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3 ®» BRIG. GEN. BELLINGER . PERMANENT UNION IS SOUGHT THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1926. | NEEDS OF SCHOOLS JEFFERSON GIVEN CAPITAL TRIBUTE French Ambassador Joins Others by Giving Speech at Breakfast. Thomas Jefferson, whose name long since has become synonymous with democracy and whose ideals of government are traditions of his party, today was pald homage throughout the Natfon for his serv- ices as a founder of the United States, signer of the Declaration of Independence, patron of education and one of the first Presidents. Spokesmen for France Jjoined in raying their respects to the early Democrat, participating in cere- monies held here. Senators, univer- sity students, artis community center leaders, the c v, memorial organizations and school children all aided in three public assemblies in the Capital today. More than 500 persons gathered at the Mayflower Hotel at noon for the annual Monticello breakfast; this eve- ning at 6:30 o'clock the Jefferson day banquet will be held at the Mayflower and at 8 o'clock a colorful pageant depicting the life of Jeffecson w i be presented at the Central High School under the auspices of the Community Center Department, assisted by tha Thomas Jefferson Memorial Founda- 2, and will be enacted by a group including students of George Wash- ington University, members of Jef- ferson Foundation, clergymen and school children. The Monticello breakfast was fea- | tured by the display of rare books and manuscripts of Jefferson which have been made gifts to the Monti- cello shrine in an_endeavor to re- establish the great library which Jef- ferson sold to Congress as the nucleus | of the Congressional Librar: These hooks, after being acknowledged by the members of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and others pres- ent, were returned to Monticello. Mrs. Hoes Presides. The breakfast was presided over by Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes, chairman of the Washington com- mittee of the foundation. After wel- coming the guests, Mrs. Hoes pre- sented Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Episcopal Bishop of Washing- ton, who asked blessing. Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews, spe- clal representative of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, reported brief- ly on the progress mads toward hav- RETIRES TOMORROW Assistant Quartermaster General Has Ended Distinguished 46-year Record. Brig. Gen. John B. Bellinger, as- sistant quartermaster general, will be transferred to the retired list of the Army tomorrow at the age of 64, after 46 years of active military service. High lights in his ca- reer were his ini- tiation and execu- tion of great trans- portation move- ments of troops and supplies dur- ing the Spanish ‘War in 1898 and during the World War. He was de- partment quarter- master in_ the Philippines during the latter conflict and had direct charge of the transporiation of the Siberian-American expeditionary forces and of the purchase and de- livery of necessary supplies in the Orient. For the success of his endeavors he was awarded the distinguished service medal and promoted to the grade of brigadler general and as- sistant quartermaster general. At the ciose of the Spanish War he suc- cessfully managed the homeward movement of the troops in Cuba and Porto Rico. Gen. Bellinger Is a native of | Charleston, S. C., and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1884. He served in the Cavalry in various parts of the country until , August, 1894, when he was transfer- | red to the Quartermaster Corps in the grade of captain. He reached the grade of colonel in October, 1913, and brigade rank in December, 1922. He will be succeeded in his present {office of assis'ant quartermaster gen- ‘eral at the War Department Thurs- day by Col. Harry F. Rethers, Quar- termaster Corps, who was recently transferred from San Francisco to this city for that purpose. In his new office, Col. Rethers will have the rank and pay of brigadier general. e Sy GIRL TAKES OV,ERDO_SE OF SLEEPING POTION Dorothy Bennett, Friend of Fiancee of “Bull” Montana, Slain by Gangsters, in Hospital. GEN. BELLINGER. ing the Monticello hom» made into & national shrine, and lauded the work of Mrs. Hoes and local vhalir- men. Mrs. Andrews sald that in the three vears since the movemen: was actively launched Washington has contributed a total of $£36,000. This is to be the last public contribution sought from Washington, Mre. An- drews said. The Monticello home soon will be self-supporting, from gate receipts there, Mrs. Andrews sald, reporting that the receipts last year amounted to $10,000. Dr. Lewis Speaks. Willlam Tyler Page recited his “American’s Creed.” Dr Willlam Mather Lewls, president of George ‘Washington University, spoke of the importance of preserving historic landmarks, such as Monticello. The French Ambassador, M. Ber- enger, speaking for the first time at & public gathering in the United States, told of the friendship of Jeffer- son and Lafayette. Senator Swanson, who represented the State in which Thomas Jefferson was born, spoke of Jefferson’s influence throughout the ‘world through his political acts and ideals. A description of