Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1924, Page 2

L) = CAPPER OPPOSES SPECIAL SESSION Senator Says Extra Meeting Can Be Avoided by Get- ting Down to Business. ¥ BY DAVID LAWRENCE. “Cut out the windjamming and hot air and get down to business and we will not need an extra session of Con- sress. This was the advice given by Sena- tor Arthur Capper of Kansas, head »f the farm bloc, as he came from a conference at th White House with President Coolid ’ The £ s Senator clected by a mafority that will run over 000, which about 30,000 more than the President received in Kansas, ‘The last election™ £ald the Sena- tor, as he po a finger “to d the Pre: ent's office, nd ates how the peopie feel about s but does nan | nd bu e. Kan has just been things, What the the West wants is econom nesslike administra- tion, Con needs to be crowded into gettina its proeram through. It can be done at the short session if we all get towether. We have had enough of sperch-making and talk.” Went for Tax Redurtion. Asked how ha thought the felt about tax reduetion, he added: “Oh, we are that and we believe it can be done. T would he in favor of the passace of a at this coming se<sion which would authorize the to refund 25 per cent to the taxpay if it should be found at the end of the present fiseal vear in June that a sufficient surplus has been accumu- lated to permit snch a cut. T believe we could 2dont such contingent legis- lation. and then th would be no need of an extra session, or to walt until December for the tax cut.” Mr. Capper’s thought is that Con- gTess by author: the Treasury to use its discretion after Congress has adjourned in March can examine the revenues and returns received on March 15 nest and ba able by Mid- summer po © fulfill the wishes of Con respect to a hori- zon Chairmun Madden of the Hous, intions committee has Leen advancing a somewhat similar idea, his propos:-being that at the end of each fiscal year the Treasury shall be authorized automatica ly to refund to the yers percentage of tax depencing upon condit! Treasury and the surplus pi of Congress Treasur cut appr receipts n of the d up. Praises Farm Commission. Senator Capper told the P while at the White House that recent selection of an his i i man_who savs | West | joint resolution | a certain | sident | agricultaral | {was at BY ROBERT T. SMAL For what is believed to be the first time in history both a President of the United States and his wife have died within the term for which the President was elected. The Harding household, which moved so happily from Marion to Washington less than four short years ago, hes been wiped out. Childless and with but few close relatives, the Hardings lived alone in Marion. They lived alone in Wash- ington. After Monday next they sleép alone in tha tomb of Marion Ceme- tery, once more side by side. To those who participated in_it, it seems but a step back to the March night of 1 that Warren and Florence Harding set out by special train for the Inauguration in Wash- ington. It had been a gala evening among the old friends in Marion, and when train time came it was found that goodly part of Marlon was on board. The attainment of ambition hand. Few, if any, in the happy company gave a thought to the possibility of s» complcte a trag- edy th 15 to come to the President and his Duchess,” as he always alled wife. Feared for Henlth. Yet the folks of Marion knew that Mlrs. Harding long had been a suf- ferer from kidney attacks, and had ad to undergo an operation. There were some so hold in their solicitude for Mrs. Harding as to warn her to take good care of herself at all times and not to try to do too much. They £ either of the Hardings were to break under the strain it would be the wife rather than the husband. But it would seem that the White House is impartial in the toll it ex acts from those who plunge too deep- 1y into its whirlpool of activities. FUND-SOLICITING CURB S SOUGHT Commissioners Asked to Act to Halt Unscrupulous Collectors. Belleving there are organizations and individuals in the District ap- | pealing to the public throughout the year for charitable purposes whose commission was excellent and that he | activities should have the scrutiny liked the way started on _its enator is hopel the commission work. mission legislati in time to be shaped into n at the coming session of Congress. He thinks something should be done at once to help the Itve stock industry, which is depressed and that probably the commission can point the way in connection with a measure to regulate or co-ordinate the co-operative marketing activitles of the farmer. Naturally, Mr. Capper wants to see his colleague, Senator Curtis, chosen lcader of the Senate if Senator War- ren of Wyoming declines the position. Mr. Capper feels that the West should be recognized in.the leadership in the Senate and that it would be not only “good politles’” but common sense to put as capable a leader as Charles Curtis in the saddle to succeed the late Senator Lodge. (Copyright, 1924.) PRESIDENT HEARS WORLD COURT PLEA Many Delegations Urge Cool- idge to Insist on Par- ticipation. American participation in the World Court was urged at the White House today by a delegation representing many organizations, Bishop William F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church, speaking for 4 number of church organizations told President Coolidge that the churches and their membership are almost unanimously behind the World Court proposal. . Eliot Goodwin of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, spoke for the other organizations, convey- ing similar indorsement. Prexident Gives Assurance. In o bricf reply Mr. Coolidge reiterated his hopes for entry by this Government in the World Court, in- dicating he would again recommend legislation to this effect in his annual messuge to Congress. The church organizations represent- ed included the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America; the Northern Baptist, Congregational, Protestant Episcopal, Friends, Metho- piscopal, Methodist Episcopal outh, Presbyterian, United Lutheran and Universalist Churches. The Cen- tral Conference of American Rabbis, and missions organizations. Other organizations included the World Peace Foundation, Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, American Federation of Labor, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Na- tional Association of Credit Men, American Bar Association and the Woman's Pro-League Council. A. G. SCHULZ EXPIRES. ‘Was Interior Department Clerk for Four Years. Albert G. Schulz, 58 years old, a clerk in the Department of the In- terior for the last four years, died at his residence, 4308 Chesapeake street, vesterday. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Schulz was a native of Indiana. He was a member of the Naval Lodge, No. 4, F. A. A. M, and was also affillated with the Maccabees out of town. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Miss Irene Schulz; two sisters, Mrs. Adam Reld of Martins- ville, Ind.,, and Mrs. J. F. Partington of Indianapolis, and a brother, Her- man Schulz, also of the last named eity. Faneral services were. conducted at the residence this afternoon, Rev. H. W. Tolson, of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, officiated. In- terment will be in Indianapolls, where Masonic rites will he conduot- ed at the grave. —_—— Queen Victoria, who occupied the British throne for nearly 65 years, did not wear her crown more than 30 times during that long period. had | The Kansas| that some recom- | mendations may come from the com- | of Government officials, the Endorse- ment Committee of Welfare Organi- zations yesterday recommended to Commissioner Rudolph that as a pub- lic safeguard, no street soliciting of any kind whatever should be per- mitted in the District of Columbia. The recommendation waa in the form of a letter sent by Charles J. Columbus, secretary, at the direction of the endorsement committee. “Your committee,” said the letter, “Is of opinion that the worthy charities that will be named in its report about to be issued, shouid have the undivided support of the entire community. In all instances these organizations have met the full requirements of the committee. “It is our belief that there are other organizations and individuals who are appealing to the publi throughout the year whose activities should have the scrutiny of Govern- ment officials. As a further public safeguard no street soliciting of any kind whatsoever should be permitted in the District of Columbla. Must Bar All Groups. “Your committee has been ad- vised by counsel that it would be fmpossible to grant such an approval to some organization and deny it to others. “Refusing permission for all street solicitation would be the means of protecting the public against the un- scrupulous solicitor in the name of charity. “The present hollday perfod fs a particularly frultful time for indulg- ing in sharp practices in the name of charity. The public should be par- ticularly careful to know that the individual to whom it gives money or goods is the proper person to re- ceive the same. The list of approved charities will be submitted to the Commissioners within a week, the letter said, and “it i{s suggested that coples thereof be supplied the Police Department for enforcement.” The indorsement committee met yesterday afternoon in the board- room and was in sesslon for more than two hours. The endorsement committee s preparing the final re- port for the new year of the com- mittee named by the Commissioners to approve worthy charitles in the District. Copies of the list of ap- proved charities may be obtained at the offices of the following organiza- tions: Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Asoclation, Rotary Club, City Club, Federation of Citizens' Asso- clations, Klwanis Club, Women's City Club, Twentieth Century Club, Lions Club, Cosmopolitan Club and Civitan Club. The approved charities also will be listed in the telephone direc- tory under the heading of “charitable institutions and Organizations. M. A. Leese, former chairman of the committee, presided in the ab- sence of Chairman Frank R. Jelleff. The membership of the indorsement committee follows: Mr. Jelleff, chairman; Mr. Columbus, secretary; Mr. Leese, James T. Lloyd, Edward Stafford, Ralph Lee, Mrs. Sea- ton Schroeder, E. C. Graham, Miss Mary O'Toole, Fred S. Lincoln, Charles Darr, G. H. Winslow, J. C. Wineman, Allan Davis, L. A. Simon, Charles Clagett, Dr. William J. Kirby, Miss Mabel Boardman, Henry Franc, Mrs. Albert Bushnell, Mrs. William E. Chamberlain, C. J. Stockman, P. F. Brandstedt, C. F. Donohoe, L. L. Gold- heim, C. F. Hood and Mrs. Lyman B, Swormstedt. Given $109,419 Verdiot. CLEVELAND, November 22. —A verdict of $109,419 for alleged breach of contract was returned in favor of H. A. and D. W. Kuhn & Co. of Pitts- burgh against Pickands, Mather & Co., Cleveland, by a Federal jury here yesterday. Counsel said an appeal will be taken. The Best American Short Story According to many critics, is Ring W. Lardner’s “The Champion” The complete story will appear in the magazine sec- tion of feared for her good health, and felt that | __THE EVENING HARDINGS TOGETHER, BUT ALONE, IN LAST LONG SLEEP, AS IN LIFE Childless and With Few Close Relatives, Two Lives Were Passed Largely in Each Other’s Companionship. Mrs. Harding had not been within the portals two years when she suf- fered a breakdown, which came near costing her life. For days und wigits President Harding sat by her bed- side watching the flickering flame of life as it diminished almost to the vanishing point, but almost ty a mi- racle was brought into full glow again. Hard on Wome