Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1924, Page 2

2 THE EVENING ' STAR, WASHINGTON, 103d ANNIVERSARY OF G. W, ;1* DEVOTED TO DRIVE FOR FUND 500 Workers, Abandom'nfi Usual Busiilli;ss ll;nchxl P D. 0, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1994 §3622,30 ASKED ITAXCBILL REPORTS HONESTY PROBABLE READY BY MONDAY| AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE {i FORD.C. SALARES Navy and Marine Appropria- tion Figures Represent Varied Increases. A total of $3,622,300 in salaries for the personal services in the District "of Columbia for the Navy Depart- ment and Marine Corps in accordance with the classification act is found in the Navy appropriation bill reported to the House today. The total amount proposed on ac- count of reclassification, including the civillan force at Marine Corps head- quarters, is approximately $157,000. This is an increase over present pay, plus the bonus, of a little more than 4 per cent. The percentages of In- crease for the entire department runs about as follows: Professional and 10.4; sub cientifi professional service, clerical, administrative and fiscal service, 2.6, and custodial service, 7.2. Salaries Recommended. The salary approptiations recom- mended by offices are as follows: Office of the eral board, and retiring sation board, ge servic eon, Seek to Draw Nearer Million-Dollar The 103d anniversary of the found- ing of George Washington University 'was celebrated In an unusual way to- day, when 500 workers renewed their eforts in the campalgn to secure a $1,000,000 endownment fund for the !institution. On February 9, 1821, James Monroe isigned the bill which gave the uni- versity its charter. Among the don- ors to the building erected were John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay. John Calhoun and thirty-two mem- {pers of Congress. With hard work, from Preasident 'William Mather Lewis. down (o the most “frosh” of freshmen and in- icluding the 500 cgmpaigners, mostly {local business and professional men, ithe anniversary of the founding was |celebrated today. Holding no business luncheon, the workers devoted their entire time to- day to securing subscriptions to add to’ the total of $289.930 already ob- tained. The million-dollar fund'is the pational objective, although it is ex- pected that ultimately the National Capital will contribute the bulk of it. Lewlis Gives Two Addresses. President Lowis addressed the tional Press Club at noon, and shortly thereafter the City Clup, setting forth the place of the university in the life a. Goal. Ten Reasons Given Why One Should Aid G. W. U. Fund Drive 1. Mecause this tnstitution is 103" years old and bears the mame of the first President of the republic and it i national in_scope. 2. Beeause from Gen. George Washington to the present time, many high perwons of the United States have approved and helped this university, and we want YOUR assistance, 3. Beeause it hax prepared for a life career many dist guished professional men and captaine of industry—over 20,- 000 sinee the university was founded—and we want YOUR good-will, ° 4. Becnuse It maintaine fensional schooln of high st ing. and o fieat-claxs hospital for xervice to the public. Beeause It maintalns eve- ning glaswes, ux givigg an op- portunity to those who cannot afford to attend classes ducing the day (o equip themnelves for n higher career In lite, and in non-sectarian, 6. Because its present facili- tiex are Inadequate to facilitnte the e reation of o many stu- G. 0. P. Unity Sought After Defeat of Move to Ban Exempt Securities. Members of the ways and means committee prepared divergent reports today on the revenue bill, which | will be reported to the House Monday, while .republican leaders continued efforts to unite their party for some stand on income rates that would assure passage of a republican meas- ure in the face of solid democratic opposition. Defedt’ yesterday of the resolution proposing a constitutional amend- ment to prohibit the issuance of tax- exempt securities, leaders said, will have no effect on the tax revision plans as contained in the committee bill. The resolution lost by seven votes to the necessary two-thirds majority. Republicans, with seventeen excep- tions, voted for the resolution, as did sixty-nine democrats. Before the final vote the House rejected, 208 to 167, a motion by Representative Steagall, democrat, Alabama, to re- commit the measure for an amend- Taxation and Bonus Over- shadowed by Question of Clean Government. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Clean government will be the para- mount issue of the 1924 campalgn. Taxation has been overshadowed, The soldier bonus will be disposed of by a compromise. The democrats will take the offensive and ask the coun- try to return them to power on the ground that their record of adminis- tration was not sullied by any misuse of power. The air is full of rumors and every- where one goes there are whispers all tending to incriminate persons of prominence with a misconception of their personal relationship to the po- sitions they hold. If half the storles which are being talked about are ever brougt out under oath before the | Senate Investigating committee, the sensations of the past three weeks will be tame compared with the dis- closures to be made. Source of Tips. L of havat E o citys and the neceruity Toris dents, there helng over 5000 ment ‘which ‘would have deprived| Bolled down to fundamentals the rd of inspection and curing the endowment and bullding at the present time, and the tates of the rlghts 0 toX Ploum b question is, who in the govern- office of the director of ‘naval | fund. e e e Jeejoq by, e e arm L0881 ent knew ahead of time about the communications, e f| Out of a city of nearly 500,000 per- year. g3 3 , = s naval intelligence, $42.620; barenu of | sons approsimarely 1150 have. mube Because ax 8 Washingto- o The_onty r'i;"efi.'