Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1925, Page 16

PIQUANT. BUT A LITTI Bader of Atlantie City has issued Bruce and Carol Miller appe: fashion comes from the Rivi ARMY HONORS league base hall player to enlist in with a silver service at Fort Benning, Ga, a few days ago. ington club and the Giants played h e b OUNTY VOTES FOR OME AGENT WORK Fairfax Supervisors to Carry | on Demonstration Activities Dr. Barrett- Aided. Special Dispateh to The Star. McLEAN, Va. April mately 50 citizens of Fairfax C attended the monthly meeting of th supervisors in Fairfax on Wednesday to ask that the budget for the next fiscal year include $300 to meet the expenses of home demonstratior work. There has been a home demon- stration agent in this county since July 1, 1922, but to date the county has not_contributed to the ex- pense. The late Dr. Kate Waller Bar- Tett of Alexandria provided the Fair- fax County agent, Miss Lucy Step- toe, with board and lodging and made & h appropriation to supplement the State's share of the salary. With her death in February her assistance ceased At Wednesday's meetin, voted unanimously » next budget for 1924 3 ation of $900, provision for the payment of § ginning October 1, 1926 Mass Meeting Called. called by Mrs of McLean, president Advisory immediately follow- Ihg the board meeting, it was de- ofded that means must be found to finance this work for the interim be- tbre county funds hecome available George Robey of X, chairman off the recently organized . Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, agreed tol underwrite the expense of -the work until July 1, 1926, or, if neces- shry, October 1, 1 and to make himself responsible for the collection of ‘the mecessary money. He will present the facts of the 1 the ifjportance of the work (o the Clhambers of Commerce of Fairfax Cdunty and Alexandria, to the Qif- ipfent community and civie organi- zations of the county and to the public spirited men and women. Rep- resentatives of every district in the county and of most of the eivic or- ganizacons were present and heartily indorsed the importance of the work and pledged their co-operation to Mr. Robey. R. Walton Moore of Fairfax, Rep- resentative of the eighth district in Congress, has volunteered to con- tribute $100 to this fund. At Mr. HMoore's suggestion, the county board of supervizors will appoint members a committee to co-operate with the home demonstration agent to whom the latter will make regular reports of work accomplished in the county, and to whom the agent may appeal when in need of county ass ance, 4.—Approx ¥ meet he board e on the appropri- eing made > monthly At a mass meeting E. D. Vosbury of the Women's Fairfax County, A deep-sea camera is revealing the wonders of a Roman city discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean. PERILOUS. red on t TCHER HANK GOWDY. be- Council of | me of its! Despite the fact that Mayor pajama ruling,” Misses Dorothy beach in these tumes. Copyright by . & A. Pho Hank was-the first big the World War, so he was presented The Wash- ame; and Hank was P& A {Portable Ox ! Tent May Reduce Pneumonia Deaths an exhibition « By the Associated Press SW. YORK, April . —Reduction of the death rate in pneumonia | was predicted at Presbyterian Hospital yesterday as the result of favorable tests of a portable oxygen tent devised by Dr. Alan L. Barach of the Hospital staff and Dr. Carl L. Binger of Rockefeller Institute N The tent is designed to give pnreumonia patients the sufficiency of oxygen required te give them resistance to combat.the malady. It Is made.of balloon cloth, and is sealed .with ruhber. ~Oxygen may e continuously supplied through a rubber tubing connected with a eylinder. The tent is suspended from a horizontal aluminum pipe and infolds the bed on which the nt lies. BISHOP TO PREACH AT LENTEN SERVICES Dr. Freeman Will Speak Each Day at Noon Meetings Dur- ing Holy Week. | Bishop James Freeman will | speak each day at next week's midday | Lenten services at Keith's Theater, it is announced through the Layinen's Service Association of the Diocese of . Washington,"under whose auspices the services bave been held, Jn co- operation with the Washington Fed- eration of Churches. The, seryices are to be held Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday. Rev . Hawthorne will