Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1922, Page 8

LY APPREIIIATEI]; Supt. Ballou Corrects Er- roneous Statement Regard- ing Hearing on Schools. Appreciation of the courtesy and} eonstderation shown the school of-! ficizls by members of the House sub- | committee on appropriations at the' Tearings on the school budget is ex- | pressed by Supt. Frank W. Ballou in'! a letter yesterday to Chairman Louls | €. Cramton. The superintendent also, took the occasion to point our that - school offictals are preparing supple- i mentary statements covering informa- tion which the committee requested, ! but which the school authorities were mot in a position ve during the progress of the heari Corrects Erroneous Statement. ! “1 note that certyin statements are | earried in the press to the effect that the schoo' officlals were busy prepar- in= supplementary statements to be Bent to your committee, because not suffcient time was provided b; g to “I want you to know ing has been said by school officer | or #ny one in the off of the board | ous school officers ng ments covering information i your committee requested, but which ! the school officials were ngt tion to give during the pr hearing. Appreciative of Courtesy. consideration them by you and the members of your committee. You very kindiy !invited the superintendent to present evidence showing needs of the school system ‘which are not being met by the pres- ent estimates. The school officia’s are grateful for the dispatch with ‘which you conducted the hearings. We feel sure that your committee will give sym pathetic consideration to the facts which the school officials presented in the hearings and in the statements which you requested us to prepare in sup,ort of seve ot e feel- | tt T commitive will deal with the estimates, not only for the schoo.s but for other &ranches of the District government, in an equitable and business-like way." TWO BODIES IDENTIFIED " BY MILITARY RECORDS Service Information Proves Valu- able in Establishing Victims’ Names. Finger-print records kept by the Navy and Marine Corps recently “served to identify the bodies of two men whom the authorities were un- . @ble to Identify by any other means. 3 'The men identified were Thomas Earle ; Bradbury of Los Angeles, Calif.,, who ¢ had enlisted as a yeoman in the Navy Zin that city, and Clarence Augustus : Dilley, who served in the Marine ;' Corps from June 15, 1915, to March 28, LTS - Dilley’s body had been found three ‘Weeks ago In a box car in San Jose, Calif., where the murderer or murderers! had left him. His identity was estab-' lished by Clarence Bogren, chief of %, the bureau of Identification of the ;. U. S. Marine Corps. - Dilley was a minor at the time of enlistment, when he gave his mother's mame as Mrs Grant Slocum, North-' fleld, Minn. An I W. W. card wu‘i found on the body of the slain man. It is said that he was beaten to death and robbed of a small sum of money. | Bradbury had been run over by a: train at Lyons Fal's, N. Y., a few| days ago and his body was so bldlyi mangled that identification was im-| possible until identified by finger- ment. He had registered In a hotel at ' Lyons as Earl Barrett. He was the =on of Mrs. Helen C. Bradbury of Los Angeles. " PENSION RAISE DELAYED. | President to Sign Bill Giving In- President Harding wil}y delay until ‘Tuesday s'gning of the Bursum bill, ‘which increases from $50 a month to $72 a month pensions of Mexican and civil war veterans. and from $30 to .7 350 a month the pensions to their =: either conflict would =< monthly instead of .the present $30 =i pension. A ceremony has been ar- 3 xanged to accompany the sign‘ng. = | - pation of the greater URTESIES SHOWN > print experts of the Navy Depart-. 