Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1924, Page 17

ATTENDANCE CUP GOES TO EDMONDS SCHOOL. Mrs. Andrew Stewart (left), membership chairman of the D. C. Congress of Parent- Teacher Associations, presenting dent of the the ociation. The Edmonds School, Ninth and D streets theast, holds the trophy for 1923-1924. cup to Mrs. James H. Fritz, hington Star® Photo. MARES EMBLEM OF GRAINS OF CORN. This St. Paul, Minn., man de izned and ¢ from thousands of grains of corn. POOR CHAPERONAGE INDANCE HALLS HIT Council of Social Agencies Discusses Model Law for Amusement Places. Extension of the chaperonage sys- tem for public dance halls in Wash- ington was urged by speakers yes- terday afternoon at a meeting of the ‘Washington Council of Social Agen- «ies at the Raleigh Hotel. While prop- er chapcronage is desired at all the public dance halls, Mrs. Mina Van Winkle sald, it is found difficult to retain chaperons in their places on the dance floor. Joseph Saunders, manager of the lArcade, told the council that he be- Jieved in strict supervision of public dance halls, and said that responsi- bility of improperly run dance halls Veing attended by minors rests with parents. He said public dance halls all close at a certain hour, giving yarents a check on the time their children should arrive home. Speak- ing generally, he s: the well oper- ated public dance hall is a safer place for children of high school age than the privately run halls, as the places are more adequately chaperoned, and that, while the public dance hall is closed at a certain hour, private gances last to an uncertain and usu- ®lly late hour. ! Only Three Licensed Halls. Mrs. Van Winkle said there are but three legally licensed dance halls in shington, the others using names or school The situation dded, is stly better than other ities, naming Chi- g0 as a place where many of the iblic dance halls are well operated, ut also as a place where the worst ahce halls, and said an investigation f /many so-called dancing teachers vauld be good for the community. entertainer system used in some fnce halls was condemned by the olicewoman chief. elinquency among juveniles is nok oftributed to a great extent by odlrooms in the Capital, Mrs. Van vinkle said, declaring that of the ew. habitues of poolrooms who are ihors the majority are young mem hing to get away from unpleas- il home surroundings. Mrs Van vinkle mentioned the danger to oting girls of going with strange en inf private taxicabs which loiter rpund the dance halls. Cabaret Being 15 bad, Mra. Van Winkle sald, use public opinion is against en- Fmg regulations. Better Films for Children. rs. Van Winkle recommended an inance to prevent sale of motion ture theater tickets to children of chool age during school hou:s, add- n: that such an ordinance would douibtless meet with the approval of the motion picture house proprietors, who have never failed to go with the police in matters of this Rind. Presi- dent John Ihlder said that attempts are being made now to secure educa- tional and’news films which will be interesting to boys and girls of 13 and 14 years of age without some of the Q objectionable feattires in films which appeal to some aduits. A proposed ordinance which would provide for proper licensing of places sof sement in Washington was zead to the council by Mrs. O, L o | Woodlay. nstructed an American Legion emblem in natural colors Wide World Photo, BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall, this evening at 5:45 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmer- mann, bandmaster. March,” Saber and Spurs”.Sousa Overture, “Opera Bouffe”..Finch Tone picture, “Birdie's Al- luring Call" .Eilenberg Fantasia, “Tone Pictures of the North and South’ endix Fox trot, “Lovey Come Back' Young Waltz, aldteufel Finale, 5oesseNellel pangled Banner. D. A. R. BODY TO MEET TO PLAN STRUCTURE Will Consider Developments in Proposal for Auditorium Here. A special committee of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution will meet Saturday afternoon in the office of the president general at head- quarters here to begin consideration of proposed plans for a new audi- torium and to develop a report for submission to the annual meeting of the daughters here next April. A resolution adopted at the last annual meeting authorized appoint- ment of a committee on the ‘“pre- sentation of plans for a new audi- torium.” When the structure will be built or how the money, will be raised have not yet been decided. As the daughters own the entire block on which Memorial Continental Hall now stands, the place for such an auditorium is provided already. The building would probably face Eight- eenth street. No estimate on the cost has been made yet. The president general, Mrs. An- thony Wayne Cook, is chairman of the committee, on which others mem- bers are: Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau of Greenwich, Conn.; Mrs. Larz And- erson of Washington, Mrs. William Butterworth of Moline, IIL; Mrs. Joseph 8. Frelinghuysen of Raritan, N. J.; Mrs. Robert Lansing of Wash- ington, Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leary of Seattle, Mrs. Frank W. Mondell of ‘Washington and Mrs, Carl Vrooman of Bloomington, IIl. Claims Typhus and Measles Cure. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, November 11.—Dr. Shigeru Kusama announced that he has obtained a new cure for typhus and measles. The cure is effected with the virus taken from the kidneys of an artifically infected monkey. The proposed ordinance has been submitted to the Commis- sioners by the General Federation of ‘Women's Clubs. * Those who took part in the discus- sions included Rev. Henry S. Cocke, Mrs. J. P.'S. Neligh, Dr. W. J. Darby, Dr. John O'Grady, Sister Cora Mar- garct of St. John's Chapel and Presi- dent Ihlder. The council has adopted a resolu- tion providing that any organization which proposes to distribute Christ- mas baskets or gifts shall send a list of the names of proposed recipients to the office of the council. This is to be done to avold duplication. It was also voted to employ a social worker to take charge of the Christmas giving plans. Reports - were read from Louisa S. Roberts, secretary, and Newbold Noyes, treasurer, ’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1924 “ROLLING DOWN TO RIO” FOR A VACATION. The Secretary of Labor, James J. Davis, aboard the nd James J. jr.. in New York. Secretary Dav in the recent campaign, will spend some time turning to his desk in Washingto: champion of pomologic gastronomy. Genevieve Tierney, a dancer in a Broadway success, who won a contest by eating 49 arples without stopping for breath. Wide World Photo. DISCLOSESHEAT ON AR SURFACE Scientist Likens the Average Temperature to That in Earth’s Record. By the Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, M November 11. —The average temperature on the surface of Mars, except near the poles, is not unlike that of a bright, cool day on the surface of the earth, it was diclosed here yesterday at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. In a paper read before the meeting embodying observations made at Flagstaff, Ariz., Iast summer, when Mars was nearest the earth, it was stated that the sur- face temperatures on Mars run from 5 to degrees centigrade, or be- tween 40 and 60 degreed Fahrenheit. Reports on Measurements, Measurements the results of which were presented today were made on 24 nights by W. W. Coblentz of the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C, and C. O. Lampland of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, working with a new “thermocouple radiometer,” an instrument capable of delicate measurements. The brighter portions of Mars are cooler than the dark regions, the ob- servations showed. Temperatures in the polar regions fall as low as ap- proximate minus 70 degrees, centi- grade—about 94 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. Temperatures of the dark phase of the sunrise side of the planet are also very low, probably reaching, it is said, about minus 60 degr centigrade, Greater Variation Shown. G. K. Burgess of the Bureap of Standards, who read the paper, said that one of the most striking differ- ences between the earth's tempera- ture and that on Mars was that far greater variation in temperature oc- curred daily on the surface of Mars. This, it was said, was particularly true near the equator. BUYS, BUT DOES NOT PAY. Colored Man Drops Three Vests in Flight From Store. A young colored man appeared in the store of Ambrose R. Swan, Four- teenth and Kenyon streets, yesterday afternoon and selected three vests trom the stock. Without going through the necessary formality of paying for them, the patron hurried from the store and made an effort to escape through a nearby alley. He dropped the vests while being pursued and managed to escape. Theft of a platinum ring set with a sapphire and nine diamonds, valued at $350, was reported by Mrs. Julia H. Fotter, Kew Gardens. The ring disappeared from her apartment in the last 10 days. A robber broke a show window at the store of Henry Papineau, 1217 Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday morn- Ing and stole jeweiry valued at §146. O - S D Tapestry - brocade - which looks as though it belongs on furniture is used for the new under-the-arm bags. . Southern Cross with Mrs. Davis is, who took an active part Rio Janeiro before re- Copyright by P. & A. Photos. & ANN SHOWS THE LATEST FROM P. See what Rudolph brought back from Europe! Valentino, the mavie sheik, landed in New York yester- day, equipped with' this trick beard, produced for a new screen thriller. ‘Wide World Photo. RIS. Miss Pennington, Follies dancer, and her hand-embroidered rosette hose, the very newest fad from the French capital. Wide World Photo. INORTHEAST U. S. TO WITNESS ! Asse W 11.