Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1925, Page 5

TRATS” AN TEST OF GHTS INCOURT Students Consider Board’s Attitude Hostile—Secret Session Ordered. Defeated in their initial move to have the Board of Education lift its ban on the secret Greek letter so- cieties, the high school students who have been barred from participating in school activities because of their affiliation with these organizations, made definite plans today to carry the fraternity war into the courts. The high school frat” students have rallied behind Sigma Delta Fra- ternity, which is planning the legal battle to determine the validity of the board's rule. J. Milton Probey, chairman of the executive committee of the fraternity in Central, Western and McKinley high schools, announced than an in- Jjunction would be sought in the next few days to compel the board to re- instate those high school stdents who were summarily ruled out of positions of honor in approved student grgan- izations because they held member- ship cards in a secret organization. Parents Said to Approve. Parents of some of these students, Mr. Probey said, have promised to finance the legal proceedings. A prominent attorney will be engaged as _counsel for the fraternity. Fraternity members viewed the ac- tion of the School Board yesterday aft- ernoon in referring the fraternity ques- tion to the committee of the whole for consideration behind closed doors as means of temporarily sidestepping the issue. They are more firmly con- vinced than ever that the anti-fra- ternity rule will not be voluntarily abrogated by the board. The fraternities will center their fights in the courts, it is sald, over the ruling of Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens, November 6, which held that the School “can legally only control mem- bership of its pupils in organizations. cltibs or societies when membership is directly connected with the attend- ance of the pupils upon the schools.” Meeting Called Monday. Leaders in the revolt against the board’s anti-fraternity rule point out that membership in the secret organ- izations Includes persons not attend- ing the public schools, and the schools, therefore, have no jurisdiction over them. The board has set Monday after- noon at 3:30 o’clock as the time to in- vestigate the fraternity question. The meeting will be conducted behind closed doors, and Capt. Julius I Pey- ser and Ernest Greenwood, the two members who have championed the fight of the secret societies, gave no- tice today that they would attend under protest, unless the investiga- tion is opened to the public. EFFORT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY FAILS Laborites Make Unsuccessful At- tempt to Moderate Military Discipline. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April The British Labor party fought unsuccessfully in the House of Commons last night to abolish the death penalty in the Brit- ish Army, an amendment introduced by E. Thurtle, Labor member from Shoreditch, to the annual army bill being rejected by 320 votes to 156. Thurtle argued that not one Aus- tralian soldier was executed during the war, because the Australian gov- ernment would not allow it. He con- tended that nobody would say that the fighting of the Australians was inferior to that of Canadians, Brit- ish, Irish or New Zealanders, because they did not have the fear of the death penalty. Capt. R. Gee Bosworth, speaking against the proposed amendment, said that only 287 officers and men were executed during the entire war. He and other members testified to in- numerable cases where officers try- ing offenders either minimized the charges or overruled death sentences. Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, ‘war secretary, sald that only 11 per cent of the death sentences passed during the war were allowed to stand. The death penalty, he sald, was in- tended less as punishment than as a deterrent to others. DOG SHOW ENTRANTS EXPECTED TO PASS 500 The total entry in the Washington dog show, to be held in the Riding and Hunt Club April 13 and 14, will ceed 500 dogs, Charles A. Watson, cretary of the show, predicted to- tries will close at 10 o'clock to- night, and may be made up to that time at the club's offices, 2130 P street. Among the latest entries are: Dr. Grey Latimer, Carin; Miss Frances W. Valentine, Carin terrier; Harry 1. Whelan, chow; Mrs. Fred Smith, Miss Marion Bucknell, Elizabeth N. Fairchild, John F. Beck, Miss E. Tray- nor, Mrs. F. Parkinson, Miss E. ©Ourand, Miss Harriet R. Sumner, Mrs. J. L. Jenkins, Clafredale