Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1925, Page 12

12 CLFF DNELLINGS 10 BE RESERVE Ethnology Bureau to At- tempt to Save Remarkable Prehistoric Ruins. nology summer to The Bureau of American will effort this have preserved some of the markable remains of prehistoric Amer- great cliff dwellings of the Canyon de Chelley and the Canyon del New Mexi heart of the ) d by white with 85 narrow valle: make an most re- a—the Muerta, In the seldom visite = structu look out over the ajo countr men, the sent cliff dwelle canyons relation to the said Dr. J. Walter F famous Puebl lation to the pueblo dweller There are literally hundreds of these ruins. The hand of time which been withhield for so many hundre ¥ now is falling heavily upon th A man was sent into Chelley this Wi largest of the cliff becoming undermined by ported that the structure; ant danger. Fewkes h n. which w water. He re- were in con- es to have t aside its pre hands of the so that the a national vation will overnme Fewkes to Visit Ruinx. Dr. Fewk who have visited pay another visit this have never been adequ only scientific investigation by the Bureau of American B more than ars a ud the now is diffi The expla which has country is it Summer Iy studied wa nology | ve rt | it of | obscurity fantastic | vyons, covered w ca with their great heaps of loose rocks, would be very difficult to enter ¢ horseback and It is practically neces sary to go in with pack mules, on | foot. Until within the past few years the Navajos have not | friendl to white trespa rs. They the land as e ntially their ruins and all although they probably light relationsh hed race which b structures. A number of con templated expeditions have been told| to keep out | Canyons Hard to nyons are not has a good Muert t Death.” is practically hidde peculiar nature of the terra explorer must come directly entrance before se Tk Can de ey i - of the most fertile s 1 in the Southwest. Stret for miles under the towering, r: rocks, it strip of verdu peach th dness been ve have del upon t ng it notable fe teh 1t trees, contains which blossom in Spring, consti most beautiful country. K w these h histori ave | peach ed i e South- | | usar when i of full | of the its the mission- pidly 4 Indians flock around D is Tipe run wild nto | the canyon when | the wild pe The original « evidently Their cleva them a over the ch er dwellers were | agricultural rtment hou defensive valley. The pre that the old Indian farme their homes and ten ren rock walls defense d spler id Jles ont a matter of | SCHOOL REPORT CARD |; SOON TO BE REVISED | Committee Is Expected to Addi Music and Other Studies to Present List. The little yellow report card which the District public school chlidren arry home once a month for the | careful examination of their parents | may have additional subjects | added to the advent of the next school Dr. Frank ent of scho of school sider a revision proposed recently superintenden some before i Balloa, appoi officers ye of W uperintend- | a committee | sterday to « the report by the assistant in charge of el mentary tchools. The recommendatio followed a suggestion of a commit which reported favorably on giving a mark in music. Music, however, will not be the only | subject added to the report card if | it is revised. Other minor subjects, such as drawing, physical training, domestic science, domestic art and ure study work, will be included The present report cards make no provision for the rs to rate the Pupil’s progress in these subjects The committee port card re- vision is composed of Miss Janet Mc- irman; John C. Bruce, | Miss M. Gibbs and Kupfer. SEES PARTY IN SUDAN FOMENTING BRITISH HATE Allied Commander in Africa Dur- ing War Scores Efforts of Na- tionalist Group. card teac Lowe A the Associated Press r “orty years reat Britain in “a quiet country,” but the Nationalist p endeavored to stir up rebellion against Gre Britain in the Sudan, Gen. Sir Reg| 4 Hoskins, commander of the lied forces in East Africa in the World War, asserted today in an ad- dress before the Chicago council on foreign relations. Much has been made of the desire put the case of Egypt and the Sudan before the League of Nations,” he sald. “But this would hav> been quite like putting a similar crisis in the Philippines before the League, and this the United States probably would never tolerate.” He pointed out that Egypt never has been a part of the British Em- pire and that Great Britain and Egypt co-operate in governing the Sudan. to Cotton Is 0ld Fabric. Cotton cloth has been worn almost as long as civilization can account for any wearing apparel aside from the skins of wild animals. One of the oldest books in the world, the “Rig- Veda,” written about 3,400 years ago, mentions the manufacture of cotton cloth. It is thought its first use started in India and that it found its way thence through Persia, Pal- stine, Rome and Europe. It was t manufactured in Europe in the snth century. The word calico comes from the port of Calcutta, from which piace it was Ryt exported. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C,° MARCH 29, 1925—PART 1. ROUTE TO MOUNT VERNON CONSIDERED AS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD NOLONiHS WA 1404 @ - RLINGTON + (gw.p.cusTiS) R.E.LEE) ABINGDON (vorn cusTis Approach of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Waxhington revives an old project for making the route to Mount Vernon, from Washington a memorial boulevard, which would sta; rt at the Arlington Memorial Bridge and traverse historic sections of Virginia. The road, now' considered Inadequate, yould be widened, resurfaced and lined with trees. CHARITY LEADERS T0 ATTEND DINNER Forty-Fourth Anniversary of | Formation of Association to Be Observed. Associated Charities will ob- its forty-fourth anniversary at meeting to be held at Rauscher's tomorrow evening at § o'clock. The general public is invited to attend Cuno H. Rudolph, president of the ard of Commissioners of the Dis- rict of Columbia, will preside. Mr The serve man of its