Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1925, Page 2

MEDIATOR AIMS | TOSERVEINDUSTRY Colpoys Proposes Long-Term Wage Contracts to Stabilize Working Conditions. | | | A long-term contract between the | union bullding trade mechanice and | their employes in order to stabilize the | construction industry in the District | 10 take care of the present building boom and the pending large Govern- | ment contracts will be one of the | principal suggestions to be made \.\-’ John Colpoys. mediator for the De partment of Labor, should he succeed in his efforts to bring the union men and the bullding interests into a con- Mr. Colpoys definitely has sn:cc,\l'inns ference, it was revealed today. While Mr. Colpsys has not definitely sug- zested any one plan for amicable agreement between the two parties to the controversy, the long-term wage contract may possibly be pat- terned after the agreements reached recently in Boston, where emplo and union men contracted over a pe- riod of three vears. Heretofore con- tracts have usually expired vearly. Wage Question Not Settled. Just what wage this would involve however, seems to be the crux of the cituation. Whether or not the unions would accept the present standards over pay here for a peri i of three vears. thus protecting themselves azainst any possible -decline during | that period. instead of asking for a raise at the present time, is not known According to Rufus . Lust of the operative builders, the builders and contractors are favorably inclined to- ward signing a three-vear agreement at § er day % Tk?ep;\aln(ers are willing tomeet in conterence at any time, according to Mr. Colpoys. Employers, howeve! feel that if the union intends to insis on an increased wage scale the meet- ing would be of no avail. Concession Is Granted. Those under training in the Vet erans’ Bureau who are learning the painting and paperhanging business, | and who have heretofore been kep from practical experience in the shops of the master painters by action of the American Federation of Tabor. will now be given an opportunity to enter these shops. Capt. H. H. Wood- house, a member of the American Legion and of the Master Painters Aassociation, declared yesterday that he will announce this decision at a meeting at the George Washington Post here next Tuesday night Whether or not the sympathetic | strike movement begun last week end will spread to twd or three other jobs will depend upon the outcome of in- spection trips by Arthur Chamberlain, president of the local painters’ union it was learned today. In expressing their determination to.stand against further wage Increases the master painters feel that as the %ost of paintin_ ghas gone up 300 per cent since 1914 any increase in this figure would drive away business Assign Cause for Complaint. They complain that the restricted measures placed upon them by the union are responsible for a very large | percentage of this increased cost as well as increase in wages. They feel that out of the 300 per cent increase, 125 per cent is due to higher wages, 90 per cent to restric- tive union rules and only 85 per cent in the cost of material. They complain That before 1914 any size brush could be used, and that now it is limited to | 5 inches; that the bosses cannot paint along with.the men. thus necessitating the hiring of extra help. and that prior to 1914 a man could be told how much work he was expected te_do. They also say time is taken up by the fact that a man. on an average, hangs only 16 rolls of paper a day, compared with about 30 rolls hefore the war. Cite Rates for Estimating. They say that their estimates per mquare yard, in rough figures, for three coats of paint on a plain wall have jumped from 30 cents since 1914 1o about 75 cents per day. Out of the 300 per cent increase, they say that 215 per cent is due to higher wages and union limitation rules. No decision has been reached by the Master Plumbers’ Assoclation as to whether they will grant their men an increase or not MOVE BY MINORIT IN MERGER BEATEN | IN HEARING BY I. C. C. Page.) & mervice throughout most of the North eastern section of the United States Competition would be heightened, he ®aid. by the emergence of a powerful svatem equal in resources and facili ties to the Raltimore and Ohio. Penn- xvivania and New York Central. At the same time the network of railroad lines. which would be brought to- Rether by the plan was so located that from St. Louis on the west to New York on the east and trom Buf- fale on the north to Richmond and Louisville on the south there would he almost no population centers de. prived of access directly to at least two of the four great raliroads he named. My experience has shown me that no one railroad can prosper alone on the basis of business which begins and ends on its own rafls,” he said in ex- plaining that likewise the new rail. road would furnish connections and market outiets on befter terms to va- | rious producing territories than now allowed. Denies Monopoly Likely The proposed system would not em. foy any monopely at anyv pofnt. In. deed. it would meet at everv point the competition of one of the three powerful existing systems. It would ecarry out the intent of the transporta tion act which econtemplates main 1aining connections between railroads and increasing the number of those connections.” he continued Considering the cities located in this general territory which had more than 75,000 people in 1923 we find that the Pennsylvania Railroad serves 35 of them, with a total population of 19, £76.000; the New York Central 30. with | # population of 17,655,000; the.Balti- more and Ohio 19. with a population of 17,266,000, while the contemplated | Nickel Plate merger would serve 2%, | with a population of 17,465,000 The Nickel Plate would likewise, after the merger, be obiiged to turn nver to connecting and competing rail- roads freight for a large number of points in Eastern territory, Mr. Pow- | eIl sald. naming Philadelphia and Bal- timore as two of the principal ones. | { Sheriff’s Son Acquitted. Epecial Dispateh to The Star BERKELEY SPRINC 7. . April 15.