Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 4

4 e RULES FOR THE USE - OF SCHOOL HALLS Education Board Adopts Reg- ulations Governing Enter- tainments in Auditoriums. Acting on the recommendations of the District Commissioners, the board of educatfon, at a special meeting sterday afternoon, adopted rules verning the use of the public school auditoriums by; gpfls and the pub- lic, and thereBly paved the way for the reopening;of. these halls, which have been darkehed for more than a week. ol i X 4 The rules stipulate that theatrical performances invelving the use of movable s:cnery be barred; that cnery and other, inflammab.e mate- rial be removed and that vertain re- sirictions Le placed on the seating ; capacily. < lioibese rules are com- plied with, it wus declared, all the auditoriums’ the cxception of that in the Ketcham Schopl would be safe trom fire hazards. Incidentally, it was pointed out that the Ketcham School um ip, restricted to those for school purposes. This will permit the holding of, the ‘spring plays of the various high ‘schools, which are now in preparation. Draft Follows Conferemce. The recommendations caver the use of auditoriums in the mormal, senior and junior high schools. They were drafted folloWing a,-conference be- tween the Commissioners, and a spe- cial committee composed ‘of members of the board of education. and authorities, headed by &. C. Graham. In indorsing the recommendations the board requestud that immediate steps be taken to remedy the faults palnted out in the school auditoriums. The -rucommertdation on the use of the Central High School auditorium, the Jargest in any of the schools, and having .a ,seating’ capacity. of 2,000. reads s 5 Except ‘when plays involving the usg of “movablé scunery are, to be sifn. ase of the auditorium and gal ler¥, whether by the school authori- ties’ or by others, i not ' limited. Plays sliculd be given only for school purpescs,~and then the use of mov- able scenery should be Iimited to a minimur, under instructions secured in advdnes from the chief of the fire department.. For such theatrical per- formante extra fire guaras will. in the discretion of the chief of the fire department, be. provided, but in view of the limited. personnel of the. fire department it is desirable to limit to as low “assPossible - the number of these schodl theatrical performances.” Relstipg (o Other Schools. Specific, -récommendations on the use of oulfer school halls follow* Eastern—May be used only by school pirsonnel to full capacity of 560; other activities can have no more than 300 persons. Shaw Junior High School—School use permitted up to full seating ca- pacity of 500. Outside organizations restricted to 300. Miner Normal School—Use permit- ted in all respects, excepting the in- troduction of scenery, to full seating capacity of 492. Western High School—Use of scen- ery prohibited. -Whhout scenery the hall may be used to’ full capacity of 700, provided moying picture booth is discontinued until fire regulations are complied with. Armstrong. Manual Training School —Continuance of present use allowed. Auditorium in gymnasium seating 500; no stage. - Rule for Normal Auditerfuim. Wilson Normal School—Remove all scenery from stage and use assembly hall to full eapacity of 500. McKinley *Manuat ‘Training School —Remove scenery; use otherwise un- restricted. Hall seats 700, platform 0o small for se of ‘scenery. Dunbar__High School—Remove ail scenery «from -stage, clear away in- flamable material. Use then limited to capacity of auditorium—floor seat- ing 1,025 and gallery 150. Business High School—Remove all scenery from stage, thereafter use limited to seating capacity of 653. Columbla Junior High School—Use of scenery prohibited; school use un- restricted, but outside organizations permitted up to 300. Gifts to Schools Accepted. Gifts to the Park View School of two framed pictures presented by the Public School Art League, and ap- paratus for the Franklin-Thomson School playground at the Thomson School, valued at $550, were accepted by the board. The playground ap- paratus was presented by the Frank- lin-Thomson Hdme and School Asso- ciation. A report on the comvention of tie department. of superintendence of the National Kducation Association, held recently-in Chicago, was made to the beard by-Supt. Frank W. Ballou. “The superintendent was elected first vice president of the department cf super- intendence at the convention. embly Iall has nat bren | 1“SCOOT!” SAYS TEACHER | T0 BURGLAR; HE DOES— BUT TAKES LOOT ALONG JBROOKLINE. Mass., Marcn 11.