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CARUSI RE-FLECTED BY SCHOOL BOARD | President Re-named at An- nual Session; Teachers Are Offered Trials. Charles ¥. Carusi, president of the Poard of Education, was unanimo re-elected at the annual reorganizi-| tion meeting held at the Kiin School_yesterday afternoon. Rev. I 1. A. Bennett nominated Mr. Carusi to head the board for the impending school year and the prominent at- torney’s name promptly was seconded by Mrs. Lillian Y. Herrc £ Herron was unanimously vice president of the board. Her n: placed in nomination by Mrs. Marie Hodgkins and seconded by Rev. F. L. A. Bennett. At the conclusion of the hoth President Hierron thanked th hoard for their votes of and pledged ther 25 B v ke icacd and the:publicits the best of thelr ability $20,000 Fund Approved. An appropriaiton of $20,000 to de- the expense of mo more | than 19 portatle schools from their present sites to new locations where will he more needed during the s approved by the on. re-eles meeti 1 l Heads School Board I CHARLES F. CARUS Attorney and dean of the National Uni v Law School, who was unan- | imously -elected president of the Board of Education yesterday aft TOONEW HYDRANTS " URGED FOR DISTRIGT : @ meighborhood of §1, 1000 to movs of the schools and several of ti:e | members voiced the opinion | that this was exces: rman of th ings and grounds comn he would welcome the attention of the ainst them in this connection. After deliberation the board decided that the faflure of married women school teachers to observe the bozrd rule regarding maternity should be dealt with by refusing them reinatate- ment, but also voted that they should have a public trial on the charges made against them in this connectino. For the past several weeks the board members have had under con- sideration_whether or not the offend- ing teachers should be entitled to pub- lic trials. Three Face Hearings. School officizls were instructed to prepare charges against three teach- ers who failed to observe the rules and inform them that the board will give them public trials, if they so desire, either early this month or early In October. Mrs. A. G. Lind of the Powell Junior High School was promoted to the ad- ministrative principalship of the John- son-Bancroft School, while Miss M. R. Pepper of the Macfarland Junior High School was promoted to a teachinz principalship at the Brookland School. Which of two bids should be ac- cepted for the letting of the high school cadet uniform contract was re- ferred to a special committee for ac- tion after discussion. The committee is composed of Rev. F. I. A. Bennett, Mrs. Mary McNeill and Henry Gilligan. The board approved the following appointments to the board of exam- iners in the tenth to thirteenth d viston: H. Long, chief examiner; Miss E. Chase, Miss S. I. Daniel, | Underwriters Recommend 82 Downtown, Remainder in Apartment Zones. Insiallation of 200 new fire hydrants, of which would be in the high | alue or downtown section and the re- | mainder in the apartment building nes, is recommended in a report re- ceived today by Fire Chief George S. Watson from the National Board of Fire Underwriters When the committee, appointed by the Commissioners to study the advis- ability of installing a high-pressure fire protection system in the high value district ted New York re- cently, it was given a promise by the board that if certain improvements ade to water mains and fire R s within two yvea general reduction _in rated r Suld result. Among these conditions was the in- stallation of 200 new fire plugs during the present fiscal year. Another sched- ule was submitted showing where the 1928 quota of replacement of € and nch feeder pipes for hydrants hould be located in place of 4-inch feede: Fire Chief Watson announced that he would submit the schedules to J. Garland, superintendent of the Water Department for estimates on ther cost. %he high-pressure committee Wwill meet soon to draft its report to the Commissioners. What it learned about high-pressure systems through the actual demonstrations it viewed in New York and Baltimore. will form R. I Vaughn, Mrs. M. H. Plummer and J. G. Logan. Personnel Changes. The following personnel changes also were approved: Resignations—D. J. Kahn, leax:htr Clase 1A, Johnson-Bancroft; L. Cooper, teacher, Class 1A, Hubhnl‘d- Raymond. Terminations—E. J. Just, annual substitute, Class 3A, senior high schools; C. M. Alexander, annual sub- stitute, Class 3A, senior high schools; A. H. Brown, annual substitute, Class 2C, junior high schools; A. G. Lewis, annual substitute, Class 1A, inter- mediate grades; C. H. Smith, annual subetitute, Class 1A, intermediate grades; L. N. Fitzhugh, annual substi- tute, Class 1A, primary grades; E. K. Taylor, annual substitute, Class 1A, primary grades. Retirements—Mrs. 1. H. Childress, teacher, Class 1A, Gales-Blake; F. E. Fitz-Gerald, teacher, Class 1A, Gales- Blake. Leave of absence—Rosalie Walker. teacher, Class 1A, extend leave of absence; Clyde Glass, teacher, Class 1A, music department, Divisions 10 to 13; L. C. Wilkinson, attendance officer, Divisions 10 to 13. Promotion—L. C. Russell, from clerk to attendance officer, Department of Attendance and Work Permits. Appointments—Mary Box, proba- tionary teacher, Class 2C, Mncfarland Junior High School; H. 8. Blackman, temporary teacher, Class 2A, Columbia Junior High School; Stephen Carey, temporary teacher, Class 2A, Columbia Junior High