Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1926, Page 2

y 2 CITY STILL NEEDS | NEW CLASSROOMS Opening of Six Buildings This Year Fails to Relieve Conditions Greatly. i Despite the fact that six new ele-} mentary schools were opened on Sep- tember 21 the overcrowded condition in the schools on November 1 was little improved over conditions which prevailed on November 1 of last year, wccording to the annual report of Dr Frank W. Ballou on schoothouse ac commodations, made public at Franklin School to The report Il be presented meeting of the Board of Ed this after noon. It is shown 439 additional « 10 bring the sch oal sought Jassrooms Which wers vember 1, 1925, or a 6 classrooms. 5 Portable Schools. The report shows there were 65 yortable schools in operation on November 1 as compared with 66 in the same month of the preceding sear. While there were but 121 Yooms needed to eliminate part-time classes on November 1, 1925, the re- port shows that 125 were shown to be_needed on November 1 last. While the housing situation in the gchools very little changed thi wear over last year, a_compavison of conditions sinee 1920 shows that each year gradual improvements are heing wade. For instance, in 1920 there | \vere 78 portables as compured with | 65 today, while there were 41 class. yooms in rented quarters as compared avith 24 today. i Material improvement is shown in the overcrowding which has prevailed &t the leading high schools. High School Statistics. The report shows that on November 1 the excesses at the various high schools were as follows: Business, 1 Central, §536; Eastern, 251; McKinley, 100, and Western, 26. The enroliment at Central High School on November 1 was 1,836, as compared with its peak enrollment on November 1, 1923, of 3.276. ‘While conditions in the high schools are shown to be improving, the report sets forth that the net excess in the senfor and junior high schools on No- wvember 1 last was 1,707, as compared with a net excess last year of 1,693. Dunbar High School leads in the overcrowded conditions with an ex- cess of 667 pupils. th November 1 s were needed stem up to the compared with 46! e needed on N« net decrease of ! | i BILL TO PURCHASE LAND IN TRIANGLE PASSED BY SENATE (Continued from First Page.) the development of Washington and erection of Government buildings,” ®ald Senator Couzens, “but I am op- possed to holding land for years and vears when every one knows that; the Government can get it whenever 4t needs it.” Senator Norris recalled that 24 ears ago, as a member of the House committee, he helped to pass a bill to purchase property herg on which to construct a National Archives Building. He said that this land was not used for 20 years after it was ‘bought, and then not for an Archives Building. | “We lost the taxes on this land for 20 years,” said Senator Norris. *I would like to put off the purchase of this land until we pay some of our debts,” House Support Promised. Promise of hearty support to the Tnderhill bill, identical with the Smoot bill was given today by a minority of members of the House committee on public buildings and grounds. Becretary Mellon was the principal ‘witness at the hearing before the com- mittee today, accompanied by other officials of the Treasury Department and Public Buildings Commission who explained the entire building program. It was indicated that the bill will probably be amended to include the Southern Railway property between Thirteenth and Thirteen-and-one-half streets, just east of the District Building, and also to include severai squares on the north and south sides of the Mall between the Capitol and Sixth street. On one of these sites in the angle between Second street, Mary- land avenue and B etreet, it is pro- posed to relocate the Botanic Gardens. Prefers to Make Inclusion. Secretary Melloh, in reply to ques- gions, said it was very desirable that #®uthority be given to acquire the ad- siitional sites. Representative Charles .. Underhill, Republican, of Massa- «husetts, who is ponsoring this legis- lation, said he would prefer to have it included in the bill. In the layout of new public build- ings, which Secretary Mellon and E. . Bennett, the advising landscape wrchitect, emphasized is tentative and subject to change, it is shown that the proposed Archives Building, for ithe present, would not extend north ©f D street through Pennsylvania mvenue, but that the space now occu- pled by the Washington-Virginia Rail way Company at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania’ avenue would be held ¥or future expansion. The location of the Archives Build- ing on the area between Twelfth and ‘Thirteenth streets, C to D streets, was explained also by Mr. Bennett as a veculiar type and style of architecture for the archives which could be made | to harmonize with that of the existing | Post Office Building on the other shle" of Twelfth street. Buildings Are Twins. It also was shown that the bujld- ing for independent offices to be erected south of the archives build- ing facing on B street is to be a twin structure with the propored Tabor Department Buildin; reenth and B streets, with a parl between to give a particularly atu tive setting opposite the proposed Na- tional Art Guallery, which is to be a 510,000,000 ®ift to the Government. 