an advanced stage
of construction and the new plant is
to be ready for use about July l. In
conjunction with the children's build
ing the District is erecting a nurses
home, which also is nearing completion.
Adult tubercular patients now are
cared for to the limit of capacity at the
tuberculosis Hospital at Fourteenth
and Upshur streets and at Gallinger
Municipal Hospital primarily.
sos Deaths Last Year.
Records in the District Health De-
partment show there we're sos deaths
from tuberculosis in the District last
year. There were 1,154 new cases re.
ported to the department, making
grand total of 1888 cases under treat
ment at the end of 1882
In 1881 there were 588 deaths from
the disease. There were 1,062 new
cases reported during that year and a
grand total of 4,930 cases under treat
ment reported to the department.
The percentage Of deaths to the total
number of cases, Health Department
records show amounted to 55.5 per cent
in the years from 1908 to 1910, SAT per
cent from 1911 to 1915, $50 per cent
from 1916 to 1920, 1916 per cent from
1921 to 1925, sos per cent from 1926
to 1880, and 55.4 per cent for the year
1881.
Although the white population of the
District is far greater than that of
colored persons, the number Of deaths
from tuberculosis among colored pa
tients each year Is considerably greater
than those among white patients, the
records show.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
ARRANGEMENTS MADE
FOR VIRGINIA PILGRIMS
Reservations to Be Made Through
Mrs. Pearce Horne, Chairman
of Group.

Reservations for a pilgrimage to his
toric points in Virginia, being arranged
by the Association for the Preservation
of Virginia Antiquities, should be made
through the new chairman of the COM
mittee on tickets and arrangements,
Mrs. Pearce Horne of 1880 Nineteenth
street, 1t was announced today by Mrs.
E. Rust Smith, president of the asso-
citation.
The former chairman Of the commit
tee, Miss E. Baker Chinn, is leaving
soon on a trip around the world and
will be unable to serve this year. The
pilgrimage will leave the south side OF
the Treasury Building at 8 am. Tues
day, May %.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
POLICE FIND LOST BOY
Ballston Lad Told Street Address
but Failed to Name Town.


william T. Grunwell. S, Of Ballston,
Va, had a good time, but caused rela-
tives many anxious moments when he
became lost from his father at the
Zoo yesterday afternoon where the
youngster had been taken to roll eggs.
man, taken to No. s police station
and his parents notified.
After becoming lost, William looked
at the animals until dark when he
wanted to 60 home. He told police his
age, name and street address, but
failed to name the town in which he
lived, it was said at the Grunwell> home
today.
Meanwhile parents had' sought police
aid in finding him and his home ad-
dress was obtained through the police
lookout.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Girl, II, Hurt in Fall.

Mary Waldron, IL. of 3510 Sixteenth
street, was in a serious condition today
in Children's Hospital, suffering from
injuries received early last night when
she fell a few feet from a scaffold on
which she was playing at the new
Bancroft School Building, Eighteenth
and Newton streets.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

volver, entered the cafe shortly after
$50. While one pointed gun at the
customers and warned against an out
cry. the other walked to the cashiers
pen, pointed his pistol at Charles
Schneider, the proprietor, and attempt
ed to open the cash register. He was
fumbling with 1t when Charley ap-
preached to have the $40 bill changed.
When the pair fled from the cafe,
they jumped into a waiting automobile
and disappeared before any one realized
thee had gone The car they used.
which had been stolen from a local
physician, later was, found at Eighth
street and Market space. Detective
Sergts. J. J. Tolson and Elmer F. Lewis
are looking fox the handit& ~-.-.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Will Lecture at Fairfax.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, April 18.-Dr. J. M. Row.
land, widely known author, traveller and
speaker, will deliver a lecture, Some
Nuts I Have Met" tomorrow night at
7:45 in Fairfax M. E. Church South.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Card party, Mothers Club, st. James
Catholic Church, Thirty-seventh street
and Rhode Island avenue northeast,
8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Dinner meeting, Georgetown Clinical
Society. Hamilton Hotel, $50 pm
Evening star., 1933-04-18
V. M. |. PLANS SMOKER
Local Alumni to Commemorate
Battle of New Market May Is.