finance committe en president of the ties since 1916 is expected that as president he W some of the outstanding of the work of the society and its growth and development dur- ing the past £ lecades and more of its existence. Dr. William J. Kerby, professor of sociology, Catholic U ity, will make the principal ad . his subject being. “The Place | Organized Charity Cum- | Dr. Kerby is well acquain rk of the Asso da Char having heen a member of the of seven of which Justice Stafford wgs chairman, by the District Commis- 1310 to make a study of woi A report was a and is still available one interested ptican slides will be shown ng the different departments and service carried on at the Service House, the headquar- the society. several of the volunteer district conferences of the Associated Charit within the last two s urged the society to adopt s that they believe would icative of the scope and pt its family welfare work, the angements for the has provided a place on the for sen_ discussion of H r Does the Name Cl Adequately De- Work and Purpose?” The for the chinge of name expected to be heard from, while 1btless others will argue-for the present title, by which the society has been known ever since its organiza- tion in 1881 Although the opening campaign for budg including ciation, no ities Wen 1 appointed s in society's ot publis ny illustra of work Socizl ters for Because ies have nan more of e on »pic, Associated seribe Tts proponents this mark of meeting will the annual Kaster funds to complete the Associated Charities litizens' Relief Asso. for funds will be Officers for the ensuin 2 ted and mem- bers of the board of managers to suc- d those whose terms have expired. he committee on arrangements con- sists of Coleman Jennin s Helen icolay and Arthur He Mr. Rudolph, as pre ted Charities, will broadcast from tion WCAP a brief talk regarding the society’s work at 7:30, preceding meeting. al ting Women of London who are trying to wear the new 10-inch-brim hats | By the Jssoclated Press. a special commission from the Inter- national Labor ‘Bureau has left here for South America to examine oppor- tunities for immigration there. The mission will land at Monte- video to begin its work in Uruguay. It is headed by Col. I’roctor, deputy commissioner under Dr. Nansen in the League of Nations refugee rellef work. Answering the criticism of a Lon- don newspaper that it is uscless to attempt to place Russian “intellec- tuals” in South America, the iabor office officials explained that a large proportion of the refugees are Cos- sacks, adding that these are not the film variety of savage h simple peasants whose nbil mass agriculture is well know: students of .Russian life. EMPLOYMENT IS SOUGHT FOR 300,000 REFUGEES International Labor Bureau Mis- n to all Largest elephant tusk on record is at the British Museum in London and weighs 2263 pounds. sion Would Place Russians in South America. Following the combination of 26 railways in Ireland, a reduction of freight rates has been made that is expected to greatly help to relieve the agricultural and business de- pression. GENEVA, March 28.—Hoping to find employment for about 300,000 Russian and Armenian refugees, who are des- titute and without work in Europe, on shingled heads are seeking de- vices to keep the big creations from falling off. a number of street ac- ngland, police- kboards, are the rules Following cidents at Hanley, men, with aid of bl teaching pupils at school of the road. OFFICES, FOR RENT ! STAR BUILDING (The Avenue at Eleventh) An exceptionally fine suite of three offices lo- cated on the sixth floor. These offices, located on the corner of the build- ing, with outside ex- posures on Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh street, are very bright, airy and attractive. If you are looking for about 800 square feet of space in a modern office build- ing, you should see these offices before deciding. Apply 610 Star Building Phone Main 5000—Branch 3 14th Street at R 1 A END OF NEWSPRN TARIF 5 SOUGHT Customs Experts Begin New Study to Establish Defi- nition of Standard. Customs experts in .the Treasury have begun a new study of the old question of how] standard newsprint paper may be defined to permit its entry free of import duties and yet compel payment of tariff rates on other kinds. The ifvestigation now started resulted from ' arguments made beforé Assistant Secretary Moss Friday by paper manufacturers who sought to have modified a 10 per cent tolerance In the present definjtion of standard newsprint. The question also is being recon- sidered by experts of the Bureau of Standards whose study of the paper content a year ago resulted in a finding approximating the description contained in the Treasury regulation. That regulation provides that free entry may be accorded to mewsprint paper consisting of ‘“mechanically ground wood pulp and chemical wood pulp or sulphite containing not in excess of 30 per cent sulphite and varying in weight not more than 10 per cent from 32 pounds,for each 500 sheets of 24 by 36 inches. While representatives of publishers You need our instant duplicating mervice Duplicate Key, 25¢ Bring your locks to the shop TURNER & CLARK Basement 1233 New York Ave. f.o. b. factory JOSEPH McREYNOLDS Commercial Auto and Supply Co. who attended the meeting favored re- tention of the 10 per cent tolerance clause, Assistant Secretary Moss sald he belleved they wanted to be reason- able and would \agree to any change that would improve the language of the present regulation. Because of this a‘titude, an erroneous impression was gained in some quarters that the publishers actually favored a modifi- cation of the tolerance figure, but it developgd yesterday that they are urging a continuance of the present 10 per cent. Judge Moss sald he un- derstood that an attempt would be ? l made by the publishers to arrive at some common basis with the manu facturers’ representatives before the next scheduled hearing at the Treas ury, April 17. 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