con- duct services Monday, while John Pa e will be the presiding lay- man, a wvocal selo is to be ren- der Anton Kaspar, uesday Rev. Dr. J iduct prayer services, Judge J. T. will be the presiding layman J. F. M. Bowie will render a vocal solo. | Wednesdav prayer service will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, |Jonn B. Larner will preside and a solo will be sung by Mrs. Mary Bowie. Rev. Dr. W. Lambert will be in charge of prayer services Thursday, the concluding day of the services at the theater; Dr. L. W. Glazebrook of the Laymen!' rvice Association, chairman in charge of midday Lenten services, will be the presiding layman land Ambrose Durkin will render a solo. Muir will Praises John Burroughs, NEW YORK, April 4—Col. Theo- | dore Roosevelt, ‘addressing the con- servation meeting held at the Wana- maker Auditorium vesterday in honor of the birth of John Burroughs, said that the best monument that could | | was the praetice of his ideals of con- servation of forests and streams. | be erected to the .naturalist's memory | { | | | | i | stirring melodray | ton THE EVENING ' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, ‘APRIL NAVAL ACADEMY CREW STARTS PRACTICE FOR SPRING RACES. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur went over to Annapolis yesterday to see the oarsmen take a workout, and he expressed himself as well satisfied with the prospects of the sailormen in the Spi graph shows Lieut. Comdr. Creeman, Coach Glendon, Secretary Wilbur and Admiral Nulton, commandant of the Naval Academy. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT GET A RUN TO THIS BLAZE. It was simply an experiment at the Bureau of Standards to determine at what height the heat affected the different rooms of a building. The building wa - constructed in order Dr. Mary B. Harris of Washington, field executive secretary of the In- ternational Association of ~Police- women, who has. been ,appointed superintendent of the new Federal industrial institation at Alderson, W.V OF CIVIL WAR PERIOD | McKinley Players Present “‘Secret | Service” and Receive Plaudits of Large Audience. | William_Gillette's | of the Civil War was presented by the students of Me- Kinley Technical High School last night in the auditorium of Central High School. The audience that viewed it filled the large auditorium and proclaimed it one of the best Spring plays produced by the school . vs of its comic opera suc- “Secret Service. The costumes and scenery added greatly to the effect of the produc- tion. Not a detail had been ove looked to give it the proper realistic flavor. o©ld Springfield breech-load- ing muskets of the Civil War perfod, exact replicas of the gray uniforms of the Confederate soldiers and oth- er historical accouterments were used. The McKinley Orchestra, un- der the direction of Dore Walten, also provided an appropriate atmos- phere for .the play with a medley of popular Southern airs. “Secret Service” combines exciting adventure' with romance against a background of true Southern charm. Richmond just before the close of the War of the Rebellion is the scene of the play. The theme concerns the adventure of Lewis Durmont, a Yan- kee spy. who as Capt. Thorne has en tered the capital of the Confederacy, gained military information of -the highest importance and falls in love with an attractive daughter of a Con- federats general. The situation un- folds to an exciting climax. Hazel Scaife as Edith Varney, the Confederate general's daughter, who succumbs to the admirations of the spy and uncon: sly aids him in hix daring plot, was a charming and convineing heroine. Charles Waters enacted the role of the Yankee spy admirably Curt Draper = Ben- Arrelsford, a Confederate secret service agent, was as “villainous a villain, as was ever hissed from the gallery.” And for naural histrionic ability ‘McKinley hes in Fannybelle Tenny one of Its hest dramatic stars. She played her role as Caroline Mit- ford with the grace and confidence of & professfonal. Others in the cast are Janet Frost, Grace Emmert, Eloise Sargent, Ralph Elliott, Hugh Wertz, John Lokerson, Joseph Sorrell, Foster Lipphard, Richard Johnson, Robert Wick,: John Knowlton, Martin Brown, Colton Chunn, Leonard: Hilder, Lewis Atkins, Max . Klatskin, Edwin Polley, 'John Thompson, Joseph Moore, Richard LorleBerg, Samuel