Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1925, Page 13

THE EVENIN D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1925. STAR, WASHINGTON, REPRESENTATIVES OF SIXTEEN PATRIOTIC GROUPS CALL AT THE Defense as Peace Insurance, the delegates gathered at the White House yesterda H. McClure, president of the American War Mothers, is standing beside Mrs. Auxiliary WHITE HOUSE. and were received by the President and Mrs. Coolidge. . Coolidge, and Mrs. C. D. Oliphant, national pre and chairman of the conference, is standing beside the President. nference on National Mrs. H. dent of the Amer- National Photo. Attending the Women’s SHES SCATTERED BY A SPEEDING PLANE. The first aerial funeral as held recently at Crissy Field, California, when the ashes of William Henry Pearce were scattered in the four winds by Lieut. W. R. Sweeley. Pearce once was the supervisor of Shoshone National Forest. The photo- graph shows the urn containing the ashes being turned over to Licut. Sweeley. The latter flew above the Pacific Ocean. EREMONY. This photo- graph shows how the chain of radio stations will be linked together for the inauguration of President Coolidge. It is ‘estimated that at least 25,000,000 persons will hear the proceedings. Photo snapped in WEAF “tation, New York City, from which the WCAP messages will be re- ican Legion SPECIAL ¢ took place yesterday morning - HOUSE BODY HIS SURCHARGESLASH 18 of 21 Commerce Commit- tee Members Protest Ac- tion of Senate. Eightee Hous 21 members of the ommerce committee formally ally protested late the bill to per surcharge Pullman coaches. Two [ of the committee, Barkley Kengucky and Parks of Arkansas, annouriced that they will file minority views showing why the bill should be passed Despite the mendation, the House will the question when it takes conference report on the independent offices appropriation bill, which car- ries a Senate rider to repeal the sur- vesterday eliminate for travel Democratic committee’s recom- vote on up the charge The report filed vesterd man Winslow of the mittee declared t approved by the would by ¥ by Chair- commerce com bill, which w nate at the last initiate direct - rate Congress—a serious an1 departure from long-estab- policy making unwi lished Sees Doors to t Others Opened. it 4, “would every interest dis- existing rate to on the Inter- n's statu- “This open the for d with a Congress preced sa doors ask state to Commerce’ C: duty The Yér val surcharge would reduce service rates for those best able to pay, result in raising other passenger and freight rates or postpone reductions in general pas- senger rates, or postpone general re ductions in freight rates on tural produc including live ~stock and other art and would inter- fere with and the general sur- vey 1 adjus where possible, of freight directed by the Hoch-Smith resolution recently enact- ed The timony received surc tar ment, rates as show said that undispted tes- d that railroads in 192 about $37,000,000 from the \ssuming that carriers can stand a tion of $37,000,000," it “there is no reason why reduction should be benefit of Pullman tra repeal question - was debated vesterday in the House, Repre- McKeown, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, Democrats, advo- while Representatives Tichner ublican, Kansas, and Hawes, Democrat, Missouri, express- ed opposition to such a cour reve cont the entire for the The briefly sentatives oldfield cating Women for Church Merger. Women prominent in the Methodist Lpiscopal Church South are taking a leading part in the activities to bring about the merger .of their church with the Methodist Episcopal Church. The unification movement is a promi- nent one in Methodist circles, but it j= omnly in comparatively recent yvears that the women have taken such an actlve part, AT THE WASHI? agricul- | ‘Sleeping Car Used | As Armistice Site Becoming Derelict | E ST French Unable to Agree on Means to Preserve Foch’s Headquarters. | By the Associated Press PARIS, February 24.—The authori- ties are at a loss to-know what to do with Marshal Foch's famous war- time sleeping car headquarters in | which the armistice was signed. At present the car stands in the cour rd of the Invalides building, where it is fist becoming weatherbeaten. The only way of preserying it from the elements in its present position is to build-a shed -over it, but Gen Mariaux, custodian of the military museum of the Invalides, will not permit Mansart’s famous courtyard to be disfiguzed by such a structure. The mayor of Compiegne has of- fered to return the car to the Rethondes sidetrack, where the armistice was signed, and there build a suitable shelter over it at the ex- pense of the Compiegne municipality, but the minister of war