Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1924, Page 17

S AN INTEREST IN UNCLE SAM'S FIGHTING FORCI Marine Corps Reserve. United States THE EVENING mandant of the marines. Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt at Mr. Denby's left. THE BISHOP OF LONDUN GUES week,” when cuirch officials went into the many sections of London and delivered addresse: INTO ACIION. ‘tne largest ci jand recently celebrated “Mission This photo- zraph was taken at one: of the great docks of the city, when thousands of workers gathered at Tower hill to listen to a noontime sermon of the Bishop of London. PRAISES ATTITUDE | OF D. C. COMMITTEES Evan H. Tucker Says Congress‘ Members Make Real Sacrifices for City. 1 i MAIL SERVICE CRITICIZED Northeast Citizens Also Urge Pav-| ing in Section. The untiring efforts of members of the District committees of both Senate and the House were ident Evan H. Tucker of the Northeast Washington Citi- 7ens’ Association at a meeting the Ludlow School, 6th and G streets northeast, last night. Mr. Tucker| aid the members of these commiit- | tees make personal sacrifices to fur- ther District legislation and often remain in session until late at night. The residents should be more appreciative of the efforts put forth for the benefit of the city, he said. Score Mail Service, The ineflicient mail service in the northeast section was discussed and & resolution was adopted calling the attention of the Post Office Depart- .ment to the matter. The association indorsed the Kelly-Edge bill de- signed to increase the pay of postal workers, A resolution was adopted request- ing paving of E street from 1ith street to Tennessee avenue. A pe- tition asking for this improvement has been signed by all the residents in the territory affected. The association indorsed the drive being conducted for the raising of funds for the Emergency and Cas- ualty hospitals. The body also re- affirmed its stand favoring the merging of the traction lines and other pulic utilities of the eit. " Lack of Playground. { Lack of playground facilities’ at the school for delinquent children at 1340 G street northeast was dis- cussed and an effort will be madé to_have this condition remedied. The school accommodates children of all ages and they spend- their recess time playing in the streets, endan- gering their lives and the lives of others. It was also pointed out that they create a nuisance in the neigh- borhood, s Objection was voiced to the In- augurating of the proposed bus line smervice extending from' 15th and H streets northeast to 11th street and Potomac avenue southeast, un- less the routing of this service is 80 arranged that it will accommo- date_teachers and students at. East- ern High School. Mrs, Charles A. Edwards was elect-| ed to membership. | Files Suit for $5,000 Damsjges. Eugie D. Tyler today filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $5,000 damages from Henry O'Malley . for alleged personal injuries. While crossing at fth and K streets north- west January 29 last, the plaintiff says, an automobile of tha.defendant ccllided with him. inflicting perma- nent fnjuries. He is represented bw Attorney T. Morris Wampler. j club could pl i { here for in} WILL AiD STUDENTS. Churchmen Vote to Keep Them in Touch With Creeds. | The Churchmen’s Club of Washing- ton at its meeting in the City Club vesterday made plans to place mew students coming to Washiugton with | religious bodies of their affiliation. President William Mather Lewis of George Washingto University ad- dressed the meeting and stated that | at registration time each vear the| ¥y an important part in! college life by lining up the students | of the various religious faiths with urches and church organizations comfort and better living | condition: Acting on this suggestion, & resolu- tion was adopted for the appointmen of a committee to work toward t end, and which will co-operate with another committee to be appointed by Dr. Lewis. . President R. . Mitchell presided. PLANNING TO UNIFY. .