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ington, which was formed out of the
northern half of what was then Ore
gon. Stevens was then just "a years
old, and, in accepting the position,
he resigned his commission in the
Army.
Combined with the duties of Gov
ernor of the new Territory was the
exploration of the Northern route to
the Pacific, the making of treaties with
the Indians and the conduct of the
Indian War in the Pacific Northwest.
In this connection. he organized and
commanded the Northern Pacific ex-
ploration party, which explored and
surveyed the route for railway from
st. Paul to Puget Sound in 1858.
All Of his duties were filled with
fidelity and success, and the people of
the Territory of Washington thought
so much of him that they sent him to
the National Congress as their dele
gate, at the expiration of his govern
orship, for term beginning in 1853
and ending in 1857, and reelected him
for a second term. His trip to Con-
gress in 1857 was quite different from
the way one would travel today. for
then he took his family by wagon.
canoes and steamboat from Olympia
to San Francisco, and by steamboat
to Panama and across the Isthnlus Of
Panama by rail. When in Congress
he occupied, with his family. large
brick house at $40 Twelfth street
northwest, the old number being SOB.
MAJ. STEVENS service to the
A'A State Of Washington includes q
great deal more than limited space
can tell, but suffice to say that he
is still affectionately and kindly re-
membered there, where celebrations
are annually held in his honor.
It is hard to say just what was
Gov. stevens greatest service to his
country-his extensive pioneer Y1rk
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Sorority News.

The M Alpha Chapter Of Kappa
Delta Phi Sorority will have dinner
Tuesday at the home of Mary Emery.
1910 K street. The topic for the
educational program is Building
Pauline Aker will speak on Building
for Kappa Delta Phi" and Mary
Emery will discuss the development
Of architecture. This is the first of q
seriea Of educational programs which
win - carried out during tie year.
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RESERVE SCHOOL
ADDS SUBCOURSES
Progressive, Theoretical In.
active Duty Training
to Be Given.

New subcourses have been added to
the extension school for Reserve off,
GERS for the 1867 school year. They
are designed to give progressive, theo-
retical inactive duty training, and to
prepare such personnel to perform
efficiently their duties Immediately
upon mobilization.
They also are designed to afford q
means of preparation for appointment
and promotion in the Officers Reserve
Corps.
The 10 series of the subcourses cover
subjects in which qualification is re-
quired for appointment in the grade
Of second lieutenant, while the 20,
80, 40 and so series embrace subjects
in which qualification is required for
promotion to first lieutenant, captain,
major and lieutenant colonel, respec-
lively.
Mai. Preston T. Vance has been de-
tailed as unit instructor of headquar-
ters and headquarters battery of the
155th Field Artillery Brigade, the 305th
Ammunition Train and the 313th and
315th Field Artillery. He relieves Mai.
S. lie Roy Irwin, who will become a
student officer in the 1867 course
ac the Army War College.
Lieut.. Col. Leo J. Ahearn has been
relieved from additional duty at Dis
trict Reserve headquarters.
Capt. Albert H. Wait and First
Lieut.. Charles A. KengIa will be con-
tinued on active duty with the Civil
ian Conservation Corps for another
six months. First Lieut.. Allen s.
Cross will begin IA days of active duty
at Fort Myer, Va, effective Septem-
ber "a.
Other District officers have been as
signed as follows: Mai. Tirrell j.
Ferrenz, to the 1320th Service Unit;
First Lieut.. Harry G. Williams, to
the 364th Medical Regiment: First
Lieut.. Joseph E. Heinrich relieved
from assignment to the 62d Cavalry
Division: Second Lieut.. Edward J..
Smith, to the 783d Supply Company,
and Second Lieut.. David E. Warner
assigned to the Sd Coast Artillery
district.
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dow in the District Building the
other day and watched some men
i,,rf na~o.. ki,a cfraot nloa nilau and

dow in the District Building the
other day and watched some men
Just across the street cleaning and
polishing car. There were a cou-
pie of buckets, profusion Of dirty
rags, brushes, cleaning fluid and
other implements spread around on
the sidewalk while doing the job.
The same thing goes on on e street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
beside the triangular park. There
are many other places in promi-
nent downtown locations, where
visitors are supposed to see their
National Capital at its best, where
such operations are in full swing.
Some citizens consider this use
of the public streets just as OBJ
jectionable and as unsightly q nui-
sance as If carried on within the
park system. This is really a part
Of the parking problem, but it Is
considered worthy Of serious con-
sideration and Independent solu-
ton even If the answer to the
parkin9 riddle Is not yet known.
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COMMANDERL|STS .
| LEG|0N'S OFFICERS
Thomas Mason, Jr., Named
Department Adjutant of
I'd Division Post.
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