Monticello and the portrait of Jefferson given by La- rochefoucauld in 1796 and published by him in French in 1799 in the be. ginning of the fifth volume of his “Voyage aux Etats-Unis d' Amerique” was given by the Ambassador. Committee Greats Envoy. Preceding the breakfast, Ambassa- dor and Mme. Berenger, were met in the reception room by the Jefferson descendants, Senator Swanson of Vir- zinia, Mrs. Rose G. Hoes, chairman of the Monticello Association and Matthew Page Andrews, author, and executive director of the Jefferson League. As a souvenir of the occa- sion the French Ambassador was presented with a minlature copy of the Biggest Book in the world, “The Story of the South” by Mr. Andrews. “‘One hundred and thirty years ago,” Ambassador Berenger reminded his audience,, “in the fourth year of the French republic, a Frenchman of a very old famil; whom the revolu- tionists of his country as well as his personal tastes, had brought as a traveller to the United States of America, the ‘citoyan-duc’ de Laroche- foucauld-Liancourt, arrived at Monti- cello, June 20, 1796, to return the visit of an agriculturist of Virginia, who was none other than your illus- trious countryman, Thomas Jefferson. “Thomas Jefferson was then in the meridian of his career. Although only 53 years of age, he had already been @ member of the Continental Congress of 1775, was the author of the Declara- tion of Independence, had been the Governor of Virginia, the minister ylenipotentiary to France and the first Secretary of State of George Wash- {ngton. Since 1792, that is to say for three vears, he had retired from the Government and had become an agri- culturist. Visitor of Same Age. “His French visitor, Larochefouc- auld-Liancourt, like him, was in the iiddle of the road of life, having been born in 1747. He dled in France after a nobie career as a philanthropist and a man of politics in 1827, one vear after your Jefferson, who, as vou know, died in 1826 at Monticello, where he is buried. “The two men, the American and the Frenchman, were then of the same age, and of an origin and an education somewhat similar, They had both passed through the bloody storms of two revolutions. They loved liberty, but detested intolerance. They were both attached, not only to the culture of the mind, but also to that of the earth. The French travel- er was especially well fitted to under- stand the American statesman. “Today, as we are commemorating both Monticello and Jefferson, I think that it may be interesting to recall the description of Monticello and the portrait of Jefferson given by La Rochefoucauld in 1796 and pub- lished by him in French in 1799 in the beginning of the fifth volume of his ;‘Voy e aux FEtats-Unis d'Amer. que.” Representatives Give Addresses. Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Representa- tive in Congress from New Jersey, lauded Jefferson for his support of public schools, and Representative Tyson of Tennesses spoke briefly on “Some of the Many-Sided Characteris- tics of Jefferson,” The banquet at the Mayflower to- night will be an elaborate affair with many personages of note participat- Democratic nomi- 1924, will speak on “Thomas Jefferson, States- man and Diplomat”; Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland will speak on “Thomas Jefferson’s Views on the Freedom of the Pres;, nre“t‘me of th Virginia representatives read address by Harry F. Byrd of Gtsztute oy Miss Dorothy Bennett, 21 years old, of Baltimore, visitor at the apartment of Miss Bess Dodson, the Nolando, 1413 T street, is at Emergency Hospi- tal today suffering from an overdose of a sleeping drug. Miss Dodson was the flancee of Joe “Bull” Montano, slain by gangsters in Detroit recently, who last week ten- dered local police a $500 reward to be posted for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the killing. Physicians expect Miss Bet- nett will recover. THREE HURT WHEN AUTO IS HIT AND OVERTURNED Driver of Other Machine Aban- dons It Near Scene—Man’s Foot Crushed by Tractor. Struck by a hit-and-run driver, the automobile of Howard L. Coffman, 614 Fourteenth street northeast, was overturned at New Jersey avenue and Q street early last night. Mrs. Ruby Coffman, Mrs. Roberta Harris and J. A. Harris, occupants of the car with Coffman, received slight cuts and bruises. The car of the hit-and-run driver was abandoned not far from the scens of the accident. Police reported it listed as belonging to John H. Ford, 1825 Seventh street, and efforts are being made to establish the identity of the driver at the time of the col- lision. Cyrus P. Phillips, 22 years old, 1338 Eleventh street southeast, fell from a tractor of the Washington Rallway and Electric Co., near Georgia avenue and Dahlia street yesterday afternoon and a wheel of the vehicle crushed his left foot. He was taken to Walter Reed Hospital. WILLIAM STARK DIES. Willlam Stark, 78 years old, a watchman at the Government Print- ing Office, dled at his residence, 1222 Sixth street, yesterday, after a long illness. Born in Ohio, Mr. Stark came to ‘Washington about 40 years ago and had lived here since. He was re- tired as a watchman two years ago, after 20 years’ service. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Adalaide Stark; a son, Willlam Stark, Jr., and one daughter, Mrs. Annie Day. Funeral services will be conducted at the chapel of Frank Geler's Sons Co., 1113 Seventh street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Glenwood cemetery. —— Religious Liberty,” which was one of the three things Jefferson wished to be remembered by. Former Senator Stanley of Ken- tucky will deliver an address on “The Representative Old- fleld of Arkansas, on “The Louisiana Purchase,” which was one of Jeffer- son’s accomplishments; Senator King of Utah, on “The Great Djvide,” re- counting the expedition to the Pacific coast of Lewis and Clark; Senator Bayard of Delaware, on ‘‘Delaware’; Senator Gerry will read a letter writ- ten by Jefferson, and Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyler, president of the ‘Washington Headquarters Associa- tion of New York, will speak on the “Home Life of Thomas Jefferson."” To Use Monticello Chair. Henry E. Davis of Washington will be toastmaster and will be seated in & chair which came from Monticello and which was loaned by Mrs. Mason Nicholson. ‘The pageant to be presented to- night at Central High School was written by Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews and is to be directed by Marie Moore Forrest. It was presented last year at Baltimore and the preceding year at York, Pa. There will be about 150 in the cast. ‘The pageant recounts nine impor- tant points in the life of Jefferson. While the characters enact in pan- tomime the events, Mrs. Maud Howell Smith will recite the iyric written by Mrs. Andrews. Denis Connell takes the part of Jefferson throughout. The scenes depict the following Jefferson as the son of a ‘Washington, at the beginning of the Republic; the ball at the White House presided over by Dolly Madison, a scene to be enlivened by graceful minuets; opening of the first public school in Washington by Jefferson, who converted his stables for that purpose; the Lewis and Clark expedi- tion, fostered by Jefferson; planning o(b;thl::nhl.rlh.y :fl ‘a"?’;‘ and ll\: v Lafayette efferson at ‘Monticalio ‘ HEALTH CONDITIONS INDISTRICT SCORED Spokesmen for Social Agencies Blame Backward- ness on Lack of Funds. Inadequacy of health maintenance work in the District, due to the lack of appropriations by Congress, was ecored by Health Officer W. C. Fowler and other experts on health and social problems at the annual meeting of the Washington Council of Soclal Agencies in the Burlington Hotel yesterday afternoon. General criticlsm of health condi- tions here, blamed on lack of funds, followed an address by Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, chairman of the division of medical sciences of the National Research Council, In which he gave statistics showing the death rate from various diseases. He empha- sized that Washington is generally behind other cities in taking care of the health of its citizens.. Other Cities Compared. Pointing out that in 1925 the death rate from typhoid fever in Washing- | ton was slightly more than 5 per-| sons per 100,000 population, as com- | pared with 1.5 for Norfolk, Va.; 3.3 for Wilmington, Del, and 3.6 for Baltimore, Dr. Vaughan, in giving the typhoid statistics, explained that with this condition existing the cause of the disease here has not been known. Dr. Vaughan also sald there is no pre-natal clinic under Government con- trol; no maternity hospital under the control of the health officer and no adequate supervision of pre-school children. 64 Cents Per Capita D. C. Rate. These and other conditions he laid to the lack of appropriations here, explaining that it has been estimated that only about 64 cents per capita, 1s spent on health in the District each year. This sum is entirely inadequate, he sald, and had his statement cor- roborated by other experts present. Dr. Walter S. Ufford, secretary of the District of Columbia Tuberculosia Association, declaring a systematic campaign for the prevention of tuber- culosis either among the white or colored people could not be led out here, sald: “Some time we are going to have decent streets; some time the five-year school building program will be car- ried out. Is not health as much im- portant as any of these other things? Must we wait?" James A. Tobey of the Institute for Government Research advocated the application of a standard to the Dis- trict to determine what s wrong with the method of dealing with the health situation. The standard sum for health expenditure in citles is $1.95 per capita yearly he sald. Miss Gertrude Bowling, director of the Visiting Nurses Soclety, spoke | of the necessity of a medical soclal | service department to work in co- operation with local hospitals, ex. plaining that when a person is re- leased from a hospital here there is no provision for following up a case. Dr. Fowler, who opened the general discussion, when asked to do so by the president of the council, A. C. Moses, explained the hopelessness of the Health Department functioning as it should in many cases, due to the lack of funds. “We have. asked for an appropriation of $25,000 to sup- press any form of nuisances attribut- ed to non-residents here,” he said, adding that the appropriation granted was only $2,000. Following the discussion Mr. Moses declared he would soon present to the council a