Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1922, Page 17

REPORT ON SCHOOL ~ SITUATION SOON Chairman of Joint Congres- sional Committee of Inquiry Says Investigation Is Ended. Chairsian Capper of the joint con- gressional committee which investi- gated the public school situation in the District, said today 'that the printed hearings probably would be ready for the members of the joint committee by next week, and that after the committeemen had had sev- eral days to examine them he would call them together to frame a report. “The school inquiry is closed, so far as 1 am informed,” said Senator Capper today. “There will be no fur- ther hearings, but the joint commit- tee will go ahead with its reports. As has been indicated in the past, 1 be- lieve that the report should propose a comprehensive schodl building plan, looking to the future needs of the school children of the District. If possible a concrete plan for the erection of buildings in the years to come, which will meet existing needs and care for the probable increase in schéol population, will be drafted. Increases in Building Fund. “The Senate appropriations com- mittee and the Senate made som Yery necessary increases in building appropriations in their con- sideration of the District appropria- tions bill. T think that Senator Phipps, who had charge of that bill, should be congratulated on the good work. Whather the joint committee will mere!s make rccommendations or_will prepare a bill to carry out a buildine program has rot yet been determined. z opropriations committee and the Sersdte have provided for the employinent of a business manager; for the schoois. I hope very much that this item will stay in the bill. The wisdom of employing a business manager W insisted upon fre- quently duri schools. ‘Will Decide as to Appointments. “Undoubtedly the report of the Joint committee will cover the mat- ter of appointments to the board of education. The District judges, who now make the appointrients, have asked to be relieved. What the join committee will determine in th matter, 1 am unable to 1t ha been suggested that the appointment of the board be placed in the h;mds an school | g our hearings on the | 4 PAMPERED DOG PETS OF PARIS ARE BATHED IN LUXURIOUS SETTING PARIS, February 20—No longer will those pamperea pets of Parisian women—the Pomeranian and the Pekingese—be left to the unskilled careof the maid for their weekly baths. ; Elaborate baths, constructed and equipped exclusively for the ablutions of pet dogs of wealthy Parisians, have just_been opened in the exclusive Saint Honore quarter of Par A fashionable dog's life is a veri- table path of roses if ke word of tendants at the canine bathing estab- lishment may be accepted as true. At- tendants say he rides in a luxurious motor car to the baths, where he has a private bathing compartmen after the bath experienced m: urs pay their respects to his canine high- ness while a manicurist shapes his aristocratic claws. When the veter- Inary determines tha. his health is all that his owner could desire, he re- {enters the motor car with his mistre and returns home to a dainty meal of porterhouse steak. MUST FACE TWO MORE HOUSEBREAKING CHARGES Negro Accused of Robbing Four Homes of Clothing, Furs and Jewelry. Fwo additional charges of house- breaking were placed against Robert Polk, colored. by police of the second precinct today, following an e haustive investigation of his activ- H lities in Washington for the last three weeks. Dolk. who came here from | | H Richmond, Vi in Februurs, now ebreak Wedn was charged with bre: and robbing the homes of annon, 3142 19th stre 5 21 Bast Melrose o, Md. Additional c against him include placed jof the home of Miss Alice bold. Newton stree of i ruar! . and the home { Carnahan, 1830 P’helps pl At Miss Newbold's home i s charged stealing furs | clothing und jewelry, while at the Ca ahan residence the police 1 to 500 worth of jewelry | silver About half of the loot w i ed by the police from a lo ling ~establishment. Other | were found in a rooming hou. d street northeast, where it Polk lived. The remainder of the goods. the police claim. Polk sold to of the District Commissioners ’ s dieso. 