Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1924, Page 17

ATTENDING THE SENATE SESSIONS ON THE WORLD COURT. Senator Swanson of Virginia and a group of witnesses and others attending the hearing on the world court before a special Senate committee. Photograr!y taken at the Senate office building yesterday afternoon. e . CHILD i THE EVENING STAR FLOAT IN HEALTH CRUSADE. celebration in the ci POSTAL PAY RAISE BILL ALMOST READY House Post Office Committee Plans to Complete Draft of Meas- ure Today. WOULD AID POSTMASTERS Proposals Dealing With Railway Mail Clerks Still Open. The House office committee hopes to complete today the work of drafting the postal salary increase Bill. There remain to be dis- posed of proposals dealing with the Tailway mail clerks and an amend- ment by Representative M Kelly, Republican, of Penn: of the original p asure, providing a time differen- tial for night-time work. It i3 also understood that Repre- sentative Kelly will press for an- other vote on his amendment to in- crease to 3400 the additional com- pensation for clerks, carriers, super- visors and inspectors, as against the 3300 carried in the bill by vote of the committes when six members e not present. Would Ald Postmasters. ncreased compensation would be granted third and fourth class post- masters and rural mail carriers under amendments to the postal salary bill adopted vesterday One amendment #ive third-olass postmasters, number- ing 10,900, a flat_increase of $160 a Year in salary and would provide for % scale of clerk hire allowances rang- ing from $240 to $1,600 a year, based on receipts of the office and the pay o©f the postmaster. Anaggregate increase in pay esti- mated at $1.900,000 would be author- ived for fourth-class postmasters un- @er another amendment. the amount of each to be based on_the amount of ®tamp_cancellations. Each postmas- ter would be ontitled to 160 per cent of the cancellations instead of the present 145 per cent. Allowance for Mileage. In addition to their flat salary of §1.800 a vear, rural carriers, the com- mittee decided, should receive an ' Jowance of 4 cents a mile. Thi was estimated, would average about $300 increase for each carrier. The Flouse and Senate subtommittee which framed the bill recommended @n_allowance of 3 cents a mile. The Hovse committee also voted to gncrease the annual pay of first-grade gness, laborers and watchmen in the yostal service from $1,400 to $1.500 &nd to fix the pay in the second grade Bt $1.600. post still increase approved would WELFARE BOARD BACKED. [ Point Committee Hopes for Pas- sage of Bill This Session. The joint committee on child wel- #ure legislation has unanimously in- corsed the bill to establish a board ©f public welfare in and for the Dis- trict of Columbia. The joint commit- tee approves the suggested amalga- anation of the three boards of chari- ties, the board of children's guardians end the National Training School for Girls and urges the passage of the Bill in its present form at the pres- Ent session of Congress. The joint committee is composed of delegaies from the following organ- $zations: Twentieth Century Club, Teague of Women Voters, Women's City Club, Monday Evening Club, Col- Yeze Women's Club, District of Co- Jumbla Federation of Women's Clubs, Zonta Club, Mothers’ Clongress and Consumers’' League. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor is_chairman of the joint committee; Mrs. W. E. Chamberlain, ~ice chairman, and Mrs, H. C. Bald- win, secretary. 27 Autos Still Missing. Automobile thieves and Jjoy-riders ‘were responsible for 172 charges last month, according to records.of the police automobile squad, and twenty- Eeven of the machines have not been recovered. - In most instances, police gtated, cars were taken by persons who -participated in joy-rides and wbandened them. In other imstances gars were taken by persons who probe- &bly wanted to save taxi bills, * WELFARE Big electric truck decorated for the special May | Children’s health is receiving city-wide attention this week, the Child Welfare ociety and the American Child Health Association nnual campaign, Washington Star Fhoto |“ROXIE” HEARS PLANS | To Bolling Field in . FQOR RADIO PROJECT ! 