| . WELFARE AGENCIES Commission to Give Public Hearing on Proposal at D. C. Build- ing Thursday. i | The commission dn public welfare legislation will hold a public hear- | ing in the boardroom of the District building at 3:30 Thursday afternoon | on the proposal to bring about unified | control of all public welfare agencies | in the city. The question was dicussed informal- 1y at a conference yesterday after- noon between' the commission and representatives of the various agen- cies that would’ be-included in such a consolidation. Two points were discussed: First, Should sych a unification be’ made, thereby eliminating several independ-. ent boards? and, .second. How should it be done? At the meeting Thursday all in- terested individuals and organiza- tions will be permitted to voice their views. | i PR LIVE TOPICS INA- - - WASHINGTON CHURCH The Church of the Covenant, eight- eenth and N streets and Connecticut avenue, announces a series of week day educational and evangelistic serv- ices. Beginning with this evening and each evening_except Saturday, Rev. Dr. Matthew F. Smith of Indianapolis, Ind., will give searching thought and sincere expression to the deeper and inner realities of life. In inviting. the people of Washington to attend these meetings, Dr. Smith said: - “If you have religious perplexities you wil be greatly helped and en- lightened and inspired. If you have been groping through the darkness; buffeted by the storms of bitter dis- appointment, sickness and free think- ing pragmatism, and a philosophy of naturalism, you might be interested | { i | 1l Copyright by P. & A. Photos. CITIZENS INDORSE NEW PARKS PROJECT Piney Branch and Klingle Tracts Strongly Urged. ACTION BY Urges, Extension of 14th Street to District Line. ASSOCIATION Approval of the purchase of the government of the Patterson, Piney Branch and Klingle Ford tracts by the District of Columbia, to be de- veloped into parks was enthusiastic- ally expressed by members of the Piney Branch OCitizens' Association al a meeting in the Iowa Avenue AL E. Chirch last night. Would Supply Series of Parks. The development of these tracts, it ‘was pointed out, would form a series of beautiful interlinking parks. The Patterson tract includes the old Camp Meigs site, while the other two tracts would connect with Rock | Creek park. The Piney Branch tract would “link 14th street and Rock Creek park, which would makeé one continuous 'park from the latter street to the Chev® Chase car. line, west of Rock Creek. The Klingle Ford tract extends from the Woodley road to Rock Creek park at north end of the Zoo. Urges 14th Street Extemsion. Edgar B. Henderson, president of the association, urged that the asso- ciation push the proposed extension of 14th street to the District line. Such an extension, he said, would enable heavy traffic to enter Wash- ington via 14th stréet., and would leave 16th street for lighter traffic. Members of the association also fa- vored the extension or the street car tracks as far as the District line. Narrow Alleys Oppone Efforts to prevent the buil alleys less than sixteen feet wide on 15th street northwest, between Web- ster and Varnum., were revorted. The association has for some time been protesting against the building of ten-foot alleys in that.section. Many disedvantages: of the narrow alleys have been pointed out at previous meetings of the body. 2 Felicitations were 'sent to H. L. French, a former member of ‘the asso- ciation, who yesterday celebrated his ninetieth birthday. STINNES, ILL, TO REST. Overwork Causes Nervous Trouble. Not Serious. BERLIN, March 11.—Hugo Stinnes, the Industrial magnate, who is con- fined to his bed by. a nervous.condi- tion brought on by overwork, will be able to travel within a few days, it is probably wiil depart for a health re- sort outside Germany. in spending 3 féw Qvenings listening to the comprehensive and thoroughly human experience with spiritual real- jties and perhaps holp you finally, if not now, to ride to calm safety in the firm- and comforting faith of vour Just where he will go for a rest has not been decided upon, but his femily physicians will urge him to refrain . from _participating in -any business affalrs “for the next fort- night. ‘According to the doctors, his con- dition is in ne way alarming. - announced by his “physicians, .and STAR, WASHINGTON, 5. Former Secretary of the Navy Denby being sworn in yesterday as a major in The ceremony was conducted at the State. War and Navy Department by Gen. John A. Lejeune, m- Natioual P! WHO WiLn wis o world, the Whe L [EURVIES ler-Schebler cup awarded to th mile automobile race on Decoration day at Indianapolis each vear. D, C AT MIAMI'S PLYMOUTH PAGEANT. One of the pi pants from all parts of the country. the southern season, with part took place a few days ago. Left to right: Miss Alice Miss Catherine Clark of Chicago Unie of e bz tropies n the winner of the 500- If one man wins it three times in succession it becomes his property. Copyright Ly Kadel & Herpert \Curious. Collection of Greenland Insects Received at Museum Here| F Half Living Creatures of World’s Seventh Conti- nent for Use of Washington Scientists. {Stuck onspins In e snailow