Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1922, Page 13

0.CTOBATINOR PARISSUPPRTE . Backs Move for Chain of Beauty Spots. “ROAD CITIES” - PLANNED Homés to Be Built Along Parkway in Keeping With Surroundings Included in Project. Epecial Dispatch to The Star., BALTIMORE, January 26.—The de- velopment’ of a regional park plan for Washington, extending through Prince. Geofges and Anne Arundel counties and linking Baltimore, was brought up and discussed at the an- nual meeting of the Southern Mary- land Society at the Hotel Belvedere' last night. The plan, as proposed by William M. Ellicott of this city, calls for an extensive system of parks, forests and suburban developments, extend- ing from Washington south along the Potomac river and through Prince Georges and Anne Arundel counties, was outlined and a resolution pledg- ing the society to work .for its con- summation was adopted. ] A committee, consisting_of Repre-} sentative J. Charles Linthicum, Robert Crain, J. Spence Howard, T.| demnati and Willam " L.} Howard Duckett Marbury, was appointed to work .in conjunction with a committee to be appointed by President Harding, rep-{ He claims tha. the retail sale of mait | resenting the District of Columbia. This committee is to map out.a plan of procedure for the acquisition of the necessary land and report back to the organization, when the -matter will be taken up with the state offi- cials. Col. Charles Keller, Engineer Com- missioner of the District of Columbia, pledged the support of Washington to the project, and said that he felt there was little doubt but that the federal government through congres l | ition of the natiomal prohibition law | { and’ denies <the right of the i TEST OF THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF AIR IN 'MOVIE THEATERS Tests to determine the quality and quantity of air in the motion picture theaters of the city will be started by the health department this week. > Health Officer Fowler has direct- ed Dr. T. M. Price, health depart- ment chemist, to begin such an inquiry immediately. Dr. Fowler said his only object is to find out it the movie houses, which are visited by hundreds daily, are adequately ventilated. To determine the volume of fresh air entering the theaters Dr. Price will use an anemometer, an ex- tremely delicate instrument which measures air currents. The ap- paratus consists of a finely bal- anced propellor of isinglass blades, . which is revolved by the air. The revolutions are recorded on a dial, In determining the quality of air in the theaters Dr. Price will use . bottles of water. be poured ‘from the bottle Im, & theater and as the alr rushes fnto - the bottle it will be corked and'. taken to the health department laborataries for examination.. " The smaller theaters will be vis-. ited first. A ¥ —_————— . MALT AND HOPS'DEALER ASKS CASE BE-DROPPED Raphael Franzione Files Motion to, Dismiss Proceed- f i ings. Raphael. Franzione, one 6f the four local merchants whose stocks of malt and hops were seized by United States Attorney Gordon' under con- on proceedings: in ‘the Dis trict Supreme Court, ‘today “filed a motion to miss the proceedings. and hops does not, constitute a viola- urt to seize and confiscate’ his’ stoc merchandise. ° R Through Attorneys ' Newmyer and King the merchant points out, that the government made an effort to stop the sale of mait and hops by a proceeding in the Police Court, fol- lowing the Issuance of a search war- rant alleging unlawful sale. Judge Hardison 'held the search warrant in- sional action would aid in any move-4 guoient and ordered the return of ment looking to the formation of ington into Maryland. declared that the plan was not only «feasible, but was one that would re- ceive the hearty co-operation and indorsement of the entire nation. Charles Moore, chairman of the Na- tional Commission of Fine Arts, spoke of the work that is being done | the merchandise, and ‘the case was. regional park_extending from wasn1 the, m to] ‘The lawyers have been re- Col. Kelleri tgined by the malt and hops whole-! sale merchants, who -are said to be interested in the - outcome -of this case, being the first time recourse has been had to this method of stopping the sale of brew. make the capital of the nation oue of the most beautiful capitals in the world and said the regional park as proposed by Mr. Ellicott would ad greatly to the