Tuesday-Victory post, No. 4;
installation, New Colonial Hotel,
8p.m.
Fort Stevens Drum Corps. No,
80; Old Brightwood School, s p m.
Wednesday-Tank Corps Post,
No. 10; Department Headquar-
ters, pm.
Thursday-Forty and Eight,
installation of officers.
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Health Officers Prestige
Increased by Milk Stand.

ONE angle of the milk problem is
believed by some to have a de-
cided bearing on the general public
attitude toward the health officer.
The organized civic forces have for
years taken pride in the high
standard required to be maintained
by the milk producers shipping
into the District and by the local
distributors. 1t is believed that no
community in the entire country
has been able to enjoy the food
value Of milk with greater conf
dence than in the District. DR..
William C. Fowler, the immediate
predecessor Of DR.. Ruhland was re-
garded by some of the dairy people
as perfect crank on the subject
Of the proper regulation and in
spection of the sources of supply
and distribution. Local citizens
disagreed with DR.. Fowler on nu-
merous subjects, but they always
swore by him when it came to the
way he handled the milk job.
About a month ago the Commits
sioners asked DR.. Ruhland to ex-
anime the regulations concerning
the District milk supply and report
whether the existing regulations
were drastic, unreasonable or capri
cious. The doctor sustains the reg
ulations in every particular. He
regards the milk standards as here
maintained "a brilliant achieve
ment in the field of application of
sanitation in the interests of health
and life conservation"
Some Of the civic leaders, having
a knowledge of the beneficient re-
suits Of local milk regulation, are
impressed with the sound position
of the health officer and are more
readily inclined to follow him in
carrying out his program.
During the past week DR.. Ruh-
land has announced a determine
ton to require the rigid observance
of the regulations of drug stores
selling food and ice cream and
compel them to properly cleanse
the various utensils, glasses and
dishes. A number of inspectors
have been put on this work.
The proposal to provide health
centers in the different sections of
the District has also been adj
vanced by the health officer recent
ly and will be sure to receive nu-
merous civic organization support
If the organizations enrolled be-
hind similar proposal of few
years ago are still Of the same
mind.
Then there are the health items
recommended by "the damn doc
tors" They are all live problems
for civic organization study and
some believe that q favorable rec
ommendation by DR.. Ruhland will
60 long way toward insuring their
support.
Park Auto Laundry Closed
But Street Laundries Continue.
A UTOMOBILE washing and poll
ishing in Rock Greek Park has
been stopped by an Interior Depart
ment order. This .order prohibits
washing. cleaning, polishing, re-
pairing or performing Of any me-
chanical work upon any vehicles
in the park system" of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The practice Of
using Rock Creek Park as an auto
laundry and repair shop had grown
to such proportions as to constitute
Q nuisance and an eyesore.
Several citi(>us stood ct . win
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F Street Widening
Nears Completion.

NcdIS SOAup&CtAOus
THE widening of F street be-
tween Seventh and Ninth
streets will be completed and paved
within few days. The work of
altering the old Patent Office
Building has been finished and
to many presents a much improved
appearance. The old granite stair
way which stood out in F. street
like "a sore thumb has been
removed. A new white marble
facing of the basement story Of
the portico gives this front very
much the appearance of the G
street front. The Doric portico
on the south front, with its double
row of columns, is far more i'm
posing than the north front.
In place of the old stairway,
exposed to the elements, entrance
is now through the new basement
doors leading to new elevators.
The alterations to the historic
building are considered to be an
improvement in every way. Some
citizens, laboring under the i'm
preston that the massive columns
were to be removed, put up a ter
rible wall at such wanton destruc-
ton of the historic landmark. It
is believed that the general verdict
win be that the F. street front
of the old structure looks better
than it ever looked before.
Work on the roadway was de-
layed until the building was COM
: pleted. Now the car tracks have
been renewed as far as needed and
completely realigned. These tracks
are now approximately in the CEN
ter of the widened street. The
curbing makes long curve which
will greatly facilitate the flow Of
west-bound F street traffic. The
resumption Of two-way traffic in
this section of this busy thorough
fare will carry some of the old
timers back to the days of the
horse and buggy and bobtail car.
The clearing up Of this trafiic
bottle-neck marks another civic
problem solved and another vic
tory for the civic groups who
Joined forces and put it over. In
this connection much credit is due
Capt. Whitehurst and other Dis
trict officials, who sold the idea to
the p. w. A. administrator.
Noise Abatement Committee,
But Not Noise, on Vacation.
COME are curious to know just
- what has become of the Com
missioners' Noise Abatement Com
mittee, which had so suspicious Q
beginning after the visit to Wash
ington of Mayor. La Guardia's sec
sssars. There srs At that tins
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Some Crime Committee
Legislation Not Enacted.