It was sald of Mrs. Harding then that she was but one of 4 loms line of mistresses of the White House who had been stricken down in tha midst of their social and official activities The first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson had | dled in the White Houde. Mrs. Wil- linm Howard Taft suffered a narvous breakdown within the first year of her reign. Later she recoversd, how- ever. and is still well and strong as the wife of the Chlef Justice. Mrs. Willtam McKinley was In cell- cate health during most of the time her husband was in the White House During a trip to the Pacific Coast she became very {ll. The party was halted at the Golden Gates for two weoks or more and only by a most valiant effort was her life spared. fate would have it, however, she ev. tually outlived the martyred Presi- dent. Washington has known one tragic event after another since the death of President Harding in San Franc co a little more than 15 months ago. | Dr. Charles E. Sawyer. who was al- | most a part of the Harding household, | is gone. Senator Lodge, closely a | part of the Harding administration and chairman of the convention which | nominated him, has died. Mrs. Hard- | | Ing has passed away, and the Cool- | dges have lost their younger son.| Ever loving the shining mark, death | | has taken its full of conquest. | STAR TRAFFICFILM WINS HIGH PRASE Oyster, Headley, Watson and Other Authorities See | Dangers Pictured. Unstinted praise was heaped upon The Star’s motion picture, “Our | Traffic,” which is to be shown on the | | screens of five of Washington's lead- | | ing motion picture houses for a week | beginning tomorrow, fc ving a| | private showing at the Palace| ‘Theater this morning for the benefit | of District officials and police and fire department heads. “I only wish,” said Inspector Albert J. Headley, chief of the Traffic Bureau, “that in all of the hundreds {of addresses I have delivered before citizen associations, at public meet- ings and in school rooms, 1 could have conveyed in half as thorough a | manner as this picture has done, the danger pedestrians and motorists alike incur from negligence. “This plcture is wonderful It shows up in truly realistic fashion the very things I haye, been fighting ever since I joined the traffic force. 1 sincerely belfeve it will a great deal of good, and in thanking Th Star for its fine spirit, I taink the | | theaters, too, have shown fine public spirit in co-operating &9 cAgerly in this good movement.” Commended by Oyster. Commissioner Jamés F. Oyster, in charge of the police :and fire depari- ments, highly commended the idea of using the motion picture as a means of educating careless drivers and pedestrians. Referring to The Star's film, he declared ‘he believed it would | be of inestimable value to Washing- ton, and would “reach home” with the lesson for better traffic more quick- Iy than any other medium. “In a film of this kind,” he said, “mo- torists and pedestrians have an op- portunity to see themselves as others see them. Men and women who walk | thoughtlessly across a busy interse tion, without regard to the officer's signal, may realize the chance they take when they see it enacted on the screen. | “Likewise, the motorist who cuts| corners, falls to give the right of way | and violates other sections of the| regulations, should profit from seeing the traffic film. Iam In favor of any move that will help bring home to both the walker and the rider thelr joint responsibilities in making the streets of Washington safer.” Also in the party at the Palace were Chief Watson of the Fire De- partment, who assisted greatly in the production of the film by placing at the disposal of the camera an en- gine company and a big truck in or- der to picture from the machines themselves the dangers firemen incur when they race through streets that are crowded with heedless motorists and pedestrians, “I think it gives an excellent de- scription of our troubles,” sald Chlef Watson. “It is a fine picture and will do a great deal of good. Of course no one could picture all of the narrow escapes the fireman must have in the course of his life. But this picture does it as well as it is humanly possible.” The rest of the party was com- posed of the members of the police and fire departments who figured In the picture. It might be stated that they were not posed. With the excep- tion of the fire wagons, the men were “shot” just as they were regu- lating traffic under the stress of the rust hour. Only one scene in the picture was posed—the one showing “the wrong way” for a traffic officer to handle his semaphore. i Open to Public Tomorrow. Beginning tomorrow, the film will be shown for a week at the Rialto, Metropolitan, Columbia and Palace theaters, and on Sunday and Mon- day at the Tivoll. At the latter place the program is regularly changed In midweek and that Is the reason the trafic story will not be told there for the full week. It will appear at the others at every show. It seemed almost like the irony of fate that Inspector Headley had not walked twgp feet from the Palace when he ran square into one of the most common and anonying kinds of traffic violators—a motorist snugly parked between the curb and the street car loading platform at Thir- | Fink teenth and F streets. He all but blocked the passage to other motorists, who had to “worm” their way past. By another stroke of fortune, the motorist came out while the Ifispector | watched, and he was collared. “May 1 ask why you presumed to violate the law in such a flagrant manner?”’ asked the ankered police head. The driver turned quite a few shades paler ‘as hte inspector’s head was poked into his car, and finally he stammered out an excuse that he had “seen 'others do it.” “Seeing others violate the law is no excuse for you,” the man was told. After taking note of his name, ad- dar and business, Inspector Head- ley permitted the man to continue on his business. He did not tarry after being told to drive on, e 10 SUE QUESTIONED] NURSE FUND DRIVE Lawyers Say Power Has|Hope to Complete Budget of Gone With Termination pf Act. The right of the Rent Commission to prosecute suits for penalties in the Municipal Court for failure of land- lords to obey determinations of the commission In regard to rentals was attacked yesterday at the hearing be- fore Judge Mary O'Toole of the case of the commission against Andrew Oehmann and Joseph A. Herbert. The commission was secking to recover penalties under a finding dated June 11, 1920 The Rent Commisslon was repre- sented at the hearing by Attorneys A. Coulter Wells and Grace Hays Eiloy. Attorney A. Leftwich Sinclair, former chairman of the Rent Com- mission, appeared for the defendant, Andrew Oehmahn, owner of the prop- erty in question, while former Munict- pal Court Judge Michael M. Doyle ap- peared for the defendant, Joseph H. Herbert, who collected the alleged excess rent for Mr. Oehmann. The cuse was dismissed &s to Mr. Herbert, upon the ground that in collecting the rent he acted merely as agent for the owner, to whom the rent was pald as the collections were made. Defense of Ochmann. Attorney clair requested the court to enter judgment in favor of Mr. Ochmann, upon the grounds that the rents act has terminated and ceased to operate, leaving the Rent Commission without jurisdiction or authority to prosecute the suit; that the determination of the Rent Com- mission fixing the rent for the prop- erty, alleged to have been violated by the defendant, had ceased to oper- ate at the expiration of the original rents act, October 22, 1921, and that the claim of the Rent Commission was barred by the statute of limita- tions, which prescribes one vear as the time within which suits should be brought for the recovery of penalties. The suit was brought November 10, 1924, Attorney Sinclair argued that the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Chastleton apartment house case and the more recent decision of the District Court of Appeals in the case of Peck against in which a judgment of the Municipal Court upholding the rents act, was reversed, had the effect uf finally terminating the powers of tha Rent Commission, and that any action now maintainable against the de- fendant would have to be prosecuted |by and in the name of the Attorney General, who is authorized to prose- cute for any violation of the rents act committed before the termination of the act, after such termination. Penalty By Implication. Counsel contended in support of the claim htat the determination of the Rent Commission had ceased to operate upon the expiration of the original re s act, that the acts ex- tending the original act did not have the effect of extending and continuing the determinations of the Rent Com- mission made under the original a that the statutes under' which it ought to recover penalties given a strict and literal construc- tion and no penalty can be created by a mere implication. Counsel as- serted that if Congress had intended in passing the extension acts, to con- tinue the findings made by the Rent Commission under the original act, in full force and effect, and to au~ thorize the collection of penalties for subsequent violations of the deter- minations, it would have so expressed itself n clear and unmistakable terms. At the close of the hearing Judge O'Toole took the case under advise- ment and gave leave to counsel to file written arguments upon the legal questions presented. DEATH TAKES INVENTOR. Charles A. Wayson Long in Gov- ernment Service. Charles A. Wayson, 67 years old, formerly for 25 years a cabinet maker and elevator conductor in the Treasury Department and later em- ployed in the War Department until his retirement, on account of age, in 1921, died at Sibley Hospital Thurs- day. Funeral services were conducted at his late residence, 114 F street southeast, this afternoon. Interment was private. * Mr. Wayson assisted in the con- struction of the Lemon RBuilding on New York avenue between Seven- teenth and Eighteenth streets. He was the inventor of a machine which simplified the making of flower pots. He loaves a widow, Mrs. Annle E. ‘Wayson. — NOTED ENGINEER DiES. Joseph Crawford Long in Railroad Service. PHILADELPHIA, November 22— Joseph Ury Crawford, consulting en- gineer and expert on railways, dled yesterday at his home in Fox Chase, a suburb, at the age of 82. Mr. Crawford was in the service of the Pennsylvania Raflroad until 1912, retiring when he reached 70. He was twice decorated by the Emperor of Japan for his services of consulting engineer, and inspector of imperial government railways. In addition to doing extensive survey work for the ploneer Western roads, Mr. Crawford served in the Civil War as a lieutenant. ant. | been $97,C00 Before Noon Meeting Monday. With $50,000 needed to complete the two-year budget of $97,000 for the Instructive Visiting Nurse So- clety, the large number of team workers who have canvassed the city Jor contributions for five days start- ed out from the New Willard Hotel today determined to have the desired sum in hand when the final of a series of noon meetings will be held in t#ir hotel Monday at 12 o'clock. Tod: reports from 27 of the teams engaged in obtaining contr butions to insure the work of the L V. N. S. in the District for the next two years showed a total of $5,849.50 had been obtained in the last 24 hours from 352 contributors The grand total now stands at $46,- §$88.38 and the number of contributors 1s 2,194, Range of Contributions. Among the contributions reported today was 10 cents, which a colored laundryman gave team No. 31, cap- tained by Mrs. Henry Fry. The man she sald in making her report, thought the cause was a good one. The pro- ceeds of a golf