Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1921, Page 13

BUSNESS WEN ACT TOSAVEPARKWAYS i Boatd of Trade Directors Ask . Legislation Because of Builders’ Projects. WOULD PROTECT SYSTEM Unanimously Adopt Report Made | by Parks and Reservations | Committee of Board. | Alarmed regarding the critical | park situation in the District, due to ! encroachment of buifders on the park | &vstem, which was promulgated in | 3901, the board of directors of the ‘Washington Board of Trade unani- mmously adopted the report of the parks and reservations committee of the board at a meeting Vesterday &fternoon. Prompt action by Congress is the only thing that will save the pro- #pective parkways of the District, ac- vording to the report. A letter will be sent to every man in Congress urging that he give attention to this subject. Committee’s Report. The report of the committee, sub- $nitted by Fred G. Goldren, chairman, Tollows: “A quite critical situation has de- ~eloped relative to two of the very smportant proposed extensions of the park system in this District, to which 1 feel that your attention should be called. “The park commission plan of 1901 §ncludes in-the arBas designated for the park system the extension of Piney Branch parkway from the 16th Strest bridge over Piney Branch northeastward along the route of Ar- kansas avenue. By this extension all that great residence section from Saul’s Addition northward would be provided with a park roadway con- Tinuously to the Potomac river and Potomac Park as soon as Rock Creek parkway is completed. “The proposed Klingle Ford parkway will provide a park driveway connect- . ing upper Rock Creek Park with the Jower Rock Creek parkway at all | times when the Zoological parkway 1s_closed. “The Patterson tract (site of Camp Meigs) includes 84 acres. largely in Jatural beautiful woods and the south portion admirably adapted for athletic - Tields urgently needed by the schools and + high schools. Pending Measures. . *There is pending in the present Con- { gress, House bill 8105, introduced by Mr. i Zihiman of Maryland and referred to the House committee on the District of Co- { Jumbia; also the Senate No. 2360, introduced by Senator Ball of Delaware and referred to the Senate committee cn the District of Columbia. Both these !pills provide for the acquisition o: the Piney branch extension, the Klingle Ford parkway and the Patterson tract for park purposes. “Rock Creek Park now extends east- ward to Piney branch as far as the Sixteenth Street bridge, but the govern- ment does not own a foot of land east of that bridge. This tract is just now being seriously encroached upon by building projects, and this tract will be Yuined and the proposed parkway de- stfoyed unless action is taken by Con- gress very soon. This tragt has been visited today by Judge Bundy and m: self of your committee on parks, accom- panied by Mr. Conner, assistant secre- tary of the Board of Trade, and by Maj. Besson, assistant to the Engineer ommissioner of the District, and_ the eituation has been carefully studied by Mr. Hazen, the surveyor, and other District officials, who strongly urge im- mediate action to preserve this profect. “It is also learned today that two of the very prominent builders of this i eity have just acquired portions of { the tract included in the Klingle Ford 1 parkway project, and if they proceed i with their building plans this entire | project will be greatly endangered. | These builders are willing to defer | operations if action can be secured # promptly. “I write to call attention to these | things and to ask every member of the board of directors to_appeal to Representative Facht of Pennsylva- | nia and other members of the House | District committee for prompt action un House bill No. 8105, and to appeal i o Senator Ball and other members of the ienate District committee fér neglect thepaint- ing; it saves the wood- work and prevents decay. Wesup- ply qual- ity paint. Lo W. H. Butler Co. Established 1345 MAURICE F, FLYNN 607-609 C St. N.W. Ain’t it just grand to think that for breakfast we’s gwine to have Mrs. Faunce’s All-Pork Abe Martin Says: L ad Next t' a windshield police notice nothin’ sticks as tight as a left aver fly. If some folks attended t’ the’r own business it must be purty light. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) prompt action on Senate bill No. 2360. “Such personal appeals will, we feel sure, have their effect, and some- thing must be done very soon if these plans are to be carriéd out. A letter from Julian C. Dowell of this city urging the directors to ap- point a special committee on patent trade-mark and copyright law was considered and referred to the law committee of the board. Mr. Dowell ointed out that on account of the far-reaching effect of the American patent system on every community, the Board of Trade would be furthe ing beneficial legislation in the ap- pointment of such a committee. William S. Washburn, chairman of the school committee of the board, has been designated by President Thomas Bradley to attend the educational con- ference, to be held Thursday night, 8 o'clock, in the Franklin School, representative of the board. William Clabaugh has been appoint- ed chairman of the entertainment committee for the annual midwinter dinner of the membership committee to_be held some time in February. The next meeting of the full board of trade will be held next Monday night, December 12, at the Willard Hotel. Reports from the public or- der committee, Odell S. Smith, chair- man; rivers and harbors, Frank P. Leetch, chairman, and parks and res- ervations, Fred G. Coldren, chairman, will be submitted for action. Sir Hu- bert Llewellyn Smith. economic ad- viser of the British government, and former secretary. of the London Board of Trade, and Maurice Casenave, financial adviser of the French gov- ernment, will be guests of the board and will deliver addresses. URGES HEAVIER TAX. Amendment of the tax law enacted last session to incréase the levy on whisky sold for medicinal purposes from $2.20 to $6.40 a gallon was pro- posed yesterday by Representative Green, of lowa, ranking republican member of the ways.and means com- mittee. The increased rate, he e; timated would yield $20,000,000 $40,000,000 annually. The amendment also would author- ize the withdrawal of liquors from private warehouses for storage in government warehouses. It is aimi- Jar to one added to the tax bill by the Senato but eliminated later by the conferees, im the extra session., Daniel Green ‘‘Comfies’ OVER FIFTH CLERKS 149,949, Exclusive of Store Employes, Worked in Of- fices in 1920. More than one-fifth of the persons | gaintully employed in the District of Columbia in 1920 were classed 2s clerks, exclusive of clerks in store: the ‘census bureau annoynced -today. This group, composed of: 20,669 males and 29,390 females, includes a large proportion of the employes of the fed- eral government whose homes are in the District of Columbia, the buresu announced, and also includes persons employed in a clerical capacity out- side ‘the federal service. .The number of mail clerks nearly doubled between 1910 and 1920. p More than half the population of the District in 1920.was gainfully em- ployed, the total employed last year being 236,028, against a total popula- tion of 437,671. More Proteasional Women. Women engaged In professional work number a considerable total and show a marked increase in number over 1910. For example, there were, last year, 60 women classed as law- yers, judges and justices, ugainst 21 So classed in 1910. There were 10 Woman physicians and surgeons last year against 77 ten years ago, and 1,735 trained nurses agajnst 802 dur- ing 1910. Ferhaps you didn't know that there are nine woman. clergymen in the District. That is so, according to the census bureau. Ten years ago there were eight women classed as clergy- men. Women have even entered the electrical fleld, for the census report Shows one woman classed as an elec- trical worker or electrical engineer. Classes of Occupation. Classed according to occupations the gainfully employed workers in _the District were distributed during 1920 as follows: Servants and waliters, 328 males and 16,206 females: stenog- raphers and typewriters, ‘males and 11,034 females; re dealers, 376 males and 505 females: laun- derers and lsundresses, excluding those employed in laundries, 93 males and 6,095 females; salesmen and sales- Women, 3,819 males and 2,274 female: | Bookkeepers, cashiers and accoun ants, 3,683 males and 2.326 female: Soldiers, sailors and marines, 5,222, a | males. i The numbers engaged in certain im- portant occupations for each of wiich fewer than 5,000 persons were report- €d in 1920 are as follows: Lawyers, judges and justices, 2,356 men and 6 women; physicians and _surgeons, } 1126 men and 106 women: clergyme: 768 men and 9 women: school teach. ers, 456 men and 2,676 women: offi- clais and inspectors, state and United States, 2,917 men and 9 wome! trained nurses, 83 men and 1738 women; midwives and nurses, not in- luding trained nurses, 329 men and 98 women; telepho: (3 men and 1,482 women. Pronounced increases for females are shown for the_ following