—Harry Hovermale, 26, son | of Sheriff O. B. Hovermale, Aorgan County. was acquitted this morning of charges of criminal assault npon Mattie Dawson. 17. a relative of his wife. The jury received the case last night Va | plete, | legislative battle | nis art. | has | dent Famous Artist Dead JOHN S. SARGENT, From portrait by himself. JOHN SINGER SARGENT, NOTED ARTIST, DIES AT HOME IN LONDON (Continued from First 5 Page.) sketches are scattered all over Eng- Jand. in great town houses, country estates, in clubhouses and the homes of_various organizaiions During his long career Sar prolific both with pen and pencil, while his portraits and sketches of prominent and wealthy personages total a very large number. M of the great public gallertes of Eng Jand long have exhibited some of the better examples of his work and last vear his collection of portraits of the Wertheimer familv was hung in the special room in the national galler This was a rare recognition of his zenius, for the national gallery sel- dom accepts the work of living artists. WORK IS UNFINISHED. Series of Paintings in Boston Mu-| seum Started in 1923. By the Associated Press BOSTON. April 15.—The death in London today of John Singer Sargent leaves some of the work of the great portrait and mural painter unfinished. On the last of the artist's periodical Visits to this city, in 1923, he began a series of paintings in the rotunda of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, but returned to England, leaving comple- tion of the work for another time Although recognized as one of the great portrait painters of his time, much of Sargent's fame in America rested on his mural decorations in public buildings of Boston, which was his home on many of his trips to tha land of his ancestors. The best known | examples of his work are to be found in the Boston Public Library, the Widener Library at Harvard and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The two first-named collections are com. the series at Harvard having been finished in 1916, In 1923 Sargent installed a series of paintings in the rotunda of the Mu seum of Fine Arts. A series of deco rations in keeping with the work in the rotunda was to have heen added over the main stairway, but death has intervened. Painting Caused Dispute. The series of paintings in the Bos- ton Public Library portraying the his- tory of religion contains one composl- tion, “The Synagogue,” over which a waged for sev. eral months. Efforts were made have the palnting. which portrays the conflict between Judaism and Chris- tianity, removed on the zround that it cast reflections on the Jewish re- ligion. In June. 19 the Leg- islature passed a bill ordering the li brary trustees to remove the painting but ‘a. later ruling by the Supreme Court caused it to remain in place. At the height of the controversy an at- { tempt was made to mar the painting by throwing ink on it, but no serious damage was done. Prior to his visit 1o Boston in 1923 to inatall the decorations at the Mu- seum of Fine Arts Sargent last vis- ited this city in 1916, when he was en- gaged in his work at the Widener li- brary at Harvard. His visits to Amer- ica were widely separated and were for the most part in connection with He rarely spoke for publi- cation and never discussed or com- mented on his own work, leaving it to his friends or associates to make known his opinions. CHIEF AMERICAN ARTIST. Sargent Grew Up in Atmosphere of Great Works. For many vears now the name of John Singer Sargent has held first place among American artists: ranked higher among porary artists in the world. been a name to conjure with cotem It ha: it John Singer Sargent was born in Florence in 1856 of American parefits. His father was a physician: his moth- er painted, not professionally, but as {a pastime, and possessed a distinct gift for art. He grew up amid those gzreat monuments of art in Florence in an atmosphere of culture. refine- ment and beauty in a home where in- tellectuality controlled. At 18, after having studied somewhat at the Flor- ence Academy, he presented himself at ihe studio of Carolus-Duran in Paris, seeking instruction, offering in testimony of his sirfcerity of purpose a modest portfolio of drawings. Duran accepted him and in a short time the pupil outstripped the master. jut Sargent was an earnest stu He did not employ short cuts ‘o art; he went the long road of hard study. He was abundantly endowed at birth with genius, and, like others so gifted, he came early into his own. “Fhe Oyster Gatherers.” owned by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, w painted when he was in his twenties. oon as he bezan exhibit {White House Mecca for Tourists Of All Places The White House continues to he the principal attraction for the many visitors in Washington thi Spring. Various walkways in_the front grounds are alive with tourists from morning until night and dur- ing those hours the White House and the executive office are open to callers More than 1400 persons filed through the President’s office and shook hands with him vesterday. which was sald by White House officials to be a handshaking rec- ord for him. But this number was exceeded by more than 500 when today’s line of handshakers passed through his office, which totaled 1,859, President Coolidge showed no signs of fatizue or annoyance” when it was all over. On the con trary he seemed to greatly enjoy this liftle hreak in his customary daily grind. The President has ronfided to some of his intimates to | none | has | been a name which all have honored. | THE EVENING TEST GIRL'S BODY FOR POISON EFFECT Chemists Examining Vital| Organs of Miss Oberholtzer, Alleged Attack Victim By the Associated Press. | INDIANAPOLIS, “April 15.