Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1924, Page 2

CHTIZENS OPPOSE MORE APARTHENTS, i i Want Considerable Mount Pleasant Area Restricted to Private Residences. | - 3(rm boardroom of the District Bullding was crowded with residents of Mount Pleasant’ when the zoning commission today took up a proposal to zone a large part of that section “B restricted,” which permits rows of bouses, but no more apartment houses. y The definite area is bounded on the uorth by Piney Branch Parkway, on the south by Columbia and Quarry roads, on the east by Sixteenth street and on the west by Rock Creek Park. | Led by M. W. Miller, Fred G. Coldren ! #nd Charles F. Consdul of the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Association, several score of residents appealed in ad- voeaey of the restriction against the apartment hous Chapin Brown, who said he owned A tract of land along the Piney Branch TParkway near Seventeenth street, urged the commission not to carry its decision north of Newton street. He argued that his property was desirable for apartment develop- ment and that he did not believe it would fnterfere with the residential seetion It was Lrought out that the owner ©f anothier tract in that vieinity was| out of the city, and the commiss decided 10 postoone its decision to ros ive further arguments later in writ- ing Anothe siderable case which resulted in con- discusslon was the proposal to change from A and B area to A restricted area, which means no anartment houses, the property bound- ¢d on the north by Aspen street, west by Rock Creek Park, south by Ken- nedy street and east by Georgla ave- nue except the frontage on Four- teenth street and Georgla avenue. The commission also heard a num- ber of other requests for less exten- sive changes in different parts of the city. Some of these cases may be de- cided this afternoon. BALTIMORE POST INDICTED IN TEST OF TAX PUBLICITY (Continued from First Page.) publicity to the returns would not encourage honest enterprise or work o the general welfare, the Mississippi Senator asked co-operation of the Republicans in the Senate for chang- ing the law. “Weo have but to reflect on the peychology of the last publication to | sppreciate the political use to which | tt might be applled” Senator Har- rison asserted in the statement. “We need only to give sober thought in an analysis of the last returns to ap- preciate the effect it may have on individuals and business. If there are any great losses in any one year by the captains of industry, they can employ such losses as an argument to reduce the wages of their em- Dloyes. The returns, whether padded | or mnot, will give force to such a policy. “In fat years, where profits have been large and incomes great, the re- turns may give encouragement to the employe to resort to strike or other- wise for a larger share In the dis- tributions. The returns will give en- souragement to such a movement. The amounts of the {ncome, whether large or small, for the business or profe al man can be Ingenuously effectively used by competitors. The publication of a very small income tax upon the part of a physician or lawyer | might affect the prestige of such al| n or lawyer, and that might even though such a physician ver possessed the largest pra tice in his community, and the returns were small because of losses other- wise Incurred “I am sure that the American people are sick and tired of so much | governmental red tape and unneces- sary regulation. This constant ‘pry- ing in’ by so-called governmental ex- perts, who may know nothing of the subjeet matter they are lnvesnxut-: ing or regulating, has disheartened in large measure honest business effort throughout the country. The Gov- ernment is now in the hands of the tepublican party. 1 shall be glad to | co-operate with the Senate majority in working for repeal or modification of publicity of income tax returns. It is not a party measure—never has been and should not be.” COMRADES ATTEND RITES. Many of his old comrades attended Eervices yesterday incident to the in- terment of the body of Brig. Gen. William M. Wallace, U. S. A., retired, who dicd in San Francisco, November 6, when the remains were latd to rest in Avlington Cemetery yester- day. Attending the services were members of his old regiments, the 15th, 2d and the 6th Cavalry, Troop 8 of the latter regiment belng repre- gented by its old first sergeant, who had served under Gen. Wallace for | many years. 