4lso that the President shall appoint | CR0Ted Aetresses f0F ool potice be- thenméribers of thelboard: .. ilieve they have captured one of the ;ihere ave alveady on the Semate|most audacious burglars who has calendar a number of measyres re- | Most in Washington et lating to the schools, including the \32;'“"“" Imtivashing gl £ 34 proposed compulsory education law, | Y475 ith its school census and the teach- | ers’ pay Dill. which will be referred to in the report of the joint (‘om-ISTARTS PENALTY SUIT mittee.” UNDER BALL RENT ACT S _C = Attorney Brown Seeks to Recover len rges oncentration o ™ y- 2 9 of From C. A. Snow Excess Rent raining a ampton Roads. it HamplontRonds, for Apartment. Concentration at the Hampton Roads. Va. naval base of all na training now done on the Atlant coast and the abandonment of the Newport, R. L, station in_the inter- est of economy were urged by Sccre- fary Denby vesterday before the Sen- ate naval committee. The rccommendation was presente during discussion of plans, in which the Secretary told the committee that enlistments of ap- proximately 42,000 men were expected in the fiscal year 1923, due to changes in_terms of service due to the war. This estimate was based on a Nav. 96,000 men. Of those to be enlisted in the mext fiscal year, the Secretary zaid that abodt 12,000 would be trained on the Pacific coast at Goat Island, and San Diego: 28,000 at Nor- folk, if th~ proposed closing of' the Nowport schools is agreed to. and about 2,000 in special radio and air- plane Work at the Great Lakes sta- tion, Chicago. AWARD OF DIPLOMAS. Graduation of Hotel Training Class Tonight at New Willard. Graduation exercises of the 1921 class of the Lewis Hotel Trainin. School will be held this evening the New Willard, and diplomas will be given to the following: Anna senoit. Tom Bernard Bentley, Grace i5. Bornmer, Mina R. Bowen, Estelle ranville Brown, Carrie J. Calluhan, m B. Chase, Leo A. Clark, Archie F ole, Florence M. Combs, Josephine H. Congdon, Frank F. Conway, Anna . Easby-Smith, Lillian D, Fisher, Lella E. Flagg, Helen Dugan Heimel. William Brainard Hinkley. Nettie S. Hockman, Josephine Hutchison, Oscar P. Jacoby, Elizabeth C. Kennedy, Rose V. Kies, Wanda Jeanette Kim- 1el, D. Belle Kreider, Pearl Colette Martin, John Joseph McCune, Abby S. Monrow, Martha Noyes, Ear! Cole Petty, Grace Prarpard, M. Fergus Proctor, Mary Reynolds and Lettie M. Sturges. B \ lr‘! %: \) 'L°:~‘ i departmentai | of | fl/lflEll$\\|E“\V£{fl\\\\""\\\\lll/;/v—‘( % Chapin Brown, zttorney for the Rent Commission of the District of Columbia, today began a suit in the Municipal Court to recover $320 from Chester A. Snow, owner of.an apart- ment house at 1430 W st nhr‘!h- west. The case is the series of suits which the comm s coun- el has in preparation under the pen- alty clause of the Ball rent act as amended. 1" The amended act gave owners until I September 24. 1921, to return to ten- ants any excess rentals which had been exacted bevond the fair rental value of the property as determined by a finding of the commission and authorized the bringing of suits in subsequent excessive exaction Un- lder the law the suit is for twice the lamount of the excess réht and an at- i torney’s feet of $30. j | . The court is told in the declaration filed by the Rent Comniission that on complaint of the then te nt, Golda Cunningham, the fair rental value of apartment 4 in the Susquehanna, at 1430 W street, was fixed by the c mission at $37.50, and it is charged that Mr. Snow has collected from the present tenant, Daniel J. Regan, s of the rental total of $135 in fixed by the commission. The amount {sued for represents twice the excess |of $135 and a fee of $30. | BENEFIT OF BOYS’ CLUB. | “Twinkle, Twinkle, Litt photoplay, the first of a series of enter- tainmenty for the benefit of the Boys' Club, scheduled for tiree uccessiv | Saturdays, will be presented at Kdith's | Theater next