bex Tess| than a foot square received this week ut the National Museum here from Copenhagen are specimens of mearly half the living creatures from the | world's seventh continent. It is a collection of eighty speci- jmens of flles and mosquitpes from Greenland, obtained by exchange with the Danish national museum by {Br . M. Aldrich, curator of inseot It includes .two species of the far- thest north examples of life, little fllcs differing slightly in appearance from the North American house fly. These are obtained within 550 miles of the north pole, Dr. Aldrich . where there is no vegetation. They live en- tirely on decomposed fish thrown up from the water on the narrow stretch of sand. Barren of Life. Greenland, according to National Museum scientists, is curiously bar- ren of life even when its inhospitable climate is taken into consideration. At one time In history animals and insects probably were rather numer- ous.' Life of all cven the lowest forms of plants, were Killed off entirely during the last ice age, o that the great fsland was as dead @s the surface of tho moon. Very slowly, through countless centuries, life has crept back into the vacuum and gone north almost by inches. The comparative isolation of the region, Dr. Aldrich says, is largely respon- sible for the lack of progress. The specimens were collected by the Danish officials and missionaries CZECHOSLAV HOSTILITY TO CATHOLICS CHARGED American Federation Says Masaryk Has Broken Pledges to Slovaks. By the Associated Pres SCHENECTADY, N. Y., March 11.— An open letter to President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, ' protesting what are termed broken promises to the Slovaks and persecution of the Cath- olio population of the republic, has been made public by the Slovak Cath- olic Federation of America here. A copy'has been sent to President Gool- ge. The lotter is signed by the Rev. Andrew Pavlis of Sheppton, Pa., pre: ident of the federation. It charges that the peace conference was mis- led into thinking that the Czechs and Slovaks are one nation and that ' Masaryk has not kept a_promise to grant autonomy to the Slovak Deo- ple. Confitcation of Catholic institu- tions, the passage of laws and attempts to undermine the Catholic spirit are alleged. 30 Bills Vetoed by Gen. Wood. MANILA, March 11. — Thirty bills passed by the recent insular legis- lature, were vetoed yesterday by Gov. Gen. Wood. Most of the measures }appropriated money without provision- !for raising it § “shackling” |~ tiements re time who live in the few coast and spend much of their in scientific work. The insects are stunted, but rather pretty. There are 188 species of all kinds of fauna now known in_Greenland. of 41 species of beetles, 46 moths and butterflies and 66 hymenoptera, con sisting of bees, wasps and an Flies Who Love Col A curiosity of the collection was two flies of a species iden some collected by Dr. Aldrich on a high peak in Colorad several years ago. Between the two points they probably do not exist. He claims that this points to an. important scientific theory that climatic conditions have more to do with the distribution of "t life than geographical prox- since the climate of the Colo. rado peak was practicaily identical with that of the great Arctic island. Few of the types in the collection are strictly confined to Greenland. most oceurring in Nova Zembla, Spitbergen and probably along the northern coast of Siberia, although this region has never been explored thoroughly by entomologists. Life Confined to Coast. Life is confined largely to the Greenland coast because the interior, a_great glacial mountain which is practically unexplored. probably af- fords nothing upon which even primi- tive forms could feed. The exchange is especially prized by scientists here because hitherto there have been only three specimens of Greenland insects in the museum. Two specimens of most of the species were sent, ameng them some of those from which the original classifications were made by Danish scientists FIND 35,000,000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES STORED IInvesug\:\fion at Jersey Plant | Where 18 Were Killed Reported | by New York World. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, March 11.