1 Also represented at the burfal was | the old uth Infantry, which was the ! egiment of his son, Maj. George ‘W. Wallace, U. S. A, retired. * Brig. Gen. Wallace, who was nearly | 81 vears old, had spent much of his time in fighting Indians in the days of cavalry scouting against the red men. He became conected with the military service in 1564, when he| served for a time as a first lieu- tenant of volunteers in the Civil War. He entered the Regular Army in October, 1866. and passed through | ’ all the grades from second lieutenant | to colonel, reaching the latter grade in March, 1901, He was retired from aetive service in October, 1906, having been a commissioned officer on the active list for 40 vears, and he was advanced to the grade of brigadier general recognition of his Civil War service. _ Gen, Wallacé's early career included service in the Indiam country. He as a field officer during the war ith Spain-and the Philippine Insur- Tection. Later, in 1903, he was high- )y commended by hls superiors for the manner in_which he had handled the difficult Moro problem in the Jolo Archipelago: and throughout the remainder of his service he main- tained a high standard as an officer of the cavalry arm, exercising im- portant commands commensurable with his rank. TWO CONVICTS "KILLED. Victims of Mine Blast in West Virginia. ' MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., November 20.—Two convict-miners were killed and a third was injured seriously to- day, when caught In an explosion of gas or dust in the West Virginia Penitentiary mine here. Rex Rader, superintendent. was belng lowered into the pit when the blast occurred. The cage was pulled up and Rader, * gvercome by the deadly gases, re- yived. : The dead were Mike Stoney and Will Davis. Only three convicts were in the mine. | SHEATSLEY DEATH jas sul | by automobile with their two uncles, THE EV EXQUISITE ART BROUGHT HERE Turqueise Necklace of 2,500 Pieces and Four Pendants in Collection.- ‘Vanity Box’ With Rouge Used Centuries Ago by Men' Found. Neil M. Judd, leader of the National Geographic Society’s expedition to Pueblo Bonito, the pre-Columblan “apartment house” of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, has brought back to Washington an amazing array of ex- qu'site art objects and domestic utensils which shed new light on an early metropolis of Indian America. Perhaps the most beautiful plece in the col -“tion is a turquoise neck- lace of 2,50 vieces and four pendants —the only cumplete spectmen of such a necklace known. The method by which the Indians ground down thel tiny pleces and bored them out to be strung on sinews, has won the ad- miration of modern jewelers who have seen it. The four péndants are remarkable specimens of turquoise deep blue and with them, Mr. Judd said, he could have purchased every JIndian horse in San Juan County. Mounted With Pine Gum., Other unique obfects d'art are jet rings, perfectly rounded, on which are mouuted tiny carved turquolse birds. The mounting was done with pine gum, the adhesive of the Ameri- | can ancients, which lasted the ages the rings lay buried in the | pueblo rulns To get these afd the Geographic explorers this Sum- mer sifted tons of debris, after build- ing a_ miniature railroad, and set mule-drawn steel dump cars to work hauling out the rubbish Recovered by this tedious process are some of the closest woven and finest specimers of Indian basketry yet discovered. To preserve these re. quired the uSmost dexterity, for often upon exposure a zephyr-like breeze would dissipate the specimens. The hope of pfeserving them lay in wax- ing them immediately upon their ex- posure Rare Basket Dincovered. Historlcally one of the important finds is a double basket, the like of | which has hithertto been unknown in | ruins other than cliff dwellings and the use of which has not yet been termined. It may furnish another ue to plece out further the habits, customs and religious beliefs of these aborigines. Although they left no written words, nor even any picto- graph records that can be deciphered, they attained a civilizattion as jnter- | esting as the early cultures along the other tiny pieces PROBE IS PUSHED Relatives to Be Grilled in Mystery—Pastor’s Wife Held Suicide. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 20. In a determined effort to piece to- gether all the loose threads in the domestic life of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, wife of Rev. C. V. Sheatsley, pastor of one of the leading churches of the fashionable Bexley suburb, whose cremated body was found in the furnace of the Sheatsley home Mon- day evening, so that it might be as- ['than about half that number. certained whether the mystery of her death Is finally to be established de or murder, county prose- cutor John R. King carried his In- vestigation today into the circle of the dead woman's blood relatives. by City Detective Mr. King_left for of Mrs. Sheatsley's » near Canton, early today to over with the agcd mother the history of the daughter from in- fanc down through the intervening years to her marriage with Rev. Sheatsley and the domestic relations in the Sheatsley home up to the time of the daughter's traglc death. The aged mother made her home with her daughter for several years up until about a year ago. By getting the life history of Mrs. Sheatsley, Prosegutor King hopes to be able-to strengthen or completely disprove the theory advanced by many and clung to by County Coroner Murphy, that Mrs. Sheatsley climbed into the furnace and deliber- ately destroved herself. Mr. King, notwithstanding the corpner’s