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Commission by the presen that M finchman railwa andria, was dispc unit_at the Boothe, re ed. The bondholde Falls Church, Fair that division of the r the fi the people along the line to ¥ organize it for the benefit of the com- munity is stated in the following words in the outline of the plan this road is to in tion between Washington and Fairfax; not with the expectation of profiting on the of the benefit of the patrons and those dependent upon it for transportation, and to insure the interest of the patrons, devoting the income as far as possible, after for co road. between Market, and ville road. Frederick bids totaled $47.000, -y HOPE TO PURCHASE | s svare FAIRFAX RAILWAY Nearby Virginia Citizens Are| si250,0000—is uncer Faced With Possible Aban- donment of Division. Faced with the possibility of aban the near future ax_division 2 Railway,| in Eng which was sold at auction 10 days| Sir Charles ftory | way donment of serv on the Falls Church-Fairf of the Washington-Virg ago, leading citizens of that ter By tho Associated Pross. LONDON, May I0.—A large sum—stated to be £250,000 (about ood by the Daily Sketch to have been be- queathed for the establishment of scholarships at Yale and Harvard and Oxford and Cambridge by Lady Henry, widow of Sir Charles Solo- mon Henry. Lady Henry, the eldest daughter of the late Leonard Lewisohn, cop per magnate, was born in New York City, but had made her home nd since her marriage to in 18: She was al- deeply interested in promot- are making a determined effort to| ing good understanding between form a company to take over the line to insure continued service and toj preserve the rail facilities as a fac in the future development of n Virginia. Thomas R. Keith of Fairfax and M. E. Church of Falils Church have obtained an option until June 1 under which they have the opport acquiring the Fails Church-F vision for § broug le. ction Division to Be Closed. C. R. Hinchman of Philadelphia the option was obtained ed an unwillingness to con t part of the i acent comn n probally Cor tion owners to tinue service and dispose of the physical property. While there has been no definite de. n to this effect, it was said today has exp ne, applicat » the State that opinion. Disposed of Separately. The Mount Vernon division of the which passes through Alex- ed of as a separate uction, and Gardner L esentative of the present owners, said no definite plans for the future of that line have been formulat- s of the Mount Vernon division will meet in Phila delphia Monday to discuss the situa- tion with respect to that part of the system, Mr, Boothe said A plan under which the people of and the area lving between Falls Church and Rosslyn could finance purchase of il system has heen mapped out by Mr. Keith and Mr. Church, and within the past 48 hours they have interested a consider- able number of citizens in the project. Will Meet Tonight. mpt and -concerted support by the residents of the communities af- fected will be necessary, however, and, with that realization in mind, there will be a joint meeting tonisht of the directors of the Chambers of Commerce of Fafrfax and Arlington Counties at Clarendon, at which the proposal will be outlined. It is ex- pected the directors of each chamber will be asked to appoint a commit- tee to aid in interesting a sufficient number of people to finance the pur- chase of the Fairfax and Falls Church line. The option given by Mr. Hinchman cails for payment of $30.000 cash and the balance within 10 vears, secured by first lien bonds at 5 payable as follows: $2,000 in two years, $3,000 in three years, $4,000 in four years and. $5.000 annually there- after, all to be paid in 10 years, with the privilege of anticipating pay ments. per cent, and 25,000 Is Subscribed. As the result of: meetings held Wed- nesday night at the office of Mr. Keith in Fairfax, and last night at the office of Mr. Church in Falls Church, $25.000 has been subscribed between the two centers. It is the aim of those who are fostering the plan to raise in Fairt and the remainder of the first $100,000 that is needed from the territory be- tween Falls Church and Rosslyn. This would cover the cash payment and funds on which to vperate at the out- set. 5,000 in Falls Church ax, §: The financial outline also calls for a second mortgage of $200,000 and for ssue of capital stock cansisting of 2,000 shares of no par value. The urgent matter, however, is the raising of the first mortgage of $100,000, with which to carry out the option by June 1. Plan Is Outlined. Of the second mortgage of $200,000, $100,000 would be sold