Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 4

ZIONIST CAMPAIGN O START APRIL 2 Mass Meeting to Launch Lo cal United Palestine Ap- peal for $50,000. Loeb of the Ohev and Dr br.J. T. Congregation Schwefel of the Sixth Street zogue and other orthodox rabbis of Washington will dev: mons tomorrow and Tues final days of the Passover, 10 appe: to their congregations for support of the Zionist campaign in this city for $50,000. The drive, known Palestine Appeal, is part of the na tional campaign to ratse $5,000,000 Tor the rehabilitation of Palestine thi Of this sum, $3,000,000 already ised in large Jewish cen Washing mpaign, , is one of the last to get under way. Isidore Hersifield, president of the District Zionists and chairman of the aign committee, announced yes that the local drive will »d with a_big mass High School April 2 Chaim Nachman Bialik yrew poet, will be the pri speaker. Rally Week Planned. Blalik came to the United States from Palestine several months ago 10 tell of conditions in Palestine and 10 show the need for American Jew: 1o continue the work of . ouis Lipsky, president of the Zion t organization of America, also will kpeak at this rally. The following week will be devoted to a series of luncheons and meetings, ending with final campaign banquet at the Jew ‘ Center, at which Rabbi e, chairman of the Na- al United Palestine Appeal, is e pected to be the honor guest 5 reliminary work of the campaign already has been started under the di- rection of Louls E. Spiegler, chair- Jewish as the United . | turn t 40 of ch, as nd intensive ever-under Zionisis | o Mr. He Personnel of Committees. ing personnel of the local cam rittee is announced follows ore Hershfield, chairm Levi H. David, Capt. Yulius [ Sherby, Judge Milton Joseph A. W Paul Himmelfarb, treas. Shefferman, secret: inancial secret. regional direct S chairman Mrs. John M. Safer, chair- women'’s division, and Mrs, Henry Hirsh and Mrs. lsador Kahn, vice chairmen. r Abe itive committee are ocal Zionist M Morris ( Dr Davidson, 8. I ) is Garfinkl A Glushak, S. A. Golden, Arthur Gottlieb, Jacob Heckman, Dr. M. A. Zoiman Henkin, Max Horen- Mr. H. Hertzberg, H. Kur, Dr. Loeb, J. L. Mazo, Rev. Louls » . W. 1. Ogus, Mrs. Henry Oxenberg, Mrs. Charles Pilzer, Max wle, Mrs. Frank Rosenberg, Mrs. . John M. Safer, Rabbi Schwefel, Shapiro, Charles J. Stein and s Stein. < — MARINE’S THROAT CUT DURING STREET FIGHT After Hour and a Half on Op- erating Table, Doctor Believes He Ha uffering from a stab wound in the throat which narrowly missed sever. ing the jugular vein, and deep gashes about the left side of his face, Private mes A. Poe, 22 vears old, a marine from Quantico, was taken to George- town Hospital in a serious condition last night after a fight with an un- identified colored man on the corner Chance to Survive. land av southwest. Poe was on the operating table at Georgetown Hospital for more than an hour and a half while doctors worked strenuously to save his life. At an hour this morning it was be- that he had a fighting chance survive Police of the unable to lear fight up to an ing. The marine was t hospital in_an automobile hy John J. Burrough of 2 street fourth precinct were any details of the ur this morn operated % Fifteenth but Burrough was v only scant details of the rch for the colored man has istituted” MAN FOUND WANDERING, DAZED BY BLOW ON HEAD Henry Burnett, Believed Hurt in Fight, Taken to Hospital. Hatchet Found Near Scene. Jurnett, 65 years old, of 1227 venue, an employe of the Washington Gas Light Co., was found jast night wandering z the gas plant at Twenty-sixth and G streets in a dazed condition as a result of being hit on the head. George Croft, another employe of the company, who found him. and Ernest Burns, took him to George- town Hospital in a gas company auto- mobile, where his condition early this morning was said to be not serious. Police of the third precinct reported that a hatchet was found near the place where Mr. Burnett was wandr- ing around and believe that his wounds were inflicted in an alterca- tion with an individual whose identity has not been ascertained. Police are nvestigating. STRUCK BY AUTO. Mrs. Mary Nash’s Condition Seri- ous After Accident—Man Held. Suffering from prot the skull and a > leg, Mrs. I, 471 C stre Kmergency Hospi ifter being knocked down by an au- tomobile, operated by C. L. Skinner, 32 years old, colored, of 1502 Thir- teenth streef Skinner was driving along C street when Mrs. Nash attempted to cross from one side of the street to the sther. After the accident, he picked her up, placed her in his machine and took her to Emergency Hospital. Her condition was so serious, police stated, that Skinner was detained at the fourth precinct pending the outcome of her injuries, with a technical charge of investigation placed against A him, ble fracture of Sholem Louis J.