occupa- tional classes: Clerks, except in from 5,044, in 1910, t 0 in tenographers and typewriters, from 2.037 to 11034: bookkeepers. cashiers and accountants, from 1,229 326; saleswomen, from 1500 to trained nurses, from 802 to .735; telephone operators, from 443 to 1,482, On the other hand, the num- ber 'of dressmakers and seamstresses (excluding those in factories) de- creased from 4,181 in 1910 to 1,869 in 1920, and the umber of lauriderers (excludin ose employed in laun- $hien) debreased from 7,920 i the earlier year to 6,095 in the later. operators, 'STAR, WASHINGTOX, FOR ACCOUNTING OFFICE. bAlpyrnnflltlon of $10,000 for the ullding “of the general acco: unting office of the United States at Dela- ware avenue and C street northeast {s Droposed in a bill introduced b tepresentative Willtlam &, Andrews ot Nebraska, who for nearly a quare ter of a century was auditor of the s m, g that the architect of:;‘:r?:nn':{: ".'.fé a};; supervieing architect of the Treas- raw plans for the n structure in harm en. ate Office butlding. > " " the Sen- CITIZENS REITERATE -STAND ON SCHOOL Sixteenth Street Association Opposes Structure for Tu- bercular Students. ° | After a thorough investigation by members of the education and public health committees, the Sixteqnth Street Highlands Citizens’ Association strongly reiterated its stand oppos- ing the 14th and Upshur streets site for - the new school for tubercula: children, as proposed by the Commis- sloners, at last night’s meeting. Dele-. gates to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations were urged in a resolu- tion adopted last night at the meet- ing in the Sixth Presbyterian Church, 16th and Kennedy streets, to strive | for the support of the federation in this. matter. . The_discussion- was precipitated by an address of Edgar B. Henderson, president of the Piney Branch Citi- zens' Association, who asked the co- operation of the residents of Sixteenth Street Highlands. - Mr. Henderson spoke of the work of his association in opposing the site. Other Speakers. Other speakers on the subject were Jesse Benjamin, chairman of the edu- cation committee; E. ‘Woodson, former_secretary of the association: Pr. L. J. Battle, former president and chairman of the public health com- mittee, gad L. G. Julihn. Mr. Woodson stated that he was opposed to any school which is in a sense a hospital to perpetuate the disease rather than a school which is to teach and to cure at the same time, Dr. Battle spoke on the menace to the health of the community by the tuberculosis school. Mr. Julihn's contention was that the site was an excellent place for a high school for the upper northwest section, and urged its erection instead of the pro- posed tuberculosis school. It was announced that an organized method of attacking the present se- lection of the Commissioners will be furthered at the meeting of the ex- ecutive committee, which will be held Monday night at the home of the president, Clyde B. Asher. Co- operation with the Piney. Branch as- sociation will be mapped out. Women to Be Admitted. An argument that has enlivened many a meeting of the association for the past year came to an end Iast night, when the constitution was amended to admit women to mem- bership. _Although discussed many times, with the pros and cons about even, the amendment was carried last night by a unanimous vote. A communication concerning a pro- posed bus_line from Chevy Chate Circle to 14th and Kennedy streets was referred to the tramsportation committee with the request that a member of that committee attend the hearing on the project. Mr. Julihn, who has been investi zating the controversy over the Dis- trict wharves, made & report, but, since the matter had been taken up at the federation, mno action aken by the assoclation. Two new dmembers were elected. For“ Restful Hours of Slippered Ease, Every One Welcomes LY HOUSANDS of pairs of these soft and comfortable slip- pers of felt, with warm padded soles, have marched in during the past fortnight.. 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A proposition to establish in Wash- ington a city owned market to benefit employes of the District of Columbia and the government, pre- sented by W. F. Lowe before the Stan- ton Park Citizens’ Assoclation, was the cause for heated discussion by the members ‘at a meeting of that body 1ast night. The resolution finally was referred to Mr. Lowe’s committee for further consideratio: The movement, as outlined by Mr. Lowe, was to relleve District and government clerks of the burden of high foodstuffs. In, presenting the proposal to the organization Mr. Lowe said that the consumer was in- Variably the one to suffer in price ascensions and that his resolution, if acted upon by the House District committee, to which a copy of the res- olution will be sent, the consumer would get the benefit of the middle- man’s profits. Stalls Rented by City. According to details of the proposal, each stall in the market would be rented by the city, with the stipula- tion that should it be subleased to any outside party the lease would be canceled . 