{?.flfi':t\?f:r“o‘"fin;fi making _of the oil leases? Who navigation, "$425,000. hydrographic {scribed to date, John B. Larner, treas- e e e e ot Y e require ratification |tiPPed off friends so that cperations in Diuv: maval observatory, | urer. announced. The average Eift| | (OXice will he returned 1o by states within seven yea the stock market might be profitable: AU OF enRIneering. $533.800; | ized Mow much room thers s lert to| | 3o indiccetly, ax the universi- Will Net ‘Ascet Fienvans R, e ovaenment 1 caped of construction and repair | gct hundreds of more persons inter- '-’n spends —oney in ";"' MARRIS S EWING Although the amendment was asked {in stock market speculation based (which includes appropriations for |ested in education to subscribe. [ e e S s a by President Coolidge and SecTetary lupon the acts of the government the Washington navy The final business luncheon of the i | grRiFO IR L B8 O et Upper, left to right: Willlam Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives, tonstmasters Mrs. Arthur L. | Mellon, it was not taken into consid- |itself? And where shall the line be bureau of ordnance, $1 Intensive campaign will be held at| [ From Livermore, member of executive commlttee, republican national committee, speaker; Nicholas Longworth, repub- | ¢ration in the tax revision program rec- #rawn Letween speculation and in- of supplics and ounts, 12:30 o'clock Monday at the New Eb- e rimce in more | | lican lender, Houxe of Reprenentatives, xpeaker. ommended by the Treasury and its dr. |vestment? i bureau of medicine and bitt Hotel. 1] than 5,000 SR SRS r, left to right: David Aiken Reed, United States senator from Pennxylvania, speaker: Representative |feat will have no effect on the tax bil The usual tales of the roundabout ;gn l;un u (.s rds Results to Date. ing n continual convention for . Winter of Wyoming, speaker; Represe: speaker; Rev. James Shera [alrea _;‘;:mrg;f_l "i’x!fifn"?.ia“.i‘fia’;i‘tfig crr(:,;,fl;,(, l!hr: u‘ll“;bmv’in:;?lklt;‘og::;:l : bureau of aeronau I 2 " ~ V' Mont, '+ chapls House of Representatives, dinner will be under the anspices of the Repub- | commi e 2 e avi e being told, ane vi b 500; Marine Corps, $157.240. The amounts announced by teams ;Iu- l«“uy hol \\nxllh:xtun. and oty g it - 5 e L there was approximately $11,000,000, talking about outright bribery The appropriations recommended in | ¥¢Sterday was $20.049. Results by di- i “'_' 12 "“:"‘"‘""‘“"-._ o 000 outstanding in tax-exempt securities. |there are suspicions being expressed the Navy bill for personal visions so far are: Di Sty Rhenthe T Many republicans attacked the meas- [that favors were extended in order servie under the Navy Departme o 3 ~ the District Inclaninanent broper in | A. Baer, $9,638; Division 2, Charles 1. ployes at the Marine Corps head- | COrbY, $8.864.50; Division 3, Willlam guarters. are on the basis of the al. | Bruce King, 1310.280; Division 4, Judge ocation " established J. Wilmer Latimer, $24,85 cation bLoard p 5. Hugh Miller, $10,211; Divi : [M”" of the cl Thomas roover, 3801 n form they are in complete rnest and M Joshua accord with th andard adopted by Division 8, Mrs. | the ApDropriations committee and Chamberlain and Mrs. Otto L. ’m%m for the first time in the | hoff, $8.966, and Division 9, Miss Interior Department appropriation Evelyn ones _and Miss Elizabeth i h'ch has been passed by the | Webb Wilson, $11,536. House without change in this respect. | The executive committee of the Includes Limitations. campaign has now reported a total disTAn of 3119712 Students and_faculty French @f the suhcom- mittee reporting this bill emphasize that it inudes the imitation phra preciscly Jike the one carried in Interior Department bill as passe by the House, the purpese of which is asonably ahd fairly to restriet the iscretionary authority given to ad- ministrative officers in the classi- fication act to make promotions from one salary rating to a higher salary rating within the several grades or el The appropriations proposed in thls | bill, according to Chairman French, do not in any way disturb the cl sification fixed by the personnel clus- sification board upon which the! budget estimates are based The | committee is. however, Proposing to provide '$2,500 additional office of the Secretar. order that the assistant may be paid full salary attache the classification in which the tion he occuples is pla under the of the Navy in posl- ), p by the ¢! sification act, that is grade 14. cleri- cal administrative and fiscal the pay attached to which is “The budget estimates for n ervice, $7,500. factory reason include but $5.000 for this purpose,” tention. “Stop Wateh” In view of the old “stop watch method: ries an