— Miss Alice B. Foote. principal of the exclusive Winsor Training School for Girls, is accustomed 1o get prompt obedience. It was not an unruly pupll, however, but a burglar who put her discipline to its Tatest test. The burglar, rifiing bureau draw- ers and fewel boxes . while he talked coolly to two instructors and six of the girl students, paused at Miss Foote’s exclamation: “What's this?" It took her a moment to size up the situation. Then: “Get right out of here this minute,” was her command. ‘The burglar, although armed, did as he was toid, stepped out of a window and eseaped. He had al- ready completed his job. WILL PROBE GOST OF D. . BUILDING Housing Commiitee to Seek Prices for Material i Other Cities. One of the facts to be determined by the housing committee to be appointed by the Commissioners will be whether | bullding materials cost mora in. Wash- 1V|rggn than . fn other gities, Commis- | sioner Rudolph said today., - e e S . ls The Commissioner. said he hoped the | data’ gathered by ‘the Department of i Commerce, and-which will be available Ll to the committee, will show the com- parative cost of brick, lumber and simi- lar commodities here and in other places. * The main” cbject of the eommjitee, 1 Mr. Rudolph said; will be. to devise {every meana possidle :of . stimulating home building by the united effort of all groups entering Into building activities. The chairman of the board of Com- missioners expressed the belief that the committee probably would number fifteen or eighteen and would Include representatives of every factor in build- | | | | \| i ! | STANLE OF BRI rs. Adams Speaks of Work in Gebgraphi_c Society school Lecture Here, 1 | MRS. HARRIET CHALMERS ADAMS. Gen. Roadon. companion of Roose- velt and Dr. ahm on their South | American expedition, is the Stanley of Brazil, according to Mrs. Harriet Chaimers Adams, who lectured last evening before members of the Na- tional Geographic Society at the New Masonlc Temple. Motion pictures shown for the first time in the United States disclosed | much of the constructive work this explorer-engineer has done with In- dians of Brazil. Mrs. Adams related how Rondon had won the friendship of the Indians through & policy of kindness and non-retaliation, had set them to work under conditions which would ‘make for their advance and had interfered little with their native customs, babits and clothing. Becoming Economic Asset. The Brasillan government, the speaker said, co-operated in this pol- icy, which has resulted in a steady increase of the Indian population, in- | stead of their gradual extermination, and in their gradually becoming am' economic asset. One of her reels de- picted the rubber industry, from the tapping of the trees to the smoking of the rubber in huge balls, and the floating -of these balls down the river in erafts to points where steamships carry them along the long inland voyage to the seaboard. Mrs. Adams’ talk dealt with Ron- donia, named for Gen. Rondon, which is an area 15 per cent larger than California, in the midst of Matto Grosso, a region eleven times as large as the state of New York. The re- ing_‘“from the man who swings a pick to the man who loans the money.” Will Determine Need. s At the outset the commmittes will have to determine how many families there are to be housed and to what extent ex- isting facilities are inadequate. Commissioner Rudolph does not be- lieve a police census is necessary to fix the present population. One ob- jection to this suggestion is that the Ppolice are too busy to drop the pur- suit of lawbreakers for the time it would take to\record the population. Because of the rapid growth of the city and the fact that the existing personnel of the force is inadequate, the police census has been waived for several years. ) The Commissioners today received from the Monday Evening Club a set of resolutions, suporting_the conten- tion of the city heads that the law providing for the closing- of all alley dwellings in Washington this year should be postponed. Would ‘Extend Alley Law, The Commissioners have .recom- mended to Congress that the "alley law be continued for two years and the club approves of this course. The club states in part as follows: “The situation'due to alley dwell- ings in_the District is so serious &nd the difficulty of providing properly for their inhabitants when these dwellings are vacated is so great that the Commissioners are urged to appoint at once a special commission which shall be charged with the duty | of formulating a construgtive pro- gram and of submitting it to the Commissioners well In advance of the time when the law vacating alley dwellings shall go into effect.” Unless Congress acts to extend the law, it will go into effect one year from- the issuance of the proclama- tion of peace with Germany. which will be November 14, of this year. LOSEALLBUTTHO ALCOHOL PERMIS Fleischmann Co. Absolved of Knowledge of Diversion to Illegal Purposes. Industrial alcohol permits of the Fleischmann Company, Inc., of New Tark for its plants at Langdfn; D. C., and Peekskill, N. Y., will stand, while those at eight other agencies of the company are revoked, Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair ruled last night in deciding an appeal from the order of Prohibition Commissioner Haynes can- moteness of the rubber forests from |celing all such permits of the Fleisch- civilization can be judged from the!mann Company. fact that twenty-five pounds of {00d| rTne agencies where permits were re- {and other supplies have to be taken {into the country for every pound of|vored by Commissioner Blair were { the rubber that goes out. Philadelphia, Scranton, Yonkers, Brook- H Sand of Waterfalls. 1yn, Jersey City, Cincinnatl, Bridgeport, The itinerary of Mrs. Adams: lecture I,Cnnn,, and Cambridge, Mass. n- L P iaea. cattiemen, who. were Absolved of Guilt. caught by the camera in a jaguar{ Mr. Blair absolved the Fleischmann hunt. These cats of the jungle kill|Company of guilty knowledge of di- young calves near the cattle ranches.