5 Seattle, Wash. ixty-five years age.” sal love, cherish and protect a beautif She promised to love, honor and obey ine. living up to our promises. We're same sweethearts that we day we were married.” elghty-seven. DELTA KAPPA EPSILON West Virginia, fair today; tomor- row cloudy; ture. Records for Twenty-Two - ittle change in College Fraternity to Begin An- nual Session Next Wednesday. 33; ¢ am.. 34; 6 am. 10 am, 35; noonm, 41 6 p.m., 4 pm., 4 Pt Highest temperature 43. With undergraduates and alumni|temperature, 32.9 representing forty-three chapters of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity from as many colleges and univer: ties in the United States and Canada in attendance, the seventy-elghth an- nual national convention of the fra- ternity will open a four-day session here Wednesday. The convention hosts will be the Washington Alumnt | o, Association and the Eta Chapter of the University of Virginia. One great purpose of the conven- tion this year. aside from the usual ‘raternity business relating to the affairs and welfare of -the chapters, is the Inauguration of a movement|i unique among Greek letter fraterni- | C: ties. It is proposed to launch a $500,- 000 endowment fund with which the fraternity will advance not only Its ‘nterests, but general community and college welfare. To Visit Peary’s Grave. The convention will pay tribute to the memory of Reéar Admiral Rob- | ert E. Peary, discoverer of the north pole and member of the fraternity, by making a pilgrimage to his grave in Arlington. The convention headquarters will be the Hotel Willard. The conven- tion meets from Wednesday evening until Saturday. Reglstration of dele- gates and guests will occupy Wednes- day, and a_smoker will be held at Willard Wednesday evening in he Willard Room.” at which-an en- tertainment will be presented by. the undergraduates of Eta 'Chapter, Uni- | Portland, Ore. wversity of Virginia. Business sessions will be opened at An alumni | 85 at the City|gan Club Thursday at 1 p. m., and busi- ness sessions resumed at 0. The entire convention will attend the Na- tional Theater Thursday evening to see Irene Bordoni in “The. French ol T"are will be a business session at 10 Friday morni ‘The pllgrimage to Admiral Peary’s grave will be at p.m. Friday. A* 4 pm. a tea|band is sald to be a dance will be held at the Willard, |of President Harding, has p.m. .55; 8 p.m., .7 possible sunshine, 5. Highest, 37; lowest, 23. EERRSSRARITEIRNRRINRRNBREBEENE R L SR338ITRNANRT AT INUBIRVSIBTRETIARSRIBNLRERL 2L BAXRIANTRRIVLRY: E SWEETHEARTS AS AT ALTAR AS THEY CELEBRATE 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Morford recently celebrated the. sixty-fitth | anniversary of their warriage, surrounded by their friends, in their home at the aged husband, “I promised to ung girl ‘until death do us part.’ We have both found delight in He is cighty-nine years old, his sweetheart-wife THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, fair today; tomorrow mos i were the WY Iy cloudy; little chhnge in tempera- L ture; gentle to moderate variable |stead of to the Columbia Typographi- | Winds. cal Unlon. ! { Thermomeler—mdm‘h'l. 'H: 3 a.m. 33; 2’ p.m. p.m., 36; Relative humidity—8 am., .74; 3 Hours of sunshine, 0.5; per cent of Temperature same date last year— ‘Weather in Various Citles. tien, . Bat., 8 p.m.to . 8p.m. 8 p.m. HAVE YET TO-CLOSE . (Continued from First Page.) & month toward-the support of a child. The social service department of Mount Pleasint Congregational Church has gh $25 and has prom- rough -a collectl |to be taken up today. The Busing L RERILAL Cheti i = ars becoming @) Wi eir needle Yo W, O A bas|on3 the mother lousekeeper. achmount asked for, $1.404., Previoualy ised much more Women's Clut: of-t! _| beautiful ainnel Baskets From the Country. ‘Twenty-nine baskets were nelghlors in the course-of dellvering these Christmas. -dinners that ' Mrs. rands, ¢ A Community Tree. community tree. visitors In the for each of the opportunitie: OPPORTUNITY NO. 1. tempera- Hours. am. 34| HUSBAND, SIX CHILDREN. io p.m., Lowe front yard, where masses of bloom all summer long, live: accident which occurred in Amount askéd for, $936. . 