Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1924, Page 13

WEIGHTS-MEASURES MEETING PLANNED Four-Day Conference 61 National Association to Be Opened Tomorrow. PUBLIC WILL BE ADMITTED Sessions to Be Held at Bureau of Standards. The seventeenth annual national conference on welghts and measures will meet for four days at the bureau of standards, from Monday until Thursday, and will be attended by delegates from all parts of the United States, State and city weights and measures officials and representatives ot manufacturers, railroads, weighing departments and industry will be present for the purpose of studying mutual problems connected with com- mercial weighing and measuring This conference is an annual affair, originally organized in 1905 for the purpose of bringing together the of- ficlals charged with the administra- of weights and measures laws eral states. While retaining character, the conference now expanded greatly and its discus- slons embrace not only model Iy and specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices, but f commodities, 2150 methods of sa adversel and mea short, all topics which havi upon the general problem of ing the pockethook of the c wherever weight or meas volved. Wil Discuss Bread Decision. Prominent on the program of the forthcoming conference will be a careful consid of the recent decision of the Court which nullified certain ons of the braska standard-welght bread law. This decision directly aff legislation already in effec fornia, Indiana, Montana, } Jtota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota. Te Washington, Wisconsin and | trict of Columbia, and indi- | Aws of some Representatives of | of these states will be in at- ce at the conference, an will be made to promote con- ! many tend, effor certed action on their part to secure | , immediate modification of existing statutes to conform to the opinion of the Supreme Court, so that the bene- fits of this important legislation will not be lost to the public. Another subject of general interest to bo considered is the testing of taximeters to insure that they are accurate in their charges, mileage and for waiting time raudulent marking of jewelry, the <ale of wood, the sale of berries in The askets, the calibration of tank trucks used in the wholesaling of gasoline and fuel olls a similar topics will complete the program. Public Is Invited. The meetings of the conference are those in- open to the public, and a terested in any phase of measuring are cordfally attend. The last conference, which was the y 21 te sixteenth, was held to 24, 1923. The official report on this con- ferance has been published. and is Miscellancous Public No. of the bureau of stand 1t is on sale by the superintendent of docu- ments, government printing office, | Washington, D. . The price is 30 cents $31,200 GIVEN HERE | FOR GERMAN RELIEF Every Element of Washington Citizenship Among Con- tributors to Fund. ngton to date has contributed $31.200 to the fund for relief of Ger- man children, it was announced last night from local headquarters of the ~ommittee. Of this sum about $5,000 lias been sent direct by contributors here to the central re headquar- ters in New York. *School children of the District are responding with enthusiasm to the appeal, the announcement continued, and, although no collections were taken up fa the schools, hoth the children and their parents have con- tributed. From Many Sources. (Every element of Washington citi- phnship is represented among the dbnors. Firms and corporations head t with a total of $8,025. while is credited indorsers’ committee. Among others, benefits and entertainments vielded $2 a_recent radio benefit b WWCAP brought in $2,560.5, 8; mu- dafries, $320, & In addition ma r nations have been received by mall in response to & peal. yressed with the general letter ap- The committee has been im- growing interest in and Gen. Nelson A. zton chairman, ex- Ppressed his app ation yesterday of the humanitarian spirit shown by the people of the National Capital Sympathy for Children. Tt proves.” he said, “that when the lives of little children are in dan- ger no thought is given as to who ‘hey are or where they are. The most inspiring part of this campaign has heen the eagerness of the little folks f Washington to do something to alleviate the sufferings of children abroad. It speaks well for the future peace of the world.” Jonhn B. Larner, president of the wwashington Loan and Trust Com- peny, is treasurer of the local fund and contributions should be made to him, care of the committee headquar- ters, room 305, 1317 F street. STUDY OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS PROPOSED Man May Be Sent on