Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1922, Page 13

N EDWARDS RESIGNS FROM SCHOOL BODY Retires Following Criticism Regarding His'Sale of Es- , says to School Children. Following the criticisms- by mem- bers of the District subcommittee on appropriations-0f the House for of- fering, through his:firm, the Columbian, Information Bureau, to write essays for school children for certatn “stipu~ lated sums, Daniel A. Edwards, presi-. dent gf ‘the board of education,.has resigned from the board “rather than turther embarrass the school system.” Mr. Edwards annowthced his resigna- tien:last night at a meeting of the Park: View Citizens* A3sociation, ‘after readdhig one of the ~stock._addresses™ advertised for sale by the Columbian Information Bureau. D Comment on_the resignation of Mr. Edwards was withheld today by school authorities until the special meeting of the board of education th afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Frank: 1in School, at which the retiring presi- dent previously announced .that he would lay his case squarely before his colleagues for their judgment as to whether he had violated his oath and obligations to the school system. WIIl Not Attend Meeting. Mr. Edwards said today, however. | that he had changed his mind, and would not atfend the board meeting, Lut instead wonld send a statement outlining his reasons for his exit from the school governing body The question of Mr. Edwards’ suc- or as president of the school board be one of the principal ones consideration of the school governing! body., According to board members, the election of Mr. Edwards’ successor as head of the board probably will be deferred uritil a later meeting, or until the justices of the Supreme Court have filled his vacancy on the board. Mr. Edwards had been president of the school borad for about a month, having been promoted from vice presi- dent to succeed Dr. Abram Simon, who Tesigned. He had been a member of the board for more than a year, ap- pointed as successor to Dr. John Van Schalck, jr. 3 i Terse Letter of Renignatiop. The letter of resignation sent by Mr. dwards to justices of the District Supreme Court, who appoint the board members, was confined to one sen- tence, as’ follows: “I hereby resign my position as a member of the board of education of the District of Columbia. The statement which Mr, Edwards will ‘send to the schoof ‘board to be read at today's special session, reads: “L resigned my position yesterday as a member of the board of educa- tion owing to the adverse criticism of some members of the subcommittee. on District approprigtions. The state- ent prepared for the papers in an- swer to_thelr criticism is in your hands. I hope you will read it care- fully if you have not done so. I be- lieve the upb; “reader will belleve with me that I am eonducting a per- fectly houest business in a perfectly Q‘lon;r. Nevertheless, I think [0 Tesigm. ¥hen ‘appointed upon_ this board I had:haped~¢o. be able to dccomplish much:good for the fase of education, justias 1,had begn'suckessful in aid- ing of iiterests of- the elty in &Y Wk {aken a Brominent part gfl‘ yégrs: ' But.)f those mem- Yongress especially directing Fobtiation for schools are an- t#gnestie: to % Drgsence on the board would -be = -detriment to the schools T am dntious to serve. - “Thanking my lgyal co-workers for the SupOEE e TS Fiven me dur. ing my incun! of office, I am, very truly you . A. EDWARDS.” Sav@iiic Is “Becoming Noted.” Before. announcing_his. resignation to members of the Park View Citi- zens’ Association Mr. Edwards said: “I am afraid you would be shy.of Black Cotton. . Lisle Hose Sold up to 25¢ GRAY MELTON COATS Sold up-to $15...w... FINE CLOTH COATS - Sold up to $50.... BROWN CONEY Sold up to $60 BAY SEAL Sold up to §100... APRONS s WAISTS . $6.98 $29.98 FOR (0%t $39.98 FUR C0ATS$75.00 Sold up to $150 —.eveewe L} Abe Martin Says: ITROLLEY FACAATES - | SOUGHT FOR PUPLS It hain’t sayin’ much -fer a country when you kin sleep in‘a box car t'night, write a southern i jazz song t'morrow, ‘an’ ride in your owa limousine from then on. P Em*Moots says she allus likes t’ see th’ 4th.of®July come ’cause she don’t have t worry about what t’ git fer father. (Copyright Nations! Newspaper Service.) me because they have used so much printere’- ink on me. m becoming noted for writing essay: - After announcing resignation, Mr. Edwards declared that “it is an r |awful bad sign for a politician to g0 _around croaking after .he 'gets bumped. You will not hear me goink around croaking. Criticism runs off of me like water off of a duck. I feel that I am running . an honest business. "I did not “wish to em- barrass the school ‘system at all, so 1 thought better than have any dis- pute I would eliminate' myself from the school board entirely. -3 “It is not turning my hair white. |4 am not worrying