4 Hours, 45 Minutes | wr be a 4 |Committee and Government Ex- ‘ e = perts Consider Installation of Sets in Hospital. vining their {Flys From Illinois light be Chanu | Rantoul | ween 1L and here, was made Lieut. L. H, | the 620-mi | forty-five n | vesterday by Dawson, who covered in ana e distance four WILL BROADCAST APPEAL Lieut. Daw T DeHaviland 4-B service pla carried Capt. William D. photographic icer at as passenger. The plane here just before dark. T | of the flisht was to bring Wheeler for conference with cials of the air service in to aerial photographic work, which the Army is undertaking for the Geological Survey and the Engineer Corps. The plane, which travels cross-country at an ave peed of 100 miles an hour. aided by a west wind RE-ELECTED LEADER e and Wheeler. Chanute, landed cbject Capt. offi- regard | Surplus Donations Will Be Sent Here for General Fund. Definite plans for equipping the service men's hosp east with radio receiving apparatus were mapped out at a conference be- tween L. Rothafel (Roxie) and | members of the committee of govern- ment radio experts who are super- ng the in: llation of radio sets Walter Reed, Mount Alto and the | Naval Hospitals, yesterday afternoon, in the office of Le Roy Mark. in the | Commercial National Bank building. “Roxie” promised to raise ail of the roney n ary for this work, Following as closely as possible the borders of the naval districts and Army corps areas, the eastern sec- OF ANTHONY LEAGU i | Mrs. Anna E. Hendley Is Given | and “Roxie” during the Sunday This Honor at Meeting d | ght radio concerts of his "gang” at Last Night. & Capitol Theater, will appeal to his audience of 3,000,000 broadcast listeners to contribute for the Army and Navy hospitals Mrs, Anna E. Hendley was re- elected opresident of the Anthony League at its meeting in ‘the eral Federation of Women's headquarters, 1734 N street, last night. | Mrs. Nanette B. Paul was re-clected | < | first vice president. | | | | money wil -1 of the zones*in which it is Clubs direction of the eommittee of gov: ernment radio experts after a survey of the peculiar needs of the various hospitals. Any surplus fn the dis- trict funds will be forwarded to Washington and deposited with the general radio fund which will be used for the maintenance of the radio, ap- paratus in all of the hospitals and the cquipment of additional hospitals with radio sets in the future. i Roxie Is Optimistic. | “Roxie” told the confmittee that he | was elated over the success of his und-raising campaign thus far, and spoke optimistically over the antici- pated results of the gigantic move- ment to install radio sets in all of the disabled service men's hospitals in the e Washington and Providence, R. I, he pointed out, already have oversubscribed to the funds for the equipment of the hospitals in these two cities, and a New York news- paper is preparing to open a ‘drive T $100,000, The committee which conferred h “Roxie” is composed of Com- ider. John B. Kaufman, executive officer of the naval hospital; Col. D. P. Penhallow. medical officer In charge of Mount Alto; Rear Admiral Stitt, surgeon general of the Navy; Surgeon General Ireland of the Army, 7 F. J. Wemple, electrical engineer of tion for the District of Columbia, Mrs. | the United States Veterans' Bureau; Hendley announced. Mrs. Hendley |C. E. Creecy, transmission engineer also stated that the league would | of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- soon have appointed a subcommittee | phone Company: Le Roy Mark, chair- authorized to work in co-operation | mam of the committee; A. Crossley, | with the citizens' joint committee on | radio engineer of the United States | fiscal relations between the United|Navy; Maj. Joseph Maubourgne, of- | States and the District of Columbia. |ficer in charge of the United States | Resolutions were adopted favoring | Signal Corps at the bureau of stand | the so-called child welfare bill Of the | yrqs: Maj, John W, Sherwood, T N | District ot Columbia and uniform | {Gsfese at Walter Reed; broG B marriage an ivorce law legislation. + (4 Nt S The league also reiterated its former | JO1life, assistant physicist of the bu- stand for the abolition of capital|Ieau of standards, and James I | punishment and certain other prison | Baden. vice president of Commercial