1t is contemplated also, Mr. Bennett explained, that a street car line will vun through this area on Twelfth street and that underground auto parking space will be provided between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, back of the District Building, ‘with subway outl to the Ellipse, and thus relieve traffic congestion in the Pennsylvania avenue frontage. The layout as pictorially shown to the committee today provides ‘bullding between Tenth and Eleventh streets, Pennsylvania avenue and C street, for the Coast Guard. The pres- ent Center Market site and the square between Sixth and Seventh streets | held for future expansion. Would Force Improvements. Mr. Underhill offered the suggestion that the District government should assess property on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue at such a rate that the owners could not afford tu | | Damon Young (cent Springmann (left) to go to District Supreme Court, where bond was arranged. | ctive James HOUSE BODY HEARS CAPITAL'S HISTORY IN SUFFRAGE APPEALS Career of City Cited bvaocal Residents: Gibson Subcommittee Listens to Pleas for Franchise Rights. as ‘Washington's history from the days of its first appearance as a capital city of a nation to the present, with all the financial “ups and downs™ ac- companying its development, as well as the changes in political form of government, was given a thorough inspection and exploration by the Gibson subcommittee of the House District committee last night at the second hearing on the suffrage ques- tion as allied with proposed govern- mental changes for the city. The major part of the hearing, in fact, was devoted to an inspection of Washington's life from its earliest days. | This came, however, after Wash- ington Topham, an authority on early Washington, had appealed to the com- mittee to urge the bestowal upon Washingtonians of some form of citizenship. “The best element” he sald, “wants a national representation and not local self-government. We realize that Congress must have control over the National Capital, but the people want a share in the National Government of the United States. “The lack of a voice in the Govern- ment, 1 fear, is causing some loss of local pride. He pointed out the interest Wash- ingtonians have always taken in Washington, of their desire for the improvement and beautification of the Nation's eity, and of their pride in its appearance. Cites Madison Quotation. At one point he told the committee that he would search for and attempt to produce for them a quotation of James Madison during a debate at a constitutional convention, where Madi- son said: ‘Of course, the right of vote will not be taken aw from these people.” Madison referred to Washingtonians, he said. As Mr. Topham concluded, Repre- sentative Gibson, presiding, pointed out that it probably would be neces- sary to obtain a constitutional amend- ment in order to grant national repre- sentation to residents of Washington. “In theory, at least,” he said, “the city of Washington has 435 representa- tives in the House. It is true some of them do not represent the local resi- dents, but nevertheless it is the duty of all of the 435 to consider them- pelves as representatives also of the city of Washington.” Following Mr. Toph John B. 1 neces- m, is one of economy and practic sity. He pointed out that, since his bill was Introduced, the assessed value on the Southern Railway Building has in- creased from $1,683,000 to $1,750,000, to show that with the same ratio of increase all of the privately owned property in this area which the Gov- ernment must eventually take is rap- idly increasing. Mr. Underhill said that when his bill was first introduced, the land could be ncquired for = $14,000,000 where now it runs up to more than $17,000,000. “If we wish to serve economy and practical common sense, we should acquire this area immediately,” Mr. Underhill said. Representative Frank Oliver, Demo- crat, of New York was es sistent throughout the hearing that the Southern Railway Building should be included. He said it is “about the worst looking building on the Ave- nye” and said it was a “magnified icebox.” Representative Underhill told the committee that the Southern Railway Building ought to be owned by the Government, used for the p: ent and eventuully torn down and replaced by a building in conformity with the rest of the group. “The chief necessity now is speed,” Mr. Underhill said. Secretary Mellon explained that the Southern Railway Building had been omitted from the bill because it is ir a different class from the other cheap buildings In the area to be acquired, as it is now improved. In consequence, the accretion of cost resulng from abutting develop- ments by the Government would not be proportionately great as on other pieces of property in this DRIVER IS EXONERATED. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER_MARLBORO, Md., Decem- ber 15.—Charles Joseph Tennyson, 41 years old, of 30 I street northwest, blame in of Mrs. old, of coroner’s jury here of all connection with the death Florence V. Specht, 45 ye: hold it undeveloped, which would force the building up of the north side of Pennsylvenia eve 1, in opening ti hat the ci in acquiring tiue entire . Under- triangle wiea , Ballston, Va. who died Saturday night at Casualty Hospital, Washing- Washington, yesterday was freed by a | | | g | Dickman, representing Central Labor | Union, told the committee t local organized labor was in_favor of na- tional representation. He presented his appeal for a voice in the National Government by the_people of the Dis trict briefly and concisely. Mrs. Albert H. Putney, president of the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia, appeared before the committee to reiter: them the stand taken by that orgunization thirough resotutions seeking national representation. She spoke briefly also. Favors Local Change. The remaining hour and a half of the meeting was consumed by Grover W. Ayres, speaking as a resident of Washington, as a witness. He produced three or four folder full of pamphlets, which he said he had been many years in collecting, all bearing upon the District of Co- lumbia or upon other nations’ capital cities. He pronounced himself in favor of a change of local government to a one- man rule, and stated that no suffrage proposition had yvet been which he favored. Supporting the abolition of a com- mission . form _of government, he quoted former President Taft's state ment at a Board of Trade dinner, in 1909, in which the then President and present Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court declared him- self of open mind as to govern- mental forms for the District, but re- ferred to his predecessor, President Roosevelt’s, belief in the efficacy of a one-man govermment for the District of Columbia. Mr. Ayres during the course of his testimony cited letters dated back as far as November 21, 1799, regarding the progress of the work on ‘“The President’s House” and “The House of Congress” before the seat of G ernment actually moved to this city. At the request of Chairman Gibson, Mr. Ayres showed that in 1801 three commissioners were appointed, direct- ly responsible to the President, to ar- range the accommodations for the Government in Washington. 1In 1801, he averred, the legal jurisdiction of the Capital City was taken over by the Federal Goversssent, and in 1802 the City of Washington was incorporated. At this point, Mr. Ayres stated, the people of the District until 1802 had a right to vote for the electors of the President. Mr. Topham disagreed with him, “They never did,” he said. Possibly there is an errpr Ayres replied, “but I am positiv at | v did_until 1800.” “Never,” gaid Mr. Topham. Representative Houston of Dela- ware, who sat ough the hearing, as well as Représentative Hammer of rolina, explained that such was possible if the residents of the site of the Federal area exercised their franchise as residents of Maryland and Virginia. In 1802, Mr. there were th Mr. that Ayres then resumed, e wards in Washing. ton, with a mayor and two houses of common council, which continued to be the general form of government, with minor variations, until 1871, During this period, he said, there a good government, hut debts piled up. Mr. Topham again interjected to explain that the debts of the city in- creased mainly after the Civil War, with which Mr. Ayres agreed, and were brought apout by the plan to improve and beautify the city at great expense. Debts Rose to $22,000,000. Mr. Hammer also stated that recon- struction days were hard days for more parts of the country than one. From 1871 until 1874 a territorial form of government existed for the District of Columbia, during which | time the debts rose to the sum_of At this juncture the Fed- overnment took over the indeb edness of the city, he said, and it took some $53,000,000 to liquidate over a period of years the liabilities of the District. Questioned by Chairman Gibson, the witness stated that the present form of government is better than the for- ms were, and he was prodded n admission that this city today occupies a unique position among municipalities of more than 30,000 population, in that it is debt free. | “Have you ever seen the improve- | ments in any city such as have been | seen in Washington in the last 25 years?" the witness was asked by Mr. Gibson, Mr. Ayres cited Los Angeles, Kan- sas City, Minneapolis and New York instances of great municipal fm- svement. In conclusion, he said that his mind { was open as to suffrage for the Dis- trict, but that he felt that continued i P ton, from injuries received a short when an automobile Tennyson skidded from the teville road und into a culvert, f { Federal control of the District was a | necessity. | The committer adjourned until T'ri day night, presented | NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, _19%6. 