School; D. M. Collins, temporary teacher, Class 2A, Columbia Junior High School; J. T. Donovan, temporary teacher, Class 2A, Macfar- land Junior High School; Hester Brooks, permanent teacher, Class 1A, Barnard School, M. A. McLean, perma- nent teacher, Class 1A, Langdon School; D. R. Thompson, permanent teacher, Class 1A, Brookland School; E. H. Just, annual substitute, Class 3A, senior high schools, Divisions 10 1o 1 . M. Alexander, annual substi- tute, Class 3A, senior high schools, Divisions 10 to 13; A. H. Brown, an- nual substitute, Class 2C, junior high schools, Divisions 10 to 13; J, H. Pink- ard, annual substitute, Class 2C, Junior high schools, Divisions 10 to 12 A. G. Lewls, annual substitute, Class 1A, intermediate grades, Divisions 10 to 13; C. H. Smith, annual substitute, Class 1A, intermediate grades, Di- visions 10 to 13; L. N. Fitzhugh, an- nual substitute, Class 1A, primary grades, Divisions 10 to 13; E. K. Taylor, annual substitute, Class 1A, primary grades, Divieions 10 to 17. HAS MODERN OFFICE. Corporation Counsel Bride Moves Into New Quarters. ‘W. W. Bride, the District's new cor- poration counsel, has transformed his office into one of the showplaces in the District Building. Mahogany furniture, deepseated chairs and other accouterments of a modern of- fice, tastefully arranged, have sup- planted the lighter hued onk equip- ment of former Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens. The District did not buy the costly furniture, however. Mr. Bride moved it from his private office, concluding that it would be of more service to him in a public office than in storage. Bertaud?Warns Of House Ablaze With Motor’s Hum By the Associated Press. BELLEFONTE, Pa., July Forest rangers who seek elevation in their watch for fires have a rival in Lloyd W. Bertaud, air mail pilot who was to have piloted the ‘Wright-Bellanca plane Columbia on its transatlantic fight. En route from New York to ‘Clevelan@d a few nights ago Bertaud sighted a burning house :at Milesburg, near here. Unable to Mand to give warning because of the rough territory, he circled his plane at low altitude over the village, 2 the basis of the report. WORK ON BIRTHDAY MAY BE PROGRAM, PRESIDENT HINTS (Continued from First Page.) Sandhouse of Sterling, Colo., State commander of the American Legion. The visit of this trio to the Black Hills was primarily for the purpose of inviting the President to attend the State convention of the Amer- ican Legion, to be held at Sterling, July 25, 26 and 27. The President took the invitation under considera- tion. “Will Be Re-elected.” During their visit the conversation covered a variety of subjects, the principal one being In connection with farm relief legislation. The callers, while favoring . the McNary-Haugen farm velief bill, made it plain that they could not help admiring the President’s consistency in objecting to this form of relief, and seemed to think none the less of him even though he did veto this legislation last session. “Notwithstanding the fact that I differed_with the President on the farm relief legislation, I can see noth- ing but Coolidge so far as the 1928 clection is concerned,” Representative Timberlake said after his visit to the lodge. “Without any question the President is going to be renominated and will be re-elected.” Mr. Timberlake said that while pol- itics was discussed, the President did not give the slightest intimation that he will accept the nomination for an- other term. Sees Tax Reduction. ve noticed,” he added, “‘that where the pressure was strongest in the West for farm relief they realize that the President exercised his pre- rogative as Executive according to his best judgment—and he gave good and substantial reasons for his action. There was a serious agricultural prob- lem, though, and I think this bill would have helped.” Mr. Timberlake, a member of the House ways and means committee, said he looked forward to substantial tax reduction in the next Congress, but felt that the estimate of a $635,- 000,000 surplus in the current fiscal vear was ‘‘exaggerated.” “I am figuring on about $450,000,- 000,” he said. Remaining taxes would be the first to go, and the corporation tax might be cut down to 10 per cent, he thought. He did not share Chairman Green's uncertainty as to whether tax reduc- tion would be possible in the next ses- sion, but conceded that the results of the Geneva arms conference might have a bearing on the question. SAVING THEIR VOICES. British Politicians Resort to Films to Beach Constituents. LONDON, July 2 (#).—British poli- ticians are saving their voices and avolding hecklers by having fl!ms ad- dress their constituents Sir Douglas Hogg, the attorney gen- eral, is a pioneer in the movement. One of his phonofilms showed him de- livering his speech, reproducing before his constituents all his little manner- isms, such as tugging at the lapels of his coat. - Cabinct ministers who find they can- not attended a particular meeting in the country no longer excuse them- selves by wire, A tin box containing @ speech taken by the new phonofilm process is sent by a: Statue Aged With Coffee. New statues speedily become old ones in London. When a recently erected statue of Joseph Chamberlain in the House of Commons lobby was found too glaringly new to harmonize with its dignified surroundings, re- ports the Popular Science Magazine, the art work was given a coffee bath that effectively subdued it. A pre- the roar of his motor arousing villagers, who, investigating, Jpaw the reflection of the fire andy ex- fireer? m Phe Mewer vious washing of the ue with tea had failed to stecp the newcomer in tradition, _THE _EVEN] EVENING STAR. WASHIN RAINS WASH AWAY HEAT IN MIDWEST | Terturing Tempcrature Had Been the Cause of Death and Suffering. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 2—~Thundershow crs, sweeping out of the West, have washed away a heat wave which for three days had tormented most of Middle America. As the rain fell, so did the tempera ture, the mercury dropping from the blistering 90s to the comfortable over almost the entire territory. In Chicago, the day's high was 94, but with the rain, the reading sank to 70. Half a hundred Chicago deaths dur- ing the three torrid days were ascribed dirvectly to the heat. ‘Twenty-three of | these occurred yesterday. A dozen more deaths were due indirectly to the hizh temperature. Throughout the Middle We: much the same. Pro: drownings claimed 19 Ohioa the maximum temperature in 7 degrees. Unofficial reading: gh as 100 were reported from some Indiana and Southern Tlli- centers before the tempering Showere fell. 708 Sunday and probably the irth of the prediction in the Middle W generally was fair skies and moderate temperatures, 27 DEAD IN MICHIGAN. State Suffers Record High Tempera- ture Since Wednesday. DETROIT, deaths ir e threc days have been laid to the record heat wave which has gripped the State since Wednesda Detroit's h toll today was while 10 hs were reported in five other July In addition to the 17 deaths from heat prostration and from drowning, while seeking relief from the blistering rays of sun, 31 persons have been rercome and are being treated in Detroit. hospitals. WATCHMAN, AGED 72, BEATEN BY ROBBER Iron Pipe Used by Attacker, After Luring John Ricks—Fails to Get Pay. John Ri rs old, was slugged with an iron pipe last night in the rear of an apartment under construction at Ashmead place and Belmont road, where he is employed as a watchman. His assailant, an unidentified negro, is believed to have had robbery as the motive. Rick's condition is undetermined. The at- tacker was frightened away before he could rifle his victim's pockets, as Ricks’ pay, which he received yester- day, was found intact when the in- jured man was taken to Emergency Hospital. Ricks was lured to the rear of the building by the man, who told him some boys were back there stealing pipe. Groans of the watchman attracted the attention of persons living nex by, and Dr. Warren Price of 2326 Ashmead place rendered first aid. The pipe used by the colored man was found near the scene by Police- man C. C. Williams of the eighth pre- cinct, and is being examined for fin- gerprints. ‘The case i« the second of its kind here in recent weeks, a watchman em- ployed on construction work on Wis- consin avenue just beyond the Dis- trict line having been beaten to death, presumably by a robber. HEFLIN DENOUNCES SMITH IN NEW YORK Senator Reported as Giving Two- Hour Talk at Meeting At- tended by Klan. By the Associated Pre: NEW YORK, July The New York Times and the Herald-Tribune today say Senator J. Thomas Heflin, Democrat, of Alabama, last night at- tacked Gov. Alfred E. Smith as a pres- idential candidate in a two-hour dress at a meeting in Richmond Hill, Queens, which is in the city limits. The meeting was attended by 3,000 men who had been invited by the United Protestant Alliance of Queens, the newspapers say. When_ the chairman asked all Ku Klux Klans- men to arise almost every one in the audience stood up. Applications for membership in the Klan were dis- tributed. The Times says samples of cam- paign literature sent out by Gov. Smith’s support in the South have reached New York. One is a pam- phlet sponsored by James 8, Griffin, a lawyer, of Rulch, ,. N. C. GOMEZ AND SERRANO JOIN AGAINST OBREGON Nominees in Mexican Election in 1628 Unite to Fight Candi- dacy of Ex-President. By the Aseociated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 2.—Gen. Ar- nulfo Gomez and Francisco Serrano, both of whom have been nominated for the Mexican presidential can- didacy in 1928, today reached an agreement whereby both will Jjoin forces to fight former President Obre- gon in the presidential race, (Gen. Gomez is the candidate of the Anti-Re-electionist party, which was organized principally in opposi- tion to the candidacy of Gen. Obre- gon. This party is strongly opposed to more than one term for a Mexican President. Talk of a coalition be- tween Gens. Gomez and Serrano has been going on for several days.) Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the follo James ¥, Joseph P, both of Ri Robert Windsor and Louise ¢ Noonan“and "Ross C. o nd Virginia T. Tape T¥les and Evelsn Pillars, both Fomoine, Va ans awlhlnnun V. Nunnally, 10, Md i Myitle Mason. C. Strother. es Sin Jai ( ipdp o t Maggie Car- 20 Rriimiton, veiter of ATINEIh: and’ Katherine W, Hup- T R ™ A, 'Donoshue and Margaret €. Showman. _both of Baltimore. Santo nl']alfl)l(hfllu and Concettine Gangi, of Balumore. Mx':'.