—For ciated HAV Conn.. few. minutes on the morn- ing of January 24 next the moon will et between the earth and the sun and cut off all the light we get from that body. This eclipse will be visible in the United States, and it doubt- less will be seen by more millions of people than any such oocurrence in the past, according to Prof. E. W. Brown of Yale University. An eclipse is not a rare event. One or two occur every year. But the one next January is notable for the fact that it occurs in a territory from which the light of the sun has not been wholly obscured by the moon within the memory of any one living. “If we 100k over the records of past eclipses,” Prof. Brown said, “and the predictions for future eclipses we soon see that in any one place thers will be a total eclipse of the sun only once in every few hundred vears. The coming eclipse will produce dark- ness over a narrow band of territory which stretches from a point some- what west of Duluth, and. after cross- ing northern Michigan and Wiscon- sin, is seen in Connecticut and then passes out to sea. The hour of the phonomenon is between 9 and 9:30, Eastern standard time.” Thero was an eclipse in 1919, visible in Brazil and central west Africa, and another last September, secn by the people of California and northern Mexico. Can Predict Accurately. The accuracy with which the time and position can be predicted for an eclipse is high, Prof. Brown went on to say. The staff of the United States Naval Observatory at Washington is always at work calculating the posi- tions of the heavenly bodles years in advance in order that the predictions may be useful. The northern and southern edges of the shadow band can be laid down within a mile. Hence, when the almanac predicts that the southern edge will cross the upper_end of Central Park in New York City it is fairly certain that the shadow. will not keep off the grass. All this knowledge, however, is not a product of the present generation. It has been glowly accumulating through many centups. Most of it is due to the proof s/, the law of gravitation which w#/, ‘given by Isaac Newton to- ward t*s end of the seventeenth cen- tury. N Records for Centurfes. “But we have to pay our homage to observers for their industry much further back than that,” the profes- sor continued.: “More than 2,500 years ago the Chaldeans were able to pre- N dict when eclipses would occur, be- cause they had learned that there is a long series of them repeated in a little over 18 years.- It is-remarkable that they should have been able to get this knowledge, because any eclipse does not cover quite the same part of the earth's surface as the corresponding one which occurred 18 years before. They must have kept records over at least a century, per- haps over many centuries, before the cycle was discovered. The eclipse of next January will be seen by many millions of people *in the map which has been lssued November | | TOTAL SUN ECLIPSE IN JANUARY Hoon Will Come Between, Slmm';lg Off All Light for Few Minutes, Yale Astronomer Announces. | al Observatory it is seen | t the xouthern boundary of the band | over which the sun will be lolnll)'} eclipse just covers Duluth, Minn.; Meno- minee, Mich.; Frankfort, Mich.; London, | Ontario; Dunkirk, N. Y.; Wilkes-Barre, | Pa., and New York City, north of Cen- | tral Park. Well inside the northern edge are Manistique, Mich.; Toronto, Ontario; Auburn, Hudson, N. Y., and New Bed- ford, Mass., while a mile or two outside are Syracuse, N. Y., Springfield, Mass., and Providegce, R. L “The observations which are to be made by the observatories within the region of totality are not yet fully known. Some of them will devote the brief two minytes during which the eclipse lasts to photographing that.mar- velous fringe of light, which is never seen except at a total eclipse, and is known as the corona. Others will try to get accurate positlons of the moon and also photographs of it, that its size and shape shall be better known.” Prof. Brown is chairman of a com- mittee appointed by the American As- tronomical Society to inform the public concerning this eclipse. TEN ACCUSED IN BIG COUNTERFEIT PLOT Tllinois Official and Other Promi- nent Chicagoans Are on List. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 11—Ben New- mark, assistant State fire marshal, who was jailed on a charge of con- tempt in connection with the trial two years ago of Gov. Len Small, was sought today by Federal agents on warrants charging counterfeiting Liberty bonds and Treasury saving stamps. X With him wére named 10 others, two of them women. Seventy other Chicagoans, several prominent po- litically, were said by Federal agents, to be involved. The alleged opera- tions affected banks here, in New York and as far west as Omaha. William_ Keith, attorney; , R. A. Stubbins, bond and insurance broker; J. R. McDonald, R. E, Manley, Wil- iam W. Zigge, Daniel Ambruso, Sam Gorgolione, Herbert C. Schmitz, Mrs. Laura E. Schmitz and Miss Frances ‘Walsh were listed in the waraants. Seven of the defendants have been arrested and four, including New- mark, are at large, operatives said. The alleged counterfeiting, Federal agents said, was of a $5 war revenue stamp. The fraud was not discovered until $200,000 worth of stamps had been cashed in the Chicago post office. More than a half million dollars’ worth' of the stamps have been cashed, secret service men estimated. Berlin Subways Tied Up. BERLIN, November 10.—Trafic on the Berlin underground railways stopped this morning, the employes going on strike in consequence of & wage dispute. SECOND LARGEST EQUESTRIAN STATUE IN THE UNITED STATES. Enrico Cerrachio, Italian sculptor, putting the finishing touches on the statue of Gen. amuel Houston, first President of the Republic of Texas. The bronze statue, fifteen feet and four inches in height, will be unveiled in Houston. The Gen. Lee equestrian stat: in Richmond, V. James B. Reynolds, close friend of President Coolidge, who, it is re- ported, will head the inaugural com~ mittee. As yet, no plans have been made for the inaugural ceremonies of March 4, 1 Copsright by Underwood & Underwood. BOARD WL HER COMMUNTY CASES | Committee Demands Consid-| eration, Long Deferred, on Use of School Buildings. Consideration by the Board of Education of the activities of the community center department of the public schools will be insisted upon by the boards committee on the community use of school buildings, it was sald today by Dr. J. Hayden Johnson, chairman, Several months ago the board adopted a recommendation of Supt. Frank W. Ballou to devote a cer- tain portion of its time at each meeting to consideration of the ac- tivities of various departments of the school system, it was pointed out by Dr. Johnson. Two of the sub- jects on Dr. Ballou's program already have been considered, but the com- munity center department activities have been sidetracked. Wants Hearing Speeded. “The committee and the com- munity center department want the hearing to be held as soon as pos- sible, as the department is anxious to complete its program of work for the season,” sai¢ Dr. Johnson. “The committee @will insist on the hearing. I have held a conference with James T. Lloyd, president of the board, and he has promised to put it on the board’s calenda The attendance records of the Lovejoy Community Center, the a curacy of which was challenged b Rev. F. I A. Bennett, member of the board, at a recent meeting, prob- ably will be discussed at the com- munity center department’s hearing. Dr. Bennett voiced the belief that the attendance figures, as compiled by Mrs. R. J. Gray, secretary of the Lovejoy center, and transmitted to the board in the annual report of Mrs, W. L. Hardy, acting director of the department, had been “padded.” An audit of the attendance records was_completed recefitly by Mrs. Ce- cil Norton Sisson, general director of the community center department, who was on leave of absence during the last school year, and submitted to Dr. Ballou. It is understoog that the audit showed that Mrs. Gray's original figures were correct. COOLIDGE REMEMBERS SLAYING OF VETERANS PR By the Associated Press. CENTRALIA, Wash,, November 11. —Sorrow for the killing_of four members of the American Legion in an Armistice parade here five years ago today was expressed in a tele- gram “received yesterday by Grant Hodge Post, American Legion, from President Coolidge. “When, on Armistice day, you un- veil a memorial in memory of four veterans of the World War who were murdered five years ago tomorrow, I wish to be among those who will join in the expression of profound Sorrow for the loss of these herolc lives and of gratitude that their memory is thus to be perpetuated,” sald President Coolldge's message. | Dozier A. T the largest statue of its kind in th s NEW CRUISER OFF FOR SPEED TRIALS. the Brooklyn Navy Yard for speed Me. Williamsburg bridge in backgrou; FRAT OFFICERS ELECTED. Phi Kappa Sigmas Close Exercises With Smoker. The annual election of officers of Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, followed by a | ker, was held at the ity Club, Fifteenth and I streets, last night. | The following were elected to office: | W ler, president; P. C -1 ner, vice president; W. D. cre- | and Thor { wing regular m As a j | | pthly meeting w rt of the smoker ane, local B. Marsette of the Federal Board were the principal speal | Arrangements for an active social sea- | son are being made by the members the committee which has charge of such affairs. SCHOOL