Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1924, Page 17

D €., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1924 MacMILLAN AND CREW OF THE LITTLE SCHGONER BOWDOIN. These men spent almost a year in the frozen northland, returning to the United States a few days ago. This picture was taken at Donald Mac- Millan’s home in Wiscasset, where his friends gave him a big weicome. Wide World Photo Rev. Lawre , 1L, M. Hight of who confessed to the poisoning of his wife (below) in order that he might marry Mrs. Wilford Sweetin, a_member of his congrey n. Mrs. Sweetin has confessed to poisoning her busband. Copsrizht by DEDICATION OF BROOKLAND BUILDING. | The Rt. Rev. Philip MeDevitt. D. D.. Bishop of Harrisburg. delivering an address at the dedi- cation of the Foreign Missions Seminary of Holy Cross at Brookland vesterday. The dedication exerciscs were simple and were preceded by a Procession. Washington Star Phato BROTHER OF A KING ARRIVES. Prince Prajatipok. brother of the King of Siam. and his wife, who arrived in New York yesterday aboard the S. S. Leviatban. The prince has been studying military tactics in Paris for the past three years, Wide World Photo. P& A and United McADOO PLEDGES HIS SUPPORT. Photograph taken when John W. Davi-. Demacratic candidate for President, and William G. McAdoo. returning from Europe, met in New York. McAdoo announced that he would make a speaking trip in the interest of the Democrats. POLICE FRENEN, " et e et DOITIS, RELION LOGALORY AGENT LAIDED FR AR o e e o smacaec and ovvonens o/ TAB00, DRAIN SAYS) SHOT N BALTIMORE Volstead Act Is Taken to Gallinger Hospital ; ‘ to Meditate on Many Charges. {New Legion Commander|Leo G. Woodward Injured in| Departmental Base Ball Teams. QUEER AUTOMOBILE TRAVELS THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. Three former soldiers are usi this car in a journey which will take them around the world. They are preparing a photographic history of th world, the greater part of it being in. motion pictures. The men are F. E. Williams of Boston. Robert Scully « Newark, N. J.. and R. A. Freisinger of Baltimore. Natiomal Photo R enoore o sy STENMNDOM TRP HOUTEANNDUICED Board of Education Hears Opponents of Method of Measuring Children’s Mentalities, Then V otes Precautions Taken in Select- ing Course to Avoid Mishap Unanimously for Wider Application. to Giant Craft. WASHINGTON MAN MAKES THE WORLD'S FINEST WIRE. George Taylor. a physicist of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. making a wire so fine that it cannot be seen by the naked eye. Yet the wire is strong and is used in the making of delicate surgical instruments, proving exceptionally valuable to modern "'f".', 4 Copsright bs Underwood & Underwoos Outlines Policies to Stuart | Prohibition Raid—WOmMan | .. ..o of incentigence tests for, Walcott Post. | Loses Sight of Eye. [mattic et nint. when ihe Boara of | Education, in special session, at the Franklin School. voted to extend the application of the the District public schools as finances will permit The ¢ though f than expected. wazed fiht against the classifificat dren in the schools on the their intelligent quotient, but little impression on the board Greenwood, vice president marized the two-and-one-half-hour arguments over the tests at the close |of the meeting as follow Nothing has been offered in opposition to the tests on the ground th: permit children to enter fore they were sufficiently developed mentally and physically Her daugh- ter, 10 years old, she said. has been promoted to the junior high school as a result the tests, and now would be ready to r college at the age of 16. “No college wiil age,” she continued mother would want | daughter away from home age? My daughter's arms, brain were born at the 12 and T don’t understand how her brain | developed ahead of them permit a surgeon to dress the marks | If police reporix may be relied| Iaeureson fo die M e upon. Tommy O'Toms, evidencing dis- | left, approval of the Volstead act, police-|StUck. . { B | According men, hospital surkcons and strong | SUCGCERE, rooms, backed up offic the Continental Trust Build- | Owe at pugilism ling, resisted strenuously the ef- | and Zoris of Policeman Cannon to arrest| Lagion, made his f battle him st Fourteenth street and New | glaction before the York avenue that the night stick had | ot Waleott Post |to be brought into play with temps Legion. last night | rarily telling effect. O'Toms. bleeding | Building {profusely on tho heud. and Cannon.