{ Syna- | be | rehabilita- | I | | | Class Room Nearly | Wrecked; Dozens of Empty Bottles Found. |Part of Contents Dump- ! ed Into Sand Box, ““Sea” Blocks Used as Ships. Details of a scandalous orgy held in the underaged kindergarten of the ’olk School, Seventh and P streets, and involving officials of the depart- ment of superintendence of the N | tional Education Assoclat} public school officials, the President of the United States, the District Commis. sloners, a teacher, a janitor, puplls of the eighth grade of the Polk nd two young public school pi bne 4 boy and the other a girl, just become known and are made pu lic by The Star today with much mi | glvin | Official- comment was | withheld last night, but it | on every b at the very vitals of the republic something should be, done about it. The part played in the scandal by als of the department of supe intendence of the N. I | they held the recent co that body in Washington, officia the public schools attended the « | ference, President Coolidge address | the conference amM the Disty | missioners welce ton. But how about the others involved? Ah, ha! Two Failed to Hear Announcement. During one of the days of the con- | vention the teacher in charge of the { kindergarten at the Polk School noti fied her pupils that she would have | to attend a meeting of a sessior | voted to discipline in the kinder; on the next day. She therefore told | her small charges that they must not come to school. Little did she reck | that two other of her children, aged 15, a boy and girl, were ending thelr | quarantine after heing sick with the { chickenpox, and that they would re the day following. Little, oh, how little, indeed, did she reck it. The next day dawned as usual. At § o'clock thé kindergarten did not re- { sound to the music of little volces. | All the children were home with their [ mamas and papes, except two. But those two! Ah ha' Their extreme youth will prevent their names from becoming known. { We shall call the boy Johnnie and the i girl, Mary. Johnnie and Mary had just been quarantined with the chickenpox. { They didn't know teacher was attend- ing a meeting to hear about discipline in the kindergartens. So they came to chool. Paint Tackled With Glee, Nobody in the guns. What worlds there were to conquer. The paint, for instance. The paint is put up in little tubes, like tooth paste. One squeezes a tube and out the paint comes, wig- gling and squirming lke a juicy worm. And what beautiful colors there were 1, and green, and orange, and blue | and purple and pink, all the colors in the world. And how nice it was to smear that paint on the floor, on the desks, on the walls, on the black- room. Great 80 what to do with the rest THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, SCANDALOUS ORGY REPORTED IN POLK KINDERGARTEN. CLASS A PERFECT DAY. hoard—and to rub one's hands in it, and to put it on each other's cheeks. Johnnie and Mary not only painted ¢ painted it every | of the rainbow. But the tubes | were limited. And one gets tired of squeezing it out, for no thrill lasts forever. Then there was the sandpile. Nice, | white, loose sand, that could be spread | anywhere one wanted to <pread It and nobody to say anything about | dirtying up the floor. But dry sand | has its limitatio > can do only | s0 much with dry sand. o Happy thought! The milk man had just come. Being a milk man, he did not reason why. He left his thirty- nd went his way. His was . Fresh, cool milk. But one can drink only €0 much milk, of it? and sand—what an idea. Johnnie Mary opened the pints, one by and soon they had a beautiful 1 of milk, with a nice sandy bot- and the ples they made of milk sand! Sleep Wins Them Over, But little hands get tired of cooking iilk ples, and o the heads—the bright, wooden beads, of all colors, that teacher makes one string—were next attacked. How pretty they looked, floating In the milk! All the beads were found. All went into the milky sand box. And then the blocks. They made good ships, to float about from