Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1925, Page 17

SUN SPOILED ICE CARNIVAL, BUT THERE WAS A RACE OR TWO. OId Sol served as a joykiller yesterday, when the ice carnival on the Mirror Basin was scheduled. race for girls, Maj. Oscar N." Solbert, aide to President Coolidge, firing the starting pistol. PARK POLICEMAN SHOOTS BIG HAWK. This hawk, killed by Police- man D. M. Bennett, in Rock Creek Park, measured 50 inches from the tip of one wing to the other. The birds destroy the squirrels and rabbits of the park, and the police have instructions to kill them whenever pos- sible. THE KING'S Washington Star Photo. THIRD SON GOES A-SHOOTING. Prince Henry (left), third son of King George and Queen Mary of England, waiting for a shot during a week end party on the estate of the Duke of Buccleuch, sshire, Scotland 7HILLED N BEDS INAVALANGHEPATH House Demolished and Rail- way Line Closed by Snow- slides From Kootenay. Langholm, Dumf By the Associated Press NELSON, British Feb- —Two lives have been lost, a railway line has been closed for the season and one house has been demol- ished by Kootenay snowslides, fol- lowing thaws and rain. A snowslide at Queen ished the ranch house Hoyle, killing the own: in their beds and carrying away the upper portion of the house in which a son, John Hoyle, and a woman serv- ant had their rooms. Young Hoyle and the woman escaped through the A water ravine is hurled lanche Columbia, Bay demol- of John H. and his wife tank half a mile believed to have inst the house by up ‘the been the ava- SCULPTOR SHOWS MODEL | AT VATICAN EXHIBITION Chevalier Gaeteno Trentanove Ask- ed to Display Marquette Statue by Pope Pius XI. Chevalier Gaeteno Trentanove, art- and_sculptor, whose statue of Dianiel Webster is lecated in the park west _of Scott Circle, Sixteenth street and Rhode Island avenue, by request of Pope Pius XI is exhibiting the original model of his statue of Fa- ther Marquette in the Vatican Mis- sionary Exhibition, inaugurated De- cember 21 by the Pope, the cardinals and the Vatican court. The model referred to is the one from which was made the marble statue of Fa- ther Marquette located In Statuary Hall, United States Capitol. Chevalier Trentanove, who has many friends in this city, was hon- ored last November by the King and Queen of Italy, who visited Florence for the unveiling of 2 monument the sculptor executed in memory of Bar- on Sidney Sonnino, ex-minister of foreign ‘affairs. The King conferred on the sculptor the order of the Com- manda of the Crown of Ital ist Copyright by Underwood & Underwged. POLISH-DANZIG ISSUE TO BE GIVEN TO LEAGUE High Commissioner’s Rauling on Former’s Postal Plans Causes Bad Feeling. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, February 5.—The Pol- ish government has decided to appeal to the League of Nations from the decision by the league's high commis- sioner in Danzig yesterday that Po- land’s attempt to establish an inde- pendent postal, telegraphic and’ tele- phonic service within the confines of the free city of Danzig was illegal. The controversy continues to fo- ment bad feeling here and the Polish business men have decided not to participate in the forthcoming fair at Danzig. ORDERS DYNAMITING OF POTOMAC FISHPOTS Maryland Game Warden Warns Operators to Remove Them or Suffer Consequences. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., February 5 Remove fishpots or they'll be dyna- mited, was the warning issued to operators of the fishpots in the Po- tomac River by State Game Warden E. Lee LeCompte and representatives of the cffice of the attorney general, who attended a mass meeting here vesterday. The dynamiting will be- ¥in just as soon as the weather per- mits, unless some legal action is tak- en to restrain the State authorities. Le Compte declared that the State Legislature of 1924 directed him to destroy the fishpots. An injunction to restrain the State from degtroying the pots will likely be sought, it was announced following - the meeting. The injunction will be asked on the grounds that many vears ago Mary- land and Virginia entered into an agreement whereby neither State was to pass_legislation affecting the Po- tomac River unless both concurred. This was not done in the case of the legislation outlawing ' fishpots. The Maryland Court of Appeals. has' ruled on the law requiring both States to concur fn laws affecting the Potomac River that the law is binding. Prince Receives Kellogg. LONDON, February 5.