very much over s Exhibits Copy of Pamphlet. Mr. Edwards then exhibited a copy of the pamphlets in which he ad- vertised the fact that his firm would write essays, debates and speeches for school teachers, superintendents of schools, politicians and school {pupile or any persons wanting them for certain sums. He explained that this was the advertising matter which has resulted in criticism. Mr. Edwards pointed out that the speech he read before the associa- tion had been prepared by the Co- lumbian Informatiop Bureau for sale and that others wéte on the shelves in the offices of the concern. The speech was entitled “How Parents Hinder the School -Work of Their Children. —e DIES AT NAVY HOSPITAL. Sergt. Maj. T. F. Hayes of Marines to Have Military Burial Funeral services will be held at | Speare’s undertaking “establishment; 1208 H street, Friday at 1:30 d'clock, for Sergt. Maj. Thomas F. Hayes, re- tired, United States Marine -Corps. | who died at Naval Hospital Tuesda Interment will be at Arll - | tional cemetery at military honors. The deceased resided at 452 Newton place northwest, and served as ma- rine gunner during the world war. He was the' only sergeant majon in the Marine Corps, and was retired at thirty-three years' service a year ago. He was a chafter member of George Washington Post, No. 1, of the American Legion. Members of the post are requested to attend the fu- neral services at Speare’s. Transporta. tion will be furnished to members to Arlington cemetery and return. 6% Stzes— 16, 18. 38 43 0 o'clock, with | JERSEYSUITS Very Specially- Priced M“‘:‘*fl 000 Lincoln- Park Citizens Antici- -pate Erection of East-: ern High, Interest in providing street car. fa- cilities for puplls attending Eastern High School was revived at a 'meeting. of Lincoln Park Citizeps’ Association last night in Bryan School.- President George H. Judd félt certain that .the building would be finished in elghteen months or two yéars And desmed- it advisable to make an_early move in the matter of proeuring adequate transportation for the pupils. A jre port will be submitted at the-mnext { meeting. 3 -3 i George P. Tucker called attention to the question of providing eélectric Hghts in Bryan School/ In a resolu- tion he presented it was set out that four windowless storage rooms In the bullding are provided with gas jets only for lighting, and the striking of matches in the rooms is. liable to cause a.fire in the inflammable ma- terial stored there. *The assembly hall is rapidly becom- ing a meeting place for community. | affairs,” the: resolution :recited. “and | the use of slides or flms ts precluded; thus the growth in public education is retarded.” - Vete. -for--Eleetric - Lighta. It was voted to request the installa- tion of electric lights. William . A. Greer presented a reso- lution calling attention to the con- dition under which traffic policemen perform their duties. He suggested ‘that portable booths on wheeis would be no imore trouble to-handle than are the platforms and shields now in use and would give ample protection from the weather, President Judd spdke of the hard-. ships endured by policemen and hoped tHe authorities would afford them protection. The resolution was adopted. ° . z On_motion of Henry Behler, the association adopted a resolution urg- ing -that the new school building to be .erected porth of Lincoln Park | be named Richard Kingsman as a fitting recopmition of the constructive service of the late Dr. Kingsman as a member of the board of eduction. The motion was adopted. On motion of Guilford S. Jameson, the association voted to request abandonment of the practice of park- ing street cars on the streets at 13th and D streets northeast. It was stated that loops. on the company's Pase and -would make street condi- tions less dangerous. H. G. Fulton spoke of.the condi- uelf-determination, of Ukral OF THRIFT CAMPAIGN E. C. Graham, President of the City Club. 'A message to the residents of Wash- ington, calling their attention to the Thrift week campaign, which will open January 17 and .close January 23, was lIssued today by E.C. Graham, president of the City Club, and chal man of the Thrift week executive tommittee. ] _“We call upon every employe in the gogernment service and in the employ of“the District; upon every minister, teacher and other cifizen; upon every business establishment, indus- ! trialplant and trade; upon the officers and other societies,” the statement said. “to exert every possible effort directly and in co-operation with the District Thrift committee in making Thrift week a period of constructive thought and action and of sensible economic planning for the prosperity The bankers committee of the Thrift week campalgn reported at the final meeting. -of the executive committee Members of the Ukrainian mational committee shkown picketing the Polish legation in this eity, demanding the Observance of Week Urged by |Newly Reorganized Body -Asks and members of every civic, fraternal: of the Individual, the communjty and grounds could be used for such pur-g the nation H T .