general plan, for its con- sideration, to deal with health prob- lems in the District. Executive Committee Named. At a business session preceding the general discussions the following were elected to the executive com- mittee: Miss Hettle Anderson, Wil llam L. Clarke, Mrs. L. B. Schloss, Mrs. J. P. 8. Neligh and Willard C. Smith, all for a period of three years, and Mrs. O. L. Veerhoff for one year. Members of the executive committee will nominate officers who are to be elected at the next meeting. Mrs. J. E. Jones was chalrman of the com- mittee that nominated members of the executive committee. A general review of the work of the council during the past year was made through the reports of the dif. ferent committee chairmen, as fol- lows: Health committee, Miss Gertrude H. Bowling; family committee, Mrs. W. S. Ufford; recreation committee Miss Lydia Burklin; hospital service committee, Miss Sarah F. Schroeder; legislative educational committee, Miss Elizabeth Eastman; children’s committee, Mrs. Whitman Cross. Re- ports were made also on the work of the Christmas giving committee and of the Soclal Bervice Institute. A financial statement showed that the council had a balance of $1,022.in the treasury. EDINBURGH CLERGYMAN PLANS MISSION HERE Bishop Walpole to Conduct Eight- day Special Service in Christ Church, Georgetown. Bishop George Walpole of Edin- burgh is coming to this country for a special preaching mission at Christ Church, Georgetown, during the eight days from April 25 to May 2. Clergy of all denominations in Georgetown have promised their support of Bishop ‘Walpole's mission in making it a real community event. Although Bishop Walpole has spent a number of years in this country as teacher and lecturer and his books have brought him a still wider congre- gation, this will be hfs first visit to the United States since his consecration as Bishop of Edinburgh in 1910. ‘The bishop's visit will serve to con- tinue the historic relationship between the Episcopal Church of this country and Scotland. Samuel Seabury of Connecticut was consecrated as the first Angerican bishop shortly after the Revolution at Aberdeen, Scotland, by three Scottish prelates, after his consecration had been refused by the British church. Christ Church has been chosen for the bishop’s mission because of its historic background, Francis_Scott Key, Thomas Corcoran, Otho Linthi- cum, Thomas Hyde and Ninian Ma- gruder having been among its or- ganizers, ——— HELD FOR GRAND JURY. Walving preliminary hearing in Police Court today to the charge of blackmail, Fenton Joseph Parker of 1689 I street was held for the action of the grand jury on a bond of $1,000. He was arrested by Headquarters Detectives Fowler and Walsh, follow: ing the complaint of the father of a girl whose ‘reputation the defendan was threatening to injure after a close friendship with her. Aceording to the police, Parker ac- cepted $50 in marked money from the girl's mother, after obtaining $500 from her. i L Labor unions of Great Britain are opposing the building of houses of any AS JOURNALISTS END SESSIONS (Continued from First Page.) then agreed that each nation should have the privilege of the floor for five minutes this afternoon for the purpose of discussing these resolu tions and other questions that were Many Citles Make Bid. When it became apparent that the congress would be made a permanent organization Invitations were extend- ed to it to meet next year in New Orleans, Buenos Aires or Havana. All of these were laid aside pending the appointment of a committee which will pian for the next confer- ence. The invitation to Buenos Alres was extendéd by the delegation from Brazil, although the city mentioned is the capital of Argentina. A spokes- man for the Brazillan delegates rather anxiously protested when the Invita- tion was referred for action by a committee. He insisted that It should be given fmmediate attention, but was finally convinced that this could not be done. At 12:30 the congress recessed to the north grounds of the Pan-Ameri- can Unlon and there planted a tree commemorating the first journalistic congress. Music was furnished for the occasion by the United States Navy Band and a representative from each of the American republics had @ part in throwing a shovelful of earth on the uncovered roots. As a fitting climax a bevy of doves was re- leased, symbolizing the peace that prevails among the nations of the New World. Following this cere- mony the delegates were the guests of the congress at a luncheon at the Pan-American Union. Speaks on Schools. Dr. James Melvin Lee, director of | the department of journalism of New Yorik Univ jed the discussion of the subjec chools of Journal- ism.’ In a paper that was presented to the congress, Dr. Lee sald that preparation for journalism has fol- lowed a path somewhat similar to that for medicine. In bygone days the boy who wanted to become a doctor ‘apprenticed himself to some | physiclan. He began his career in the doctor’s barn. Often he hung out his shingle too soon for his own good and much too soon for the good of the community, the speaker said, but, un- like the newspaper man, he could bury his mistakes and no questions were asked. those days.” Mr. Lee con- “‘preparation for newspaper | work ‘was somewhat similar. The | budding journalist washed the type, | cleaned out the editor'’s wastebasket and watched the practical printer set the type and make ready the forms. Later he tried his hand at the case and helped the editor pick up routine news about the village. Unlike the | young doctor, the young journalist had to save a little money for equip- ment, or more often borrow it be- fore he could branch out for himself with a paper of his own. “Today the young man who wants to become a physician goes to one of the many medical schools of the country. Some insist upon two years' general college preparation before- hand, and still others are distinctly post-graduate schools. After finishing | the medical school, the graduate | usually has two years of hospital work. Journalism Courses Vary. “S8imilar conditions obtain in the newspaper fleld,” Mr. said. “There are schools and departments of journalism which admit students directly from the high school, but in other educational institutions no work in journalism is permitted until after two years of college training. In a few universities, a distinctly pro- fessional course of one year is offered to college graduates. “What schools and departments of Journalism now are doing does not belor:g to this informal chat in which, as a historlan of the press, I have tried to sketch the background. Those interested In a list of the institutions offering work in journalism or in knowing more about the technical in- struction are referred to a pamphlet which I once prepared for the Bureau of Education. But as a practical news- paper man I may say in conclusion that I am more interested in the chapters of journalism which are in the making today than in its past performances." Discussing this subject, Prof. Ros- coe C. E. Brown, acting director of the Columbia University School of Journalism, declared that while schools of journalism originated in the United States, and have spread with great rapidity, we should be far from offering them as a perfect example for other countries that may desire to develop systematic training for the press. A useful school of Journalism, he sald, must shape its policy according to the character of the newspapers for which it prepares workers. Cites Sharp Contrast. ‘The leading citles of Latin America, he said, by way of example, publish great papers of wide circulation, not inferior to any in enterprise, intelli- gence and adaptation to their own people, but their emphasis is in sharp contrast to that of most newspape: in this country, and this contrast is more striking when the whole body of the Latin American press is con- | sidered. “Now school training for journalism need never fall under the delusion that its job is to teach tricks of a trade and equip for dexterity in stimulating facetious interest the speaker continued. “It may not fairly be supposed that such a delusion prevails in the United States. Yet many persons have gathered the notion that facllity to write in the current reportorial style is the essence of journalism. But all of the leading schools adhere firmly to the teaching that the essential equipment of the journalist is knowl- edge and more knowledge, and that his essential vocation is prophetic, to understand life in all its phases, and to interpret it to his fellows. “You of the southern land have a broad fleld for journalists trained in this way. Whatever you may do in schools for the stimulation of news sense or the advancement of tech- nique, train up generations of men who will use beneficently the oppor- tunity given by your cosmopolitan- minded press. Teach them to learn the best of all the world with open minds and to give the peoples of the Latin American states the large part that belongs to them in removing world prejudices, the.pressing incite. m;nlz to {ll feeling, amll ::nrn‘.lkalntgo“trl‘:; whole newspaper press estate of a globe-circling realm of Justice and peace.” Daniels Among Speakers. Mr. Daniels, who was to have addressed the eonh;;nn last ;Ivsek on newspaper ethics, was given the privilege of the floor today. He said that if the newspaper of today is a true public institution it is fitting that journalists should set up and maintain a code of ethics such as have always been held fitting for profe sions. If, however, Mr. Danlels said, the newspaper is a mere business en- terprise, having something to sell in the mart of trade as its chief mission, it is governed by business ethics. ““There is-a wide difference,” Mr., Danlels continued, “between business thics and professional ethics, chiefly in the fact that tmnwy purpose of the business d is. to realize catering to the public needs. of the profession change the good emphasis. reas both serve a purpose, the profession requires its members first of all to serve the common needs and find their chlef re- ward as l&nbnc servants, e s Gonghen Who permits the sise of his fees to affect the exercises of his highest skill to cure his patients. In like manner, if the journalist belongs to a profession, he must pour out his soul in the columns of his journal and be true to his righteous convictions ‘unawed by influence and unbribed by gain.' If he has no convictions he would die for he s no editor, even though he may write with the pen