Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1921, Page 6

T - THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 17, 1921—PART 1. ' WILL SUBMIT ONLY SCHOOL ESSENTIALS Commissioners Pare Pro- gram to Bone to Offer Congress. Assured that Congress will give con- sideration to the emergency needs of the public schools during the the Commissioners a propriations this week the new building program, which is d to remedy only the most serious of the overcrowded conditions. After sounding out leaders, the city heads and school au- thorities infer that Congress at this time is reluctant to grant an appro- priation large enough to meet all the exigencies in the school system, which, it is estimated. would take more than $5.000,000. Theretore the congressional | building | TO TAKE LEADING PARTS IN PLAY FOR NEARI|f EAST RELIEF. ¢ i e project will provide for the most vital | of the needs and will require approxi- mately $2,000,000. The $2.000,000 program, it is under- stood, will furnish just a sufficient number of additional rooms to give children in part-time classes a full day of schooling; to remove cl from rented quarters in churches & old houses, and to acquire propert- adjoining some schools which m: used either as a playground or a for an addition. No pro made in it for abandoning the s enty-cight flimsy portable building nor for relieving the congested con ditions in the high schools 1f Congress provides the funds t finance this program, school author-j ANTHONY KORSON A ities have indicated that their next| step would be to draft another proj- ect, to include the needs overlooked this time. This probably will not be done, however, until the It has been proposed by some school - officials and board of education mem- bers that as soon as the building pro- gram is sent to Congress, they take! action to have all civic organizations, clubs and other associations pledge it their support. A campaign of pub- licity, similar to the one conducted last fall and winter by Supt. Frank ‘W. Ballou, also has been suggested. These plans, however, have met op- position in some quarters in the school system, due to the fact that last year school officials were criti- cised by members of Congress and others for being “too windy” in pub- licly advertising the conditions of the | ‘Whether the publicity cam-| ! . paign will be used by school officials | The book was carried off by a schools. this time is problematical. The ques- tion. it is believed, will be definitely! decided at a meeting of the school board Wednesday afternoon. U. S. MAY AID CADETS. “er Department Requested to | Neme Tnstructor for D. C. Shools | oI VIL, SERVICE BOARD IN DOUBT AS TO ITS FUTURE HABITATION the War Department to detail an Army officer to assist in instructing | members of the Washington High School Cadet Corps, it was learned last night. It is the intention of the school board not only to have the officer aid Lieut. Richard R. Day, U. 8 M. C, the present military in- structor of the cadets, but to repre- eent the War Department in the school military organization. Steps to enlarge the cadet instruc- tional staff were taken recently by the board when it appointed Wallace | M. Yater, colonel of the cadet corps| nt military in- structor. s duties, however, will be devoted almost entirely to mak‘ng a comprehensive study of the phyfical condition of the high school t session. | {the years 1 DATE BACK TO -1729. Virginia County’'s Records, Long Missing, to Be Restored. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., April 16.— A registry of deeds issued in the county of King George, Va., between 9 and 1735 has just come nto the hands of C. M. Burton of De- troit. Mich. This ancient folio, though vellow with age and with the ink faded to rusty brown. contains records written by several different hands with the goose-quill pens of the period in very clear penmanshjp. ‘nion soldier of the civil war and probably if the early vears of the war. It has been well preserved during the inter s notified the clerk o orge county of its re it rightfully belongs. The Civil Service Commission was wondering last - night whether it would remain at the quarters it has occupied for the past ten years, 1724 F street, or find a new home, since its leasé of the building expires June 30. The retirement bureau of the com- mission, the office of the secretary of the fourth civil service district, the service record division and the files of the commission are now estab- lished in the old land office building. It was hoped that the three civil cadfts, and _in organizing and in- stri‘cting a fleld sanitary unit. ‘This unit of the cadet organization will not be formed wntil after the be- ginning of the new schéql term in September, and will have & personnel of from 125 to 150 men. ADOPT “HIKE” PROGRAM. Eastern High School Friendship Clubs’ Spring Activity. Among spring activities of the Friendship clubs of the high schools. organized and maintained under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A, which are calculated to appeal strongly to the membership, i8 a program of for alternate Saturdays by the alubs of Eastern High. A differ- ent olub will act as hostess each week for these excursions, which will be held. as follows: April 30—Chain bridge to Syca- more Island via canal and return. Miss Rutter. chaperon. Merrill Club, Postess. Distance, five miles