| oo ion “of alcohol to illegal purposes, i Southern Brazil, she said, is a land of w:l,lehflllla, Utiarity falls, for ex- |but pointed out that the agency method ample, are nearly 100 féet higher than!of distrioution was in violation of Treas- Niagara and 292 feet wide. i ury regulations.” This method, however, The Parecis Indians are those whom | Mr. Blair added, “was adopted in good {Col. Roosevelt found 8o interesting.:faith, and according to the uncontra- {They are semi-civilized. cultivate the|dicted testimony of witnesses with the | field. and live on a plateau from 2,000 | full knowledge and consent of certain to 3,000 feet above sea level. The|officials of the prohibition unit who have One of the salient features of the;Nhambiquaras are wild, naked in- since resigned or been transferred from convention, Dr. Ballou said, was tae exhibition scnool architecture. Plans of several Washington schools including Central, Park View, Dunbar and New Eastern, were among those exhibited. s Dr. Ballou said that in virtually all sections of the country comprehen- sive school building programs are contemplated or are in progress. e EXPERT “HELLO” GIRLS BEFORE CARAVAN CLUB Miniature Switchboard Used to Explain Work of the Operators. Continuing its campaign of intro- ducing “Central Office” to the citizens of the District, Chesapeake and Po- tomac Telephone Company operators entertained the members of the Cara- van Club at their weekly meeting in {dians, whose palm leaf huts are scat- | tered through the forests. When Gen. i Rondon wished to string a_telegruph fine through the jungle he bult shelt- Iers along the line of the telegraph pales and left gifts for the Indians. |After ‘a time they took these gifts away and left gifts of thelr own— bows, arrows, wild honey and neck- !1aces’ of animal teeth. | The Nyoac, in which Col. Roosevelt and his party navigated the Paraguay | Fiver in 1813, is still in service, it {iwas showfi by the pictures, which {also disclosed the palm forests on the | Ghores. myriad waterfowl, alligators lang forest explorations by parties on horseback. |EASTERN STAR NIGHT { AT ALMAS TEMPLE FAIR {Illustrious Potentate Steuart to Re- ¢ ceive Ladies Tonight—Next {that unit.” He did not disclose their | names. = = > Mr. Blair held that the agencies at Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Bridge- port_diverted to tnlawful purposes alcohol produced by the company and, together with' the Jersey City agency, had released alcohol on forged permits. Acted in Good Faith. Although there had been a violation of the Treasury regulations, the Com- missioner ruled, the company had acted in good faith. The ruling enables the company to .continue operations ‘at its twa plants, but al- cohol in the hands of agencies must be returned to the plants within ! thirty days or be subject to forfelture. New regulations, however, were be- ing issued, Mr. Blair, added, and these would make it possible for the agencies to obtain permits for the sale of alcohol. The new regula- i tions make the manufacturer respon- | sible for his agent complying With the law and cause title to the alcohol to remain with the manufacturer un- til the alcohol is sold under -permit. The - revocation order of Pro | Week’s Program. | nibition” Commissioner Haynes from the new City Club yesterday after- | noon. . By means of a miniature switch- board - Miss Clara Eggers told the “~Caravan” of Almas Tempie all about the “hello” business, how she and her sister operators worked the instru- ments so vital to the business life of the city, and many other details bene- ficial to subscribers. B She was assisted by the Misses G. C. Pallas, Elsie Kunis and Florence Keass, all of whom were introduced by John M. Waters of the company, and at the conclusion of the talk the young women were presented with flowers. The new officers of the club pre- slded yesterday, and following a brief address of commendation for the out- going officials Howard Omiohundro, past president, and Harry G. Kimball, past secretary-treasurer, President Rufus Pearson presented the two with (handsome presents, the gifts of the entire membership. . lilustrious Potentate Angell Kazim Temple, Roanoke, addressed the gathering and congratulated the club on the spirit of good-fellowship displayed. Vice President J. J. P. Mullane out- lined the activities of the Almas Temple Shrine fair to date, and in-| vited all present to attend the enter- tainment tonight. WILL TAKE OATH MONDAY. J. H. Bartlett t> Assume Duties of Assistant P. M. General. John H. Bartlett is to be sworn in as first_assistant postmaster general at 11 o'clock Monday morning at ceremonies to be held at the Post Office Department. Mr. Bartlett has resigned as president of the Civll Service Commission to accept tHe new post. . [ 4 of i “Eastern Star night” will be ob- {served at the Almas Temple fair in Convention Hall tonight. Members of thg organization will be received by TMlustrious Potentate {Leonard_P, Steuart. his divan and all |units of Almas Patroi In uniform, | while special ladies' auxiliary com- {mittees appointed last night will see ! to the comfort of the fair sex: The Almas Drill Team will give s | special exhibition, and many ext i teatures have been added to_the pro- : gram by Director General