Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1924, Page 17

PRESIDENT TALKS TO HEADS day while Pre: of the country. QUAKER CITY BEAUTY AT WHITE HOUSE. Lillian Mae Erbe, a prize winner in the recent Atlantic City beauty pageant, with her tro- phies, at the White Hous RADI HELPS RAISE + CATHEDRAL FUNDS Many Inspired to Send in Money After Listening to Bishop Freeman. Radio is making it possible to build @ great cathedral in the twentieth century in much less time than was required in the Middle Ages, accord- ing to a survey made public yester- day of the contributions to the Na- tional Cathedral building fund re- ceived from Bishop James E. Free- man’s radio congregation. Hundreds of gifts from the deaf, blind and invalided in many States who hear Bishop Freeman preach in the Bethlehem Chapel of the uncom \ pleted cathedral where Woodrow Wil . [ son is buried, and from visitors to ‘Washington and other Eastern cities who listen in at hotel lobbies and the homes of friends, are being recelved by the National Cathedral Founda- tion. These contributions range from one dollar to several hundred and are doing much to swell the building fund. Benefit to Religi The letters that accompany the gifts show what the radio is doing for religion. A typical one from a man who has been .an invalid for years follows: ‘Now comes the radio, restoring many of.the blessings, long denied through the tedious and suffering process of this disability; the joy of the entertainment, music, addresses, games and, what 1 have missed more than any of these, the services of the churches. I am moved to make the enclosed contribution to ‘the building fund of the cathedral. It is a tiny mite to be sure but given gladly in a spirit of prayer for the welfare of this great undertaking and a desire to be ose of the 10,000,000 others g in the glory of this house of Another letter came from a blind broom maker in West Virginia. He sent the bishop a whisk broom along with his contribution and said that his mother, who had been \deaf for years, also heard the sermon by radio evefy Sunday. .One man wrote that he heard Bishop Freeman preach on board the Leviathan going to Europe last Summer, later in Paris and again over the radio from Bethlehem Chapel. Groups Attend Services. A crippled boy in southern. Mary- land, who did not have an amplifier, wrote Bishop Freeman that he list- efied to the sermon and then repéat- ed it to the members of his family and the neighbors, who came in for the service. Many such groups at- tend the service by radio. They often rake up an offering and ask that it be used to help build the cathedral. Bishop Freeman wrote in reply on ome occasion: “One of the most in- spiring aspects of the exten<ion of my ministry made possible by the radlo is the responses coming in from over the country and helping to form an image of the vast congregation worshiping in unity, though so widely scattered. It is deeply grati- fying to me to find that this great congregation is also responding. to the vision of the cathedral and dis- posed to aid in bringing it to-com- 4 pletion.” In a recent address Bishop Free- man declared that the revival of the prophetic ministry would result in a sreat reawakening of .interest in re- ligion and that the radio would play. an important. part. i yesterday. she was campaigning for him through the Eastern States. She informed the President that National Photo. Pistol Is ‘Stolen From Room Used As Police Scheol The precincts of the schoolroom for young policemen at No. 6 sta- tion house were invaded yesterday by a thief who gave a practical demonstration of larceny in the matter of one revolver, Issued originally to Private. Meyer W. weinberg, attached to the eighth precinct. As a demonstration of practical detection of crime, police immedi- ately sent a description of the re- volver to every precinct in the hope that students of criminology among bluecoats may be taught that there are methods 'of appre- hending such a thief. pe—— URGES END OF BLOC CONSRESS CONTROL Mom_PMs for Reliable Bépub- lican Majority in House and Senate. “Smashing of bloc control n Con-- gress is urged by Senator Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the Republican senatorial committee. au| ane reason why a “reliable Republi- can Congress” should be elected, in a statement made public by the Re- bublican national committee. = Analyzing political conditlons as he saw them, Senator Moses declared a Democratic majority in the Senate was an impossibility, and that it was of “paramount importance” to elect a “reliable Republican” ‘majority - in that body. = To elect Coolidge, ..the statement sald, “and to leave him in-the White House- with a Congress unresponsive to his policies, either through hostile Democratic control, or, what is even worse, through control of the bloc, will be to defeat the purpose of the country at the outset.” There is little reason to believe, Senator Moses asserted, that any sitting Republican would be dis- lodged, and he also said Rhode Island ind Connecticut would - choose Re- publicans to fill the vacancies 1n those States. 