B forma National Bank, and treasurer of the 0e s Roxie” fund. LUMBER JURY SECURED. et After the conference the committee Introduction of Testimony to Be went to the studio of station WCAP, Given in Fraud Cases Monday. where “Roxie,” Admiral Stitt and Gen, Ireland broadcast messages to The jury was secured late yesterday afternoon in the lumber fraud case, the radio audience regarding the movement to install radio sets In which 1s on trial before Justice Bailey, in Criminal Division 2. Introduction the government hospitals. Gen. Ire- land also told of the emormous task of testimony will begin next Monday The jury comprises George L. Mo- confronting the committee in wiring Curdy, 21 Franklin street northeast; the 132 acres at Walter Reed for the radio sets purchased with the “Roxie” James M. Self, 3418 O street; Julian R. Howdersheil, 2154 Bates street; fund, while Admiral Stitt outlined the Louis C. Myers, 2817 26th street north- benefits of radio to sick and con- east; Lloyd B. Rinehart, 30 Adams Other officers elected were Mrs, Eva E. Chase, second vice presi- dent C. Snyder, third \ue‘ president Bailey, re- cording & Ruth Lutzin- kirchen, assistant recording secre- tary; Mrs. Naomi B. Campbell, cor- | responding secretary: Mrs. Marie H Heath, treasure Mrs. Lillian Spe; treasurer, and Mrs . auditof. The officers elected last night will | serve until next fall, when the league plans a reorganization which will make it a national organization in- stead of just a local one Mrs. Hendley, the president, stated that it is hoped to have chapters of the organization in all of the states | In the United States when the league is_reorganized on the national basis. | The chief. object of establishing the | T league on a national scale, she point- | ed out, is to enable the erection of a proposed memorial to. Susan B. | Anthony, pioneer suffragette, for whom the league is named. | | Following its reorganization next | fall, the league will use its influence throughout the country in an en- deavor to obtain national represent M valescing patients. He said that “Roxie” had - given the bedridden service men a helpful dose of medi- cine. street; John S. Spaulding, 1601 30th 3 Street southeast; Herman H. Zurborg, | - Ask Latin as World Tongue. 1301 Kennedy street; Owen I/ Garter, | ROME, May 2.—The International 2425 1st street; Frederick Barker, |Sociological Congress here closed its 1766 Church street; William P. Hohn, | sessions today with the expression of 2800 Pennsylvania avenus southeast:|the wish that Latin be chosen as the Ernest L. Quade, 1510 California | basis of an international language it street, and Morris Miller, 1428 Clifton |being impossible to agree on the use street, 8L-ADY, SXILDE - Y located in their | be deposited in the | and will be expended at the| National Photo Capt. Paul Roenig. former comman. der of the German supersubmarine Deutschland, who arrived in the United States aboard the new Ger- man liner Columbus yesterday. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Although men are turning from the farms to the great centers of indus- try for wealth and opportunity today, the future may see them swarming back to agriculture for fame and fortune, unless some unexpected so- is found, scribed by Dr. H. Spoehr, physiologist of the Carnegie tution of Washington, in a here last night. Tremendous stores solar energy await in the veins and bodie: life, the speaker said out’ that already scien toward that supply by the use of alcohol, obtained from vegetation, as a substitute for the fast-dwindling resources of oil and coal. And even these, he added, are nothing more than “canned” sunlight, solar energy A plant Insti- lecture of untouched man’'s pl of green plant and he pointed AgO. Sun Worship Imstinctive. “Qur early progenitors,” the speak- development most of them sun wor shippers, regarding the sun as thad trom which all blessings flow. Sci- entific investigation is showing: that |their instincts were well The sun is, in fact, the source of al |our material wealth, our power, our life, for we must look to the green NOEL HOUSE GIVES MAY DAY PROGRAM Children and ‘Adults Attend Enter- tainment Featuring Pantomime and Playlets. | Two hundred and fifty chiliren and fifty adults vesterday