Shaffer, Benjamin Boden, Albert Morpherson ; and Charles Medford. The play -will Central auditorium o'clock. It will be formance. * The Tech Opera Club. under the-di- rection of Florence Keene, sang. a number of Southern melodies between be repeated in ‘the tonight at 8§ the final per- the..third.and_fourth acts, while the orchestra plaved during the r intermistions, that it might be burned down. ATOR OF “MR. / page for The Sunday Briggs and Secretary of National Photo CALLS AT THF WHITE HOU ited the President yesterday. ygen ;STUDENTS‘ IN DRAMA jFlyer Gives Thrilling Account Of Escape From Crashing Planes Describes How He and Pilot of Second Airship, After Craft Became Locked, Managed to Leap Clear For Descent With Parachutes. The story of how his plane collided | safetving the ~belt, with another 3,000 feet above the ground and several hundred feet above the clouds; how, with comparative composure, he climbed from the cor pit “and “jumped with his parachute, permitting himself to fall several hun- dred feet before the ‘chute was opened to prevent the locked ships from fall- ing on him, ‘@ withi' the wreckaze for many detailed to the Army Air:s feet, was | rvice to-| 1 nd how he fell parallel | dwy. in_an_oflicial report of the collision | at Kelly Field, Tex., a short time ago, by Cadet Charles A. Lindbergh, who crashed into the plane flown b) Lieut. C. D. MeAllister. The. lives of the two men were saved by the effi- cient parachute, making a total of five such escapes at Kelly Field within the Jeey | past year. ~ | “A nine-ship SE-5 formation, com- manded: by Lieut.-Blackburn,” said the report, “was attacking a DH4B flown by Lieut. Maughan at_about a 5,000-foot altitude and several hundred feet above the clouds. I was. fiying on the left of the top unit, Lieut. McAllister on my right and Cadet Love leading. When we nosed down on the DH I attacked from the Jeft and Lieut. McAllister from the right. After Cadet Love pulled up I con- tinued to dive on the DH for a short time before pulling up to the left. I saw no . other.ship nearby. 1 passed above the DH, and & moment later felt a alight jolt followed by a crash. My head was thrown forward against the cowling and my plane seemed to turn around and hang near motionless for an in- stant. I closed the throttle and saw an SE-5, with Lieut. McAllister in the cockpit,'a few feet on my left. He was apparently unhurt and getting ready to Jump. Ships Locked “Our ships with allel. and had folded back slightly, cover- ing the forward hight-hand " corner of the cockpit. Then the ships start- ed to mill around and the wires be- gan whistling. -The right wing com- menced vibrating and striking my head at the bottom of each oscllla- tion. I' removed the -rubber band DIRECT .COMMUNICATION ASKED BY NEW ZEALAND Requests League to Give Her Same Treatment as Canada and Ireland. Together. were locked together, the fustlages approximately par- By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, April 4—New Zealand has officially notified the League of Na- tions .that in future all official league documents ‘should be sent direct to Waellington. the New Zealand -capital. and not through the Britlsh colonial My right wing was damaged | | several climbed out past the of the damaged wing and with my feet on the cowling on the right side of the cockpit, which was then in a nearly ' vertical position, I :jumped backwards as far from.the ship as possible. -1 had.no difficulty in locat- ing the pull-ring and experienced no | sensation of falling. he wreckage was falling nearly | straight down .and for some time 1 fell in 1:pe with its path and only slightly. to_oue de. Fearing the wreckage might fall on me, I'did not pull the rip cord until 1 had dropped hundred feet and . into .the clouds. During this: time I had turned preshalf - revolution” .and* was. fall ing flat and'-faee - downward. The parachute functioned perfeetiy; al- most as soon as I pulled the rip cord the risers jerked on. my shoulders, the leg straps tightened, my head went down and the chute was fully opened. Lands in Field. “I" saw Lieut. MtAllister floating above me and the wrecked ships pass about 100 yards to one side, con- tinuing to ing a trail of lighter fragments along their path. I watched them until, still locked together, they crashed in the mesquite about 2,000 feéét below and burst into flames several seconds after impact. “Next I turned my attentlon to locating a landing place. 