J. J. P. Mul- |1ane in honor of the occasion. Anotcher large crowd filled the a: ditorfum last night, when the Ac | Shrine Club of Alexandria were.guests of honor. The Virginians were wel- comed by the military the familiar strains of “Ole Virginny. band playing {and after encircling the hall several jtimes joined in the general festivities. that after consulting with the ar- i rangements committee it had been de- clded to set aside Friday night of next week for the entertainment of ! the high school cadets, when all stu- dents of that institution appearing at the hall in uniform, and their ladies, will be admitted free. Pote and Jim, -two trained -ca- naries, -will start a week's engage- ilittle” feathered artists, accordins to their manager, Charles J. Seymoure, are almost’ human, and can do any- thing from eating their meals with™a knife and fork to singing “The Star Spaggled Banner." Mile. Lulu Escorot of New York will also make her first appearance at tonight's entertain- ment. —_— According to suicide tistics in the. United States, the day om” which most acts of self-destruction are com- mitted is Monday. . ) Potentate Steuart announced later! I ment at the fair tonight. These two|" which the yeast company appealed was issued Friday after héarings in Philadelphia on ~charges - including | the diversion of alcohol to beverage i purposes and the disposal of non- beverage alcohol on ‘forgedpermits. PLANS WIDER SCOPE. C. E. Gehring Wants Universities to Give Hotel Training CGourse. Charles E. Gehring, editor of the Hotel Review, New. York, outlined ef- forts of the American Hotel Associa- tion to have hotel training courses Introduced in the universities in an address at graduation exercises of the Lewis Hotel Training School, held in the Willard Hotel last night. Accord- ing to Clifford Lewis, who presided, | Boston University sidering the project. ! Thirty-five graduates were given diplomas at the conclusion of. exer- cises. N = PLAN SPRING DANCE. - All-lnml_fle kxfenvrplt Lo"!o}d < , No. 8, the post of the American Legion, the only post of its kind -in_the city, will giveia spring dance Friday night. “April 7, at' § o'clock, &t the Washington Hotel. Other American Legion members and members of the Masonic order are in- ! vited. George P. Grove'is chairman of the dance committee. - The post is now nearing’the 100 membership mark. All Masonic serv- ice and ex-gervice men of the worl war are eligible. : THE EVENING | J ) ] po T Everybody Else’s Job Looks Better Than Mine. r ) WAS A FOOL FOR NOT TAKING 1T \NHEMN DAD OFFERED ME AN INTEREST IN THE LIVERY STABLE. \'DA HAD A NICE LIt BaSINESS NOW AND NoTHING To V¥ OPRY AEOUT . THE MOVIE GAME SOUNDS MIGHTY GOOD. BIG RETURNS AND NOTHING- Yo \WORRY ABOUT. ( BARBER'S PROFESSION MUSY BE A PRETTY GooD . — SHAVING AND TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, MARCH-JL 1993 | MIGHT HAUE GONE INYS THE AUTo- 1 CouLDA ~ gggdno FLOOR. ANO MOST LIKELY WOULD BE HEAD SALESMAN It A GOOD, B1G- COMCERM NOW WITH NOTHING TO \NORRY ABOUT - 1 \WisH ' CouLD GET ON THE Poui ¢€ FORCE. THERE 15 A JoB! NICE, CLEAN WORK AND NOTHING To WORRY ABOUN —By WEBSTER. [FAKE “TRANCE MEDIUM” EXPOSED; “SOUL” PROVES T0 BE CHINESE CHIFFON Star and Chickgo Daily pyr STOCKHOLM, March 11.—Scien- tists representing Norwegian schools, co-operating with - two well known physiclans, have e=- posed the famous Danish “trance medium,” Efnar Neilsen, who in the last few weeks has astounded fashionable circles Christiania with his ghostly materializations. Nielsen drew such large au- diences and aroused such wide- spread Interest that the scientis decided, if possible, to verify miraculous performances. Their careful investigation, they now assert, preved that Nielsen is one of the cleverest fakirs ever known. At o seance attended by the in- vestigators he projected a “soul” outside the body. He exhibited this filmly, translucent emanation long enough for the board of in- quiry to take photographs, which proved the man’'s undoing, for it showed that the *“soul” consisted of an extremely delicate piece of Chinese chiffon wafted over the prostrate form by blowing upon it. The chiffon concealed in a tiny pocket near the armpit and was extracted by pulling a thread. After the seance the physicians were unable to find the chiffon. They requested the medium to take an emetic, but he indignantly refused. The photograph showed threads running through the “soul.” By Wireless to The News. Co WOMAN SHOTADEAD * INBELFASTTREET . Plan of Orangemen for Wholesale Slaughter Denied: =iz Be the Associated Press. e BELFAST, March 11.—Casualties ig, Belfast ‘today as a resoit of con- tinuance the disonders included one person killed, & woman,.ané two others seriously injured. Katherin¢ Neeson, standing outglde her home in Little George street, was shot ‘and killed by three men, who escaped by boarding tram car. Bystanders declared the shooting was deliberate. 5 While delivering bread this morn-, ing Edward McHenry was held up by armed men and seriously wounded. Barlier in the day & young girl was severely injured by a bullet. Lieut. Bruce of the Seaforth High- landers was murdered in Albert street, in the Falls Road district, last evening by a party of men supposed to be Sinn Feiners. The lieutenant was shot with revolvers. The great- est military activity . followed the killing. Lieut. Bruce was wearing civilian clothes and the motive for — LooKsS - EVERYBOOY ELSE's JoB! BETTER Yo ME THAN MimE Y JURIES T0 DEGIDE FTNESSOF LAYS Managers and Other Groups in New York Are Fighting Political Censorship. By the Assoclated P NEW YOBK, March 11.