afternoon watched, heard and enjoyed a pro- [gram’ of playlets and pantomime during celebration of the May day festival at Noel House settlement, 1663 Kramer street northeast, pre- sented under the supervision of Miss Loretta Murphy, resident director of Noel House. Probably the most picturesque fea- ture of the program was the dancing pantomime, in which the May Queen was crowned. On the program also was a short playlet by children of the settlement house, a play by a cast from the Boys' Club of Washing- ton: a one-act musical number and a Girl Scout sketch. Sixty-two, children took part in the presentatiors. Members of the board and guests were in the audience. An additional featute Was an ex- hibit of the work of the classes in basket work and carpentry, Which are a permanent fixture at the settlement house. CHURCH WORKER DIES. Miss Florence Woods Succumbs After a Year’s Illness. Miss Florence Woods, only daugh- ter of the late William B. Woods, as- sociate justice of the United States Supreme Court, died at her residence in the Westminster apartments ves- terday, following an illness of about a year. She was a niece of the late Gen. Willard Warner, who was sena- tor at one time from Alabama, and also a niece of the late Maj. Gen. Charles R. Woods. Funeral services are being con- ducted at St Paul's Episcopal Church this afternoon. The body will be sent to Newark, Ohlo, Miss Woods® birthplace, for burjal. , Miss Wi was. for a long time in philanthropic and church Work. She was educated abroad. Her nearest relatives surviving her are her cousins, Mrs. F. W. Arnold, | Mr. and Mrs, Willard Forrester and IMM Sara Manypenny, all of this city, and Mrs. James K. King -and Willard Xagnes af CRaUanogEs, active {lution of the world power problem | ording to a situation de- | sure | | He is turning | stored up countless millions of years | er said, “weré at some period of their | founded. | BEAl"!_'lFL'L FLOAT A ?’A’{T OoF llEAl.:l‘l[ CAMPAIGN. The tableau of the health crusade float was produced by the children of the Dennison School under_ the direction of Mrs. Ernest R. Grant for the Washington Tuberculosis Association. Health week extends to May 3, and many agencies arc interested in the activities, : Edward C. Finfey, first assistant secretary of the Department of the Interior, a witness before the Sen- ate oil investigating committee yes- terday afternoon. Nationsl Photo Power for Industry in Green Plant lay Start Movement Back to Farms) Physiologist Sees Coal Replaced Largely in Future | By Energy Extracted From Soil Products. Water Sources Held Inadequate. plant as the immediate sou of practically all life on our plane Nature provided for the future storing thiz sunlight up in the bow- ls of the earth, from which man is digging it today, he said, but man is quandering his supply and although enormous quantities remain un- uched, the time must come when will no longer be enough il to meet the needs of industry ence is providing for this situation by looking for substitutes. Water power and alcohol are those giving most promise today, Dr. Spoehr said. Water Power Inndequate. does not believe, however. water power alone can fil of industry for energy. By illus »n he pointed out that a prominent ventor had said if every drop of rain were called upon to give its po- tential amount of power the total would not exceed that obtained from coal at present. Thus. he said, no provision would be made for the growing demands of industry “Therefore,” Dr. Spoehr said, “much ntion has been given to the pro- tion of liquid_fuel ‘other than pe- troleum. Thus far-these investiga- have almost universally led to on the basis that it can be produced from vegetable material and s the most direct route from solar snergy. It is thus proposed to de- velop an industry for the storing up »{ sunlight in green plants which may be manufactured.into alcohol.” SENATEASKS STONE'S HELP IN OHIO SUITS Resolution Requests Coolidge to Direct Attorney General to Act in Daugherty Case. t A request that Presidént Coolidge direct -the Attorney General to defend the suits brought by M. S. Daugherty against members of the Senate com- mittee investigating the Department of Justice was made in a resolution adopted yesterday by the Senate. The