| $hat Washingtos will be helped,” said ¢ the United States, lom, or 'REMINDER TO CITIZENS " |CONSTITUTION ADOPTED BY TEACHERS’, COUNCIL Education Board to Provide for Its Continueus Existence. The newly redrganized Teachers’ Council adopted a constitution at a meeting last night in- the Franklin School. H Resolutions were adopted urging the board of education to incorporate into its written rules provisions to secure the council a continuous exist- ence and enable it to function con- structively and ln co-operation with the school board and the superin- tendent of schools toward -upholding highest standards and broadest de velopment in the schools. pt. Ballou, who is a member of the council, spoke on the Tegulations governing leaves of absence of teach- ers, The substitute service is inade- udle, he said, due to the insufficient amounts taken from the teachers’ sal- aries to pay substitute teachers. Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, supervising medi- cal inspector of the schools, declared that the nursing service had been di appointed with the nonallowance of longevity pay in the salary schedule. Election of delegates by various tion of A street between 15th and yesterday afternoon in the City Club|pranches of the council on the first 17th streets southeast and the asso- | that arrangements have been com-|Tuesday in October and officers: the clation voted to request its improve- |pleted to open the campalgn next{following Tuesday Is provided for in ment. Receive Edwards’ Statement. President Judd said he had re- ceived a statement of Daniel Ed- wards, president of the board. of ed. ucation and delegate from the asso- re the House subcommittee on “appfopriations. It was sdid that the affair probably will be. fully diseussed at the next meet- ing, 7 Kléctidn of ghaismen of commit- tees for the curremt (year resuited in ithe choice of Gufiford S. Jameson, committee on streets and. avenues; | John Brayshaw. committee or mem- i bership: W. C. Murphy, committee on llaw and legislation; Julius Eglol committee on parks-and buildings; Mis: 1. McIntosh, «éommittee on Dr. Albert W. Davls, committee on cpublic heaith: M. B Warner, comt ee on education and schools, and J. L. Gannon, committee on public utilities. George ‘A. Didden was_elected sec- ond vice president and Charles Hart and* R.-Kemp were elected to membership. e entertainment; Sold wp to - |avenue northwest. EXTRA FINE Plush Coats EXTRA' Plush Coats GOOD . QUALITY Lo ien - Plush Coats With Fur Collars. GOOD WARM . Cloth Coats STYLISH Cloth Coats Tuesday, Benjamin Franklin's birth- day, with exercises at the Franklin statue, 10th street and Pennsylvania 'The program will consist of laying a wreath at the foot of the statue, music_and an address Association. ELECTED BAND DIRECTOR. C. H. Blakey wuas elected director of the colored EI election, it was announced toda: Aquilla Bonds was chosen president. Other officers elected were: Lewis Gilbert, assistant director; Leon Dade, | secretary: Joseph Clomax. chairman of the board of directors; Robert F. { Plummer, treasurer; James H. Willis, chaplain, and Claud Matthews, drum major. REAR ADMIRAL DETAILED. Rear Admiral Frederick B. Bassett has been detailed to duty as chief of | the hydrographic bureau of the Navy Department. Outing Flannel Gowns Sold up to $1.00 $19.98 $29.98 $30..; v $19.98 $14.98 s'_band at a recent| 0d: the constitution. Meetings are to be held on the second Tuesday in Octo- ber, January, March and May. The ‘provision that the counci} should not uysurp any .perogatives of the board of education or the super- ration, -relative. to | by a member of the District Bankers'|intendent is included in the constitu befo! tion, which declares that it “should not be a body for merely destructive criticism.” ' JAMES B. ARCHER CHOSEN. Former Assistant U. S. Attorney Heads Bar Association. James B. Archer, former assistant United States attorney...has - been chosen president of the Bar Assooia- tlon of -the - District of Columbia. Jultus ‘1. Peyser was elected first vice president and Guy H. Johnson, second vice president. Boo#o [+4 Gertman, secretary, and W. W, = treasurer, wers re-elected. Maj. L S as Sorius Bovey arero seioes: in were seléct- ed as elnot%r:'finr a-term of two ATS. | TOCMCDEMAN:S ‘| a meeting of the Park View Citizens’ THE - EVENING- STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. 