at par | payment of 25 per cent and a o 25 per cent every four months, evi- denced bea these bonds would receive one share the note of the purchaser. ng interest. The purchasers of capital stock for every $100 of bonds. The remaining $100,000 of the second mortgage would be issued as needed for the pur pany and sold with or without stock. rose of the com- The sponsors of this effort to have irfax he purpose of the purchase of re continual opera ation of the road, but for s gperation strictly in reasonable return upon the invest- ment, to the betterment of the trans. portation facilities. No watered stock, excess tions will be cha e salaries or financing opera- THY | the Amer nity of rfax di- ple of Faiis Church, behind the movement to corporation to buy and | d against the road.” | Sons do not offer the peoples of the United States and Great Britain, and her bequest was made in furtherance of this ideal. It provides for facilities in an universities for Brit 7 students, and for facilities at { Oxford and Cambridge for Amer- fcan: ! DISEASE OF HEART nued from First Page.) $1,250,000 Bequest officers with the | | opened their twenty-fifth annual con- | | ference today with a discussion of | | public health organization in time of | fand will close | with a consideratic alcohol in this country in relation to the public health | alcohol led the majo | health officers to request that the sub. { Ject be taken up for discussion at the | conference. No attempt will be made | prohibition, it was s | fect of liquor of the present day on| | the public health will be gone into| very closely. Dr. Matthias 2 AT SESSIONS (0DAY derived pleasure neurotic children gives the: more delight than the eating of their food. Nervous indigestion i dults w have no sympathy with nervous pe: ous. Opposes Harsh Methods. The worst possible treaiment, Dr. Alvarez, is the “harsh dressiy down” which a physic: | is no functional disorder of the s explain the | light as the physician. and family disruption. It often occur | but who will not get a divorce either for religious reasons or because they are afraid of losing their children. Tn these cases, he said, it Is useless for a doctor to prescribe a long rest. leaving home. or anything of the sort He must make the best of conditions | as they are and do everything he can to make the patient more cheerfu! | under the circumstances. | Recommends Powders. Administration of a sleeping pov der, other than morphine, was advo- indigestion prevented them from sleep- ing. It has the same place in such a case as a “walking stick for a man te said. Such cases frequently are treated by massage, he said, but he cast doubf on the advisabi method with many patien “Massage,” he said, “is likely to be profitable only with those pussy cats who like to be stroked.” For those persons who hate to be “pawed over,” he said, this treatment is more likely to increase the mental trouble. Successful treating of hiccough by means of carbon dioxide respiration was described by Dr. Russell F. Shel. dom of Boston. This usually stops the condition at the seventh or elghth breath, he said, and has saved lives in cases where hiccough developed after operation and could not other- wise be controlled. Approximately per cent carbon dioxide is used with either oxygen or Tattooing Is Considered. Removing of tattooing should al ways be a task for the physician, al- though it frequently falls to the “quack,” Dr. Marvin D. Shie of Cleve- land told the dermatology section. Dr. Shie gave an account of the history of tattooing and sald that it still is a prevalent practice among the lower classes, particularly soldiers and sailor; The practice of tattooing filthy de- signs on the body was described. Dr. Shie told of one instance where a crim inal recently condemned to the guil- lotine in France was found to have tattooed around his neck the inscrip- tion: “'Executioner, follow the dotted line " Invention of the electric needle which renders tattoolng less painful, he said. has led to an increase in the practice, especially among women Formerly it was considered -largely a test of endurance of pain. Among savages it was considered a sign of heroism to have undergone the requi site suffering and the tattooed hody of an enemy was treated with respect while the untattooed corpse was sub- jected to indignities. Speaks on Obesity. Dr. Stewart R. Roberts of Atlanta dis to heart disease and raised the ques tion whether the muscles of the heart are geared to a certain body mass and are not equal to the increased work which obesity demands. He con sidered also the occurrence of high blood pressure in obese persons anc the general impression that obese per tisfactory resist BRIDGE CONTRACT LET. | | eases of the thyrold gland, Dr. John |, | Philiips of Cleveland found in « study | 0.