‘.n.!m A Allan. St. Paul, N. C., and Ruth - Haekes. " Richmiond, G min du Bois and Freda Herman, both Pri of Baltimore. Duster Sorgan and Ethel Price. e ‘Whitfield and Edni Gregs. Telemascus Ibert H. Aller nd Rhelia 1 A I!Y'Ivh M BL;ili'll(‘ ;)( this city and Pearl 4 M'” bert B '{f owelly Cnarlottersiti. va Mfln K Salishury. N» Lansing G IlH Sarah l"nxmv Jal"E Kalion Snd Hose 8- . and| ad- | Declares She Could Have Been Re-Elected Governor. Money Power * Flayed by Speaker on Chautau- qua Tour, of Wyoming, ted governor of an Americ e, is now narrat- ing on the auqua_ platform hitherto unknown details of her brief political career. Speaking this week in Maryland and Virginia towns near Washington, Mrs. Ross charged the Republican part ting through its national ton, with |!Hn}.ll)g about h ¢ re-election last nmln" executive . P., fearing it during 1 8 “to Il the Dlaco of Senator Francis 13. W determired that no Demot or should a ]vmnl his successor. Mr. Warren is month and serving ssive term. He Is the Senate. Nellie Tayloe Ros fivst woman her of t “During my gubernatorial term; said Mrs. Ross, “T vetoed a bill pa by the Republican Legislature which sought to deprive the governor of the vight to fill a vacancy in the United States senatorship. The bill provided tor special elections for that purpose. There was no attempt to repa over my veto. But it was or that T should pay the penalty when I came up for re-election in 192 effort was made dur to conceal the against e, mpaign paramount issue Open Acknowledgement. “Republican managers ope knowledged the prospective defeats of Senators Rutler of Ma chusetts, and sworth of New York. Wyoming s were told that Republican con- trol of the next Senate would hang by slender a thread that it was neces for Wyoming to assure continued party supremacy in that body. The overthrow of the Democratic State ad- ministration was, therefore, depicted as an urgent national party necessity, in order that if Senator Warren should disappear from the scene, a Republican would be mamed to succeed him. I failed of re-clection by 1,300 votes in a total poll of some €8,000.” Mrs. Ross, who like Roosevelt, that she “had a corking time” in office, is addressing herself in the big chautauqua tents mainly to women. (] hu\o it in our power,” she tells them, “to speak a new language in politics. 'We have an opportunity to nouseclean public life. It is particularly incumbent upon us to use our great voting strength to keep dishonest men out of high official places. We should specialize in thwarting the illicit use of money in primaries and elections. Wyoming is a State with an area larger than that of all New England and most of Ohio combined. My re- cent campaign cost barely 310'100 de- spite the immensity of the field. Ex- penditure of money on the scale re- vealed in several States can only take place under corrupt circumstances.” NGTON, B. €, NELLIE ROSS SAYS G. O. P. FEAR OF LOSING SENATE COST JOB EX-GOV. NELLIE ROSS. From the moment she took office at Cheyenne on January 1, 1 2 Ross was faced by an overwhelmingly hostile Republican Legislature. Forth- with, she asserts, a systematic drive was launched with the object of de- priving the governor of authority and prerogatives never before challenged or curtailed. “First,” Mre. Ross ex- plains, “they introduced leglslation te take the supervision of banking in Wyoming away from the State ad- ministration and turn it over to a commission of handpicked bankers. By laboring with leaders of both par- ties, T managed to sidetrack the pro- posed bills before I had a chance to veto them. Soon afterward came the attempt to kill the governor's vight to fill a vacancy in the United States senatorship, specific attacks on the atorial sovereignty were more <5 incessant. They seemed to spring from a desire to hamper a woman governor. Ever and anon some new method was devised of confronting that woman governor with perplexities. I met conditions &s th$y came along a spirit of determination to do #wo * things— iirst, to see that the rights of the zovernorship, as I found them, should be handed over to my successor un- impaired; and, secondly, to do noth- ing that would reflect upon the ability of a woman to administer the Htate's affairs capably and hon- estly. 1 found that a character of rock was Acunnmmly required to meet recurring emergencies. But I also learned that the strict letter of the law was an unfailing source of refuge. To it I decided resolutely to cling.” Mps. Ross, the = circuit who is appearing on of the Swarthmore Chautauqua under the direction of Dr. Paul M. Pearson, will spend the entire Summer on its tented plat- form. She will visit Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ver- mont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, speaking nightly. Mrs. Ross stresses one point emphati- cally to her audiences. ‘“While the Republicans of Wyoming,” she states, “fought me tooth and nail as poli- ticlans and partisans, they never for- got that they are gentlemen or that I am a woman. Their enmlty was flerce, but always friendly.” (Copyrizht. 1927.) MOVIES TO ATTRACT JOHN BUCHAN, M. P. Scottish Universities’ Representa- tive Is Known for Work in American History. Correspondence of the Astociated Press. GLASGOW.—John Buchan, histo- rian, es: t, lecturer and novel- ist, whom the Scottish universities have just elected to represent them in Parliament, is about to plunge into motion pictures, His novel, “Hunting Tower,” will be fllmed with Sir Harry Lauder in the leading role. Nominally a conservative, Buchan is an independent in politics. He is !he Hulhm of a “History of the Great * and has written much about the Amen(‘zm Civil War. In 19 the United Daughters of the Confederacy presented him with a replica of the great seal of the Confederacy in ac- knowledgment of his work in Ameri- can history. Under the American scherhe of gov- ernment there is nothing correspond- ing to the members of Parliament who represent the universities of Great Britain. Graduates who have taken a master's degree are entitled to vote for a member to represent their uni- Most of the ballots are cast KEMAL ON FIRST VISIT TO CONSTANTINOPLE Pagses Through 50-Mile Lane of Cheering Thousands on Trip to European Section. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, July 2—Mustapha Kemal Pasha, President of Turkey, came to Stamboul, the European section of Constantinople, today, setting foot on the Furopean side of Turkey for the first time since the country was turned into a re- public and he was proclaimed Presi- dent in 1923. He passed through a 50-mile lane of cheering, flag-waving thousands of his people lined along the shores of the Bosporus, as Turkish . warships boomed salutes. There were parades in honor of the “ghazi” or ‘“con- queror,” through 16 great triumphal arches and merrymaking and fire. works that lasted well into the night. Stamboul was like a fairy city with 50,000 electric bulbs strung from the tops of minarets, Indians Form Legion Post. PENDLETON, Oreg., July 2 (P).— An_American Legion post composed exclusively of Indlans has been or- ganized at the Umatilla Indian agency. It is Chief Peo Post. Bad Teeth Cause I11 Health, The teeth are more apt to hecome defective or diseased than any other part of the body. In 1924, of the 135,640 oflicers and men in the United States Army—who as & group are presumably among the healthiest per- sons—112,507 were treated for dental disabilities, Disease germs that enter the body through decayed teeth or along the side of disordered teeth are frequent causes of such serious and common maladies as rheumatism, kid- ney trouble and heart failure. There 70,000 dentists in the United States and 4,000 in Canada, the number of physicians being only about twice as large in each country. Dur- ing 1925, in the United States, 326 manutacturing establishments made dental goods exclusive of instruments and machinery, valued at $38,769,049, including $5,947,729 for artificial teeth, says the Carnegie Foundation for Ad- vancement of Teaching. “Silk” Comes From “Si.” The word ‘“silk” originated probably as an amplifi llun of the Chinese word for fabric, * according to the Liberty Magazine. ' 1t refers to the Empress Si-Ling-Shi, who first culti- vated silk worms 4,500 years ago. ASSAIL DUTCH HOUSE FOR AIDING AVIATION Passage of Subsidly Measure Is Condemned in View of Pres- ent Conditions. AMSTERDAM, July Dutch Lower Chamber is being criticized for its giddiness in hav- ing passed without discussion the Jifty bill, granting the Royal Dutch Air” Navigatlon Co. a subsidy of 2,800,000 florins for the next seven vears and agreeing to buy 500 shares in the company at 1,000 florins each. The question is raised whether the economic needs of air traffic in Hol- land require such a great financial sacrifice, for the last seven years have not justified expectations re- garding the economic development of Dutch aviation. On the other hand, the government being superseded by foreign com- was bound to prevent Dutch air lines being superceded by foreign com- petitors, recommended acceptance of the financlal obligations. Hitherto the company’s profits have remained considerably below the esti- mated average cost per ton kilo- meter, having dropped from 4.74 florins in 1922 to 1.35 florins in 1928. It is expected that the Upper Chamber will ask more information about the economic future of Dutch ‘l‘:ll;l“ navigation before passing the DETAILS AREFGUARDED IN COURTNEY OCEAN HOP Attempt Likely to Be Made Thurs- day, Is Report—Inquiry Re- veals Wife Will Not Fly. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 2.—Details of Capt. F. T. Courtney’s projected airplane flight to America are being closely guarded at the Calshot Field, but it is understood the attempt is likely to begin next Thursday. The captain will use the Dornier Wal all-metal plane, in which he flew from Fried- richshafen, Germany, Tuesday. He is now at Calshot supervising the installation of wireless apparatus. Inquiry at his home here today brought reiteration of the statement that Mrs. Courtney, who accompanied her husband on the flight from Fried- richshafen, will not participate in the transoceanic attempt. — PARIS FLATS EMPTY. French Police Inquiry Shows 1,500 Vacant in City. PARIS, July 2 (P).—Police investi- gations show that there are at pres- ent 1,500 empty flats in Paris. This shows -an ameltoration of housing conditions, which have been acute since the war. Despite the number of vacant apartments, the records show there is still a great shortage of houses for working class familles. A large proportion of the empty flats are in de lux apartment houses.- Many of the apartments are held for sale and cannot be rented Births Reported The following_births have been reported fo the Health Douarmenl in the past 24 hours . and Ef Walters, girl. ot il ad Rleadeie Stokes.” bay. Upton and Catherine Lobr, girl. Grover and Anna Robey. twin aymond and Viola flum\ln. ugh W. and Grace Collins, oncetta Cmumnn. Eideness, boy 2. — The SATURDAY, SJULY 2, GAFE OPEN ONLY T0QUALITY' FOLK “Mother Genot” Serves Only Distinguished Persons in Shop Near Bourse. 