theory of suicidé, maintains that Mrs. Sheatsley was the victim of foul play, that it would have been img possible for her to enter the furnace with a bed of live coals in it and close the door behind her. While at Paris, Mr. King also ex- pects to question brothers of the dead woman to ascertain what light they may throw on her life. Accompanied Carson, home go lifc Funeral Rites Held, Following funeral services yester- day in the Christ Lutheran Church, Bexley, of which Rev. Sheatsley was pastor, the remains were taken to Paris for burial this afternoon. Rey. Sheatsley and the two daugh- ters, accompanied by a few close friends. made the trip by train. The two sons, Milton and Clarence, went Charles and Harry Sponseller. City Detective C. Cox stated today that he Is firmly convinced that Mrs. Sheatsley committed sulcide. He said it was possible for her to have climbed into the furnace by putting her feet in first while holding to the “‘clean out” door. 100 SEEK GOLF HONORS. Capital Newspaper Men Start Fall Tourney. Nearly a hundred newspaper golf- ers faced a northwest wind which swept across the course of the Con- gressionai Country Club today. Play- ing in the Fall golf tournament of the Washington Newspaper Golf Club, postponed from last Monday because of the death of Gus J. Karger, vet- eran correspondent of the Cincinnatl Times-Star, the newspaper men were divided into flights according to their scores made in the Spring tourna- ment. A feature of the event was a team. match between the news staffs of The Evening Star and the Washington Times. e Fire Causes $250,000 Loss, MARION, . Ind.. November 20.—Fire of undetermined origin, apparently starting at the rear of the Leon & Straus Co. department store, on the northeast corner of the public square, last night caused damage in excess of $250,000 to the’ stock and bullding. All the fire apparatus in the city re- sponded to & general alarm and the through | BY EXPLORER OF PUEBLO RUINS NEIL M. JUDD, Nile and in Mesopotamia, vet distinc- tive from all old world peoples. Al- ready the dally life of the Bonito dwellers has beon pleced out patient- ly In great detall. “That object looks like a ‘vanity box,”” remarked one geographer who viewed the collections. Not only that, but here is a bit of the rouge the Bunitans us replicd Mr. Judd. and he displayed a hmp of reddish clay, which 1 will color the flesh. “make-up” devices were used by the Bonitan men, how- ever, rather than their women. and they served principally for the beau- tification of participants in their dra- matic religious ceremonies. Pipe Used to “Make Clouds.” Pipes also are in the collection. Some of these were “pleasure pipess” resembling very much the short, large. bowl English models. Others resem- ble cizarholders, with flaring bowls, and these were used to “make clouds"” in the Bonitans' Kivas, or worship chambers. Objects which shed lizht on the economic habits of the Bonitans are the fleshers, with jet and turquoise inlays, used to remove flesh from the skin of anima!s: fiint knives, which are chipped down with infinite skill patience, and bone needles, used sewing skins, The broad area of communication of these anclent peoples is discloses Ly objects found in their “apartm which were brought from } distant as the Pacific Coast and the in | Valley of Mexico, PRISONERS STRAIN CAPACITY OF JAIL Twice Too Many Inmates for Building, Board of Charities ‘Reports. Crowded conditions continued the District jail during the last fiscal year, with a daily average of 355 prisoners, as compared with 320 the previous r. the Board of Charities told Commissioner Liudolph in its annual report today “On April 14, 1924, the number of prisoners was 442 and the institution cannot properly accommodate more We note a commendable effort on the part of the criminal courts this all to facilitate the trial of prisoners held in the jail, and it is believed that a vigorous policy in this direction would result in a material reduction in the jail population. Has Prepared Bill. The board again called attention to the need for establishing the inde- terminate sentence and parole - tem here. The board stated It has prepared a bill along those lines aft- er conference with the justices of the District Supreme Court, which will be submittcd to the Commissioners for transmittal to Congre: The proposal now before Congress to create a board of public welfare in the District government, in which would be merged the functions and powers now divided between the Board of Charities and the Board of | Childrian’s Guardians, was given re- newed indorsement by the Board of Charities in its report., “The Board of Charitles believes such a measure would be in the in- terest of economy and efliciency, and has expressed its formal approval of the bill. It is respectfully urged that Congress give 1t early consideration.” The proposed board of pubilc wel- fare would be composed of nine mem- bers appointed by the Commissioners without, compensation, which board would have complete and exclusive contrel