is unwilling | to accept this offer, the car is one of the principal exhibits at.the Invalides Musuem, for which ad- mission is shortly to be charged. Furthermore, it is pointed out that to sllow its entrance to the court- yard four inches had to be taken off the archway and to vemove it would necessitate a repetition of that oper- ation. Meanwhile the changeable climatic conditions continue their destructive work on the. famous car. as SENATE FAILS TO ACT ON BRANCH BANK PLAN Debates House Measure Seeking Equality Between State and National Institutions. For five hours yesterday and last night the Senate discussed the House bill to place national banks mere nearly on’a basis of equality with State banks in the matter of branch- es, but it got nowhere. General de- bate contifued well into the night, and discussion of the first committee amendment consumed the remainder of the session. 3 Senator Pepper, Republican, Penn- dlvania, in charge of ‘the bill, explained each section and described | the measure as “Intended to permit mational banks to give modern serv- ice” by authorizing them, with re- strictions, to establish or maintain branches, lightening the present reg- ulation affecting loans on improved real estate, and providing for easier admission of banks to the Federal Reserve System. Other sections pro- vide for punishment in Federal or State courts of offenses against na- tional banks. After spending five years as fellow students in a school in. Dallas, Mrs. C. E. Bradley of Grosbeck, Tex., and her daughter entered the law school I of Cumberland University. Both will receive their Lla B.s-this-year,- GTON MONUMENT YESTERDAY. of the A. and N, Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu president of the Sons of the American Revolution, placing a wreath at the base of the Monument. Mrs. Eli A. Helmick, regent n, and Dr. M. F. Finley, newly elected This event Photo 105 ANGELES DUE - TO MAKE LONG TRIP | Will Go Either to England or | | Honolulu Between May | 20 and June 20. National Associated Press | By the LAKEHURST, N. J, February 24 Assurance that the dirigible Los Angeles would make at least one sus- tained flight during the Summer com- parable to her journey here from Ger- many last Fall was given yesterday by Capt. George W. Steel, commandant at the Lakehurst naval station. The time of the test has been set for between May 20 and June 20. Whether the proposed trip bill be made to England, as suggested yes terday in Washington by Rear Ad- miral William A. Moffett, or to Hono. lulu, will not be decided until the re- sults of trial flights to Bermuda, Porto Rico and the Canal Zone are made known, Capt. Steele said. The dirigible’s water recovery sys- tem of one of the motors, which did not work well on the recent flight to Bermuda, is being overhauled, and if not completed in time will delay the next journey to Bermuda planned for tomorrow, Capt. Steele added. Ten- tative dates selected for the Porto Rico trip are between March 1 and| 17, The Canal Zone trial is scheduled | for some time in April Theodore Douglas Robinson, sistant Secretary of the Navy went to Bermuda last week, will be a passenger on the next, trip there, but Rear Admiral Moffett is not ex- pected to attempt the next flight, ac- cording to Capt. Steele. | The ability of the Los Angeles to cross the Atlantic inflated with hy- | drogen” was effectively demonstrated {by the trip from Germany, Capt. | Steele said, and the next ocean flight is designed to test the inflation power of the safer, though less buoyant, | helium gas. FAILED TO MAKE GOOD. Reason Assigned for. Suicide of New York Actor. NEW YORK, February 24—Con- tinued failure to make good ‘in the profession, which brought fame to his parents was thought here to be the reason for the suicide of Milton Nobles, jr., on & New York-Washing- ton train. Nobles was the son of Milton and Dolly Nobles, a famous theatrical couple of other days, his father be- coming especlally famous before his death two years ago when he took the title role in “Lightnin'" left va- cant by the death of Frank Bacon. Nobles was said by his friends to have had little aptitude for the theatrical profession, having been re- leased from the casts of several pro- ductions. The last time was Satur- day night when he was dismissed from a road production of a Broad- way success in Baltimore. Nobles is| survived by his mother and his wife, | an actress known professionally as Norma Farnswortb.. ~ Deserts society for the stage. Olyve Graef, well known in Washington society, who now is in New York City rehearsing her part in “The Bachelor’s Bride,” a new play. Miss Graef is a_daughter of Mrs. H. Campbell Graef and a chum of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury. Copyright