Battle of New Market May Is.
The Washington Chapter Of the Vir-
ginia Military Institute Alumni ASso-
citation will commemorate the Battle of
New Market by an informal smoker and
get-together meeting Monday evening,
May IS, at the Army and Navy Club
Representative A. Willis Robertson of
Lexington, Va, will be the guest Of
honor and principal speaker.
Committee on Arrangements include
Stuart B Marshall, chairman; James F.
Greene, j. Carroll NOEL, Humphrey
Daniel and G. Adams Howard. \
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Benefit card party, Ways and Means
Committee. Washington Centennial
Chapter, 28o9 Chesterfield place, pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Card party, War Department Local
No. 261, National Federation of Federal
Employees, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Dance and card party, Federal Chap
ter, No. 38, o. E. S., Kennedy Warren,
8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Meeting and dance, North Carolina
State Society. Shoreham Hotel, $50 p m
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Meeting. Womens Educational Demo-
cratic Council, Mayflower Hotel, 7:45
pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
GAS SHIFTING COSTLY
Fire Rescue Squad Called as Man
Satisfies Sense of Smell.

The desire of James c. Acton, 80, of
the 300 block of Thirteenth street
southeast, to smell gas yesterday,
brought out the Fire Rescue Squad and
police, when he was affected by the
fumes after turning on a jet in the
bath room.
Police said he told them he merely
wanted to smell the gas. His condition
was not serious, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

street Christian Church, Sixth and H
streets southwest, 7:30 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
HELD FOR GRAND JURY
Doctor Is Involved in Woman 8
Death From Illegal Operation.

DR.. Clarence A. Wright, colored, 900
block Twentieth street, was held for the
grand Jury yesterday afternoon at an in
quest into the death last Thursday from
an illegal operation on Mrs. Kathleen
Hairston, colored, 80, of the 4500 block
Jay street northeast.
The woman's husband, Richard, testi-
fed his wife tried to persuade him to
take her to the doctors office to have
the operation performed and he refused.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Meeting, Columbia Historical Society.
Cosmos Club, BIS pm
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Meet Again Friday.

None of these proposed amendments
has been acted on by the Senate sub
committee. They will come up for con-
sideration when Chairman Thomas
convenes the subcommittee at 10 o'clock
Friday morning to begin marking the
bill. The changes they decide upon
will then go before the Senate Appro-
priations Committee early next week.
The question of whether the proposed
Evening star., 1933-04-18
TOMORROW.

1OMOtftoW.
Luncheon, University of Missouri
Alumni, University Club, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fra
ternity, University Club, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Democratic Club. Uni
versity Club, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Insurance Club, University
Club, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Veterans Administration,
University Club. 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Golden Rod Club, Hamil-
ton Hotel, pm.
Lunencsn. optimist Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon. Womens Organization Of
National Association of Retail Druggists,
Hamilton Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, soroptinist Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Card party, Esther Chapter, o. E. s.,
willard Hotel. 2 pm.
Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayfower
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Silver tea and quilt exhibit. Calvary
Methodist Episcopal Missionary So,
cieties, Calvary Methodist Episcopal
Church. Columbia road. near Fifteenth
atyeet. 2 to pm. and 1880 to 10 p.ms
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Meeting, United States Coast Guard
Shoreham Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Entertainment, Potomac Appalachian
Trail Club, Pierce Hall, All Souls Uni
tartan Church. Fifteenth and Harvard
streets, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Meeting. Agricultural History Society,
Cosmos Club, 8 pm. Dinner. $50 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Sears, Roebuck Art Galleries, 1l06
Connecticut avenue, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-03

Uruguay's disarrayed economic condi.
tions were the immediate cause Of tn.
present upheaval. One Of the earliest
dictatorial DEGREES provides for reduc-
tions Of government salaries and pen.
sions. an economy move that smacks 9
bit Of Washington itself.
Siam, which threw OF the shackle.
Of absolutism last June, yesterday ad-
vanced still further in the direction oi
popular government, not by action OF
the people, but at the instigation OF
King Pradjadhipok. That enlightened
young monarch remained on his throne
at the nations request, even after II
had substantially clipped his royal
wings. With what sincere devotion to
his country's cause Pradjadhipok ac-
cepted the new regime became mani
fest during the current week end, when
by decree from the throne he re-
jected the communistic plans Of the
State Council, because he holds them
to be q violation of the true democ-
racy" which Siam instituted In 1892
He ordained the replacement of the
so-called Young Patriots with men more
reliably democratic.
Siam is called by its inhabitants
Thai" which means free" or "the
kingdom of the free" King Pradjad-
hipok evidently intends that it shall
live up to its name and not succumb
to anti-democracy asquerading as
Communism.