| Commander Drain, after expressing |suffering a possible fracture of the|appreciation for the invitation to ad. wrist and a set of kicked shins, were | dress the post, outlined some of hi !both taken to Emergency Hospital | policies for the ensuing year. He as where Tommy's second round is said | sured his auditors that there would to have taken place. be no tolerance of the injection of | to the aforesaid police iimously . who said he had an unan tests | By tle Associated Press, BALTIMORE, Md newly clected na- »f the American st address since members of Stu- No 10, American t the District Jumes A Drain tional commander Washington in as far of to the men and firemen and Sl their to protectinz the | “eries of and property of their fellow | OPPpuem(s men. Frank J. Hogan declared at aresult of which he dinner at the Ebbitt Hotel lust night | at Gailinger Hospital toda for members of the two departments. | tired feeling which comes when The affair w nonor of the|learns that charges of intoxic base ball teams the departments | It and disorderly conduct who engage in annual battie | staring him in the face. to raise funds the widows and| Meanwhile Policeman non of the first precinct is nursing an he citizens o unending debt policemen ien =0 September 24- Woodward, prohibition agent hed to the Washington squad n Baltimore shot s chest e today in the dwelling in West Lex- he had entered to raid. | A few minutes later Mrs. Alexander | Booth. who lives two dobrs west of the raided dwelling. was shot in the head after she had been awakened by the shots fired at Woodward and an hecome Wi which whe | suc h abrupt would somewhat i) in rain clouds on it cruise to the Pacific coast heginning October 3 have been taken by t | Navy Departn which vesterda nounced to lowed. b The tour divided three sections—Lakehurst to Worth, Tex.: to San Diego and tc cattle, the western terminal—but the essive ities. wer in nu inst a her at that And what send 1 at such teinoon. as a storms, 0w recovering from that one ion, are was = to a Rton street ‘ s in of an for their For G. B. Can- : Favored Also for Teacherx. of comrades. Special « (x¥ s orphans prizes were awarded the men in each department most active in selling tickets for the benefit game. Commissioner James Oyster, who supervises the Police and Fire De- partments, told the men the Com- missioners realize that the equip: ment, particularly of the Fire De- partment, is not all that it should be, but he urged them ®o continue their good work while every effort is heing made to obtain from Congress the apparatus needed Prizes Are Awarded. The prize winners in connertion with the ball game follow: Capt. W. I Garner of No. 2 Truck Company, who sold the largest number of tickets in the Fire Department: Policeman H. H. Hobbs of No. 10 Precinct, who <old the largest number in the Po lice Department; Detective Sergt. James Springman. second in the e Department: Fireman No. 2 Truck. second in_the partment; Fireman S. R. Davis, zine No. 22, who led both teams safe hits in the ball game. Each man on the Police team, which won the game, was awarded a $5 gold piece. Each member of the Tire Department team received a Zold base ball watch charm. Roe Fulkerson was toastmaster, and introduced the speakers. includ- ing the following: Commissioner Oyster. Engineer Commisisoner Bell, Mr. Hogan, Commissioner Rudolph, former Commisisoner Gen. John A Johnston, former Commissioner J. Thilman Hendrick, Edward F. Colla- ay. Tsaac Gans and Odeil Smitn. Fire Chicf Watson and Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of police were present LECTURES ON PHYSICS. | Dr. Heyl of sunda;:s Bureau to Conduct Winter Course. Dr. Paul R. | | | | | Heyl of the Bureau| of Standards will conduct a course | of lectures on the modern theories of physics this Winter. under & s‘mcesr ©f the Physics Club. it was announced today. The lectures will be wiven at!| the Bureau of Standards on Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning Septem- ber 20 at 4:30 p.m. | The ground covered will e vers| broad and its object will be 1o cor-| rclate and systematiz in the minds o° the students the many now dis- coveries and theories that have been | added to the science of pursics in tue past 30 years. The course will | be open to all who have the neces- sary background, and htose who suc- cessfully pass examinations will be given credit for the course toward 'an advanced degree, Dr. Heyi said Dr. Heyl is the joint inventor with Dr. Briggs of the earth inductor com- pass which was installed on the world flight planes. | Catholic | ing | of the order, will be published. | Miss Julia_ Super o] injured wrist and bruised shins and earching, betimes, for a badge lost in the opening battle, the symbol necesgary to restore within his bosom his customary state of unruffled au- thority. And at Emergency Hospital workmen are preparing to make some urgent repairs to the strong room. whose reputed sturdiness is said to | have suffered a severe setback at Tommy’'s hands before five healthy policemen subdued him enough to DRESS IMMODESTY RAPPED BY BISHOP | Prelate Deplores Laxity in Morals, | Speaking at Dedication of Mis- sion Seminary Here. The immodesty of woman's dress was deplored by Right Rev. Philip R. McDevitt, Bishop of Harrisburg, in an address at the dedication of the Foreign Mission Seminary of the Holy Cross at the Catholic University yesterday afternoon. Bishop Mec- Devitt declared “the laxity of morals, the indecency of woman's dress, the vulgarity of modern dances and the obscenity of amusements’ were the great failings of the present genera- tion Archbishop Curley of Baltimore blessed the new mission seminary a a scene of colorful pageantry in which appeared units of the Cath- olic Students’ Mission from ‘every institution of higher learn- in the National Capital. dressed as crusaders of the middle ages. Members of