by Harfis & E Copyright by Kadel and Herbert broadcast. T —— Copyright by Kadel and Herbert MADE THE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO SHRINE ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER. Washington Boy Scouts went to the tomb of the first President, at Mount Vernon, yesterday, where they placed a wreath. Boy Scouts from Alexandria also made the pilgrimage, and during the day there were thousands of visitors NEW CONGRESSIONAL CLUB HEAD IS FIRST FROM PACIFIC COAST Mrs. L. H. Hadley Will Serve Two Years—Geograph- ical Distribution Followed in Recent Election. Organization Entering Eighteenth Year. Mrs ingham Hoag Hadley of Bell Washington, who has elected president of the Congres- ional Club, New Hampshire avenue and Sixteenth street (to which are eligible the woman members of con- gressional families and the wives mothers, daughters and sisters of all formed members of Congress), with eight other officers elected with her, will serve for two years. Six of these new officers are from territory west of the Alleghenies Geographical distribution for such elections, though written Into the charter of the club, was said never before to have been so explicitly obeyed. The new dent, Lindley been official sidg the presi- Mrs. Edwafd Thomas Taylor Glenwood Springs, Colo., first vice president; Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland of Newport News, Va., second vice president; Mrs. Albert Vestal, Anderson, Ind., third vice president; Mrs. Porter Hinman Dale, Island - Pond, Vt., fourth vice presi-| dent; Mrs. Louise C. Cramton of La- peer, Mich., fifth vice president: Mrs. Olger "B. Burtness of Grand Forks, N. Dak., corresponding secre- tary; Mrs. Thadeus H. Caraway of Jonesboro, Ark., recording secretary; Miss Clara Sproul, daughter of Rep- resentative Elliot W. Sproul of Chi- cago, treasurer. The two senatorial selections were Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Caraway. Rock- ville, Ind., is the birthplace of both Mrs. Hadiey and the third vice presi- dent, Mrs. Vestal. Member Sinee 1915. ., The new president has meémber of the Congressional since 1915. She and her husband, Representative from _ Bellingham, Wash,, both attended Indiana State University at Bloomington, and went West to the village of Whatcom, which later grew into the city of Bellingham: Mrs. Hadley is the first president of the club selected from the Pacific Coast and begins her term just as one of the first members of the club. Mrs. Julius Kahn, Is elected to the House, to succeed her husband. Mrs. Kahn was one of the first vice presi- dents of the club under its founder, Mrs. James Breck Perkins of New York, and she served in 1908-10, Mrs. Kahn is expected in Wash- ington in about a week and will be in charge of the birthday party of the club, proposed for March 12. This is expected to be a reception and ovation to Mrs. Kahn as one of the first 12 women who made the or- ganization possible. Enters, Eighteenth Year. On that date the Congressional Club will enter its eighteenth year, commemorating the time when 12 wives of members of the Sixtieth Congress responded to the invitation of Mrs. James Breck Perkins of New York to organize. The first plan was | for .a social-body to promote freer | and more cordial relations between | the families of members of Congress. | The women who first answered the eall for the organization included been a Club will of Missis- W. Murray Crane of the only represent- senatorial set. Of the saw tremendous poss Perkins' suggestion Henry Allen Cooper of remains in Washington Mrs. James Schoolcraft later appeared in the role of the second lady of the land, and Mrs. Jacob S. Fassett, like her hus- band, became a power in New York State politics. But she never lost in- terest in the club which she helped to organize. Mrs. Serano E. Payne and Mrs. Her- bert Parsons were other New York women who responded to Mrs. Per- kins' first call, and other wives of members of the existing Congress were Mrs. John Dalzell of Pennsyl- vania, Mrs. Edgar Crumpacker of Indiana and Mrs. Willlam F. How- ard of Georgla, 200 Sign Charter. About the middle of April, 1908, Mrs. Perkins issued a second call, and about 75 women from the Senate con- tingent equally with the House an- swered, and gathered in the small ballroom™ of the New Willard and articles were drawn up, afterward written into a charter by the late Julius Kahn. Nearly 200 members signed the charter, which was grant- ed by Congress in May, 1908. The new club met with varying success, and its first place of meeting was in the large dwelling, since demolished, on the corner of Fifteenth and K streets. About a year after its formation the Congressional Club faced such