0. Jamieson, representative of the Milk Producers’ Association, pre- sented data which, he claimed, tended to show that the producers were not getting their share of the profits. He emphatically denied statements that milk powder was used by many of the local dealers. He-further de- nied allegations that much of the milk sold in the District of Columbia was adulterated. A resolution urging the Commis- sloners to provide proper shelter for policemen who are forced to stand in the cold also was referred to a committee. It was pointed out that at present the guardians of the city are unprotected from the elements and are forced to stand for hours in all kinds of weather. The organization went on record as sanctioning the publication of a small paper, to be circulated among the members. A special committee ap- pointed to consider the feasibility of the proposition reported favorably last night, and the first issue of the sheet will appear within several weeks. Sam B. Frantz, president, presided. TUESDAY, DECEMBER u 6, 1921 PUPILS NEW STUDY Teachers Are Urged to En- courage Students.to Read **‘News Reports. GREAT OPPORTUNITY SEEN Colored Scholars Devote Mach At- tention to C.ol;ferenee Work. Emphasizing the fundamental edu- cational value of the epoch-making conference on the limitation of arma- ment, public school authorities to- day urged teachers to encourage pu- pils to study the proceedings from day to.day as fully chronicled in. the daily newspapers. The officlals also pointed out the advantages the chil- dren of the nation's capital have to study at first hand the contemporary history in its making at the arms) parley. “In carrying out the spirit of the President’s proclamation designating education week,” said a statement is- sued by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- intendent of schools, “the superin- tendent desires to urge upon teachers the unusual opportunity which teachers and pupils in Washington have to study at first hand the pro- ceedings of the conference on limita- tion of armament. “The children in no other city of the country have such an opportunity. The superintendent hopes that teachers and pupils will take occasion to em- phasize the instruction in national and international questions. “The press of the city carried such a complete report of the doings of the conference that information is readily accessible to teachers and pupils.” Mr. Kramer's Views. Stephen E. Kramer, assistant super- intendent of schools, said that puplls should be urged by ail teachers to avail themselves of the opportunity to “study history in the making as found in the splendid reports of the interna- tional conference now appearing in the Washington papers.” "It is a privi- lege to live in Washington in times such ‘as these,” Mr. Kramer added. *“Nothing can make children appreciate it more than day-by-day study of the world events occurring here and now in their own city.” “The arms conference constitutes a landmark in human progress, the sig- nificance of which cannot yet be con- ceived, and children should by all means study its deliberations,” said Garnet C. ‘Wilkinson, assistant superintendent, in charge of colored schools. “The public schools can per- form no greater service than of giv- ing courses during the sitting of the arms conference to their pupils re- garding the great questions in- volved.” Mr. Wilkinson indicated that chil- dren in virtually all of the colored schools now are devoting much at- tention to the proceedings of the ‘Washington conference. In many 35-Cent Breakfasts, Dinners for $1 on Rail Dining Cars CHICAGO, Ill., December 6— -five cemt breakfasts a: terday. Travelers are given u cholce of vight menus at the mew prices. Fifty per eemt of the road’s passengers prefer meals, the roads officials announced. The price cut is expected to be followed by other roads, it was stated. HAPGOOD TO MAKE TALK. Will Discuss Conference at Wash- ington Salon Meeting. “The Arms Conference and Other Matters” will be discussed by Nor- man Hapgood Thursday night at the meeting of the Washington Salon and United Arts Society at the