—Con- | of a large series of cases. He pointed essity for treatment of the | ket street | heart and outlined methods which | Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., May tract for a concrete bridge over Car-|out the nec roll Creek on South Ma was awarded to a Clarksbur concern at $8,850. M. J. Grove Lime , W. Va. . local firr awarded contracts struction of two links of State w London and New ‘ounty. The two e e i They Died for Us—Their Memory Must Live District of Columbia Memorial Commission: 1 subscribe and promise to pay to the order of John Poole, trgas- 1 wish to pay on the following bas Mail Address. ... (Please (NB.=1¢ vou migh, o nay 58 ments fill in each of the hiank space flat sum £ill in only after “this date mile on the Knox-| Plcase print.) 4 ance to operations o and other infections Disturbances of the heart are found with great frequency in cases of ¢ to pneumonta have been found successful Dr. O. H. Perry Pepper of Phila- delphia reviewed a sgries of cases howing changes in the blood in in mmation of the membrane of the rt and classified the various types inflammation. Mortality in cases of operation for f he: £ « e ) Dol | || vesuited in a decided decrease in | Dav i subscription in three annual install- 3 above. If you wish to pay in one I om refusing food— pleasure in finding something which - parents could not force them to This sense of power over their and other sections in the flaoded ar we indicated that & special conferenc called by Surg. Gen. H. S. Cumming, | between State and functioning in the Mississippi Valley, will be held in the South, probably in Memphis, instead of here as originally | planned. Ogden Mills, Undersecretary of Treasury, delivered the opening ad | dress, explaining that the conference vved to permit of an exchange of 18 discussed by Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of Rochester, Minn., before the pharma- cology and therapeutics section. The physician best qualified to treat such casy he said, is one who himself has suffered a nervous breakdown. ani ! they should be avoided by doctors who ia | standing and | this method of obtaining co-operation | between local and national authori- i sometimes zives the patient when he finds there om- ch. The best method usually is to situation as simply and kindly as possible and try to zet the patient to see his ailment in the same tensions of Federal power would serve to weaken the Federal system. Nervous indigestion, he said, often - Subjects is the result of overwork, debt, poverty clude a-conside control of shelifish, with particular re | gard to shelifish certification pro- | cedure, and a_resume of the findings of the Public Health in women who hate their husbands, ually by infe especia An attempt will be made to reach fluenza. Physicians stated that at the present time many forms of re tory disturbances and a definite uniform standard needed. cated for those patients whose nervous SMALLPOX OUTBREAK REPORTED IN CAPITAL Five Cases Discovered Here Be- worarily crippled,” Dr. Alvarez y of this An outbreak of smailpox, the first of the year, was reported today by the District Health Department cases alres and health authorities ed carrier of the disease veillance All of the victims except one are colored. They have been quarantined m_the smallpo Dr. James (. Cumming contagious disease sec Health Department, s stigation leads him to believe that the source of the outbreak was at carnival company which visited Washington last month. He has tele- iphed Pennsylvania health authori- to make an examination of the em: ployes. One of the smallpox victims under quarantine is Paul Oliveri, a_calliope player with the show. The others, all [broken, an atmosphere must be buil of whom except one visited the ex-| position du gagement, are Hunt_place northeast; Matthew don, Linden court north and William Green, 1342 Half street southeast. Dr. Cumming also has received word from New York that Delsie Me- fpr Guire, a performer with the show who accompanied it to Washington, | is in a hospital there suffering from | the disease. | the more serious type of goiter is de pendent on the age of the vatient. the | condition of nis heart and the dura | tion said in a report of a study of the causes of death in ahout 50 cases. A survey of heart d \ a Southern clinic, presented by D | Charles T. Stone of Galveston, Tex., represented an effort to determine | whether elimatic rences vary the incidence of ‘ieart sense ussed