in all. Fare, two tokens. May 14—Cabin John to Wide Water and return. Fidelis Club, hostess. Mra. Reilly, chaperon. Distance, four miles each way. Fare, and 10 cents. May 28—River road from Wisconsin avenue to Cabin John. Senior Friendship Club, hostess. Miss King. | chaperon. Distance, five miles. Fare, | two tokens and 5 cents. ! Girls are asked to bring individual lunches and wear sensible shoes. Any Eastern High girl will be cordially welcomed. H i FEARS RED MAIL BOXES. D. C. Electrical Engineer Says They May Cause Mistakes. The suggestion that the city post office might paint certain mail boxes red to designate them as “quick col- | lection” points has caused W. B. Had- | ley, District electrical engineer, to fear that such boxes might be con- fused with fire alarm boxes, which | are painted red. | ‘While Mr. Hadley has taken no ac- | tion in the matter. it is understood | he will call this danger to the at-| tention of his superiors if the postal | authorities decide to paint any of the boxes red. POPULAR SONGS GIVEN. e g 1 WVaudeville Entertainment Staged | + at Walter Reed Hospital. A vaudeville entertainment under Rhe direction of Miss Rosella McLeod was staged in the recreation hut at Walter Reed Hospital last Thursday | Philip Hofberg Also Asks Court to|of her @vening. i The act was composed of popular | songs and dances by Mildred Inge, Ellese Wildman, Raymond Salzman ! mnd the seven McLeod cousins, and a | plano solo by Ruth Salzman. FIRST COLORED SCHOOL. Anniversary Celebration at Dunbar Recalls Founding Here. ‘The fiftieth anaiversary celebration #t Dunbar High School last week has Yecalled the facts about the first high )chool of this kind. The preparatory igh school was established for coi- fgred youths in November, 1870, in the asement of Fifteenth Street Presby- Yerian Church, through the efforts of the late William Syphax, the first col- ored school trustee, who was then Wreasurer of the board of trustees for ®olored schools. E. A. N juperintendent of school mma J. Hutchins = of N @nire the first teacher. | FALVEY ESTATE, $93,890. Michael J. Falvey, who dled March ‘7, left an estate valued at $93,890, ccording to a petition for the pro- date of his will filed yesterday by the National Bank of Washington, named as executor. The estate comprises property valued at $32,89 : ds and securities estimated at .000, and accounts due about $5,000. orneys Brandenburg & Branden-. ' ‘uu appesr Loc-Lhe gxecutor, ( service commissioners and the other officers and employes in. the- F street building might move to the old land office building, but it was declared PRINTERS’ HOURS, EIXED. Wage Scale Which Will Expire on May 1 Unsettled. Possibilities of labor trouble between union printers and employers of Wash- ington have been forestalled by the ac- ceptance of the forty-four-hour week by the employers, it was announced last night by Secretary George G. Seibold of the_union. Conferences between the committee of the union and the closed shop branch of the Typothetae of Washington have al- ready resulted in an agreement on the forty-four-hour week, although the wage scale, which will expire on May 1, is yet open’ for discussion. ‘The latter prepo- sition remains the only source of dis- agrecment between printers and em- ployers. . and will return it to the ND MRS. HADACASTA. GREEKS TO PRESENT | ‘THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER’ Play to Be Directed Tonight byl Athenian Dramatist. “The Adopted Daughter” is to be presented by the Greek Dramatic So- ciety of Washington at 8:30 o'clock tonight at the hall of the Immaculate Conception, N street between 7th and 8th strects northwest. Peter Papageorgeou of the Dra- matic Sehool of Athens is to direct oduction. C. E. Christiani of hington College of Music will an orchestra of thirty-two Between the acts brief ad- will be made by Mrs. Cabot . honorary director of the Near East Relief;” A. A. Manuelian of | the Armenian legation, Rcv. Job Sal- . pastor of the Syrian Church; v. Tobiunos Lagrakos of the Greek Church and Nicholas G. Ioanou, chair- man. last night that the space there had | all been taken, The office of the auditor for the State Department yesterday after- noon moved to the land office build- ing from the old bureau of engrav- ing and printing building. The spacz vacated by it will be occupied by the division of currency and loans of the Treasury Department. Tice of ¢ the auditor for the Interior Depart- ment still remains at the old bureau building. The_present Civil Service Commis- sion huilding was erected especially for the, commission. Officials said they might remain in_the building if the lease could be renewed. ' ACCEPT MUSIC CHARTER. National Conservatory Members Organize at Meeting. Incorporators’ of the National Con- | servatory of Music met yesterday at | the Hotel Shoreham for the purpose of organization. under the terms of an act of Congress approved March 4, 1921, which amended the original act of incorporation. Judge William R. Bayes of the Kings county bench, Brooklyn, was| chosen chairman By-laws were adopted and other business was transacted. Formal acceptance of the national charter was made a matter of | record, and a majority of the board |of trustees was elected from the in- | corporators. Among _those present | were Mrs’ Jeannette M. Thurber, the two tokens|alrrady $500,000 was set aside for any | Utility, and