Saturday morning, March 18, at 11 o'clock. Dorpnia Brown, aged three and a half ars, said to be the youngest photoplay star, will lead the cast of juvenile: The commitiee in charge of inese en- tertanments base their appeal for pa- tronage on the excellence of the film. The proceeds of these productions will be devoted to the activities of the clup. (PN L0 K2 Just put on mmothr . aslesman in o . MEN'S _SHOE _DE- PARTMENT, Every . day we are gaining new customers, and we are extending our service to take care of “the incressing volume. ~ 4 the Municipal Court to recover dny ; RAIL COMMISSIONS | PARLEY MARCH 17 iwil Discuss Respective Ju- i risdiction Over Rates With I. C. C. | A conference between the Interstate Commerce Commission and repre- sentatives of state railway commis- sions to discdss their respective ju- risdictions over rates, as suggested | {by the Supreme Court in its recent decisions in the Wisconsin and other rate cases, has been arringed for March 17. The initiative for the con- ference was taken by the Interstate | i Commission through an Chairman McChord_to n, president of the Na- | ociation of Raflway and | Commissioners, who ac- cepted the invitation for March 17, In its_rate decisions, t upreme | Court sal that a gen in- ! crease in re- ale me instances mh:!lfl s patronage. would be within the { the order herein.’ nd make proper an the Interstate Com- on for appropriate S0, too, in practice, when ate commissions shall recos- their obligation to maintain a vortionate and equitable share of ncome of the ¢ confe smn: id, to Commi n. meice except {the nize bl bet e rigid intrastite to the to the state gom-! ons power to deal with them or reduce them in their invitation for state commissi conference 5, Chair- wish in { with the we what in furtherance of by the Supreme r iy xpressed mers in the trans- applicable to bi- tumin coal tar outweighs that of producers, Rush C. Butler, counsel for ational Coal seiation, said About 85 mined, wdded, and the co he carriers ve ence dircet savings of la money as a result_of reduced rates. I Mr. Butler said that coal costs r: to as much per cent of th manufacture of other com- medities. He reminded the commis- retary Hoover, appear-| ¥ before the commis. the special reprs : coal industry,” had em- urged reductions on sts produc Farm hope that either the In- mmerce Commission or the 'will make such further re- 5 the facts will justify,” »rd Thorne, counsel for the American Farm Bureau Federation and other organizations, said. iTDOK DEAD WOMAN’S RING railroads ! Clyde Harris Stole Jewel From[ Hand of Theater Victim. Clyde H. Hatris, an orderly at was convicted { noon of grand 1 { He was charged with stealing a diamond ring valued at § from the hand of Mrs. Fred D. Sheppard, a vietim of the Knickerbocker disaster who died at the hospital. Harris | claimed that he found the ring in a pile of rubbish at the door of the woman's room at the hospital. Assistant United States Attorney Presmont told the jury in Criminal Division 1 that the ring had been torn from the woman's hand and that the finger had been mutilated. Chief Jdustice McCoy remanded the prisoner Tor sentence. _— e | HREE LIQUOR ARRESTS. colored, formerly Emergency Hospital, after- iRaids 1 Bring Charges Against| . White Man and Two Colored. | Max E. Wolf of 526 1lth street!| thwest was arrested Wednesday | fternoon on a charge of selling and | lalso of illegal possession of intoxi- cating liquor. The arrest was made by Policemen Berry and O'Donnell of the fourth vrecinct and Revenue Offi- r Lipscomb. The officers say they ized fifty bottles of extracts. Charged with selling and transport- ing corn whisky, James M. Owens, colored, twenty-six vears old, of 50 Jackson street northeast, was arrest- ed by Lieut. Grove, Privates Rone and Brodie of the sixth precinct and Reve- Tue Officer Harmon. Sergt. Ryon, with Private Gladman of the eleventh precinct, and Revenue Gfficer Fowler raided the shoe shining shop at 1918 Nichols avenue southeast {last evening and arrested Frank Ai- ken, colored, on a