—There are 35,000,000 pounds of explosives stored throughout New Jersey, about half of it in Middlesex county, in which occurred the explosion ten days ago in' the Ammonite Nitration Works, which killed eighteen and injured scores,.the New. York World says to- day. The ncwspaper investigated the sit- uation in New Jersey to present the finding at a_public hearing at New Brunswick, N. J., when the Middle- sex . board, of freeholders considers removal of aH explosives from the county. Ask . Howntt Rejnstatement. PITTSBURG, Kans, March 11— Resolutions demanding reinstatement of Alexander Howat and other depos- Led officials of District 14, to mem- bership in the union, and calling for a special international convention o take up their cases, were passed at the Kansas miners’ convention here yesterday. These consist | al with | iresque events of Swing of Detroil. and Miss Belle Fairchild of Wash- ht by CUnderwaod & Unders THIS SCIENT151 CONDUCTS A est assortment of boarders ever a arch laborato teria nsed in the r is supposed to satisfy the appetit |COAST BODIES ASK BAN ON JAPANESE Purchase by D. C. of Patterson, {Exchange With Copenhagen Museum Brings Nearly;cmfnrm Societies Join in Urging I . Restriction on Senate Committee. |RAPID GROWTH STRESSED | | Oriental Hold on Business of Cities Described. | Four California organizations join |ed today In urging the Senate immi- ration committes to retain in the immigration bill a section which !would exclude aliens mot eligible to |citizenship. The Japanese embassy has protested against such a law. The California departments of the | American Legion, the California Fed- eration of Labor, the State Grange and the Native Sons of the Golden West, were represented before jcommittee. The case was presented [ by Attorney General U. S. Webb, for- mer Senator James D. Phelan and V. S. McClatchy of Sacramento. Mr. McClatchy argued that if immi- gration is to be restricted the logical course would be first to exclude those who under American laws may never become citizens. Attack on Japanese, “Immigration,” said Mr. McClatchy “is a domestic question which thi government should regulate without suggestion or interference from any | foreign nation. Of the yellow and brown races, the Japanese are less assimilable and most dangerous, if admitted as permanent residents of this country.” Mr. McClatchy said that in 1880 there were no Japanese residents in California, whereas there were not less than 100,000 now, and quoted the state board of health as saying that if existing conditions continue ultimate- iy the Japanese will exceed the whites in California. In some parts of the state the Japanese births already ex- ceed those of the whites, he said, and they control one-eighth of the state's rich irrigated lands, having driven white laborers and tenants away from farms. “They have displaced whites in business,” Mr. McClatchy continued. “In_Los Angeles city licenses are paid by over 4,000 businesses owned and operated by Japanese including over 1,100 vegetable and fruit stores and over 500 grocery stores. Failure of Agreement. “These conditions have developed during the past sixteen years under operation of the gentleman's agree- ment for regulation of Japanese im- migration. This is a secret under- standing covered by correspondence which even the congressivnal immi- gration committees are not permitted to see, and under it any Japanese who comes to . this country bearing a Japanese passport must be admitted provided he has no contagious dis- ease, a remarkable surrender of this nation’s sovereignty, not granted to any other nation and not granted by any foreign nation.’ Referring to those opposed to ex- clusion of aliens ineligible for citi- zenship, Mr. McClatchy said three organizations, the Federal ~Council, Churche= of Christ of America; the National Sommittes for Japanese Re- r the| THE NEWEST CABINET BABY. M s Joan, daughter of the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Davis, is just five weeks old. Miss Joan posed with her mother and her brother and CAFETERL embled s of the public health service in s of 10.000.000,000 bacteria. {U. S. PARK WORK STUDIED. Belgium Plans to Introduce Similar Administration. istration of the national park serv- ice is being made by Dr. Carl Akeley | of the American Museum of Natural i History, with ducing similar methods into the ad- inistration of a national park and rilla_sanctuary to be projected by sovernment of Belgium in South Africa proposal made two vears ago for establishment of a sanctuary and re search station for the purpose of pre- Serving gorillas in Africa bas been developed into a scheme for a great national park comprising perhaps the most beautiful scenic region in Af- rica. \REVENUE BUILDING FAVORED BY MELLON Work of Bureau Retarded by Be- ing Scattered, He Replies to Critics. One of the major needs of the in- ternal revenue bureau, in the opinion of Secretary Mellon, is a building in which to concentrate