beauty of Washington and surrounding territory. In pledg- ing the support of the commission to the project Mr. Moore said that W. ington should have a regional- park extending ten or fifteen miles into ad- Joining territory on all sides. Tells of Park Benefits. Charles Crawford Wright, chairman of the city planning commission of Philadelphia, spcke of the benefits ot parks to cities and answered the ob- jection which had been ralsed by some of the state officials thay the taking of land for park purposes would decrease taxation by showing how Philadelphia had increased its taxation basis through the bujlding of parks, which greatly advapeed the value of adjacent property, “thereby | dI h- | H i taking forests and other unproduc- tive farming land and turning them into parks, and Dr. Cole of the De- partment of Agriculture spoke on the Wide fleld of agricultural biology that would be opened up through the acquisition of the proposed land for a regional park. Would Build “Road Citles.” Mr. Ellicott, in speaking of the project, said that It was his idea not only to establish the reglonal park surrounding the National Capital, but to encourage the building of what is termed “road cities” clear to Balti- more. cottages of a restricted type all along the line of the park, the surromnd- ings of which would be in keeping with the general idea of the park. Other speakers, all of whom in- dorsed the project, were James H. Preston, former mayor of Baltimor: Maj. Josieph Shirley, chairman of the more than making up for the loss of | city planning commission. of Baiti- taxes on the land which een taken for park purposes. i Dr. S. Kneipp, chairman of.the national forest-extension service, told of the benefits to be derived from more, and Robert Crain. ‘Alexander Robertson, who presided, piedged the support of the state to the project and said that Baltimore as well would do its part. 1109-1111 The water will . of ingredients for home This calls for the building of | ; -' ments. PROBE EXPECTD TOCLEARPOLLE Injuries to Beaten Man Re- ported Slight and Use of Clubs Justified. The grand jury will Investigate the alleged rough treatment by the police of the ninth precinct of Stephen P. Murphy, M. D. McQuade, foreman of the grand jury, an- nounced this afternoom. -Accompanied by a committee composed of grand jurymenm, Mr. MeQuade will visit Casualty Hos- pital this afternoon and interview - the patient. .’ < : Invomplete” “investigation of the ‘charges. that Stephen P. Murphy was brutally-treated by sgeveral,palicemen of the ninth precinet. when’ they ar- résted him Sunday night, “has.shown | |th_:} the man was not Wrgogm; in: {Jjured’ as has been reported ‘and ‘tha the. officers had to -use _force in , handling him, according to Inspector Daniel Sullivan, acting -major -and superintendent of police. "A ‘thorough investigation of the affair. will be made, however, it was said today by Inspector Sullivan. . i Comprehensive reports of “the “af- falr have been received by. Inspectpr Sullfvan from Capt. L. J. 8toll of the ninth precinct, Ligut. Guy E. Burlin- game, who was in charge of.the sta- tion at the time of the arrest of Murphy; Policemen Kelly and:Desch, who arrested.the man on a charge of disorderly conduct, and a number of civilian witnesses. These reports will be submitted to Commissioner: Oyster. “Clatms Blackjack Used:’ i . Inspector Francis Cross, ! been investigating thé case, .inter- viewed Murphy last night at’ the i Casublty Hospital, and sald that the {man told an incoherent- &tofy of his arrest. Murphy, Inspector Cross sald, charged that he was struck .on the !he&d with a blackjack by one of the jofficers and was ‘later “attacked in the ninth precinct station, where he | was kicked in the stomach’ Inspector {Cross said that Murphy ‘admitted i having taken a drink of liquor prior to his arrest, but was not under the influence of it. ' said today that the man is in fine candition and that he expected. him to recover soon. He 'said that Mur- phy has two lacerations on the top of his head and one in the back, and denied reports that he put a silver plate in the man's head. He also de- nied that Murphy has internal in- juries. Capt. Stoll in his report to Inspector Sullivan stated that Murphy is suffer- ing from three scalp wounds, is in “ex. cellent condition” and is taking -his meals regularly. The report points out that an x-ray examination of Murphy" showed no fractures and no stomach in-, Juries. ] Struck in Self-Defense. In his report, Lieut Burlingame stated that Murphy when brought into the station was fighting the officers and threatened to kill Policeman Desch “if it took 1,000 years.” Lieut. Burlingame n his report sald that Murphy struck Desch in the mouth and the policeman was forced to “use the baton to pro- i tect himself.” The use of the baton by i Policeman Desch, Lieut. Burlingame said, “was justified to maintain an ar- rest and also for the protection of the officer.” 