—Post- | mortem and microscopic examinations | | of the internal organs of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28, who died vesterday from the effects of poison she is said | |to have taken followirz an alleged attack by D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Kiux Klan, today occupied chemists, physiclans and members of the prosecuting at- torney's staff. Funeral services for Miss Oberholt- zer, it was announced, will be held Thursday afternoon. Miss Oberholt- zer qied vesterday after being uncon- scios for more than two weeks. For more than ten. days physicians ex- pressed the opinion that the girl could | not live Await Judge’s Decision. ‘While the prosecution turned to the examination of the girl's vital or- gans. attorneys for the former Klans- man and for Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry awaited the decision of Judge James A. Collins in the Crim- inal Court on their motions to quash the indictments against the three. Judge Collins will announce his decision tomorrow. Stephenson | is charged with maliclous mayhem, assault_and Dbattery with intent to kill and assault with intent to com- | mit rape. All three are charged with conspiracy to commit a felony Whether a more serious charge will | be placed azainst Stephenson, Prose- cuting Attorney William Remy would not say. He sald, however, the mat ter will be discussed at conferences with attorneys employed by the girl's parents to assist bim in the prosecu tion of the case. A coroner's inquest {will be held today to determine the | exact cause of the girl's death. WHEELER CAS‘E READY. Final Preparations Made to Begin | Trial Tomorrow. GREAT FALLS. Mont., April 15— Final preparations for the trial to- morrow of Senator Burton K. Wheeler | went forward here todav. Edwin S. Booth. former selicitor of the Interior Department, who. re- cently was indicted with Wheeler in Washington as a sequel to the grand jury action here a vear ago, arrived in Great Falls last night. He has | | been subpoenaed by the Government, | | but may refuse to testify because of the Washington indictments. | Senator Wheeler is charged with | | accepting _a fee for prosecuting | claims of Gordon Campbell, Montana | oil operator, before the Department of the Interfor after he was elected Senator. Senator Thomas J. Walsh | | will defend him. LA FOLLETTE HITS RUMOR} Denies Son Will Run for Wisconsin Governorship. | A formal siatement was issued to-| day by Senator La Follette of Wiscon- | | racterizing as a “pure fabri { cation” published reports that Gov. | Blaine ‘would be the candidate for | United States Senator in Wisconsin: | that Robert M. La Foliette, jr.. would | run for Governor next Spring. and| that the Senator would direct the campalgn. The statement said not contain “one wor the reports did of truth |ing he was recognized as a grear | painter, and zreat he has been from {that day to this. For many years Sargent made his home in London. He is the only American artist whose works have | been given place in the great British | Natlonal Gallery of Art. He is one of the few American artists who have been invited to paint_their own por- traits for the UMz Galiery. in Flor- ence, Italy. He has received almost every honor which an artist can win. During the Great War an un- painted canvas by him, with his prom- ise to paint any one who purchased | it. sold at auction for $30,000, the | amount going to .one of the great war funds. His works have been | purchased by pragticaily all of the| great governments for their national | collections | 1t was Sargent who painted the por- itrait of Roosevelt in the White House. ! His is the great portrait of Maj. Hig | ginson at Harvard. He painted por- traits of John Hay and of Gen. Leon- | |ard Wood, both of which have been | exhibited in the Corcoran Gallery. | | When a great exhibition of Sargent's | paintings was held in the Grand Cen- | | tral Galleries, New York. last season ! |1t was visited, according to report, | by, not thousands, but hundreds of housands. Paintings for Library. Some years ago he accepted the | | commission for a series of mural | paintings for the Public Library in| Boston. To this series belongs the | “Frieze of the Prophets,” so well| known through reproduction. He had lately completed a series of mural | decorations for the Boston Museum | of Fine Arts. Some years ago he gave up portrait pamting and since that time he had | painted only for his vwn pleasure— landscapes with figures in oil and in water color, works which, however, have found not only ready sale but eager purchasers. Since the war Mr. Sargent hmt spent part of each year in this coun. trv completing the decorations for the Boston Public Library and Art Mu. seum and superintending iheir place. ment, taking excursions into the | Canadian Rockies and showing him. self in every way at heart an Amer. ican. His power as a painter had witnessed 1o diminution and his death may be regarded