Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1925, Page 4

4 * ! * SPEAKERS 0PPOSE | (LD SENTENCES Court Action Unnecessary, | Monday Evening Club | Members Declare. Disagreeing with the present meth- ©od of committing children to the Dis. trict of Columbia Training School through the courts, the Monday Eve- ning Club will probably make some effort to have the law in this regurd changed, as the result of a meeting held by that organization last night It was pointed out that it was not| lecessary to have the children seut 10 the school committed by the courts. The action on this question followed an address by Dr. Kenneth B. Jones, superintendent of the school. Dr. Jones, who was formerly superin- tendent of the University of Mary- land Hospital, the City Hospital for the Insane, in Baltimore, and who has held many other similar positions, spoke on the District Training School He told the members of the club that many improvements were plan- | ned for the institution, among Which would include the extension of the cottage system, enlargement of the playground f: and workshops and a large 1 Following business session there was a general discussion on the address given by Willlam Hard at the banquet of the club on February 16. At that time Mr. Hard in his ad dress stated that there was a lack of | public spirit in Washington. In the discussion that followed several per- spoke, each taking different on the subject ar D. Call presided and Dr. W president of the club, meeting. view: Art L. Darby, opened the PHYSICIAN HALTS BURIAL OF NOTED WORLD WAR VET Refuses Certificate of Natural Death in Case of Sam Dreben, and Asks Autopsy. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 17.— Burial of Sam Dreben, internationally famous soldier of fortu and World ‘War hero, who died here Sunday, was postponed until tomorrow, when his | physician, Dr. Walter V. Brem, an- nounced he did not want to sign a| certificate of natural death and asked that an autopsy be performed. Dr. Brem said he was not at lib- erty to r 1 the reason for his action, unl Mrs. Dreben permitted him to speak, since ft was at her Tequest that he appealed for an autopsy. To the scores of friends and admirers of the picturesque fighting man who | had gathered the funeral chapel where services were being held under the auspices of the Hollywood American Legion, it was ounced merely that Dreben’s burial, which was to have taken place at, Burbank, north of here, had been postponed until to- morrow Drebe pected, s death was entirely unex- Ithough he had been ill for | several months and under the care| of Dr. Brem. It was understood he ! was suffering from a form of paralysis. CHING MURDER CASE THOUGHT UNDER PROBE Grand Jury Summons Witnesses | In Death of Maryland Po- litical Leader. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. - LEONARDTOWN, Md., March 17.— The murder of Joseph H. Ching, St Mary's County Republican leader, whose body, the head crushed in, was found in front of his home here early on the morning of November 15, 1s believed before the grand jury today. William A. Saxton, who found the body; Dr. Frank A. Camalier, acting coroner the inquest, and others| associated. in the investi- | the time of the killing were before the inquisitors. Isaiah Butler and John Louis Mil- burn, negroes, are held in connection with the killing, Butler in the Balti- more jail, where he was taken as a matter of precaution, and Milburn here. The present session of the grand - jury, which convened yesterday under Judge Willlam N. Loker, is the first since the crime. DENIES PROPOSED LAW HITS COTTONSEED TRADE Dairy Council Official Explains Impending California Legislation Regulating Oleo Industry. By the Associated SAN RA 1SCO, March 17.—Sam | P. Greene, secretary of the California | Dairy Council, in a state: nt yester- day, says that any fears of the governors of the Southern cotton States that impending legisiation in California might adversely affect the | cottonseed industry were groundless Greene asserted that cocoanut oil, duty free from the Philippi. , rather than cottonseed oil, was the basis! of the oleomargarine manufactured in Californi “Figures from the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue show | that the oleomargarine industry's| purchases of cottonseed oil during ths same period amounted to less than $2,500,000. Of the oils used in| manufacture of oleomargarine, less than 10 per cent is cotton seed,” the statement says. The Johnston oleomargarine bill pending in the legislature would forbid imitating of the dal pack el and use of dairy terms in advertising | oleomargarine made and sold in| California. | panies, jComforter Church, 1108 VermontAve. OVERLAND ey o FOURS and SIXES EDITORS TO AID OIL BOARD Are Asked to Suggest Plans for Stabilizing the Industry. The President's ofl bourd, of which Secretary Work is chairman, today ad- dressed letters to editors of 60 ofl and gas journa's Inviting suggestions for stabilizing the oll industry These cditors, said the board, “have & : impartial viewpoint that 9 the interssts of the Gov I as the interesta of the oil com- and therefors their advice and recommendations are worthy of the uust serious consideration, em- nment UNABLE T0 FIGURE INCOME RETURNS Delay in Estimates of Pay- ments Due to Rush in Final Days. No estimate of the Natlon's income tax payments into the Federal Trea ury, due last midnight, were avall- abie early