3 2 Policemen Kelly and Desch gave de- tailed accountsyof the arrest of Murphy In their reports, and each named . s number of civilian witnesses:who they stated would corroborate their state- G St. N.W. Read and Profit by This L Dr. William P. Reeves, who treated| ‘ Murphy at the Casualty - Hospital, | G- STAR, I MOST :OF PUPILS 0., THURSDAY, ' JANUARY 26, 1922. AT THOMSON TO COMPETE FOR STAR PRIZES $1,000 Essay Contest on Arms Conference! Draws Many Seventh and Eighth Puplls of the seventh and eighth grades of the Thomson School, 12th and L streets northwest, are mani- festing much interest in The Star’s $1,000 prize essay contest on the sub- ject. “The Arms Conference and Its Significance,” according to the history and English teachers of the school. There are 179 pupils in the seventh and eighth grades at the Thomson who are eligible to eriter the con- test, and reports to the teachers in- planning to compete in The Star's contest. Miss Anpe'Lamborn and Miss B. B. Howell,” English teachers, and Miss M ."teacher of history, have hng the Thomson pupils in- tensively on “the proceedings of the arms conference, preparing them to write. compositions on the ‘topid chosen by The Star. These teachers are confident that the Thomson pu- pils who enter the contest will make DISCOVERED IN Hy the Assoclated Press. ' < 'BRISTOL, Tenn., January 26.— Discovery of approximately 800 hujndn skeletons in a cave in the mountains, about fifteen miles from Bristol, was made yesterday by Prof. Henry Woodman of this city, who made an inspection of the cave at.the invitation of mountaineers. “An opening, which runs forty feet straight down in the earth, was’ found several days ago by people living in that section. Upon making investigation they found several human skulls. The skulls were brought to Bristol and news- papermen and college professors were asked to enter and inspect the interfor of the opening. Upon descending the tunnel by means of rope Prof. Woodman found a heap of human bones thirty feet high and about éighty feet wide. Indlan hatchets and beads were also found. The cave has several tunnels reaching off on the sides and is in the shape of a huge crevice in the earth. The bones were partly covered over by PRINTING OFFICE CHANGES Appoinh‘z;m;u, Separations, Promo- tions, - Transfers Announced. Changes in the government print- ing’ office for the week ending yes- terday were announced today by Pub- lic Printer George H. Carter as fol- lows: ‘Appointments—Robert R. Machmer, probational junior chemist; Hslnlltoll Faulkner, temporary painter; Wal lace J. Nimo, emergency roofing tile setter; Morris Goodsaid, Frederick Koepper, Charles S. Moore, Willlam E. Shipley, George Martinak, proba- tional compositors; Charles W. Smith, Nelson J. Galvin, Alfred L. Claggett, Liloyd M. Patterson, Sterling E. Shack- ¥lford, emergency linotype operators; Todd C. Sharp, linotype operator, re- instated. ,Separations—Alfred L. Claggett, emergency linotype operator; Walter H. Cole, temporary electrician, re- signed; Todd C. Sharp, emergency li- notype operator, resigned; Harry Worth to $7950 cms PM. s27i Great Underprice Purchase Sale of Two Hundred Women’s and ‘Misses’ FUR-TRIMMED COATS Purchased at a Enables Us to Price Concession Which Sell $65.00 and $69.50 Coats Made of the Finest Materials and Trimmed With Exquisite Fars _.Sale Price Is Velour Morella L These coats arrived this morning and are on sale tomorrow for the first time. Every coat an ex- traordinary value. The very newest models and colors, Silk lined and interlined. Straightline, belted and un* loose backs belted, All sizes. models. and the popular loose wIaphy. year at less than half the real worth, Anticipate your needs—buy now and for aext, dicate that a majority of them are/| Glf?.de .Students. !an enviable showing, and will win some of the