in the light of a natjonal calamity. T B i i i ECH | ' | of Interest in City that he enjoys lboking inte the smiling faces as they file past him. In fact he enjoys the experience so much that he would not permit his assistants about the ‘White House to shut down on the nurgber of daily handshakers. Persons who have the President's interest at heart were beginning to fear that the dally handshaking would begin 1o tell on him physically, and pro- posed to put a limit upon the num- ber to be received daily. The Presi- dent did not take kindly to this and let it be known that he is perfectly willing to devote not over half an hour to this formality daily, unless the pressure of Government busi- ness is too great. Handshakers today anfl yesterday were, for the most part, high school teachers and pupils, principally from New York and New Jersey. There were nearly 500 In one party, from schools in White County. . Y. Schools in Delaware and New Jersey contributed largely to to- day’'s long line. ! i | | | | observations: STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C MASSACHUSETTS i BULK OF TRAFFIC, Boy Scouts Check ow of Autos From 81to10 AM. 600 Fl Two More Tallies to Be Made Today for Eldridge. Six hundred Boy Scouts, commis- | sioned by Director of Traffic Eld-| ridge to make a traffic count today on_principal thoroughfares of Wash- ington, removed their hats upon com- pletion of the & to 10 =.m. check, Wwiped their foreheads with the back of their hands and sat down on the curb In retrospection of the following 1. It looks as if most of the city's motorists start out about a ar to 8 every morning in a srand to reach the downtown section two or_three minutes before 9 o'clock. 2. Trying to check up on every car When the rush is at its height, viz., about 5 ok 10 minutes to 9, is humanly impossible. i 3. More automobfles travel fast on Massachusetts avenue between Dupont and Scott Circles during the morning office trek than on any other thoroughfare. B 4. The next niost busiest thorough- fare at the peak hours is Pennsylvania avenue hetween Washington Circle and Seventeenth street Cars Pass in Minute, The maximum number of auto mobiles which are able 1o pass a given point during the 8 to 10 a.m. jam is about a dozen per minute. This max imum was recorded on Massachusetts | avenue between the two aforemen- tioned circles. 6. As the traffic converges in the so called congested district. the move ment is slowed up to half the speed maintained a few minutes earlier, so that, for example, but about six south- bound cars are able to pass.a given point on Thirteenth street near F two or three minutes before 3 o'clock. These are just a few of the random observations obtained by the hovs on the first shift this morning. There no | doubt will be other interesting things | noted during the two hour shifts this | afternoon, from noon 10 2 and from 4 | 1o 6 o'clock. It is expected that the | latter count will virtually repeat th fAindings of the morning rush peri except as to direction The final tabulation of the result of the three. counts will not be com- pleted for several davs. it is under- | stood, but enough of an idea of how the trafic was moving was obtained | this morning to give the above gen eral deductions. Moller Is Pleased. Col. L €. Moller, asistant to Traffic Director Eldridge. in personal charge of the count, made a round ef some of the stations today and expressed himself well pleased with the work of the Scouts. When the results are tabulated, Col. Moller expects to record them in diagrammatic form on a map of the city, so that he will have before him a bird's-eyve view of just how ington’s streets look at the height of the traffic jam. He believes this chart will help In determining the course to take in reconsidering the location pf | one-way streets. and in the mapping| out of trafic lanes on other thorough- fares. pme of the results of the morning count at downtown locations follow Sast-bound on Massachusetis avenue at a point Just west of Scott Ci 1.453 passenger cars. 60 trucks and 5 horse-drawn vehicles. ‘Southbornd on Connecticut 1 by Aven Ice Water Revives “Dead” Woman. 80;! Now May Get Well| By the Associated Pre WHEELING, W. Va.. April 15 An upplication of ice water resus- clated Mrs. Sarah Burge, S0 vears old, as friends and relatives gather ed at her home to arrange for her funeral after the aged woman had lapsed into a state of coma and was believed to have died Returning today from Woodruff, W. Va., where they had been sium moned by the report of Mrs. Burge's death, Mrs. Margaret Davis and her daughter, Mrs. Ger trude - Jones. related the circum: stances of her rafly. " Mrs. Burge is the mother of Mrs. Davis While those at the bedside were discussing funeral arrangements Mrs. Jones said she hegan bathing her grandmother's face with ice water. Mrs. Burge opened her eves a few minutes later, she sald, to inquire what was the matter, Her recovery from an attack of pneumonia was expected HAVER DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. FIRST RACE—Steeplechase: chaiming r 4-year-olds and up: about 5 miles. White Ash . Lollipog - Tobpy Nix * §Bashdon *Double Tip . 1Coon Can ... s -ligible— Bandlone. . tor Ruine ... Red Clover 4Draft ... $Buddugie . $Trapstick Peceant . tBlack Fox . Lady Zeus . *Heary Dattnér. 135 1Ten pounds allowance claimed for rider. $James Arthur and S. Ross entry. | §B. Tuckerman, ir.. and J. R, Macomber ent SECOND RACE—Purse. 1 en 3-year-olds: 8 furlongs. o ioner . . Bill Shaffer . SQoiaen Star - Lady Ambassador Lady Gailivant.. Volcano .. . First Mate ... Devonehire . Shady Sadis ... 