Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1925, Page 14

HOUGKTON IS HELD OF VALUE IN OFFIG Experiences in Berlin De- clared to Have Added to Worth in Britain, BY GARDINER T Rad INDON Spring ow and the cuckoo »uth and an 1s fill B and arrivals public mind hton, the Ambassador has the Atl ic and t Viceroy of India, ha \ the East. The Kin new JOS 'ARRANGING CORNER THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 26, 1925—PART 1. RESEARCH OF YEAR VALUABLE, STONE LAYING CHARLES A. GOLDSMITH, HEBREW LEADERS 10 HEAR COOLIDGE Notables to Attend Corner Stone Laying at New Center Building. Corner stone laying exercises for at Sixteenth and Q streets, at which President Coolidge will speak next Sunday, will bring together leading Jews from throughout the country, while many prominent in official life in Washington and representatives from various Christian denominations also will be present. Ixercises are to begin at 5 o'clock, with the President scheduled to speak at 3:30. Word has been received that Louls the New Jewish Community Center | SMITHSONIAN REPORT SHOW Many FieldJ'Covered by Scientists in Ten Foreign Countries and Thirteen States—*‘W hite Indian> Study Important. Description of the work of the Smithsonian Institution, afield in 10 foreign countries and 13 States of the United States, is given in the annual exploration pamphlet of the institu- tion, just published. Hundreds of specimens collected in the study of geology, astronomy, zo- ology, botany, anthropology, including archeology and ethnology, and ento- mology, were sent to Washington and many of them have been put on exhi- bition in the halls of the National Museum. ixpeditions, according to the report, were carried on, either by the Smith- sonfan Institution alone or in conjunc- proven to be of the upper Cambrian age. Advance was made in the experi ments at the astronomical obser tories maintained on Mount Monte- zuma, in Chile, and Mount Harqua Hala, Arizona, to establish an improv ed form of weather forecasting, and the work is described fully in the pamphlet. Forecasts by Five Days. Forecasts made as a result of these experiments, according to the pam phlet, show that there has been attain ed “some degree of real prevision, bas tombs of the Han dynasty at Yu Ho Chen, in the province of Honan Botanical expeditions to South and | Central America, it is reported, have | vielded large collections for the N tional Herbarium, many new species being found. Indian burial mounds in Florida and Alabama ylelded numerous Indian skeletons, utensils and weapons to the expedition of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. The pamphlet closes with accounts | Bureau of American Ethnology studying the Tule, the Kiowa and the Fox Indians. photographs taken by explorers in the field, showing the most interesting features of the countries in which | they were working. SEEK HERMIT’S SLAYER. | Virginia Police Think Aged Nat- uralist Shot at His Door. | NORFOLK, Va. April 25.—John P. Cowling, vears old, survevor and of the fleld work of members of the | The pamphlet is lllustrated with 135 | MAY TEST BUS LINE | AS CARS’ SUBSTITUTE Branchville-Laurel Problem Given Airing by Public Service Commission of Maryland. Special Dispateh (o The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md.. April a result of a hearing vesterda the Public Service Commis- sion on the question of abandonment | of the Branchville-Laurel railway line | for busses on the Washington boule ard which the car | service will be in part sispended and | the bus plan tested probably will re- | suit before an experiment by Former Associate Justice Filimora | Bell of Beltsville and W. F. Mulligan of Berwyn were leaders of a delega- tion protesting against abandonment 'H A. WILNER, the N g General chairman. ave reached Paris on the Mediterranean and brothers are here en eat journey. The two umong the friends who Read on his arri ed on solar observations, even to five days in advance.” This work was under the direction of Dr. . G Abbott. Dr. Abbott also made advances in the measurement of the heat of color far into the infra-red, through the use of a radiometer and observations made with the 100-Inch reflecting telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory A large collection of mammals, fishes, birds, insects and