the relationship of obesity | Two striking fa from rheu and that heart disea Two types of und to be most common in a la series covering a period of seven |y statistics showed that th sther manifestations of heart disease case since the pi enth amendment in deaths from cirrhosis of the liver, a degenerative disease, one form of wh Leonard ( tion on the pra Compurative tigures for alcoholism were also given, showing that the two | Criminal Division 2 to serve penitentiary. In the United States hoth occur most | worthless. frequently in the urban population | — rural dis Subsequent to 1917, which marks Gracc V TO Henry G Davis. Once Of Tl’us City‘o\m-uu-», “Jeanne Maillette,” cond liver, Dr. Rowntree pointed ¢ lowest rate w per cent of that in 1916, Iig England, Scotland, Wale: Chile, pean countries. In England govern- | differert ment control of alcohol during the war | | deaths from aleohol and eirrhosis wh rate was highest for Italy and | lowest for Norway, which had prohibi. I tion and was a neutral country during S Sy S ————— ————— DEATH BY ALEOHOL WILL BE DISCUSSED Public Health Officers Meet to Debate Organization During Disaster. State and territorial public health ublic Health Service ster, particular emphasis beiny | laid on conditions in the flooded areas morrow afternoon | v of deaths from Increasing numbers of deaths from discuss the merits or demerits of ited, but the ef icoll, ir., New York, wiil lead the discus. | sion. Specinl Conference Seen. Pul the opening session this morn the system of county health of in rural districts, stating that are proving their worth in the looded areas. Health authorities | ansas a e unable to attend and it ‘was the s between State and Federal of als and promoted mutual under operation. Lauding without resorting to legislation Mills_indicated that further ex Under Discu ion Today. | | | | under discussion today in ation of the sanitary vice in regard | e caused us- | 1 from rabbits, It is y prevalent in Montana. tularaemia, a dis: agreement on a definition of in- spira flu’ re reported a lieved Traceable to Carmival | Company’s Employes. Five dy have been discovered e a suspect- under sur- hospital. chief of the on of the that an in- a as the show is now in that State, ing its Washington en. imes Tymes, 4628 Jor: t: William Holt, 696 Fourth street northeast nd intensity of the disease, Dr.| Plummer of Rochester. Mm"'i | se as seen 1l other if FRTIDAY, MAY SINCLAIR AFTER BEING ty of State| ¢ health physicians commend- | Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, leaving the Distrl months in jail for refusing to a Hoover, Mr, Sinclair ad questions propounde 1 by the Sen SENTENCED TO JAIL Supreme Court today after he had been sentenced to three te. Photo shows, left to right: George P. and Littleton are attorneys for Sinclair. 20, 10927. By the Associated P Mexican federal troops enforced peace 1o two hea | politieal tactions which, from dawn {to a late hour yesterds reports reach list of the fgk riffemnen snip store bulldings and restdences, at a greater figu | te | from the scene of the figh an_armed band of ranche under the direction if immigra PRESIDENT AVOIDS THIRD-TERM: ISSUE Skillfully Evades Questions| Intended to Get His Views on Renomination. ederal authorities | | DAVID LAWRENCE. s Calvin Coolidge is con- cerned, the third term tated to the heart's content of those come from him minent national commit- Republican Republican liscussing the future of the part the situation | Coolidge listened ind asked a number of qu sed the status of the party JAMES M. DORAN. tion is to th today section meeting on culosis, but it may Another belief, th tor in tuberculosis, in his address. propriate nomination for Mr smination of delegations plenty of obportunity | intentions. but | not a word came from Mr. Coolidge Caller Is Disappointed. tion wag sufficiently in- timate to give an opportunity for the hint of his Congressional Country Club Organizer Dies From show a_ higher percentage tuberculosis between But the caller departed wi the slightest notion of what Coolidge is thinking about with refer- ence to renomination. the foregoin inference may he dr: |a promoter and one of the organizers | oy Congressional committed sui | luminating g: 2633 Fifteenth street 1gainst any movement that might im- ss of renom- 8 He knows well the cri that has often been visited on the sys- tem which permits a President in of- interviewing g apartment, issued a certificate of chiery. If he is renomin: % to be able to encouragement—at least nobody ted, nobody ay that he re-| g %cide. Mary Hunter, the colored maid, in- formed the coroner that she left Mr. apartment President ever discuss 10 o'clock, and at that time nomination. | Reticence Subject of Comment, Washington has been talk- this reticence on Coolidge and is inclined to think it is a shrewd bit of politics in itself. | ird-term tradition is to he | he intended taking his life, Motive Is Missing. she was the last Speaker's Conclusions, returned again at| Conclusions drawn by Dr. morning, and upon | were: 5 smelled gus. and{ That children above or of average | Coast. In the squadron are 110 men and|! below | Officers, under command of Lieut.