match, staged at the | Congressional Country Club, amount- €d to $310, und President Hines, in u letter to the society, inclosing th check for that amount, expressed re- gret that a larger sum could not| have been sent. 1t also was reported IARE PLA that there 184 unopened letters in the headqu. ers of the I Visiting Nurse Society, room 220, Star | Building, and it is believed a large | majority of these letters contain con tributions. The office force there has | swamped with work and has been unable to get to the lette Contributions, if not given to an au- | thorized licitor, should be sent to the foregoing address. First Honor Team Designated. Team No. 5, captained by Mrs, Ed- | ward Heldingsfeld, took first honors| today for having the largest amount | of contributions—$876. The teams| which reported, with the names of ! their captains and the amounts, fol- | low: Team No. 1 Mrs. Whitman Cross, $774; No. 2, Mrs. Harvey W.| Wiley, $47; No. 3. Mrs. R. 8. Huide- | Kkoper, $405.47; No. 4, Miss Clara Far-| rar-Smith, $667; No. 5, Mrs. Edward | i structive | Heidingsfald, $376; No. 6, Mrs Smith, $69.50; No. 7, Mrs. Cresson owbold, $300; No. '8, Miss Olive Graef, $100; No. 9, Mrs. Northup Dean, $36; No. 10, Mrs. Merriam Cur-| tis, $246; No. 12, Mrs. C. R. Lindsey Jr. $134; No. 16, Mrs. W. S. Farber, $16; | No. 17, Mrs. Dorsey Richardson, $244: | No. 18, Mrs. Walter R. Gherrardi, $41. | No. 24, A McCammon, | Mrs. i Mrs. Carter Fort, $66.85 Cralg Peacock, $1 . 31, Mrs. Henry Fry, $131.10; No. 32, Miss Edna J. Sheehy, $46; No. 33, Mrs. George P. riven, $329: No. 34, Mrs. Daniel C. apleton, $142.50; No. 35, Mrs. Clarence Perley, $30; No. 37, Miss M. H. Wingate, § Final Meeting Monday. The final meeting of the workers | in the Instructive Visiting Nurse Soeiety’s campaign will be held at the New Willard Hotel Monday noon, | when complete reports will be made on the amount of money received, thg total number of contributors, and thd| total number of visits made in order to secure these contributions. Commenting on the work of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society, Dr. Hugh Cumming, surgeon general,| United States Public Health Service, sald today: The public health nurse, in addi< tion to the service which she renders by her bedside cafe, is the medium for the transmission to the public of! the gospel of health. Through her| bedside care to the patient who ig acutely ill, the nurse makes a natural | contact in the home and is able while| giving a concrete example of care to the sick t6 talk health conservation | to the wife and mother and to leave at the termination of the illness some better understanding of the relation between healthful habits of living and disease prevention. Her work is one of importapce to the public health of the country.” Commended by Bishop Freeman. Bishop James E. Freeman also ex- pressed his appreciation of the work of the nurses in Washington. Bishop Freeman wrote to Mrs. Whitman , President of the soclety, as fol- “1 am glad to have the opportunity of expressing to you my great inter- est and hearty indorsement of the In- structive Visiting Nurse Association. There is no question but that these nurses with their self-sacrificing la- bors fill a great need In our city's life and are a boon to thousands. Their work is kind, helpful, sympa- thetic and, above all, constructive. Their efficiency and unfailing willing- ness and energy is well known to all. May I extend to you my sincere and hearty good wishes for the continued and increased scope and success of this great organization?” Maj. Seydel Ordered Here. Maj. Fred Seydel, Chemical Warfare Service, at the Edgewood arsenal, has been ordered to this city for duty in the office of the chief of the Chem- fcal ~Warfare Service, Munitions Building. —_— Tanganyika Territory has a hip- popotamus plague, the huge beasts having multiplied so rapidly that thousands are to be Seen near the Rufiji River. Olives Get Clean Bill of Health From U. S., But Warning Is Issued Survey Discloses No Widespread Botulism Peril, But Prevalence of Spoiled Product Brings Caution Against Using Unfit Material. Three outbreaks of botulism, due to canned ripe olives, report- ed to the Department of Agricul- ture early this year, caused the Government to make a searching re- survey this Summer of the ripe olive situation, it was disclosed today when the findings became public. “These unfortunate occurrences revived suspicion of this product aroused by the series of out- breaks in 1919 and 1920, which had been largely allayed by the earnest efforts made Jjointly by the State and the packing com- panies involved,” the department's report said. “A resurvey of the ripe olive situation by the Bureau of Chemistry was therefore neces- sary. “From a survey of the stocks of canned ripe olives by the fleld forces, with the State and city offi- clals co-operating, the microbi. ological laboratory recelved examined 800 official sam; totaling over 2,900 contain: from 30 States, the Columbla, and Porto ripe olives District of Rico. These represented about 20 dif- ferent packers. The samples were not reported as representative of the stocks of ripe olives on hand, but as spoiled or suspected ma- |up only of old mew and old women | “showed | e terial found upon the shelves of dealers and offered for food pur- poses, “Bacteriological examination of the samples showed that canned ripe olives which were free from swell, from abnormal odor, or other marks of spollage were not dangerous. Botulinus _was not found in any sample. The investi- ‘gation furnished no ground for /attributing special danger to the consumption of ripe olives if rea- sonable care is exercised to ex- clude spoiled products from sale or use. But the finding of consider- able quantities of spoiled material scattered widely throughout the country and representing many producers