interesting Mr. French Is at- Methods, the paragraph bill car- ations made in this act shall be avail- able for the salary or pay of any offi- cer, manager, superintendent,’ fore- man or other person having charge of the work of any employ United States government, while mak- ing or causing be made with a to stop watch or time measuring dev: a time study of a employe between completion ther ¥ job of any the starting and . or of the move ments of any such employe while en- zaged upon such work, nor shall any part of the appropriations mad in this act be available to pa premiums or bonus or cash reward to any employe in addition to his regular wages except for su i resulting in improvements or e, R in the operation of any government plant, and that no part of the mone appropriated in_each or any section of this act shall be used or expended for the purchase or acquirement of any article or articles that at the time of the proposed acquirement can be manufactured or produced in each or any of the government navy vards of the United States, when time and fa- cilities permit for a m less than it can be purchased or acquired other- wise. Steam System Repnirs. An appropriation of $50,000 for re pairs to the steam distributing sy tem at the Washington Navy Yard included in the bill. For the naval observatory a total of $79,260 is recommended for s aries which is an increase of $24.260 uver the current appropriations. For contingent expenses a recommenda- tion of $32.910 is made which is an increase of $4,910 above those for the present fiscal vear. For salaries in the naval almanac office an appro- priation of $30,960 is recommended which is an “increase of $11,040 over the present fiscal year. 8256532 Total Increaxe. The total amount proposed in the budget on account of salaries and contingent and miscellaneous ex- penses of the Navy Department prop- er is $4,327,140, or $256,532 in excess of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 1924, including in the lat- ter $434,892 on account of the $240 bonus carried in the increased com- pensation act. Of_the increase proposed in the bud- set $152,045 is chargeable to the re- classification act (excluding the Marine Corps, which is not carried under this head); $72,763 Is because of the pro- posal ‘providing specifically under the Navy Department for the salaries of the employes of certain boards, which are now paid out of the naval appro- priations (pay, miscellaneous); $47,729 is because of the proposed net increase of twenty-eight additional positions, and then there is a net decrease of $16,0056 on account of the contingent appropriations. The budget estimates include pro- vision for a net increase of twenty- eight positions. They occur princi- pally under the bureau of navigation, the hydrographic office and the bureau of yards and docks. Reduction of 11 Positions. The appropriations committee pro- poses a mnet reduction of approxi- mately eleven positions. In the case of the bureau of navigation twenty- four civil employes are asked to sup- plant. thirty-four enlisted men of the Navy on detall to the bureau under specific authorization in the current appropriation act. The committee is not proposing to allow these addi- tional civil employes and is propesing to reduce the number of enlisted men who may be detailed to the bureau from thirty-four to twenty-four. The hydrophic office is urging a Jarger force to enable It to make some headway in reducing the dependents of this government on certain foreign countries for hydrographic charts, e $350,000 FIRE AT CHARLOTTE. - CHARLOTTE, Toss estimated at upward of $3! 000 was caused by fire which gutted the Paramount Film Exchange, on 4th and Church streets, in the busi- mess part of the city, y » leav- ing only the walls of the ‘bullding Gio ontroversy over ! pro- | viding that “no part of the appropri- of the! ion 1, David have personally pledged $56,700. The |individual quota for each alumnus i ed to ive” in fiv 5 Results by divisions to d, Division 1, David A. Baer. Total, $9,638; team 1, Philip Ei team 2. Erskine Gordos 50; ‘team 3, H. Latane Lewis, §965; team 4, H. H. Semmes, $53§; team 5 M. H. Linkins, $1,400; team 6, Joseph team team 10, J. team 11, D. Hyde. team 12, Dr. D. L. Borden, ion lender — Tot William $10,280; Rev. Paul Sperry, H. T. Domer, $810; Dunbar, $1.560; Hunter, $5.405. Division 4 mer, Bruce King, team 1 team 1 team 16, Uiric o team 19, Dr. Judge Wilme® 1 leader — Total, $24, Hayeraft,” $84 Burch, 38605 $9. team 38, W. B . M. Updegraff, i er, Prof. leader— G H: A. Dr. Thomas Groove leader—Total $8.010; team 28, Dr. M. Ellison, $1,505; team Dr. J Mallory. $1 team 31, Dr. D. T Birtwell, '§ team 3% Dr. B | Hornaday team Dr. A Pagan, §; team Dr. N Smiller, $795. Division 7. Mrs. J. P. BEarnest and iMre. Joshua Evans, jr—Total $14, jteam 51, Dr. O__Josentine Baird, §4 |team 52, Mra. De Wit Croissant, $9 team 53, Mrs. R. C. Brandenburg, 336 jteam 53 Mrs. H. G. Doyle, $2,41 | team Mrs. Elizabeth Earnest $4.61 57. Mrs. Virgil B, Jacl j%on, F. W. True, { 5 Chamber- | . Ottc exrhoff—$8, 961 H m liss Henryette Brum, $1 | team Miss Leila Hardell,” §87 team 61 iss Kathryn Harris, $1.41 62, Mrs. Wiifred C. Gilbert, i team 63, Miss Olive Prescott, $755; team 65, Miss Rhoda Watkins, $1,615; team 45, Mrs. Walter R. Tuck erman. $1,075; team €4, Mrs. W. Van Vieck, $250. Division Miss FEvelyn Jones and {Miss Elizabéth Webb Wilson—3$11,53 {team 66, Miss Freda Egbert, $1,52 | team 67, Mizs Emille M. White, $3,87 team 8, Miss Julia McCord, $78 team 69, Mrs. Charles G, Morgan, team 70, Miss Agnes Messer, team 71, Miss Meta Neuman, team 72, 'Miss Margaret Smith, team 73, Miss Martha Waring, mpaign Ends Monduy. George Washington University is functioning as a great service school for the civil branch of the govern- ment, much as West Point and An- napolis serve the military and naval branches, according to John T. Doyle, secretary of the Civil Service Com- mission. Secretary Doyle today explained the important relation of George Wash- | ington University to the government | departments, as members of the | teams which are working to secure a | million-dollar endowment for the in- stitution continued their efforts. The ‘linlen iye campalign here ends Mon- ay. “The arts of peace need fostering as well as the arts of war’ ex- plained Mr. Doyle, who is a former trustee of George Washington Uni- versity. “Contributions to the uni- versity not merely aid the human ities; they aid the progress of d mocracy by equipping public em- ployes in politics and sociology.” Continuing his discussion of the re- lation of the university to the civil service, Secretary Doyle said: “The method of appointment and promotion in the government service has changed with the growth of the merit system. The energy that used to go into “pull” or personal persis- tence now has to be spent in tech- nical and professional studies. It is a shifting of value from making government employment a mere Iive- lihood or asylum to endowing it with a professional consciousness. This change is revolutionary and govern- ment at Washington thus becomes not merely good but efficient, and imbued with a moral and spiritual| content. The employes are not & mere body of clerks. They are pro- fessional and technical experts in a hundred arts and sciences. “The advance and prestige of the executive departments have been largely assisted by such splendid schools as those of George Washing- ton University. They make it possible for the employe, While earning a livelihood, to secure the specific basic education and training needed for promotjon or for success in his chosen profession. U. 8. Employes Study. “There are upward of 60,000 em. ployes in $he service of the govern- 'ment in Washington. When they en- ter they are mostly graduates of high schools, under twenty-eight years of age, drawn from all parts of the ocountry under the apportionment sys- tem. The need for earning a living has hmto‘flfl“‘fll;cm them from education. Gen- STally Fpeaking they have: Fot mad | by mere e team 37, | the city when the contemplated orge Washington ix built ax planned, make a true urban sgreater Univers and will university. 10. Beeause the George Washington University han never hetore applicd for public subsxcriptions, nor has it ever recelved any congressional ap- proprintion nssixtance. and your contribution — large or xmall—in given to a worthy | | of 3 col- opportunity education m hs eut emple PPOTLUNILY L0 s time in « are WO comyp the attracted to Lecause of 4 porth ntinuing cied body, position n) o her tlons ke " i ation-wide | stanaards are high. Ir srke Washington Univ o, thin. cenvsinity puble body and at the 13 £ young same time do e public good in training them Tt serviee hington well ¥ sity, which. more than 100 man's and large in vating the ars, el work Standuard ment employment. forming and equipping employes in their for- ward intellectual and spiritual use- {fulness. 1t s in fact, a public trust, falthough its funds are larg drawn from the contributions of individuals. It has @ unigue misslon to perform {in being of direct assistance to gov- es in the performance ernment emp lof their duties, and adaptine courses f instruction to the peculiar and needs of the government. It |helps o make the government serv ice a worthy r are departments 3 and igent “mployes to keep pace expert | and they are bette with the ubl de | talent in carrying o | of complicated iegislation. {order chan # and the public service | must change with the times Washington University must | curricula to meet the ne mployes for increased cour struction and training to pand for with the progress of the arts and industries. Tt must in a degres be a service school for the clyil branch of the government, as West Point and Annapolis are for the military and naval branches. The arts of peace n ing as well Contributions to ¥ ot merely the humanities—they aid the progress of democracy by equipping public em- ploves in politics and soclology DECLARE CO-EDS BROKE U. M. RULES | Dismissed After Cigarette- Smoking Episode. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., February 9.