not as a commercial en- A referendum to local unions has been | founder and head of the conservatory; sent out by local Typographical Union|Mre. Mary Harrison McKee and headquarters calling for a.speclal. as- /Thomas Ewing. sessment before the end of May to be| It was decided to continue the jn- placed in a fund Mr. Seibold said that | stitution upon 2 basis of educational emergency and an additional $1.500,000 | térprise. Reports were submitted in- could be converced from other funds. In New York the greatest opposition i expected to the forty-four-hour week. “AMERICA DAY” MAY 1. Prospective Celebration on Large Scale Throughout Country. will be observed as “Amer- M i Started by the American Defensc Society. in 1918, the custom of dedi- icating this day to patriotism will be celebrated on a large scale this year, according to reports received by the isociety. . Branches of the society all over the country are arranging for pa- triotic meetings - “The forces which threaten our gov- ernment,” states a sent out by the socie v, “are symbol ized by the red flag, whether they | narshal in the name of communism I W. W.ism or bolshevism. The, stand for onc and the same thing namely, a decp-seated conspiracs against civilization. This is no time for hesitation. We believe that a mobilization of pat-iotic Americans on May 1 will be a it discourage- ment to the dislo ropaganda with which the communists now strive to destroy our free and independent na- tion.” BANES CO. BANKRUPT. Act. The Banes Realty Company, Inc., of 304 14th street northwest has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. The assets of the company are given a $2,118.84 and its laoilities at $3,229 J. Leslie Watson, who is president of the corporation. also filed a personal pe- titlon in bankruptcy. He gives his debts as $2,92¢ and estimates his assets at $2,000. Creditors of Philip gHofberg, dealer in dry goods and notlons at 232 43, street southwest, has asked the District Su- preme Court to adjudge him bankrupt. Insolvency is alleged. FORD ROAD SEEKS FUNDS. Automobile Magnate Asks I. C. C. to Indorse $182,000 Issue. Henry Ford's name appeared as president of a rallroad yesterday. In an application to the Interstate Com- merce Commigsion for authority to issue bonds made by the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Company of Dearborn, Mich, Mr. Ford's name was signed as president and executive officer of the road. The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton asked the Interstate Commerce Com- mission for authority to issue $182,000 first mortgage gold bonds to mature in 1964. The purpose of the proposed issue, the application says, is to pay off expenditures inocurred for improve- and the- poady- communication | | dicating substantial assurances of fu- ture development along these lines. | | Another meeting of the ln(:brnorn-l tors will be held in New York at an | | early date, when the finul details of | | organization will be effected. | | THEFTS ARE REPORTED. Rings and Money Are Stolen From i Various Persons. | ‘lda Kalker, 43 U street northea: | has asked the police to |nven|ga'tll; {the theft of a diamond ring valued at $200 and a dinner ring worth €15, taken from a cash register in a store |at the U street place Friday night. | A man giving his name as Frank J. | Keller and his ‘address as Norwich Conn., told the police that he was robbed of $60 in cash while at 1st and B streets southwest yesterday. | Licut. John Spratt, U. §. M. C., re- | ported the loss of $300. He said the | money disappeared while ‘he was in a_tailoring establishment v afternoon. yesterday 468 Pennsylvania orted theé theft o¥ mgra rom his cash regi s - | terday morning. LBl ALLEGED SLAYER JAILED. | Mrs. Molavi Charged With Killing Husband. Formally charged with the slaying husband. Abdul Hosserin Molavi, Mrs. Lydia Gertrude Molavi Yesterday afternoon was taken to s District jail, where she was assigneq quarters”in’ the wing of prison st apart for white females. Having been advised at the coroner's inquest that the jury probably would hoid er for the action of the grand jury and that she would have to go to Jail e prisoner was not greatl, cted by the verdict. Yaskestel Mrs. Molavi requested h to bury ‘her husband und"!hg“?:dl; was taken from the morgue yester. day and later taken to a local under. taker's.. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. House Painting ROOF PAINTING. Best Material and Workmanship, JAMES STEVENS, _1828 Fla._ave. nw. N. 1833, BEAUTIFUL —is what I call the enlarge- ments and coloring done at GROVE'S, 1210 G, where I have mine made. (Signed) Amateur Photegrapher. Pennsylvania Avenue Seventh Street For more than fifty years our prices have been as low for similar qualities as any house in the United States — and they are today. Thirty-seven Special Features —Just for Monday— “ There is something of interest to everybody on this list. 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All $ 1 sizes . 35 $4.95 Ladies’ Low Shoes—-okford, Strap model; English, Ball Strap, One-strap and other desirable styles; Brown or Black Boys’ and Girls’ Roller Skates; all-steel rollers; ball bearing; ad- justable ........oooeiiiiiaiiii L Kid, Cordo and Mahogany Russia Calf, Gray Suede, etc.—Cuban, Military and Walking heels of leather. In the assortment sizes from 215 to 8, $ 95 AAtoDwidths ................... e