eighty-eight cash prizes tq be awarded the winners. : It is emphasized that the date for the closing -of the contest will de- pend upon the adjournment of the arms conference. Meantime, the es- saylsts are urged to keep in close touch with the developments at the conference in order to familiarize themselves with all the important questions under discussion. A plenary session of the conference will be held soon at which questions ad- Justed in committee meetings will be ex- lained. Some of the problems :settled test are going to write. As previously announced, eighty- eight” cash prizes ranging from $100 to '$5 will be awarded the.winners of the contest. The prizes will be distributed widely over the two classes—senior and divided. Forty-four prizes, amountin in all to $500, will be awarded in eac! of the. two classes. 800 SKELETONS, 1,000° YEARS OLD, CAVE IN VIRGINIA earth which is thought to have fallen in "the opening above the peak of the heap, which is directly under the entrance, and this leads to the .belief that the Indians threw their dead into the cave. ‘The heap is cone-shaped and con- tains an assortment of every bone of the human body. Prof. Wood- man declares experiments show that some of the bones have been in the cave for about 1,000 years. A number of experts and archeol- ogists are planning to spend a night in the cave to continue the investigation. The cave is located in a spot in the mountains almost inaccessible. Careful measurements of the heads of bones were taken by Prof. ‘Woodman, who lived several years with the Indians in the west. A telegram was sent to the Smith- sonian Institution at Washington asking that an expert be sent to assist in the investigation. A guard has been stationed at the mouth of the cave to prevent molestation by trophy seekers, and a ladder is being bullt in the opening to the heap of skeletons below. Wells, caster helper, resigned: George n the committee meetings undoubtedly will furnish material for the composi- tions' the contestants in The. Star con-: Junior—into which the contest has been | ISTRICT “ALIENS” MAKE LARGE TOTAL Less Than 35 Per Cent of - White Residents Were Born in This City. Less than 35 per cent of the 326,860 white persons residing in the District of Columbia during January, 1920, were natives of the District, the cen- sus bureau announced today, the ac- tual percentage of natives being 34.7 per cent,-or a total of 113486. Of the 109,966 colored population, 46,569, or 42.5 per cent, were born in the Dis- triet. Fyfty-six and five-tenths per cent, or 184,826 white persons here in Jan- uary, 1920, were born in the various states or the outlying possessions, and 28,548, or 8.7 per cent, were born in foreign countries. States Having Large Share. Of the natives of the states, 34,009 jwere born in Virginia, 31,664 in Mary- land, 19,084 in Pennsylvania, and 18,- 094 in New York. These four states contributed 102,751, or nearly one- third of the total white residents of the District in 1920. |__The bulk of the negro population which was not born here came from nearby states or from the south. The percentage of natives of the District, of all races combined, de- creased from 42.1 In 1910, to 36.6 in {1920, and the percentage born in the qulel or the outlying possessions in- creased during the same period from 50.4 to 56.7. Proportion of married men in the District of Columbia was greater than the proportion of married women, the | bureau announced, as there were 88, 698 married men in the District in 1920, or 55.8 per cent, against 88,602 women, or 47 per cent. The percen age of married women in 1910 was 488, while that of married men was Single Men and Women. Single men in the District.in 1920 numbered 60,976, or 38.3 per cent of the total male populati , while single women numbered 70,330, or 37.3 per cent. There were '27.761 widowed women in the District in 1920, or 14.7 per cent. against 7,61 widowed men, lor 4.8 per cent. Divorced men In the District num- bered 884, or 0.6 per cent, while di- vorced women numbered 1,381, or 0. per cent. By states, Massachusets led the field in the United States in the proportion of single women, with a percentage of 34.4, although' the District of Co- | lumbia’ exceeded this with 37.3 per l cent. 4 i —_—— . {BRYCE RITES CONDUCTED.! i | EDISON MACHINE SCOOPS SNOW FROM THE STREET, PILES IT UP IN BLOCKS NEW YORK., January 26.