—The Prince of Wales yesterday received Frank B. Kellogg, the American Ainbassa- dor, at St. Jarftes Palacs, 3N COWBOY ARTIST EXHIBITS IN WASHINGTO! The ice was too soft for good skating, but a few enthusiasts were on hand. This photograph shows the start of a National Photo. Charles M. Rus- sell, who has lived with the cowboys of the Far West in order to portray their ways and adventures upon canvas. An exhibition of his work is attracting considerable attention at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. PREDICTS RAIN FOR INAUGURATION Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. DAY. L. H. Weston, a weather forecaster of the Brightwood station, gives rather a gloomy forecast for March 4. will not halt the inaugural plans. PUBLISHERS BACK FIGHT ONPULPTAX Association Head Says Mag- azine Men Would Be Forced to Raise Prices. By tie Associated Press. . NEW YORK, February 5.—Arthur J. Baldwin, president of the National Publishers’ Association, issued a statement last night defending the organization's recent action in pre- senting to Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relitions committee a protest against a proposed export tax on Canadian pulp wood. He also denied a charge by Edward Beck, secretary of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Asso- ciation, sponsors of the tax plan, that American . publishers were preparing & propaganda campaign against the proposal by “brandishing the bogey of international hostilit: The pub- lishers’ campaign, Baldwin said, was due to a ‘“realization of the results to magazine publishers in this coun- try who undoubtedly would be forced to absorb this tax by increased prices of their paper.” He also ridiculed Canadian contentions that the pro- posed tax was a conservation measure. Crown Owns Most, Ninety per cent of Canada's forest areas 'are crown lands, at present, protected by an embargo, he said, adding that the remaining available 10 per cent was divided between Ca- nadian mills, Canadian farmers and settlers, from whom the Canadlan mills buy in open competition with the American companies, and by sev- eral American companies, “The farmers and settlers of Can- ada, who comprise the greater part of the population, annually export to the United States about two-thirds of the 1,000,000 cords of Canadian wood which we use,” he said. “They are opposed to the proposed embargo because they would be deprived of the United States market if it were decreed, and would not get as high a price for thelr pulp wood, as they would be ab- solutely &t the mercy of Canadian mills, practically all of whom have extensive timber limits of their own. The Canadian Pulp Wood Associatjon, composed of dealers and operators of pulp wood, have gone on record as being opposed to the proposed em- bargo.” The easy mark doesn’t know how easy he Ix until some salexman of worthless stocks or bonds “has his e e He says the morning of that day will be bright, but that rain will drench the Capital a few hours later. But the forecast Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Floyd Collins, trapped in under- ground passage at Cave City, Ky. It is feared that death may defeat the frenzeid efforts of hundreds of res- cuers. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Jewel Estes, 17.year-old Cave City, Ky.. boy, who discovered the plight of Floyd Collins. The boy called at- tention to the missing Collins and led the first attempts at rescue. srignt by P. & A. Photos. Lieut. Thomas J. Ryan, youngest White House naval aide, who has been presented with the Congres- sional Medal of Honor for saving the life of a woman during the burn- ing of the Grand Hotel, Yokohama, in the Japanese earthquake. Copyright by Mijler Service. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS’ PAY RAISE VOTED; JANITORS GET INCREASE 60 Per Cent Larger Salary Voted to Two Groups. Supt. Ballou Sees Better Type of Instructor Brought to Schools. Substitute teachegs and Jjanitors in the public school tem were granted a 60 per cent increase in salary by Board of Education at a meeting vesterday afternoon in the Franklin School. The new wage scale becomes eftective today and will remain in force until June 30, when a higher scale probably will be adopted. Elementary substitute teachers are raised from $2.40 to $4 a day for the first 30 days and from $4 to $7 for the second 30 days. High school substi- tute teachers will receive $6 a day for the first 30 days and $10 a day for the next 30 days. Corresponding in- creases were granted in all other salary classes in both the educational and custodial service. In recommending the new pay schedule Supt. Frank W. Ballou point- ed out that there has been a uniform feeling among the school officers that since the pay of the regular teachers was increased through the new salary legislation, the substitutes also should be given higher remuneration. The new scale, Dr. Ballou told the board, probably will attract compe- tent substitutes in the school service. Later Raises Indicated. At the expiration of the new scale Dr. Ballou indicated that a ' still higher rate of pay for the substitutes would be recommended. In the mean- time, he said, school officers would study the substitute pay schedules in other cities. The finance committee of the board was authorized to appear before the Senate appropriations