Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1926, Page 3

CLUES 0 MURDER BEING RUN DOWN Matching Fingerprints Is Sought and Twine Compared in Woman’s Slaying. Finger prints and a piece of twine again today une focal points of the police in the investigation of the brutal murder of Miss Emma Kirk, 6S-year-old proprietress of an um brella she at My R eet, whose baghd and gageed. was found in_her shoproom last Saturday QUestioning of the three persons ar- Tested for investigation in connection With the case has been unproductive Detective Edward J. Kelley toak the piece of line cord which bound the hands and feet of Miss Kirk and of similar texture found in the home of Clifton Gaskins, colored 817 R et. to the Bu rean Stand ds for scientific comparison. Experts of the Rureau of Standards, police helieve, will be able to determine definitely whethe twine was all of the same piec The strands and threads that make up twine was pointed out. have their peculiar identification points if examined suflicfently at s Finger Prints Examined. fing aviment, v pr by the ye he it exp a clever . 1 bi ion of the Miss Kirk. which bore int of a man's thumb. was enabled to phe lay and the stained in the ph possible to search print Is at police with assur f a print < the ¢ «d_therein it will n overlovked The police brought i St night. He ward The colored, @ plasterer, living at street. With Gaskins and Jumes Chambers. colored, 928 R street, a friend of the former, Thompson is the to be held for investization in e. squad _of nvestigiting the mur decided to work day and nig it is clexned up, if possibl Detectives Sweeney and Waldron have been operating under cover for the last few days with Detective Cul linane. while Detectives Kelley and Scrivener also were work e obtained information 1y cuarded. aspect 1 lens o asses listine t ceaph this finite outline zraph i< makin Al the finger headquarters match reco it isses s R adquarters dete it until which s I8 worable their effort iled thus far to clear in his statement serepancies iven close attention by and is being the detectives Inspector of Detectives He was closeted for hall conference with ¢ of the second previnct and the five detectives, m. ing out a course of procadure, shortly before noon today Tt is understood that the decisions to call in Bureau of Standards expeys on twine and to search the Hles Police Department wy Pratt hour in a Cornwell f the MEE! mieeting & TING. the /! 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Grand Master Past Grand Master and WILLIAM J. RICH FENR HARRY L. ANDRESEN Grand S Financial st sjal Company. I Capital toclk Canital stock for the year tally paid in from_stockh NG AND al Balance @ OTTSTAN Martgage on Other obligatior Total debts O ¥ FLOYD R 1 WESLEY W HARMON. BANTON Trustees secretary of the T Commercial Company. ine.. do herehy swear fhat the Toregoing facts and signatires are frie and correct to the hest of my knowledge and belief C.W. BANTON. I € . Banton Brown and Wedn When vou thiok of your You should think of We have Leen renovating Bedding for 52 years and are better equipped tham ever with a new plant and up-to.date ma. chinery ur service phone Main 3621 ¥ Bedell’s Factory b 610 5 St X WE STOP ROOF LEAKS in Foof” Tepaiving:. "Cur erpriregalized Win"But Your roof in first-cias Call lis up. DOs Sk IRONCEAD&sgtse, iz sina TROINC )Comvaiiy Phiorie Main 14 ROOFING—by Koons Practical rocfers. thoroush w faly ‘charges, Re "05"’1‘5‘-mf§}‘1§’f"‘ Sw. KOONS &99kL 119 3ra St. COMPANY _ Phone Main 93: in so doing | contain: have | and they i'1—MARCEL | Bedell | | for a finger print to match the one 'already in their hands was reached it this conference. The detectives (decided to go a step further also. | A scrutiny of the record of criminals known to the police to have com- | mitted crimes similar to the Kirk suffocation murder in the past will {be made in an effort to find out where each of th iminals now ls. Detectives ave running down every possible angle of the case and are {low louking for the ting they term a bre: AURORA CRIPPLES TELEGRAPH LINES Nemesis of Wire Communica- tion Causes Havoc in All Parts of Unitzd States. | | | H | By the Associated Press NEW YORK. January lis phenomena wh |capved the international on night. rec { throughout the country. {with wire communic { manifestation of thi | arapa compan tions cceurred at 11:19 . in | York and one minute Liter made fisell felt in Chicago. While the termittent {disrupt v |t h handi radio