SIEVERS TO MAKE STATUE OF MAURY

Will Try to Get Work Under Way During Present Year.

EXERCISES ON JUNE 22

Prominent Virginians to Be Invited to Laying of Corner-Stone.

F. William Sievers, who designed the Jackson statue at the intersection of Monument Avenue and the Boulevard, has been chosen as sculptor for the proposed memorial to Matthew Fontaine Maury. A seated figure, representing the “Pathfinder of the Seas, will constitute only a small part of the elaborate monument to the celebrated geographer.

Gaston Lichtenstein, member of the committee upon design, reported yesterday at the annual meeting of the Matthew Fontaine Maury Association that the selection of Mr. Sievers was made without difficulty, as one who has seen his model becomes enthusiastic. Not only did the organization unanimously approve of the committee’s report, but a communication will also be sent to the Daughters of the Confederacy for their co-operation, to the end that work upon the monument may begin during the present year.

Through General W. B. Freeman, Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans, has offered to lend the Maury Association about 100 chairs for the exercises incident to the laying of the corner-stone of the memorial upon the afternoon of July 22. Invitations will be sent to prominent citizens friendly to the organization.

Lieutenant Horatio I. Peirce, of the United States Navy, showed the association yesterday a pliot chart of the North Atlantic, published by the national government. It bore the date of April, 1922. He delighted those present by calling attention to an inscription at the top of the sheet. Thereon, the hydrographic office gives Matthew Fontaine Maury credit for haring furnished the groundwork, as it were, of the chart. Especially pleasing was this information to those who remembered that for years the national government ignored the hydrographer. Federal officials would not even mention his name much less give credit for his work.

Lieutenant Peirce. during the world war, was stationed upon the destroyer, Jarvis.

He told how difficult it was to coal and supply oil area. Upon one occasion, in mid-ocean, a chart of the North Atlantic, thanks to Maury’s labor, enabled the vessel to find a calm spot, where oil could be transferred with comparatively little trouble.

Daughter Makes Talk

Mrs. James R. Werth, daughter of the geographer, followed Lieutenant Peirce. She gave two incidents of her father’s life. Her talk emphasized his coolness under fire.

Upon motion of Jesse H. Binford, all officers of the association were re-elected Mrs. E.E. Moffit will head the organization. Others chosen were: vice-presidents Mrs. John H. Southall, Miss Lucy Munford, Mrs. T. Catesby Jones, Mrs. Decatur Axtell and Mrs. Mann S. Valentine recording secretary, Mrs. Beverly T. Crump, corresponding secretary Gaston Lichtenstein, and treasurer, Mrs. Herbert W. Jackson.