of a Greely or a Pulltzer. The best defi- nition ever given of an editor is that he is & man who, rising in the morn- ing to read of what transpired in the world on the pervious day, is moved to righteous indignation against wrong or injustice, and who goes forth to combat it with all the power of a crusader. “If journalism is a trade and pub- lishing a paper is only a business, it has no more right to Constitutional protection than selling fish or dry- goods. It is certain Jefferson would not have insisted upon the security of the freedom of the press if he had supposed the journal would be other than a public institution. If news. papers become chiefly business con- cerns, not only will power go out from us, but people will look for deliverance from other sources, and the scepter will rightfully depart from the press.” FINAL RITES TODAY FOR MRS. C. K. M’NEIL Services in Tribute to Woman Who Was Active Manager of Sheetz Candy Factory. One of the largest private funeral ceremonies held in the downtown sec- tion of the city in many years is be, ing conducted this afternoon at the residence of Elie Sheetz, 509 Twelfth street, for Mrs. Carrie Kraft McNeil of Baitimore, who died n that city urday following an attack of indiges- tion and heart fallure. Mrs. McNeil was the active manager of the candy factory and numerous branch stores maintained by Mr. Sheetz. A large number of automobiles ac- companied the body, which reach Washington at 3 o'clock. order that the procession could move to the residence without interruption, special traffic regulations were put into effect in that vicinity. Policemen cleared both sides of E street between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and forbade parking on the east side n( Twelfth street between E and F streets. Mrs. McNell was born {n Baltimore, 47 years ago, and in her girlhood entered the employ of Mr. Sheetz. She is said to have been largely re- sponsible for the establishment of 25 branch stores throughout the East and was actively engaged in thelr supervision at the time of her death. Funeral services were conducted at her late residence in Baltimore, 214 North Liberty street, at noon. and then the automobile procession began its journey to Washington. Rev. Dr. Hugh T. Stevenson {s officiating at the services this afternoon. Inter- ment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- tery in the Sheetz mausoleum. PLAN MEMORIAL RITES. Priends of Mrs. H. B. Polkinhorn to Speak at Service. A memorial service for Mrs. H. B. Polkinhorn, prominent worker in the First Baptist Church, who dled last month, will be held at the church to- morrow &t 1 p.m. The following women will make short addresses on Mrs. Polkinhorn’s actlvities in connection with the church and the Women's Baptist Home: Mrs. Frank Trimble, the society, No. 4; Mrs. S. J. Porter, the frs. H. M. Watkins and Mrs. R. Bagby, the Women's Baptist Home; Mrs. 8. B. Wilkinson and Mrs. H. D. Young, Kings' Daughters, and Mrs. E. Hilton Jackson for the Wom- en's Bible Class. DR. GAULT TO SPEAK. Dr. Robert Harvey Gault. whose work at Gallaudet in experimenting with teaching the deaf to hear through the sense of touch is at- tracting much interest, will speak to the Washington Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi at the clubhouse of the American Association of University ‘Women at 1634 I street, at 8 o'clock tonight. Dr. Gault is on leave of absence from Northwestern University, where he is head professor of psychology. He will speak tonight on the “Powers of Men.” Dr. Gault is interested in Pl Beta Phi through his wife, who is a mem- ber of the fraternity from Barnard College and a former president of the Chicago Alumnae Club. Baroness Seeks Citizenship. Application for American cltizenship was made yesterday to the District Supreme Court by Baroness Irene Mary de Ungern, a former member of the Russian nobllity, who resides at the Cavanaugh apartments, 1526 Sev- enteenth street. The baroness has been in America since February, 1924. She gave her profession as an inte: preter and teacher of languages, and announced her intention to renounce allegiance to Russia and Poland and to be known as Mrs. Irene Mary Un- gern, dropping the title of baroness. She says she will take up art and will mtl‘-lcuhte at a school of interior dec- oration. WANTED 1 Car or 1,000 To Paint Pont Hi; oD 12 seesnd b orapt, effclent service Fuarantesd. WILLETT & CO. 1119 21st St. N.W. 3 LTI Terrell & Little,. In 1206 18th St. M. 3285 TOBE TOLD TONIGHT $5,250,000 Appropriation Is Expected to Be Asked for Next Year. Two hundred representative Wash- ingtonians bearing briefs containing the school needs of the various sec- tions of the city will gather with school officials at the Franklin School tonight at 8 o'clock for the customary semlannual discussion of school es- timates. It is expected that the representa. tives will adopt a resolution placing themselves on record as being in favor of pressing for an appropriation next vear of approximately that the conclusion of the third year of the five-year building program will find Congress up-to-date in its pledge to carry out this systematic improve- ment of the local school system. Dr. Frank W. Ballou and Edwin C. Graham, superintendent of schools and president