the Order of the Holy Cross and the Sisters of the Cross, together with a number of the visit- ing hierarchy, attended the-ceremony. At the new seminary the Benga- lese, the official mission publication One of the features of the ceremony was the presence of the first American Catholic lay nurse to enter the Catholic mission field” They will leave for India about October 1. The nurses are: Miss Adele Steinmetz, Miss Angela Steinmever of St. Louis, Philadelphia and Sophia Hoerner of Baltimore. M Medical Men Transferred. Lieut. Col. George M. Ekwurzel, Medical Corps, at headquarters 1st Corps Area, Boston, has been assigned to duty at Fort Myer, Va. He will re- lieve Lieut. Col. Peter C. Fleld, Medi- cal Corps, who has been transferred to Boston for duty. - Men often proceed from love to am- bitlon, but they seldom returm from ambition to love. Physicians who tried to bandage the self-confessed pugilist'’s head were received exceedingly rudely, it is stated, and in the excitement that fol- lowed the attendants' valiant at- tempts to quiet the patient, the door- knob to the strong room was broken and several sections of plaster dis- lodged from the walls. A hurry call to the police department brought five patrolmen to the rescue. Tommy finally was bandaged and later re- moved to Gallinger Hospital. JUDICIARY IS HELD | FREEDOM’S BULWARK of Danger From Assault on Supreme Court. Declaring that the judiciary de- partment of Government of the United States is the bulwark of free- dom in this country, former Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia said that any assault upon it will endanger liberty in an address before the Wapiya Club at a luncheon in the University Club yesterday. “Any legislation that would break down the powers of the Supreme Court would break down the bulwark of liberty given us by our forefathers.” he declared The former Senator spoke highly in jfavor of the observance of Constitu- ay—the anniversary of the {adoption of that documeni—on Sep- |tember 17 each year, as a means of developing how the Constitution has the destinies of this country. He spoke strongly in favor of State" rights. saying that ‘“ome of the thoughts of our forefathers was the preservation of local self-government, and that the preservation of such is one of the most important matters Buaranteed in the Constitution. Mr. Smith told the members of the club that the physician is one of the most potent factors in molding the public mind, and said thdy have one of the most fertile of opportunities to Stimulate patriotism and help up- hold the Nation's ideals. Dr. E. M. Ellison, president of the club, presided. st Directs Methodist Missions. NEW YORK, September Frank Dunlap Gamewell appointed Acting Associate Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to have direct charge of the missionary work in China, it was announced by the board today. He succeeds Dr. Ralph H. Ward, who has held office five years. Dr. Gamewell has been engaged in missionary work in China since 1881. Former Senator Hoke Smith Warns | 1 | successfully controlled and gn\'(-rncdl politics or religion in the legion and that the national be strictly adhered to. He is going to make his home at TIndianapolis during his tenure as national com- mander. Commander Drain was followed by Past Commander Howard S. Fisk of George Washington Post, No. 1, who was an alternate from the District to the convention and who told of the election of National Commander Drain and accomplishments of the convention at St. Paul. He reported that the American Legion was free from debt for the first time and that the membership last year surpassed the previous year. The new commander will spend practically his entire time at national headquarters. and send the five tional vice commanders to represent him in the field. The American La- gion Weekly is to be removed from New York to Indianapolis, which will prove a big saving to the or- ganization Department Commander Homer L. Carroll of the Veterans of Foreign Wars told the members of the post of the importance at this time of sup- pressing all propaganda detrimental to the Government and un-American in its character. He urged support and co-operation. Other speakers included Post Com- mander John H. Ashman. Kenneth H. Nash Post; Ralph A. Cusick, com- mander Sergt. Jasper Post; William F. Franklin, past department vice commander, and Robert M. Tolson American Legion liaison officer. Commander Charles L. Riemer re- ported on the various post activities during the last vear, and announced the annual ball on Armistice night— November 11, at the City Ciub. DRAIN TO BE GUEST. Legion Commander to Be Honored by Military Order. Gen. James A. Drain, newly elected national commander of the American Legion, will be the guest of honor at a luncheon of the D. C. Chapter of the Military Order of the World War, of which he is a member, to be held to- g at the Lafayette Hotel at 12:30. The principal business of the meet- | ing will be to discuss plans for the annual convention to be held in Bos- ton, October 2, 3 and 4. Also a com- mittee will be appointed to nominate officers of the local ehapter to be voted on in October. During the absence of Capt. Ennals Waggaman 24.