other natural history specimens was shipped to the National Museum from the zoological but it was carried on. Some of the |expedition of Rev. David (' 1ham “white Indians” brought back to this |in western China. country were definitely identified as 2 £ Tw | rebresentatives of a form of albinism Erxcavaiod Xwo, Tombs. The pamphlet describes the work of | Another expedition in China, Secretary Charles D. Walcott studying | ducted under the auspices of the |the investigation. Besides his son | the geological formations north of | Freer Gallery of Art of the Smith- |he is survived by his wife and two Bow Valley, in the Canadian Rockies. | sonian and the Museum of Fine Arts, | daughters, who reside in Suffolk, and Fossils were collected there and the | Boston, found prehistoric cultural ob Mrs. J. W. Hall of Savannah great Lyell limestone formation was | jects through the excavation naturalist, was found shot to death vesterday morning in his little cabin where he lived alone in the pine w along Nansemond River, folk Meager have proved of little One arrest was made, but | pect furnished an alibf. Cowling, ac Marshall, New York lawyer and phl- lanthropist; Harry Glucksman and nu- merous prominent officlals of the Jew- ish Welfare Board will be present. Mr. Marshall is to deliver an addres: while addresses also will be delivered by Bishop James B. Freeman of the Episcopal diocese of Washington and Morris Cafritz, a member of the build- ing committee and of the board of trustees of the Jewish Community Center. Isaac Gans to Speak. The President will be introduced by Isaac Gans, former president of the Washington) Chamber of Commerce. It is stated that the President's ad- dress will be his first personal mes- sage to members of the Jewlish faith and, it is pointed out, his remarks will bear a particular significance due to the Jewish Community Center of this city representing the national head- quarters of Jewish center work | throughout America. Arrangements have been made to have amplifiers to enable the assemb- lage to hear the speakers, while the entire program is to be broadcast by station WCAP and every center, Y M. H. A. and synagogue in the prin- cipal cities have arranged for speclal meetings to “listen in.” Notables to Attend. Gen. John J. Pershing, Attorney General Surgent, Maj. Gen. Lejeune Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries and Gen Frank T. Hines, are expected to be present at the exercises. Rudolph B. Behrend is chairman in charge of cerémonies, and Joseph A. Wilner is chairman of a large committee of the Community Center executive board, which is in charge of arrangements while Mrs. Alvin Newmyer is chair man of the guest committee, Religious ceremonies in connection with the laying of the stone will be performed by Rabbi Abram Simon In accordance with &in old Jewish cus. tom, Rabbi Simon will pour oil over | the storie as it is placed in position. Morris Cafritz _ will preside at a luncheon at the Cairo preceding the corner stone laying exercises. Local | workers for the Jewish Community | ON;2 ; 3 Center and prominent o X artist Frank Markan Skipworth Lot toen e guests will attend the luncheon. | P jcredited with having often copled| The ground for the new building | | paintings of the late Johr Singer Sar- | Was broken at special exercises held gent so perfectly that experts were un. | February 10, when Isadore Freund.| i e 2 F rman of the building and site | able at a short distance to disi i | » ahar ance to distinguish | committee, officially unearthed the | {the copy from the original of the fa first sod | lights. he name of the club will | mous American whose sudden | Structure Costs $100,000. extend the full length of hoth sides |death last week so shocked the art | ol | of the boat in electric lights. On Fri- | | The structure is being erected at a : ,on Fri-| 0og cost which has been esti | day night the Cosmopolitan Glee Club | *'y 8 L 25 e " ‘ stimated at | d other talent will provide the en. Skipworth made 40 or copies of | $400,000, and will serve as both a d_other t Sargent’s work, aiways with the lat-| Dational and local community center. inment. T jay | LCr'S consent, with such fidelity that | The building was made possible after ore breakfast on Decoration day | he even brought out the characteristic |one of the