1927, Correspondence of the Associated Press. PARIS. — Mme. Genot, called “Mother Genot” by her English-speak- ing following, and “La Mere Genot™ by her compatriots, doesn’t serve all and sundry in her little restaurant near the Bourse, the Stock Exchange of Paris. If the gentlemen who beseech her to prepare a succulent luncheon or dinner for them and their friends appear to be people of quality and refinement, she turns her little shop inside out to produce the meal. But if they do not seem to be her kind no waving of dollars, pound notes or francs can persuade her. Caters to Great. “La Mere Genot” has catered in her time to most of the great of the earth. Edward VII of KEngland, President de Alvear of Argentina, a host of diplomats, statesmen, sol- diers and men of affairs have been among her steady customers. She is so used to that sort of patronage that she executes her menus only “sur commande.” You cannot drop into her modest little place and expect to be served on the spot. It simply done. will not serve truffles i says ‘“La Mere Genot, hecause aren't ripe at that season. My customers must let me be the judge of what is seasonable. Otherwise I shall have nothing at all to do with them. Decem- Ban on Smoking. “Nor will I allow my geentleman clints to smoke between courses. “The food I serve hero is essentially and simply French. ' We French have spent 20 centuries perfecting our cookery, and we have no lessons to learn from anybody.” “La Mere Genot” enjoyed the unique privilege of going to the front in the Winter of 1915 to serve a Christmas dinner to her son, a_ser- geant, and all the members of shis section, GUARD INCREASED AT CHAIN BRIDGE Watehman Keeps Eye on Weak Masonry of Pier at All Times. Additional police guards have been stationed at Chain Bridge with in- structions rigidly to enforce the emer- gency regulations adopted as a pro- tection to pedestrians and vehicles crossing the structure due to the weakened condition of the masonry at the south abutment, it was revealed today by Engineer Commissioner ‘William B. Ladue. The regulations prescribe that all vehicles shall come to a complete stop before proceeding on the bridge, and limit the maximum capacity of all vehicles crossing it to four tons. Besldes the police guard, a watch- man is on duty continuously to cb- serve the condition of the abutment, and the engineer of bridges is making periodical inspections of the super- structure as well as the abutments, ‘While Col. Ladue described the con- dition of the south abutment as *dis- quieting,” he said he did not helieve it is necessary to close the bridge to traffic at this time. The bridge, he pointed out, is an important link of a heavily traveled highway and its closing would cause considerable in- convenience. The Commissioners are still debat- ing, it was learned, on whether to include an item for replacement of the bridge in the budgetary estimates for the 1928-1929 fiscal year, which they are now completing. Their de- cision is being delayed pending infor- mation as to Virginia’s attitude on a proposal that the Commonwealth share in the expense. MANY FAIL VIRGINIA BAR EXAMINTAIONS Third of 178 Applicants Denied Practice—Five From Wash- ington Victorious. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va, July 2.—Out of the class of 178 applicants for permis- sion to practice law in Virginia, more than a third failed to make the exami- nations. The examination was held at Roanoke before the State Board of Examiners, and lasted for two days. Only one woman succeeded in meeting the test. The following applicants from the upper end of the State were licensed: John P. Balster, Clarendon; Edward A. Boyce, Fairfax; Henry H. Byrne, Donald W. Clayton, Philip Ebert, John Ritchie, 3d, and Leroy Thustell, Wash- ington, D.'C.; Willlam McK. Murray, Alexandria; John J. Orlosky, Claren- don, Va.; Willlam J. Thomas, Fairfax. This city had, 10 successful applicants, while Roanoke and Norfolk had 12 each. There were a number of colored ap- plicants, OPENING OF FILTRATION _ PLANT IS POSTPONED New Outfit on Conduit Road De- layed Until October, Due to Lack of Gravel. Opening of the new filtration plant at Conduit road and the District line has been postponed from July 7 until some time in October, it was an- nounced today. The delay, it was ex- plained, was caused by the inability to get the gravel for the filters as promptly as had been expected. It requires about 2,000 tons of gravel and 3,000 tons of sand to equip the plant, and it was explained that the gravel must be specially screened to get standard sizes, and that the con- tractor has had to screen 10 times more than the amount he expected in order to get a sufficient quantity of the right kind for the filtration plant. This delay necessarily postponed the working of cleaning up the plant and surrounding grounds, and it was said that there was a desire to complete every detail before the formal opening. Town Forced to Elect. ATCHISON, Kans., July 2.