Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1924, Page 17

' THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. € University Women called at tion, at right of the Presid TLE PRE: Wallace ¥ took pla NTED TO SECR! in the grounds of th BALLOU MAKES PLEA |Buried Town Has Bar and Dance Hall, [30 BOYS WILL OPEN FOR SCHOOL SYSTEM Describes Conditions at Joint Par-i ley of Civic Organizations—Fears Appropriation Cut. EQUIPMENT NEEDED, HE SAYS Mid-City Citizens Urge Proposal for Free Text Books. The now familiar story of the Dis-| trict publ hools and their needs, | omewhat calloused from retelling, | was again heard by members of the | yoard of education at their annual | oint conference with representatives | of the various ci tions last night in the Franklin School. Inadequate playgrounds, lack of | <classroom accommodatiol obsolete text books, poor lighting facilities and other condition recommended (cr‘ correction several yea go, as usual, | wero the target of criticism. Some of | the complaints were filed verbally, | others were in the form of briefs. As s its custom, the board promised to consider the plea of the c bod representatives it yrepa; of the school budget for ic orgun Ballou described how the r on in the school appropriation bill reported to the | House would result seriously for the | school system. | Dr. Ballou's Explanation. | Dr. Ballou's explanation came at| the outset of the meeting. The su perintendent revealed the increases | ught by the board, the amount anted by the budget bureau and the amount ultims sreed upon | by the House committee on appro- priations. It was the first compari- son school officials had made of the | badly slashed school budget, and when Dr, Ballou concluded there was a noticeable silence in the Franklin auditorium. One of the revelations made by Supt. Ballou was that several new buildings and additions may be opened next year minus the necessary -quipment. ~The buildings are the Spring road and the Heaith schools, the latter is appropriated for, and the additions to the Thoms ool and the Armstrong Manual Training hool. Dr. Ballou pointed out that the six-room addition to the Thom- son was completed in January, but it is without the essential equipment. Not a single item for the construe- jon of new buildings remains in the hool budget as it before the House, Dr. Ballou stressed. A strong plea for the improvement of natural lighting facilities in the schools rather than electric lights was made by Snowden Ashford, rep- resenting the education committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associ- ations. A survey has shown, he said, that_there are seventy-five buildings in the city needing improvement in natural lighting. He proposed that the improvement be made by chang- ing _window _arrangements, which would cost on the average $1,000 & build- ing. The Mid-City Citizens’ Association urged free text books for the high and normal schools. Ernest Green- wood, vice president of the board, remarked that it would cost $400. 600 to get the text hook situation bacfl to normal without granting free test books to the high and normal school students. v . Greenwood also assured the Stanton Park Cltizens' Association Supt. | 4 ZO0LIDC the White House yesterday. ent. E. RECEIVE UNIVERSITY W Mrs, Aure! ARY OF AGRICULTURE. Models rday afternoon by the National Holstein Cattle Breeder: he Department of Agriculture. But No Church; THE EVENING OMEN. lia Henry Reinhardt of Mills College, Ca of Holsteins presented to Secretary Association. The presentation National Photo. Named “Red Dog” = \ o e . . . s | D. C. Scientist Hunting Prehistoric Fossils, Stumbles | g, . . wou Begins Tomorrow at Upon Ruins in Arizona—Once Noted Mining | Camp of Southwest. J. W. Gidley of the New Na- 1 Museum staff, while exploring San Pedro Valley in southern Arizona for fossils of prehistoric ani- mals, unezpectedly discovered a bur- ied city, he reported on his return here this week. The discovery._is unique in the an- | nals of American archeology. Hid- den in drifting sand and completely covered in a wild tangle of mesquite, the ruined adobe biuldings and the stories they tell might have been lost completely to students of earlier American history had not Dr. Gidley stumbled upon them. They reveal interesting character- istics of the men and women who once lived in them. The most con- spicuous building is the saloom, the long bar of which still is in a good state of preservation. The old people were not only drunkards, but invet- erate dancers, Dr. Gidley deduces, ce the dance hall is the next most nportant structure among the ruins. Surrounding these principal buildings are