35 M SRR 3an e s e Rs st 2TRT R3S RSRRERETSNERYRRRERT LY Mrs. Warren Harding, whose hus- stant relative obtained bounty on a coyote pelt taken from W. Wadsworth, 3 E. Hart Fenn, Mrs. Louls Frothingham, | shotgun_in_her backyard Mrs. Henry W. Keyes, Mrs. Nicholas|Lakes Wash. » Longworth, Mrs. Selden P. Spercer and Mrs. Samuel Winslow. Speakers Program. The convention banquet will be held at 7:30 in the large ballroom speak. Saturday the convention will close with a tour of Washington for the|N2'e been de’egates and visitors. invited to be tre speakers Invited are John Clarke, former assoclate justice of |speakers. Warren 1L Lee of New York will At the convention banquet Friday crease in Civil War Cases Tuesday. ! on the tenth floor of the Willard. |night Senators Copeland and Bayard John V. Bouvier of New York, law-| Senator McKellar is_to. preside at|yer, and Eppa Hunton of Richmond, the alumni luncheon Thursday, and :rajlroad president, will be other Oswald C. Herring of ‘widows. Nurses who served during!the United States Supreme Court, and New York, architect, will speak as receive $50 | R. T. Greene of New York tity, chair- | president of the fraternity, and the n animal she brought down with a at Four speakers. man of the endowment fund. At the undergraduate president to be chosen grave of Admiral Peary, after the for the convention will speak at the wreath s deposited, Representative quet. In eztending to our friends, the members of the Standard Family, a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year Let us say that the closing year has - been Splendid to us all. ‘Our appreciation of the friendship built is comparable only to our snticl- number of friends 1928 has in store. OFFICERS ¥ ALGERNON S. GARDINER, President " _J. ROZIER BIGGS, Vice Pres. g o WISTAR M. BALDERSTON, Vice Pres. WM. E. RICHARDSON, Counsel H. C. McCENEY., Cashier E| . DIRECTORS 4 Mrs. M. Brool 8. Lewis H. R. Schreiber re John J. Costinett . Wiliam Negland - J.B.Trew . = s A. J. Driscoll Plitt . - Ernest G. Walker £ | STANDARD NATIONAL BANK 2 9th St. at New York Ave.—“Plenty of Room to Park” ' - . 10. OPPORTUNITIES @iven $67, and the Girls’ Reserves a from the country hy an annual con- ($1.50; tributor, who'always gives, without | %5 any strings attached fo the gift. A | business house lewi @ truck -yester- iday for the distributioh of toys and baskets at the disrosal of the Asso- ciated Charities. By using a. truck rather thag. private cars the soclety A Christmas tree of good size given placed this last night in the center of Navy place, one of the poorest and most desolate alleys in the district. This!$3: D. W., $25; Mrs. E. .C.F., neighborhood remembrance was much Leegrand, appreciated by the alley dwellers. Y Through an error a donation of $6 |O'N., 35 >dited to the initials “G. G. 8. In- NOBODY'S TUNE. WIFE AND INVALID gen! childlike woman, whose nerve have never fully recovered from an |the home economist. Amount asked for, $1,300.. Previously owledsed. §52450. F. P. ., $1; C: L N. B, §3; Miss R. M. G, $1 girlhood. A devuled husband protected her and |,y cherished her until illness deprived afra G her of his care. He s gradually 330 g C growing worse at the hospital, where T “ he has been for more than a year.: There are six children, obedient and; sweet, all devoted to their mother. Previous!, Boy Scouts, $10 H. Cash, OPPORTUNITY NO 2. EDUCATION IN HOMEMAKI! * ‘' WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN. Education health, this