-An election in which the candidates had no opposition was held here recently. A State law forced ‘the city to hold the election, 2 DANIEL FOLEY, Staff, Spanish War Veterans DANIEL FOLEY NAMED VETERANS' EXECUTIVE Becomes Chief of Staff of Spanish War Groups—Has Lived in City Quarter Century. The appointment of Daniel Foley as chief of staff of the District of Co- lumbia Spanish War Veterans for the organization 192728 was an- hounced last “night by Department Comdr. Albert Michaud. Mr. Foley in s office will have direction of mili- parades and other -ceremonics conducted by the veterans and will perform such other duties and have such powers as the department com- mander may delegate to him. Chief of Staff Foley during the Spanish-American ~ War served in Troop 1, 5th United States Cavalry, in the Porto Rican campaign and three years in the insurrection in the Philippine Islands under Gen. Chaffee. He was mustered out of the service in 1902. He has served in the various office: of Richard J. Harden Camp and was its commander in 1925, chairman of the relief committee of the camp an'l a member of the department Maine memorial committee, Mr. Foley, who is a native of New York, has made his home in Washing- ton for more than a quarter of a century and resides at 1338 Ingleside terrace. AIRPORT SITUATION STUDIED BY GROUP (Continued_from_First Page.) ment should pay its proportion of the expense. Failure to indorse the airport project, it was declared, was not based on any lack of interest or desire on the part of loeal business men to put Washing- ton on the aviation map, but chiefly because they felt the District should not shoulder the entire burden of expense. Evidence of Washington's inter: in the development of commercigf aviation was seen today when it be- came known that local business men have incorporated a company and have secured a large tract of land on the Rockville pike about six miles from the city for a commercial air- field. Officers of Enterprise. Officers of the new enterprise are: Dr. R. T. Ferguson, president; H. C. Vicory, vice president, and J. A. Granger, secretary-treasurer. The company will be known as the Capitol Airlines, Inc., and the nearly 300-acre tract secured has been named Lake- view Field. The site is said to be ideal for fly- ing instruction, and the planes are of the newest and safest construction. It was said the company will maintain an aerial taxi service to neighboring cities, and will conduct an accredited flying school. Service is expected to begin within the next month. Maj. W. E. R. Covell, Assistant Dis- trict Engineer Commissioner, will em- body in his report to the Commission- ers an offer from the National Aero- nautical Association “to immediately tackle the attempt to meet any re- quirements, either financial or other- wise, which may. be necessary” to se- cure the temporary use of Bolling Field by air mail planes on the New York-to-Atlanta route. The offer was made to Maj. Covell late yesterday by Porter Adams, presi- dent of the National Aeronautical As- sociation, and John F. Victory of the association’s national legislative com- mittee. Mr. Adams will put the offer of the association before F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation, upon that official’s return to Washington next Tuesday. Assures National Co-operation. Mr. Adams announced that he had “learned with great regret of the ac- tion of certain Washington business organizations in their express lack of interest in securing the air mail for Washington and obtaining a tem- porary airport for its use.” He assured Maj. Covell that the association will work through 72 chapters, scattered throughout the country, as well as through the local chapter and the national headquarters here. He denounced the failure of the recent buriness meeting to indorse the alrport project as “not reflecting in any way the true sentiment of the citizens of Washington.” In the meantime Maj. Covell is still hopeful of obtaining use of a hangar at Boiling Field, whether any actual cash guarantee is put up or not to meet the stipulations of the War Department. It appeared today that the Department of Commerce hangar at Bolling Field will not be available for airplane use. William P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aeronautics, explained that the hangar is pretty well filled now and that the Post Office Department had made demands for SCHOOLS' FUTURE FINE, SAYS BALLO Optimistic Outlook Presented by Superintendent in Formal Statement. A decidedly optimistic future for the public school system here, which, he declares, “today enjoys the dis- tinetion of having established an envi- able position among the leading cities of the country.” is predicted by Dr nk W. Balion, superintendent of hools, in a statement made public today. We begin a new most favorable ment states. a Board ol Education made up of able men ane women, giving unstintingly of th time and applying sound judgment to the solution of the many and intri- cate problems of school polic! school administration which are cvr- tinually presenting themselves to the board for action. Have United Stam. “We have a staff of schues officials and devoting thef- selves whole-he: to the develog ment of a system of progressive edu- cation for Washington. helpful press rendering an out ing service by its intell < sions of important educatienal mat ters in editorial columns and By carry- ing a large amount of carefully pre- pared school news. We have an in- terested and _helpful public epinion among the citizens regarding publi education and the schools, “We have a aympathetic Boa?d ot s desiring in every way the Board of Education in #s ant work. We also have a fige working agreement with the Bureas of the Budget and with Congressy, Record of Accomplishment. “N. ratifying also to ohserve that, according to the opinion of edu- cators and educational presses of the Nation, the Washington school system today enjoys the distinction of having established an enviable position among the leading cities of the country. “We may well rejoice with the splendid record of accomplishment dur- |ing the past seven years. Naturally many improvements yet remain to be made. With the continuance of the splendid public support which has been so largely responsible for the educational progress of the past seven years, the high ideals set up for the public schools of Washington will in- evitably in due time be fully realized.” U. S. INSISTS MEXICO SHALL PROBE MURBER Embassy Demands for Third Fime Slayer of Arthur Brewer Be Apprehended. % hool year By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 2.