2 “The” Democratic seats upon which the Republicans are concentrating thelr campaign,” he sald, “are in Massachusetts, Montana, _Colorado, Ok ahoma, Kentucky .an'd Tennessee. In addition, a most vigorous and promising campaign is being made by .the Republican = candidate Iin Minnesota against Magnus Johnson, one -of the two Farmer-Laborits. Senators.” P R e . “Y” GETS 100 MEMBERS. Buccess of Drive for 700 Is Fore- cast. One hundered new members were obtained in the Y. M. C. A. member- ship drive yesterday, this number having been” enlisted by 200 mints- ters, doctors, business and profes- 'sional men, . who. will meet tonight at § o'clock in_the guditorium of the Central “Y" Building,-1738 G stree and report progress... . - B Andrew H. Phelps of -the United States Chamber of Commerce -and chairman of the membership cam- paign committee declarad “the- goal of 700 new members will ‘be reached ) OF ADVERTISING AGENCIES. Photo taken at the White ent Coolidge was delivering an address to representatives of the national advei The ad men pledged their support to the President in the coming election. takep from the yacht anchored “and we. will_have & rousing .maet- ing on the night of Noyember 4. THE ouse yester- ng agencies ational I'hoto. STAGE CHILDREN PREPARE FOR WHITE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1924. T0 BATTLE THE RUM FLEET. Capt. Hansen, aboard one of the C ast Guard's_patrol boats, testing a Lewis machine gun, which will be used in an effort to prevent the landing of liquor in this country. Each of the fleet of new boats cost $25,000. HOUSE SHOW. The “Juvenile Follies Revue,” produced by Ned Wayburn, will make its first appearance in New York and then come to Washington for a show at the White House. in scholarships. CTES CONDENNED SCHDOLS N U A. L. Harris Declares 15 Dangerous Buildings Used Since 1908. Fifteen school buildings condemned in 1908 still are in use in the Dis- trict school system, A. L. Harris, mu- nicipal architect, declared today in an address before the Cosmopolitan Club at the Franklin Square Hotel. Mr. Harrfs further declared that Washington stood ninth from the bot- tom in a list of 30 cities with a popu- lation of over 100,000 in the amount per capita per student expended on local school systems. The schools named are as follows: John F. .Cook, 8 rooms; Threlkeld, 4 rooms; Webster, 12 rooms; Abbott, 9 Berret, 9 rooms; Lincoln, 12 Force, 12 rooms; Adams, 8 rooms; Bradley, 8 rooms; Jefferson, 20 rooms;: Hamilton, 4 rooms; Chain Bridge. 1 room; Bell, 8 rooms; Ten- nelly, 8 rooms; Smothers, 4 rooms. The first two buildings were recom- mended for immediate abandonment, elght for early abandonment and five are now unfit for use. Apropriations Too Small. Mr. Harris stated that with the ap- propriation “of $300,000 allowed by Congress for the upkeep of the schools they were breaking down faster than they could be re- placed. He explained that this amount allowed by Congress was only 1.2 per cent of the total valuation of the buildings themselves, which is an en- tirely inadequate percentage for the upkeep of these bulldings. He said the school system was a number of years behind the construc- tion and that it would take a long while to check up with the normal increase and the replacement. Out of a total of 242 buildings, the school system of the District has only 24 third-class buildings, 130 second-class buildings, 10 frame buildings and 78 portables. The municipal architect declared that the District officials were helpless unless Congress ap- propriated more money. He pointed out that the same Congressmen in their own home towns appropriated money for their cities far in excess of what they will allow td pass the congressional ' committees to provide the ‘District with proper schools. He added that the citizens ought to have some Means, of expressing their school needs more forcibly than in the pamt. YACHT -OFFICER DIES. George H. Hayden, 60, first ofticer on the yacht Kehtoh, owned by Arthur- H. Marks, New York City, died yesterday afternoon while being in ‘Washington Channel to Washington Sanftarium, Sixth and N streets southwest. His death was due to an attack of heart disease. Relatives of the dead man residing in Brooklyn, N.'Y., have been notified. RBail Worker Dies Suddenly. Taken 11l at his post of duty, Thomas Brashears, ‘60, a switchman at First and - B_streets southeast died en route to Providence Hospitai yesterday afternoon. Brashears, who lived at 1127 B.street The stage children of the revue compete for $2 000 Wide World T'hoto. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. HAAN BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS AT ARLINGTON YESTERDAY. Jean Patou, French designer of gowns for women and known as “the best dressed man in Europe,” at the White House yesterday. An interview with Patou appears on the magazine page of today’s Star. By Miller Service. president of the Central and $27,000 in deposits. The staff of 3 boys, all students of Central High. The former gh School Bank, which has 200 depositors the bank is made up of 10 Copyright by Underwood & Underwood commander of the 32d Division in France, Maj. Gen. William G. Haan, was taken to his last resting place in the National Cemetery after funeral services at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Veterans’ Bureau Hospital. STORMS ENDED OR RAIN CAUSED BY PLANES SCATTERING SAND Army Airmen Also Able to Destroy Fog by Discharg- ing Particles Charged With Electricity. Experiments Made at Bolling Field. the Associated Press Extensive experiments in the de- struction of fogs and clouds by the use of electrified sand are to be car- ried out, under Government super- vision, at Bolling Field. Army al planes equipped with the device pat- ented by Dr. E. Francis Warren of Harvard University have been de- tailed exclusively to that work, and daily flights are to be made during the next six weeks to determine both the peace and war value in connec- tion with aviation. The two aviators who conducted the attack vesterday obtained a fair the clouds over the field. A group of officers and civilians from the ground could follow without difficulty the cutting off of a cape or peninsular of cloud and its subsequent disin- tegration. Larger masses were criss- crossed with lanes through which the sun’s rays shone to accelerate evap- oration. N Dr. Warren described the work at Bolling Field as a “mere continua- tion of the invariably successful ex- periments of the past three years. Tells Basis for Work. “We have had nothing happen in the past three years,” he asserted, “to take us change our claims or our minds. We based our work on the assumption that ‘visible forms of moisture in the air, like mists, fogs, clouds, etc., were a form of colloidal suspension in| gases and that they should be governed by the same gen- eral laws that prevail in colloidal ac- tion in liquids and solids. W fill the sand tanks on the planes with 120 mesh silica sand, the planes being equipped for charging the sand either positively or nega- tively by the turn of a lever; the sand impinging upon charging plates or falling through charging nozzles and being scattered by the air, driven back by the plane propeller. When a cloud~is found to have a positive charge, we scatter negatively charged particles at the extreme top; when it is found to have a negative charge, we scatter positively charged parti- cles at the top; and when it is found without any charge we first charge it as we like and then bring it down by again scattering the opposite charged particles, etc. Storm Is Ended. “These tests have resulted in some cases in uncanny manifestations. For example, on July 8, at about 2 o'clock of the afternoon, a fright- fully heavy thunderstorm with almost continuous lightning ley to the south of Phillips Field over Chesapeake Bay. At 2:30 ‘we attacked a small corner of this storm with a quantity of negatively charged sand—less than 10 pounds—and coincident- with its application there was no more light- ning and no more thunder. There followed a slow, gentle rain of about four hours’ duration. No claim lis, of course, made that the rain was caused by us, because it would have rained anyhow, but the rain- would have been atended by constant thun- der and lightning and .the sudden bursts of downpour so familfar to us. This experiment was intended to test an opinion xpressed by Mr. Edison, in an interview in which he was re- ported to have stated that we should be able to upset the electric charge of a fornado or a cyclone. “A much better showing .could ag” despite the extreme height of | sand at the rate of 100 pounds per minute. With the planes as they now are, we can release only 30 pounds per minute. The small planes with their light weight are all right for fog and all right for flirting with clouds, and have at least proved be- yond doubt that the principle is cor- rect and practicable, which means that a celestial epoch has been reached in the affairs of man. Rain-Making Possible. Commercial rain-making now lies within the grasp of man, and he can employ to this end one of Nature's cheapest commodities, namely, com- mon or garden silica at a_cost of about $3 per ton, which, outside of maintaining the equipment and oper- ating the planes, will be the only charge. “Two of the larger planes would be quite sufficient to squelch entirely a dense fog covering 117 square miles or more (an area equal to that of the City of London), or a fog covering the city and harbor of New York. The London Chamber of Commerce has estimated the cost to the city of each 24-hour dense fog at £1,000,000, or about $5,000,000. “The Kastern farmers should mnot lose sight-of the fact that this devel- opment is not restricted to the dry or semi-dry sections, since during the past summer the East suffered from lack of rain to a point where, if it had not been timely bestowed, there would have been little or no corn crop. It must be borne in mind that in a section which has a mean an- nual precipitation of, say, 40 inches, considerably over one-third of the rainfall is due to local showers. In dealing with rainfall the wiseacres seem to have lost sight of this fact. 1t