most successful drives {n the members of the r}luh W ill assemble | g3 cont brush marks. With one ex-|the District which was oversubscribed gn the deck "",,.f-”'f:;‘nln)"l accept the | ception, Skipworth always omittéd the | by thousands of dollars. i | Americ R X of Sargent signature from his coples. t 18 planned tha v en | week by the wives of the members. | When once at the command of an|Will provide for every type ot ouding rest of the day the Washington | 4ugust personage he included the|nity activity. There will be a large will_be guests of x‘khp h-\guflg}h | signature, Sargent, upon hearing of |auditorium with a seating capacity of LI \Lripfnul fl‘-r \‘r*"{_“\_ :P *“| ':"_‘ | it, ordered the signature erased. This|1,200, a swimming pool, classrooms, X nd that | leave by spec oy rovide | Breatly distressed Skipworth who im-|roof garden, cafe, lodge and meeting ssary to lift the depress where the Norfolk club will provide | paqiately wrote Sargent an apology [rooms and offices. B, S nley Sim But estimates of expendi- | the entertainment. The Nor olk club|4nq explanation, at the same time|mons is architect for the l\ulldinx. no visible surplus out of | will be the guest of the Washington | gisclaiming responsibllity. - Sargent| Members of the building and site taxatior : club on a cruise on Chesapeake Bay of | replied with a good natured note say- | committee nre as follows: Mr. Freund ' pectation s | Sunday il entertainment fea-|ing that he realized Skipworth him-|chairman: Morris Cafritz, 4. B Sha. Churchill will make | tures have heen arranged for eVery | seif was not to blame. -Later Sargent | piro, Morris Wittlin, Fred . Glehner 1t the Income tax, | evening of the trip, remarked to this artist, the only one|R. B. Behrend and Harry King. The pensions in or he club will Its own or-|he ever permitted to copy his por-|board of trustees of the Jewisy C his method of | chestra during trip. Special | ry; munity Center 18 composed of Simon n to ity is not | souvel and ms have been “Your ‘work is so wonderful that if | Atlas, R. B. Behrend, Morri Ur":on d economists, but | arransed. The Wl return on | I-gave my consent for you to copy my | Morris Garfinkle, Fred & Glehmer »d in the | Monday morning signuture people would be unable in|Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith. Jaeqt the polling | years to come, when we are both dead, | Heckman, Isidor Hershfeld, = Paul i g to distinguish vour coples from my | Himmelfarh. Sorority Presents Revue. | ortginals.” Besides, whht might my | adolph I A;.,.,""S?,.A”";Z‘S'fr‘e'"x‘.!'h';‘ The Theta Mu Sigma sorority pre-|bankers say about ‘forged signa:|‘Mortimer King, Mrs. Jamee Tann ented @ fashion revue at Trinity | tures.’ burgh, Hyman N. Levy, Rabbi J. T.| irish lall Friday evening, st Skipworth Loeb, Simon Lyon, Maurice Mazo, | Marie Mor The modelx copiex of Mrs. Alvin Newmy B. Nordlinger Avars, Nina k\hllm stelle Roberts, fq Capt. Julius 1. Pe; Rabbi Louis J. arearet ord, Eleanor John. | three for Schwefel, J. B. Shapiro, Miss Aline E. | lorence Lawson. KFlora Alex- | “Snowdon Solomons, Louise E. Spiegler, Morris | Dorothy E; ston Helen | British Hmy 3| v BE] Steln, David Wiener, Joseph A. Wil- and Helen Gaviord A sailor | Another opy, done in 19 ner and Mrk., Alexander Wolf. was_given hy Carroll Little, | Lord Curzon, but was eventually aret Spier gave a reading and | bought by Lord Wavertree, the sports. o L i performance was closed by a |man, who presented it to the House| Only three of the woman members | ango dance by Jerome Hubbard and of Lords where it now hangs in the of the German Reichstag have college | James Leroy. tea room. degrees, ! of the cars, pointing out to the com- at the action would result deterioration of value on homes, that the busses would ‘not available to many people now served by the trolley cars. Officlals of the company told of the losses suffered by the compan Between Beltsville cording to the belief of officers, was |07 Ammendale and Laurel, it is un- in all probability called to the door |derstood, the cars would be suspend- by the slayer and shot as he opened |®d in favor of a bus experiment be- [it. "The ‘shots were heard by a|tween Laurel and Hyattsville, though farmer Two bullets took effect would not His son. Herford Cowling, expert however, motion picture camerman, is