0. ‘WEDNESDAY, JANITARY 11, 1922, WOULDAPPLY CURB Commissioner Keller- Thinks Improvement Proposals Should Be Limited. Civic organizations of Washington were urged to “come down to earth” in their demands for improvements by Engineer Commissioner Keller at Assocjation last night in the Park View: School. “If we can only place before Con- g1¢88 @ true statement of facts in dispassionate terms I feel confident Commissigner Keller. “The proper thing to do is to strip our demands down to the bare bone. Then I doubt lf"o r budget will be pared materi- ally. Congress has been rendered sus- picious because it has been confront- ed with demands “which did not have facts to bear them out,” Col. Keller emphasized. He declared there are many great needs in Washington and the capacity for filling them limited. Sees Only Bare Needs. Commissioner Keller predicted that when the District appropriation bill finally is passed, it will carry omly provisions for the bare essential needs. Improvements will come slowly, he said, and only when Con- gress realizes that. “we are not asking for luxuries.” In defense of the public criticism lof the board of Commiissioners for { slashing the estimates of the board of | education, Col. Keller said that such action was absolutely necessary in i view of the magnitude of the school burget. “When the board of education’s mates came to the Commissioners,” he sagd, “it was found that they were entirely too great, and the total was sealed down to a reasonable sum. No item was stricken out without the concurrence of school authorities and the representatives of the board of education. The final outcome was that 27 per cent of the total District budget was devoted to the schools. It is not a niggardly division of the revenues. Were Commiissioners the| keepers of their own -purse, they would do better by you.” In closing, Commissioner Keller lauded the municipal employes, de- claring that there is no city in the United States of the same size a8 Washington that has a public service equal to the National Capital. Fire Captain Commended. A resolution urging the appointment ! of Capt. A. C. Buscher of No. 6 truck company as battalion chief of the fire | department was adopted by the asso- | ciation. The resolution pointed out that Capt. Buscher bas given twenty-seven years of service in the fire department and “his_creditable service, his standing in senfority, and especially the train- ing réceived as acting battallon chiet on various occasions particularly qualify him for the appointment.’ The essociation voted an appropr: tiori of $10 for the Animal Rescue League. Twelve persons i 1 were elected to lembership in the association. They are: Dr. John R. Ernst, John Wil- liams, Lorence Zimmerman, William M. Belinsky, Harry Levin, O. R. Jef- ferson, Rudolph J, Elsinger, A. H. Brasse, J. Kats, Mrs. Mary Banne: man, Mrs. Maude Riffier und Felix Newmann. musical program was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. R. Hellbach, W. T. Bannerman, Mrs. E. J. Ward, Mrs. W. H. Porterfield and Mrs. Griffith Evans. George H. Russell, president of the association, presided. oF I ON TRIP. At the suggestion of the governing board of the Pan-American Union, Director General L. R. Rowe will sail from New York February ¢ on & visit.of:inspection of the principal efti f Guatemala, Honduras, Sal- vador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. He will be gone about ‘ten weeks, U. S. COIN BEARING DATE OF 921, LATEST “ISSUE FROM THE MINT A “coin (of .the " United States bearing the date 921 s the latest thing to ¢ome from the mint Uncle Sam hadn’t set up fn busi- - ness in that yt!r. however, nor did he until quité & few £enturies later, so officlals wondered. Edwin Beecher, who left Wash- ington last night for his home near Cape May, N. J., is the proud possessor of silver dollar. In reality, it is one of the new silver dollars struck to commemo- rate the peace conference, but the first numeral in “1921" is blurred clear off the dollgr, leaving a smooth space and the date “921.” When Mr. Beecher got this dol- lar at the Traesury, together with another one, perfectly normal, his first idea was to mention it to of- fictals, but he says he thought better of it and pocketed both coins. . He believes he possesses some- thing unique. The question is, were there any more of the 500,000 new dollars struck off that bear the date of “921"? this “prehistoric” U.S. DEPARTMENTS JOININ PRICE PROBE Three Secretaries Decide to Broaden Investigation of Retail Costs. Three government departments have reached a tentative agreement for an investigation Into wholesale and re- tall prices throughout the country, At- torney General Daugherty announced last night. At a2 conference with Secretaries Hoover and Davis yesterday, Mr. Daugherty said, it was virtually de- cided to broaden the retail -price in- vestigation of the Justice Department to Include the costs of various com- modities from their origin to the con- sumer and to make the survey jointly by the three departments. A com- mittee composed of a member from each department, he