—The United States embassy has sent another note to the Mexican foreign office regard- ing the murder of Arthur Brewer, for- mer Harvard fo.. ball star, who was killed at Guadalajara last month dur- ing a quarrel over business matters, The note expressed hope that the em- bassy soon would be informed of the success of the efforts of the Mexican government to apprehend and punish the murderer. (The embassy has made represtnta- tions twice previously in connection with the Brewer case. The foreign of- fice notified the embassy on June 22 that the municipal president of Guada- lajara had been instructed to investi- gate the murderi EFFICIENCY BUREAU URGES PAYMENT FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS (Continued from First Page) $247.80, for material not legally or- dered, but which the bureau said is an integral part of the traffic light system and should be kept. Formal or- ders, the report said, should be idsued by the Commissioners to legalize the purchase of the illegally ordered equipment if it is decided to keep it. Urges Care in Future. The report pointed out that, as the bureau's investigation estab- lished that the first contract entered into with the Crouse Hinds Co. was not in accordance with the bid, in the future care should be exercised by the contract board or the depart- ment responsible for drawing con- tracts for the District to have all contracts exactly in accordance with the bids submitted and accepted, and that care also be exercised to pre- vent the restriction of competition. g TWO GET SMALLPOX. Patients Now Number 45 Since Outbreak in April. Two new cases of smallpox were reported today by the District Health Department, making a total of 45 since the outbreak in April, which followed the visit in Washington of a traveling exposition. The victims, Herbert T, Goodman, 402 B street northeast, and Viola Belle Humphries, colored, 1010 Cor- coran street northeast, have been takén to the Smallpox Hospital. The former is the second white person to develop the disease since the out- break, according to the Health De- partment. of the National Aeronautic Associa- tion is the only solution without mak- ing demands for intervention upon President Coolidge. May Go to President. There is an extreme reluctance on certain use of the hangar. Sees Big Mistake. Since the Department of Commerce has no voice in granting use of Boll- ing FieM, Mr. McCracken said he could do nothing to help out the situ- ation at the present time so long as the War Department denies permis- sion of mail planes to land at the field until its requirements are met. In the opinion of Mr. McCracken, however, Washington is “making a great mistake to leave the country to believe it is not interested in the economic life of the cit: He added that in view of the pres- ent situation and until it is ironed out satisfactorily, the Department of Commerce must slow up work on the aerfal survey: of the permanent At- lantic coastal airway section between Philadelphia and Richmond. It is nec- essary to complete this survey before August 1, when the mail service is to be inaugurated, he declared. If Wash- ington has not provided amn airport within the next two weeks, Mr. Mac- the part of all officlals interested in the afrport situation to bring the Presi- dent into the controversy. It was known today, however, that certain persons are prepared, as a last resort, to lay the whole situation before the President with a request that he issue an executive order directing the War Department to permit the landing of mail planes at Bolling Field. Since the Government is to be the chief user of the air mail, it was held that it was entirely within reason to expect the Government to furnish at least a temporary fleld. Business men here, it was learned today, are not satisfied with Maj. Coveli's estimates of $35,000 or $40,000 . to equip Bolling Field for temporary air mail use. It was pointed out that a small hangar would be sufficient. Dallas, Tex., it was said, provided a hangar for approximately $3,509. Any reasonable figure, it was be- lieved, would be met by the business interests of the city, but the opinion was expressed that they did not see fit to subsidize Government air mail Cracken warned that the survey be- tween Washington and Richmond would be dropped in favor of a route between Baltimore and the Virginia capital. nless the War Department turns over one of its Army hangars at Boll- ing Field, or unless the estimates for hangar costs at the fleld are scaled down to what local business men re- gard as a nable figure for tem- porary use, ut pombk that the offer at_an expense of $40,000. Maj, Covell has received a number . qf letters from individual business men here pledging their support of an airport, which would indicate that the city is willing and anxious to do what it can to secure an adequate aviation fleld provided the Federal Govern- mant" ¥ ‘lit‘l’nhcn:e K!;I}; exlpenu. . Covell' , pledged* $250 to raising a local fund, ~ S