—Dr. | commander, Maj. Overton W. Lux- has been | ford, vice commander, will conduct { the ‘meeting. e Commission in Reserves. Robert Y. Jarvis, State Department, has been appointed a second lieuten- ant of Infantry, Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army, by the Secretary of ‘War. constitution would | looked out of a third-story window. The bullets, according to witnesses, were fired by a group of men who gathered on the sidewalk and fired a dozen or more shots at the raided dweliing. Physicians sald Woodward's wound Wwas not neccssarily serious. Mrs. Booth was shot in the left eye. She will lose the sight of this member, physicians declared, News of the Woodward, Washington prohibition agent, in Baltimore last night was received at the headquarters of the local enforcement unit early today. Woodward had been formally at- tached to the Washington enforce ment squad for some time, it wa said, but he had been assigned to duty in Baltimore for several months. No details of the shooting wer communicated to the Washington of- fice up to noon tod: and special agents were sent to Baltimore o ob- tain a full report of the affair shooting of Leo G. RS S D LABOR IS ENLISTING WOMEN IN CAMPAIGN Ordered Added to Committees to Work for La Follette ¥ Ticket. A step to enlist further woman's support in the American Federation) of Labor's campaign in behalf of the | La Follette-Wheeler Independent | ticket was taken by its non-partisan | political campaign executive commit- | tee today in instructing all State nd local committees to add women | 0 their membership. Many of the committees already have woman members, it was said, and it was desired that all have a joint mem- bership, in order to conduct the cam. paign most effectively. | In a statement on the work of the | committees Matthew Woll, vice | president of the labor federation and |a member of the executive commit- tee, said there already is a network | of them throughout the country| | “doing_hard work for lLa Follette| and Wheeler and for congressional | and State candidates.” He reported the “enthusiasm wonderful and the | outlook almost beyond belief.” Another statement issued by the labor federation through -Mr. Woll | said it was now assured that La| Follette presidential electors will be | on the ballot in every State. De- claring his organized labor support- ers regard this, in view of the diffi- culties faced, as “the greatest single achievement of the campaign,” the statement said it had been generally reported that it could not have been aceomplished “had it not been for the_far-flung network of trade union organizations,” tests, except isolated cases.” Two hundred persons, a majority of | them parents, school' officers and teachers, crowded the Franklin School's auditorium, anticipating a bitter clash over the administration of the mental tests. But the proceed- ings were strikingly devoid of verbal pyrotechnics, such as the board has experienced in recent mont Julius J. progressive leader, was absent, but sent a letter setting forth his views on intelligence tests Director Gives Views. Miss Jessie La Salle, supervising | principal of the second division, and | director of the immaturc department | of education and research, opened the meeting with a comprehensive ex- planation of the intelligence t:sts as dministered last vear to more than 10.000 children in the District schools, and was followed by several parents who voiced strong opposition to her work Tt was pointed out by Miss La Salle that the children given the tests in the schools last year were not group- ed solely on the basis of the results of the intelligence tests. A number of other factors. she said, were taken into consideration before the pupils were reclassified. “We have only put children together who could best work together,” she said. Miss La Saile made it clear that the teachers who administered the tests have had special training under noted psychologists and are peculiar- Iy well qualified for the work., Eval- uating of the data after the tests, she declared, was either done by her or under her personal direction. Popular in Colored Schoolx. Garnet C. Wilkinson, assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools, told the board that the men- tal tests are “very popular” in the schools under his jurisdiction, and that as a result at least 150 colored teachers. took special courses in child psychology so they could carry on the work efficiently and effectively in_divisions 10 to 13. The strongest opposition from' the parents was injected by J. Frank Tiller, who has a child in the Thom- son School. His contention was that intelligence tests either create a superiority complex or _inferiority complex in the minds of the chil- dren and are therefore detrimental. Several times he provoked a storm of laughter by referring to Supt. Frank W. Ballou as the “king pin.” “The idea of pleasing the 'king pin’ has 5o permeated the =chool system,” he declared, “that the teachers are spending much more time than they should standing in the.corridors dis- cussing psychology when they should be in the classroom teaching.” Looking directly-at the board mem- bers, Mr. Tiller