expected Public to arrive today to take char; of Treasurer. tion with some other’ institution, in China, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, the Lesser An- tilles, the Tortugas and the Canadian Rockies. \ Study of White Indians. During the year an exhaustive study was made by the institution repre- sentative, John L. Baer, of the “‘white Indians” of the San Blas trib i Panama. Dr. Baer died suddenly Panama while engaged in the work, rom i wert Lord mission t nds | Suf- in l near be clues to trace Served Well In India. or ice mor that returnir emph I disposed | no_inten He has| dian situa- | n in the| as emi Reading's good serv prevails improving Das denouncing v policy of th the govern an excellent im Readi influ enhead. who now 1l certainly be his new atti and practical the tracks of the company be taken up. No decision has been reached hy the ice Commission 1s done The Safety First Assoctation in Eng 1and has found that it is almost impos sible to get people 1o obey well intend ed regulations for pedestrians a si Ga of two LOW TERMS ARRANGED difficulty spondents lish varie > casily an variety, ym the new | urbani Clearance Specials! Odd Suites—Floor Samples —Odd Pieces — REDUCED FOR QUICK CLEARANCE! An offering which allows the BEST BARGAINS POSSIBLE IN GOOD FURNITURE. Bed- room Suites OFF—Fine. Overstuffed Suites 1; OFF— ODD PIECES OF ALL KINDS —CHAIRS, TABLES, ETC. Only a few of the scores of spe- cials are mentioned below: Month-End CLEARANCE Featuring drastic price cuts ‘throughout our entire store MORRIS CAFRITZ, Chairman of the workers. mless ISAAC GANS, Chairman reception committee. fCOSMOPOLITAN CLUB PLANS TRIP ON WATER Will Leave Washington on May 29 for Four-Day Cruise to Norfolk and Return. Houghton Held Valuable. 1 ion in re ost favor e intimate aropean | recent nces in value in which be tion of republic In informed « gard to Mr. He able. He has Juaintance aation th opi English Painter Could Make Exact Copies of Sargent n and m ! importa problem predecessors, e} sion await discy These | cannot fail to 1ffected by the nt of the Germar German opinfon here is zreatly 1 rd to the result. It vote is likely to hel writer hears that | on Dr. Marx are en in London. F denbur chances have ed with the dinary P Work So Perfect Experts Could Hardly Tell it From Original. Offici perp! xed in re ed that thot three s With approximately 250 members the Cosmopolitan Club and their guests scheduled to go on the four 1y cruise starting ¢ 29, the com plete itinerary of has announced “| The party will leave W | on Friday, May at 4 p.m. | proceed to Baltimore by special train {One hundred taxicabs wil convey he party the wharf, where they will board the steamer in time for supr The boat will be elahorately dece i flags and electric « | of | giver By the As LONDON, ated Press. April The London Fen b o ty been | extra h offici that personal er is 1 eirc s, the opin denb s election ical ef unfavor vhere the is preva n board eph Cail artist Looking to Budget. her t next | ind for interest De i so muck pressure has heavy the gre > the | Club. 2, 1/3 ’ 1/4 OFF on these clearance items LIVING ROOM CLEARANCE ‘165 14100 In tapestry or velour; loose spring cushions. 3-Picce Overstuffed $] Q= 5325 Suite plain hat Mr a substantial eut e der ing approved “pass poste irs posterity is et of Commons or 3-Piece Overstu Suite Oblong Fiber Tables A Left vfrom suites. House be The alternative Churchill will make the havin, u meet at Decorated. Gate - Leg 2 5 Tables 36x36.inch Mahogany top. 36.30 Barbara Chairs. In Mahogeny finish. S 54-Inch Davenport la Tables An attractive piece, finish, ‘11 N in that Tuction he tre: then mak spendi ! cannot formidat iday did no less t eight argent’s portrait of Lord r of these going to India club messes and one for the residence nder in chi tr reduction Alice £ within Sl4.,‘m son inder Himby In mohair. mohair. Overstuffed “Royal Easy” $/= = ‘85 Wing Chair...... DD Royal Easy Wing Chair, in jacquard velour or tapestry. Simmons Art Metal 512.30 ‘25 Beds. Some cane panel design. DINING ROOM Month-End Clearance SA™ Oblong Dining = 4D Tables 25 In_ American Walnut or Mahogany Piece Breakfast finish. - $ s£)2 Room Suit€..... 35 Handsomely finished in brown; nicely decorated. $225 Room suite.... 