tests today 1using havoe The firs nemesis of tele- es and news i Sunday rred manifestations they were re communic veriods virtually in ail counteve Currents were overhead and unde O its fir ce lasted o were sufficient tion Tor short parts of the felt on hoth ground circui appearance the Iy & few minutes, ‘H vlear t. and then returned at | 1181 aa W York time and con tinved until 11:38 o'clock. During these periods the e Associated Press were fin New York City and in {north of Albany. and west A curious coincidence was that there in 1 wires of afected the State jwas no effect upon the wires east of | New York and in New .Jer At 11145 o'clock wire communieation cen jtering about Chleago and Columbus, | Ohio, was serfously affected | modically The Ameri {&ruph Co. {been affected all the way from | York to San Francisco. and from Win {nipez, Canada, 1o New Orleans. The | Western Union Telegraph Co. also re. {ported trouble in all distrlets. That wires ral spas- in Telephone and Tele. orted that its wires had New = north and south the mugnetic field. T | turbznce th the jeast and west. which cross field The Postal Tele were affected brokerage houses. ‘E HELD ON GRAVE CHARGE. | Lewis A. Wallo, a Marine, Accused by 13-Year-Old Girl. After a delay of almost two months. 1 cutting through Navy |rea tape. headquarters detectives ay arrested Lewis Arthur Wull old. 4 marine and native statutory cha vard of which th less the mag i vaph s we S wires those of LE { brough ' Board hildren's Ti complained of i to have occured in a hotel on Pennsvivania avenue October The warrant was procured investigation supervised I | F. Cameron. member of the Board of { Children’s Guardians, on November The delay between the time when k police got the warrant after it had n issued in Novembe and today en th st was made, it was 1. was caused by refusel of marine ties at the Burracks on Bighth t southeast to turn over the man | wanted. | Yesterday Varney obt sworn lower Thomas Detectives B ined an interv | Secretary of the Navy Wilbur gave them a letter instructing the man wanted be turned ove then | | hear! tha to o will e 1E tomorrow given a at Police ¢ preliminary urt. SHIPPING NEW Arrivals at_and_Sail New York. men, Bermuda | 3 s Juan | San Lorenzu, Bolivar . Silvia, Sumaria Liverpoo DUE TODAY. 1 Shipper DUE TOMORROW. _Port au_Prince, Piracus. Marncaibo . Southampton, - Antwerp. Liverpool Danzig, Bremen DUE THURSDAY .. Bermuda, Bermuda. - Glasgow: (around world Recina . | Lituania Columbus George Iedonia President Harrison.. Sixaola Aquitania Cruise) . 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HIGH GRADE, BUT NOT ‘KIGKI’IB:)\?ICED, BYRON S. ADAMS, JRiytse, Profitable Printing Results Ili nl‘QZHonlult this million dollar ants The National Capital Press 1210-1212 D ST. N.W. Orizaba—Havana .......... Porto Rico—San Juan...” . San Juan—San Juan. Pastores—Port Limon. San Jose—Santiago. Southern Cross—Buen Huron—Monte Christi. Fort St. George—Bermuda. Balzac—Buenos Aires Araguaya—Hamilton La Marea—Puerto Barrio Capetown Maru—Santos. Cuyamapa—Puerto Cortez. — At Barbados, in the West Indies, 117 pounds of chlorine from sea air falls every year on each acre of land. ' \urora | to Toledo. ! running | Department | - | Anti-Saloon who | . z el Prize LAG IN PROHIBITION ' UP FOR DISCUSSION | Mrs. Willebrandt of Justice Denartment to Confer on Law Enforcement. Following admission by adramistra- tion officlals that the judictal machin- ery of the Government was not keep ing pace with the azencies apprehend ing prohibition law offenders, a series of addresses and conferences on pro- | hibition from New Jersey to California ill be- opened this week by Mrs. Ma- bel Walker W andt, Assistant At torney General, in enforcement. She will return to P Washi out Fehruar t Mr Willebr the Governmert service rencwed whe was learned that she will visit, other plac in the West. her home at Los Anzeles, these reports were officially de’ i “lared at the Department of Justice today to be without foundation Will Visit “Key" Districts. Mrs. Willebrandt will utilize Lot previously planned trip on officit] busi ness 1o the West 48 an o rtunity t hold confere with it attor- e in v “kev' districts on !IV:I:JA'!'\\ of Hion enforcemen; The latest policies of the adminis- tratic in its big campaign of law forcement will he mone over in thes conferences, will be laid for forth by the agencies of through the Ymon rious il every effort to be put Department of Ju the Gor nment to earry program of dry enforce- | ment by convicting the law breakers ‘\\h.k'll Gen . Andrews and his newly 1 army of prohi- Lition ag ching in their freshly gthened net | These onferences by Mrs. Wille- brandt follow the speech last night in New York hy Gen. Andrews, in which he declared the morale of pro- hibition agents was breaking and that there wa lack proper judicial machinery. “1 am trying to put the big fellows. |the great organizers of the liquor traf. i fic, where they belong,” said Gen. An drews. “In a number of districts I have got the evidence, but T am com- pelled to wait until T know that 1 have the court machinery to handle of the Aim to Strengtiren Forces. o ill feeling or lack of co-opera has heen known to exist between office of Andrews snd Mrs. brandi was believed by uch with the situa ton today that Gen. Andrews was not iming his rem at Mrs. Wil andt or her fmme subordi nates. The fuct that the trip, coupled wit remarks, was inter tion that both the partment of Justice are bent on strengthening all availahl ms the Government to p e di paign. The first step in Mrs. Willebrandt's mpaign will be an address in New | Jersey. admittediy wet. Mrs. Willebrandt will speak Thu fay night at a law enforcement rally in Trenton, under the auspices of the League, and a group of women's clubs. The Western trip of Attorney General will Gen she Gen eted indic Treasury and De- Peak Is Reached. Altheuzh teking West with her the advices of the administration its district attorneys in the field. Mrs. Wiilebrandt believes, along with Some others that is quite apper- ent that the Federal judicial machin- has reached its peak in the dispo- i of cases.’ If the dockets ind the number of kept a asonahle . Willebrandt, “it is necessary that ad- ditional assistance. both judicial and prosecuting, be given at the points where clogged dockets and a continu- inrush of cases nikes speedy ad- ministration of justice practically im- nossibie. Anotlier handicap, she cite is “the small penalties provided b the national prohibition act.” explain | ing wre disproportionate to thee | penalties imposed for violation of other Federal laws."” cleared he |COLLINS IS ACQUITTED | IN LANDLORD’S DEATH Man Who Shot Husband of Wom- an, Who Claimed He Insulted Her. Is Exonerated. A jury in Criminal Division 1, be- | fore Justice iley. this afternoon ac- quitted Albert E. Collins, 56 vears old, on the charge of manslaughter in con- rection with the death of Clinton Wells August 31. Collins is a clerk in the office of the District registrar and lived in the same honuse with the deceased, at 122 H street southwest Mrs. tim, testified that beaten Collins on a previous occasion, and when, she compiained that Collins had insulfed her Welis went to the room of the accused on the second | floor. Shots were fired and the hus- band was killed. Collins claimed self- defense and_declared he had com- plained to Wells about payment of rent and about tapping the gas-meter. He asserted that Wells attacked him. ind he shot to defend himself. Attorneys James A. O'Shea aj John H. Burnett represented the a cused while the prosecution was co | ducted by Assistant United States At- | torneys Fihelly and Burkinshaw. INJURED BY AUTO. Richard Spencer Palmer, 50 yéars old. in the brokerage business at 600 ¥ street and residing at 3220 Seven- teenth street. was <everely injured this morning when, according to the police, he ran against the automobile of Willlam H. Rawley, 209 Seventn | street southwest, at Jackson place and H_street, and fell to the road- way. Rawley took him to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for & broken collarbone and shock. Fight Bill | Hearing Delayed, Stars to Testify In order that well known prize fighters and prize fight promoters, as well as devotees and admirers of the manly art, might have an opportunity of presenting a _for- midable plea in support of the Mac- Gregor bill to legalize prize fighting in the District and set up a boxing commission, Representative Mac- Gregor, author of the bill, today asked that the hearing scheduled before a subcommittee of the House District committee be postponed. He announced that he would be ready to make a worth-while plea in support of his measure within three weeks. The subcommittee on judiclary questions of the House District committee, with Representative Clarence J. McLeod as chairman, acceded to the request of Mr. Mac- Gregor, although a number of prize fight followers were anxious to have the hearing started, widow of the vic her husband had “harge of prohibi- | nd it is understood plans | is taking | Andrews' | of | said Mrs. | water ! ANUARY The Orthodox Cathedral in Moscow, erected by the late Czar of Russia and now being demolished by hands to eliminate the last sign of imperial Russia. 26, 1926. JUVENILE COURT BILL IS GONSIDERED Witnesses Appear at Hearing in Behalf of Zihiman Measure. Sympathetic consideration was given today to the Zihiman Juvenile Court bill, which is sponsored by the Public Welfare Conference of the District of Columbia, Lefore the judiclary sub- committee of the House District com- mittee, with Representative Clarence J. McLeod of Michigan presiding. Mil ton Strasburger, formerly a judge of the Public Welfure Conference, who is the public welfare conference, who is also a member of the Board of Chil- dren’s Guardians, appeared at the re- quest of Justice Siddons. chairman of the Public Welfare Conference. Mrs Louis Ottenbers, representing the Monday Evening Club, and Mrs. Mina Van_ Winkle. nizer and head of the Policewomen’s Bureau, were the witnesses in support of this measure. J. W. Sanford. clerk of the Juve nile Court and director of the proba tion department, also apepared, but at the request of Representative Ralph Gilbert, Democrat, Kentuck his testimony was deferred until the hearing is continued the call the chairman. Mrs. Van V and_ representatives of a number local organizations asked to be b further on this measure Status of Children. Soviet | | Mr. Strasburger emphasized that ‘STATES TO HOUS | | down | Number to Build at Sesqui- centennial—0pens Next Summer. | - | A number of States are ar for participation nial Intern Leld at Phil many instunces entire be constructed to house the State ex hibits and other States will thelr chief products and munufactures in the main exposition buildings. Cities in the State of Florida have contributed to a_fund for the erection of a $300,000 exhibit building for the State, one feature of which wiil be | hundreds of transplanted orange trees growing in the court to be surrounded by the U-shape building. Varfous | Winter resorts of the State will euch have their special exhibit in the build ing. Delaware, Ilino | Towa, Pennsylvania and Porto Rico ! have all m: ppropriations for State | puvilions xhibits at the expost ton and indications are that official represents also will arranged by at least a dozen other States. Com mittees of from 50 to 100 prominent men vecently been named by the Governors of Tennes- see, Alabuma iouistana and Oklahoma State rep- resentation. Seek Kansas Building. In Kansas offic s are arranging for an official building by private ub- seription and Southern California also will participate through private sub. mong the fruit of Oklahoma tribe nging in the Sesquicenten 1 Exp lelphia this Sun buildings will in ition to rer be further comprising 2 building in which the rce will be depicted. cases where State Legisla- meet in time to authol participation in the exposi {tion the governor: are -lD]MlIn(l‘l honorary commissioner nd munici | palities are joining together in raising {funds for State exhibits, Some cities | il even construct their own exhibit {huildings. Headqurters | Philadelphia_emp | position is “‘not striving to Ivious expositions in size. “There will not be : bewildering pr fusion of unrelated exhibits, confusing {to the mind and causing the eve to | falter,” it is explained. “The sesqui | centennial will alm to present a digni fied. balanced, well arranged expos |tion. accepting for the purpose only | those exhibits which represent the pin nacle of achievement in every branch of human endeavor.” Some Nearly Complete. veral of the great exposition build ings to be erected on the 1.000-acre | tract of the exposition site proper, in addition to w tract of the me ithin _the adjoining Philadelphla Navy Yard, which also is to be used for exposition purposes, alreary some are about 50 per cent completed, in- { cluding the Palace of Agriculture and Dairy Produe The great $2.000,000 concrete sta- dfum, to accommodate 100,000 persons and to be equipped with a_ modern “loud speaker” system, in which the many athletic and other events will be held, already is about 75 per cent com- plete. The contract for the auditortum, to seat 20,000, was let early in Decem- ber. Like ail the other exposition | buildings, this will be constructed with a factory type steel frame and stucco coating. aths Reported. . cing_deaths have been report 10 e T Depariment in the last 3 hogre A. Williams, 55, Little Sistera of the Poor. _ Calloway. 65, Sibley Hospital R eh rrankutian, 4. Tubercalo Hospital fhiia B, Irving. 63. 800 K st. n. H, Fleteher. 46, 450 N s .‘l‘t‘w‘;;h’:'. Morris. 51, George Washington Ln{(“:;:’;‘zl“;:‘}“ox 43,3030 10t st fe- 65, Uni . B Cooper. 57, Si. Elizabeth's Hos . By , 74, 151 V st. ne. Snard - irvan. 48, Walter Heed Hos | P8 rene Chaney. 80. 328 Tennessee ave 331 8th st. 18th st. ne rah J. Crump. 81, 1 Wise. 62, 1933 3 Enarics T Adarng, 78, Gallinger Hospital. Juliet E. Weber, 50. Wardman Park Hotel Intant ot More ‘and Sophie Banks. 3 daye Sibley Hospital. Lweetney. 52, Providence Hospital. 2P Pgond. 04, 1010 6th ot X Bond, 64, 1 Willam Washiriston, 48, 1618 6th st. Louise Williams, 3%. 323 U st. Marriage Licenses. Marringe licenses have been issued to the ~ °'J:;'<'figedsfi Edvwards and Elsa F. Schrelter. : s, Ho 3 Seits and Litlian P. Hicks K ward I, Motley and Theresa Keleher. Faward N Rucker of Eurcka. Kane.. and Begtia D MeKeldin of this city. v ¥ Reis and Mary R Stretch. e e eveoT Capito] Heights, Md. " Bk 3" fi'o(:fu; of Baitimors " Byenta T Ve et . Buc ot this city. and In r tures w ize State the exposition in izes that the ex outdo pre pital, gvier H. Buck. Nebraska Cif Ne o = R o u'"’ :}‘murd‘;lenmdn an on V. Brown. Hao 'S Hemein and Ruth Sacks. both o D am H._Smith and Edith Oulen Samuel J. Stevenson and Olga E. Hart. Jaseph L. Anderson and Ariina Chrisiian. The Australian eucalyptus tree sometimes lives to be more than 3,000 years old, exhibit | ew Jersey, Ohio. | area ! 'Fort Dupont Turnec “No Trespass” Signs and Locks Go Fort Dupont, in the eastern section of the city, made public park for the use of the As a result of report to M 3d. director of the office buildin, and public parks lonal Cupital, that_oflictal | has issued instructions to Distriet | government representatives that “no trespass’ sign be remcved from ! this land, and that all gates be put in | working crder so as (o be of easy ac Maj, Grant said that he made a per | somal inspection uf the land and found » of the gates was padlocked, y ordered removes is being available |as a people UL s« | of public | of the > the | | this reform measure agelce | Court is principally urged in order 1 Into Public Park; 0w S ey s e Troe = #nto the court as a criminal but ward of the court. The three princi- pal changes proposed by the measure are to give the Juvenile Coutr equity Jurisdiction instead of eriminal juris diction, which s in harn Y modern juvenile court y tice. A’'second important change is proposal 1o increase the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court over children up to 18 years of age instead of Vears, as at present. Mr. advocated increasing the age to 19 yvears, and Mrs. Van Winkle said that | she would be d to see it increased to 21 years for the Juvenile that people desiring: t the zround | for recreation purposes may do so. He | #ald that the “ro trespass” sign | would be replaced by others warn: people nst cutting or breaking ces or shrubs Maf. Grant explained t sapt | Lanham of the trees and parking de partment of the District of Coluil under whose suyervision the land nov | comes, is doing some fine work in 11-1 wring the kway by cutting out | dewd treex and clearing away brush | | Character of Offenses. where necessary, and that the I the land to the District gov { for nursery purposes was working out equitably 1o both the Federal and Dis | triet Governments Strasburger also pointed out that this bill mukes clearer definition o the churacter of nses on which a child is brought before the court. In order to safegnard in unusual Friday Displaced By Wednesday as City’s Unlucky Day Contr ry to popular belief, Friday he unluckiest day of the according to Traflic Director M. O. Eldridge. Wednesday, he savs, is the day that the peopie of Washington should be on their inst the proverbial jir The traffic director has just com piled statistics analyzing the 84 traffic deaths in the Capital in 1 which show that the largest num ber, 17. oceurred on Wednesday. The figures show, te that Sunday is the safest day in the week as far as tramie accidents are concerncid Only six persons met their death on the Sabbath last veur. Monday run lose second for this record. while Friday ranks third, being credited with 12 deaths. The dangerous age and the safest age on the Capital's sireets also are shown in Mr. Eldridge’s statistic Persons between 45 amd o4 are more susceptible Lo traffic accidents than those of any other age. he sald, while youths between 24 séem to be the most secy 'MT. RAINIER SHOWS POPULATION OF 3,620 | Growth of 1,158 Since Federal Cen- sus of 1920 Is Reported at Citizens’ Meeting. Special Dispateh to The MOUNT RAINIER. Md.. Population of teh corporat 620, according to the Mount Mount Rainier now is to a report submitted Rainier Citizens' Association ut fts January meeting last night in the School ~auditorium by Thomas ¢ Webt of the citizens' ssociation. Mr. Webb was in charge of the cen- us, which was taken under the auspi- es of the citizens' association and the Mount F nier Chamber of Com | merce. These figures repr of 1138 over the 1920, which pl lation at 2.462, or a gain of cent in the six vears. A total of males was listed against 1,816 femal Tabulation by wards show 609 males; 614 females: total, Second. 334 males; 340 fem 674, Third, 575 m: total. 11,143, Fourth, females: total. 580. About two weel ant ar ederal ¢ «d the town increase nsus of pepu 7 per s was requircd to take the census. in which was noted the sex, age, when under 21 and oc- cupation. From the “dope” gathered various data such as population of school children as to the grades and other interesting mate- E. C. Browne is working with { Mr. Webb on the tabulation. It w: |announced that but one colored man | was noted within the corporated limits {and three Chinese. The oldest person listed was 92 yvears old and the young- est four week A letter was received from the Woman's Civic League of Mount Rainfer assuring the citizens’ asso- ciation of its desire to co-operate in jall efforts to advance the interest of i the community. It was decided to i place in the hands of the athletic |and the entertainment committees the matter of co-operating to raise funds for the Mount Rainler base ball team for the coming season. Three new members were admitted to the association. Births Reported The following_births have been reported to the Health Department in the last 2 hou: S. and Elizabeth W. Force, girl. Myron F. and Sara F. Weightman. ‘boy. Emery polioward 'S. and” Lucie” A. Druekenmiller, —davier and Josels Gonsaler girl. . BOOKS BOUGHT “Bring Them In” or Phome FRANKLIN 5416 PEARLMAN'S, 933 G St. N. W. Mortgage Bonds fll::u-mnrnum The F.H.Smith Co. /O Swich Budtiing 813 Fftecneh Strst l w0 1058 TOANY INVESTOR IN 33 YEARS various | irial will be compiled and announced cases where u child might be guilty of a serions offense, there is a provi- in th that the district ey, h agreement of the 1 Court, muy have such spe transferred from the Juvenile grand jury trial presentative Houston of Delaware emphasized that nothing shonld inter- fere with general jurlsdiction by the higher court und with the jury or petit jury tri He suid he would hesitate to vest too much authority in the Juve- nile Court account of his own ex weneral WANTS POSTMASTERS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE Secretary of Reform League Urges Committee to Remove Places From Patronage List. Su sion te pre; 1 1L W, Marsh tary of the Na of New York onal Civil Service Re form League, who was the principal witness before the House civil service commiittee toda ings were started bills to bring presidential postmasters within the requirements of the civil service luw as recommended hy President ( lidge in his annual message, described the purpose as folle o remove 2 of politic is not uble ind ope deal properly wit Certain membe firmly believe that " Re emphasized that shington the judge of the Court is appointed by the Ly and with the consent of and that a very high-grade i made. es. rger in reply 1o <ald that there are very few cases of crime by children in the District of Colmnbia that should go to the grand Jury. He could recall no g crime by hild in the last 15 vears. and h v at very seldom is a child con- in the Supreme Court the Places frov to fac it is not any of ti of Congress who Dost office patron gress ¥ t el District M. U'nderh ne dQ Gilbert questioned about the 1 bill, which also proposes Juvenile Court structure, and whit the matter with the w. M rashurger ex that the substantive legisla transferred jurisdiction lice Court to an inferior those interested in or- Juvenile Court are rned in a different different methods of procedure. The Juvenile Court to- duy, he said. is merely an arm of the Criminal Court ¥ Mr. Marsh, who pointed this attitude vas typified ! statement he said was made to I Present by Representative ton Fish plained publican, of New York. that tion not keep hi anization together if 1) he eould not control the appointment of postmasters in his district Mr. Marsn quoted the statement of former Postmaster General Will Hays that the best kind of politics is to keep politics out of the administ tive branch of government. The mere sification of presidential postmas ters under the civil service law, he said. will not serve completely to My Gilbert, after drawing out eliminat lities from _this branch | the tendency give m of the e service. This can only helpfuiness and direction rather than be done. he said. by @ provision re. punishment, discussed vigorous quiring the appointment to office of | what he sees as an alarming grow the person standing highest on the number of juvenile offenders, digible list He mentioned the bob-haired handit B T e ey ey e e RENTAL VALUES COUNT 30 OF SPACE ALREADY RENTED For Lease Shops and Offices NEW HILL BUILDING 17th and 1 Streets Ground floor shop as low as $125 per month—another, $200. Important corner space —27 feet on 17th Street and 30 feet on I street—$416.66 month. , Offices ed in any size suites desired from $50 each up—$1L57 to $2.16 square foot. All outside rooms. High - class appointments throughout. & HILL, Inc. 730 17th Street N.W. RERRRERENERN YRR LSRR TONIGHT will be celebrated in more than a million homes where Good Housekeeping is read. Good Housekeeping for February contains nuch con 1S in g o More Young Offenders. that is t re friendly tal " 0 . 0 0 0 R ) ) o ) ) ) | FIVE short stories. Mary Synon writes one called “The Smell of the Sawdust.” SIX feature articles. Bruce Barton writes on “Do Too Many People Marry?"” THREE continuing novels. George Weston writes ;L‘ll‘.he Wondering Moon” which begins in All the usual strong, helpful Good Housekeeping departments—The Institute—Domestic Engineering —~Cookery—The Studio—Furnishings & Decorations —Fashions—and many others in the February GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Out TODAY—Buy it NOW jtache, whom he described & | arguea that | there with | the | McLeod | ques- | the youth with a toothbrush mus. a “fev worm,” and said that the youth of to- day is creating “a hell of crime and lawlessness.” He decried a maudiin sentiment and the work of reformers and welfare agents that have taken the responsibility away from parents, have impressed upon the vouth that they must endure no hardships or dis. comforts and have caused purents te quit on their jobs. Mr. Strasburger aamitted a big in- crease in juvenile delinquency, but it had not resulted on Juvenile Court law, bu ather had been held down by such law and was due to changed tions in this country. In Washin is very little juvenile quen ., he sald, and no serious case of juvenile offenders Sending Children to Ja Mr. McLeod questioned regarding sending of minors to penitentiaries and Mr. Houston emphatically agreed that to send a child to juil or to pens tentiary ruined his life, and he w ready 1o vote favorably on any meas ure that would prevent that. When Mrs. Van Winkle said she thought child ghould never be sent to Juil ever for murder she provoked u very vigo ous disagreement from Mr. Gilber Mr. Houston, after,a series of que tions, defined the purpose of the nile Court bill to earry the vouth « the city from childhood through teen age to manhood and wornanhos Mrs, Ottenberg discussed th sons why the Monday Evening ¢ supports the various provisions o Zihlman bill and stated that 1 some points in the Underhill Li they e. She pointed the Underhill bill provides | arate house of detention i conne | with the Juvenile ¢ nd said th although that might n dltion, Tt was impractica fent time. Mrs. Van Winkle said that th zest neglected welfare p ! Distriet §s for the control ance of the group b rs of age The Mond hat hex ar | wish account of delin the b. 2 th <uid Fvenin ngs be po tions «d to send repress Widows Helped to Remarry conference has been held recently urage the of widows. Vig prop: {favor of this social refo | way, and varfous social a { helping it along. One of the In India | listed with their ages. }vntlv-r talents. The n i listed are F hmans. | . 1 French Birth Rate Increases. According to the nul Official { France the birth rate is increasi in fact is increasing in France than in other Europ n Since 1915, the birth {from 191 to 194 | The German hirt never heen guesti British is 197 and 198, showing that behind ! 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