of the Board of Educa- tion, respectively, will be the speak- ers tonight. While statements are expected to be made my more than 75 representatives, their time will be limited so the ground can be covered with dispatch. Discussion over the reasons for the school improvements will be out of order. This information is expectad to be covered in briefs, which are to be filed to guide the school officials. The citizens’ representatives also are expected to volce their desire that in the appropriations for new build- ings an adequate sum be named by Municipal Architect Harris to cover the entire project, so that no money will be needed from the repair fund to finish the building. At the meeting of the Board of Ed- ucation Wednesday the board adopted the following procedure with regard to the amounts of money to be car- ried in the items for land and build- ings and with regard to the inspec- tion of said land and buildings: 1. That a tentative or provisional list of sites be submitted to Maj. Hol- combe of the Engineer Commission er's office, with a request that he prepare suggested estimates of the cost of purchasing such sites. . That a similar tentative list of the bulldings or additions to buildings which may be incorporated in the budget for 1928 be submitted to the municipal architect, Mr. Harris, with the request that he indicate the amount of money which should be carried for such items. 3. That arrangements be made for visiting such sites and bufldings on the part of the members of the Board of Education, school officials, repre- sentatives of the municipal archi- tect's office and the Engineer Com- missioner’s office, and representatives of the Bureau of the Budget. Sargent to Be Luncheon Guest. Attorney General Sargent will be the guest of honor at the Saturday luncheon of the Barristers’ Club at the Cosmos Club April 17 at 1 o'clock. The arrangements for the luncheon, to {which have been invited the justices of the District Supreme Court, are be- ing handled by George D. Horning, jr., assistant United States attorney, under direction of Bertrand Emerson, jr., president of the Barristers. ‘Foresees’ Hoover, ‘Pooh-Bah,’ Control Of Path to Heaven i Control of travel to Heaven by | Secretary Hoover as “lord of the air and pooh-bah of the administration” was ‘foreseen” in the House yester. day by Representative Huddleston, Democrat, Ala., in volelng opposition (hn the Bingham-Parker civil aviation i1, . “He already is lord of the water," he saild. “It will son be so a man can't go to Heaven without a pilot- license from Hoover.” CTZENS TOBOOST NENORAL DRVE Northeast Association Votes to Join in Honoring D. C. Veterans. Responding to a request from Frank B. Noyes, president of The Evening | Star Co., for ald In the raising of funds for the erection of the proposed memorial to the veterans of the late war, the Northeast Washington Citi- zen s ASSOCIAUION, @1 4 meeting in the Ludlow School last night; voted to circulate literature among the 300 members of the assoclation setting forth the plans for the memoral and containing a request for contributions. The members, by a unanimous vote, pledged themselves to support the drive for the testimonial Complalning that the people of the | United States were being robbed by the new postal rates in effect, G. M. Aschenbach, secretary of the associ- ation, introduced & resolution re- questing that Congress take immedi- ate steps toward a revision of the rates. It was pointed out that the new rate of 1% cents for post cards is onerous, and fnasmuch as the Post Office Department reports that its revenues have not increased under the new law, the ciation feels that this is a matter which is de- serving of immediate attention from Congress. Replying to a letter from the School | Board of the District, urging the as- | sociation to do all in its power to further the campalgn to raise funds for the reconstruction and preserva- | tion of “Old Ironsides,” Mr. Aschen.| bach introduced a resolution, which | was passed, stating that the associa- | tion has ever been opposed to school | | children subscribing to funds, and that {it could not see its way clear to alter | this policy now. A resolution approv- | ing an amendment to the Constitution | providing representation for the Dis- trict of Columbia was also passed. A committee was appointed to arrange | plans for participation in the celebra- tion which will mark the installation of the new traffic lights on H street. Evan H. Tucker, president of the association, presided. Given Temporary Post. Chaplain Jullan E. Yates of the ot- fice of chief of chaplains, War Depart- ment, has been assigned to temporary duty at Washington Barracks until June 1, when he will go to Fort Ogle- thorpe, Ga., for duty. STREET CARS ARE TOO NOISY, COMMISSION UTILITIES Washington street cars are mak- ing entirely too much noise to suit members of the Public Utilities Commission. At the crossings their bumping is like the peals of ominous thunder, the commission declares, and while rolling along the apparent- 1y smooth rails they emit an annoy ing sound, and the gears sometimes clash and grind unnecessarily. Noise in connection with street car operation has been given but scant attention by the commission in the past; it has been considered