1 was over mesquite and drifting in the general direction of a plowed fleld which I reached by slipping the chute. Short- 1y before striking the ground, I was drifting backwards, but was able to swing around in the harness just as 1 landed on the side of a ditch less than 100 feét from the edge of the mesquite. Although the impact of landing was too great for me to re- main standing, I was not injured in any way. The parachute, was still heid open by the wind ahd did not collapse until 1 pulled in one group of shroud lines. “During my descent I lost my goggles, a vest pocket camera which fitted tightly in my hip pocket and the rip cord of the parachute.” office. ‘The premier of New Zealand wrote to the secretary general that his government wished direct communica- tion, although he requested that coples of all the documents be sent to the New Zealand high commissioner at London. This action follows closely upon similar policy on the part of Canada and Ireland. Canada recently request- ed that all communications be sent to Dr. Walter A. Riddell, Canada's resi- dent’ representative at Gepeva, with copies to Ottawa. All of Ireland's league’ business is transacted with Michael MacWhite, permanent Dublin representative at Geneva. Dr. Riddel] has decided to open head- quarters ut the Qu:{ Mont Blanc. pin to the right and leav- | ng events. The photo- tional Photo. Baltimore's oldest inhabitant, whe the tobacco habit has caused his long life and good health. Nick is 110 years old and in the best of physical condi- Nick Hartman, Clare Briggs, who draws this Left to right: Clare Briggs, Logan Payne, Copyright by P. & A. Photos | FINAL SESSION HELD | OF NUTRITION CLASS | Address by Mrs. Woodward Marks Close of Instruction Dealing | With Underweight Children. Closing exercises and an address by Mrs. Gertrude Woodward, dean of the Miner Normal School for Girls, mark- ed the last of the 20 weekly lessons of the nutrition class of underweight children at the Harrison School ves- terday, during which prizes were awarded for the children making the | best records. This class has: been | conducted by Mrs. Margaret Hillea | one of the-special workers of the > tritioil Department of the Was ton Tuberculosis Association. After the usual inspection of indi- vidual health charts, prizes were award- 2d for the greatest gains in weight to Dorothy Bradstreet and Matthew Kendall, each having made a gain of 11 pounds during the 20 weeks; also to Richard Farmer who made a gain of 151, pounds. Prizes were also given “to the following puplls for observing the health rules with great- est regularity: Louise Storaid, Ber- nice Henerissy, Lilllan Dutch, Ber- | nard Barton and Evelyn Alexander., To impress the visiting parents with the importance of the work, and es- pecially with the dental examina- tions just completed, the children presented a little health play entitled, “Who Says Six-Year Molars?’ Mi Woodward spoke on the “Proper Feeding of Children.” The average gain in weight for the entire class during the 20 weeks was 4% pounds per child, as compared with the expected gain of a nor- mal child for the same.period of only 2 pounds. Visitors present included a number of the parents and several workers from the Board of Children's Guard- Supervisor L. L. Pérry of the ivision, Miss Rose Nixon, di- rector of drawing; Mrs. Julla Shar: director of domestic sclence; Mis Margaret Craig, director of the nu- | trition department of -the Tubercu- | losis Association; Mrs. Hugh Hanna | and Mrs. Esther Kaemmerer, also of | the staff of that association. { 10 DEPUTY COLLECTORS DROPPED BY TAX BUREAU Newark Field Force to Be Reduced on April 15—No Reason for Action Given. By the Associated Pres: NEWARK, N. J., April 4.—Collector of Internal Revenue Edward E. Gnitchel announced yesterday the receipt of instructions from Washington ordering that 10 deputy collectors be dropped from, the field force. The order is effeotive April 15. No reason for the order was given. ‘While he knew of no specific order | applying to the Newark district, Act- ing Commissioner of Internal Reve-| nue Nash assumeéd that the dropping of 10 deputy collectors in that section was part of a force curtdilment that has been proceeding for a year. ING French Legion gallery Nelsor artist, arranging an exhibit of Honor Art Museum in is made possible through a Cromwell. AMERICAN SECTION OF PARIS MUSEL M J. ¥. Bouchor in the American of the new Paris. The American section of the gift of a million francs hy William Coprrizht by I A WINNER OF EN( and N AND'S RACID in the on his way to the paddock after the Wilson, and he won from a field of Strange Malady Afflicts Children Of Idaho School '[UB By the Associated Press. TWIN FALLS. Idaho, April 4.