added, would b appointed to conduct an investigation. . More extensive investigation ‘essary, Mr. Daugherty declare order that the public may know the rcost of eggs as it tratel hen to the breakfast tabl government plans to study the whole fleld of prices and costs of manufac- turing and production. Just what commodities will be covered in the dnvestigation, he said, have not yet been determined, but he indicated that clothing, food and fuel would be in- cluded in the survey. g It was also planned, he added. to make use of data gathered by Rep- resentative Sidhey "Anderson of Min- nesota, chairman of the joint commis- ion- of agricultural inquiry, to- save duplication of effort where possible. Investigation of prices and costs, Mr. Daugherty said, would be made more thoroughly and economically by the three departments jointly than through separate surveys, although it was probable that each department would give more particular attention to the subjects of especial Interest to it, and thus avoid overlapping. When completed, Mr. Daugherty said, reports of the investigation would be consolidated by the Justice Department, and the policy of the government toward the cenditions found' to exist thfoughout the coun- ‘try would be determined when the facts as to existing costs and prices were known. COMES TO NAVAL DISPENSARY Lieut. Cornelius Mack, Naval Med- ical Corps, attached to the battleship Pennsylvania, has been assigned to d:l!r at the, naval dispensary, city. A substantial Reduction CITIZENS ELECT - GROVE PRESIDENT i \Slxleenth Street Heights As- sociation Favors Bus Line and Wants School. S. B. Grove was elected president of the Sixteenth Street Heights Citizens’ Association atythe annual meeting last night at his residence, 1322 Dog- Wwood street northwest. Other officers elected are H. M. Phillips, vice presi- dent; Willard N. Holmes, secretary, and R. C. Wright, treasurer. The last uv: named were re-elected to office. ollowing a short discussion i which it was brought out that :.Ihtr: were no schools in the subdivision, children either having to g0 to Ta- koma Park or Brightwood, the asso- olation adopted a resolution asking the authorities to consider the erec- tlon of & school In the near future. The resolution was introduc ; Mra. H. M. Phillips. o op Street Extenston Favored. he association adopted s, resolu- tion favoring the bill, introduced by Representative Focht, calling for the extension of, 14th street to the Dis- trict line. A committee was appoint- ed to request Chairman Focht of the House District committee to Teport the bill at the earliest moment. ~ ¢ W. Bonnette, chairman, ex-officip: ¢ M. Chinn, Perry Cleveland and 1. J Horner composed the committee. The association_ also favored, in a resolution adopted, the proposed bhus rOu'lQ to be operated by the W; hing - ton' Railway & Electric Compiny from Mount Pleasant street to Geor. &la avenue via Park road. An amend- ment was made to the resolution ask- ing that the bus line be continued from Georgia avenue by any route eemed feasible to the entrance of Soldiers’ Home. o ‘Would Change Street Name. he association adopted a resolu- tion asking that ‘the mame of 16th street be changed to President’s ave- nue. This action was taken after a communication had been read from Mrs. John B. Henderson of 2200 16th treet, asking that the association favor the proposal. Mrs. Henderson formerly took similar action and the street was changed to the Avenue of the Presidents. The changing of th name aroused so much protest, how- ever, it is said, that Congress changed | the name back to 16th street. —_— NEW SCHOOL IS URGED. | Brightwood Parent-Teacher Asso ciation Wants Building. A new school building for Bright- - wood was urged by the Brightwood Parent-Teacher Association at a meet- ing last night in the Brightwood School. The association also urged the support of the parents of chil- dren in the community in increasing the budget for health inspections and facilities o that the plans of Dr. Jo- seph A. Murphy, supervising medical inspector of the public schools, can be carried out. Reports of the health committee’s survey of .ghe school buildings in Brightwood and the District were ‘gl\'en by Dr. Charles Ralph, chairman. Mrs. Courtney Dinwiddie, president of | the associat! | STEEL DINERS ORDERED. n, presided Orders for the twenty additional all-steel dining cars of the largs size and most modern type and equipment will be placed soon by the Pannsylvania rail- road, the management of the road has apnounced. The new cars, the man- agement said, will, upon completion, rorm!t the retirement ‘of all vemain- ng wooden dining cars in uso on the AITAng 4 push the oonstruction of the new cars as rapidly as possiblo and it is expeated to have them in service by 8p! construction of in the prices of their cars- Effective January 1st, 1922