one of the unavoldable. factors accompany- ing such operation. But the com- mission let it be known today that there is such a thing as quiet street car operation, and it is going to do everything physically possible to put the Washington rolling stock into the noiseless category. Officials’ of the commission them- selves plan to give considerable study to this question of eliminating avoid- able noises, but the engineers and other members of that body also have been requested to offer suggestions. The excessive noise at the crossings, the commission's experts seem to think, is due to the flare blocks which 1ift the wheels over the joints. A new type of crossing, it was said, might prevent this racket. Other noise-making causes which the commission intends to find out are licable to street car operation in Perfect Prescription Pharmacy N.Y.,N.J. Aves. & M St. The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than ail the other papers here combined. You can count on correspond- ingly greater results, a Star Branch Office * SAYS the National Capital include special trackwork, imperfect rail joints, cor- rugated rails, squealing car wheels in curves and foreign matter in rail grooves. Gears that don’t mesh prop- erly on the cars themselves also add to the din, according to the commis- sion. “Flat wheels” might be blamed, too, it is said, but members of the commis- slon believe that a majority of Wash- ington's street cars are free from such imperfections. The commission’s noise investiga- tion has been given a new impetus by the complaints of the manager of one of Washington's leading hotels, who declared that his guests were disturb- ed not only during the day, but all through the night. “These noisy street cars is certainly a strong argument in favor of bus transportation,” sald one member of the commission. “The noisest bus does not make one-tenth of the dis- turbance of the cars.” D.C.BILL REPORT GIVEN T0 SENATE Measure, Carrying $33,697.- 771, to Be Called Up at Earliest Opportunity. The District appropriation bill fo the next fiscal year was reported for mally to the Senate today by ‘Senator Phipps of Colorado, who announce that he would call it up for action at the earliest opportunity. As reported the bill carries $33,697 771, which is $61,520 less than the amount approved by the House. The Senate committee increased by more than $200,000 the total amount for highway work, the bulk of which was recommended for the general repair fund to be used in improving worr out streets. In making this additio to the highway fund th: curtailed the amount approved House for school buildings An important feature of the bill th year is that it will make possible comprehensive extension of the auto matic traffic signal light system, pre vided the Senate passes the pendinz bill relating to the renewal of automo bile operators’ permits The traffic bill provides for renewa of permits on a $3 fee to be good for three years. It is estimated that these renewals will produce more than $400 000 and the Senate committee has pre vided that §275.000 of this puy Lo uscd for traffic lights. It is the plan of traffic officlals to install the automatic lights on a considerable number of the busy thoroughfares in the centra portion of the city MRS. C. E. BARNARD DIES. ‘Was Co-founder of Association o . Arts and Letters. Mrs. Clara Essery Barnard, a « founder and vice president of the Ir ternational Association of Arts arn Letters, died at her residence, 14 Twenty-first street, today after short illness. She was about 70 years old. Mrs. Barnard has been active as vice president of the association anc chairman of its entertaining com tee. She also was formerly a me ber of the League of American Pen Women. She is survived by her son, Philip Essery Barnard, an attorney of New York City, and a daughter, Mrs. Doug ias Seccombe Willlams of Los An geles. Mrs. Barnard had been a res dent of Washington for the past se: en years. Funeral arrangements have not beer completed. Purchase of Site Urged. Purchuse of a vacant lot adjoinir the Payne School at Fifteenth and « streets southeast as a playground for the pupils is urged in a petition recetved today by the District Com: missioners. The petition was signed by 108 persons. It pointed out that the property, while not owned by the District, has been used for a number of yvears as a playground and that plans have been made by the owner to improve it. ORCHESTRA CONCERT. At band auditorium, Marine leader; son, second leader. March, “Thomas Jeffer- son” Overture, Caprice, sage”. Santelmann Cornet solo, “Serenade’.Schubert Principal Musician Arthur §. Witcomb Grand scenes from Trovatore” Waltz, “Beautiful Girls of Valencia. % Suite d'Orchestra, No. 1, “L'Arlesienne...........Bizet (a) Prelude, allegro deciso. (b) Minuetto, allegro giocoso. (c) Adagietto, adagio. (d) Carillon, allegro moderato. Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma." “The Star Spangled Banner.” There will be a concert by the Marine Band Orchestra at the Marine Barracks Friday at Taylor Bran- mann Verdi Morena THE CHASTLETON HOTEL 16th at R Street Wardman Management Exceptional values in u Two (2) rooms, k month. have had an nfurnished apartments. 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