adobe dwellings, showing that the inhabitants had reached a fairly ad- vanced state of civilization. No Churches Found. An_interesting sidelight is thrown on the discovery by the fact that there is no church or temple of any kind, such as have been found in all | other buried cities in the southwest. The mesquite 1s becoming thicker and thicker. ~Quail and rabbits run wild amid the ruins. Owls and bats perch on walls which once witnessed riot- ous revels. Dr. Gidley, who is not an archeolo- gist, was puzzled by the discovery and made careful inguiries among the Settlers in the San Pedro vailey, buf for a long time was unable to fin any one who knew of the ruins or was able to throw any light upon them. At last, however, he was able MUSIC STUDENTS GIVE FINE PROGRAM Junior Orchestra Plays Well at ‘Washington €ollege Concert. The Jjunlor orchestra of young children which presented the over ture, Lavalee's “The Bridal Rose. during the program of the thirty- seventh concert given by the Wash. ington College of Music, at Central High School last night, was decided 1y the outstanding feature of the evi ning. The older students in the col- lege orchestra, which played the opening overture, Weber's “Der Frei- schutz,” under the direction of C. E. Christiani, gave & well unified inter- pretation of that work. The group of ambitious calists was led by Marie prano, who also sang W\ Thou ty Monster: fashion. Phelp g vo- al, s0- ~Ocean! dramatic, ‘well, and | | to identify them with a well known | town in earlier history. | The name of the buried city was| Red Dog. | Made Famovus in Fiction. | | It has been deserted less than a | half century. It was one of the most | noted mining camps of the old south- west. Alfred Henry Lewis made it| | famous” in fiction. ~ Already it has | passed_into the class of Laxor or | Pompei, so rapidly does American | history go ahead. In his own line Dr. Gidley discov-| ered the third specimen ever found | in America of the glyptotherium, a great prehistoric creature somewhat | resembiing the present armadillo, | which roams the Texas deserts. Th: shell covering and tail piece recov ered indicate that this animal was about eight feet in length and three feet high, and was certainly one of the most terrible-appearing of new world creatures who inhabited the southwest a few million vears ago. Stomach Not Protected. The great animal was completely protected by its thick shell except on the stomach. It had long, sharp claws @ith which, whenever an en- emy approached, it could dig a hole in the soft sand in which it could protect this unprotected portion of the body. It was a very slow-mov-{ ing animal and_probably a vegeta- | rian, although Dr. Gidley thinks it | may have fed on ants to some ex- | tent. 8 The prize discovery from a scien- tific point of view was the complete skull of a horse which has been known before only by isolated teeth. This equine of millions of years ago was a long, slender creature of about the size of an average horse of to- day, and probably very s t. It is, however, well advanced from the most primitive forms and Dr. Gidley said that science still is_seeking for the first horse which probably was a very small, five-toed animal. He ‘also recovered the jaw bones of a number of prehistoric rodents, ranging In size from the smallest of mice to the pocket gophers. [ | ) | baritone, sang the aria from Verdi's | “Masked Ball” with dramatic fervor | |and evident knowledge of the com- position. The young_pianists, Benjamin Rat- ner, Sophie Snyder and Doris Thorn- ett, all acquitted themselves well. Mr. Ratner played a clever composition of his own, as well as Chopin's “B Flat Minor Scherzo.” Rena Greenberg, violinist. won spe- cial applause with her skillful play- ing of Svendsen’s “Romance.”” Mil. dred Fleenot played Musin's difficult “Magurka,” and little Victor de La- durantaye and his sister Beatrice the Beethoven “Minuet” and Drdla’s “Sou- venir.” : The only organist represented was Ruby Booth, who played Martin's | “Evensong” unusually well. 1 ‘The chorus and orchestra gave Strauss' “Greeting to Spring.” Miss Mildred Davis was accompanist. WOULD AID TEACHERS. The benefits of the public school teachers’ retirement act would be ex- tended to twenty-two aged teachers who for one reason or another are technically ineligible under sti) ~ll'»hw umlfl.hflln Delegates attending the convention of the American A | garden STAR, sociation of the associa- Photo lifornia, president of National COMPLETES BUST OF LATE PRI putting the finishing touches on a bust of the late Pres: WASHINGTON, - D. C., FRIDAY, RAISING SHAFT OF MEMORIAL. south of the Treasu APRIL 1924. 