necessitates the exercise of great caution in the avoldance of unfit material.” STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1924. RENT BOARDRIGHT |WORKERS TO RUSH |CALVIN COOLIDGE, JR., MEMORIALS NNED AT MERCERSBURG Cross, Portrait and “Sunshine Corner’ to Be Placed in Memory of President’s Son, Whom Whole Sch BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Some remarkable and touching side- lights on the life and passing of .Calvin Coolidge, jr., are revealed for the first time in a “Calvin Coolidge, jr., memo- rial issue” of the Mercersburg Academy News published under date of Novem- ber 21. The first edition struck off reached the hands of Mrs. Coolidge at the White House today. It tells in de- tail of “little Cal'e” career at the fa- mous “prep” school in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Pennsylvania, and ma things that never reached the public before about the supreme tragedy that overtook the President and Mrs, Cool- idge in July of this year. The memo- rial number also discioses the plans of Mercersburg Academy for perpetuating the memory of “little Cal.” Permanert shrines on the campus are to be set up in his honor. Characteristic light on President Coolidge’s epiritual processes is shed by an episode for which his Washington Congregational pastor, Dr. Jason Noble Picrce, vouches. In the course of his attempts to console the President for his son's loss, Dr. Plerce said: “In this ckness (lod was the consulting do tor, trying vainly to tell his colleagues here below they were not able perfectly to know God’s laws, and that diseases which are fatal today are healed tomor- row President Reconciled. looked at the pastor his characteristically | Mr. Coolidge and said, in calm accents: “That may be all true, but what| would heaven be like if it were made | Dr. Pierce confessed he was dumb in the presence of the President's re- | joiner, “which, the minister £ald,| that Mr. Coolidge realizes | that in the heavenly light there lives the spirit of eternal truth.” Mrs. Coolldge has given utterance to a sentiment typical of the presi- dentfal family's simplicity, in connec- tion with the project of the Mercers- burg Academy alumni to establish permanent memorials to “little Cal Tt was finally decided these should be three in number, among them a cross to be placed on the altar of the | magnificent new academy chapel, whose Gothic spires soon will towgr | over the campus. Friends having sug- | zested that the cross might be em- bellished with a few semi-precious stones, Mrs. Coolidge wrote to Dr. William M. Irvine, headmaster of corsburg, as follows Calvin's father and 1 would like to give the cros: 1 personally have much the same feeling about the cross that 1 have about the flag of our country—that it is too beautiful in itself for adornment. I rather re- sent gold fringe on our flag. There- fore, my preference would be a cross without jewels.” Plan “Sunshine Corner.” In addition to the cross, Mercers- burg plans to create some spot on the demy campus to be known as nshine Corner,” in memory of Cal- vin, Jr. Says the Academy News: “Little Cal’ loved the trees, the birds, the sunshine and the rain was a joy for him to go mountain! ALFRED H. BROOKS DIES AFTER STROKE Chief of Alaskan Bureau of Geological Survey Noted | as Scientist. | Stricken with apoplexy while at his desk in the Interfor Department yes- terday afternoon, Alfred Hulse Brooks, 54, chief of the Alaskan Bureau of the Geological Survey for the past 20 vears, was taken to Emergency Hospital, where he died this morning without regaining con sciousness. Having served as president of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Mr. Brooks had acquired great dis- tinction for his accomplishments in sclentific_circles. Born July 15, 4871, at Ann Arbor, Mich., he was the son of the late Thomas Benton Brooks and Mrs, Hannah Hulse Brooks. He received his early education in a private school in Newburgh, N. Y. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1894, and studied in universities in Germany and France. Mr. Brooks was vice chairman of the Alaskan Railway Commission, 1912-13. For his he was awarded gold medals by the Georgraphic Society at Paris and the American Georgraphic Society. He was cliet geologist of the’ American expeditionary forces during the World War, serving as @ lieutenant colonel in the Reserve Corps, in 1917 19. Later he was appointed in charge of the Alaskan mineral resources of the Geological Survey. Outstanding among his achieve- ments was his development of the use of geology in the conduct of War, his developments along these lines having been of much assistance to the aliies, it is said. | ment scientific research |. ool Loved. climbing and to sleep out-of-doors at night. All the hours were sunny where he was, even when it rained. The fact that Calvin's mother sug- gested this particular memorial will add a certaineglory to it. There will be a sundial, with open and shaded places, seats where boys may gather and bird-baths to attract the birds. A landscape gardener will lay out ‘Sunshine Corner.’ " A third memorial will take the form of a full-length portrait of “little Cal,” to be painted by one of America’s foremost artists, and the gift of the Mercershurg faculty, stu- dents and alumni. The picture will be unvelled during Commencement eek in June, 1925, and be hung in Mfain Hall,” where John and Calvin, jr. roomed together during their Mercersburg days. The President and Mrs. Coolidge, it is hoped, may re visit the academy for the unveiling ceremony. One of the first requests made to the press when he became President was the wish, expressed by |Mr. Coolidge, that the newspapers of the country should not over-advertise the life of his boys at Mercersburg. “They're just like any other boys,” he said at his first White House au- dience with the Washington cor- respondents, “and their mother and I want them to live their school lives unmolested.” Had Many Interests. The memorial fssue of the Mercers- | burg News lifts the veil a little about Calvin, jrs. academy doings. He w. not athletic by nature, and was sat fied to do “gym” work or whatever other physical exercise was pre- scribed at Mercersburg. “Little Cal's” interest turned more to.the literary activities of the school. He became a reporter on the academy paper, later an assoclate editor, and in the spring of 1924 was elected secre- tary of the editorial board. He also had charge of ail “letters to the editor” fron a lively “public” of 500 mates. Calvin, jr, now and then wrote some poatry. His literary pro- ficiency won for him the coveted honor of Upper Middler Year appoint- to the “Mercersburg Fiftee: The lad began to reveal outstanding talents as a debater, and in 192 would undoubtedly have been on the academy debating team. “Littla €al” was fond of horseback riding, and exhibited the paternal composure when astride even a fractious mount. Ho disliked being in the limelight just because he was the son of a distinguished father, and incessantly insisted at Mercersburg upon stand- ! ing entirely on his own merits. “Little Cal” had a lively sense of humor. At the White House in March, 1924, there was a four-handed gamwe of pool. Mrs. Coolidge and Dr. Irvine, the Mercersburg headmaster, played against “Little Cal” and Dr. Boone, White House physician, and himself a Mercersburg “old boy.” Dr. Irvine having scored the lowest num ber of points, Calvin, jr., remarked “Well, doctor, you give splendid evi- dence of not having wasted your youth. (Copyright. 1924.) THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia—Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair: moderate to fresh west and northwest winds. West Virginia—Partly cloudy slightly cooler tonight{ tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness Tide Tables. (Compiled by United Stages Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 10:20 am. 11:05 p.m.; high tide, 3:44 a.m. 4:18 pm. Tomorrow—Low tide, 11:17 a.m. and :57 p.m.; high tide, 4:41 am. and and and The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 6:58 a.m.; sun sets, 4:50 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 6:59 a.m.; sun sets, 4:50 p.m. Moon rises, 1:59 a.m.; sets, 2:35 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. . Record for 24 Hours, Thermometer—4 p.m., 55; 8 p.m., 57 12 midnight, 56; 4 a.m., 43; 8 a.m., 48 noon, 49. Barometer— p.m., 29.79! 29.74; 12 midnight, 29.5S; 4 am., 29.50 8 a.m., 29.47; noon, 29.40. Highest temperature, 58, occurred at 3:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tem- perature, 47, occurred at 7 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 64; lowest, 48. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the | water at 8 am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 38; condition, muddy. Weather in Various Clties. F Temperature. ¥ « T Weather. *eeudp sy omor| mwg o) m Abilene, Tex. Albany Atlanta Atlantic altimore . Birmingham, Rismarck Roston . Clear Clondy Clear Kaining Cloudy' Raining Cloud: Clou Cloudy Pt.clondy Cloudy Cloudy Cincinnati . Cleveland .. Mr. Brooks was the author of nu- merous articles on Alaskan and mili tary geology. | He was a member of the Cosmos | Club, an honorary member of the Na- | tional Geographic- Society, Society : of Engineers, Geological Society and the Cleveland Park School and Com- munity -Association. | He is survived by his widow and| two children, Miss Mary Brooks and | Benton Brooks. His body was. re-| moved to his late home, 3100 Newark street, Cleveland Park. Funeral ar-| rangements have not been completed. TRIAL IS DELAYED. Police Lieut. Pierson and Five Others Accused of Brutality. Lieut. Joseph W. Plerson of the seventh police precinct and five other members of Capt. Bean's command, charged with brutality toward Arthur A. Davis, 3007 Cambridge place, whise the latter was under arrest on a charge that was not substantlated, were scheduled for a hearing before the police board today. Attorney William Leahy, counsel for the accused policemen, re- quested a postponement of one week to give him time to familiarize him- self with the case. The request was Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Pt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Cléar Clear Raining Clear Clear Raining Clear Clondy Raining Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Glear oudy Clear Cloud Clear” Pr.cloudy Cloudy Denver Detrolt Pa Galveston . Helena Huron, 8. D, 29. Indianapolis. 29.64 Jacksonville. 20.74 4 Angeles. 20.04 Louisville .. 20.70 Miami, Fla..' 29 88 New Orleans 30.06 New York.. 29.54 Okla. City.. 30.08 Omaha 29.90 Philadelpiia. 20,46 Phoenix ... 29.98 Pittsburgh. 20.52 Portland.Me. 29 88 FOREIGN. (8 a.m., Greenwlen time, today. Stations. Temperature. ther. London, England... 48 Part clondy Paris, France. Part cloudy Berlin, Germany.... Part cloudy Copenhagen, Denmark. . Part clondy Stockhoim, ' Sweden. Part cloudy Horta (Fayal), Azores. Clondy Hamliton, " Bermuda. . Part cloudy San Juan, Porto Rico. Part cloudy Havana, Cul Clear Colon, Canal Zone.. Rain granted. The case will be heard No- vember 29, at No. 6 police station. Detailed to Special Board. Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Rochenback, commanding the District of Wash ington, has been detailed as a mem- ber of the board of officers appoint- ed to recommend Individuals who should be awarded decorations, as authorized by the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918. He will re- lleve Maj. Gen. John A. Hull, judge advocate general. b —_— ece now has more than 1,000,000 refugees; most of whom are destitute ! ADMITS WIELDING GUN. CAMDEN, N. J, November 22.