14 OPPORTUNITIES LIST IS OPEN NOW BY ASS |the coming yeay. Here are opbor- tunities for the people of Washington to give .Christmas gifts that will last in the fullest meaning of the word. Below are listed accurate descriptions of each opportunit together with the sum needed for ch ca Con tributions may be t to the Associated Cha street northwest, o) Each day The Star list of contributors “harities t to from such lcop he Star, will publish a nd the Associated will_acknowledge receipt of ntributors who would pre. have their identity withheld ublication need only indicate 1 wish in their letter. The 14 unities follow: The opportunities follow OPPORTUNITY NO. 1. CRIPPLED AND IN CONSTANT AIN. point of total physi father of this family of wife and three children is unable to provide for them any long | “There is nothing but pain man to the social worke him trying to divert hims he could. The doctors what his chances of recovery [ These will dou the man’s mind if he cs children will not suffer. a week 13 needed for this pur- as there are no other resources I savings have been exhausted | uring the man’s fllness. This is | $1,456 for the next 12 months. OPPORTUNITY NO. 2. REHABILITATION AT WORK. When this family first came to the ittention of the Associated Chari they were living in an insanitary {shack. The children showed the ef | fect of a long period of underfeeding. { The school attendance of the- older ones was irregular, with the usual re. sult that they were far behind in their grades. Since coming under the care of the Associated Charities mat- ters have improved. The family is properly housed, the children of school age attend their classes regularly and already show the good effects of suffi clent food and hygienic living. The father is serving a penitentiary sen- tence, leaving behind seven children under working The estimated need on a careful srked out budget is a minimum of $32 a week, or §1,664 for a year. | { | Crippled to the al disability, th n he relieved and FOUR GENERATIONS. There are four generations in this home—a great-grandparent, who still tries to work as strength and oppor- tunity permit; a grandmother, who aits upon her invalid daughter, the mother of three young children, de- serted by their father. The man is under court order to contribute to the support of his young family, but he dly in debt otherwise. After his yments, there is still a deficit of week in the income of the home, or $936 a year. OPPORTUNITY NO. 4. WILLING TO WORK, BUT SHOULD BE AT HOME. This devoted mother is perfectly willing to go out to work if necessary in order to keep her family together. But she is in poor health, and there are eight children in the home who need her care and attention. Only one of these is of working age. Wid- owed two years ago, the responsibility has been too great, and she is on the verge of breaking down under the load which she had to carry. The family | should be moved to larger quarters | for their own good. The sole income, it the mother gives up her work, is a small wage earned by a child yet in her 'teens. Thirty-two dollars a_week is needed to feed, clothe and shelter this household of nine, or $1,664 for the next twelve months. OPPORTUNITY NO. 5. TUBERCULOSIS EXACTS ITS PRICE. 3 The father of this foreign family is making a strong fight to “‘come bnck.” He was persuaded to take the ‘‘cure for tuberculosis if the Assoclated Chari- ties would look after his family. The mother is herself just recovering from 4 serious operation which she bravely underwent upon the doctor's recom- mendation. Her neighbors, many of whom are also foreigners, but with small incomes, are Interested in the welfare of the wife and children and lend a helping hand. Twenty dollars a week is needed until the father is able to come home and take up the family support, which he will have to do very gradually until his health is fully restored. There are three chil- dren, all under working age. OPPORTUNITY NO. 6. NO FAULT OF HERS. Handicapped by ill health and de- serted by her husband to carry the load of supporting her two children, this mother is making a brave strug- gle to do double duty. Mrs. A, as we will call her, was at Camp Good Will last Summer with her kiddies, where she won the hearts of both the work- ers and the other campers for her at- tractive, sweet personality and her devotion to her children, both of whom are under school age. Seventeen dol- lars o week, or $884 for the year, is needed to hold this home together. OPPORTUNITY NO. 7. NO SHIFTLESSNESS HERE. The hard-working, industrious father of this colored family must stop overwork, the doctors say, and et more rest and nourishing food, or the great