resolution, bffered by Chalrman Brookhart of the investigating com- mittee, called attention to the habeas corpus proceedings . instituted by | Daugherty and the injunction suit filed by him when a subcommittee at- tempted to question him at Washington Court House, Ohio, as the suits to be defended. There was no discussion- of the resolution, and it was adopted by unanimous consent. Attorney General Stone already has informed the com- mittee he would co-operate with it in its litigation. e FACES TRIAL FOR THEFT. | Another Will Frobably Be Released Tomorrow. James John Forsythe and Ernest Du Plessis, paroled from the Mary- land house of correction, where they were serving sentences for thefts of suitcases, were brought to this city last night by Detectives Sweeney and | Waldron. Forsythe is under a charge of theft of silverware from the din- ing room in Union . station and is scheduled for a Police Court hearing tomorrow, and detectives said they probably would release Du Plessis, known to them under the name of Perry. Several weeks ago Detectives Scriv- ener and Kelly interviewed the pris- oners in the house of correction be- cause Forsythe had told of his com- panion’s alleged statement of knowl- edge of the murder of Barpey Me- Bride, wealthy resident of Oklahoma, near Meadows, Prince Georges Coun- ty, Md:, in August, 1922~ - - ‘When -questioned at the: house of correctiony, ] Pléssis dénled. having made~any statements attributed” to him by Forsythe, and detectives were unable to obtain any corroboration of 7% | | | | | | .| of Central Hi by | | in his pageant cantata, | work of the schools were given. | the audience. PLAY PRESENTED BY CHILDREN OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE. esterday was the play, “The Changeling celebrations The producti CHILDREN’S PAGEANT CHARMINGLY GIVEN Thousand Youngsters Form Human Bouquet on Central High School Stage. n drew a large Cne usand Washington chil made a human bouquet on the stage School last night when Edwin C director of music in the pu of the District of Columbia, led them “King Sol s the first of evenings of music. curtains parted for the rus of more than S00 lcome. Then of children costumed cgesting different flower. sun rays, water nymphs and the four winds, the tendants on King Sol and Princess Raindrop, trooped the stage and sang or danced Mr. Barnes directed the singing and M Edith Athe WAs accompanist at the piano. Grace Harmon as the Herald and Lois Hedrick as Rainbow introduced the various groups. Harry Angelico. baritone. and Anna Patter- son, who had the two ‘grown s of King Sol and Princess Rq sang their solos in finished stele. Particularly attrac- tive was the children's choral re- sponse in welcoming King Sol, when 'x;vm z uns.‘i‘lh‘ in front of the orche: ra joined the %00 on the stage singing th. greeting. i _ The audience gave the young per formers keen attention, even in the second t of the pageant, which did not .h"g'” until nearly 11 o'clock, and in which the little child-flowers on the stage began to wilt sleepily, one Or_two heing carried out exhausted The poise and enunciation of some of the little soloists were amazing. in owerland.” It v series of th When the a small gay! n-up” role indrop. in Claire Sessford, about eight years old, | was a plump, self-assured little snow drop, and Anna Dawson, a “buttercup” in her early 'teens, showed particularly fine stage presence as well as vocal ability. ~ Robert Fuchs, boy soprano, sang his “North Wind" solo well, and LeRoy Smith gave Prince Sunflower's song of greeting in a mellow voice. Others who gave solo songs or dances were Lelia Van Leer, Ruth Shaugh- ne Lois Hedrick, Eola Benzler, Esther Clelander, Chaloner M. Barnes, Bertha Letvin, Hazel _Faustman, Marearet de Groot, Mildred Burnham, 3ladys Kramer, Ruth V: i i Gladys Krame anderbilt and Preceding numbers the t pageant-cantata. showing the instrumental A baby orchestra of sevéral hundre, of ‘the Kindergarten ' age . fascinared These childrem were from the Brow; Burroughs, Eaton, Grant, Jefferson, Monroe, Park View, | Polk and Webb schools. There were interesting exhibitions of concerted bowing and good ton given by the first year violin class which, according to its director, Mrs Laura F. Ward, had only had twenty- five