committee and urge the restoration of items elim- inated from the school budget for the next fiscal year by the House com- mittee. These include salaries for additional clerks and a $5,000 appro- priation for night school and com- munity center janitor service. Dr. Ballou explained that the Bud- get Bureau allowed 7 of the 17 ad- ditional clerks asked for in the school estimates, and the House committee cut ‘the ‘number- down to 3. “The clerical ‘situation is getting serious,” declared the superintendent. ‘“There are two junior high school principals without clérks, and some administra- tive officers are forced to do clerical work.” Cites Congress Action. “Unless the Senate committee" re- stores the item of $5,000 to pay jan- itors for night work, Dr. Ballou em- phasized that the community center activities would have to-be re¢duced to that extent. He further explained that although Congress has enacted the compulsory education and school census bill, the House committee struck out the salary for the di- rector of school attendance and work permits Printed copies of ‘a letter charging that he had been reprimanded by Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools, for criticizing the methods of promotion in the school system were submitted to the board by M. Grant Lucas, principal of the Bruce School. Mr. Wilkinson also flled with the board a statement denying Mr. Lucas’ charges, and saying that other con- siderations prompted his action. Report Action Deferred. Action was deferred by the board on a report submitted by Supt. Bal- lou denying the appeal of 14 colored Junior high school teachers for place- ment in salary class 2-C. the higher salary schedule for junior high school teachers. Dr. Ballou prepared the report at the request of the board. Harry O.' Hine, secretary of the board, annéunced that 10 additional indorsements of the five-year school building program had been received. Communications also_were received, he said, from the Maury Parent- Teacher Association asking the in- stallation of electric. lights in the Maury School, and from Howard Queen, requesting the use of the Smothers School for a day nursery for wage-earning mothers. Changes in Personnel. Changes in personnel approved by the board follow: Resignations—Grace Goodpasture, class 1A, domestic sclence; M. S. Thur- tell, class 1A, manual training; G. A. Doxon, teacher, class 1A, now on leave of absence; Ruth Mattingly, caretaker, O Street Manual Training Sohool; John Wilkes, coal passer, Dun- bar High School; J: C. Smith, laborer, Emory. School. Terminations—M. T. Folta, teacher, class 3A, McKinley High School; O. F. Hoover, teacher, class 3A, Western High Scheol; T. Y. Otterback, teacher, class 1A, Wheatley School; Netta Faris, teacher, class 1A, division 9. Leave of absence—I. B. Jackson, teacher, ‘class 14, Sumner-Magruder School., Promotions—Nelle Patterson, teach- er, Langley Junior High School, from FIGHTING THE DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC IN NOME. A group photograph of Dr. Curtis Welch (standing in center) and his nurses. Rev. ice- auxiliary of the hospital. one of her classes. Also a portra RECEIVES EUROPEAN RADIO signals from across the Atlantic. systems. BANK RESOURCES REACH HIGH MARK Total of $24,381,281,000 December 31 Shows Great- est Total in History. Resources of national banks of the United States have reached the high- est total in their history. This was revealed by Controller of the Currency McIntosh in a state- ment .last night which placed com- bined resources of the 8,049 report- ing institutions at $24,381,281,000 on December 31, the date of the last call. This is larger by nearly twe billion dollars than on December -31, 1923. As compared with the resources shown by the national bank call of October 10 there was a gain of $1,058,220,000. Discloses System's Strength. “It is gratifying,” sal@ Mr. MecIn- tosh, “to note the increase in the vol- ume of the resources of the national banks during the last year. It dis- closes the strength of the national banking system and shows that it is abundantly able to provide for the requirements of the communities served by its membership.” In addition to the growth in the aggregate resources, the loans and discounts of the national, banks also showed substantial increases, the total 2s of December 31 being $12,319,680.- 000, an advance of mearly half a bil- lion dollars for the year. Cash in the vaults of the banks on the date of the cail was $409,566,000, & gain of $49,465,000 since the call of October 10." The banks' cash holdings at the end of 1924, however, was only $23,- 138,000 more than they had on hand December 31, 1923. Supervised Banking Houses. Deposits of the nationally super- vised banking houses were given at $20,000,208,000 December 31, which was greater by $891,410,000 than-on Octo- ber 10 and more than $2,000,000,000 greater than on the date of the last call in 1923. Included In the deposits were balances to the credit, of other banks and bankers totaling $3,902, 405,000, a gain in a year of $772 262,000, AL D} Philadelphian Dies at Palm Beach PALM BEACH, Fla:; February 5.