REGISTERS FOR TREE PLANTING ‘L. G. Hine Students Will Hold Ex- ercises at Start of Educa- tion Week. Reserve The first tree planting in Washing- ton during Education week to be reg- istered on the honor roll of the American Tree Association will be at the L. G. Hine Junior High School, Seventh and C streets southeast. The tree will be planted following exer- cises in the assembly hall at 1 p.m. vember 19. The tree was regis- tered with the association by Esther R. Woodward, to whom the associa- tion sent tree day programs. “Throughout the Nation there will be tree planting and reforestation programs during Education week,” said Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree Association, today. “The planting season began on Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. The first trees to be registered on the association’s honor roll were planted by Boy Scouts at Northampton, Mass., and on_the Boy Scout Reservation at Indianapolis. “The association now has ready for distribution booklets for Edyca- tion week. One is called ‘If the Na- tion Saves the Trees, the Trees Will Save the Nation.’ This is being sent women's clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, chambers of commerse and similar organizations. “Following passage of the McNary- Clarke forestry bill, the States are getting action on forestry legislation. A telegram from Wisconsin today tells us that State voted in favor of the forestry amendment to the Con- stitution of the State. Next week comes the conference on utilization of forest products, which was called by the late Secretary Wallace. For- est fires now sweeping sections of Eastern States again bring home the annual lesson that there must be in- creased fire prevention ,and that the thousands of idle acres must be put to work growing trees.” Workman Badly Hurt in Fall. | Vondall Grant, 24, 611 D street, fell | from the top of a second-story win- | dow at 1514 Wisconsin avenue yes-| terday afternoon and was seriously hurt While he was standing wash- ing a window the cornice gave way. Cfant was treated at Georgetown University Hospital for a probable fracture of the skull. His condition was reported as being undetermined. {| tended the count Wide World I The Cincinnati leaving trials over the course at Rockland, nd. sright by P. & A., Phot GREEK BARITONE MAKES DEBUT HERE Leonida Coroni Displays Fine Technique and Good Stage Presence. Washington music lovers, who at- debut ry al here of Leo- nida Coroni, Greek baritone, at the Masonic Auditorium last night, heard a fine voice. Mr. Coroni, who present a pleturesque appearance, has a nat- ural voice of volume and sweetness. His range is extensive. His highest notes are as polished with well- rounded overtones as his middle and lower register. Excellent training understanding of technique, and good breath control were evinced in his singing. There was a decided blur- ring of enunciation in both his French and English songs. The Italian, Rus- sian, and Greek, however, were de- lightfully done. « Brogi's interesting iana” with Verdi's “Don " form- ed the first group. Leoni “Birth of Morn” in English was the encore. “Arioso de Denvenuto” and Saint- Saens' “Henry VIII” provided mult ple opportunity for demonstrating range, power, and capacity for emo- tional shading in Mr. Coroni's voice An aria from Verdi's “Hamlet” as en- core, showed the flexibility of his voice. The Russian group, Tschaikow - ski's ’ique Dame™ and Rachmanin- off's “hrist Resurrected” were dra- matically sung in Russian with Mas- Jlégie” as an encore. ¢ f Greek songs. which seemed especially to delight his many countrymen present, included “Aitos by nodinou and Careri’s “Gero-De- mos” with Labelet's “I Believe” as encore. Max Rabinowitch, recently heard in ‘Washington, as accom ist for C liapin, was Mr. Coroni's accompan and played Chopin's “Ballade,” Cyril Scott’s “Lotus Land, Mendelssohn's “Spinning Song” and Balakirefl's ar- rangement of Glinka's “The Lark. FREIGHT ON INCREASE. Week’s Loading Exceeds Former Years by Thousands of Cars. Revenue freight loading on Ameri- can railroads continues to be ‘the greatest for this season of the year on record, the week's total being 1,073,430 cars, the American Railway Association announced today. This was an increase, the association an- nounced, of 37,581 cars over the cor- responding week in 1923 and an in- crease of 93,579 over the same week in 1 It ‘was also an increase of 2 4 cars over the same week in 1921 and an increase of 157,815 cars over 1920. The total for the week of November 1 was a decrease, due to, the usual seasopal decline in freight 38915 cars under the prece when loadings totaled 1,11 the greatest loading of any week of record. The torrid zone has a greater rain- fall than any other portion of the world, due to the cloud ring that hov- ers over it S