—Seeking to forestall threatened political censor- ship of plays on New York's “white way,” representatives of the various!. Interested groups, including theater managers, have perfected plans for the operation of a jury system to sit in judgment on all productions. Au- thors, playwrights and managers, un- der the plan, pledge themselves to ac- cept the jury's decisions. The proponents will “teeth” into the anti-political censor- ship plan by gaining the co-operation of the municipal authoritics. To do this a special committee headed by Channing_Pollock of the Dramatists® League, William A. Brady of the pro- 3 Creel will call on Mayor Hylan next week and ask of- ficial sanction of the plan. Organisations Represented. At the meeting were representatives of the producing managers, Dramat- ists’ and Authors' leagues, the Actors’ Equity Association, the Society tor the Suppression of Vice, the better shows movement and the Young Men's Christian Association. It was an- nounced that this joint committee, which drafted the'jury plan, unani- mously agreed that political censor- ship Is “deStructive of the finest things in dramatic art.” Jurles are to consist of twelve mem- bers oach, selected after the manner of a sheriff’s jury, and a vote of nine seek to put Bl to-three will be required to condemn |- a play. The jury panel will number 300 and it was agreed that no per- sobs officially or financially connected with theatrical interests or identified with the “reform movement” will be eligible for service. No jury will be called to pass upon a play until a legal eomplaint against the production has been lodged with the city authorities. tion, both the theatrical interests and the ¢omplainants will be entitled to two_peremptory challenges of each kind. It will-be the jury's. duty to judge the accused play’s morality and generai sultability. Neither side may present arguments or pleas to the reviewers. Ome Week for Changes. * In the event the jury yotes the play to be.immoral or otherwise objec- tionable; the producer will have one week in which to delete and change the portions objected to. If it is then found objectionable, it will be re- moved from the stage. 5 It was announced that all of the theatrical _ imterests, representing eighty-seven plays now showing in New York, had agreed to abide by! findings of juries. ‘We are. determined to keep the stage olean,” Channing Pollock de- clared. “First, as a matter of public policy, and secondly—and we are fair in the matter—because of profit. Vulgar plays are dying. The theater is in a bad way. Al present there are four or five salacious plays show- ing, and by our plan we will-make the production of such plays im- possible.” WILL HOLD CONCERT. Kiwanis Club Day of Music Week Series on Tomorrow. Kiwanis Club/‘day of the music is 7lready con- | Week series of concerts will be cele-; brated ' tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Central High 3chool auditorium. Due to the action of the ‘school board yesterday, the auditorium: of Central High has been declared safe for_concerts., L All members of t ate notified to take their families and friends to_the section of seats-indi- éated by the Kiwanis Club banner. The artists appearing. on the Ki- wanis ‘Club -day: program are: Daniel ‘Breeskin, violiiist; Weldon Carter, ianist; Prigcilla Siaughtey. soprano eorg celfist; Trank Till-' man, pianist, and reproductions on the ampico of the pianistic art of Rach- maninoff, and Arthur Loesser. y for admisslon gon concerts. . of age and over - accompanied by :30 o'clock. he Kiwanis Club ! i Veteran of Civil War | | and Three Marriages | | Expert Cup Thrower | | _NEW YORK, March 11— ||~ will | - incredible ia ome of yearn., | © Them she induced Magiatrate Reynolds to suspead tence on the charge sorderly duct, sithough she declared she wouldn’t hasard living with 12 i temper, | “not & bad man.” Pavlowa and the Ballet Russe. The spirit of many lands, both in legend and dance, was translated Into DIVORGE HEARING ! TOEND WEDNESDAY {Alexandria Bar Association to | Get Final Arguments, Then_ Make Report. Special Dispatch to The Star. @ ALEXANDRIA, V: March 11— Final arguments in connection with the_divorce probe being held fn this | citg. will begin, at 10 o'clock Wed« nesay morning in the corporation courtroom before the special commit- tee: of seven of the bar assocliation engaged in the task of probing the alleged divorce evil here. | This was determined upon shortly | befare 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when it was announced that all oral the murder is not known. Constable Gulien, who was shot in an attack in the Falls Road earlier in the evening, died ter from his ‘wounds. An official statement issued last night says that since February il twenty-two ‘Catholics and seventeen Protestants have been killed in Bel- HIGH SCHOOL VIGE {the poetry of motion by Anna :Pav-|testimony was in. Attorney John S lowa and_ her ballet Russe at the;Barbour of Fairfax, representing ati : 7 Judge Robinson Moncure, announced %!