and management over the several institutions and agencies en- gaged in penal, correctional and chari- table work. The board notes that during the past year there was neither an in- crease nor a decrease in the number of indigent dependents. The only no- ticeable change in volume of service was the marked increase in the num- ber of persons treated at the new psychopathic wards at Gallinger Hos- pital, where the service more than doubied. Work at Occoquan. In submitting the board's report, George S. Wilson. secretary, pointed out that the prisoners at the Occo- quan Workhouse manufactured 3,216, 400 brick last year, as compared with only 2,811.800 the previous year. The Board of Charities urges that appropriation be made without delay to continue building operations at Gallinger Hospital. The general hos- pital work at Gallinger Is still being carried on in the old frame buildings, which the board calls inadequate for the purpose. Plans for the additional new structures have been under con- sideration by the municipal architect, in conjunction with a hospital expert. *The Board of Charities submits with its report a summary of the work of the Board of Children's Guardians, showing a slight decrease last year in the daily average num- ber of children under care. The ac- tual number of commitments of chil- dren by the Juvenile Court Increased last year, however, to 404, as com- pared with 222 in 1923. There was a marked increase lasl year in the number of lodgings fur- nished at the old munieipal Jodging house. The total was ,319, as com- -pared with only 3,513 the preceding yea “This institution,” the board states, “is still housed in the old converted residence building on Twelfth street adjoining the first ‘precinct station. Although Congress appropriated $30.- 000 for the erection of a building in 1916, it has been found impossible to provide anything like a satisfactory building with that small appropri tion because of the greatly increased cont of construction that became ef- fire was confined to the one bullding.. The loss is covered by insaranc fective before the appropristion was avallable.” and | at| | i i | 1 | i i i | i i | | | time i chines. o4 ENING STAR, WASHINGTON, RULE ON PUBLICITY FOR RATINGS ASKED Personnel Board Wants Stone to Pass on Handling of Efficiency Classing. Attorney General Stone will be asked by the personnel classification board for a ruling on how far the Loard’s authority cxtends In the mat- ter of making public the results of a néw efficiency rating, under the provisions of the classification act. This announcemont was made by Chairman Bailey of the classification board, following a meeting this morning of representatives from all the Government departments and establishments for the purpose of discussing the several viewpoints re- garding publicity of efficiency ratings. Wide divergence of opinien was known to have been expressed at the meeting. Departments to Vote. Following a ruling by the Attorney General, Chairman Baile board will draw up concrete proposals to be submitted to the departments for a yes or no vote. When these votes are returned to the board a policy will be determined upon and nromulgated. Thix procedure is all rected to oceu considerable With ro one willing to estimate exactly when the mat wiil finally Le settled Three pripc pal points of W de- veloped at the meeti ng this morning. but Chairman Baile id there had been virtual agreements on the idea that employe should have the right (o see his own efficiency rating. On the other hand, it was learned there was no one at the meeting willing to agree that emploves might see any other efficiency rating that he desired out of 'interest, curiosity or for any other purpose. This point of view was understood to have been ampiificd by persons who objected to 2 wide-open policy of publicity, be- ause of the same reasons which have caused widespread resentment against the publicity of income tax returns. In fact, the discussion developed con- slderable talk, was understood, which drew paraliels between the possibilitics for stirring up trouble which might eventuate should ef- ficieney ratings be thrown wide open to inspectivn as have income tax pay- ments. 1old Publicity is Right. A middle ground of more or less uncertainty seemed to represent a third point of view. Persons putting torward arguments for this contend- od it was understood that a govern- ment employe should have the right to see not only his own efficiency ra- ting. but also the rating of other em- ployes competing with him—that s, persons in own class, grade, oflice or appropriation unit pread interest among Go nployes has been evinced » disputed question of publicity now in the hands of the classifica- tlon board. No unanimity of opinion as yet expressed itself among vernment emploves themselves, al- thongh the National Federation of Federal Employes hus gone on rec- ord as favoring complete inspection of all cficiency ratings. ! The jetter from the personnel clas- sification board to Attorney General Stone requesting hix opinion on the extent of the board's authority in the matter cxpected to go forward within a ¢ At the meeting this morning there were between 25 and 40 persons, rep- resenting all branches of the Gov- ernment service. e personnel | hoard was fully by its| three members, iley ided. The meeting wis held in mbly hall at the offices of the Planes Left in McCook Field Hangars. By the Asvociated Press. DAYTON, Ohlo, November 20.