the work which now is being done in many separate buildings scattered all over the city, In any discussion of tax reform, or methods of the operation of the in- ternal revenue bureau, which have Dbeen the subject of attack within the past few days by the national in- dustrial conference board, the Secre- tary feels it should be emphasized that much improvement could be ef- fected if the paperscould beassembled from the numerous places where they are being considered. . In the case of corporation tax re- turns, for instance, it was pointed out Jast night at the Treasury, such pa- { pers have to be handled from a view point of their various phases, and by various divisions Yot only is the bureau hampered by being located in different build- ings, but it is crowded for space in those buildings it does occupy, ac- cording to officials. ——— GREEK CONSUL IS HURT. OAKLAND, Calit., March 11.—Con- tantine Panagopoulos, Greek consul general at San Francisco, was se- verely injured in an explosion of gas logs In the homs here of a country- man he was visiting. Parts of the fireplace shattered one of the consul goncral's ankles and lacerated his ead. lations and the National Committee for Constructive Immigration Legis- lation, “are controlled and conducted in this matter by Sidney L. Gulick, who represents in this matter not America, but Japan.” The Californians objected to the ap- plication of a quota plan as a sol tion of the Japanese or Asiatic immi- gration problem because. “it would be an abandonment of the principle of exclusion of aliens ineligible to citizenship” and a discrimination in favor of the Japanese, since it would not be made to apply to other Asiatic peoples.” | Inquiry into the methods of admin- I the purpose of intro- | er, Jimmy and Jane. & 1 Phote FOR BACTERIA. L. J. Bender, “chef” for one of the queer- a an eating place. He prepares the meals for trillions of bac- ‘Washington. Each tube of Copyright by Kadel & H (PROGRESS IN FIGHT | ON BAD CHECK EVIL IAssistant U. S. Attorney Tells | Credit Men of Work A ready Done. ASKS AID OF MERCHANTS Says Many Fail Promptly to Re- port Swindlers. { “We have gone a long w i | pressing the bad check evil, but wo cannot hope for its complete crad tion unless we have the co-operatiou of the retail merchants and the bank- ers,” declared Ralph Given, assistant district attorney, last night in ad- dressing a dinner meeting of the As- sociated Retail Credit Men of Wash« !mgmn at the Raleigh Hotel “Right now our greatest handicap {is the merchant himself. When he lgets a bad check he holds it. Ho hopes, perhaps, that it w be made good. In the meantime the bad check artist is floating other checks Or the merchants may be afraid of a suit for false arrest. Forget that. The burden of proof is now up to the man who draws the ch <. If he hasn't sufficient funds in the bank the law presumes an intent to defraud on his part. Advice to Merchants. y advice to the merchants of Washington is to act immediately. Don't_make the mistake of waiting and giving the swindler a chance to float other checks. Just as soon as a check comes back to you, send it to us. It is more than probable we have its mates. Don't hold it in tha hope of a settlement and don't be afraid of an action for false arrest. We bave several gentlemen now doing time, and we are ready to send manv more to keep them company. But it is up to you. Co-operate and we will se that you are amply protected” Lectures on “Contracts.” George Curtis Shinn, an honora: member of the association, gave the members an illuminating lecture on “Contracts” Herbert J. Rich, the new president of the association, outlined his policics for the year. E. W. Whitehead of tho Potomac Electric Power Company, the retiring president, was presented with a handsome clock and Mrs. Frank L Newman, retiring tréasurer, was the recipient of a large bouquet of Ameri- can Beauty roses. Secretary Stephen H. Talkes an- nounced five new applications for membership. .Cbilmn Envoy Returns. Senor Don Beltran Mathieu, Chilean ambassador to the United States, has returned to the city after a three- month visit in Chile. On his return trip he was accompanied by his naval aide, Lieut. Commander [» Munox- Valdez and his wife, formerly Miss Esther Maynard of New London, Conn. S Files Bankruptcy Plea. Berthold I. Rich, trading as B. Rich, retail merchant at 1920-22 14th street northwest, yesterday filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. He lists his debts at $17,637.97 and es. timates his assets at $5,627.50. At- torneys ‘Alexander Wolf and Nathan Cayton appear, for the merchant L} |