a financial crisis that a hundred women not afliliated with the lawmaking bodies were asked in on the payment of a lump sum which secured life membership. Among the first who accepted the invitation was Mrs. Wil- liam Howard Taft, who was then wife bf the Secretary of War. In the roles which she has since filled, Mrs. Taft has retained her Interest and deep affection for this organization. Mrs. John B. Henderson, widow of the Missouri Senator, has been one of the club’s most comsistent sup- porters, and her aid in financial stringencies has been its pillar and its strength. It was the generosity of this pioneer member whickh se- cured the handsome clubhouse, the scene of such hospitality. Mrs. Had- ley is the twelfth chief executive elected by this representative body from every part of the Union, and she succeeds Mrs. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, whose husband re- tires with the Sixty-eighth Congress. Mrs. James Breck Perkins of Roch- ester, the founder, was logically the first president, but she retired before her term was ended because of {ll health, and was succeed¢d by the first vice president, Mrs. isaac Gregg of Texas. - Mrs. Ernest F. Roberts of Boston was the next executive, and she was followéd by Mrs, Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, wife of the Senafor from Florida. Then came Mrs, Atlee Pom- Mrs. John Sharp ppi and Mrs Massachusetts, atives of the 10 others who bility in_Mrs but one, Mrs Racine, Wis., Of the others, Sherman, within the gates of Mount Vernos GITIZENS OPPOSE \ SUNDAY REST BILL | Georgetown Association | Passes Resolution Against Jones Measure. The Georgetown Cit socia- | tion, meeting in the Potomac Savings | | Bank Hall, last night opposed the | enactment of the proposed Jones Sun- | day rest bill, or blue law. A resolu- tion to that effect was adopted fol- lowing discussions by members from | the floor and hearty applause.for John-| H. Small, chairman of the legislative committee, who advocated opposition to the proposed bill, and spoke strongly against one body of citizens restricting the rights of another body of citizens, provided such restrictions were not necessary to properly, pro- tect other citizens. Mr. Small said that such matters should be governed entirely by the conscience of the individual. “It should not be the right of any re- liglous body to restrict the right of another, provided the rights do not impair or interfere with the rights of others,” he said. Fight Smoke Nuisance, Resolutions were adopted to wage a fight against the “smoke nuisance” and the all-night parking of automo- biles. It was resolved to send a letter to the Building Owners and Mana- gers' Assoclation requesting that body to co-operate in doing away Wwith unnecessary smoke. The association reiterated a former stand taken to request the establish- ment of a business course in Western High School. Alvin E. Dodd, manager of the do- mestic distribution department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States addressed the association on the question of community co-opera- tion in advertising and general busi- ness enterprise. He sald that the main arterles of traffic which pass through Georgetown furnish a great natural advantage for . trade, and should ke taken advantage of. William Winifield Ross, Clarence A. Miller and Clarence S. Putnam were elected new members. Joseph A. Oliver, president of . the association, presided. Girl Falls Dead at Dance. BALTIMORE, Md., February 24— Miss Delmar Carroll, 26, dropped dead | on the dancing floor at the annual ball of the Italian Club of Baltimore last night. She had just finished a lively fox trot when she collapsed. Physicians believe death was due to a sudden heart attack. Iy e O ot erene, wife of the former Semator from Ohlo. Mrs. Horace Mann Towner, wife of the Governor of Porto Rico, then a member of Con- gress from Iowa, succeeded Mrs. Pomerene, and was, after two years, followed by Mrs. ' Charles Bopngll Ward of New York. Mrs. Irvine Len- lroot of Wisconsin succeeded Mrs. Ward, Army Uniform Held Too Drab; Old Blue Is Asked Restored Wearers DeclareNavyand Marines Look Best at Social Functions. The Army is tired of always wear- ing its working clothes. Its officers and men want to get out of the drab field uniform and into the blue when called out to parade on formal occa- sions, or to participate in events The desire for a change is sharply edged by the fact that officers and men of the Army feel that they suffer by contrast to their brothers in the Navy and Marine Corps. social the three services are represented the Navy and Marine Corps personel appear in blue uniforms with gold trimmings, while the Army must re- main in drab. This situation is discussed