is from this one-third that we should get our best results in the East. Look to I trial Feature. “From the outset this undertaking has been industrial rather than mili- tary, but, as the country is organized atpresent, since we are forced to em- ploy aircraft, it was inevitable that the Army Air Service should co- operate. “Should the Government provide the money and faclities to perfect, install and operate the process for large- scale work, with hundreds'of planes designed and built to carry 3,000 pounds of sand to heights varying from 1,500 to 15,000 feet, it will have at its command the means of remov- ing fog over its harbors, leading cit- ies and elseyhere, and the power, fur- ther, to cafise rainfall as when and where needed, both in the East and in the dry and semi-dry sections of the country—provided, of course, that there are rainclouds present, local or otherwise,” and that the air between the earth and the clouds is saturated to & degree beyond the point of evap- oration—that is to say, at times when it sprinkles and does not rain.” 2 = Awards for @irl Scouts. Badges and speclal awards won during the last ‘six_months by the Girl Scouts of the District will be presented at a “court of awards” to be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Wilson Normal School. Inspections for correct uniforms also will be held at this time. Mrs. Charles ' Lindsay will award the badges, assisted by members of the councll, CHARGES 27 ENVOYS HOMETOAIDG.0.P. Shaver Asks Républicans Ex- p_lain Why Officials Called From Posts. Charging that 27 American ambas- sadors and ministers drawing salaries ranging from $5.000 to $17,000 an- nually “are in the United States being uged to do political work for Presi- dent Coolidge,” Clem L. Shaver, the Democratic national campaign man- ager, demands-that the Republican administration explain * taxpayers. “Secretary Hughes," er in a formal statement, “said in his Baltimore speech and elsewhere dur- ing the campaign: ‘We have a splen- did foreign service and a well defined foreign policy.’ “If this be so, to whom has he en- trusted the work of carrying it out, in view of the fact that 27 of the leading_ambassadors and ministers are in the United States being used to do political work for President Cool- idge? “Will the following roll call meet with the approval of the taxpayer who, when the service was reorgan- ized at great expense to his pocket, was informed that as a result of this loudly heralded achievement of the administration he would enjoy a hun- dred per cent better protection for his ventures, personal as well as com- mercial, abroad?” aid Mr. Shav- Names Envoys At Home. The Democratic chairman then named the following as having done “political work” for the administra- tion while. carried on the foreign service pay roll: Ambassadors _ Herrick, _France; Fletcher, Italy; Houghton, Germany; Collier, Chile; Warren, Mexico; Kel- logg, Great Britain, and Morgan, Bra- zil. Ministers Prince, Denmark; Geiss- ler, Guatemala; Morales, Honduras; Blanchard, Haiti; Schurman, China; Cook, Venezuela; South, Panama; Jay, Roumania; Ramer, Nicaragua; Bliss, Sweden;: O'Toole, Paraguay; Grew, Switzerland; Schuyler, San Salvador; Kornfeld, Persia; Bren- tano, Hungary; Coleman, Baltic States; Einstein, Czechoslovakia, and Tobin, The Netherlands. High Commissioner Wells, Santo Domingo, and Minister Resident Hood, Liberia. Of these, Mr. Shaver said, Ambassa- dors Kellogg at London and Poindex. ter at Lima had not returned to the United States, Mr. Kellogg staying away “at the emphaitic request of the Republican State committee at Minnesota,” and Mr. Poindexter “at the insistent demand of the Repub- lican State committee of Washing- ton.” All the others were declared to have been in the United States doing “work for Coolidge” during the pre: ent campaign. REPUBLICANS REPLY. Surprised at Democratic Reflection on - Coolidge. In view of the ¢laims outlined as to the use of members of the diplo- matic service in . the present cam- paign, James B. Reynolds, director of the Washington office of the Re- publican national committee, said to- day: “It_certainly 1s surprising that'in the -last days of the campaign the Democratic national committes should Airedale Pup, Pet Of Mrs. Coolidge, In Dog Hospital| There House, is gloom at the White despite optimistic, cam- paign reports. Paul Prye, the playful Airedale pet of Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge, is in the veterinary hospital. The dog, a constant companion of Mrs. Coolidge on her frequent strolls about the city and about the house, has been operated on for a cold abscess. The frisky Airedale, “puppyhood,” is a familiar figure about the White House. When separated from Mrs. Coolidge he has taken it upon himself several times to slip into the President’s room in the executive office, and his absence is noticeable there- abouts. Reports from the hospital, however, say Paul Prye soon will be out again. SHRINERS PLAN RECORD CHRISTMAS PARTY HERE Almas Temple Members to See That Every Poor Child Re- ceives Present. The Nobles of Almas Temple are