— Mrs. Maud Huysi, a bride of three months, admitted last night, the police said, that she held the pistol with which her. husband, Anthony Huysi, & Camden policeman, was shot to death Thursday night in their apartment. She erted, however, that the weapon had been discharged accidentally when Huysl attempted to knook it from her hand during a quarrel. Mrs. Huysl will be arraigned today on & charge of murder. - 1 s| and | 8 pm., WILL CENTER DRIVE ON CHILD LABOR A.F. of L. Votes to Leave No Stone Unturned to Get Amendment. By the Associated Pres EL PASO, Te November —A short morning session ending the first week of its meeting brought before the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor today a three-hour program of partial com- mittee reports on some 50 resolu- tions. | The convention last night approved the report of its committee on edu- {cation, calling for an intensive na- | tion-wide campaign to obtain rati- fication of the child labor amen iyment to the Federal Constitution At adjournment action had been taken on 22 resolutions, many de | ing with routine matters or minor | jurisdictional disputes. “The American Federation of Labor will leave no stone unturned in its endeavor to bring about ratification of this necess slation for the protection of ¢ #aid the com- mittee report on child labor. Machinery for Campaign. { Machinery for carrying on the cam- { paign will center in some 32,000 local affiliated bodles throughout the coun- | try, the report said | “It is not only for economic rea- sons that the citizenship of our cou try is urged to ratify the propose amendment to the Constitution. It one of the highest duties of the men jand women of our time to safeguard { the childhood of America.” i Other recommendations of the committee on education include su port of the Sterling-Reed bill to es- tablish a Federal department of edu- | cation, and advocacy of increased i Federal appropriation for education | e American Federation of Labor { believes that an appropriation of 1$100,000.000 a year for State ald is | necessary for the purpose of equal- | 1zing educational opportunities, r moving illiteracy, promoting physic | education, improving teaching and | encot ging educational research,” | the committee reported. i Indorse Leglon Drive. | Indorsement of the Americar iLt &lon ¢ gn for a $5,000,000 en dowment fund or rehabiiitatio: | child welfare and kindred subjects | was given in a resolution urging affiliated unfons to render moral and ‘rin:xn(‘ml support to the enterprise. | Activities to popularize the union | 1abel and to expand and extend the | service of the labor press were | authorized. | . CIVIL WAR HERO DEAD AT HOME OF DAUGHTER | Lieut. Buffington Awarded Con- gressional Decoration for Valor at Petersburg. Buffington, 84 years | 01d, who s said to have been the first | Union soldier to cross the Confeder- | ate breastworks during the battle of | Petersburg. Va., and who was award- ed a congressional decoration for his valor, died at the residence of his | daughter, Mrs. George H. Mitten, 9 {South Carolina avenue southeas early today g Following the Civil War, Lieut Buffington returned to his old home, in Carroll County, near Taneytown Md., where he farmed for many years | He'was born in Carroll County and | received his early education there. Lieut. Bufington was a member of | the Burns Post. G. A. R, of West- | minister. Md., and the Knights of | Pythias of Taneytown. He had lived in this city with his daughter for the last two years. { He is survived by four daughters— | Mrs. Mitten, Mrs. V. H. Zepp, Mrs | Walter Hape and Mrs. Roy Garner i | Lieut. John E his son, John W. Buffington, and four grandchildrs The body will be sent to | today, whera funeral services will be | conducted Monday afternoon at 1 { o'clock. Interment will be in the Lutheran Cemetery at that place. | FORMER ACTRESS DIES. !Mnrian Singer, 73, Was With Old- | | Time Stars. ! NEW YORK, November death of Marian Singer, 73 vears old, i former actress, who appeared for vears with De Wolf Hopper, Lillian { Russell, Francis Wilson and other stars, became known here yesterday. She died in a Long Island sanitarium, where she had lived for some time. She was born in England, but play- . ed in this country for many years After her retirement in 1812, she taught elocution until illness ended her active work. BOWIE ENTRIES NOVEMBER 24 $1,800; maiden two 5. Duens Vista Aggie Flivrer . Alko _eligible: Lady Ambass. Royal Girl 2 Clare de Lune Princess Ahme own i —The FIRST RAC year-old fllies; Lyrea .. Hosamond Floral Star. Urbunna French out ot Wish T Wave Crest. .. Broom Wrack 4Clutha Moon_Flower.. Cath. NI, {Belair stud and Herold entry. —Pur; six fui Lady . Vanderburg . *Hello Pardner Also_eligible amonflage . dmirer lax ..:. *Wild Goose *Carlton *Pennon . Peter Piper D14 L 109 107 103 *Ormesvale Lady Audrey *Director 5 Lucky Strike. *hlack Ruler.. *Lester Doctor... Leclair . *Pardner, it IRD RACE—Claiming: purse, $1.300 o 104 Anni . i ¥ Anniversary g Suburban 94 2 04 0 a4 0! RACE—The Aero handicap; n.':i‘«fl;"?.’.‘ ages; six and one-half furlonge. ' 114 " Comixa . 1 B Giea Wndern. 112 Indimo Teaii 110 1 Big Heart 106 Heel Taps 101 The Autumn purse, $1,500 one mile. . 111 Slow and Easy.. 108 1108 Sumpter 0 1104 Danby ... 102 D99 Kirkfleld . [ 09 two-year-olds: Laddie Buck . fArbitration . Finland Peter T Gone SIXTH RACE—Claiming: purse, £1,300 (hroapearolds and Up! owe And inree ais teenth miles. . Blue and Red Rock Pocket Sylvan Spring ... *Ainto Fornov + SEVENTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1.300; Lo -olds and up; one and ‘ome six- 14 10 108 100 *Jolly . tiray Gables *Dancing Fool... 1*Quotation “Red Wine Racket ....... *Frost; Boy *Smarty Ticace; Wood Lake ... 113 *Van Patrick *Scare Crow Mary Agnes Focen Beorin e Ammic. . 98 *Gearge Wash. . e Sioplentice aliowance claimed. Weather cloudy, track heavy, |