Legislation mol Enacted.
A MONG the several pieces of leg
islation recommended by the
House of Representatives Crime
Investigation Committee there
were two jury bills which were
passed by the House, but failed to
receive action in the Senate. These
were H. r. 8579 to amend the law
with respect to jury trials in the
Police Court, and H. r. 1888 to
amend the Code of Law for the
District of Columbia in relation to
the qualifications of jurors.
The first of these bills permits
the accused, in a prosecution where
he would be entitled under the
Constitution to a jury trial, ex-
pressly to waive such right in open
court and elect to be tried by a
judge. The bill further provides
that in all petty cases where the
accused would not by force of the
Constitution be entitled to jury
trial the trial shall be by the court
without jury.
The House in passing this bill
accepted the opinion of the Crime
Committee that its enactment
would relieve some of the conges-
ton in the court and also make a
saving in jury fees.
The other bill provides that mo
person shall be disqualified for
service as juror or jury commits
sioner by reason of sex, but the
provisions of law relating to the
qualifications of jurors and ex-
emptions from jury duty shall in
all cases apply to women as well as
to men," The purpose of this bill
is to put women on an absolute
equality with men as to jury
service.
There has been no indication as
to whether these bills are sched-
uled for inclusion In the Commits
sioners legislative program, but it
is expected that Representative
Randolph. Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia. will introduce them when
Congress convenes. These bills
constitute problems deserving the
study of organized civic Washing
ton in order that leaders may be
prepared to advise the Commits
sioners and Congress as to local de.
sireS.
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CIVIC AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES HINT FALLS APPROACH
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Labor Day Marks End of Vacation for Citizen
Groups-Dr. RuhLand's Enforcement of
Milk Regulations Adds to Prestige.

a number of citizens who aspired
to be charter members among the
noise conscious"
The senseless and inconsiderate
automobile horn blowing contin-
ues, flat-wheel and rattletrap
street cars. buses and trucks go
on making their hideous noises
and constitute serious civic prob
lem. The results reported as OBJ
tanned in New York, from just
such a movement as was discussed
for Washington, seemed to give
promise of real relief.
According to our New York
friends, the effort was so success
full there that to be noise con-
scious" was normal state. When
some silence shatterer came along
he would be greeted with the silent
sign Of an index finger across the
closed lips.
1t Is not known whether this
commendable activity, in which
many Of the citizens are interested,
will be revived or, like some other
good movements which are started,
be permitted to slumber.
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BARBOUR SPEAKER
AT MASS MEETING
Disabled Veterans Will Hear
National Commander
Next Month.

Natl. Comdr NJ. Froome Barbour.
Disabled American Veterans. will he
the principal speaker at a mass meet
ing of members of the District O,
Columbia Division next month. Pre-
ceding the meeting there will be a
banquet in honor of the national COM
mander. A committee Is making ar
rangements for the date and place ot
the meeting.
DR.. c. Hamilton Anderson, depart
ment commander, announced last week
the Executive Committee will meet
September 16 in the board room G:
the. District Building, when report
will be received from the Constitu-
ton Committee on changes in tie
department constitution.
This committee, with Miss Mary
Anne Kennedy as chairman. has given
considerable study to the local units
number Of changes will be recon-
mended.
Committees will be named to take
charge Of the plans for the depart
ment convention to be held during
Midwinter.
The special committee appointed to
consider the applications for the D.
A. v. Scholarship at the Columbus
University has just announced the
award of this law scholarship to Ken
meth c. Bradley, member of the
Warrington Office staff Of the D. A. V.
Ace-Rasmussen Chapter will re-
sumo meetings this month, with mem
bers being notified by Comdr. A.
Stuart Burch of the time and place
Federal Chapter will meet Septem-
ber IA, with Comdr. Burr Lenhart pre-
siding. Department Comdr. Anderson
will attend the meeting, which viii
be held at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club.
The District OF Columbia Auxiliary
will meet next Tuesday at 8 pm. al
1914 Vermont avenue, with Mrs. John
]. Grin, commander, presiding.
At the national convention at Mil
waukee Mrs. Marie j. Anderson, past
commander of the District of Colum-
bia Auxiliary, was again selected as
national executive committeewoman
for the 4th District.
Mrs. Mary Ann Kennedy. depart
ment senior vice commander, will
speak on Rehabilitation"
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Ace-Rasmussen Chapter will re-
sumo meetings this month, with men,
bers being notified by Comdr. A.
Stuart Burch of the time and place.
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Constitution