—Dr. Albert F. Woods, president, and the board of regents of the University of Maryland yesterday filed an answer to the suit for writs of mandamus against them brought by Miss Vivian V. Simpeon of Washington, D. C, and Miss Virginia Flanagan of Philadel phia, asking that the officials be re- strained from refusing the girls per- mission to register at the university following charges of smoking cigar- ettes at a dance In Wasnington. The university officials in their answer declaré ‘that the girls failed to comply with dormitory rules, and also with the rules and regulations of the university governing the con- duct of woman students. The girls had successfuily completed two years of their course, but were refused to continue studies last fall. e _— ESTIMATES FOR NAVY ARE CUT BY COMMITTEE (Continued from First Page.) of submarine mgtive power under ac- tual service cohditiona. For betterments at navy yards and naval stations, the committee recom- mended an appropriation of $1,916,500 —less than half the budget estimate ~—to be distributed for the most part as follows: Boston-navy yard, $175,- 000; Mare Island navy yard, $728,000; Puget Sound navy yard; $100,000; Pearl Harbor naval station,.$17 B Cavite, Philippines, paval ' momoo $141,000, and Great Lakes naval sta- tion, $115,000. The report pointed out that the committee had no authority to make allotments for some of the projects provided for in the budget including the Alameda, base and the San aviation station. R ow. to_cuttin strength of the Navy. tho commities recommended that appointments to the Annapolis Navy Academy be re- duced on a 6-to-3 baais, bringing the Braduating class down to 25¢ in 1928. It also suggested that about thirty civilian instructors at lis be dropped and thair places estimates, Calit. Officials Answer Suits of Girls, CEDRGE NONK WS STARFOURTH PREE Central High Student Writesi on “More Power for | i Commissioners.” | . fourth prize in The Star's “best news story” contest for the second week went to George Monk, a stu- dent at Central High School, it was lan °d today by the committec , composed of editors of The check for $5 has been t) IMr. Monk with the compliments ot jthe managing editor of this paper. is xteen years old, and a senfor at Central. He is a first lieutenant in Company D of the Ist Regiment of the Washington High School Cadet Corps, and lives at 1488 Monroe strect northwest, Monk's prize-winning essay was { based on a story which appeared on the first page of The Evening Star {on January 30 concernink a proposal | ! Senate District committee to more power to the District in order that they can | improvements and | er strictly local matters. | 4 and final contest week | news story” contest ends essays should be in thel Those post- | will not han 1 by noon Monday. | marked later than that tin be_considered. Winners of the four prizes, aggre- for final contest week be announced next week. The first prize winner will be announced Wedne ; the second prize winner Tharsday, the third prize winner Fri- | day and the fourth prize winner next Suturday. It is understood between The Star e contestants, as a matter of snor, that each letter entered in contest shall be the personal { product of the boy or girl submit- 'ROYAL ARCH MASONS | IN “GALA” PROGRAM i | “Homecoming" of Members : Brings Many Together at Mount Pleasant Chapter Rooms. With the largest attendance in its history, Mount Pleasant Chapter, No. Royal Arch Masons, made its an- ‘nual meeting, election and installa- {tion of officers last evening, at 14thi lana Kenyon streets, a “homecoming” {In the real meaning of the word.| | With the grand high priest of the| District and his official line, past |rand masters and other notables ga~ lore in attendance, the affair took precedence over anything previously |attempted by the chapter. There was jdignity and merriment—mostly mer- | riment. | The retiring high priest, Noble D. | Larner, conducted the necessary busi- |ness of the occasion and the election of officers. After a cleverly arranged “false start,” the line was moved up, John C. Hodges, king, being unani- mously elected high priest; John F. i Putnam, king, and R. L. Golze, scribe. {R. Stone Jackson and Willlam M. ! Wailes were re-elected secretary and treasurer, respectively. The new high priest then advanced the appointive line, nmaming Harry B. Plankington, captain of the host; George B. Turner, ! principal sojourner; Stephen O. Ford, royal arch captain; R. H. Woolfolk, master of the third vail, and J. Ernest Dulin, master of the second vall. As the new officer in the line, C. Fred Cook was appointed master of the first vail. Dudley W. Fleming was reap- pointed sentinel and Henry A. Johnson trustee. Past High Priest Estes in- stalled the officers “as it never had been done before,” according to the grand high.priest. Novelties and = significant o5 were introduced in_ connection with an elaborate minstrel performance ar- ranged and presented by men “on the side lines ay members of the chap- ter. They established a reputation as vocalists and comedians. The merry minstrels were Charles G. Morgan, di- rector; Ralph M. Wolfe, planist; Wil- liam H. Power, E. W. Shepard, E. E. Putnam, Ernest Tate, Harry K. Kent, Frank W. Heneke, Abrey T. Clayton, ‘William H. Benton, Joseph Leverton, Fred G Mitchell, Harold A. Martin, James L. Evans, Herman Fakler and Edward J. Kearney. ; ‘With the assistance of his young daughter as “his little jewel,” retir- ing Hl{h Priest Larner was present- ed with the jewel of that office, and, his young son assisting, with an apron. Grand High Priest Fulkerson and his official line of officers were eavh given tokens of esteem. The evenlhg ended with a collation. No Entanglements. From Life. Mother—This is_your new nurse, give her a kisa but I mean: a