lessons of forty-five each in class work: also by the sec- ond year violin class, which had_had but forty such lessons. Sergt. Hess led his group of eight cornetists, in three selections. An interesting ex- ample of chamber music and its pos- sibilities for public school students was afforded in selections by a quar- tet composed of Eugenia Botkin, Mary Clements, Ruth Griffes. violin- ists, and Laura Ward, viola piayer. Tontght a different program of nhigh school pupils’ instrumental se- lections will be given and tomorrow night last night's program will be repeated, : URGE SUPPORT FOR BILL. Teachers Appeal to Rudolph to Back Keller Proposal. A delegation of public school teach- ers called on Commissioner Rudolph yesterday afternoon and appealedyto him to support the Keller bill for in- creasing their salaries. The teachers pointed out that the difference for the first year between that measure and the lower one pro- posed_would be only $26,000 for all school” officials. Permit for 11-Mile Railway. The Jefferson Southwestern railroad today was sutheorized by the- Inter- state Commerce Commission to con- struct eleven miles of.rdad in Jeffer son County, HI. The connecting rail- road companies will be given an op- portunity to assume control of the minutes | audience, BRAZILIAN NIGHT FETE PROGRAM IS ARRANGED Pan-American Union and George- | town University Sponsor Project Set for Tomorrow. Through the co-operation of the Pan-American Union, the Georgetown School of Foreign Servic has arranged a novel exhibit of Bra- | zilian prodicts and art in connection with its observance "of “Brazilian night” tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock. The celebration will bring to Georgetown ‘most of the members of the diplomatic corps from the Latin- | American republics and is to be held Uunder auspices of the Pan-American Stude Associatio Francisco Banda, = student at the schaol member of the staff of the Bc legation, is president of the asso tion, which he founded three years ago to foster intellectual and friendly relations between the republics of the Western Hemisphere. Senor Gracie, charge the Brazilian embassy, will be principal speaker at the exerc which will be opened by President John B. Creedon, S. J., of Georgetown University. Other speakers will be Dr. William F. Notz, dean of the For- eign Service School; Leo S. Rowe, di- rector general of the Pan-American Union, and William A. Reid, foreign trade advisor of the union, Who will £ive an illustrated lecture on Brazil Portuguese readings by Antonio Du- fault and Brazilian masic by Leo Al- varado, both students at the scho will complete the program Following the exercises President Creeden and members of the foreign service faculty will hold & reception in honor of the invited diplomats and for the student body of the univer- sity which has been tend d'affaires o the —————— CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS HITS FISCAL CHANGE $8,000,000 Inadequate for District, Says Citizens’ Association Resolution: The Cathedral Heights Citizens' As- sociation. meeting in the St. Alban's Parish Hall last night unanimously adopted a resolution against aboli- the District, as proposed in the Cram- {ton amendment placed in the District Bill by the House yesterday. The lump |sum of $8,000,000 as proposed in the |amendment was declared to be inade- uate. Embodied in the resolution |was a clause asking the Federation [of Citizens' Associations to atempt to |have the amendment eliminated The association was strongly op- posed to giving the District Commis- sioners power to appoint the judges of the Police and Municipal Courts, the recorder of deeds and the board of education, as proposed in the bill to sioners. The other sections of the bill were favored “as a means of better- ing the District.” Reiterate Car Serviee Stand. Members of the association reiter- ated a former stand taken by them, when they adopted a resolution to re- quest tho Public Utilities Commis- Sion to compel the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company to estab- lish a through street car service from upper Wisconsin avenue to the down- town section of the city. The resolu- tion requested that such a service be established with cars running not more than