149 In American Walnut. Chairs uphol- stered in leather. "9.Piece Dining 3225 83 50 Room. Suite Rose, taupe or $3..'\(l VESUVIUS MORE ACTIVE; | TOURISTS VISIT CRATER| Qbsflrvatol'yir)si;;(‘fol' tx\te|$ Pit KO: Is Not | Dangerous 59.1J Mahogany Prove Descent - . Month-End Clearance 27x54-inch Grass 39c Where the Breezes Blow in the Summertime L 4 April which The r ac eight | in rease were tourists Americans) were the volcano which runs =0 near the crater. the director of the Observatory, proved his that the situation not by descending himself into dy the disturbance that an eruptive cone ava contained within the suddenly ipsed, leav n mouth four meters wide 1 300 meters below the crater's rim. from this mouth that lava is You will be pleasantly surprised to see just what has been accomplished in a little more than three years— FLORIDA IS A BOOM STATE—and WE SAY THAT THE BOOM CITY IN THE BOOM STATE IS— Hollywood By the Sea Florida 57 Increase in All Laml 0 Prices—May 1Ist ' TII! INCREASE 18 ONLY A GENERAL INCREASE CHOICE | LOCATIONS " HAVE BEEN RES et TOSuidiRL ICRS. Sunday, May 10th A Special 8-Day Invest- ment and Pleasure All-Expense Tour FLORIDA = 5110 This allows you to visit St. Augustine, Daytona, Palm Beach, Miami, Coral Gables, as well as Holly- wood. All expenses, Pull- man, hotel, bus fares, yacht trip and all meals. Phone ws about this speci 8-day personally conducted tour. Usual cost, $250. Our spevial ice, including Pullman, Aotel ills, food, ete., $250 Eight-Day Trip for $110 Reservations Taken Every Day Phone Us at Once - 65¢ Rugs $2.25 Rugs $4.95 Rugs $5.50 Rugs.....0.0000.000 $16.50 6x9-ft. Wool- craft Rugs . ... $21.50 7.6x9-ft. Wool- craft. Rugs $27.50 9x12-ft. Wool- eraft Rugs .. inc BED- ROOM Month-End Clearance 3149 ;-“f;i:cc Bedroom 58250 French Walnut - finish Semi - Vanity, Dresser, Chifforobe and Bow-end Bed. 350 195 Full Size Vanity, in American Walnut 55 39 In French Gray Enamel or American Walnut. 85 In American Walnut finish. them fa Har railw ind andra that 500 to asce on ; é.‘bx?b-[t. Grass 31.49 8x10-ft sumi Ma tion 3x6-ft. Woolcraft 53 50 316.75 0dd Lot Summer Rugs of Various Makes and Sizes A striking suite in American Walnut. 15 138 2 The Server if missing. Regular MISCELLANEOUS MONTH-END CLEARANCE Prices 435 _ Heywood-W ake- 48-inch Cedar Chests; field Go-Carts, in blue with or without copper & & :"m e';"fl'fi::: ;22_50 ;’; lslod 5. Were ’1 5..)0 o] e WRIGHT @ FURNITURE ARRANGED + cAlways Right n Quality and Price 905 SEVENTH STREET N.W 4-Piece Bedroom $ Suite SOCIETY' MEZETS HERE. Daughters of Barons of Runne- mede Convene. 48-Inch Odd Dressers . ... Da me lard convention the Barons of d yesterday at the Wil- ith Mrs. Robert G. Ho and president, presiding held in the morning 1t which reports were iresses delivered by repre sent \ders of the organization. Dr. Clarence J. Owens, pre the Southern Commerclal and director general of the Forum of Freedom at Yorktown, spoke on the Yorktown movemer ynnection with which a resolution was ‘adopted pledging the ation of the daughters. An_invitation was ac- cepted to attend the Yorktown ban- quet at the Hotel Roosevelt in W York City April 30, the day being the anniversary of the inauguration of Gen. George Washington as the first President the United States. A Runnemede table will be occupied by the members - of the organization under the leadership of Mrs. Hogan It was further agreed that a future meeting of the daughters will be held in Yorktown. under the auspices of the World Forum of Freedom of the Runne AN HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA Has been engaged so entertain our H gan, founder Sessions were ind afte 0dd ca T 3 Vanity 5 9 INGTON OFFICE— ‘49 ou at any Lime— FRE OPEN.FROM 8 AM. 10 10 PM— Masting - covered ERY DAY!!! Utility - Boxes. 32-95 Were $4.50. 0dd Chifforettes or Chifforobes e.....< WEATHER BUREAU'S FORECAST, o 5 5 Proving FLORIDA’S Wonder Climat Atlantic City, 47°; New York, 57°; Washington, HOLLYWOOD BY THE BEA, 76 Lk * Hollywood Land and Water Co. : 1426 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Open From 8 AM. to 10 P.M. ¥ Toronto Gets Church Parley. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. April 25.—The liglous Education ciation, which has been in session here since Wed. nesday, adjonrned today, to meet hext yvar in-Terontey, Canada. Ly < Hyman N. Levy, Mgr.