— Hangars at McCook Field today' re- ceived the thrce world-cruising atr- planes and their pilots tomorrow wiil journey to Washington by rali to make the formal report of the round-the-world flight to Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air_Service. Their report will conclude the last| chapter in the first circumnavigation of the globe by airplane and the six airmen will assume: routine duties. The three crulsers landed at McCook Field vesterday from St. Louls. Lieut. Henry Qgden will be re- duced to his former rank of sergeant and go directly to his home station at Selfridge Field, Mich.,, where he will assume his original dutles. As Lieut. ic_ Nelson climbed aloard the New Orleans today for the last time, to see Whether cvery- thing was all right, somebody shout- ed, “W.here are you going, to try it over again?’ There was no wistful- ness in the smile that accompanied his answer: “Not on your life.” Lieut. Harding will be relleved of his commission November 30, and will resume his duties at McCook Fleld as a civillan employe. When the fiyers landed at McCook Field yesterday It marked the last formation flight of the three ma- All of the airmen will be given a leave of absence after they report at Washington. . RUM PIRATES LEAVE SCHOONER HELPLESS Minus * Navigating Instruments, Provisions Low, and Boats ] Smashed, When Found. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—The liner President Harding reported to the offices gf tho United: States Line here today' that last evening she rendered assistance to the British schooner Veronica, which ‘had been left in & helpless condition 100 miles oft Cape Sable, after a rald by liquor pirates. v - The President Harding, which will reach Quarantine late tonight, from Hamburg, reported that she had found the crew of the schooner with- out knowledge of the vessel's posi- tion. The lifeboats had been smashed by seas, the compass was missing, the chronometer broken, and provisions for only two days were on board. The Veronica had been at sea six weeks, and asked the liner,to request | the | horsepower. her owner, M. K. Warren of Hallfax, to send her a' tug. Before proceed- ing, the President Harding gave the schooner a compass.. The photograph caught pedestrians yesterday croasing against the flow of vehicular trafiic, al mam, stationed there to caution them, pointed out the FIVE BURN TO DEATH | IN $75,000 BLAZE| Woman, Daughter and Three Boarders Trapped in Business Section Flames. By the Assoclated Press. PLYMOUTH, Pa., November 20.— Five wers burned to death in a fire which destroyed seven frame build- ings in the business section here to- day. The dead are: Mrs. Martin Sherako, her niece, Emily Petroski, 11 years old, and three unidentified boarders in the Sherako home. An- other boarder, Edward Alexton, was taken to a hospital at Wilkes-Barre in a serious conditio The fire, which was of undeter- mined origin, started in the base- ment of the Sherako boarding house, police said. The flames, fed by the wooden frame construction of the building, gained rapid headway and soon spread to six other places. These included a grocery store, a tallor shop, meat market, furniture store and cigar stgre and poolroom. A number of boarders were car- ried from the burning boarding house by Deputy Sheriff Hosey. The bodies of Mrs. Sherako and her niece and three boarders were found on the first floor, where they were evidently attempting an es-| cape from the flames when they met | death. The loss than $75,000. was estimated at more JEFFERSON SCHOOL | DEDICATION HELD| Exercises Arranged as Feature of Education Week Program. he Jefferson School, at Sixth and \';rnnnh\ avenue southwest, which opened at the beginning of the cur- rent scholastic year as a junior high schoo ws dedleated formally at exercises this afternoon, arranged as ture of the observance of | n Education week. The Ban- croft School will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon with appropriate exercises. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools, was the principal speaker at the Jefferson dedication His topic was “The Junior High School.” Dr. Milard F. Thompson outlined the history of the Jefferson, and Ernest Daniel, former member of Board of Education. spoke of the chool. The keys of the school were presented to Principal R. W. Straw- bridge by Miss Anne Beers, super- vising prineipal of the eighth di vision. A talk also was made Joseph T. Fitzgerald. mes T. Lloyd. president of the school board, presided. The exer- cises were opened with a reading from the Bible by Principal Straw- bridge. The program Included songs and a prayer by the entire student body, selections by the school glee club, a violin solo by Isaac Minovitz, xylophone solo by Henry Goldsteln and vosal solos by Mrs. Frank Howard. i i BALDWIN GOVERNMENT TO CONSTRUCT CRUISERS At Least Three Will Be Laid Down to Complete Pro- gram. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 20.—One of the first acts df the admiraity under the new government will be to lay down| a further number of cruisers, accord- ing to the Daily Mall. Recailing that the last conservative government decided to build eight and that the labor government laid down five of these, the paper says the bal- ance, with further fresh replacements, may be begun in the near future. ARMY. MULES LOSE. ! Canmvt Handle Load Moved by Team of Percherons. KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 20.— The twenty-sixth annual Amarlcm‘ royal live stock show In progress here saw the redoubtable Army mule suf- fer a se* ack. A team of dapple gray | Percherons woii th pulling contest for teams under 3,000 pounds, ‘hauling | a load of 27,000 pounds 27% feet and developing a pulling strength of 25 They weighed 2720 pounds. The mules, entered by the Quarter- master Corps, Fort Leawaworth, and weighing 2,880 pounds, were unable to pull the required 27 feet. Y —e- NUNS AND GIRLS FLEE. Drlvan‘!rom Boston Institution by Flames. "BOSTON, November 20.—Three hun- dred girls and several nuns were forced te flee from bullding to bulld- ing early today when fire burned through the basement and first floor of one of these structures of the! House of the Good Shepherd in the Parker Hill district. ship of the sisters the girls, who are ‘between 12 and 15 years of age, were marched down from the upper floors Under leader- ! of the six story biulding and across a ramp to the main building. The mother superior was affected by the fumes, but not seriously. o 924." nger. It they DISTRICT TO TEST ALLEY LAW AGAIN New Cases Brought to De-| cide Issue Raised by Appeals Decision. e run The District government set about making another court test of the alley eviction law tdllay when four informations against landlords and tenants were filed in Police Court. The informations read “the land- lords or tenants did allow to be used a certain abode in an alley less than 30 feet wide, which was not open at both ends to the street and had neither gas nor electricity.” The cases will not come up for several days. Foreed by Decislon. The new suits to test the alley evie- tion law were necessitated by a re- cent decision of the District Court.of Appeals. which refused to enjoin the Commilssioners from carrying out the law, stating that the court had no jurisdiction in un equity suit and that the test would have to be originated in_criminal proceedings. The names of the defendants in the four cases are Henry A. Lockwood of Jackson Hall alley, Spires Koumaris, also of Jackson Hall alley; Wilbur F. Nash, Franklin P. and J. Nash, trus- tees of the estate of Loulse A. h, lunatic, of Bassetts alley, and James White, William Hunter and Henry sruner. charged jointly, also of Bas- setts alley. The informations were sworn to by A. Hopkinson, inspector in charge of the condemnation of insanitary buildings. Ousting Put Of. When the alley closing law was about to, pecome effective last vear. the general 4mpression prevailed that scores of families then living in the alleys would have to be ousted. The Commissioners, however, re- quested Corporation Counsel Stephens to study carefully the language of the act 'of Congress, and in a tion that a majority of the existing alleys were stiil lawful for dwelling Dpurposes. Conditions of Law. In his opinion he pointed out that threa conditions must be absent to mako an ailey unlawful for dwelling purposes. They were: First, the alley must be less than 30 feet wide: second, the alley must fail to run straight through and open upon two sides of a square, and, third, it must be without sewer, water main and gas or electricity. All three of these adverse elements must coin in order that the' un- lawful co ion exist, said the cor- poration counsel. He went further and stated that an alley in the prohibited class may be taken out of that category by im- Proving it to the extent of only one of the three elements mentioned. —e- OYSTER ROAST PLANNED. Optimist Club Outing to Be Held at Herrell Estate. Plans for an oyster roast were laid at a meeting of the Optimist Club in the City Club yesterday. The outing will be held early in December at the country estate of Lee L. Herrell, club president. in Wheaton Md. The feature of yesterday's meeting Was an entertainment program spon- sored by Fenton F. Leith and Donald Osgood, which included dances by Camille Little, who has just returned from a European tour, accompanied by Edward F. Muth at the piano. Vice President Frank L. Parsons as in the chair. jheld for the action of written | | opinion Mr. Stephens took the posi- TEST FOR TEACHERS. ‘Will Be Held to Est..blish Eligible List. The boards of