charge of selling and illegal possession of whisky. The police say they seized a small quan- tity of whisky. richer, smoother, nourishing. to everything with Milk—fruits, coffee all are improved wh Thompson’s Dairy. We'll do the rest. | open | boats, | submit | expenditure ‘That makes Thompson’s Milk - popular with everybody Some folks think all milk tastes alike—others say there is no compari- son between Thompson’s Milk and “ordinary” milk. They know it to be And it imparts its rich, pure flavor Cereals taste better with Thompson’s vored milk of purity—absolute purity. Phone North 5997— "THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922. Landlubbers Get Right-of-Way ! In Potomac River Bridge Traffic Shattering traditional rules giving water traffié right-of-wa; over bridge traffic, Assistant Secre- tary of War J. M. Wainwright today | promulgated rules forcing shi cap'ns, bo's'ns and, in fact, all hands manning vessels on the Potomac river in deference to landlubbers operating trains er other vehicles over the Highway and Southern rail- to bow way drawbridges. The new rules, to take effect Jul, 1 next, materfally during which the bridgetenders ma: to the trafic. The orde the recommendatio: railway ued lar and was s of Maj. of engineers, on following numerou complaints poured in the ear of Maj. . C. Tyler, United States enginee by irate citizens of Arlingto Different Periods Set. Under the new regulations tug an power boats habitually using waterway shall be entitled to a nd revenue by discour-!opening of the draw span of either bridge only during the periods of 1 am, to 11 a.m,, 2 pm. to 3 pan., and §'p.. to 6 aum., except that whenever the heads clearance beneath the bridges is 1 than 16.7 *feet the m $:20 am. to ®:50 am. trict of Columbia will be allowed t rriers from in- | pass through the bridges at all hours. ‘hen there is a train actually en block or a mail 1 bridge the railro; SLASH OF $82,000,000 IN ARMY BILL PROPOSED Appropriation Measure, Soon to B Reported, Cut Much Below Budget Estimates. The Army appropriation bill, whic 1is to be reported to the House on Mon- . represents a slash of $82.000.000, esti- da which is much below the budge mates. Corgress was asked in a the budget ate approximate ary and non-mi bureau t ar beginning ¥ July 1 The s tee, of whic republican, Kansas, is chairman. su; passes earlier predictions of subcom mittee members who, before they ha completed their work, declared 1 reduction of at le perhaps $60,000,000 v Members of the s certain. would n carry great number of limitations wi would greatly restrict the acti the War Department, espe The measure, v as t it wal id, would than-air aviation, members of put this amoun cons impossible. Although appropriation for helfum plan mittee are production increase th deciding to Fort Wortl the nderstood to feel th or ecorfomical stage. —_— WILL MEET IN ST. LOUIS. Anti-Blue Law Advocates Invits Many Speakers. Arrangements for the first “blue law conference” held in the United States have been completed by the Anti-Bl Law League of America, with head quarters in Washington. cording t0 an announcement issue from the local office. Among the members of the organiza- tion who have been invited to be );;Ps« on. former Governor ming; Rex Beach. James Mont- Mme. ‘Amelita Galli-Curci, George F. Johnson, Edward Hines, Booth Tarkington, Au-| ent and deliver addresses are: Fenimore Chatterton, of \ gomery Flage, Victor Herbert, gustus Thomas, Hudson Maxim maritime limit the hours the spans for the passage of bstruction of vehicu- Lansing H. Beach, chief . Va., and by railway mail ofii- this bridges shall be opened at all hours s employed or controlled, how- over, by the government or the Dis- estimates 363,000,000 | of the War Department’ dur- s next sh made, by the subcommit- | Representative Anthony. that <t §50,000,000 or subcommittee re- of arry $500.000 for lighter- the subcommittee con- tended, is so small that purchase or ruction of dirigibles would be members of the subcom- that e of the non-inflam- mable gas which is