today, aud It was estl- mated by Treasury officials that it probably would be two or three days before a tentative estimate anywhere near accuracy could be obtained. Collectors and their deputies over the country were said to be over: whelmed with the piled-up late re; | | turns, : although the jam during the last few days here in Washington was sald to have been somewhat less | than in previous years. Footing Up Cash Recelpts. At the local office, which makes its | returns to the collector of revenue at Baltimore, the cashier was busily engaged this morning in ar- ranging his cash records, while a big pile of returns with checks awaited his attention. It was believed that a larger num- ber of Washingtonians than usual had paid their income taxes In full on this first quarterly March pay- ment. The federal reserve banks assisted | the Treasury in financing the redemp- tion of $360,000,000 of Treasury cer- tificates of indebtedness and Treas- ury notes which fell due yesterday. No final figures have been received as to the exact number redeemed, but ally, it was sald, fully 99 per cent of them are presented on the due | date. As the total amount of tax collec- tions of the same date does not be- come available to the Government on that date, due largely to the dela shing checks, It becomes necessary for the Federal Reserve banks to loan the Treasury sufficient funds to carry on the redemption. For this purpose certificates of indebtedness at a rate based on the money market at the time are issued to the banks by the Government for the loan of money is needed for a few days. GAS STOVE BURNS FATAL TO WOMAN Mrs. J. F. Brady’s Dress Ignites When She Attempts to Light Kitchen Range. Mrs, Josephine F. Brady, 46, of 158 Tennessee avenue northeast was fa- tally burned yesterday afternoon while lighting a gas stove in the Kitehen of her home. She was alone In the house when the accident hap- pened, and when her dress ignited she ran to the rear porch, attracting the attention of neighbors, who went to her assistance. Mrs. Brady was severely burned about the head and body before as- sistance reached her. She was taken to Emergency Hospital, where she died about 8 o'clock last night. A certificate of accldntal given by the coroner. She is survived by her husband, hilip P. Brady, employed in the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing. Fu- neral services will be held in Holy East Capitol and Fourteenth streets, at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. “Self. Driver Kills Speeial Dispateh to Phe Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, March 17. —Carl T. Brown, 43, delivery wagon driver, killed himself on the back porch of his home here about mid- night when he left his bed, went to the porch in his bare feet, took down his shotgun, placed the muzsle just over his heart and pulled the trigger. A suicide verdict was rendered by the coroner. No motive has been assigned. A widow and three chil- dren survive. Knit-tex Top Coals The Mode— internal | what | death was | L STLSEDIS SOUGI | TOLGHT SEHOOLS {Board to Be Urged to Elec-| trify All Buildings Not Yet Equipped. [ The buildings and grounds and equipment committee of the Board of | | Education will recommend to the full | board at its meeting tomorrow_ that 31 0 be spent out of the repalr| fund to install electric lights in all | public school buildings which have | not been electrified, it was announced today by Chairman Ernest Green- | The recommendation comes as a | sequel to the initial inspection tour | in Philadelphia and Baitimore of the | comm’ttee of school planners, of which Mr. Greenwood was a member. Mr. Greenwood observed particularly the steps taken In these two citles to | provide artificial {llumination in the | schools and decided then that Wash- ington's schools should be brought {up to date as soon as possible as far | | as electr'fication is concerned. Have Ample Lighting. | Al of Philadelphia's new schools. Mr, Greenwood told his committee, have installed electric lights through- out, while the schools in Baltimore have a preponderance of electric {lghts. As many as 15 glaring chan- | deliers hung in the classraoms in all of | Baltimore's new schools. | | Mr. Greenwood reported to his com- mittee that 41 schools in Washington are not even wired and have no ser ice connections; 11 have service co nections, but no wiring or fixtures; 3 mre w but not equipped with | fixtures; are partly lighted elec- trically and 20 have obsolete fix- tures. 1t is estimated that the $120 950 to be taken out of the repair fund will provide adequate artificial illumi- nation in all these buildings. ! Plan New Furnaees. The committee also plans to rec- |ommend to the board that approxi- mately $100,000 be appropriated out of the repair fund for replacing obso- lete furnaces in the schools. Some of the furnaces now in use, it was said, range in age from 36 to 47 vea Installation of a housekeeping suitc In the Miner Normal School, requested Dby the institytion, a'so was approved by the committee, which will recommend | that $2,000 be taken out of the repair fund for this purpose. It i likely that this suite will be modeled after the housckeeping units observed by the school planners in Baltimore and Phila- | deiphia. | The housekeeping units are expected | to be Included as a standard feature | in Washington’s new junior high | schools to be erected under the $19 000,000 five-year school-building T gram. The school-planning committ was deeply impressed with these units in the Baltimore and Philadelphia schools. Baltimore, In the opinion of the committee, has' the ideal arrange- | ment for a housekeeping suite, and | the units in these schools may be copied. W. 0. W. IN SESSION. District Is Represented at Cumber- land Gathering. Dispateh to The Star. . MBERLAND, Md, March 17.