| P¢leves it is pos The personnel was given | Intersections safer. a hearty farewell by a number of| friends and relatives who gathered at | the pier to see the squadron set sail. FUND OF $15,431,943 For, if the t up justifying such a Coolidge refrains from activity the race for the nomination, his friends | will be able all the more to put him in being drafted for the t, of course, will e States where the con M. the Kkitchen on on the floor, fully the gas stove were|aver and the door to the|remain underweight. ower of the Lwo ovens was open, That zirls are more General O. R.| below the average, or if already below average, to remain below, than boys. Girls are more likely to lose weight the nom position of name can be entred on the | No such consent prob. Calvin Coolidge, who is not going to enter the lists as 1 can Luhring, a brother-inlaw of the dead man, and Mrs, Margaret Evans Luhr- | ing Were summoned, and the former | than bo; | called the coroner. ever, Hughes in 1 the bench the permit his name to go on the ballot, but he v and it w taneous act of the Republican party, for delegates in his behalf med by Charles Evans | when he was still on | Supreme Court She said that | fewer pounds per y: pounds per inch increase Atlantic City.| than do children of average weight. ead of re-| Officers elected hy the | final meeting today wer o the city ves- maining at the apartment was twice marr |a son now living in Texas. In Good Spirits. his first wife and | Harris of Ne ple Guessing. commander of Post of the | which the deceased wus {with whom M the el tll the last moment ay other candidates who would nat- ect of keeping people guessing It will keep at Evans was closely as- | were revealed iwvey: That heart disease hatie fever . the Find Two t disease were vears i a Galveston hospital, | type caused by venereal disease, | and that assoclated with increased | blood pressure. | Arteriosclerosis was found to be the third most frequent cuuse, but the hat | ail bstantially the same as other sections, u#s was true ¢ istics showing a marked de. e of the cight. | u, were quoted by Dr. ¢, Rochester, Minn., in the tice of medicine Gives Aleohol Figures. ions afford a striking parallel ibout 50 per cent lower in | fets beginning of the World War anc ige of the eighteenth amend triking decrense was observed holism and in cirrhosis of the The | when | s attained in 14 cath rate from aleohc res were also presented for outh Africa and other Euro. The - urally expect | the very States which form the hack- | { bone of vely occurred, | tal as a result of | Mr. Hoover. | venereal disease was much more fre | men would b quent in the South than in other sec- | it is definitely knc I'tions of the country ;l‘rm to having served at the bat- | infantry. He said |that he had talked with him yesterday | ppeared to be in | although he W some of the physical left on him by his service in | World War. Dr. Jones paid a high tribute to him wnd said that he was shocked at hear- He said that Mr. native of Indiana, and| In furtherance of the medical center joining the facilities of ashington University, Gar- field Hospital and the ; at that time he The nomination of these i be considered until | idge cannot be or doe renominated o | are that the answer to that question convention hand than it nt thing is that of his death time is closer But the signific subsequent to He had offices in the | ceorge Wi he World War, silence which in it- | pp neportation Building. policy self office with which 3 incidence | sirable thing in politics—the appe ince at least of spontaneity in a n tional convention sTRE|TENBER—GEflA|LED, | president of the bour fortunes and Must Spend Each Anniversary of | Murder Alone. e CANTON, Ohio, May 20 (P).