25, Work on the 1st Division memorial, is going along rapidly, and the seventy-two-ton shaft was put in place yesterday. The shaft is one of the largest single pieces ever quarried. ESIDENT. Moses Dykar, sculptor. dent Harding. The work will probably be placed in the Capitol. GARDEN FOR CIVITANS Benning—Motion Picture Show Arranged. Thirty boys selected by the Juve- | nile Protective Association as mem- bers of the Civitan Garden Club will | begin the season’s work tomorrow in gardens at Benning which the De. partment of Agriculture has allotted | them for the purpose. | The day will begin at the Ambas- | sador Theater with motion picture in- struction in garden work. The Third Moran Boys' Orchestra will furnish the music and a troop of scouts will act as ushers. A few Boy Scouts trained in gardening are to be as- | signed as companion workers to the | club_ members. Immediately after the performance the boys will be taken in automobiles by members of the Civitan Club to the tract at Benning. Luncheon will be served and the preliminary work of the sea- son will begin. Will Work With Boys. Every Saturday throughout the summer a committee of the Civitan Club will work with the boys in the garden, and there will be afternoon excursions, picnics and other forms | of amusement. Prizes will be given to the boys who prove most efficient in gardening. Clarence L. Harding, former presi- dent of the Civitan Club and a mem- ber of the Juvenile Protective Asso- clation, is chairman of the commit- tees of both organizations for the boys' garden club. Assisting from | the association are Mrs. Henry G. Ferguson, Miss Louise F. King and Miss Dorothy Allen. G. A. Garner, horticulturist of the Department of Agriculture, will give the boys direct gardening instruction. BLIND COMPOSER TO GIVE RECITAL Interesting Demonstration at Im- manual Church Tonight Is Free. Adam Geibel, doctor of music and celebrated blind composer, has come to Washington from Philadelphia to present a recital with demonstrations in Immanuel Baptist Church, 16th street and Columbia road, this eve- ning at 8 o'clock. The recital is free and open to the public. Geibel is the composer of “Sleep, “Kentucky Babe” and many other popular song hits as well as more serious vocal and instrumental works that have been sung and played all over the world. The recital is entitled “The Tri- umph of a Blind Man.” Dr. Geibel will play some of his compositions and will give a short sketch, telling how he overcame this gigantic handi- cap and won his present successful position in the field of music compos- ing. He will give tests of pitch, analysis of chords on the piano, and will dictate an original theme to a writer with the musical score sheet before him, dictating for four voices, soprano, aito, tenor and bass. The work, after this oral dictation, will then be played on the piano. Porcxg. Fostélh well known local patron of the arfs as well as & com- irector __pianist < te, | Club of Washington last evening the | for three years; William I. Deming, | Copyright by Harris & Ewing. GIDEON A. LYON HEADS ARTS CLUB! Election of Officers and Committees |[JORn L. Baer Tells New National Museum Only | Brown Natives Have Been Seen by Party Ex- ploring Jungles of Panama. Announced at Annual Meeting. At the annual meeting of the Arts following officers were elected, it| was announced: Gideon A. Lyon,| president; L. Morris Lelsenring, vice | president; Will C. Barmes, recording | secretary; Alfred E. Lewis, jr. cor- | responding secretary; Edward H. Watson, treasurer: Glenn Madison Brown and Miss Aline E. Solomons, members of the board of governors member of the board for one year. In addition members of the commit- | tee on admissions were elected, follows: Lynch Luquer, architectur: Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, Marion_ Lane, industrial arts; Emily Read Jones, literaturr: Mrs. Emma Prall Knorr, music q ttie E. Bur- dette, painting; Mrs MacDonaid Sleeth, sculpture, and representing the lay membership, Mrs. George W. Johnston, for two vears, and Mrs. Willoughby S. Chesley, for one year. Several amendments to the consti- tution were adopted in_the course of the meeting and reports of officers and chairmen of committees were submitted, all showing the organiza- | tion to be in a flourishing condition. | ALL SOULS’ CHURCH DEDICATES ORGAN Edwin Arthur Kraft, Cleveland Choirmaster, Guest-Artist at Memorial Recital. Edwin Arthur Kraft, organist and choirmaster of Trinity Cathedral at Cleveland, Ohio, and organist of the big municipal auditorium of that city, was guest-artist, honored with the first recital given last night to ded- icate the Skinner organ installed in All Souls’ Church. The organ is a memorial to Bermard Richardson Green, civil engineer, who was a member of the church. Mr. Green's son, William E. Green, violinist, was assisting soloist and played Wieniaw- ski's “Romance,” from “Concerto in D Minor,” and the popular “Berceuse” from “Jocelyn” in interesting fashion. Mr. Kraft, who has won high recog- nition abroad, where he studied under European masters, has a distinct in- dividuality of touch and interpreta- tion. He is noted as an interpreter of ‘Wagnerian works, and that composer was generously represented on last night's program with the prelude to “Die Meistersinge ‘Liebestod,” from “Tristan und Isolde". overture to “Tann- hauser” and “Ride of the Valkyries."” These numbers were all played with mastery and power, bringing out the sweetness and legato beauty of many passages, not always empha- sized in orchestral presentations. One of the most beautiful numbers of softer theme was Rimsky-Ko: sakoff's well known “Chanson Indou and this, with the two capricious, delicate melodies of Dethier's “The Brook” and “Scherzo,” showed Mr. Kraft's ability: MacFarlane's “Even- ing Bells and Crullem" Gossens’ "Olflnundul Box,’ ett's “Toc- Cl m Prp National Photo. ADVERTISING THE CELEBRATION. Miss Sally McAdoo, daughter of the former Secretary of the Treasury, and now presidential candi- date, putting up posters for the sixth quadrennial May day celebra- tion of Bryn Mawr. Mrs. Otis Skinner is producing the pl Wide World Phot HENRY P’(_!RD BUYS STAGECOACH FOR HIS DEARBORN HOME. The manufacturer of flivvers is collect- ing relics, and the latest addition to his collection is this old coach, which belonged to Frank J. Goern- ner, living on the Belair road \White Indians Likely Myth, Anthropologist Declares “White Indians” seem likely to prove a myth. If they exist they are the most elusive of living humans. John L. Baer, aide in the division of physical anthropology of the New Na- tional Museum here, now in the un- explored interior of Panama seeking them, has notified museum officials that the only indians he can find are the customary brown variety. He is in the country where they are | reported to have been seen, but thus far has failed to penctrate the more inaccessible sections, and has not given up hope. Mr. Baer and his party are using an Army airplane in exploring the recesses of the jungle where villages of these strange peo- ple are rumored to exist. Mysterious Race Storles. Many- travelers have brought back reports of them, and natives of Pana- ma vouch for the story that such a mysterfous race exists. Hitherto, they never have been approached suf- ficiently to secure any authentic in- formation. All who have come in STRINGER RE-ELECTED CITY CLUB PRESIDENT Seven Picked by Members for the Board of Gov- - ernors. Henry E. Stringer was re-elected president of the City Club at the annual election of officers, held yes- terday. Other. officers elected were: Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, first vice president; Thomas E. Jarrell, second vice president; T. Lincoln Townsend, re-elected treasurer; James S. McKee, secretary. As the nominations for the fore- going officers were closed after the naming of one person for each posi- tion, the only offices open to contest were those for vacancies on the board of governors. There were fourteen nominations made, Which resultad in the election of the following seveng to serve on the board: Edward S. Brashears, M. O. Chance, E. C. Gra- ham, Roy L._Neuhauser, S. J. Pres- cott, M. D. Rosenberg, also general counsel for the club, and John C. ‘Wineman. GREAT SAGAMORE GUEST. Red Im.hmh.in in Honor of James E. McCracken. Sioux Tribe, No. 18, Improved Order of Red Men, held an open meeting last night in honor of its guest James E. McCracken, great senior sagamore of the District. Sachem Samuel Feldman, chairman of the evening, announced open meetings will be onthly affair. Moving® pictures depicting the tory of the order were shown. The Josep near Baltimore. The coach has been shipped to Detroit. Wide World Fhoto INCREASE OF CRIME - CHARGED TO JURIES Representative Jost Tells Policemen Laxity and Disregard of Law Encourages Criminals. to Prove jcontact with them report that they are asvery fierce people, guarding {their jungle recesses jealously, and absolutely refusing to have any deal- |ings with outsiders. It was the per- | sistence of these reports which led to detailing Mr. Baer with a party of | explorers. H The white Indians, it was said at| |the museum, might' turn out to be renegade white men who have gone |into "the jungles and existed there through generations. The most in- teresting probabllity was that the tribe