1Star Bright Prirce of Brbon 116 Golden Spire tFair Stable and Waterbury entry. THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.200: for maid- en 2-year-old colts and geldings: 4 furlonzs 1Fiddle St Apple Cross . Nurmi ... Sligo Branch Hot_Pepper Endor Harvey Stedman Welshot 3 Crusader Also eligible— Herbert ¢Pitchford . Exchequer INight Exprese T Acrostic 5 +John Finnizan 00: for maid- % ERRRRRR BB R FEEBEE 2R tH. P. Whitney entrs. $E. B. McLean entry JE. P, Marshall entry. Woods Garth entry. FOURTH RACE—Claiming: purse. $1.200 Zyearolds and up: b furionge Tiandi ........ 113 8t. Valentina Heel Tavs ' Leatherwood *Lord Bahi'e 2d Everglade Dream Maker .. *MacLean Ten Sixty Polynesia Double Eniendre Poniola SWellfinder ... . Ensigo . Atlantida . TFT) 0001 for RACE—The Edgewood purse, 4-year-olds and up: 1 miles. 114 Top Sergeant .. 104 Nose Dive . . 108 Thimbie v Willlam Tell'3d 104 SIXTH RACE — The Climax purse, $1.500: for 3-year-olds: 1 mile and 70, yards. George De Mar. 108 Balboa . 108 Over All ...... 102 Millwick .. 108 Moon Magic .. 103 Auction "B [l Sweeping Away. 1068 Rowl'd's Request 1 Brune ........ 98 (Auction "B formerly ran as Miryachit.) SEVENTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1. 200: for 3-year-olds and up: 1/ miles. *Asa Jewell ... 113 Intrevid a8 02 *Ampolac . Rovden *Gypay Piver .. 91 prentice allowance claimed, Weather clear: track fast. Wash- | ¥ ! south ‘POLICE TRIAL ENDS; | Proctor, | tween counsel | mented | stage ! satisfied to leave his case in the hands | inclined WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 O s, TOATIET ACCUSE INHOSPTAL FIRES Mysterious Origin of Blazes at St. Elizabeth’s Solved, Say Officials. | i | { Investigating several fires thathave | heen started in buildings at St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital, officials of the insti- tution this morning learned the jden- tity of the offender. a patient, and he has heen placed in a ward and de prived of his parole privileges in the srounds about the hospital. Dr. H. . Woolley, member of the staff, conducted the investigation Three of the several fires started the last week or ten days were in corri- dors, one at the door of the dental clinic. one at a bathroom door and the other in a corridor in plain view of passersby Small piles of newspapers were ig- nited, but in no instance did the fire gain headway enough to do damage. | The guilty patient, whose relatives reside in this city, told Dr. Woolley and others that he had been nervous {and needed a thrill to relieve him of the nervousness, and such relief was afforded by starting the fires. Following a fire yesterday, patients | were deprived of their parole privi-| leges, and after dinner none was per- { mitted the freedom of the grounds. In view of the successful investiga tion, such privileges will be restored. Hospital physicians and other em ployes were apprehensive of serious | danger hecause of the fires and now feel greatly | One of the Counters. at 892 senger 11 Massachusetts aven cars, 24 trucks. horse-drawn vehicles. P East on Pennsylvania avenue at Twentieth street. 1,194 passenger cars, 210 busses, 202 trucks and horse-drawn vehicles East on Pennsylvania eventeenth street, 1,04 cars and 260 trucks (reduced due to traffic turning south Potomac Park). tween F and T80 passenger (©p 1o 9:30 a.m.) South on Fourteenth street G and F, 949 passenger cars and trucks. (Up to 9:30 a.m.) Both directions G tween Fourteenth and streets. 545 passenger cars 9:30 a.m.) West on Seventeenth pas busses and COUNCIL NOMINEES MAY BE QUIZZED ON D. C. VOTING STAND (Continued from First unt on Pen Ivania Avenue. | [ | Page.) avenue at o passenger number toward zens’ May The two colored members will be chosen by the Federation of Civic As socfations at a meeting, April 24 it | was announced today. Associations on Saturday night, irteenth be- | Pennsylvania and 1 on street | avenue, i frucks. Four Women in Race. | \ between Raf- | 124 The naming of Mrs. Giles Scott ter w the Parent-Teacher Associa- tion as its nominee for the council brings the number of woman candi- dates to four. The other woman can- didates are Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Alcena Lamond and Mrs. Frank | Hiram Snell. Others nominated last night are Dan- iel Edwards. named by the Lincoln Park Citizens' Assoctation; Fred S. Walker, by the Parkview association, of which he is president, and Stephen | E. Kramer, first assistant superin-| tendent of schools and former princi- | pal of Central High School, who was named as the choice of the Sixteenth Street Heights association Two more were nominated by col ored associations: Howard D. Wood- son by the Northeast Boundary-as- | sociation, and_Eilzie 8. Hoffman, Ly the Barry Farms association nli Southeast Washington i Severat Ask More Time: ! Several associations did not name | candidates. saying that they had been ziven sufficient time to call meeting Extension of the time limit is being considered. it was said today A spirited election is assured from | the long list of candidates, which in- | cludes many who have been prominent | in_civic affairs. | The complete list of candidates fol- | lows: | Charles A. Baker, former president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa tions. nominated hy three associations, the Conduit road hody. the Northwest Suburban association and the Tako- | ma Park association William S. Torbert. chairman of the |committee which drafied the council {plan by the Rhode Island Avenue | association.with which he is identified., |&nd by the Brookland association Man Who Charges He Was| st thamber of Commerce, e the B t Too B sy to At | Georgetown association eaten u - tend, He Says. | George C. Havenner. by the Ana- i on street, he Fifteenth (Up 1o Pennsyivania avenue at street, 945 passenger | and 140 trucks. (Up to 9:30 aum.) South on Seventeenth street at Pennsylvania avenue, 440 passenger (Up 1o 5:30 a.m.) F Street Total. West on F street at Thirteenth passenger cars, 34 trucks, 1 bus and 6 horsedrawn vehicles South on Thirteenth i passen ars, 33 trucks and 4 he Bast on F at 13th, 542 cars, 31 busses. 