—Floyd | detective of Police Department, who George A. Fox Gets Two Years. Wednesday *h s caused | Madison, who represented him- self Rowntrees of the Mayo |daughter of f Wisconsin inent o suaded her to indorse a check for $50, which was cashed at her bank, was |Clevenger ator Lenroot as a member of a prom- Pleas Court, | with the stipulation that so long as Streitenberger lives he shall be put llx‘ date of the| sentenced in culosis showed that they are exposed to it 12 and 15 Inhaling Gas. All_children, regardless of weight, periodically should be examined by inhaling [ makes their age. the second | weight will remain the body of | helow the ave Girls | _Children below aver Mr. Evans v Yo | N. Leech of dfor shing SRR FOR MEDICAL CENTER| Home for Foundling: iarfleld Hospi al, and as | Ced Clurence Aspinwall is both the hospital boards. con- | onment was Frank M. |3t wor oldi By the Associated Press The wedding may take place at Newport, September, igton dispatch Vanderbilt, York Times in a re] d suitors reported sultors | Characteristic, “A Bit of Syn. youngest son of the King of Tngland: Lord Spencer Churchill, son of the former | 5 % Hoe Finale, “After the Storm”. ot Marlborough, and. the | " Star sflangled Banner Among previously Japan, | da Va and Queen 1918, is hetrothed to Henry Gassaway While the reports lack confirmation engagement said to have been confided to a large cirels of friends of both young people, and is expected to be announced in Marquis of Donegal. Mr, Davis is formerly of Washing- tan, but is now living in New Yori ile fs a junior partner and mining engineer in the Araflud mines. of nw, Entr" (@) * cts (b) “Shadowland” Mosaic, “Viennese copation” Lord Ivor | Waltz suite, “Merry Comrades,” e TUBERCULAR ILLS * TOPIG OF DOCTORS Convention Speaker Finds| Disease Among Children Not | Produced by Malnutrition. The popular theory that malnutri- cauge of tuberculosis in chil- dren was refuted by Chadwick of Westfield, Mass., porting the results of studies in under- weight clinies of Massachus American Medical Association Dr. Chadwick preventive cine and public health. Malnutrition is not a cause of tubei be the disease, Dr. Chadwick With t weight is a fac- of examina- | tions of 50 school children with tuber- nearly halt them were of average or above ay- erage welght, he said. 5 to tuberculosis than boys, the disease being two or three times as prevalent among those examined. Pulmonary Type Discussed. COMMITS SUICIDE, .z rare in young children, Dr. Chadwick said, 50 per cent will be affected it Pulmonary tu- berculosis will develop at the age of 6 and hilum tuberculosis a year later. Girls 15 per cent underweight Results Girls, he declared, are more subject ¢ tuberculosis is signs ot tuberculosis, . . e declared. The fact that so Robert Graham Bvans, 42 years ol | 00,5 "hiivre tubeioulonis were or overweight Country Club, [ parents who believe hildren safe are ften de- in his apartment. No. | ceived. he said. 3 Coroner J.| General health education viewing the | sufficient to bring underweight chil- the maid at | dren up to normal, D= erts of Trenton, Tenn.. tion. Dr. Roberts, who is an officer of the Tennessee State Department of Health, gave the results of a care last | ful studv’ of 1491 children. sults of this study convinced him, he Qespondent, nor | $id, that special attention to nutri- | anvthing to indicate that | ton. bevond the limits of general | health education, is necessary to bring | underweight children up to the aver- Frank L. Rob- told the sec- barking on the transport « Thierry at Old Point y noon at 4 o'clock. the 11th Bombing Squadron of Langley Field March Field. Calif., by wa Panama Canal. came to Langley in 1920 from San An- tonio, Tex., will become a quadron after it reaches the Pacific| so ze will clothed.” All | average; the further e, the more likely they are to the | Lindenberg relow the average do not gain | that the dead|as regularly as boys. | .| man _left nothing to indicate any re: son for taking his lite Evans returned ge weight gain MEXICAN FEDERALS QUELL BORDER WAR |Huerta and Four Others, Ac- cused of Gun Running, Held on American Soil. TUCSON, Ariz., May 20.—Guns of rought an Iy armed had en. treet fighting in the border A in town of San Luis, Sonora I federal woldlers. In conceal suary, any persons attempting the conflict, in which twe nown to have been killed and ny more reported wounded. Some 1% here place the de g from concealmen Ranchers Guard U. 8. Territory. On the Americ side of the in- national lne, just g, stood nd customs officials, and awa {any emergency. The border in that locaiity v can authorities following the capture by Mexic Tuesday of an automol arms and ammunition i Mexican officials denied reports that rebellious Y ed the surrender of Nacozari, Sonora, | he then drev es south of the border. How- 50 soldiers were sald to have m the acozarl closed by order of Ameri n federals in San Luls last aqui Indians had demand- A orders to pre Prieta garrison