might represent the last rem- nants of the prehistoric people, who built some of the most magnificent of Central American ruins and had dis- appeared: before the discovery of America by Columbus. . Party Will Continue Search. In spite of the ill fortune thus far. Mr. Baer and the remainder the party intend to push on until the white Indians are found or the rumors thoroughly _disproved. The entire country is practically unknown and absolutely roadless. it has been re- garded with considerable superstition ang fear by the Panama natives and previous expeditions have oeen unable to make much progress. QUEEN MARIE PAYS | D. C. SCOUTS TRIBUTE| Sends Autographed Photograph to Troop No. 70 of Fourth Pres- byterian Church. Queen Marle of Rumania has pre- sented to Boy Scout Troop No. 70 of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, this city, an autographed photograph of herself with personal greetings to the scouts of this country, it was learned today. Just before D. Dimitrie Dimancesco, attache of the Rumanian legation here and founder of the Boy Scout movement in Rumania, departed for a visit to his country a short time ago, Troop 70, of whose committee he was a member, presented him with a silk American’ flag_in appre- clation of the interest he has shown in American scouting. The presen- tation was made at a camp fire in the woods with the observation that all scouts are brothers, regardless of natiZality. When Mr. Dimancesco reached Ru- mania, he presented the flag to the crown prince, who has been an ar- dent supporter of the Scout move- ment there. The crown prince in turn presented the flag to Queen Marie, who, in return, sent back an autographed photograph of herself. Mr. Dimancesco also brought back with'him a nephew, Constantine Dan- jelopol, Who has been through the program of both the Rumanian and British Boy Scouts and now has be- come a member of Troop 70. Cleveland Starts Clean-Up. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 24.—A movement to rid the city of undesir- ables, in preparation for the Republi- can national convention, was launched last night, a round-up of suspicious characters resulting in the arrest of forty-two men. _Similar round-up: ‘are planned for one day each weel Fiay %o ‘bo changed aad "kept | FLAYS “HIGHER-CLASS” FOLK Association Plans Memorial Serv- ices for Deceased Comrades. Representative Henry L. Jost of Missouri, former mayor and prosecut- .ing attorney in Kansas City, Mo, t members of the Pelicemen's As: tion at a meeting in Pythian Tempic last night that crime has increased since the world war and blamed ti “laxity of juries” in the apparent d regard of evidence as onme of tha causes. When 50 per cent of the people of the higher classes are winking at cer- tain laws, he stated, it is not to bo presumed that persons in lower walks of life are going to pay the laws the respect to which they are entitled. Memorial Services Planned. Detective C. J. P. Weber, chairman of the memorial committee, reported that arrangements had been made to hold. memorial services for deceased members of the organization at Cen- tral High School the night of June 1. Attorney General Stone and Secretafy of Navy Wilbur have invited to deliver memorial _addresses. Isaac Gans, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Odell S. Smith, chair- man of the police and fire committea of the organization, will be among the speakers. Chairman Weber reported that me- morial services will be held on the lawn in front of the District building May 30, when a floral design of the police shield will be placed there. Taps will be sounded by Policeman Karl Scherer. e WOMAN, ILL, FIRE VICTIM. Lillian King, Colored, Dies of Burns Sustained While in Bed. Lillian King, colored, forty-five, roomer at 421 Warner street north- west, was fatally burned while ill in bed yesterday afternoon. She died at Casualty Hospital a few hours later. It is thought she accidentally set fire to her bedding and was in too weakened a condition to extin- guish it before it reached her. Cor- oner Nevitt deemed an inquest un- necessary. SLAYER STILL MISSING. Man on Motor Cycle Who Killed Woman Eludes Police. Police have not succeeded in estab- lishing the identity of the rider of the motor cycle that knocked down and fatally injured Mrs. Margaret C. Car- roll, colored, mother of Policeman Robert H. Carroll of the fourth pre- cinct, at 7th and H streets northwest. about three weeks ago. Mrs. Carroll, seventy-three years old, died at Bmergency Hospital Wednesday aft- oon. ‘oroner Nevitt conducted an_in- quest at the morgue yesterday after- noon. The jury reported that ddath resulted from injuries received as a