— The sixth head camp convention of | the Modern Woodmen of the World | opened here this morning In the City | Hall auditorium, with about 200 dele- gates from West Virginia, Maryland, | | Distriot of Golumbia and Delaware in | attendance. The sessions end morrow night with a banquet speakers this morning were .\(il)'()l‘ Thomas W. Koon, Col. Thomas L. | Pierce, Lloyd L. Shaffer and Joseph | 8. Bewlck. Responses were made by John T. Yates, Omaha, Nebr, sov- ereign clerk; Luther C. Jones, State manager for Maryland, and H. H Freler, Huntington, W. Va Degree work was conferred. The parade takes place tonight. There | will be two business sessions tomor- | row. COAL OUTPUT DROPS. ‘World Production in 1924 is 9,000- 000 Tons Under 1923. World production of coal in 1924, totaling 1,350,000,000 metric tons, w: a decrease of about 9,000,000 tons b low the 1923 output and 16,000,000 tons less than the record year of 1913. Production of both anthracite and bituminous coal in the United States dropped last year, bituminous pro- duction aggregating 438,420,000 metric tons, against §11,791,872 tons the year previous, according to Geological Sur- vey figures, while anthracite produc- tion, totaling 82,000,000 tons, was low- er than the mark of 84,675,252 set in 1923. ¢ Extremely Good Value—in a Suit of Extremely Good Style— that will strike the fancy of the man who dresses smartly—because of its HE EVENING | April | dividual and group basis, for which decidedly characterful lines. 4 A Mode production— in Blue Cheviot; and the light Spring tints. Double - breasted; three-button; squared shoulders, tapering waist; wide or medi- um trousers. —And marked, at an ex- tremely special price— $35 —are warm without burden- some weight — stylishly modeled. $30. F at Eleventh -STA o= Caban Envoy Resigns. AMBASSADOR DE LA TORRIENTE, Who has cabled hix resigmation to Havana from the embassy here. Photo xhows the nmbaxxador leavimg the White House yesterday after thank- ing the President for his aid in behalf 1 the Inle of Pines treaty which after years of debate passed, giving the iittle Ynland to Cubn. LA FOLLETTE FORCES PLAN FOR REUNION| Tentative Program Outlined at Local Meeting for Future Par- ticipation in Politics. A reunion of the forces which co- operated in the last Progressive po- litical party campaign was predicted, and tentative plans were formed for the co-operation on the part of the local party forces for the next elec- tion at a meeting of the La Follette- for-President Club of this city in the Typographical Temple, 423 G street, ast night Western Starr, president of the local club and who presided at the meeting, was authorized to appoint a commit-| > seven on permanent organiza- | and to call & mass conventlon in for the purpose of considering the renort of the committee. Mr. | Starr hailed the rejection of Charles| B. Warren by the Senate to be Attor-| ney General as one of the rseults of | the progressive sentiment developed by the 1924 campalgn In spite of the Chicago convention's failure to provide for amalgamation, it was the opinion of members of the elub who attended the last Confer- ence for Progressive Political Action that a reunion of forces will be brought about Joseph L. Tepper, one of the dele- gates, declared the organization of| State political parties on both in- tion some of the groups contended at the Chicago convention, has been author- lzed. with the result that in a few States all liberal, labor and soclalist organizations have taken step: unite their forces for the 1926 tions. Miss Isabel Kendig, secretary of the Women's Committee for Political Action, and Mr. Starr also submitted reports on the results of the Chicago convention. The formation of a local arganization that would represent all progressive elements was urged by Miss Kendig as a way of providing] Pound Brick Sugar. & model for other State organizations) to follow. . Increase in the number of automo- biles In China has caused the con- sumption of gasoline to be eight times what it was eight years ago. Lawn tennis is being played every evening except Sunday at the Edmon- ton recreation grounds, which |is IN FIGHT TO UPH Fund of $5,000 Sought to Pay New York Expert to Assist Commission—Protection of Residential Districts (Continued from First Page.) Rage Mr, Bagsett and to ralse a guar- antee fund the citizens’ group point- ed out that prompt action was nec- essary because of the brief time re- maining before the hearing of the case takes place In court. The decision to engage a man ex- perienced In the legal phases of zon- ing was reached by the civic leaders, with the approval of the corporation counsel's office. Engineer Commi sloner Bell, chalrman of the commi sion, several weeks ago wrote to the Federation of Citizens' Associations advising them of the importance of the court case and seeking their co- operation, Stores In Resldential Areas. Tho court proceeding hinges on the | right of the commission to prevent establishment of stores In residential areas, which right is regarded