is what the care of the Assoclated Charities has meant to|- this family. responsibility by the husband from the “fi was unprepared to assu ‘acknowl n; - 35 nt in (W. L T, $5; Mra Mrs. C. M. 8. R.T., $10 D..s’f ; Miss 8. C. Il needed, $814.50 OPPORTUNITY NO. 4. A REUNITED ’!;AMILY. WIDOW AND SIX CHIL- | Left 3 weeks old and five other children. under ten, this mother was able to avold advertising to the | nothing else to do but place two ot ' Mra. G. G. the kiddies with relatives and the :Sl..ag‘;t’-ém:oln Schoo!, $3; Metropolitan D! others In seemed to follow her. Smith or Mrs.-Brown was getting a and the oldest boy charity basket. Private cars, how- ‘ever, have“been generously ien: deliveries to the offices of the Asso- ing In the loss of a le children were homesick, unhappy and g lane seems to have taken a ciated Charities and in carrying the Iurthhe nlnm\lym:n:h Saiicets! together. again wi e ald of thej Vvisitors sliout on their Christmas er- | (ORSTISF. AERE WAl and b i little place on the “outski city, where the mother, with the help of the children as lhhay l‘lrahw Dldclfi expects to support hersel truci to the gociety was transformed into a | Klmwfn‘. . e o X Voluriteers and the; Armount southeast ‘district ' acknowledged, $316.50. F. H. R 3% Mrs. G. G. children, T, T8, $5:C -Btill needed, 3. L C. Dr. E. A C, $5; M. V. R., $5; 2% ; acknowledged, $287.51 Mrs. D. M., $25; thirteen gn%pfly!eg, g“fi' x} 50 %lu!‘ N. ¥ $411. Btill necded, $317. OPPORTUNITY NO. 6. > 2 SIGHT. WIDOW AND FOUR CHIL-{ IN_HOUSING. This w'dow {is doing all in her power to make a home for_her four | rooms when you had only a slender her “struggle | purse or nothing at all to pay with? B, §5. Total, $724. $312. in homemaking and ‘Thrown uj s & much Improved $62: h, ;| companion. it like a hero “Good by, i s | and went GOOD-BY, MARY ANN, Qo anEPUSATION | BABY GULPS AS SHE o * GIVES DOLL TO POOR | }%5, 5ins for them and trequenvy “Good by, Mary Ann!" ‘With these words a little girl Yesterday gave away her -favorite doll, in order that ope of the chil- for Christmas. But she went ine, and never faltered. Mary Ann” she said, way happy, with the consciousness in her babdy heart of ~having done a good deed. gulp In her throat, and a bit of a tear in her eye, as the little one bade farewell to her them with her. Amount asked for, $780. acknowledged, $261.50. Mrs. Cash, $1.50; Mrs. $1.50; Miss R. M. $3; Metropolitan Baptist 8. M., $1; facull 5 r. Total, $300.50. o | Stil needed, $479.50. LIEVES 1IN RAL ‘Mamma, have you bru: wiz? Misfortunate Her baby died, d a fall, rl'illlll:‘ orphanages. IT,. $1. taken a of the! asked for, $7281 Previously n memory of Frances Welsh $10; M E. F, $5. Total needed, overwork until she had to have a widow, with a baby two|major operation to save her life. r, $780. Previousy | 51 H W, $2; of age. She broke herself down with rnm&" Amount asked_fo: knew of ncknowledged, $243.50. $1; Cash, dren, the eldest nine. The now facing tie problem of - SUE0RIBIV. @ from her Lables. Amount asked fo 1; thirteen piate. print- | acknowledged. $3 i Ro. o1 S L, 320 patrons Lincoln ‘Total, $273.71. 8till n eded, $506.29. en - Eotten | apPORTUNITY NO. 8. HER CHIL- | OPPORTUNITY NO. 13. DREN JOY ENOUGH. DESERTED| FOR WIFE—THREE CHILDREN. Total, $35 $430. OPPORTUNITY NO. 9. A THE GOAL IN INVALID No. 891, ash. $1.50: Mrs. W.