laying plans with the view that every poor child in the District shall receive a visit from Santa’ Claus. “We are going to hold the biggest Christmas party ever seen in Wash- ington,” Harry F. Cary, illustrious potentate of the Temple, declared to- day. ‘There will be a gigantic Christmas tree and a big entertain- ment appropriate to the occasion and all sorts of eats and candies and pres- ents as well as games and a famous band, will be there. In addition there will be all sorts of useful presents, such as shoes, warm clothing, etc. but we also shall give to each child some of childhood’s luxuries—toys, candies and similar delights.” The Christmas party, Mr. Cary ex- plained, will be financed from the proceeds of the Shriners’ exposition and fashion revue, to be held in Con- vention Hall, from November 12 to 22 Mr. Cary said ths support has been se- cured of many of the leading merchan- dise firms in the District, who are aware of the purpose of the show. Four- teen committees are dealing with the adyance arrangements, while more than 3,000 members are pledged to dispose of the tickets already on sale. ENVOY VISITS COOLIDGE. Sir Esme Howard Presents New Australian Commissioner. Sir Esme Howard, the British Am- bassador, called at the White House yesterday to pay his respects to Presi- dent Coolidge upon his return here from a Summer's vacation. He presénted J. A. M. Elder, the new Commissidner | for Australia to this country, and Gen. Sir John Hambury-Williams, marshal of the diplomatic corps in London. Comar. Walter M. Marks, a member of Parliament of Australla, also call- ed on the Preaident. e ———— just past sée fit to reflect upon the presiden- tial candidate of its party. In the statement issued by that committee there is deplored the fact that some members of the diplomatic service are at home on leave and the charge made that they are indulging in political activity In behalf ‘of Presi- dent Coolidge. This reflects very severely upon John W. Davis, who, when Ambassador to Great Britain in 1920, was in the United States on leave during the whole campalgn and fook-part-therein.” = !committeemen for Iowa: A troop of Cavalry and a battalion of Field Artillery served as escort of honor. Gen. Haan's death occurred last Saturday at Mount Alto By Miller Serice. HUNDREDS ATTEND WALLAGE FUNERAL Secretary Buried at Old Home—Thousands Pass Bier in Capitol. Py the Assocated Press DES MOI Iowa, October 30.— ‘While all De Moines paused rever- witly in his memory, the late Secre- of Agriculture, Henry C. Wal- was buried in Woodland Ceme- esterday. Officials of the Government in Washington and of the State, together with countless friends of the Secre- y here, were present at the sim- ple services at the Wallace home on Lynde road and at the family plot in fWoodland, where the final rites were spoken. Throughout the morning Mr. Wal- lace’s Lody lay in state in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building. and there several thousand people of all walks of life filed silently by. Rev. W. P. McCormick of Storm Lake, Towa, former pastor of the Elmwood Presbyterian Church of Des Moines, where the Wallace family worships, conducted the services at the home and at the grave. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. A. Jamieson of Monmouth, 111, and the sermon was given'by Rev. Fred Elliott, who spoke of Mr. Wa s “lasting contribu- tions” to the State and Nation. Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work, the personal representative of Pr ent Coolidge at the funeral, was an_honorary pallbearer, together with United States Senator A. B. Cummings, Gov. N. E. Kendall, Act- ing Secret Heward Gore of the Agricultural Department and State Secretary of Agriculture M. G. Thorn- burg. The active pallbearers were officials of the National and State Ag- ricultural Departments and members of the Wallace’s Farmers' Union Staff publication, of which Mr. Wallace was editor. Among those who attended the fu- neral, in addition to the Government and State officials. were E. T. Mere- dith, Secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's cabinet; Charles A Rawson and Clyde L. Herring, Re- publican and Democratic _national mitbe James C Davis. director general of railroads; Dr. Joel T. Boone, the White House physician who attended Mr. Wallace during his final illness, and Maj. James F. Coupal, also of the White House staff. v FRATERNITY ELECTS. Alpha Delta Phi Annual Meeting Is Held Here. _The Washington Graduate Associa- tion of the Alpha Delta Phi Frater- nity held its annual meeting at the Madrillon Cafe, 1304 G street, Mon- day night. Forty-one members were present and the following were elect- ed officers for thé ensuing year: President, Lieut. Col. "Robert V. Patterson; vice president, Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley; secretary-treas- - urer, Paul C. Harding; corresponding secretary, Rev. Dr. John S. Moses. and exetutive committee, Matthew Trimble and Willlam L. Clarke. _ Austria is now enjoying summer weather and reports say heavy raine practically assure good .crops this season.