13 trucks horse-drawn vehicl th on Sixteenth street, just | of Scott Circle, 513 passenger . 31 buses, 13 trucks and 4 horse drawn vehicles Today’s count will not he taken as final The Scouts will he called on again a week or two hence to repeat their assignmeént and the average of | the two counts will be considered as a fair criterion of actual conditions. F 16 vehicles. passenger and 4 street at busses, rse-drawn a costia association and by the Randle Highlands and the East Washington associations. eorze R. Wales, United States Civil ervice Commission, by the Cathedral eights association. John A. Saul, by sociation. Lewis DXNby. by the Sixteenth | t Highlands association. Finch, vice president of by the Piney Branch | With the prosecuting witness and | 'l his attorneys absent. the trials of Lieut W. Davis and Pvt. Raiph charged with four other g roe policemen with beating Arthur Davis!™ George A while he was a prisoner at the seventh the fede! fon, precinct station on September 27, 1924, association came to an end before the police trial|" jenry K. Bush-Brown, sculptor, by board this morning amid a flare-up of | (o Washington Chapter of the Amer: verbal and written interchanzes be-|joan Institute of Architects and by the Arts Club. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley by the Kal orama Citizens' Association. Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell League of Woman Voters. Mrs. Alcena Lamond by the Takoma Park assbciation Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, the Parent- Teacher Association. Stephen E. Kramer, the Street Helghts association Fred S. Walker, Park View asso- | clation. Daniel Edwards, Lincoln Park as- sociation. Willlam G. Henderson, Capitol associatian. Clayton E. Emig, the Dupont circle association. W. 1. Swanton of Heights' assoclation. William S. Quinter, the Connecticut avenue association. Harry N. Stull, Stanton Park asso- ciation. . James G. Yaden, the Petworth association. Proctor L. Dougherty, Chase association. -E. J. Brennan, the Michigan Park aseociation. Brnest H. association. C. A. Langley of Chillum Heights association. A. 1. Driscoll, president of the Mid- city association. Dr. G. Interest Citizens’ Association of East ‘Washington. W. H. Lew tion. Lemuel ington Dr. tion. Dr. A. R. Collins, Southwest Wash- ington assocfation. Huver 1. Brown, association. George Beason, Civic Association. Dr. D. E. Wiseman, Park association. Shelby J. Davidson, the Northwest association. the Brightwood | P. J. Ryan, counsel for Davis, pre. letter to the trial board be fore its session in which it was stated that “now Mr. Davis has reached that where he is tired out and is i ! | i | i of an unbfased public.” and. “in view | of the fact that he has a lving to | make and a_wife to support, he is not | and cannot afford to waste | further time upon this case, and for the further reason that his patience L:as been worn out by the dilatoriness of the trial hoard.” The letter stated that ance of Davis, his witnesses and coun- sel would be a ‘“waste” of valuable time if they had to attend the session today. Defense Retorts Warmly. In his concluding argument, Wil liam E. Leahy, attorney for the ac-| cused policemen; eame back with an equally warm ‘reply, in which he characterized Mr. Ryan's letter as “a weak attempt to explain what can- not be explained—leaving this court- room without putting-in testimony to refute the evidence, There was tiine to drag these men through the news- papers. through the grand jury and the petit jury consideration. but’ when he is all through and has put ns io all the trouble and bother he in, counsel submits that his client is 1. o busy and counsel cannot waste time here.” . s xteenth I the appear- | the North the Columbia the Chevy | Pullman, the Manor Park Witnesses Heard. Fifteen witnegses were on the stand | thix morning. FKach testified regard- ng events on the night of September 7. 1924, Their testimony and a short argument by Leahy. in which he dep- vecated the bitterness injected into the tria), concluded the hearing of the six | cases by the trial board against Lieut. Pierson. Proctor and Pvts. C. P. Rob- R. B. Carroll, Del Mar Mil- stead and J. F. Gowen. 1t was charged that Davis had been beaten by these officers on the night mentioned, with a bag over his head to prevent identity of his assailants being known. The trial board, consisting of W. H. Wahly and Capts. Brown and Sheetz, 3 jr.. Garfield associa- Fugett, Southeast Wash- soclation. U. J. Daniels, Potomac associa- Pleasant Plains the Georgetown the Howard { commendable }aration of an orati | Humphreys, not | ! | military H. Richardson of the Public | Sees Lawlessness Curbed as Result Of Oratory Contest i 7 | | Watson Finds Event Factor in Remov- ing Ignorance of Law. Senator ) | : H I cannot conceive of a more pow- | erful single plan to meet the grow ing menace of lawléssnese and Ig norance of the fundamentals of law among the youth of this country than this encour- agement of & mil- lion high school boys and girls to think seriously on the Constitution of the United States, they must taking the na- oratorical said Sen- ator Watson of Indiana. “Add to this million the many millions of listeners as the orations were de- livered in the 1924 contest and (hie movement has tre- mendous significance “The project is a veritable snow= ball of patriotic education, gathering even greater momentum and worth it rolls along. Unquestionably valuable in 1924. it should be even more so this vear ot only should the thorities hack the contest as in in SENATOR WATSON sehool au-| in its most | fforts, hut parents of | hovs and giris should ues in the prep- \ on such a sub- | and the winning or of a contest.’ high =chool see the concrete v such TWO NEW FORESTS COVERTJO0ACRES Part of Camps Meade and Humphreys Made Tim- ber Reserves. losing [ | f | | ents More than 7.000 acres. much of it virgin forest, in nearby Maryland and | Virginia, covering areas associated in- | timately with the early history of the | United States and the Jater hostory of | preparation of its yvouth for participa- ! tion in the greatest war of the ages. will be embraced In the two national forests created on the military reser- | vations at Camp Meade. Md.. and Fort Va.. vesterday by order of President Coolidge. The two na tional forests located near Washing ton have been designated the Meade | National Forest and the Humphreys | National Forest and will hé adminis- | trated under the supervision of the st Service of the Department of culture. | The Meade reservation is the fir mational forest ever to be established Maryland and contains about 4.7 acres in Anne Arundel County. The Humphreys forest is contained in the area of Fort Humphreys in Fairfax County. Va.. a little more than three miles from Mount Vernon. overlooking ! the Potomac River. It contains about 3,000 acres i Apart From Camps. | Designation of the areas named will | not interfere with the use of the 1wo | camps. A line has heen | drawn lmiting the national forest at | Fort Humphreys so as to exclude the intensively used portion of the reser- | vation entirely from the national for- | est. Both forests are created under the provisions of the Clarke-MeNary act, which provides for national for- ests under ‘the jurisdiction of the Sec- | retary of Agriculture on existing mili- tary and naval reservations with the consent of the Secretary controlling the reservation. to be subject to reg ulations agreed to by the two cabinet officers concerned P Reservation of the area at Camp Meade for national forest purposes will make possible the growing of a good grade of timber:~the Forest Serv- | ice said, as the area has a good capac ity for timber production and with | protection from fire and care of thel! voung stand the valuable forests of the past will be reproduced The area embraced in the Hum phrey’s national forest is known as Bel voir and contains the site of the resi- dence of William Fairfax. It is close to Mount Vernon and George Wash- ington visited at Belvoir frequently taklng part in fox hunts from the Fairfax mansion cores of thousands of soldiers cruited from all walks of civil were trained for the World V/ Camp Meade and Fort Humphrey: The latter place was the training area for Army Engineer troops. while Camp Meade was an Infantry and Artillery | taining camp. Seven thousand acres of land on | the military reservation at Camp Lee, near Petersburg, Va.. are also in- cluded in the property designated as national forests on eight military re ervations yesterday by the President. There is no present military use of Camp Lee. It will be known as the Lee National Forest. $243 Is Received A | re- ! n life, at | | For Fish Net Fund As Gifts Continue Grown Men Join Small Boys in Promoting Tidal Basin Plan. men or small bovs, there are many of plan, already approved by those in charge. of stocking the Tidal Basin, to in Washington. Adaitional contributions were com. ing into The Star Office today from fishermen who are going on record, through their subscriptions to the fund to equip the basin with the neces: sary mesh gates, as being interested enough to see that the plan is carried through. They were reminded today ihat through their subscriptions thev become listed as the donors of what is expected to be one of the finest recrea- tion spots in the District. The fund raised so far is about one- CROSSINGS’ DEATHS SHOW JAY-WALKING SAFER IN CAPITAL (Continued from First Page.) reserved decision. Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 15, —W. C. Gill, sheriff at Chesterfield died to. day. He was 84 years old, and had been in office 53 yvears. | Sheriff Gill handled the famous beattie murder case some 15 years|tles. |ARo. obtaining the evidence upon Most of the data in the analysis which H. K. Beattie was convicted | was compiled by Henry R. Trum- and hanged for shooting his wife to|bower, economist of the United States death while they wers out for a ride.’ Bureau of Public Roada. s occur will be carefully studied by M. Eldridge in an effort to devise every means possible of cutting down fatali quarter of what is expected to be necessary. Col. Sherrill's office already has made preliminary surveys for in- stalling the wire nets necessary to re- tain the fish.in the basin, after the Bureau of Fisheries completes the work of stocking it. Contributions received follow Acknowledged -$226.00 Warren and Cora Moore - 500 Dr. Alvin Tilley... 1 M. H. Dulaney. 