—A briquetting machine, _invented forty years ago by Thomas A. Edison to solve the problem of snow removal from city streets, has been turned over to the Amer- lcan Society of Mechanical Engi- neers for further development and may soon be seen on New York's streets, it is declared by members of the soclety. The invention calis for an auto- motive briquetting machine to run along snow-covered streets, scoop up snow and turn it out in com- pressed blocks, which could be stacked on tne side of the street for removal, or until warm ‘weather came. Mr. Edison tried out his inven- tion years ago and found that it ‘worked successfully. Owing to his many other activities, however, he never found time to develop his scheme, and for this reason has turned his invention over to the engineers’ society. “The experiments were entirely successful,” Mr. Edison wrote the soclety, “but we figured that we coudl have gotten much better re- sults if we had used a larger compressor. 1 think that a compe- tent engineer could readily figure out an_efficient unit for this kind USKTOLPTAL IN WATER SUPRY 4 As Congress Cuts Appropriaf tion for Enlarged System;: Demands Increase. 3,000,000 - GALLON JUuMP Officials- Dismayed at Losing Rhode Island Avenue ° Main. The risk to which Washington will be exposed if Congress passes the District appropriation bill without the $3,000,000 ftem for continutag work on the new water conduit is being demonstrated this week by a of work.” LOWER CAR FARES URGED BY CITIZENS Lower street car fares and universal inter-company transfers will be asked for by the representative of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Association at a public hearing on street car matters to be held at the District building the 1st of February. strong, who was appointed by President Collins to represent the association, will be instructed to ask for these measures in the name of the association. The matters to come bafore the Public Utilities Commission ‘at the meeting in February were discussed at a meeting of the association last night at the Sher- wood Presbyterian Church. Action op- posing use of tae one-man car on Rhode Island avenue during the rush hours of the day also was taken. Cars Declared Dangerous. Willlam . Torbert, speaking for the motion to eliminate the one-one car, introduced by him, characterized the use of the one: n car as a ‘retro- grade movemen! He said the cars are dangerous and do not save time in operation. . Heating _of the John Burroughs School in Woodridye was discussed by the association, and the secretary was instructed to take up with the board Kenneta P. Arm-; sudden increass of approximately 3,000,000 gallons in the consumption of water. The average daily consumption for the whole city is figured at about 65,000,000 gallons. Tuesday, the very day the House appropriations com- mittee reported the District bill Without the water item, consumption iumped to 68,835,110 gallons. T}:’ls is the largest amount of water that has &en used in a single day since Sep- mber. The cold wave now prevailing in Washington is partly responsible for the increased consumption, and the turning of water into the reflecting pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Monument also played a part, it is believ: turned into the pool Tuesday afternoon and there is now sufficient water there to form about two inches of ice for skating pur- poses. In the downtown section of the city, known to the water department as the gravity area, consumption in- creased from 31,000,000 gallons Mon- day to 35,174,000 Tuesday. Yesterday | the gravity area used 33,617,000. Aqueduct ofticials find that com- sumption always increases on very cold days, just as it does in extreme- ly hot weather. This is partly due to householders who allow spigots to drip as a precaution against frozen pipes. District officials also are at a loss to understand why the House commit- tee cut from tre District bill the r quest for authority to lay a new 3 }inch water main on Rhode lsland ave- nue northeast as far as 16th street. | This main urgently needed to igive the residents of Brookland, ‘Langdon and Woodridge an adequate supply not only for household use, Van Den Berg, linotype operator, re- i jentl but for proper fire protection. signed; Mark H. Barnum, composnor.ic"mned' Ashes Awall Buflfl!;::fl:? o e e Complaint hay| The strange feature in the elimi- resigned; Miss Julia A. McGuire, | Plans in Scotland. { previotisly been made to the board, it | Tation of th ii’.e".i.