used to fill dirig- ibles had not yet reached a practical The conven- tion will ogen in St. Louis June 23, ac- Stuyvesant Fish and y D ¥ y r n s T n d n 0 o e h 1 o a o o s t, e h i | I ol d ANNOUNCING BROWN -~ WHITE CABS MAIN 430 Lowest Rates 30c First 75 Mile, 10c Adtl. 14 Mile Brown and White Cab Co. Vermont Garage Inc. more deliciously * which it is used. , tea, milk drinks— en the milk is from It is a rich-fla- I must not be stopped on any part of train is in motion toward the rail- road bridge in sight of the tender or operator of the bridge, or when there is a train on the Highway bridge ap- proaching the draw span and within four spans of the draw, vessels signal- ing (o pass through the bridge will be held up until the trains have passed and the draw is eleared, the rules pro- vide. i Seek to Prevent Delay. Trains, wagons or other vehicles the bridge for the purpose of laying operation of the draw snan. and, contrariwise, vessels will not be permitted to delay passage through the span or hinder its operation. All} passage over or through the bridges | shall be o conducted as to prevent unnecessary delay, it is statdd. Any vessel which can safely pass under the bridges without reqmrum]’ opening of the draw spans will be denied operation_of the draw spans | under the War Departments ruling. | Owners of the railway and Highw, bridges will required after July ! 1 to ins gauges of a type the chief of engin Asked to Lower Vessels. Owners of tugs and powe: habitually using the watcrways under e bridges are advised to reduce the ht of their vessels to 16.7 feet, in order that *hev may pass under or through the bridge at all times. The vertical clearance under ti draws Is 21.2 feet at “mean low less three faet at high tide. ) The tenders of the bridges will b required to keep a complete record | of all openings of the draws and | must report to the TUnited States District engineer all cases where the ans have been kept open for an un- ble length of time, unduly ng with land traffic. SENATORS FAVOR SCREENS | " ON D. C. JAIL'S WINDOWSi Mrs. S. K. Raymond Seeks $3,000 | at Conference at National A 9 | Capitol. | Several senators and other persons prominent in civic work in the Dis. trict of Columbia are in entire accord | with the movement sponsorad by Mrs. | S. K. Raymond of 1426 M street for | having the windows and doors of the District jail screened. While at the Capitol vesterday in | an effort to have a special appropri- | ation of $3,000, providing screens for | the fail, added to the special d ficiency ' bill now before the Senate appropriations committee, Mrs. Ray mond received the views of severa members of Congress which were de red to be very favorable. Com- ssioner Rudolph, John Joy Edson he board of charities and Dr. W. | Fowler, District health officer, | have previously indieated whole- ! hearted support of the proposal. Mrs. | Raymond will endeavor to have this | special appropriation tacked on the! special deficiency bill through a Sen- | ate amendmert. Mosquitoe: s and other insects that inhabit the low. marshy lands near the jail will soon be taking on new life, and, drawn by light and food in the jail, will bring with them | diseases more or less contagious, it is stated. It is to prevent the out-|easy to imagine who would benefit L been go on t break of sickness, 1f nothing eise,| under his administration of the na- | filed in the District Supreme Court Tl 07C gl SCill b restr that Mrs. Raymond and her sup-|tional forest by Nathan B. Schwartz against Annie | o L5 S0 q 0y ed gues porters are working for in this im- Schwartz. They were married at|chjdren will be allowed only W provement. —_———— PRESENT LENTEN DRAMA. St. Patrick’s Players Give “The Upper Room” at Carroll Hall. “The Upper Room,” a Lenten drama, was presented at Carroll H;n last night by the St. Patrick layers. “The Upper Room” deals with the Last Supper and the,passion of Christ | on Good Friday. Edward O'Brien was | in charge of the presentation, while Rev. Francis J. Hurney was manag- | ing director of the staff. The