{G. $2: W. M. 8. § 35, Total, $421.50. Still needed, $826.50 EVERY TEAR. AND FIVE CHILDRE! “A smile for every tear” Previously . G., $13 PROBLEM COUPLE | AND THREE CHILDREN., and shortly Have you ever tried to look for 11l bring its reward, for the !ldo-l['l'hl! family had been self-supp« rting will b child will soon be old enough to go FAULT—JUST SHEER MISFOR-|t0 Work and to make a substantial contribution to th family. With the 1y it is worth while to extend a help- | er herself I In a little six-room house with ajing hand, for the home is an excellent | children, all one and the mother takes of every opportunity to improve as a housekeeper G. support of the al in sight, sure- under the instruction of | ocknowledge Mrs. G. G”M l‘l R, 825+ (825 N. 8, § thirteen plate printers, $4; D. W., $25: | W. A. F., §20; 1 M R 8., 8 T. $1 her three 6. Total, $657. Still nsofed 13642, 1OPPORTUNITY No. 11. OPPORTUNITY NO. 1S TO SURRENDER TO MISFORTUNE. | SONS. = WII Left to shift for herself b band who is a drug addict, tl $10; Mr._ A. MacC, $50: C. tai; {3 11 needed, 7. SHE REFUSES | WEALTH a hus- DREN. little bables, one to three years to support her six sons. When we nA’l’IONS the world o’er have their own traditions and national holidays. = But Christmas is one which is alike in spirit and celebrated the world over. On this day all ego is put aside, thoughts turn * to others, good cheer and kind- nmsm-tflleirbqpt. Total, $624.50. $883.50. under advantage | promising youngsters. Amount uked'lg 4 ; LK, ;K E. W, $2;D.J, class, uou-'npouun Bapti 8. G. $25; Pollyanna st Church, $10 antil the father became too old lndl too {1l to work any longer. vings exhausted they were evicted | : ‘or non-payment of rent. : very frall, but the three fourteen, are l With e moth- 7, $1,508. Previously 5. H K B, $2 C.E. G, $5; Miss E. L., DOW HER HER SIX YOUNG AND SIX CHIL-| For many years this widow (col- woman (colored) refused to give up !lored) has struggled early and late | to keep her hos children proper! Previousty | 317 G. G, §1; G., $1; Lincoln Schoo 8., $1; My anip ot her household. dren in the fourteen Christmagop- |N ‘R . 7 - ito the instruction of the 's K 3 ., $2.50; Union Friendship, No. e eomaomist the two littie gitls Portunities - of Associated 851, G. 3L O. of O. I, $2; O Street Vo- Charities might have a real dolly m-dunl(l Bchool, OPPORTUNITY NO. 12. “SANTA” BE- HYGIENE. O] ‘WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN. shed your teeth like we learned at Camp Good If you don’t, Santa will not Such was the query put by the three-year-old tot in the family of a widowed mother and three chil- mother is separation is the way erted wife said after she had begun | this- widow (colored) expremses her i to receive her weekly allowance made | appreclation for what has been done possible by the contributions given at | for her. Christmas time. aby girl are her delight. need to go out for entertainment. Amount asked for, $780. q, 0. Mrs. 6 N. 'H. P. $25 Nearly blind from catzract Her two bo: .dnn'dt and losing her husband from tuber-!hold offices. lon Mrs, trons Lincofn 1. Total, $355.50, Btill needed, $648.50, Undesignated, $100. 1 Summary. Total amount asked for. Total amount recsived, .. | Still needed culosis, she is msking a hasd me and raise her Bchool 0; Miss M. B B, Theater, $3; Mr. W. T. W, 11 and 13, §1 each, total, §3 any one, $2: ., No. 1, Mre. R. B. 8, any one, . col Sandringham, ESA very Terny Ghristmag and wishes for a hap and prosperous New Year. 32; Old. any one, $2i N., No. 1, i) OUR, Yuletide thoughts go out to the residents of this community. To us you have brought good cheer, and it is our sincere wish that this . Christmas will be your happi- est and that the coming year will bring you good health and prosperity. 1. LANSBURGH & BROTHER | 4 L4 “fe 3 7.338.46 s et $ 5,717.64 Contributions recelved by The Star are! Realm of the District, Knights of the Ku Klux Kian, No. 1, $25; Mrs. K. | each for Nos. 7, 11 and 12, total, $3 ; Mrz. E. M. T, most needed, $5; M. A. Coles, 25 Nos N.C. R , $10 Inhabt { ,No matter whether at Buckingha: i Palace Windsor Castle, Balmoral o Queen Mary acts ner own nousekeeper, and scarcely day passes when she does not pay ae a visit to_the royal kitchens and house-