white plague w il claim an- other victim. The mother takes in washing, besides caring for her nine children, whose ages range from 6 months to 15 years. The oldest girl does her bit, working after school hours and on Saturdays and gives all her earnings to her mother In spite of every effort and the mother's thrift (the father declares ‘‘she certal.nl; can make a dollar go a long way the physiclan says that six of the children are anemic, due to lack of 2. Do _you believe in_immortalit 3. Do you believe In prayer as & tionship with Godfv i Do you believe that Jesus was was divine? i other literature_could ~ Do you send your chl struction? ss be improved if | n be assured that his wife and | Twenty-elght | 12. Do you think that religion in some form is a element of life for the individual and for the community’ OCIATED CHARITIES sufficient and proper food. They must be built up if they are not to fall a prey to the trouble which threatens their father. Twenty-one dollars a week, or $1,092 a year, is asked for. OPPORTUNITY NO. 8. CAN'T LIVE ON A DOLLAR A DAY. His eyesight almost gone, the most he can make at his trade i barely more than $1 a da not enough to support his wife and four children, ranging in age from a in arms to-a boy of 15. This olds | child is retarded in school and unable | to get a wor The mother, refined looking woman, does her bes to keep a neat home and to give good care to the children. The new baby {is her special pri Eighteen dollars A _week, besides the man s needed for this family of 36 for the OPPORTUNITY NO. 9. 1 ARING THE GOAL. | Several years ago the father of th | family died, leaving three little girls to the care and guidance of frail mother. Through the widow's efforts and the generous help of othe this home has remained unbroken. Re cently the oldest daughter, by nature diffident and retiring, has taken her first plunge into the workad: world. Iiefore long a younger sister, alert and ambitious, will become a wage-earner also. With this combination, the fu- ture of this cheery home is assured. Meanwhile $15 a week is needed to supplement the oldest daughter’s earn- ings, or $780 for the coming ye: OPPORTUNITY NO. 10. A VICTIM OF CHILD LABOR AND CRUELTY. Deserted by a faithless now awaiting trial for bigamy, forsaken mother is pleading to be allowed to keep her children. The mother still shows the effects of work in the mill to which her parents-sent her wher a mere child. Cruelly beaten by her father, she final sought refuge in her mistaken m: riage. Now there are three young children to be cared for and there are no resources. Twenty-four dollars a week is needed to hold this home to- gether, or $1,248 for the year. OPPORTUNITY NO. 11. SACRIFICING EVERYTHING TO KEEP HER CHILDREN. Daddy was a good provider and father. He had a steady job and the family (colored) had a nice home. After his sudden death and with no money coming in, the mother, stunned by her loss, gradually sold her furni- ture in order to feed and clothe her five children, between the ages of b and 13. Now their home is a sad con trast to what it was when the father was living. The mother needs an operation, but is afrald to leave her children to go to the hospital, for fear they will be taken away. Twenty-one doliars a week is needed to restore this_home to something of its former condition, or‘$1,092 for 1927.” OPPORTUNITY NO. 12. “MISFORTUNES NEVER COME NGLY.” When the father of this family came across the sea to the United States he had visions of the promised land. He learned a trade, married, and his dream was indeed a reality. Then business became slack, two, of the four children developed tubercu- losis, his wife fell ill, and now the man himself is told by the doctor that he can work only a little or he will break down entirely. But there are the sick wife and children needing extra nou ishment, and the man himself may have to go to the hospital. $26 a week is needed right now, and more may he needed\If the man has to stop work entirely. his is $1,300 for the year, and it will take that long before the family can get on its feet again. OPPORTUNITY NO. 13. DOING WHAT HE CAN. Sick and yet working until faced with bed and perhaps total disability, the father' of this colored family of wife and seven children, all under working age, has struggied hard to meet his responsibilities and to keep his home together. Unable longer to do laboring work, he has fitted up a little shop in_the front room of his home, where he takes in repair work and so earns a few dollars as he is able. Until the children are old enough to earn, outside help is needed. Twenty dollars a week, or $1,040, is asked for the next year for this family of nine, OPPORTUNITY NO. 14. HAPPY WITH ONE ANOTHER. In spite of the infirmities of years, they are happy, this childless old couple, in one another’s comradeship. A little money comes in from occa- kional odd jobs and old friends help a bit. The old man says so often, “I never go to bed