to Five Mexicans in Custody. Five Mexicans, including HOUSE OF DETENTION ‘ LOCATION IS SOUGHT New Department of Commerce Building Plans Force Action by District. | District officials have resumed their | | search for a new location for the | House of Detention and the Health Department medical clinic, which will be forced to move within the next two months to make way for the new De partment of Commerce Building, be located between Fourteenth and E streets and the Mall. There are nine District government activities, excluding the District Build- ing, in the Pennsylvania avenue tri- angle, which will be forced to vacate by the public buildings program, but the Health Department medical clinic and the House of Detention are the only ones which will be move in the near future. The Traffic Department and the Employment Bu- reau,. both on Pennsylvania avenue between Fourteenth "and Fifteenth streets, are comparatively secure for some time to come, in view of the de- cision of the Public Buildings Com- mission to make a plaza out of this sectlon. BOMBING UNIT GOES WEST HAMPTON. Va., May 20 (®). erday after- t sail for y of the The squadron which school SOUGHT FOR 1928-29 BY SCHOOL BOARD | (Continued from First Page.) section at its | , chairmar 3 ew York, vice chairman: | Dr. E. R. Bishop of Tennessee. secre- | | tary, and Dr. W. S. Leathers, deiegate dircctor of the | o the House of Delegates. Survey | of §9,700. | Due to the fact that equipment for the new junior high schools opened this school year, the Francis and | that “as soon | Stuart, wa | appropriations. the $17,500 carried in | the preceding estimates is eliminated n the current estimates. F PLAN Three Local Hospitals Getting To- gether in Furtherance of Proposal for Combining Facilities. this vear. $60,000 to cover the remodeling of the MeKinle: the Shaw Junior High School. the estimates, together with the com- parative amounts asked last year and the increase or decrease. follow: Washington Henry Spencer, of trustees of | member of the board of trustees of the Foundlings Home, have been elected to the trustee board of the university of trustees Hospital has appointed to its member- )| sh'> John B. Larner, president of the rge Washington Universitv might of the|Of trustees, and Dr. William Mather Mellett, Canton | L€ is. president of 16, the anni- versary of the crime, in solita finement for the rest of his life. Night schools' eat. dumb and. blind the institution. The various members of the hoards ng on the plans for the de velopment ot the medical center. BAND CONCERT. { Upper bandstand. the United Stat Home Military Band, tomor- | >:40 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmer- anderbilt Reported Engaged March, Solia e March, “Solid Men to the Front,” “hapel in the Mountains Cornell University's Summer session ‘will open July & \tinuing until A‘xuflt 12, thirty-sixth *Decroases. 9 totals $41,200, as compared with 1,500 last year. being an increase s provided in the 1927.28 Ask Same for Towels. . ked vear for pian The estimates include an item of| Manual Training School and The individual items included in ad orders to capture, or kill| ing. which began with | A few yards % acting | of investigations which co n | ing | shooting load of Adolfo de la Huerta, former provisional Pre: dent of Mexico, against whom war- rants charging gun-running activities were issued here recently, today h been taken into custody or had sur rondered to United States officers. De la Huerta surrendered at Los Angeles. where he makes his home, to appear for arraignment today him when he gave himself up was Alfonso Gomez Morentin, an- other of those named in the warrants. One of the remaining three was arrested in San Antonio, while the| two others are held in jail here. 'TRAFFIC DIRECTOR to reauired to | mitted to Mr. Harland by the Cc POLTIGS IS SEEN IN CALLES ATTACK Mexican Policeman Charged With Murder Attempt on Son of President. NOGALY ] firing of Just acre Rodolfo Ca | of n s ' Romero xican policeman, of a | eh ed murder Th were fired becausa of su vas the conte of fri President’s Romero, however cadfastly dis med ds psecut Expec From R: young ( that Romere ibly would b the State he basis for the to be political reaso than personal Romero's story was that he e driver of th Calles was t wonl Hernan n lub, in f which occurred, drew his gun - his pistol and fired tu shots into the air He stated that )| he wanted to shoot Calle: 1 have done so easi ng but 1 3 of f from him. L] Originated in Night Club. he President’s son declared 1 affair originated within the night | when “this individual came up and it sulted me “Raoul