Playhouse, 1814 N street, when the delegates to the arms conference and members of the Cosmos, the University and the National Press clubs will be the guests of honor. Col. Barry Bulkley will speak on “Washington—the Cul- tural Center of the Nation,” taking President Harding’s educational week proclamation for his guide. Miss Mary Smitherman will render plano solcs; -Katherine Riggs, harp solos; Mr. Henri Sokolov of the Na tlonal String Quartet, violin solos; Lieut. Horace Alvin Lake of the First Baptist Church, bass solos, with Mrs, Sue Blandy at the piano: Walter T. Holt and Charles Conrard, mandolin and guitar duet and solo dance num- bers by Misses nces Thomas, Ethelwyn Johnson, Marjorie and Alva Joestings of the Marjorie Webster School. The president of the society, Rudolphe de Zapp, will be in charge of the program. | e — schools, he said, the pupils have pre- pared portfolios containing sccounts of the.conference as reported in The Evening Star, together with pictures of the delegates which have been re- produced in The Sunday Star's rota- gravure section. Instead of histories, be declared, the children study the newspaper reports of the progress of the armament conference contained in the portfolios, which are destined to become historic. . In history, current topics and civics classes in the white schools the pupils are following the proceedings of the conference in detail. For information, the teachers and pupils are depending almost entirely on the local newspapers, which have sup- planted the textbook for the time being. & Clippings on Doors. On the doors of the classrooms of many schools can be found newspaper clippings in which are carefully re- viewed and explained the proceedings of the armament parley. Some teachers, It was said, give their puplls home lessone based on the newspaper reports of the conference. It is the concensus of opinion of progressive Washington educators that school and _college students should keep carefully informed of the work of the conference. The facts that will be deduced out of the discussion, it was emphasized, are of tremendous importance to our national life, and a knowledge of na- tional conditions is a prime requisite of good citizenship, and of almost equal importance is a knowledge of international affairs. DEATHTOLL 23 INRALRDADWREEK Many Victims of Collision at Bryn Athyr Burned Be- yond Recognition. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, * December Twenty-three victims of the head-on collision yesterday between Phila- delphia and Reading passenger trains near Bryn Athyn, Pa., had been ac- counted for early today.. With one or two exceptions, however, definite identification was impossible because of the charred condition of the bodies Nearly all were taken from the wreckage of the two wooden coaches, which caught fire almost immediately after the accident and were de- stroyed. A canvass of the residents of New- town and Southampton, the two little towns where most of the victimx lived, showed that several persons known to have been passengers on the ill-fated trains were still missing early today, and it was feared that oth- er bodles were buried under the mass of ashes and twisted steel or were burned to ashes. Wrecking cre and rescue workers continued their search throughout the night, but found only one additional body. Three Inquiries Started. Three investigations to determine responsibility for the wreck were under way today. Officials of the railroad held a hearing to question members of the train crews and sta- tion agents at the points near the wreck. At the same time John I Dohoney and H. J. Rose, members of the public service commission, met to discuss the results of thelr inves- tigations at_the scene of the wrech Coroner Neville of Montgomer: county was also at the scene yester- day and continued his investigations toda; William Evans of Norristown, Pa conductor of the northbound train was summoned by officials of the railway to appear at today’s hearing Says Orders Were “Misread.” Russell Claytan, station agent at Bryn Athyn, told railroad officialx that Evans either “misunderstood or misread” orders given to him at Bryn Athyn directing him to hold his train there until the southbound local had passed. Clayton said he gave the or- ders to Evans, and he holds Evans' receipt for them. Ordinarily the two trains pass a! Woodmont, railroad officials explained today. sterday the southbound train was late and, it was said, or- {ders were given to hold the north- bound train at Bryn Athyn until the other train passed. 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