without thanking the good Lord for those who help me,” and he says it with sucly feeling that you know he means it. Naturally, husband and wife want to stay to- gether until the end. Ten dollars a week will make it possible, or $520 for the year. VETERAN OFFICER DIES. Brig. Gen. Charles G. Penney Ex- pires on Coast. Brig. Gen. Charles G. Penney, U. S. A, retired, died at Ofai, Cali Monday, according to War Depart- ment advices. He was a native of Ohio and served as a second lieutenant in the 5lst United States Infantry during the Civil War. He was brevetted twice for gallantry. During the Spanish War he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Quartermaster Corps. After 40 years’ service he was retired, in Au- gust, 1903. YOUR RELIGION What Do Y TIONNAIRE | husband this ou Believe? QUESTION 1. Do you believe in God? i1 means of personal rela- Do you regard the Bible as inspired in a sense that no be sald to be inspired? . you be willing to have your lnmu; grow up in a community in which there is no _church At least | DAMROSEH RESIENS 1 Service at Close of Pres- ent Season. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 15.— Walter Damrosch, who became conductor of the New York Symphony Orche 42 years ago at the . has re signed at the peak of his popu | rathe than wait until lovers in to whisper he no longer is the Damrosch of old, The director acceptin ared it r era.' Mr. Damrosch took over the leader- Fhfl»_n! the orchestra upon the death of his father, Dr. Leopold Damrosch, who founded the orches His resignation_ will becon at the close of the present when, at the request of the directors, he will become honorary and guest conductor. He also will continue to direct concerts for children and young people. Finds Work Too Trying. annot drive the same team of horses or conduct the same orchestra,” said Mr. Damrosch “Therefore, when I decided I could no longer direct four concerts a week, or a hundred it seemed right to let have the whip hand “In looking back I seem always to been a pioneer, first with agner music dramas, then with the ctoncerts for young people and chil dren, and now today with something entirely new, the radio. “We have playved a concert each week for six weeks past to an audi ence estimated to number 2,000,000 persons. One can hardly conceive it. They listen in from Alberta and Hud- son Ba, down to Louisiana and Florida. Hears From North Dakota. “Up in North Dakota a man wrote to me: ‘My wife and I are seated by the fire in our wooden shack, with a Winter gale howling outside,' while we listen to your playing of Schu- bert's “Unfinished 'mphony, and we are hearing it perfectly.’ “If T continue broadcasting our or- chestra. for two or three years only, 1 shall reach more people with the mes- sage of great music than I have played to and talked to in my entire 42 years as opera and orchestra con- ductor.” The directors, in a resolution of re- gret, said: “Due in no sn ideals, the standards of o estral technique have steadily advanced until now American orchestras, in cluding that of the Symphony Society, hold the foremost positions in the en- tire musical world DISTRICT LEADING IN RELIGIOUS POLL OVER U. S. AVERAGE rst Page.) ' music his res- “the end each m, another man (Continued from ¥ means of personal relationshin with God?_Yes, 1,53; no, 138; not voting, 3. 4. Do you believe that Jesus was divine as no other man was divine? Yes, 1,094; no, 191; not voting, 15 Do you regard the Bible as in- gpired In a sense that no other litera- ture could be id to be inspired? Yes, 1,065; no, 221; not voting, 14. 6. Are you an active member of any church? Yes, 999; no, 288; not voting, 13. 7. Do you regularly attend any re- ligious services? Yes, 1,010; no, 278; not voting, 1 8. Would you be willing to have your family grow up in a community in which there is no church? Yes, 143; no, 1,133; not voting, 24. 9. Do you regularly have worship” in your home? no, 759; not voting, 90. “family Yes, 451; ligious home? 1,188; 104; not voting, 8. 11. Do you send your children to any school of religious instruction? Yes, 585; no, 145; not voting, 570. 12. Do you think that religion in some form is a necessary element of life for the individual and for the community? Yes, 1,190; no, 99; not voting, 11. Yes, no, Son of Norway’s Minister to U. S, To Become Citizen Johannes Grilstead Bryn, 24 vears old and son of gHelmer H. Bryn, Norweglan Minister to the United States, today declared his intention to become an American citizen. He appeared before Mrs Jeannette Loeffel, assistant clerk of the District Supreme Court, and made formal application to be naturalized. Ie will have to wait two years before applying for final naturalization papers. \ Young Bryn has been in America since he was 7 years old and now stands more than 6 feet high and is a typical Norseman, with biue eyes and blond hair. He was born at Oslo, December 17, 1902, and came here October 8, 1910, with the Minister and his mother, sister and brother. He attended the Univer- sity of Virginia. Bryn is employed as a real estate salesman and i generally known as John Bryn, which is the English of his first name Johannes. Ie resides at 2137 R street northwest. FROM ORCHESTRA Conductor to End 42 Years‘j the | 10. Were you brought up in a re.