fifteen-minute intervals. The following committee was ap- pointed to appear before the Utilities Commission to make such a request: H. M. Frampton, chairma: Mrs. M. C. Reily, Mrs. T. H. Melton, Col. Glen F. Jenks, Henry C. Cole, G. H. Powell and R. Bruce Warden. ' A final resolution was adopted to request the zoning commission to Jeep all property now in ‘a’ restricted area in Cathedral Helghts in its present zoning status, and to place Macomb street between Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues in such an area. In such a zone the erection of apart- ment houses is forbidden. Mr. Warden Was appointed as a committee of one to request the placing of Macomb street in the desired Zoning area.. C. G. Gilbert and Mr. Warden were elocted new members. George R. Wales, vice president of the associa- tion, presided. invited to at-| tion of the 60-40 basis for financing | increase the power of the Commis- | One of the features of local May day * presented by the children at Neighborhood House National Photo INEW JUVENILE COURT | LAW TO BE TAKEN UP | Commission on Public Welfare to i Discuss Subject at Public Hear- ing Wednesday | ASK CHANGE IN | Cramton Measure for | Minded Discussed. BILL Feeble- i a public hearing the District day afternoon we in the boardroom of building at 3:30 Wed: to the the com | inite plan fo | but will offer as the bas | sion at the hearing ons made by a forme ppointed by Atto 1914 One of commission criminal _ nat against children the chara ng that court for disc! commenda commission the General in dings suct and To Ask Law Changes. The amission, at an executive ceting yesterday, decided to recom end -to_the nmissioners certair changes in the Cramton bill providing |a method for committing persons to | the new Home for Feeble-Minded | The commission will recommend | that instead of creating a new board of seven members to operate the | institution for the feeble-minded that it be placed under the board of charities | Then, it the proposed public welfare | board is created by Congress later to | bring abou ed control of all wel fare work in the District, the direc tion of the for the foeble-minde would be placed automatically unde | that board along with all other func { tions of the board of charities | The bill for creation of a board of public welfare to take the place of existing independent boards is now pending before a subcommittee of | tthe House District committee. in home. |LA FAYETTE LODGE HOSTS AT ANNUAL VISITATION ! The annual grand visitation of th grand master of Masons of the District | of Columbia and the officers of the | Grand Lodge to La Fayette Lodge, No. | 19, last evening was noteworth | event, in. that it was made a “home | coming night.” Of the 1,350 members of La Fayette Lodge a large propor tion were in attendance, the seating facilities of lodgeroom No. 1, Masoni. Temple, 13th street and New York avenue, proving inadequate at an early hour. The room was artistical 1y decorated. In a_carefully prepared pape George H. Post, master, reviewed the early history of the Grand Lodge of the District and of La Fayette Lodge bringing out ‘important events and calling on various members to “remi thereon. or instance, he told of a visit to La Fayette Lodge by King David Lodge of Baltimore, in 1879, and called on Albert F. Fox, who was master that year, to give his recollections of that visit Past M ter Fox responded, ex- plaining the effect on the then com- paratively: small—and sleeping—city when the visitors were escorted to the railroad station at 2 o'clock in the morning, headed by a brass band of twenty pieces, playing vigorously. Grand Master Roberts and the Grand Lodge officers were called on, in turn, as the vears in which they were masters of their respective lodges were reached by Mr. Post in his chronological review. A vocal quartet, with Charles H. Kocher as Organ accompanist, ren- dered selections. When the Grand Lodge officers retired each was pre- Sented with a basket of flowers. The_next visitation of the 1924 se- ries will be to Anacostia Lodge, No 21, in. Masonfe Hall, Anacostia, next onday - swening. at- 8 -o'clock As and_ Master Roberts Is a memie and_ pust master of Anacostia Ludze the visitation is-expected to be a gals occasion. | |