kiss, Fourth Prize Winner ‘ . In Star’s “Best News Story” Contest ) By George Monk, Aged. 16 Years; Central High S 1183 Monroe Street T The best news story du which d This article ranks hig it has to do with that thing portance and interest to a ment. Although the citizens of the District do not have any say in their gov: every citizen to know what those who are doing the governing gre doing. and it the ne; The matter dealt with in the story is especially | significant. - The Senate committee heard a proposal that more power be granted the Commissioners in handling street improvements and other strictly local affairs; the House comm termined effort to prevent the regular District days in i the House from being used for other business. These movements. the Senate committee’s a slight inclination toward local self-government. Who | knows but what this may be the humble beginning of | 1 a movement which will ra word? Radio Fans Thrilled by Voices Over 5,000-Mile Air-Wire Circuit, San Francisco and Havana Talk Through Chicago ! for Edification of Immense Listening-in H | Audience. i chairman of the committee which “Hello Huvana, This is SanFrancis- co.” ‘What radio fan who listened in on the remarkable combined radio and long distance telephone transconti- nental and International demonstra- tion broadcast last night by station WCAP failed to get a thrill when the voice of “Mr. Bates” in the California city flashed across the continent to “Mr. Caldwell” in Cuba? What fan did not marvel at the progress of science when Gen. J. J. Carty, vice president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, in Chicago, called the roll of the score or more telephone relay stations from coast to coast? ' It was the most unusual demonstra- tion ever staged in the history of radio. It was a genuine “radio thril- ler.” Seven broadcasting stations scattered across the continent gnd linked together by long distance tele- phones broadcast the demonstration, which was given befor¢ the Bond Club assembled in_ the Congress Hotel in Chicago. The demonstration, it is believed, was heard by the largest audience that ever listened to an individual radlo program. Longest Telephone Cireuit. The telephone circuit, which was bullt up for the demonstration, was the longest ever connected. It cov- ered more than 5,000 miles, in addi- tion to 110 miles of submarine cable from Key West, Fla., to Havana. Special emergenoy circuits paralelled the main transcontinental circuit, the total covering more than 22,000 miles. The demonstration was opened with & talk by Gen. Carty on the history and development of wire and wireless communication, given before the Bond Club. To_test the transconti nental circuit, Gen. Carty called for San Francisco and “Mr. Bates” in the California city responded immediate- ly. He then called for Havana. “this is Havana, Cuba, Mr. Caldwell speaking,” came the immediate re- ply. These men engaged in a brief conversation, their voices flashing back and forth across the 5,000-mile cirouit. Muslo Distinctly Heard. Gen. Carty called for entertainment for his vast audience from San Fran- cisco. “Home Sweet Home” was ren- dered on the chimes. Cul was aaked for entertainment and respond- ed with a violin' selection, “Medita tion,” from “Thais.” Every note of the music from the two distant points came in strong and clear. Gen. Carty closed the demonstration with the thrilling roll call. Starting from Havana, eéach relay point which raa up ‘tlh.o Au.n:u‘c mfl to Philadelphia and west through Pltts- Kansas City, Denver and the t with the separate meetings of the Senate || and House District committees. It appeared on the first page of The Star of January 30. papers that he may do so. izen of the United States in the true meaning of the ool. Home Address, orthwest. ring last week was the story h as a news story because which is of the highest im- it real citizen—local govern- | s ernment, it is the duty of is practically only through itice decided upon a de- especially, show ise the District citizen to a ! | Pacific coast, Gen. Carty. was carried on a journey from Cuba to California through northern cities. bade “goud night” to The radio audience thus Chain of Radio Stations. The broadcasting stations which were linked up for the demonstration | were WCAP in Washington, WJAR in | Providence, R. I, WMAQ_in Chicago, KPO in San Francisco, KLX in Qak- land, Calif, PWX in Havana, Cuba and WEAF in New York. A large crowd of Washington news- papermen and their friends heard the demonstration over a loud speaker in the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company’s new broadcasting studio in the Homer bullding. After WCAP “signed off,” Stuart Hayes, divisional director of information of the com- pany conducted the party througa thy new studio, which will be dedicated with a speclal program Thursday night. i MOTORIST ARRESTED TWICE IN TWO HOURS BALTIMORE, Md., February 9.