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Federal Chapter will meet Septem-
ber IA, with Comdr. Burr Lenhart pre-
siding. Department Comdr. Anderson
will attend the meeting, which viii
be held at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club.
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Ellwood Street, director of public
welfare, Is appealing to the civic
leaders to 60 before Congress and
ask for an additional 100000
for relief. This, he claims, is
needed to care for 5000 destitute
families, numbering about 10000
individuals.
Evening star., 1936-09-06

1t was asserted that the liaison be-
The Washington times., 1936-02-04

since Coast Guard cutters bat
ting the thick ice that locked the
island were making little progress
cutting a channel to it.
Off the New England coast,
Nantucket Islanders also we're
marooned, but reported that food
and fuel supplies previously
landed by plane would be suffi.
cient for a few days.
Winters newest attack brought
promise of discomfort for the
deep South, which thus far has
escaped the worst. Although
warm rains over the region the
past two days have melted the
deepest snow of years, a new cold
wave bringing freezing tempera-
lures was indicated for tonight.
BY comparison with the rest OF
the nation, however, the South
was balmy with temperatures
standing at 10 in Miami, so in
New Orleans, 48 in Birmingham,
A at Chattanooga, 36 at Atlanta,
80 at Asheville, N. c., and 80 at
Charlotte and Nashville.
The Washington times., 1936-02-04
SWRECKED,
SCORE HURT

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Feb. 4
UN.SO.-More than q score of
passengers were injured today,
three seriously, when a crowded
bus lost its grip near the pin
nacle Of an ice-coated road at
Sharon Hill, skidded backward to
the foot of the grade and hurtled
over a 30foot embankment to
the tracks of the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Ten of the injured were taken
by train to the University Of
Pennsylvania Hospital here, where
seven were discharged after re-
ceiving treatment. The screams
Of the injured passengers brought
scores to the scene.
Police were unable to under
stand how the passengers escaped
instant death. The huge bus de-
scribed q wide arc in the air as
it fell. The impact as it struck
the ground. IS feet to one side
of the tracks, reduced it virtually
to splinterS.
The Washington times., 1936-02-04
Eight Dead, Scores Hurt
As Blizzard Strikes
International News Service

International News Service
From the Rockies to the Allan
tic and from the Canadian line
deep into the South the nation
shivered and quailed today as win
ter renewed it's assault with snow,
sleet and swiftly sliding tempera-
lures, tieing up surface and air
transport, slowing rail travel,
hampering communications and
bringing at least eight deaths and
scores of injuries.
Rain that turned to sleet and
froze under renewed cold blasts
brought new misery to widespread
areas, with the Northwest particu-
larly hard hit.
Throughout that section, most
of the schools were closed because
of cold and inability of pupils to
travel. Roads were ice-sheathed
with sleet and snow general over
the area. st. Paul and Min
neapolis were in the clutch Of II.
below-zero weather, with no i'm
mediate relief in sight.
Michigan, too, lay under o
blanket of ice in the wake OF
widespread rain and snow that
The Washington times., 1936-02-04