Hernandez Leon, a gus who stood near me,” said youne. Calles, “pulled a gun on Romero and had him ejected forcibly frc club.” Romero appeared late yesterday fore the Superior Court and was con signed on the of attempted murder. He was held in the Nogale Sonora, jail. TO STUDY 16TH ST. - | Harland Will Postpone Decision on Truck Travel Above Florida Avenue. Traffic Director William H. Harland announced today that he would make a survey of motor truck travel on up- per Sixteenth street before reaching a decision as to whether solid-tire ve- hicles should be prohibited from using the thoroughfare morth of Florida avenue. A proposal to forbid heavy commer vehicies the use of the thorou; fare was the first proposition sub- 1 missioners when he assumed office The Commissioners previously held a public hearing on the question, at | which, Mrs. John B. Henderson, owi er of the picturesque castle which overlooks Sixteenth street at Florida avenue, and others indorsed the re- striction on motor trucks. Residents and property owners in the vicinity of Sixteenth street, however, opposed the plan, believing it would force the | heavy vehicles to use the streets pass- ing their homes. Mr. Harland said that before he makes 1y recommendation on the subject he wants to determine how many trucks operate on upper teenth street and whether they could use any other parallel streers without increasing traffic congestion thereon. The traffic director also is engaged in a study of the traffic situation at the intersections of Rhode Island ave- | { | rs it February 1 to Jine 0. 1028 ¢ Teache) mental il plavgrounds Salaries Contingerit éxpenises Columbta Tnstitution for the Deaf Colored deal mutes children wmization work ries . .. ontingent ‘éxperses Community centers Care ot buildings and erourids Net increase. <+ nue where street car lines cross. He ible to make these CARROLL DUE TO FACE FURTHER EXAMINATION | Inquiry Into Condition of Jailed Theatrical Producer Soon to Be Ordered. By the Associated Press, Further examination of the physical condition of Earl Carroll, theatrical producer, who became ill en route to the Atlanta Penitentiary, will be or- dered by Attorney Ge eral S General said yesterday s I can get to the mat- The Attorney ter.” he would complete consideration of the application for clemency, which | Carroll flled the day before he left for | prison. tub party ; Dresent plight, suffered a nervous col- The estimate for paper towels in | lapse at Greenville, 8. C the schools is the same as last year, | 810,000, while $1,500, which was as rroll. whose famous bath- in New York caused his He has been recuperating for several weeks. When p son authorities became im- is not carried | PAtient over the fact that Carroll had | not been turned over to them to begin serving his sentence of a year and a day a physici; o to examine him, understood to have been dealing with Carroll could be moved the sickbed to the prison. —_— nw sent to Greenville but reports here are ) vague in the question of whether safely from ment of school ‘attendance’ and work per 192 Appro: iation. 15,000 l”'y-u 350.000 ¢ ' 40 000 93,000 500 1500 “1.500 ey 10.500 s : 10.000 12000 = 000 g 1000 ) R it 47500 @ 500 aluries 2 s 857 4 : @ of small buildings and rented fooma. 111" LG T b © Special ses and temporary rooms. .. = 40000 g ‘ubercular pupils see 1.000 Maintenance . 5 . Transportation 2000 goo Manual training o R s : Fuel nd electricity x 223 000 jittive and equipment o l\ll'\xdpm.)n(xlrn.l manual tr m,.-’ shops. cooking. ousekeeping and cooking aid sewing sehools. 0.605 s Shaw Junior and old MeKinles High TN 1855 Equipment for ey Technical High sipie- % 2 . plemental. 1028) . i 100,000 350,000 250000 | Contingent expenses g 100,000 Tx "85 Paper fowels '« . i 10:000 Pianos . M 500 | Textbooks and ‘supplies . 1 000 50 000 Maintenance of kindergartens. 000 5 School gardens ... .. 1. . 4000 S boratories P " Ceee 14.000 1000 Repairs and improvements (o buildings and frounds 530,000 14775 Repairs and improvements required by Health Dept 49940 Repairs and improvements required by Fire Dept. . 581150 Remodeling old McKinley and Shaw-Junior High. .. 60.000 60.000 Rent of buildings and grou ) R 11,060 12000 1.000 Fireproof curtains for ~entral Dunbar. . 11101 LOO000 % *100:000 iv"h\ el .ur"‘ nnr’l wlmc‘zf" play |nm|\l;‘ e B5.500 10.000 4.500 Equipment, grading a: improving school vards. . . 000 4 . qu\llp'nwul' !Iurmlun: and furnishings for junior e St ol Z Miehiwetionlentizc s oSt o i 7,500 17,5 Buildings and grounds ki e 7 Foace Buildings . ... . ceeen 2 2372 Land for buildings and playgrounds. . ., 250 1.419. $11.098.015 $15.431.04