— Herbert E. Boyden, who gave his ad- dress as 1525 25th street, Washington, will be arraigned in the trafiic court this afternoon on charges of reckless ariving and operating his car while under the influence of liquor. He was released early last evening on col- lateral on a charge of exceeding the speed limit and two hours later was re-arrested on the other charges. Boyden's second arrest followed a collision between his machine and an automobile operated by Monroe Helen, iin which Boyden's car was partly demolished and the other car over- turned and badly damaged. —_———— DEPLORE BOARD FIGHT. The recent dispytes of the board of education were ‘“deplored by the Northwest Suburban Citizens’ Asso- ciation, at a meeting last night. A resolution adopted declaring _that continuance of such discord would in- terfere with the efficlency “of the board. H Improvement of Wisconsin avenue from . Massachusetts ayénue ' to the District line was askéd by the or- ganization, which points out the need | of resurfacing the. roadway, exten-| sion of sidéwalks and placing of the| street car tracks in the center of the road. These tricks now run part of the way on one side of the road and part of the way on the oppbsite side. Petitions are being circulated ask- ing for through car service-from the District line to the center of the city. Charles A. Baker, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations, addressed the meeting and L. L. Der- rick, . president of the Northwest sided. - { Senator Capper said, are a menace | legislative program for the ure in debate, while some democrats supported it Representative Long- worth of Ohio, republican floor leader, charged in discussion of the legislation that opposition to it was political, be- 4 the House use it had passed 2 v a substantial majority. ‘Next + voting for Mr. Long- ou will vote to maintain a situation cape to those who would have to pay those high rate Killed for Present Session. The taken yesterday, in opinion of leaders, effectuaily the amendment, 5o far as this se is concerned. Informal canvassing of the repub- lican delegations to develop the trend of opinion in the majority ranks on the surtax rates—considered the cen- ter of difference in the party on the tax bill—developed a unanimous stand by New Jersey republicans for the 25 per cent surtax rate twenty-one New York republica failed to agree unanimously on th the rate, but it was reported they would upporters of | support low surtaxes. the Mellon surtax ra they would seek to have the Hous put on record, at least, by a vote on these rates, although saying privately there was little hope of a maximum surtax lower than 35 per cent SENATORS SCORE SCHOOL BOARDROW Capper and Harrison Warn of Peril to Legislation in Controversies. . announced Animosity between the two fac- tions on the board of educafion, which resulted in the stormy session Thurs- day afternoon, drew from members of Congress today a warning th unless peace and harmeny are I i siored the school betterment lexisla- { tion now before Congress would be |newsp: imperiled. Senators Capper of Kansas and Pat Harrison of Mississippi, recognized “friends” of the public schools. both | see in the continued wrangling dis-IN& v {aster to any legislation designed to| improve the school situation. The dissentions in the school board to the school system. 8enator Capper was made a comprehensive investigation of the school system and recommend ed numerous improvements iin a r port to the Senate at the last session. Senator Harrison, who started an investigation of the schools severa years ago, when Dr. John Van Schalck was president of the school ! board and the board was torn by dis- sention, expressed the opinion that the members of the present board should lay aside their quarrels and personal animosities in the interests of harmony. Such quarrels, he said, inevitably would work to the disad- vantage of the public schools, and that they certainly gave members of Congres a bad impression of the board. Warning by Capper. “The effect of this bickering and quarreling among the people who should speak for the District on what is wanted for the public schools here is only to make it more difficult to obtaln’ favorable action by Congress on the proposed program for the bet- terment of the 8chools,” sald Senator Capper today. “It is important that the people of Washington who are patrons of the schools and those who represent them should present a united front. At best it is difficult to get Congress to see the need of stronger support financially and otherwise for the schools. These personal antagonisms voiced at the meetings of the board of education can only have a bad effect on Con- ress."” -~ S enator Cipper was asked if he be- lieved an investigation of the board and its_controversies would be made by the Senate District committee. He replied in the negative. He added, however, that, In his opinlon, it would be far better for the people of the District to elect the school board members. Urges Independence. “Eventually, I believe that this will come,” said Senator Capper, “though it seems out of the question just now. 1 think, too, that it would be better to have the members of the board ap- pointed by the President and con- firmed by the Senate, as recommend- ed in the report of the joint Congres- slonal committee in the last Congress. In saying this I do not mean to cast any reflection on the Supreme Court of the District, the present appoint- ing power. But the court has asked to be relieved of this duty. “I would be strongly opposed to having the appointments of the board members made by the District Com- missioners, as is suggested in some quarters. Our