port to port, loading and unload- ing thelr cargoes of beads. Johnnie about this time is under- stood to have tried to stifle a yawn. He was unsuccessful, for he was not only full of milk, but he was darn tired. He curled upon the floor, and beside him Mary stretched out. Soon they were in the Land of Nod, dream- ing, mayhap, of sand ples, milk, beads and paint There teacher found them when she returned to the school from hearing lectures on discipline in the kinder- garten. And what a sight she found! Paint, milk, beads, empty milk bot- tles—and two dear little innocents, flat on the flaor, sound asleep. The children are understood to have been waked up and sent home. Ma: be mama and papa had things to say to thiem that teacher couldn't. The janitor was summoned. He needed help. So the children of the elghth grade were brought into the scandal. t was 6 o'clock before the room was presentable, and the janitor said yesterday he didn’t care for another job like that for some time to come. But as for Johnnie and Mary—they have lived! CHILL EASTER WIND MAY MAR PARADES Mingled Sunlight Will Not Be Especially Effective as Temperature Drops. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2—A mixed | garb of sunlight, trimmed in cold winds, will be the weather style for !New York's Easter parade, the | Weather Bureau decreed tonight. The sunlight, which will save the Fifth avenue promenade from the rain which threatened it tonight, will be tempered by strong northwest winds, the forecast gaid. It will be colder, a result of the storm coming from the Middle West and threatening Easter snow in northern New York, New England and Pennsylvania. FAIR AND COLD IN CHICAGO. West Digging Self Out After One of ‘Worst March-End Storm . CHICAGO, April 3 ®.—Dame Na- ture and Milady of the Middle West will promenade together tomorrow in the gay attire of Spring. Somber colors have been in vogue for the past week and somber colors will probably be good again after to- morrow night, but Easter morning Will be flooded with sunshine from the bluest of skies, the weather man promised tonight. It may be a bit Wet underfoot and the day will be cold, but fair, the Government bu- reau promised. The forecast was the most optl- mistic since a_roaring snawstorm laid siege to the Midwest early Tuesday, and an afternoon of sunshine loosed a throng of belated shoppers. Chicago’s downtown area was thronged and telephone companies pro- vided additional equipment to accom- modate the searchers for Spring finery. fostly falr weather” will prevail from the upper Mississippi Valley eastward across Michigan and In- diana, while westward the weather | will be more or less unsettled over the | Central and Northern plains, with pre- cipitation likely in most of these areas by or before tomorrow night, the Weather Bureau_forecasts. Tha unseasonal disturbance of the week moved Eastward today, leaving behind a snow-drifted Middlewest, that is just beginning to dig itself out after one of the worst March-end storms in its history. EASTER RAIN ON WEST COAST. Ocean Storm on Way in South, While North Has Snow and Rain. SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 (P).— California will have to hurry to Easter service between showers to- morrow or take a chance with their Easter finery. The Weather Bureau reported today that the ocean storm which is moving inland, is due to strike in force within the next few days, and that in the meantime showery weather may be expected. Rain fell in San Francisco today and there were indications that the arrival of the storm would better the Weather Bureau prediction by a day or so. Oregon, Washington and Idaho were in the grip of the storm today, with much rain and snow reported. Easter sunrise services at the illuminated cross on Mount David- son, in this city, will be held, church federation officials sald, regardless of the weather. #, Peking faces coal shortage. STATION WEAR SOLD. CLEVELAND, April 3 (#).—An- nouncement of the purchase of radio station WEAR of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. here by the Willard Storage Battery Co., owners of WTAM, was announced today. 8. E. Baldwin, manager of radio- casting at WTAM, said no immediate change in operation is contemplated. He also declared that pians to move WTAM's transmitter to & point out- side Cleveland have been abandoned for the present. HOUGHTON LEAVES FOR BRITiSH POST Sir Robert Horne, Also on Majestic, Denies English Attempt to Cancel Debt. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 3.—Alanson B. Houghton, American Ambassador to Great Britain, sailed on the Majestic for England this afternoon. He de- clined to discuss official affairs. When Mr. Houghton came here March 15 he asserted that his visit had no particular international sig- nificance. Sir Robert Horne, former chancellor of the British exchequer, also was a passenger on the Majestic. He said that Great Britaln had never sought 1 cancellation of her debt to the United States. His country, he asserted, was “fully prepared to meet every obliga- tion in connection with the debt which she has agreed to.” Samuel M. Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, was another passenger. He said he was going to Russia on a scouting mission for business. “We have sold into Rus- sfa,” he s.id, “a number of electric locomotives and {f there is any more business in that direction we want it.” aad ~ Screen Paint Made Especially for Use on the Wire Mesh of Screens Produces a soft, velvety finish that is restful to the eye. Waterproof and Rustproof. A Quart is usually sufficient to paint all CENTRAL FINALITS | COMPETE APRIL 16 Three to Contest for Honor of Representing School in Star Area. Canfleld Marsh, Merillat Moses and George Willis will represent Central High School in the school finals of the natlonal oratorical contest, which will be held in the school auditorium April 16. The winning orators, who will engage in a triangular battle for the honor of representing Central in the entire Star area, which Includes the high schools of the District of | Columbla and contiguous sections of Virginia and Maryland, were selected in the semi-final tryouts before the faculty contest committee, held im- mediately prior to adjournment of hool activitlies for the Iaster holi- . From the largest fleld of aspirants vet entering the coniest at Central, elght pupils had survived the prelim- inary tests, which consisted first of passing on submitted manuscripts and then the semi-final contest in ‘hich- the eight selected for this event competed. Others who appear- od in the seml-final test were Wil Dyer, James Mercer, Ethelwyne Hyne, Grace McLean and Stephen Kremer. Subjects Selected. The Constitution was the subject of the orations of Canfield Marsh and Merillat Moses, while George Willis spoke on Lincoln and the Constitu- tion. In this, the opening round of the semi-finals in the public high school diviston of the contest fn Washington, the boy orators prevailed both in the proportionate number of contestants and iIn the final result of the com- petition. Advancement was made during the week in the contest in McKinley High, the results of which placed the boys and girls who yet remain in the com- petition on equal footing. The six remaining contestants in this school as a result of a winnowing test dur- ing the last week are Joseph Sorrell, Hazel Boyce, Martha Willlams, Felisa Jenkins, Fred Dieterich and Abe Blajwas. In the school semi-finals which will take place just after the Easter holidays, this number will be reduced to four who will comprise the school finalists. During the holiday period, Mrs. Eda B. Frost, chairman of the contest supervision in this school and instructor in public spea ing, will continue in touch with con testants and help them increase their effectiveness. Reports from other public high | schools show that progress is being | made in bringing matters to a head just after the Easter holidays in prep- aration for the final school events and then the District of Columbia fina in this class on April 23. The finals for the entire Star area, which will be held May 7, will determine who will win the honor of representing this area in the national finals which will be held June 4 and, in addition, recetve a total of $300 in cash awards and a_three-month tour of Europe | with all expenses patd. * General Interest Stimulated. Principals, teachers and pupils in the various schools represented in the contest this year report a growth of substantal interest all along the line. not only in the schools, but among the familles of the pupils and In the school communities as well. Parents | are reported to be taking an increas. ing and more direct interest in their chiidren’s participation, urging them to enter, and are themselves becoming better acquainted with the Constitu- tion and the fundamental laws of the | country. School faculties are finding more practical means of co-ordinating | the work of the contests with the vari. | ous branches of schoal studies directly related to oratory and a study of the Constitution, s well as to the teach ing of English, Testimony of teachers generally is that a new and long-sought vehicle has been discovered for creating zest and human interest, as well as rival- | ry, in the study of a hitherto dry and | difficult subject. A newcomer from the Mary] school district in the contest Is the | Brandywine High School. of which William D. Himes is principal. The representative from this school al- ready has been selected. Dudley (' Aist, who lives at Cheltenham, Md.. will bear fts colors in the district finals at Hyattsville. MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY | Card Party Tuesday to Provide Fund for Lincoln T. Scholarships. The Dames of the Loyal Legion will hold their annual card party for the benefit of Lincoln Memorial Uni- versity at the Willard Hotel, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The function is under a patronage including mem- bers of the cabinet, diplomatic corps, Congress and Army and Navy circles. Funds will be turned over to the Mrs, John A. Logan scholarship of the Legion, which endowment makes it possible for four mountaineers each year to receive an education in this university situated at the juncture of Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia. the screens and doors of an ordinary house. BLACK, i 75¢ i COPPER SCREEN Varnish t of GREAT LAKE SPAR VARNISH, reduced with turpentine, will preserve the original color of your copper screens and prevent the yellow stain from water which discolors window sills. Price 90c D. C, APRIL 4, 1926—PART 1. ORATORY FINALISTS AT CENTRAL HIGH COMPARISON OF COAL PRICES HELD WRONG Suter Says New York and Other | Cities Use “Short Ton,” While Local Dealers Use “Long.” The comparison of prices charged for conl in the District of Columbia with the prices charged in N and other citles is misles places the local coal dea position, according to Jesse C. secretary of the local coal me board of trade. Mr. Suter explained that the reason prices per ton in the District were higher, when compared with York and other cities, is because in those citles the short ton of 2,000 pounds is used, whereas the District he long ton, 2,240 pounds. 1in New York is $16.24, stove coal $16.52 and pea coal §12.05, if figured on the long ton basis. tinued comparison of District prices with other cities that use the short ton ‘is wrong, Mr. Suter said. He also declared that he saw no reason why the District should be one of the very few cities of the country to still use the long ton measure, and de- clared it was as foolish as using an hants oversized foot rule or welght measure. | MARION TALLEY TO TOUR. Plans Series of Concerts in Middle West in September. KANSAS CITY, April 3 @) - Marjon Talley will sing to the home folks he ite in September while t tour of the st, it was announced today by her concert manager The youthrul 150 will Tulsa Des Moines, Fargc luth Metropolitan appear in S and Oklahomna Minneapc Opera Louis, City announced. s Talley will return to in October for rehearsals of al new roles assigned to her by the Metropolitan manageme understood the Metropolitan revival of Mozart's Tally in the Du- | and one or two other cities, it | of her life in New York befo New | i | Central | all of her children DUELSTS WOH SLENT ON STAN Mrs. Lillie A. Wenzel Mute at : Inquest, Fearing to In- volve Herself. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 3 Mrs Lillle A. Wenzel was on the verge of collapse at the inguest here | today over the body of her hushands Robert . Wenzel, 58, and refused to testify on the ground that she m:ight incriminate herself in the inves tion of the shooting cf Wenzel Wenzel, a real estate dealer, was killed and Rollin Roselle, artist, musieian and salesman, injured in a rifle and sho he ult, police investigat friendship between Ros middle-aged wife, Wenzel was helped from chair after her refusal to fed cannot go on longer.” A physician day s ile As Mrs. the witness | testity she -nd her In the county jail where she is held Roselle, v injured, was { said by police to have admitted firing {the charge of buckshot which killed Wenzel after Wenzel had wounded him with a rifle. . Representative to Speak. 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