\nuona) Theater yesterday afternoon., Judke Robinson Moncure, sunounced ' {first appearance in the “SaowRake,on ‘behalf of Judge Moncure, where- {Ballet,” and in her costume of flufiyi‘““‘f" Attorney Frank Stuart alsoan- i . nounced that he would like to ad- white tulle. sprinkied here 4nd there | drogs the committee. It was decided iwith sequins to give the effect of:by the committee to let both speak isnowcrust brightened by a moonbeam. | Wl-iflr:!:;)' Tl:xm:ir'."i font ishe swayed, whirled, pirouetted and | po ancametted TRt TR0 00 oo whic) |seemed actually to fly, even as thel!prgbably will be early that afternoon, |snowflake she mimicked, as it is|the. committee will get together and tossed about by rival winds in ts de- ! begin drafting its report. The find- scent to earth. Laurent Novikoff.|ings of the committee will be sul {Mlle. Paviowa's partner, exetuted!mitted to the members of the Alex some amaszing flying leaps and ‘spins|andria Bar Association for ratifica- !in the air, and furnished admirable’ tion. i - {suppurt throughout the entire num- Attorney Frank Stuart yesterday ber, while the ballet members, garbed ; afternoon was on the stand in re- in spotleas white and waving snow-| puttal of testimony given by Judge i The radiant danseuse. made her|;,rtunity of addressing the committee ! In jury selec-| topped wands, contributed an effec. | tive background to a spectacle which fairly dassled the eyes of the on- looker. Mite. Hilda Butsova ande Mme. Pianowskl were featured in the open- ing ballet, -an ambitious presentation in_pantomine of a fairytale entitled “The Magic Flute” An element of comedy was given by an aged mar- quis. his footman., a judge and his clerk, while the two premier danseurs represented beauty love. As the i magic flute caused all who heard its strains to dance, there were many op- portunities for graceful ensemble numbers, but the principals easily earned first honors. The finale of the aftern: | i dances of the nations. Paviowa as a “California Poppy” was a crea- ture of surpassing loveliness in her petalled raiment, and when at length the poppy leaves slowly folded to- {gether, and the giant flower nodded its head, the audience responded with an ovation of applause which pro- nounced the flower dance the artistic triumphr of the entire production. Mile. Friede ‘was a vivid figure in i Moncure. Judge Moncure was ques: FACES RIGID PROBE Head of Police Commission- -ers in St. Louis to Tesgify.‘ -Before School Board.. By the Associsted Press 5 - _ ST..LOUIS, Mo., March 11.—Victor J. Miller, president of the board of po- lice ‘commissioners, was prepared to appear ‘at a special meeting. of- the board of. éducation heré .this after- noon to submit proof of his charges that vice exists in Solddn High School, ‘meany students of which are children of wealthy West End residents. The special meeting was called yes: terday after publication 6f Mr. Mi ler's charge that he had evidence that girl students of this school had form- ed a secret organization which re- quired of all applicants for miember- ship that they must-have violated the moral ‘code. A similar organization ! exirted for boys, Mr. Miller eNarged in his statement, which was made at a community meeting. - “Net Strong Easugh.” . Mr. Miller said he had received & number of telephone. messages and written communicatibns convinced hlm that his was not strong enough.” Members of the school board and heads of all high schools have de- manded that Mr. Miller bring before them all facts on which he based his charges. These officials were unani- { mous in their criticism of Mr. Miller's {failure to have brought this matter | {to their attention before making his charges at an open meetin; Governor Takes Hi Gov. A. M. Hyde, a strong advocate of bettering Missouri's educational system, has communicated with Mr. | Miler by long-distance telephone, but the conversation was not divulged. Gov. Hyde issued a statement at Jef- ferson City last night in whith he ap- proved of the demand of the school board for substantiation of the charges. The governor is expected to reach the city tomorrow to- dis- cuss the matter with Mr. Miller and | members of the bosrd of education. PRESIDENT GOLFS AT ORMOND BEACH iLands From Houseboat to Play 18 Holes Over Florida Course. ~ By the Assoclated Press. ORMOND BEACH, Fla., March 11.— {Landing from the houseboat here to- jday, President Harding played eight- een holes of golf over the Ormobnd {course, Instead of the Seabreeze links, ias had been planned. Speaker Gil- {1ett, Urdersecretary Fletcher and E. |B. McLean made up the foursome with | 1 olics and 42 Protestants. Im&etlns yesterday afternoon | b 1 i tioned once or twice on certain points. ithe President. The weather, which Haywood iDuner and R. F. Downham |paq peen' threaténing éarlier in‘the | “Mr. Stuart declared there has been {387 cleared and sunshine greeted the { & steady stream of divorce cases com- | * \nI I Mg nS "N bie party & ing in and he declared that it seemed | | The, Trendent and hle party ap- to Be the idea of the judge to foster | P Gown the const. They were se. andiiencoursges them. 1 {cluded, for the boat did not have any Gardner L. Boothe asked Attorney |ireless.. A large crowd had gath Stuart if his