committee in its report strongly urged that the board of edu- cation should be independent of the body that controls the finances of the District. All of the experts who ap- peared before the committee agreed that the board of education should be an independent body.” A bill to provide for the appoint- ment of the board of edullation by the President and confirmed by the Sen- ate, it is expected, will be introduced and pressed for action at the present gession of Congress. The congres- - tast | to bring about a favorable viewpoint toward the leasing of the oil reserves to private inter, Value of Leases. One of the most perplexing phases of the controversy is the difference |of opinion which seems to exist with |reference to the true value of som: of the oil leases now under invest gation. Responsible persons are mak- ing the statement that some of the { leases in question are really of doubt- ful value and that the owners know {it, but that latter had to keep on making public statements about the lamount of money cxpected to be made out of th S in er to bolster up on the stock market the value of cks of particular oil compa- ved. If tney admitted that the S were without value the stocks would tum it they admit- |ted that large of money would mad, t the nent had to it- how oil know did the ahead of time much com- cer: Did claims of the lvase itstanding land nent o that the | oy look with more | favor on the lease or did_they settle they knew the 1 that they could buy out at a low figure and ulti more money themselves? ately make General Leasing Poliey. As for the general leasing policy this undoubtedly will figure in tl answer to be made by the republ cans to the democratic attack. Ce under the dem- While no o any democrat ans or any other it is a fact tain lease ocratic ad has proved that ceived money or favor to make the 1 w re made istration. re- {that private interests did secure rt in conditions. Were made? 1f not, 1 leases under ¢ | these leases w then the republicuns can elalm that both the democrats nd the republi- s followed the practice of making . of course, ' ses in the But should es be leased to privage interes One day Presi- !dent Harding, in conference with ser men, discussed the subject ito some extent. The criticism of ‘the Teapot Dome lease had begun to de- velop and tl e was talk of an i vestization by the Senate. Mr. Hard- 1 with vehemence that it was all risht to talk about preserv ling the oil for the Navy, but if mo- {body would drill the 'wells there wouldn't be any oil, and if the lands djacent were being tapped by pri ivate companies the government's { supply might be drained. | Stand of Harding. Mr. Harding never believed in gov- ernment devclopment of its own oil lands. He didn't want the govern- ment to go into the oil business. He believed that if the government {entered into a contract with private concerns who would find it to their advantage to invest their. money in drilling operations, both purposes would be served—the Navy would zet its oil and the private companies would make their expenses and a re- turn on their investment. Granting the principle of this argu- ment as sound, the question then turns on whether the private companies ot more than their share of the oil and made a return entirely out of propor- tion to the investment they applied. And shouldn’t the government have gotten more out of it all? Experts are at odds on these points, but the controversy will really turn on unprejudiced testimony of experts. 1If it is proved that the interests of the government were neglected it wiil make the issue of clean government even more conspicuous in the cam- paign. There are signs of cleaning al- ready. The administration is probine itself, making rules for the conduct of government business based upoi the disclosures made. Clean government }is a trite issue, but it will have a con- crete significance in the 1924 political campaign. (Copyright, The democrats will |that they made their 1 en and asked for bid: overnment's 24.) sional committees, in considering such 2 measure. might take occasion to look into the controversies which now mark the board meetings, it was suid Would Weleome Inquiry. Ernest Greenwood, vice president of the board, who, with Capt. Julfus 1. Peyser, Is numbered among the board’s Insurgents, voiced the belief today that the creation of the eight standing committees on the board would solve all factional differences. Mr. Greenwood, however, Is of the opinion that an investigation by con- gressional committees or even the trade.or civic organizations of Wash- ington would help clear up the pres- ent- situation. Both Mr. Greenwood and Capt Peyser denied today that the ulti- mate object of the animosities be- tween the two factions of the school board is the ousting of Supt. Frank W. Ballou. Milton Fairchild, vice chairman of the education committee of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, who was instrumental in organizing the District Public School Assoclation of which Capt. Peyser is president, said today that the organization had been 2 Bliter disappointment” to him. Only about twenty-five of the mem- bers regularly attend the school asso- ciation’s meeting, Mr. Fairchild said. “When Capt Peyser gets a resolution passed by the assoclation it doesn't ‘mean anything.™