— Edward Browning, 60, prominent Phil- adelphian, died here yesterday of cerebral hemorrbage. The body will be ‘serit_to Philadelphia on a private ear for burlal thers, it 'wag-announced, Baldwin, Methodis it of Miss Walthall. SIGNALS WITH LOOP ANTEN! minister, at left of nurses. oated*Nome Hospital, headquarters of the battle against the epidem Another picture shows the At right, Methodist Church, an Miss Inez Walthall, in charge of missionary work among the Eskimo children, and By United News Pictures Dr. J. Harris Rogers of Hyattsville, Md., one of the pioneers of radio work, standing beside the loop antenna with which he frequently gets Dr. Rogers invented the underground and underwater radio communication |ALIEN GIRL, ARRIVING, Polish Miner Killed in Blast After Sending Back Home for Sweetheart. By the Associated Press. BELLAIRE, Ohio, February 5.— Willlam Payunk came to this coun- try from Poland several years ago, planning to earn enough money to establish a home and marry Marle Kaiser, who had promised to follow him here. She_arrived at Ellis Island yester- day, Salvation’ Army officers were no- tified,, but Payunk was not there to meet her. An investigation showed that Payunk was one of four men buried in the Pipe Creek mine near here by a powder explosion on Jan- uary 10. Miss “Kaiser will come here to the home of Payunk’s brother. BANKS IN MARYLAND IN FINE CONDITION Increase in Resources of Over $34,000,000—Gain in Clear- ings Also Noted. Special:Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, February. 5.—State banks and trust companies in Mary- land had’ total resources of $3 984,868 on December 31, 1924, accord- ing to the report of State Bank Com- missioner George W. Page. This is an increase of $34,093,598 over the sanie date in 1923. Total deposits of the. 186 banks, including 39 branches, increased - $31,316,002 during that period. Notes and bills rediscounted and bills payable, on the other hand, declined $3,065,561. A\ The 16 mutual savings banks of the State increased their deposits over $5,526,097, and their undivided sur- plus was marked up-to the extent of $1,125,176. An increase of $9,861,311 in local bank .clearings Is- reported by -the clearing, house for_the month of Jan- uary, compared with the same month last year. The total of $443,104,749 last month was the highest for any similar month on record for the banks of this city, and was exceeded during 1924 only in October, when clearing amounted to §449,695,588. in demand in Europe that a new mill employing 1,500 girls will be opened at Rotterdam and others in the Nether- lands will be enlarged considerably, |an interval of Artificial silkc has so greatly increased | Coprright by Harrix & Ewlu. DUTCH PROTESTING FINDS FIANCE IS DEAD | CLOSED U. 5. DOORS Claim Limited Quota Makes Entrapce to America Prac- tically Impossib'a. BY LEOPOLD ALETRINO. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. AMSTERDAM, February ence compla about rter nts ara being heard aygain the unfa- | vorable effects of the American immi- gration act, which virtually closes the United States to Dutch emigrants. The overpopulation of Holland is a real menace, as the birth rate sur- passes the death rate by 140,000 people and unemployment has reached the figure of 150,000 out of a total population of 7,000,000 people. Quota Practically Closed. Under the Hollande: present law énly 3,607 are yearly admitted to the United States. The maximum is reached almost immediately at the beginning of the fiscal year, so that no more Dutch emigrants are allowed in the United States during the vear. Exemption is made for members of certain learned professions and busi- ness men. But it is regretted here that the young Dutchmen who desire to en- ter the United States to work in the industries and banks for a few years in order to familiarize themselves with American industry and banking are not excluded from the operation of the quota law. On their feturn to Holland they may. become sales agents for American products and excellent promoters of American in- terests. In business circles it is pointed out that it is still. miich easier to find sales agents for Ger- man than for American products. This_writer has been told that a tew Dutch-American organizations in the United States are working to ob- tain a larger application .of the fmmigration law, especially as re- gards the further ‘development of business scholarships. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Ds Representative = Deal, Democrat, Virginia. has introduced a bill to grant authority to W. P. and C M. Jordan of Norfolk to construct a bridge across the south bank of the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth.