Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1926, Page 5

THE EVENI NG STAR, WASHIN SDAY. MARCH - —_— BARRING OUTSIDERS 10 SCHOOLS URGED Cramton Bill Would Close | D. C. Institutions to Others After 1928. As a the ¥ouse while the bill W resuli of the controversy in District appro under consideration stion of whether Mary land and sinia children shoull be allowed to attend 1 Represnetative Louis €7 (1 publican. of Michig duced a hi providing ter 1 1 da fuly s, it shall not be lawful for pupils who do not dwell in the Distriet of Columbia to attend public the Dis- trict, except upon of tul- tion In discussing posal, Mr. Cramton tastly uniair the t District for « them the bhurd schools, imton, Re today | intro that n and schouls of payment this tive pro- d: “Tt {s mani- apavers of the to place upon dueating several thousand ehildren who live with their prarents in adiacent Lo hars re 1zedd the force recent action hesi drastic action pro feared thit o notina nd and Virginia District to take care nenr introduced, s would end may glve author- <uch itlon of £ the dite named. and that iMiciently far in advance to 1 communities affected oppor- tunity to make due preparation take care of their own children.” ACTRESS IS SOUGHT IN TAYLOR MURDER Prosecutor in Chicago Seeking Film Star—Hopes to Solve Slay- ing of Director. e puptls after date is District At Los Ang was here today trail picture actress in b to solve the the of Taylor, director, CHTCAC tarney A County, Calif., g A motion determination . Willlam in slaving pieture surroundi sasmond 195 he district a in New Y 1 wing 1 of murde pressed the tross he wour rmation SPEAKS ON.NEAR EAST. Barclay Is Heard Lenten Services at Thenter. who has been nd Detroit fol case arney wk W belief that he would find d other in- prosecutor withheld. Acheson at “Worn by internal strife and y tion. the people of the h highly receptive mood, 2 nff f the g in history of igion.” Rarclay general of the Neav serted at the noonda fees at Keith's Tk heson spoke be mily of Charles the Christian re. as just returned told of eral fenee: 1d likened the towering desert ter from the fierce he He gave a organization’s who from the Kast, of his desert exp Christ to one rorks offering desert storms brief account ork with the Near rged upon the audience the vital importance of offering to these peopl the Chris n of which they appear <o desir The First Raptist Church Quartet vendered n selections and the Rev. Calvert 12. Buck pronounced the senediction. _Andrew H. Phelps, United States mber of Commerce, will spealk tomorrow. OYSTER OUTLOOK GOOD. Official Predicts Large Crop From Potomac. Spe il Dispateh to The Star BALTIMORE, March cveter crop from the Potomac car is predicted by Swepson Earle, Stute conservation commissioner, fol lowir weel's Inspection trip in the ower he: wake. In the course of the trip Mr. Earle conferred with Unlited S es engi neers 1o © to a proper Incation for the protecilon of oyster beds in depos- iting mud dredged in construction of the Kettle Bottom Shoals channel. A% Cristield he discused the crab in- dustry with officials of the Crisfield Fish and Crab Assockation. FILE MRS. HUTCHINS’ WILL Executors to Administer Estate of Millionaire’s Widow. Application for the probate of the will of Roxe Keeling Hutehins, widow of Stilson Hutehins, millionaive pub- isher, was made today to the District Supreme Court by William D. Hoover, Aiexander Muncaster and Thomas \lorton Gittings, the execntors. Mrs. 11utehins 1oft an estate valued at $328. in addition to her one-fourth in- tevest in her husband's estate under a compromize mado tw rs ago in conclusion of vears of litigation. “Thix interest i conservatively placed at $500,000. The widow Massachusetts 44, and 7 Wl and Maryland 23.—A large next owned premises 1603 ivenue, assessed at Al securities worth wels valued at - ived by two brothers Art T Keeling of Germantou and Robert Lee Keeling of New York. Among the Teguests under the will s e of $50.000 to Thomas Morton Git- tings, the attorney for the estate. . Recatise of traffic congestion in the large cities of France, many firms are reinstating horse-drawn delfvery serv- ire. quate | o eles * mystery | atest opportunities | IZast peoples and | WASHINGTON POLICE TO UNDERGO © EXHAUSTIVE MENTALITY TESTS If Washington policemen are intel ligent es to find it {out methodically, ohce and for all. I Not only will he dectde this ques- tion, sometimes admittedly a moot one according to some clients of the police department, but he will en- {deavor to ascertain just how much |so they are, | _This became apparent today when 25 volunteer subjects for intelligence from the ranks of the police submitted themselves to Dr. E. 1J. O'Rourke, in chi »sychologle | research at’ the ates Civil Service Commission. The group which underwent today's examination is but part of a total of 100 members of sthe local force who - mentality in the balance of humanity and Unele Sam prope the posterity. Secrecy Marks Tests, he eyperiment is being conducted with marked secrecy on the part of Dr. O'Rourke and his assoctate explain that publicity on so dellcate | a thing as one’s intelligence is likely 10 be embarrassing. He does not wish \!v» embarrass any of the men even by having pictures taken of the brain ching exercises now under way. Down at Temporary Building No. 1, where the first group of policemen started the tests, there was a business head wtching and desk trum- wr First Group of 25 Volunteer to Submit Selves to Psy- i chology Experiment to Determine Thinking Capacity of Law Enforcers. | vnige the ming that could be detected outside the corridors. The Intellect of the Capital's police force was at stake, and 25 tried and true members of that force wera de- termined to see that the attainments of Washington's blueccats were up- held in so grave a moment. Seek to Set Standard. “We are cg-operating with the Civil Service Commission in its efforts to work out a standard of intelligence among_policemen,” MaJ. and Supt. of Polico Hesse explained. “Dr. O'Rourke requested us to supply him with 100 policemen willing to undergo the tests he has devised, and we have accord- ingly obtained that number of volun- teers from widely scattered precincts. They have been assured that, what- ever the result of the Individual tests may be, it will have no bearing on thelr standing in the force.” When the mental level of Washing- ton’s policemen thus is established, the commission will have a standard to guide it in formulating questions for its regular police examinations, it was pointed out. The implication was that Washington policemen are maodels for the remainder of the coun- i try’s forces to emulate. i Civil service officials refused to di | nature of the tests heing glven today, beyond to say that they covered a wide range of subjects. The results will be kept strictly confiden- tial, it was added. MODEL AUTO CODE VITAL FOR SAFETY, DECLARES HOOVER _(Continued from First Page.) |FENNING DEFENDED FOR HIS ACTION IN DISMISSAL OF LEE (Continued from First Page.) between States and uniformity of traffic ordinances as between cities of the same State is to me so obvious as tr‘\ hardly need any elaborate discus- slon.” This suggested model for a uniform vehicle code would conslst of three titles, namely, first, & uniform motor ' vehicle registration and certificate of |title act; second, a uniform motor {vehicle operators’ and chauffeurs’ lcense act, and, third, a uniform act rezulating the operation of vehicles on | highways, Report Is Presented. Immediately following Secreiary . Gen. Nathan W. ‘hairman, present=d the report of the committee on uniformity | ot laws and regulutionis and explained provisions In the three titles of the uniform vehicle code Gen. MacChesney particularly ealled | he attentlon of the conferance to the act that as a result of protests made at a public hearing accorded automo- |tive interests vest authority is i requested to make certain changes in the report. | “We recommend.” he continued, “that we be given authority to heed ]nu- plea of the fire and theft under- writers regarding the division of title {1 of the code into two separate sec- tions. Tt is entirely probable that after {a further conference with them we { would decide this would be a wise plan. Would Share Liability. | “Further, my committee after hear- g representatives of the drivurself m pies of the conntry \nslnrda\“ decided to make the three fo {1 have ng provisions regarding the dri : First, we would permit stication of these cars as te cars; second we would compel | the drivurselt compunies to keep a public record of persons who engage their cars and third, we would ask the drivurself companies to assume a Jolw-liability with their customers in event of an accident. Gen. MacChesney thought it | the report of emphasized that would be unwise for his committee to be |amended hastily on the conference floor and stated that it represented a consensus of the expert views of hundreds of traffic experts through »ut the country The conflict of opinfon among traf- ! fic experts on the proper regulation of the speed of automoblles was touched upon by Gen. McChesney. He eaid that his committee had decided that it should be declared “prima facie lawful to drive a motor vehicle at a | speed not exceeding 15 miles an hour {in congested districts, 20 miles in resi- dential districts and 35 miles in the open country.” Would Change Brale Rules. To accommodate the four-wheel {brake interests and the future develop- ment of more perfect brake systems, the speaker declared his committee had decided to abolish providing that all automobiles must carry “an inde- pendent emergency brake.” He sald that Bureau of Standards experts had agreed that this was a safe procedure. After Gen. MacChesney had con- cluded Secretary Hoover read a tele- gram from Chief ity Magistrate Willlam McAdoo, chairman of the committes on enforcement, notifyini the conference he is just recuperat- ing from an attack of influenza. The tolegram gave a brief summary of Mr. McAdoo's views on enforcement and expressed the conviction that suspension und revocation of operator he have been 1 | shirked the duties of a District Com- {a national cemetery, due to | under contract, which was done in permits is the best deterrent of all penalties placed on motorists. He sald that a motorist would rather pay a large fine or go to jail than lose his driver's permit. 5 High- Grade 36x72-in. Crex De Luxe Rugs $5.25 8x10-ft. Crex De Luxe Rugs 22 Buy Now—Pay As Convenient Rugs committes and would not consent to the patient’s transfer to Georgia, 1 have such a letter from the War Risk Insurance Bureau asking me to communicate with the patlent's father, and the court records show that both the father and the mother united in asking the court to appoint me, Furthermore, 1 wrote the Vet- erans’ Bureau In 1924 agreeing to the transfer of this patient, but for fedical reasons the Bureau did not make such transfer. All of this is matter of record >ractieally 1o new applications de in cases of this na- ture for two or more years. I am continuing to discharge the trusts reposed in me by the court In cases in which I have been appointed. and I shall so continue. No one can say in truth that I have in any wise mi: . a position which T did not seek, but for the duties of which I have a conscientlous regard.” DENIES HAVING MONOPOLY. Gawler Declares Charges of Blanton Are Incorrect. ! Charges Representative Blan- | ton of Texas that Joseph Gawler's ons, morticians of this city had an | ‘exclusive monopoly” in connection with deaths -that occurred at St. 3 Hospital, brought reply | by Slizabeth's today from the firm. “For over 35 vears,” sald a state- ment signed by Alfred B. Gawler, president of the firm, “our firm con- ducted the services and interments of such soldiers and satlors entitled to burial at Arlington, but who, otherwlse, would not have rested in lack of | funds made avallable for s pur- poses by the Government. Payment was made to us from funds belong- ing to the deceased soldler in each case. N “During the World War, the War Department ruled that such services must be under contract and it was then that our ‘monopoly’ ceased, as it is our policy not to commercialize the burial of the dead by bidding on contracts, Nince that time the work at St Elizabeth’s and other nearby Government institutions has been done the firm holding the contract. “‘Our connection with St. Elizabeth's was the same as with many famlilles in this community and began many years before the advent of Dr. White, who simply followed the policy of his predecessors in this regard. ““Se far as we know, Col. Fenning had nothing to do with any of these cases. Since the work was placed about the year 1917, we have con- ducted not over a dozen funerals of veterans under the guardianship of Col. Fenning.” QUIZ GIRL WINE BATHER. NEW March 23 (#).—Joyce Hawley, a chorus girl, who was al leged to have bathed in a tub of wine at a party given recently by Earl Carroll, theatrical producer, was ques- tioned yesterday by the United States grand jury. Shortly before Miss Hawley appear- ed before the jury Earl Carroll was questioned again. He left the Federal Bullding without discussing his busi- ness there. The grand jury has been seeking to learn if the prohibition law was vio- ated. Priced Low Axminster Rugs Size 9x12 ft. 54850 Axminster Rugs Size 36x72 in. $5:60 { secretary HOLDS ADVISORY COUNCIL IS MENACE Frank P. Leetch Also Resents Col. Bell’s Comemnt on 14th Street Extension. Attacking the Cltizens' Advisory Councll as not representative of the people of the District of Columbia, Frank P. Leetch, one of the members of the executive committee of the Washington Board of Trade, at a meeting of the committee yesterday termed the council as ‘“the most dangerous menace to the city today.” Mr. Leetch, who reflected the sponsored sentiments of a great num- ber of the directors, officlals and members of the board, became anger- ed at the reply by Commissioner Bell to the Board of Trade's letter sent recently condemning the attitude of the Commissioners in regard to the extension of Fourteenth street and suggesting that the Commissioners get opinions of local hefore they act on bills vii fag the District Col. Bell's Reply Quoted Col. Bell in his reply stated in full accord with vour view the. Commissfoners should keep ir touch with interested property owners and others relative to legislative and budget matters and have initinted staps to that end during the past two vearn.” This reply, which was con strued by those present to refer to the establishment of the Citizens' Ady ory Council, did not meet with a very warm reception by the members of the Board of Trade's executive com mittee, and Mr. Leetch declared: *It 1s high time the District Commission ers pay attentlon to the wishes of established organizations which really represent the city.” The general sentiment expressed by many members of the board was that they feel that this council does not truly represent the citizens of the Dis- trict, and that those who compose its membership have no authority to speak for the people of the District. Higher Water Rates Opposed. The proposed increase of the water rates of the District by 25 per cent | was opposed by the executive com- mittee of the hoard in adopting the report of the committee on water sup- ply under the chairmanship of Francis R. Weller. This report will be brought before the full meeting of the board, which takes place at the New Willard Hotel at § o'clock tonight Representative Carroll L. Beedy of Maine will make the principal address A number of committee reports will | also be considered by the board. PHI BETA KAPPA LEADER DEFENDS STUDENT BODY Dr. Oscar M. Vooitieis Says Colleges Have More ious Students Than Eg¥:r Before. By the Assoctated I ATLANTA. M ledge youths we! Dr. Oscar M. o ch 23 —Modern Col- defended today by Voorhefs, natfonal | of Phi Beta Kappa, honor- | ary scholarship fraternity, who de. clared there are more seriously fn. | clined students in the colleges of | America today than ever before in the history of the nation. | “When 1 say phere are more | seriously inclined stidents in Amer! | can colieges now than ever before, 1 do not necessarily rgean that the pr centage of the serfously inclined fs greater in proportion to those of frivilous turn,” he said. “There is a great goto-college movement In America now which is pouring great streams of students through the por- tals of our educational institutions. | It logically follows that out of the | mass there are going to be more of a serfous turn than ever before, and that e a great thing in ftself.’ i Dr. Voorhels is here to establish a | Phi Beta Kappa chapter in Agnes | Scott College for women. | of life.” ROBUST ROAR OF SHAD PEDDLER HERALD OF SPRING, NOW BANNED “Buck Shad, Roe Shad, Nie Frsh saewatr s [ALKS T0 CITIZENS Here’s Your Fish Man With Your Fresh Sha-a-ad” to Be Heard No More. Heartless police and health regula tions have conspired to drive into in nocudus desuetude one of the finer and nobler heralds of romantic Spring. the sturdy-throated fish man with his cheering message of fresh salt-water sha-a-ad. Old-timers, with mofst eyes, listen in vain nowadays for this stirring re- minder that Winter has departed to make way for the flowers that bloom in the Spring, tra-la Almanacs in hand, they are bending forward eagerly in the hope that once more, ere evervthing is regulated out of existence, they may experience the I that only the call of a shad pur- r can induce. True, there arc fish men traversing the highways and byways of the Cap- ital still, but so sl are they that sel- dom can they be detected. Their lungs are muffied and their spirits bridled by unromantic rules promulgated by two otherwise high estimable and esthetic gentlemen, Maj. Hesse of the police department and Dr. Fowler of the health department. The police regulation which strikes af the soul of the Spring shad busf ness is the one which forbids sales persons from crying aloud their wares on the streets. Thix rule applies, of course, not only to harbingers of shad and Spring, but to peddlers of straw berrles, fresh vegetables and red ripe watermélons. The whole matter comes under Commissioner Fenning’s general ban on unnecessary street noises. The health regulation affecting the lowly shad makes-it unlawful for fish hawkers to keep their finuy wares in uncovered conveyances and prohibits them from . cleaning them for pros- pective customers. This, it §s pointed out, 15 just another milistone around the ‘neck of the champlons of the sen timental shad. In the old days. when no such pro hibition existed, the raucous ery of the had man was sweet music to the ears the expectant populace. In almost every block about this time of the year one could hark to the bark of the fishmonger, and know that, all other rigns to the contgary, Spring. indeed, was in the offing. “Fresh sha-n-ad” he would intone with rising inflection. “Buck shad, roe shad; nice, fresh salt-water shad. Here's your fish man with your fresh shaad’™ Can it be that Maj. llesse and Health Officer Fowler are without romance? That they have combined delfberately with the alm to foree t pring loving Inarn of the arrival of the flowery sea- son from perusals of maps of the cquinoxes, etc It looks mighty fishy, anyway CHANCE FOR “ELIGIBLES.” Vacancies Noted in D. C. Police and Fire Departments. The Civil Service Commission stat. ed today it still is In need of eligl bles to fill positions of policemen fn the Metropolitan Police Department and privates in the Fire Department of the District of Columbia. The need for eligibles s so great thet the commission has given it ex. tensiva publicity by displaying no- tices in all post offices in the States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware. Notwithstanding this wide an- nouncement, the greater number of applications’ are filed hy Distriet of Columbia residents, and the commis. sion wishes to receive a further large number of applications from local men who are qualified Recelpt of applications for the fire man examination closes Saturday Applications for the policeman exam ination will be recefved until June 30 The entrance salary s §1,800) At the end of the first vear the men | automatically advance to class 1| ary $1,900 a year, and at the end of | the third vear to class 3. salary | $2,100. Further promotion depends upon demonstrated merft and the needs of the service, The minimum height is 5 feet 8 inches, without shoes, and | the minimum weight is 145 pounds. | without clothing. | The age requirements are from 22 to 35 for policemen and from 21 to 31 requirement | for firemen. | tions. WORLD ASSETS OF Y.M.C.A. NOW TOTAL $193,236,000 Net Property and Endowment Holdings Listed in Report Issued by Committee at Geneva. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 23—The net property and endowment holdings of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion throughout the world now amount to $193,236,000, according to the annual statement of the world's committee at Genev: Switzerland, received yesterday by the national council. Of this sum, $154,542,000 fs in property and funds in the United Stutes. At the beginning of ., the re- port shows, 7,352 officers were em- ployed in 52 countries, of’ which were employ The figures show an advance officers over the world totul ar ugo. 1923, of 151 of a . Norway Bank Suspends. By the Associated Press hle advices to the Commerce De- partment today said the Norden fjeldske Kredithank of Trondhjem, one of the provinctal banks of Norway. had suspended payment and had re quested public administration of its affairs, ‘The suspenston was said to be prob ably only temporary, and all labil- ities were belleved to be fully covered. BOWLING GREEN STORAGE & VAN CO. LIFT VANS Foreign and Household Goods Inland Removals ot and Fine Effects. Agents FEDERAL STORAGE COMPANY 1707 FLORIDA AVENUE Adams 6304 “How true is the saying—The stage 1s the mirror *“The American Security and Trust Company. whom I have named as Executor and Trustee under my Will, will continue to handle my estate a&er I have passcd-on. with the same care and skill as I am doing now.” ! d fn Amerfcan associa- | LIEUT. VAN WINKLE ‘Urges Enlistment of Smaller, Prettier Girls on Police- women’s Force. Frankly admitting that officers of the Women's Bureau of the Police De- partment often have to make cases without first seeking warrants sup- ported by affidavits, because dela would mean police would arrive after offenses had been committed, Lieut. Mina . Van Winkle, head of the bu- reau, last night dec d that should the District Commissioners one day decide 1o abolish the bureau it would strous to the welfare of the addressing the North Capitol ens’ Association at the United Brethren Church. Mrs. Van Winkle pleaded for sup- port of the bill now pending in Con- gress which would recogniza the Women's Bureau ns a permanent in stitution, which could be abolished v by congresisonal act. Rules Hamper Personnel. Fointing to the inability of officials to fill_vacancies in the hureau, Mrs. Van Winkle declared she is handi- capped because the Commissioners re fute 1o lower the maximum helght required for policewomen. “We need small, young. pretty girls, who have the fnstinct and trafning for this kind of social serv- fce. The Commissioners seem to * o he o feet 4 Bl wherever we us coming. A small 1 elean touch should height think we hes in nid. Mrs. Van Winkle enphali red that she and her not trying to put plctures and other amusement p out of business. Insists on Proper Regulation. “We are only insisting that these 1hings be clean,” she said ““T'he soclal instinet runs strong in yonth. It s much better t hovs and girls should be dancing in decently regulated dance halls than in places where we can’'t watch them The association adopted a resolution supporting and commending the Sen ate committee investigating coal prices in the District. A second r protested against the purchas Iy de of “15 un hers of the as feared, eventually, the North Capitol line. Another reso lution approved the plan for develop ment of the Potomac water front Henry Gilligan, president of the as soctation, told of progress in the case before the T'nited States Supreme Court which is expected to decide finally the efficacy of real estate cove ts prohibiting sale of properties to but white persons in certain areas . U. C. T. Elects Officers. enfor councilol couneilor, 11 Warren Fourg | roming year: |Owen; fun | nings, secretary, conductor, T MeGinnts: page, H A. Mitchell; sentinel, €. O. Skelton executive committee, H. 1. Harris W. A. Woodraof, J. Tanner Kinnfer and W. T. €pencer. 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