| Engagement Announced | | i HARRIS & i CHARY LANSDOWNE. S, LANSDOWN " DGO Widow of U. S. S. Shenan- doah Hero to Become Bride of John Caswell, Jr. | | Lansdowne, widow of Capt. | Zachary Lansdowne, hero of the . Shenandoah, lost with the majority of its crew in September, 1925, will remarry in the Spring of 1927. Her engagement to John Cas- well, jr., Boston cotton man, has just been announced by Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Creed Fulton Cox of Fort Brage, N. C. Mrs. Cox is the mother of Mrs. Lansdowne, who was born Mar- garet Ross of Warrenton, Va. The wedding will take place in Washing- ton at the home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. Willlam Bev: erly Mason, 1738 M street, Wash- ington. Mrs. Lansdowne married her late husband in 1821, following her debut in Washington, and was with him in Germany during nd 1923 while he was American naval attache at lerlin. Their daughter was born in Germany and makes her home with her mother here. Capt. Lansdowne's son by his first marriage lives with the s grandparents in Wisconsin. Mrs. Lansdowne achieved national prominence during the Navy Depart- ment's investigation of the Shenan- doah disaster, when she wes a wit- ness. he is a tall brunette, linguist, accomplished horsewoman and a pop- ular member of the junior naval set in Washington, Baltimore and An- napolis. She met her future husband during | a house party at Asheville, N. C., this Autumn. Mr. Caswell received a B. A. “war degree” at Harvard in 1920. Entering the A: E. F. as a ser- geant, he came out of France a first licutenant in the 101st Engineers. He was in frontline fighting at all the final engagements of the American campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Caswell will honeymoon in Europe and live .in New York. | RESTRICTIONS ASKED ON PARKING OF TAXIS Columbia Heights Business Men to Send Committee to Inter- view Eldridge. The Columbia Heights Business Men's Assoclation last night, at a meeting at 1404 Park road, adopted a resolution to have a special com- mittee * interview Traffic Director Eldridge with a view to prohibit- ing taxicabs from parking along Fourteenth street and to have them park only in places designated in side streets. W. Francis Scott was ap- pointed chairman of a committee to see Mr. Eldridge. A resolution also was adopted to request the District authorities to raise the dirt space around trees on Fourteenth street to above the level of the sidewalk to prevent water from standing in the spaces. The association went on record as seeing no reason why Park road between Fourteenth street and Hiatt place should not be changed from residential to commercial zone, but did not note to urge the change. A hearing is to be held before the Zoning Commission in the near future. Resolutions were adopted extending felicitations to former Commissioner Rudolph for his long service to the District and extending the good will of the association to his successor, Commissioner Taliaferro. 2 The office of third vice president, temporarily left vacant at a previous meeting, was filled last night with the election of Mrs. W. R. Waters. Ap- pointment of committee chairmen for the ensuing year was announced as follows: Membershi; William Snel- lenburg: publicity, F. S. Harris; en- tertalnment, S. ribacher; civie re- streets, L. R. Gottlieb; publis Ralph Wal- lace; public utilities, J. C. Hiatt; good and’ welfare, J. W. Smith, and com- mittee on finance, Willlam E. Miller. A. B. Cole & Co., the Park Press and the Tremont Shoppe were installed as new members of the as- sociation. Frank J. Sobotka, presi- dent, presided. In Praising St Although the temptations today are greater, perhaps, than faced by any other younger generation, the boys of today are stronger and no fears may be entertained regarding their “decay,” William Knowles Cooper, general secretary of the Washington Y. M. C. A, said today. From his attendance recently at older boys' conferences in many States, Mr. Cooper sald, he was more fmpressed every day with the solid- ity and the strength of the present generation of boys. Mr. Cooper’s comment came in the course of a discussion of newspape: dispatches from New York report- ing that the National Y. M., C. A. and Y. W. €. A, had determined on a Nation-wide campaign _against “petting.” As far as the Washing- ton Y. M. C. A. s concerned, Mr. Cooper said, no such campaign has ever been held or ever will be held necess: here, and he added that he knows reports Ut the national headquar- tors of templates such a cam- palgn are “absolutely false.” For o gumber of years the Wash- * ! men ana boys every year, Mr. Cooper “Y™ Official Denies Anti-Petting Move andard of Boys of This Day ington Y. M. C. A., in company with other local associations, has made available one of a number of small pamphlets dealing with sex hyglene and sex education, written by Dr. Max J. Exner of the American So- clal Hygiene Association and a former | physical director of the Y. M. C. 4. | Some one evidently obtained this | pamphlet for the first time, said Mr. Cooper, and drew the conclision that a chmpaign was being undertaken by the Y. M. C A. against “petting.” In dealing with hundreds of young | said, the Washington Y. M. C. A.