1 C. E. Heard.... H. M G. F. D. Rollings Ui i 50 Bob Foster .. Total 00 00 .00 00 00 | Uncle Sam are Whether fishing is a sport for grown | the former who are interested in the | make it one of the finest fishing places 00 | FOREIGN BORN VN ORATORY HONORS Take Many School Awards. One May Be in Finals in Capital. of n n Adopted nephews and nieces winning honors oratorical contest the hoys and girls Coreign birth or parentage are ning over the native Americans. looks as if one of them might win place in the national finals of May = The Detroit Néws. in particular, has discovered a number of voungsters of foreign extraction among its most successful candidates. Laura MaeGrain of High School Detroit Cruden of Southeastern High School of that city, champions in their re spective schools. are continuing in the oratorical contest a rivairy begun when the two were small children in Seotland Laura been in America but has achieved the national many cases Northeastern and R i but 15 vears nld only a various triumphs in her school career in this country. It is her belief that foreign-born Ame: jcans are as much interested in institutions of American Governmer as native Americans Boy Wins School F Robert, also has been in this The great interes tory. which he h has been here. has sion in his tion which womrh high school Samuel B. Kerdnoff, Brody, Austria, 17 vears represent the Detroh High Commerce in the national ora contest. His subject is “Hamiltor the Constitution. G rge Chumos Topeka, Kans.. son of a Greek imm grant, won his way to the nationa finals last vear with the same subject Xerdnoff has had considerable exper ence in public speaking, and savs that he wonld “rather talk than eat Herman Pekarsky was born in Pr land and moved to Grand Rapids Mich., three and onehalfl vears He won the contest on the Con tien in his high school speaking “The Constitution.” George Kosseff. a native of B Thelma Levin. born in Boston of T manian parentage. and Samnel B has. born in Detroit of Rus are students in the high schor of Detroit, who took part in the ¢ tests. A Japanese bhov, Younz Also. one of the 200 entrants in the Hn wood High School, Los Angeles. Calif He won the second prize in a pre Mminary elimination contest condv ed at that place. “The Constit tion” was the subject which he chose for his oration, which =0 good that it was printed in the Los Angeles Times MRS. STREET T0 REST IN ARLINGTON GRAVE Funeral of Deaconess’ National Secretary Will Be Held Here Tomorrow. an nor. is 15 vears of age. a Con s vear in his Amer Seen nd 3 expres who was h £0. W was Mrs. R D national secretary of the dea Aépartment of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Math odist Episcopal Church Los Angeles. Calif. will be conducted dist Episcopal Church here morning at 11 rk Bishop {liam F. MeDowell and Rev. Dr Shera Montgomery will officiate. terment will be in Arlington tery, where her hu and, Dr | Street s buriea !™ Pallvearers will be J. L {A. C. Cristie. Maurice Ot | Hoskinson, J. L. Leverton. Edward Hall and Judge Joseph Thompson i Prominent workers in the Methodist | Church from various parts of the cou try will attend the funeral services A telegram was received by rel tives in this city from Mrs. Wilbur Thirkield. president the Wom: Home Hissionary Soclety, in wh she praised the untiring work of M Street and expressed syvmpath with the family Mrs. Street’s work required travel throughout the United and while on a mission for the ch she stricken with influenza which resulted in her death left this city several weeks her death. Mrs. Street was not only secretary for the deaconess depait ment of the Woman’'s Home Mission ary Society of the Methodist FEpis copal Church but had long bheen prominent in welfare activities n Washington. She was a trustee the Woman's Home AMissionars ciety. @ member of the Roard Hospitals and Homes of the Metho dist Church, was a founder and for 6 vears president of the Methodist Home for the Aged. one of the prin cipal founders of the Swartzell Chil dren’s Home and orsanized the woman's guild of the Sibley Memorial Hospital, in the development of which she took a prominent part Representatives of all these organi zations will attend the funeral Funeral for Street services coness who Wednesda Methe W Ir DB qi in Calvars: Nuber. T terback. H = She prior to national Street’s husband. the late Dr Street, was a veteran of the Civil War |and a practicing physician of this ity for 35 vears. She is survived hy four daughters. Mrs. E. Patterson, Mrs. A. B. Conway, Mrs. F. S. Wilson and Miss Blanche Street: a son, Dr {D. B. Street. jr. two granddaughters | Miss Virginia Baen Street Barbara? Baen Patterson brother, James Gatchell. COOLIDGE VIEWS, CORRECTLY QUOTED. REASSURE ANGLERS (Continued from First Tage.) v and Miss | ind a thing relative to the cases of the dia- charged Government Printing Office employes, or anything relative 1o a special proposal to reorganize Federal bureaus. 4. With respect to the suggestion that Senator Butler of Massachusetts might resign the chairmanship of the Republican national committee, the President thought one might revert to the old rule in physics that a body at rest remains at rest, and that a body in motion continues to go for ward until acted upon by some outside force. The President had forgotten whether that was one of Newton's or some rule of that kind. But it is applicable especially to people holding office. and any suggestion of resiz- nation from office should always be viewed with suspicion. 5. The President couldn't attend the international police convention in New York. 6. The President liked to shake hands with people who came (o TWwashington and didn't approve of the ®uggestion that he assemble the v Jors on the lawn and speak to them. (Copyright, 10354