“&.."w‘.?:m“nfé ;:1" clerk, . resigned; John A. Onyun,| LONDON, January 26—Funeral W28 5aid, that the school has been|.niirely out of the water department closed several times, always on Mon- proofreader, retired; James C. Koch- | gervices for Viscount Bryce, former e A L T e enderfer, compositor. British ambassador to the Unil Gs:om‘g‘{lo;a ln]dl ltnl:mfararzo“rfl States, who died last s-mdny.b 'év'.i‘i ce W. Marshall, clerk at $720 Der pejq today in the chapel of the crema- annum to clerk at $840 per annum: i,riy;m at Golders Green, where the Charles A. Wolcott, linotype ODerator pody was cremated this morning, The revenues and, therefore, would cost the federal government nothing. On motion of Mr. Torbert, A H clation indorsed the candidacy of JesSe | gections thar wne ton onn O h08 1 C. Suter of Takoma Park for a vacancy S aioriatucation: {flored to the bill before it becomes at 75 cents per hour to proofreader : s said that should one of At 70 Sonts Der hour (o DroofreRder services were: aftended by foasy Report om Imstitution. | the two pumps which force water to sythe, m“mge naTEiaP “'75 ce:lm friends of the late author and publi-{ Need for an institution for the:those suburbs have to be shut down er hourrto m"n"e arhing operator . Cist: The choir sang the hymns “Lead, | feeble-minded in the District of Co-; there are certain high spots in those B¢ 75 cents per hol;r Fho “Ph?om‘ Kindly Light,” and “O God, Our Help ;lumbia was pointed out in the report COmmunities where the supply of AShine Opesior ot A5icence por hourijin Ases Tast. of the legislative committee, submit- | Water would be very low. o ealin ,fi: hine o ‘l‘g“ “E.."cems The ashes will remain in the cre-lged by Chairman Torbert. Collection of | g e e s Michne; matorium pending arrangements for | transfers at transfer points in the city | 7 nam, James A Stockman and | the burial in Scotland. by motormen, thus enabling passensers!| MES. W. J. PURMAN DIES. o Mrs. Theadora Purman. wife of M proposed by Ira B. Nutter, 2nd referred w._ 3. Purman, dled this morning &t M. Sweetman, James A. Stockman and | George F. Baker, machine operators to board both ends of street cars, was at 75 centw per hour to bookbinders| NE at 75 cents per hour: Charles Mower, | ‘W STATE DRY AGENT. to_committee. i9 o'clack, after a lingering iliness -of Isador Lipov and Henry fg Pyemont, | _Appointment of the Rev. John T.{ The association voted to ask Col.many months. She is survived by her bookbinders at- 75 cents “ hour to|Davis of Blairsville, Pa., as federai | Keller, District Engineer Commission- husband, three daughters, Mrs. Wil- machine operators at 75 %ents per : prohibition director for the state of er, and Mrs. Mina C. Van Winkle, head jiam A. White of this city, Mrs. E. M hour; James E. Maynard, proofreader Pennsylvania was announced todayiof the women’s bureau of the police Jarrett and Mrs. Bernard Haskins of at 75 cents per hour to compositor at by Commissioner Blair of the internal department, to speak at a special meet- Wicheta, Tex., and two sons, Carral 75 cents per hour. revenue. ing. and Stanley Purman. S Wl'nere and How Do | " You Get Your Milk? FEW of the many precautions we take to be positive that you will get a clean, wholesome, nutritious food, when you get milk from . CHEVY, CHASE DAIRY. FARMS: We Deniandr —that our farms mantain sanitary barns and equipment, necessary to pro- duce a clean milk. 2 —that our farms maintain a high rating as recorded by the Health Depart- ment of the District of Columbia. —that the cattle receive a yearly tuberculin test. —that our farms receive a yegular inspection by our registered vetcrina- ‘viair. This keeps our milk supply constantly under our personal supervision. Quélity Standards In Our Plant: ; The milk is scientifically pasteurized by men with college training, aided with the best modern machinery. - . : It is bottled and capped with automatic machinery, in sterilized bottles, and during the entire process the milk is kept free from contamination. - Samples of our entire milk supply are taken daily, and analyzed by our chemists and bac- teriologists, to make absolutely sure we are getting the desired P4 A comfortable sense vof security prevails when your milk is from WISE BROTHERS Rt i 1641 Conn. : Noxfdgv;est : S