declared that the in- telligence tests had “hurt” his child. “If there was anybody to sue, added, “I would sue you for dam- e "u.r== J. A. Whitman opposed the Mrs. Joseph Goldberg of the John Eaton Mothers' Club paid a tribute to Miss La Salle and her work, but said she believed that teachers as well as children should be given the intelligence tests. Other parents who spoke included J. C. McClellan, Ira B. utter, A. H. Gregory, J. G. Yaden, ‘W. R. Rutherford, Dr. Milton Kair- child and Dr. M. 1. Walker. Miss Rose Lees Hardy. director of primary instruction, outliped scope of educational research in the primary grades of the school system, and gave the intelligence tests a strong indorsement Capt. Peyser's letter to the board. read by Secretary Harry O. said he was not opposed to the in- telligence tests and that he tavored an extension of the work in educa- tional research and measurement Mr. Greenwood also said he approved the tests. These two members of the board had previously questioned the wisdom of grading children on the basis of the resuits of the mental tests. Adopts Nine Resolutions. In approving the extension of the work of the department of research and measurement the board adopted nine resolutions, submitted by -Ur. Ballou. In the resolutions the board reaf- firmed its belief in the value of the program of educational research: re- affirmed its previous position in favor of two directors of educational re- search,.one for the white and the other for the colored schools: approved the establishment of opportunity classe for both rapid and slow pupils where possible: approved the practice of using the results of the tests along with scholarship department and ef- fort and other usual factors as a basis for the classification of pupils | in the elementary and high schools; rommended the hearty co-operation >f teachers and officers, .which has been extended Miss La Salle in intro- lucing the tests in the schools: com- mended especially the professional enthusiasm of teachers and officers in the colored schools, which prompt- ed them to raise money to carry on the tests in their schools; approved the policy of training normal school students in the theory and practice of education measurements before graduation in order that the grad- uates may thereby enter the service as teachers qualified to make appro- priate use of the standard tests, and commended the work of Miss La lle in carrying on the standard testing in the District schools during the last vear. Glass Workers’ Pay Cut. PITTSBURGH, September 24.— A wage reduction of 10 per cent for cutters and flatteners employed by the American Window Glass Company has been in effect since September 1, officers of the company said today. The new scale was agreed upon by representatives of the workmen and the company held last month, the | Hine, | course to be followed to each poin however, will vary, dependent upon weather conditions reported ahead The “good weather route” for the first section will be Lakehurst to York, Pa.: to Cumberland, Md.: to Dayton. Ohio; to Paducah. K Little Rock. Ark.: to Fort Wort while the “bad weather route” wi be Lakehurst to Dover. Del; to Rich mond, Va.: to Waiston-Salem, N. C Atlanta, Ga.; to Birmingham, Ala Fort Worth Possible Change Listed. The “good weather Diego will include Abilene. Tex.: Mid land, Tex.; Barstow. [l Paso, Tucson Ariz.: Yuma, Ariz.: El Centro, Calif and San Diego. In this section of the | trip the only change in event of un favorable weather would .be fron Yuma to San Jacinto, Calif.. instead of El Centro. The San Diego to Seattle jump wil be the same regardless of weather conditions. From the former point the route will swing to Point Arquel la. via Los Angeles, thence to Monte rey. San Francisco, Eureka, Astoria and Camp Lewis, near Tacoma. Al though Seattle is given in the itiner- ary as the official terminus of the fiight, the last point of arrival Camp Lewis, where one of the great mooring masts provided by the Navy for the air cruiser is situated. The trip. cstimated to cover be- ween 3.900 and 4.000 miles, will be nade expeditiously as possible n order to furnish a service test of he time required to shift the dirigi- ble from coast to coast, the depart- ment announced. Between 106 and hours will be spent in the air, the variance being allowed for the cha acter of winds encountered route” to San ——— TANK WAGONS BARRED FROM RETAIL SELLING Police Regulations Amended Prevent Fire Hazard in Con- to gested Sections. | The police regulations were amend- {ed by the Commissioners today to | prevent gasoline tank wagons from stopping in the congested section for |long periods of time. The regula- | tion provides that no tank wagon | will be permitted to be used for the storage of gasoline upon any prem- ises nor on any avenue or street in the District. | It is further provided that no such | tank wagons will be permitted to | stop at any‘one place longer than is | necessary to make a sale or delivery. In recommending the regulation Fire Marshal Seib told the Commis- sloners that the fire hazard in the downtown section is increased by al- lowing gasoline tank trucks to stand on the streets and sell gasoline,