by members of the commission as the most important element in zoning. The court proceeding is to be upon the petition of Mrs. Annle Steerman, owner of premises 1656-1860 Columbia road, for a writ of mandamus to com- | pol the city authorities to permit the equipment of her property for busi- ness purposes. Mr. Suter, president of the Federa- tion of Cltizens' Assoclations, today made publio the following appeal to | all civic organizations and to indivi- dual property owne Tmportant Insue at Stake. “The outcome of the attack on the zoning law in the mandamus pro- ceedings pending in the Supreme Court of the District Is of the grav- est concern to all of our citizens. If we are to have a city beautiful, if our residence neighborhoods are to be protected against the encroach- ments of business and industrial establishments, the zoning law must be sustained. A number of citizens’ assoclations, other civic bodles and Individuals through their representa- tives, after conference with the Zon- ing Commission and the corporation counsel and with their full approval, | have arranged for the services of a | prominent attorney who Is recog- nized as a leading specialist on zon- | ing | “Therefore, because of the urgency of the matter, the great need for im- mediate definite action, April 2 hav- Ing been set for the hearing, and the general demand on the part of citi- sens to support the zoning commis- | sion and the corporation counsel by the most practical and vigorous means, the undersigned does hereby appeal to the various civic bodies and | individuals to immediately subscribe | and pay into a guarantee fund of $5,000 to defray all necessary ex- penses Incldent to the prosecution of | this case for home owners and other | property gwners of the District “Mr. B. A. 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Conformance to the latest style trend is shown in the distinctive drape of its and-tailored throughout. Sidney 14th and G Streets N. W. Established 1875 00 apted for the man West (INCORPON.LTLY) | addition to those that have pledged | commission in the present case. | was adjudged | State aid when failure seemed certain | State write off $800,000 WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925. CITIZENS ENGAGE COUNSEL TO AID VIRGINIA FERRY DISPUTE IS'UP HERE TOMORROW ST WOBAN Portsmouth and Norfolk Officials| SWALLOWS POISON to Conf With F. | o Gonfer Wit Tedaral . | Kl Herselt While Hér Two Small Agencies on Debt. | : TR Special Dispatch to The Star. Children Visit in Neigh- PORTSMOUTH, Va, March 17 Officials of Portsmouth and Norfolk County wil! leave tonight for Wash- | ington to meet Wednesday morning| During the a at 10 o'clock with officials of the|dren from F United States Housing Corporation | prouse, 1324 and the Department of Justice to P discuss problems now blocking set- | o tlement of debt remaining for war.| Hoover, time improvements to the Norfolk- Portsmouth ferries It is expected that the Department of J question of legal partici Government in an appraisal of the |wife pve terry betterments and as to consid. |10urs eration of going concern value should | four the appraisal be made will be an-|when he conve nounced at this meetir 155 . T Should the conference fail the and county haye announced their fp | . tention of taking the matter to the | United Etates Courte of Claims effort to recover control nt rles. OLD ZONING ACT Is Goal. Georgetown Citizens' Associatfon, and Fred G. Coldren, chairman of the zoning committee of the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Association, “Any unexpended balance at the conclusion of these proceedings will be refunded to the subscribers pro rata” Mr, Thlder of the Georgetown & sociation, who has been active in lin- fng up other organizations to take part in the movement, expressed the belief today that the zoning of prop- erty is essential If values are to be stabilized. Mr. Jhlder also pointed out that zoning is of special impor- tance in the Capital of the Nation. Gets Pledges of Support. Mr. Thider said today that several citizens’ ~agsociations already have agreed to lend financial support in Monr Mrs. E suffering izabeth fro opinions from tice on the |the Bur ation by the [of Agric | the covoner an fer- ot Coror 1 suic their moral support Yo the zoning Among contributions that have al- ready been made to the guarantee fund are: Frederic A. Delano, chair- man of the Federal City committee, $250; Charles G! Warden, $50; John $50, and Elllot H. Goodwin, The Cathedral Assoclation has beeni especially active, through its presi- | dent, Hugh M. Frampton, and Gen. Helmick. Jn addition to the citizens’ associa- tlons, the Washington Board of Trade, the Washington Real tate Board and the Operative Builders’ As- sociation also have given their in- dorsement to the zoning law. STATE LOSES $800,000 ON COLONIZATION PLAN Laundering Secret AT ONE time, a method of perfect linen laundering was something to file away and keep like favorite recipes—a thing to add distinction to the dinner tables of only a few homes. Now, since the dis- covery of MacKenzie Sizing, over a thou- sand families weekly are having their linen laundered in a way to amaze and delight the eyes of hostesses. This is an exclusive method that improves the drape, renews the whiteness and re-embosses the pattern of table cloths and nap- kins with each laundering. 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