grounded planes and virtually
halted all highway travel. Street
transport in towns was impaired
and little relief was seen as new
subzero cold wave was predicted.
The Rocky Mountain and great
plains regions were also hard hit.
Denver, with the mercury at 10
below zero, lay deep in snow with
the storm general as far south as
New Mexico. Snow and Sleet. with
rapidly dropping temperatures,
was reported throughout the
plains region. Texas was warned
of a new cold wave, mitigated by
the possibility of rising tempera-
lures tomorrow, but other sections
saw little hope of winters grip re-
laxing.
Kansas and Western Missouri re-
ported temperatures ranging from
zero to below, with subzero
weather expected to last for at
least another day before moving
slowly eastward. In Kansas City
streets were covered with snow
and ice. st. Louis saw the ther-
mometer drop 80 degrees to 4
above zero in IA hours. Scores
of minor injuries resulted from
sleet-sheathed streets and colder
weather was predicted tonight.
Four Dead in Indiana
In Indiana four deaths were
attributed to icy roads. Sleet as
sailed most of the State. and
colder weather, possibly as low as
10 below zero, was indicated to-
night.
Sleet and falling temperatures
were general through the Mid
west. Schools were closed at va
riouS points in Iowa, Nebraska
The Washington times., 1936-02-04
AIDE.
ON STAND
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Continued from Page II
though he appeared more a spec
tator than a witness. Russell G.
Leffingwell, Morgan partner,
who was assistant secretary OF
the Treasury during the war, teS-
titled most Of the morning.
To Win, Only Object
Committee investigators sought
to show that the real object of
this country was distinctly diff.
ferent from that of the allies,
which was pictured as a desire
for territorial spoils.
Leffingwell under a persistent
quizzing stuck to his point that
what the United States wanted
to do, at the time, was to compel
Germany to surrender. Commit.
tee questioners drove home an
argument that this country was
not interested in territorial
gains-but simply a world peace.
They sought to get witnesses
to agree with this contention.
but failed. Thomas w. Lamont.
another Morgan partner, inter.
rupted, saying:
"The job of this country was
only to win a German surren.
der. There may have been
other Objectives back of this
but once we got into the
war, the job was simply and
wholly to win"
The Washington times., 1936-02-04

Following is a list Of persons
treated at local hospitals for in
juries suffered by falling on icy
streets.
The Washington times., 1936-02-04

and Ohio because buSSeS could not
travel the slippery highways.
In the East, conditions were
as bad. Pennsylvania was strug-
Cling to free itself from sleet
and snow storm that brought
three deaths and dozens of in
juries. A score were hurt near
Sharon Hill when bus Skidded
on the ice and crashed. Through.
out the State motorists moved
at their peril.
New Jersey was glitter Of ice
and sleet that caused at least one
highway death. Rain was general
over the State and predictions
were for lower temperatures.
New York and New England
were no better off. In the Metro
politan area roads, streets and
sidewalks were glass-like and trans
port in the heavily populated
areas was seriously crippled.
Lower temperatures, with more
rain or snow, were forecast. Near
Boston, Coast Guard cutters were
bucking ice in the Cape Cod
canal, seeking to free barges and
tankers and prevent a fuel short
age in Boston. Snow and sleet
blanketed most of New England.
Food Supply Dwindles
Further south, the marooned
residents of Tangier Island, in
Chesapeake Bay, again saw food
supplies dwindle alarmingly as
snow. sleet and freezing weather
grounded a dirigible that had
gone to their aid with supplies.
With the ton of food landed on
the island Sunday shrinking, a
new food shortage was feared
The Washington times., 1936-02-04

Pennsylvania Avenue. near Ala
bama Avenue southeast, was in
jured slightly. He is Victor Lede-
rer, 4-year-old son of Mrs. Charles
Lederer, of Camp Springs, Md.
Suffering from a possible skull
fracture, Charles A. Kasehub, SO,
Of 222 Third st. S. E., was taken
to Providence Hospital after he
had been struck by a car at Third
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
southeast.
Josephine Lorrie, IS. Of 1917
Swami st. N. W., was treated for
a fractured skull as a result Of a
crash between a Capital Transit
bus and an automobile in which
she was riding. The accident oc-
Cured near Laurel, Md.
The Washington times., 1936-02-04
CASUALTY HOSPITAL
Jewish Youth ParIey
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Future
policies of the Young Peoples
League, national Jewish youth or
ganization, will be discussed at its
twelfth annual convention at the
Hotel Commodore February 21-23.
The Washington times., 1936-02-04
California Fined
For Rail Violation

The Supreme Court yesterday
ruled that the State of California,
as owner and operator of the State
Belt Railroad at San Francisco, Is
subject to fine for violating the
Federal safety appliance act. The
State was fined 500 in Federal
Court on the ground that coupling
apparatus on a Belt railroad car
was detective.