examine of the District public schools will hod an examination Tuesda afternoc, at 3:30 o'clock to establish an chigible list for junior high school tea b-rs, It was announced today by Harry English, secretary of the board, Only those teachers now regularly employed in the elementary schools of Washington whose ratings aver- age better than good, who have com- pleted all work required and are pre- pared to offer credentials inglieu of all written examinations are eligible. ‘There will be no written examination. ough a police- down, whoxe f; TWO HELD ON LIQUOR DISTILLING CHARGE Man Arrested on Way to Delive: Fresh Brandy, Police Claim. Roy FEdelin, 37, 4611 Ninth street, alleged to have left his home about 6 o'clock this morning to deliver two half-gallon jars of peach brandy, from a still there, surprised policemen from No. 10 precinct 1 placed under arrest A subsequent raid of his home net- ted another, gallon of the fluid, 554 gallons of mash, two 10-gallon still bottles and other paraphernalia. Catherine Lane, another occupant of the house, was arrested. Watch had been kept on the house the past few das This morning when Edelin left home he was sight- ed by Sergt. Luauten and Policemen Brown, Hiser, Lineberk and Sanders. He had driven a short distance when he was stopped on a charge of speed- ing Unable to display his driver's per- mit, police filed that ditional charge against him. At the police station he was detained, the.other occupant of the house knowing nothing of his ar- rest until the police squad with a warrant they had from TUnited States G George 1. Macdonald, thority f a raid. Automobile and and taken to tfe police most of the mash was The stills were warm police reported. Charges of manufacturing liquor, possession of stills, illegal possession of intoxicants, speeding and failun to display his driver's permit were filed against Edelin, while, Catherine Lane was charged with manufactur- ing. Both were arraigned before Commissioner Macdonald on . the charge of manufacturing. Examina- tions were walved and they were th, jury. Edelin was released (?n “l‘:‘lx;lg in the sum of $2,000, while his co- defendant was Dermitted freedom under & bond of $1,000. ROTARIANS JOINED BY WIVES AT DINNER More Than 300 Attend Weekly Luncheon—Lawrence Di- rects Program. appeared obtained bmmissioner siving au- ills were seized station and destroyed. when seizyd, Ladies’ day was combined with a musical program at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club yester- day noon, and more than 300 mem- bers, visitine Rotarians and the vives of members fi a the main h:lllruor,:v."”fli teettaniasitn Robert Lawrence, Community Music ‘rlhargle of the program and it won nanimous approv. and guests Hller()t', B e Mrs. Harriet Aires Seymou of New York spoke briefly on the fune. tions of music in education. Fran Low of the Children’s Hospital cam- paign committee reported that Rotary Club had oversubsorihed 11 endowment fund by nearly §700. He sald that only eight members have thus far failed to give a substantial donation, and of these four are re- ported to be in hospitals. Mr. Low. declared the committee would con. tinue until it could report the Ro. tary Club “100 per cent subscribed for this worthy cause.” The endowment is for a free cl at the hospital, where Washington's unfortunate tots may go and be made normal for the battle in life that is ahead of them, I don’t know of any worthier cause than this,” said Mr. Low. “But if any one can show me one that is more worthy T will support it Just as vigorously .as I have this drive for the Rotary Club's free clinic at ‘he Children’s Hospital.” —— NEW GANG KILLING SEEN. Body. With Evidence of Battle, Found in Chicago. CHICAGO, November 20.—A new —ang land feud killing was disclosed today when the body of Genaro Paulla, who had been shot in the back twice and once fa the back of the head, was found in the South- side with evidence that bullets had swept across the greater part of a block. The mystery dcepened when an unconscious man was found in an alley two blocks a . He appar- ently had a skull fracture. director of the Association, had inic Ninety per cent of Washington’s sick must be cared for in their homes and not in hospitals. The nurses of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society convert these honies into “hospitals,” where the most skillful nursing serv- ice obtainable is given. LV.N S. campaign—$97,000 needed. Help the nurses heal the sick. Headquarters, 220 Star tuildins. WALKERS SPURN' CROSSING ORDERS Schooling Needed, Officer De- clares—Taxi Drivers to See Traffic Film. ! | That there is an urgent and im- mediate nced for some method of teaching Washington pedestrians to walk properly across intersecting streets—to quit ‘“jay-walking,” in more truthful but less dignified lan- Buage—is the outstanding lesson Po- llceman Joseph Junghens has learned in the last few days. Policeman Junghens is the man In- spector Albert J. Headley assigned to conduct the “school for walking” at Eleventh and F streets. For