—A malady which has not yet heen definitely diagnosed, yesterday caused the abhsence from the Lincoln School - here of about 200 pupils Headache, fever and irritation of the eves to be a common symiptom. An analysis of the plies of the Lincoln schools not affected 1 howed the water fr tamination, according Walter, county chemist \_.About 15 children servation by Dr. walter, county phys making efforts to di malady and ascertain its seems water and the disease o from con- to. H.” L der ob- ngen- who is the igin GRANITE MEN MEET AT BANQUET BOARD Address by Department of Com- merce Solicitor Feature of Con- vention's Social Session. The ‘American Granite Association wound up the principal part of convention here last night with a banquet at ‘the National Chamber of | Commerce. Attorney assoclation’s evening. Judge Stephen B. Davis, solicitor for the Department of Commerce, gave the principal address of the eve- ning, taking up the relation betweéen the law and trade associations Da said he considers these cia the best means of giving the public confidence in legitimate operation among business interests. “Previous to the passage of the Sherman laws,” said Judge Davis there were practically no laws af- fecting the conduct of business ness men made their own laws founded ‘them on custom which been trled and proved sound. The Sherman laws were passed only be- cause there were flagrant abuses of these customs. .“Through the trade association the business man has an opportunity to regain the confidence of the public in business co-operation. They open up the way for him to make his own laws once more.” The convention will wind up this afternoon. Today's sessions are being devoted to the business of the asso- ciation. eneral Sargent was the guest during part of the on and had | Police Seek “Borrowing” Student. Police began a search today for a young man, representing himself as a student of the University of Vir- ginia, stranded in Washington, who has succeeded in “borrowing” rail- road fare from Dr, F. Scott Avery, 1623 Masgachusetts avenue and some of his patients its Judge | Busi- G CLASSIC Double Chance, victor nal Steeplechase, passing through admiring crowds The ho rac e was ridden by Maj. ht by P. & A. Pho! FLEETMANEDVERS EOVENREALTY- [ in Hawaiian Practice, Gen. Hines Declares. chief um on. the « War dramatic act | startiing new « | facts,” Gen. Hir are expected to make v value for whatever they | sation or color Gen. Hines i will <ail from 12 for Hawaii ‘upnn the move tending “Dblack™ the theoretical {and its Marine to capture the | const defenses and Admiral San_Francisco and p. made and of the fie nding forc the Pa attempt ke ¥ to Training in Teamwork. “The chief purpose of exercises.” Gen. Hines train both the Arm {in joint operation in may become practiced i with each other. If this realized, even if only pa maneuvers will have been hi ful v many always bee operations durix i been o [have been esp early portions the Hawaii Navy that reasons much exy difficuity n d in Joint - ve too common common | of a great MISS POPE GETS POST. Y. W. C. A. Officer Goes to Bates as Dean of Women. Miss Ruth Vesta Pope, executivg, (& the education department of %%g Young Women's Christian Asseeia tion, has been appointed dean of women, with the rank of professor of cducation, at Bates College, Lew- iston, Me Prior to her position with the V hington Y. W, A. she was dean of women Des Moines Uni- | versity. During the world war Miss | Pope left the field of school adm istration temporarily to become ant office manager of the burea impos War Trade Bo sh subsequently ppointed to or of reconstruction aides 3 where she had charge of th appointment, transfer and disch of aides in the Army hospit will remain with the Y. W. C. A til Julv 1 and will take up her co 18ge duties September 1, {ot | was | superv U