kennels, Miss Minnie Taylor and Miss Emma Slike, all entering collies. Mrs, John Benton, French bulldog; Miss Lillian Wood, wire-haired fox terrier; J. E. Anderson of Butler, Pa., and Willlam N. Powell of Cartons- ville, Md., have entered Great Dane: irish terriers have been entered by lewis Park of Sewickley, Pa, and John J. Rienhard; Mrs. F. W. Oster- hout, Mrs. George C. Boyd, Maltese; Mirs, L. W. Harvey, old English sheep- dog, and scores of others. L 2 Tan and Black—in Smooth and Scotch Grain Leathers. W ITH the variety of styles available it is an easy matter for any man to select the correct Shoe—in shape and fit— 10—12—15 with emphasis on the 10. " Arthur Burt Co. 1343 F Street which has chapters | SALVATION ARMY'S FUND GROWS §1.000 First Day’s Responses to Ap- peal for $50,000 Are Prompt and Generous. Charitably inclined Washingtonians poured more than $1,000 into the coffers of the Salvation Army vester- day when it opened its campalgn to raise $50,000 to carry on the program of relief work throughout the year. A large portion of the money was col- lected by the army workers who made a canvass of the various office build- ings. Some of it came through the mails. Guests at the Evangeline residence, 1330 L street, it was announced to- day, have pledged $1,000 to the fund, bringing the total amount pledged .o $17,000. The advisory board for the drive, headed by Rudolph Jose, has pledged $16,000. The Evangeline is one of the self-supporting institutions operated by the army, and is occu- pled exclusively by working girls. Gifts of Generous Size. Adjt. Ernest R. Holtz, directing the drive, is elated over the first day's results. “Our first day’s money,” he said, “came largely from persons we've helped in the past. They al- ways contribute among the first and are most generous. We are certainly encouraged when we receive letters from persons who have been aided by the army and who are thoughtful and kind enough to send us money Some one signing himself “E. A. E.” sent $5 and the following: Deer Salvation Army, Your surely fs great, I usta be crooke And now 1 is straight. *Cause 1 stood on the corner One_Magnolius Day, And Sang Ob Your Songs And Learned How to Pray. Dere’s a Star In your crown Up in Hebben Above, And You're the Fondest Thing 'Round That 1 ever heard of. Another wrote this: Dear Salvation Army: Enclosed am two bits All T can spare from this pay. Thirteen hundred and twenty is all what I gits And I'm lucky to get that they sa Twenty thousand letters appealing for funds have been put into the mails. The army workers also will continue their house-to-house canvass for contributions. Further reports showing the scope of the army's work, made public today by Adjt. Holz, showed that the rellef department last year furnished free meals to 706 hungry persons, provided transportation for 427 per- sons, provided §23 with clothes, 171 vith shoes, 481 with lodgings and 30 with jobs. Contributions to the fund should be sent to Thomas Hickman, treas- urer, 607 E street. Hotel Inn Phone Main 81088108 604-610 9th St. N.W. 87 rooms, $6 weekly; $10.50 rooms, $5; 314 with toilet, shower and lavetory, $10; 2 ls room, 5 per cent more. 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NEW YORK, April 2—Two theories are being considered by police work- ing to solve the murder of Mack Passwell, reputed gambler and boot- legger and former coat and suit mer- chant of St. Louis. Passwell's body, with bullet wounds in the throat and head and a brick clutched in one hand, was found ves- terday in a basement areaway of a Park avenue apartment house. The first theory was built around the report that Passwell was a dealer in sacramental wines and that he was killed by bandits. Yesterday was a Jewish holiday, and it is thought his murderers might have believed he had large sums of money with him, The reports that he was not a le- gitimate dealer in sacramental wines, but a bootlegger, have given rise to the second theory that he may have been killed in a liquor feud. Yesterday afternoon Passwell depos- ited $80,000 in the East River Savings Bank.. 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The association is an organi- zation of master cleaners and dyers in the United States, a- DRNEFOR SCHUL TOBEGIN TODAY Taft to Preside at Meeting of Tuskegee-Hamp- ton Friends. William Howard Taft, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, will preside at a meeting to be held this afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs.-John Hays Hammond, 2221 Kal- orama road, marking the launching of the Washington campaign to raise §100,000 in connection with the na- tlonal movement to secure a joint en- dowment fund of $5,000,000 for Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes. Many prominent members of the diplomatic service and men and wom- en active in national, philanthropic and social affairs will attend the meeting, including Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, and Lady Howard; Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. Her- bert Hoover, Gov. and Mrs. John H. Bartlett, Admiral and Mrs. Willard H. Brownson, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Delano, Admiral and Mrs. E. W. Eberle, Willlam Phelps Eno, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of ‘Washington, and Mrs, Freeman; Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cary Travers Gray- son and Rev. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes. Notables to Speak. Addresses on the subject of “Bet- ter Race Relations” and on the work belng accomplished by Hampton and Tuskegee will be made by Philip Whitwell Wilson, former member of the British Parliament; Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, president of the Univer- sity of Virginia, and Dr. James E. Gregs, principal of Hampton Insti- tute. Dr. Alderman will speak of the varfous aspects of the race question, emphasizing the fact that it is of vital importance to every citizen of the United States that they face this problem resolutely, quietly and just- ly, seeking at all times to bring about an adjustment of raclal rela- tions, which have become a most im- portant factor in the welfare of this nation. He will point to the work that is being done in this connection by Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes and urge that every one give their support to the endowment fund cam- paign in order to enable these two institutes to widen the scope of their influence, Mr. Wilson, both by family tradi- tion and training, has had an un- usual opportunity to become familiar with the race question in all its aspects. Was Newspaper Worker. After being graduated from Cam- bridge University Mr. Wilson became a member of the staff of the London ¢ News. He became parliament- orrespondent, and at the age of T Grifith oal orporation ood lean WJoal o~ A D FSEESREARNEREN H. ZIRKIN & SONS, Inc. Washington’s Leading Furriers 821 14th Street New Spring Arrivals” COATS 114 diversified collection of exclusive models—each ome distinc- tively different—all presenting that chic appeal that is typically ZIRKIN. effects. 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" admiral ined that the dnaught faces one of the most eral menaces portant of which the bombing which, how T, he d ndicapped b ruising radius of 250 miles. v a men: latter are the we Positively Dellclous! Try it for luncheon or dinner. Special Table d’Hote prepared to | Dinner, 75¢ admiral said, adad- | non of defense and | Served Every Day—35 to 8 tried out in the pres- FRANK P. FENWICK, Propr. ent maneuvers of the United States Fleet and valuable knowledge gained thereb, KAPLOWITZsros. INCORPORATED NINTH STREET NORTHWEST KAPLOWITZ SPRING DRESSES 112 FASHIONS ADAPTED FROM THE LEADING FRENCH FASHION HOUSES JMART SPORT FABRICS—NEW BEAUTIFUL SHADES—CUSTOM TAILORED :: = SPECIALIZING IN FASHION DE LUXE EXCLUJIVELY FOR MADAME AND MADEMOISELLE COME AS EARLY AS YOU CAN ace to bat- Philip Whitwell Wilson. 30 a member of Parliament for a London constituency. Mr. Wilson also served as a special correspondent in the United States for his London paper. He became interested in the American negro problem, and the thoroughness of his inquiries as to the nature of that problem are evi- dent in his latest book, “An Unofficial Statesman.” the biography of the life of Robert C. Ogden, a partner of the | late John Wanamaker. In preparing this book Mr. Wilson came into con- tact with the work of Hampton and | Tuskegee Institutes, with which schools the subject of his biography had long been identified. Mr. Wilson is also the author of | “The Layman's Confession,” ‘“The Christ We Forget,” “The Church We | Forget” and “The Vision We Forget.” 721 Hospital Head Named. Director Hines of the Veterans' Bu- reau today announced the appoint- ment of Dr. Percival G. Lache, head of the bureau hospital at Dwight, IIL, to be medical officer in charge of the bureau hospital at Perryville, Md., succeeding Dr. Charles A. Barlow. The Dwight post will be filled by Dr. J. R. McDill of the central office here. 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