cast includes Luke Fegan, Eileen Lally, Robert Droney, Law- | rence Volkt, Burke Walsh, Adelaide Dwyer, Ethel Williams, Joseph | Drone: Karl Rosinsky, Kathleen | Gaffney, Peggy Lally and Madeline | O'Brien. ! The play comprises thres acts and | a tableau. It will be given each| Tuesday | d Thursday of Lent at| Carroll Hall at 8 p.m. 1 up Newcorn jtempt” to have the adn hoats | A Big Purchase— Just Arrived of the inest and Smartest of Spring Suiting & Topcoatin W hich we Price Very Moderately To Create Immediate Activity Prices Start, at - 0 Made to Measure--! Regularly our prices would start at high- er figures, and would be well worth them too. But, Easter is later this year—and to start the ball arolling we make a liberal dis- count on our regular prices. QOur spring showing is nbw complete— any and every kind of worsted suitings you would expect in custom-made clothes are . now here for your choice. . Our tailoring and fitting is guaranteed to you—backed periencé. Order your suit or top-coat now—take advantage of the liberal discount. 1002 F St. N. W. Established 23 OPPOSES SHIFTING OF FOREST GONTROL Slattery Says Roosevelt Would Fight Transfer if ‘He Were Living. An attack upon Secretary ¥all of the Interior Department for his tion of friend of his came asking the Attor- ey-General-to-be to present his side DAUGHERTY IS LICKED | IN TRIAL BY LAWYER Harry M. Attorney General, seems to enjoy a | story on himself, against him. At least he told this one: 7 i torney Daugherty, A bheen engaged for the other side of | - the case.’ His friend protested that he know whi s some likely lawyer 1 might get HE PICKED FOR FRIEND | Daugherty, although though it turns case back in Ohio was to be ap- | ed to the Supreme Court. A zh tribunal. replied At- you see 1 have he case to the h ch way to turn. - A7 SOBBINGLY ADMITS LOVEFORSLAINMAN Mrs. Obenchain, Accused of Kennedy’s Murder to Be Cross-Examined. March 10— who yester- Calif., ichain, sobbed out on the witness stand the United States forests transferred | Thinking over the list of h ot A fessional friends, ‘the lawyer chose story of her love for J. Belton e il s nnedy, for whose murder she is et o o proved; Tor thewsatue trial, today faced the ordeal of S to the Supreme Court and Daugherty tmination, lost the case direct eamination, Mrs. servation iation, before the tional Popular Gov- gue at the Ebbitt Hotel forum of th, ernment L tod “Theodore Roosevelt put the na- tional fores: in the hands of the Department of Agriculture,” declared Slattery, cause he thought L tise to protect them rom being from their right- States ful owners—the people of the L'ni(cd| today | The fact creimry Aibert adenly ln follows: Mrs. Warren G. Ha e chairman; Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, v | esponsibils chairman; Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett. -sponsib hat time re eliciently and aili ering the nationalor- ts and saying nothing. . Called Azricultural Questior v 1 picked t concluded the Attorney General. {MRS. HARDING WILL HEAD MUSIC WEEK COMMITTEE Mrs. The committee was announced Secretary of State Hughes, Secreta of the Treasury Mellon, Secretary of r Weeks, _Attorney General Daugh- erty. Postmaster General Work, retary of the Navy Denby, he man who a me,” Coolidge, Cabinet Members and Other High Officials Also on List. i She eer of two shots running past Tells of Her Marringe. told of her 1 Obenciain, intimate detailed her acquaintance for the young broker from vears ugo. grad- tion of her climax _the last, when Ken- slain in her presence on of his summer cottage in v Glen, a suburb. She told of id two stran ier in the darl persons arriage to Ralph Eo attorney; of Chic e ; the divorce he permitted her 1o ob- ton fighting the attempt of Mrs. Warren G. Harding and Mrs. | tain, of her coming o Los Angelcs, Fall to transfer these forest ‘alvin Coolidge head the honorary | 0f KEHUCAY SR or & ees Copartment, o e considered | committee for Washington's fecond | ghjected o Mrs. Obenchain s’ @ O Ul wenlth ag ont o the mreat, {Musle week, as chalrman and vice |daughter-in-law: of the arrival here chairman, resps vely, it was an- 'J'”“-‘\'fl_lu‘rmlmlf:}r‘ n}l‘ ivanston, I, nuin nounced today. The committee a0 |iiurdcr of Ken 7 includes every cabinet member, sen- | tails whichh linked i*from the propa- |ators and representatives and high ”'é'xlif‘ff,...quu,.q = of the | officials of government circles here. |gates and other dis e said, when she h t after Kennedy h loved him, he de- ‘t tell that you < she h her if Belton, In a word. a specific reason why{of the Interior Fall, Secretary y i Sad ace is right and why | Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of e d he "§-~13 scretary Fall is wronz,” continued merce Hoover, Secretary of Labor | 1 believe he love 2. Mr. Slattery, “is that the proper han- :, Sepator J. H. Ball, Senator Did you hay T aE dling of our v new forest is in ence C. Phipps, Representative | Burch by which you e %o DIARE la part a scieatific_problem, for Focht, Representative C. R. nedy’s which the Agricultural Department is Gen. John J. Pershing, Ad- ¥ not S | fully equinped and wihich the Interior | miral® Robert E. Coontz. Maj. Gen. plan knows nothing about. Forestry, deal- | John Lejeune, Commissioners of ing as it does with a source of wealth |ihe District Cuno H. Rudolph, James produced by the soil, is properly an agricultural subjgct. The presence of | T alii; lentific béreaus in the Depart- ment of Agriculture malkes the reten- tion of the national forests where lheyl F. Oyster and Col. C. Keller; George ristian, jr, secretary to the President; Lieut. Col. errill, superintendent of public and grounds; b Frederic L. Justice BIRD STUDY PLANNED. are essential to the best interests|siddoms of the Supreme Court of the 5 s both of the national forests and of lheini trien, CFrank W Ballou, superin. |Audubon Society Announced Dates e who use them.” tendent of public schoo . Rev. Teetinss. hould the transfer be made,” con- | Mgs. C. F. Thomas, pastor St. Pat- for Meetings. cluded the speaker, “as administrator | rick’s Church: Howard L. Hodgkins.| The spring bird ¢ f of the national forests—covering, as|president George Washington Uni-|bon ety of the District of Column they do, 156,000,000 acres of lands rich | v, Durkee, president | bia will hold meetings in th in_mineral deposits as well as timber —>Mr. Fall would, under the law, have great discretion and wield vast pow- ers as to their disposition. In his re- cent speech in New York he openly declared that the resources of Alaska should be opened up ‘to big business.’ This, together with his eulogy of Bal- linger, is an index of his mind; of BROOKLAND SOCIAL MEETING. The quarterly social meeting of the Brookland Citizens' Association will be held tonight, after a short business Hall, at 12th and Monroe streets northeast. “A lecture by Dr. H. L. Shanz of the Department of Agricul- | Howard King, president W president Music.” Absolute divorce is asked in a suit Alexandria, Va,. March 20, 1902, and have two children. Stearman appears for the husband. The lawver had a deputy marshal g6 | 2 to Union ‘srtauor;’ to serve the papers session in the Brookiand Masonic | tormed by telepnone. wis ament 1o leave the city. William Bruce shington Society - Christian, | College Arts, and C. Washington Fine of ASKS DIVORCE OF WIFE. Attorney Mark bl¥ hall of the and L streets, on accompanied by ad the Scotch the United States produces sumes far more of this food than any other countr: homson Mar April 3 and 10, the society announced of the so- will be 1d meetinzs vation of bird: umber this spring, it w large number of persons it was stated. e though oatmeal regarded nat ast food. nd con _—_—_— ture will be the feature of the meet- ing. Board of education will meet at 4 o'clock, in Franklin School. il Ramblers’ Pastime Club wlil give a dance. 1101 E street, §:45 o'clock. Seasonable Suggestions: Window Shades to order Slip Covers to order I Furniture Reupholstered i High-class work; Moderate Prices | cDEVITT 1003 9th St. n.w. 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