the last two days he has been taking up his station there and calling the atten- tion of “jay-walkers” to the danger |into which they put themselves hy refusing to ober the signals of the {man &t the semaphore. “I was ama at kinds of walking you | street corncr,” Mr. Junghens said to- day. “Truthfully. I expected to have a hard time. It is impossible for one man to regulate a corner alone. B I was not prepared for the thin had happen to me and did se the different an see at a Policeman Is Ignored. “It didn't take the people long to realize that T could try to stop them, but that, being alone, they could veep right past, if thes c And 1 held up 1 wmds, talked f them, and resorted to the semap t middle of the street, which wi closed against the But they just looked at the semaphore and me, and kept right on going “It was just plain ignorance. Thes walked squarely into the vehiculur traffic, and several times I thought I would have to run out and drs some one from beneath a machinc. Men and women, both alike; ther was no difference in their walkine I remember one woman who was = busy running across the street tha she ran right in between two stre ca “I thought to pointing ore in surely she would hurt, but one of the motor ceeded in stopping a few front of her and she kept There were many less equally dangerous situations at corner. 1 knew conditions were ' but those two days at that were a revelation to me. Some of co; realized that I had Lt sent there to help them, and t walted at the curb for the phore man’s sigual to ‘go’. Bu vast majc paid no atten: it or to me. Walking Lessons Needed. “There is no doubt that have to find some way of teaching pedestrian to walk right befor cidents can be materially redu My idea would be to have a law pelling them to move. with the se phore, just like the motorists. T we could make them walk riz There may be anothe ¥ to dc but I am afraid my experience for st two duys has convinced me th isn't.” Policeman on duty every o'clock until 5 It is confidently belleved that durs time he will have succeede bringing home to some Washing walkers at least the need for ped trians to obey the traffic offics semaphore as diligently as motos have to Drivers Are Invited. The Rialto Theater announc day that it, too, will be glad to iny to any of'its morning performar begipning at 10:3® o'clock, the dr of hoth the Yellow and Black White taxicab companies. Mrl R { mond. manager of the Rlalto, plac no limit on the number that may tend, and stated that all they wou require for admission would be the uniforms. This was done to make it possill for the taxi drivers, whose busines keeps them constantly in traflic, see The Star's motion plcture o trafifc conditions, which will be shows at five of Washington's leading mo tion_ pigture houses all next week the Rialto, Palace, Tivoli, Metropolita fana Columbia Theaters. The Palace and the Columbia had previously px- tended a simlilar invitation to ‘the Yellow and Black and White men en su Bt on goir: close 1 rse, Junghens will cont afternoon from through Satur Hilles Guest of Coolidge. Charles D. Hilles of New York, vice chairman of the Republican na- tional committee, was a guest of President Coolldge at breakfast t day at the White House. Mr. Hilles said events of the recent campaisn were discussed but otherwise the call was of no significance. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. Purse, $1,300; maidens FIRST RACE-— ages; 1 mile and 70 yards, e Wine . 116 High Priestess.... 113 SECOND RACE—Claiming: 3-rear-olds and up; 7 furiongs. Bt Banz.. 18 *Beleross SR TIYY ottish Chief... 103 Frank Monroe. .. 108 Lady Gaffuey.... 108 old Mount 108 SGrey Rard 1108 St. Michael... 1 purse, $1.300: o en Wood . rotoco 1M Tippity Witehet, *Don Juan. THIRD RAC year-olds and up: Temental Marie Maxim.. Haughty Lads. sourmand Rags - Fox Tail purse, $1.300 Muskallonge Kirah . Joseph Brandt.'.. 10% Witliout FOURTH - RACE-Claiming; purse, §1.3 2.yenr-olds: 6% furlongs. Sandrae . FBother . a , Bill Winfre *Wrack Lane *Sea Faty... *Marjorie h, ni Houhih: Kirkfleld ...... Transformer . 1Ral Parr and J. 8. Cosden entrs FIFTH RACE—The Rainbow $1,500; fillies and mares, all ag furlongx, Comi 121 iGolden Rillows.. 103 tPrimrose - 101 Frecry Sneeas. $Miss Cerini 113 3Margin ... Julia M 100 Forest Flower. Sun z 103 Polly Wale. tIames Arthur entrs. 3 $Three pourtds claimed for rider. SIXTH RACE--Claiming: purse, $1.300; vearolds and up; L milex. Ten Sixty 18 Fauenza Sweep Letsch SEVENTH RACE for 3-year-olds and up: Dream of Valles. 114 Zero Hour. .. panish Name. Also eligible. Mary Ann *+Revoke Demyrrag od Repesor. | Taudlane Wonder Ligit . an 8 Aunt Aggie. Handieny. 3 *Modo ....... Maquerado Hyperion ... . 109 it i £51 iming; purse, $1.500; 1 mile and a furiong. 014 Faithfal.... 106 *Little Ammie.... 89 107 108 102 erne Smarts *Cote Also eligih *Comme *Hethlehem Steel. 101 Attorney Muir... 107 SFlying Scotchuign 97 Magician m *Rlossom 2 *Zama sServitor The Reaper. Gtah *Apprentice allowance elamed. Weather clear; track fast.