in pointed manner by the official publ cation of the United States’ Infantr Association just issued. The editor declares the agitation for restoration of the pre-war blue uniforms will be continued until existing regulations are modified to authorize the desired change in dress. The Army has been in its workday clothes since 1917 “When the Secretary of War stated recently that he was positively ashamed of the appearance of the uniforms of the units of the Army which. participated in the funeral ceremonies for the late President Harding,” the publication says, “he Voiced the opinion of the officers and men who were wearing that uniform.” . HOLIDAY OBSERVED. Takoma Park Citizens Hold Com- munity Celebration. A community celebration was fea- tured last night in honor of Wash- ington's birthday in the Takoma Pres- byterian Church. The affair was held under the auspices of the Takoma Park Citizens' Association, the Citi- zens’ Association of Takoma, D. C., and the Community League of Ta- koma Park. The program - was opened at 8 o'clock by Dr. Guy Clinton, president of the Takoma Park Citizens' Asso- clation, followed by pronouncing the invocation by Rev. -Wiliam E. La Rue, pastor of the Takoma Park Bap- tist Church. After. . musical selections by the Brotherhood Quartet and the Bischoft Chorus Club, the presiding officer made & brief address and introduced Representative Ira G. Hersey of Maine, who delivered an address on the life 6f Washington. The speaker was followed by selec- tions by the Bischoff Chorus Club and the Brotherhood Quartet, after which the benediction was pronounced by Rev. Thomas C. Clark, pastor of the Takoma Presbyterian Church. Dele- gations were present from the various associations, Boy Scouts of America and Campfire Girls.. a The Erie Record believes things|“enough,” seeking refuge on the r might be worse. ‘Suppos: say Record, “that every law in the required §5,000 officers to enforce} the In| parades and social gatherings where | | | | { | | | | fore the first e National Photo. ASKS FULL POWER FOR SCHOOL HEADS N. E. A. Speaker Scores Fetish” of Need for Busi- ness Man in Education. o Ass CINCINNATI, An efficient a community Ohio, Feliruary fonal program for s much more likely 1 be provided when a competent super- intendent in_full charge, with school business officers subordinate to Eim, than when an independent busi- ness manager is provided, Dr. G. D. Strayer of Teachers' College, Colum bia University, said this morning be- ecutive session of the convention of the department of su- perintendents of the National Educa tion_ Association ‘The fetish of the efficiency of the business man has often operated to interfere with sound principles of ad- ministration,” Dr. Strayer declared, citing Instances in which the appli tion of accepted business principles in providing school equipments had failed to recognize standards of edu- cational practice “Not only in the administration of schools, but In the administration of private enterprises, efliciency - de- mands that there be a chief executive flicer to whom all other executives re responsible,” he said Dr. Strayer pointed out that super- intendents of schools in large cities are usually selected from men of long executive experience, capable of di- recting that part of the organization having to do with finances and said that the setting up of separate bus ness and educational authority was to propose that school business af- fairs could be conducted without ref- erence to tha educational program, if the furthering of which all adminis- trative activities are concerned. He said that experience had shown the cost of school systems administered by independent management and by an educational executive, in complete charge, to be virtually the same, with the operating costs somewhat greater in cities where the business office kept separate. Results of investigations which showed many old teachers lodged in poor houses and insane asylums, t the income of the unmarrfed woman teacher during the earning period is usually too small to provide ade- quately for old age conditions and the need for a home for retired teach- ers were outlined before the executive session by Olive M. Jones, public school principal of New York City. The value of motion plctures taken in the schools as a means of “taking the school to the parents’ and en- listing their interest in the latest ed- ucational developments was discussed by James A. Nugent, superintendent of Jersey City, N. J., schools. Flock of Crows Best Eagle. When a flock of crows and an eagle nd 'be Killed. battled on a farm near Nevers, France, the eagle was the first to call of of a farm house, only subsequéently to The crows apparently at- tacked without dus cause,