only specific charge 8| iied at the Beabreese course expec the large number of divorces granted. |i,o the President to play there. An- Mr. Stuart replied that according to | & tP¢ TESSISent (o play there. An the figures submitted by the state |Qthcr CTOWE & off.ouithe | fecords there should be oy FI3ty! The trip down the comst from St. ivorces here a year. whereas 807} vi 3 Qivoroes were granted here in twenty- gg:ngluulne was without special inci- one months. § The attention of Mr. Stuart was di- rected to the fact that Alexandria is| close to Washington and that there | is but one ground for divorce in | Washington—adultery—and this prob- ably accounted for. the large number of divorces granted here, most of the persons obtaining them coming from | Washington. P —_——— LOWERS FUND FOR BUYING | i GRA!N FOR DROUGHT AREA ‘.xonne Cq!: Approprhtlu: Proposed ] in the Senat From $5,000,000 I REE BROOKLAND ASKS TH “Anitra’s Dance,” and Mlle. Bartlett and M. Warzinski gave a quaint and appealing interpretation of a “Hol- land dance.”” - Mlle." Butsova and Mme. { Planowski again appeared in "Voices of Spring,” and M. Novikoff offered 4 second number of his “Warrior's Dance.” A brilliant Russian spec- tacle, with Mlle. Paviowa and iKaravaieff as the central figures, |closed the entertainment. M. Kara- vafeff’'s Russian steps were prob- ably the most difficult of any of the dance offeri! -and brought forth the spontaneous spplause and agpro- bation of the spectators, because of the ease and ‘skill with which they were executed. The symphony orchestra, under the direction of Theoddare Stier, should-be especially mentiohed, as it contrib- uted the musical background, with- out which there could be no ballet, for, after all, music is the <oul of the dance. E. D. E. RESTRAINS LINE TAPPING Emmanuel Weldecker. Justice Balley of the District Su- greme Court has granted a tempo- rary restraining order to Hilary M. Smith of Friendship Heights against ‘Emmanuel Waldecker and the Dis- rict of Columbia to prevent Wal- dgcker from tapping a private water supply pipe on a permit-issued by the District. Smith claimed that he spent 3500 in ; laying pipes to connect his house on the Loughborouh road \ith the wa- ter department's main and says Wal- decker now wants to connect with his private line instead of building a line to the water main from his own prop- orty. To allow the connection, Mr. Smith tells the court his supply will be diminished, to the great detriment of himself and family. , 5 | - iJustice Bailey Issues Order Against ; TOKENS FOR 20 CENTS Citizens’ Association Also Reécords Its Commendation of The Star for Street Campaign. * The Brookland Citizens’ Assodia- | | movement for three tokens .for 20 cents on the local street car lines by passing unamimously a motion plécing the association on record on this item and instruting the secretary iot the association to notify the Public lvlllltles Commission of the action. 'The association officially went on record as commending The. Evening !Star on its campaign for better streets. The matter of releasing the post office branch at the northeast corner | was voted \gon favorably. President E. W. Turner was in the chair and after a short-business ses- sion turned l.h‘.moemg over tq Dr. H. L. Stanta of the- Departmient of Agriculture, who delivéered an ii- ustrated lecture on African fruits and vegetables. during the Smithsonlan expedition to Africa a number of years ago, travel- ing from Capetown to Carlo. He plglurefl &# section of the country as similar to California in the luxurlant vegetation, with abundance of fruits and plants. Hollowing the lecture a neighbor- {nodd dance was held., i e — With a voice ranging over five oc- taves, from one note higher than Mme. Patti’s highest to lower than pre'lolil recl.(:'d'\ bass, a fortyd fourtysar-o nese. attracts notios~ = - tion last night gave impetus te. the | {of 12th and Monroe ‘streets northeast | ! Dr. Stantz obtained the information | _male_singer to $1,000,000. The House, by a vote of 89 to 82, | vesterday passed a bill suthorizing appropriation of $1,000,000 for the purchase of seed grain for farmers { northiwest. previously passéd by propriation of $5,0000000, and the dif-| forence of $4,000000 In the size -of | the apropriation musit be adjusted in conferences -bétween the two houses jof Congress by. compromise Dbefore the measurg goes to the President. | ““The bill was brought into the House ilast Monday on a motion to suspend | rules, but was defeated, proponents | failing necessary two-thirds majority. .. The measure was brought up again yesterday under a rule requiring only a majority vote for passage. The House agriculture committee .recom- mended that the $5,000,000 Senate ap-, propriation be reduced to $2,000,001 but the House adopted an amendme; by Representative Garrett, Tennessece, democratic leader. further reducing the amount to § .o,o, 00, 2 The bulk of the funds -prrupfl.ged under the bill would go to farmers of | North Dakota, Montana, Idsho and ‘o\;;nhlnlwn’ 'thl rtoe’hred :fllu(;o,. government loan last spring for | the purchase of seed. v | GREETS NEW DAUGHTER. | | !Secretary Davis Congratulated on ' Advent of Additional Heir. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis | was today recejvink congratulations on i the birth of a girl, his third child. The daughter born to Secretary Davis today was the first cadinet baby born since i ! A sl o {the Senate s bill carried an ap-|""Y i or’s office should fill them out and re- ofl..,] from fast. The total number of fatalities since July, 1920, is given as 125 Cath- Constables O'Connor and Cullen were attacked by an armed band in the Falls road tonight. O'Connor was shot dead and Cullen was mortally wounded. Denles Outrage Plan. Sir Dawson Bates, home secretary of the North Ireland cabi: yester- day emphatically denied e report from Dublin that Orangemen were planning & wholesale onslaught on Catholics in Belfast. The provisional government was reported as claiming 1o possess knowledge of such inten- tions. 8ir Dawson characterized the re- port as part of a general conspiracy ugainst the peace of the city, with th ulterior motive of making law . arn order impossible and compelling Ul- ster to abandon its right to a sepa- rate government from the rest of Ireland. While two policemen were patrol- ling York street yesterday afterncon six armed men surrounded them, took away their rifles and revolvers and ran off. William Kerr was found in a va- cant lot near York road suffering from a bullet wound. Troops Leave Limerick. A settlement of the trouble between the rival forces of the Irigh repub- lican army in Limerick has been reached. Under the agreement both parties will evacuate the city. Small maintenance units of official forces, it is provided, will occupy the military barracks now In possession of the Free State troops. (By "official” forces .presumably the British troops which remained in Limerick are }nxnml.) t 11 o'clock this morning lary bodies of troops were leaving fhe cll’.\‘!- ¥ LIMERICK, Mareh - 11.—Additional units for both the Free State troops and the republican insurgents arrived yesterday, and others were expected from Cor: to A leaflet headed “To the men who ave come to Limerick to support the provisiond} goverhment” says: = “Re yaur oath and the com- rades who fell by your side. Refuse to be the tools of England. Return to - your true allegiance, the army of the Irish republic, not the &rmy of the s provisional government. - Follow thes example of ygue. comrades who had } the moral courage to stand by their > principies and-.are refusing to co-. operate with the British forces left In the barracks.” i URGES SAFETY MEASURE. Committee Recommends Building for Recorder of Deeds. Believing that the present office of the recorder of deeds is unsafe for, the valuable documents it contains and detrimental to the heaith of tho: workers, the law. committee of the. ashington Board of Trade, at a in the board rooms, adopted a resolution . urging the comstructions of a new building to house the office. The report of the committee, which will be submitted to the next full: meeting of the board, will ask the approval of the full board on the: resolution. 0 other resolutions were adopted and will be presented gt the next- meeting, One, will ask that the full oard approve the Senate bill to cre- * ate a board of accountancy in the District and the other that judges the Municipal Court should recel increases in compensation. Salaries pald_judges, in the opinion of -ithe committee, are altogether hindéquate. "MANY ATTEND FUNERAL. Rites Held for George K. Caldwell, : Rate Committee Head. Many prominent railway officiale attended the funeral here today of George K. Caldwell, chairman of the southern frelght rate committee, who died Wednesday In Montelair, N. J., . after several months' illness. Before becoming chairman in March, 1920, of the rate committee, which has headquarters in Atlanta. Ga., and represents all the railroads:, gouth of the Ohio:and Potomac and ast of the Miasissippl rivers, Mr.. aldwell, was assistant freight traffic’, ‘manager .of thé Southern railway, with:which company he had been con- ° nected - twenty-six’ years and had risen rapidly in its service. He was born in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1879 and had & wide circle of friends through- out the south.”” A widow survives. _LICENSE IS REVOKED. New ‘ in droughf-stricken sreas- of ¥he |Commissioners Require Cadet Arm- t> Comply With Regulations. ‘The Commissioners today revoked the licBuse of the Cadet Armory, 708 © street, as a place of public assembly untfl certain building and fire reg 1ationgware complied with, Daniel I. Garges, secretary to the board of Commissioners, announced today. Franklin P. Nash had a permit u der which the superintendent of 1 censes issged a license for each en- by six Votts to muster the |tertainment or other gathering held * there. ') > MONDAY ‘LAST APPEAL DAY Objectors to Personal Tax Assess-, ments Given Warning. Monday- will' be the last day on which the Distriet will hear appeals from ‘personal tax assesdments, As- sessor W. P. Richards warned today All persons who received the pink . questionnaire shéets from the assess- tnr}l themmfl- on‘tl!llb:o th;ul:élsrlct building. wi pre, ur- ln} Afl‘l’l and mailed to the taxpayers. . FREE EXHIBIT AT ARTS CLUB. ‘'A free exhibition of sculpture, aintings and decorative textiles by ° r. and Mrs. Henr; Bush-Brown and Lydia Bush-Brown has been t opened at the Arts Club, 2017 I street. The display 18 on view to the public a 4