| makes available in suitable form in- formation on sex hygiene and other informative literature, but has never| undertaken a “campaign against pet- | ting.” The matter of providing proper in- formation to young people always has been fmportant, said Mr. Cooper, but he doubts the advisability of any “campaign” In & matter which re- quires the most delicate and sympa- thetic co-operation with the younger generation, 33 ARE INDICTED IN'BIG RUM CASE Officials Are Accused in $2,- 000,000 Liquor Cargo Deal at Edgewater, N. 1. 5 the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 15 Thirty-three men, including _ the { mayor and chief of police of Edge Tnited States customs a New York City ma rine police sergeant, were under in | dictment today a result of ar eight-month investigation of the land |ing of a $2,000000 liquor cargo at Edgewater from the steamship er Edgewater is on the New Jersey | shore of the iludson River, opposite | upper Manhattan. Mayor Henry Wissel have received $50,000 runners and Sergt. J 20,000. The Eker was seized in the Hudson River near Yonkers on April 29, two days after Capt. Hugh Munche of the marine police fund an unmarked envelope containing $9,500 desk and reported it. Indictment Is Unsealed. When seized, the Eker had aboard $500,000 worth of whisl malt and 5,000 gallons of alcohol. ‘ederal indictment, returned November unsealed yesterd: charged t liquor was brought from nada to a point near Berry Isiand, in the Ba hamas, on the bark Tilli, and that 34,000 cases of assorted liquors were then transshipped on the El Off Edgewater, most of her cargy was removed to bar nd truck is charged. Two barges were selz ast May with 9,000 cases of liquo aboard. The indictment customs inspector, of Union City, D few hundred yards from runner while the cargo transferred. j ;i Mayor Wissel, who is serving his seventh term without salary, and who earns his living as chief engineer of the Edgewater plant of the Public Service Railway Co., denies Knowl- edge of bootlegging in Edgewater. Heg claims he was indicted for political reasons. Constable Is Shanghaled. Evidence introduced last June fore Federal Commissioner O during the extradition proceedings against Capt. Reeves of the Eker showed that George Pindar, a negro British_constz who came aboard to seize the r for a tariff viola- tion, was shanghaied and brought to this’ country. Capt. Reeves is now serving 18 months at Nassau, the Bahamas, for this Reeves’' home is in Brooklyn. .He and his crew are among the 33 named in the New York indictments. One Edgewater detective and owners of an Edgewater shipyard also were in dicted as were various men in New York, Chicago, Montreal and other 2 cities whose connection with the af- fair is not specifically described. The Chicagoans are Cecil and Clifford Kinder, brothers, and D. Turner. SNOW BRINGS PERIOD OF INCLEMENCY, WITH ALL-NIGHT PROSPECT First Page.) alleged to the rum Lowery om hn J. on hi charges that_the Edward A. Ritz , was on duty & the rum was being be (Continued frof would take place this season from that port. Probably a score of persons died as a result of the cold, and much damage was done to power and telephone lines by ice and sleet, while motor and train traffic was held up by heavy snow in some areas. Most of the dam- age had been repaired today in the Minnesota and Wisconsin areas, and snow-filled highwa were being opened to traffic. While most of the country shivered and read weather bulletins, scientists at Washington added a note of pos sible earth disturbances in 1927 from sun_spots. Although there is no definite evi dence that sun spots affect the weather, disturbances of the magnetic needle are violent on earth during the period when the spots are most nu merous, and it is reasonably certain that brilllant displ of the aur borealis are directly connected with their presence. Telegraph wires heavy sufferers from the Northern lights. Naval Observatory officials sald su spots were inereasing and that troubl was ahead for the world. Last vear observations showed spots 216 out of 218 days, an incre: over 1925. An increase in the number and intensity of magnetic disturb. ances in the world will result gext year, they forecast, with the maximum of the present sun spot cycle in.the latter part of 1928 SHOT KILLS GIRL OF 11. Special Dispatch to The Star. 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