Tour of East- ern Cities if Money Is Granted. A member of the District trafiic board will be seat on & tour of ecastern cities to study methods of regulating traffic by signal lights if Congress grants the pending supple- mental estimate of $7,000. The Commissioners asked for this propriation for the installation of ifamc signals, but Maj. W. H. Hol- ombe, assistant engineer commis- loner and chairman of the traffic board, said last night thac the board ‘ould not decide on any definite IVatem for Washington until the ex- periences of other large cities have ® ved. that Washington -needs as elaboraie « signal system as that in use in New York, under which vehicles at many intersections halt and move <imultaneously at the flashing of lights. Ho does believe, however, that there are many busy corners and congested thoroughfares, such as 16th street, where conditions could be greatly improved by the instal- lation of signaling apparatus. To Appear in Play MISS (GRACE SPRUCEBANK, Who will take leading role in “Daddy Long Legs,” to be presented by the t. Paul's Players. ST. PAUL’S PLAYERS GIVE PLAY AGAIN ON RZQUEST “‘Daddy Long Legs"” to Be Repeated June 2 and 3 for Benefit of School. t. Paul's Plavers will present Daddy Long Legs” on June 2 and 3 he 'St Paul's Auditorium, 15th and streets, for the bene $200.000 school built b: in his parish. This is the second ti ¥ t of the new Mgr. Mackin e the players have given the production by Jean 3 hundred persons to see the performances of the great demand for Grace Sprucebank ading . female role, who is directi take the role of The production is under the es of the Young Ladies' Club aul's parish, and is under the n of Rev. Father Leo J will take B W will Legs ausp of St. supery Fealy € t Daddy who are to take part include vard T. Dillon, Ag- Gary Raeburn, Helen . Catherine McEneany, Mary , Bernard Fitzgerald, Kath- een Dillon, Elizabeth Russell, Mary ? ve, Petrina Mistretta, Anna Walter Finnen, Anna Hayes, andt, Olive Ford, Dorothy and Thomas Finnen, jr. McADOO’S NOMINATION FORESEEN BY ROCKWELL Former Secretary Head Equally Optimistic on Outlook, Manager Declares. W. G. McAdoo will be nominated not later than the third ballot when ¥ 1 th. atic convention meets in ©w York next month, it is predicted by David Ladd Rockwell, who is man- aging the former Secretary of the Treasury's pre-convention campalgn. Mr. Rockwell “telephoned this op- timistic view to the local McAdoo headqud esterday. He said also that Mr. McAdoo himself optimistic. especially cession of the Tennessee delegation wa red to e brought him ix and a half votes of a ma- jority, and with a number of pro- McAdoo states yet to_select their delegates to the New York conven- tion Announcement was made of tenta- tive plans for the handling' of the McAdoo forces on the floor of the convention. Frank H. Farris of Mis- souri probably will be floor leader. He will have among his Missouri assistants former Gov. Fred P. Gardner; Charles M. Hay of St. Louis, who will make one of the seconding speeches; Judge Charles Mever of St. Joseph and Breckinridge Long. Ed- ward P. Meredith, former Secretary of Agriculture, and Clyde Herring prob- ably will ent McAdoo in the ow hin “Have your Slip Covers Made Now”’ Large stocks of both Belgium Linens and cretonnes to suit every condition. Prompt service and perfect fit guaran- teed. Let us “estimate. Our price will sur- prise you. ZELANSBURGH== 729—11th St. Julius Lansburgh, Pres. and Treas. $IITITIIIIITITITITLTIT24242220222248203242422228383¢22 83022324242 23424 zzzmmmaz:zmwmmmmzzmz::zxzxzzzzz:i::zzzzzz:ixxzmmz $323838838382388832832838838323288288823288238323888388¢: Shrine Citing " Seamen to Stan Valor of Merchant d on River’s Brink Proposed Monument Will Be Erected Hel;e onb Bank of Potomac—W ill Be Dedicated to “Ameri&:ari‘sk : Lost at Sea.” A new shrine to American valor at sea is to take its place soon among the monuments and memorials here in the nation’s Capital to the great dead of America. Wrought in bronze, it will stand at the brink of the peaceful Potomac, that the river may bear with it to the sea a message of remembrance to those who have gone down to the sea in ships for the flag, whether in ships of war or plodding merchantmen, never to re- turn. It will be a national monument to those through all the years who have served in the Navy and merchant &0 A dedicated to “Amer! amid their militaj marine on the sea. d it will be ans 108t at sea. Across the wide river, high among the rolling Virginia hills, are the clustering monuments and’ shafts of where ths Arlington many who national ceme died herolc, de hundr: To Cost $500,000. But the new tribute to the valor of those who have died at sea in war or in peace will stand close down beside the river with the quiet waters lapping it as they pass on to jofn the sea beyond the Virginia capes. It will be bullt by popular subscrip- tion to cost $500.000 or more and al- ready the site has been by law and the form of the itself been decided by the rest trinsic values and consider the exquisite styles. Frocks—at such a price. MAY 25, of, the committees who are, for the most _part, men who have served America on the waters all around the world. . The-spirit in which this new altar of. patri6tism has been concelved 1s told ‘by! Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, retired, chairman of the com- - mjttee in charge of its erection. "' “There I8 no such monument any- i {the world,” Admiral Fiske “There {8:no monument that attests any appreciation by men and women of the dangers which the men of ‘thé-sea have braved, or the conquest of these dangers which they have achieved. There is no visible re- minder of our debt to the men of the wea for securing that safe passage of the sea which has welded widely separated countries into a coherent world. Merchant Seamen Cited. “Though monuments to military commanders adorn selected spots in all the civilized countrles of the earth, only a few monuments to naval men exist, and virtually all of these commemorate war achieve- ments only. The long and hazardous voyages of merchant seamen who mldde the ocean safe for commerce an. spread civilization over the , though told in song and story, never received the recognition hich all men know to be the high- st—that of gn enduring —it has ever been our good fortune to ofier—;fihg{' the price will sta;;tle and surprise when you compare the in- Women’s Dresses— Misses’ Dresses— For Street and Afternoon— Georgette Crepe, Satin, Fine Canton, Crepe de Chine, Printed Georgette, Printed Crepes—in Black, Jnsfim\\\ |l &N The Supreme E"e“t Navy, Powder Blue, Sfeel, Canary, Almond Green, Cocoa, Gray, Peach, Orchid and Other brilliant printed combination, and with plenty of White Dresses for Graduation and Lodge Functions. A 0 e g 1924 —PAR' monument, | hy erected on sonia’ exalted spof, where it can bee seen of men. . “Such a tribute it is the intent of the Navy and Marine Memorial As- soclation to render the men of the sea; but jt will memorlalize as well those from whom the supfeme sacri- fico was not required, but who braved the same dangers as those from whom it was required, and stood equally ready to make it. It says that the countless millions who have profited by their work must not forget :‘tlmt| work, or neglect the men who d e, “So, while this monument symbo}- izes ‘the grandeur of the seam, it powerfully suggests the grandeur of the seuman's art, which has made a conquent of the sea and marked a myriad of paths across its forbidding waters. And it calls upon every one to visualize what seamen have done for him, and to pay a rightful trib- ute to those who, through all the dim centuries of the distant past, has ‘gone down to the sea in ships, and have done thelr business in great waters.' " Exeeutive Committee. ! Assoclated with Admiral Fiske on the executive committee are Walter F. Firth, treasurer; Willlam Fellowes Morgan, ' jr., secretary; Anna Graham, Col. Robert M. Thompson, Col. Edward A. Simmons, Ray C. Shepherd and Herbert N. Davison, arters of the committee being New York city. tional committe tary Wilbur of th as chairman, and includes Assistant Secretary miral Leigh C. the Theodore Roosev Emergency Fleet The honorary na- is headed by Secre- Navy Department Palmer, president Corporation ; Ad- of elt, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, comman- dant of the Marine Corps, and Rear Admiral Willlam 8. Benson, U. retired, of the Shipping Board The 'national Admirals committee Eberle and Coo includes ntz and Rear Admirals Wilson, Jones, Plunk- ott, and Welles and numerous oth Josephthal, De Steigue r, the Navy as well as civillans interest- €d in navai or merchant marine mat- ters. headed by Mrs. of the former Secretary of the N and includes the wives of ma and merchant marine offi as that of Mre. wife The women's - comm Edwin Den Nichc of Representative House majority leader. MEs. C. C. Longworth, Longworth, HYDE NAMED. | iitte 1 Appointment of Mrs. Charles Cheney Hyde as a member of the directors of Columbia Hos announced M, | sloner Rudolph. vesterday by hoard of | ital, Commis- In Turkey o great is the popular dislike the of the number thirt ord for-it is seldom en th: erful Dress Sale ‘We've Ever Held We are giving a most pointed and practical demonstration of just what our cash buying and selling policy makes possible. 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