Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1927, Page 12

28, AUGUST ¢ WASHINGTON, D. C. 1927—DART 1. THE SUNDAY 'STAR, 10 BE NAMED SOON Burlingame and Cornwell Mentioned fgr Promotion if Pratt Is Shifted. | B ¢ 1o the | s, assistant super- | probably will be next two weeks, ay at the . Appointment of a s A. Eva intendent of police, made wit ! was indicated ves! trict Build | e has not vet| ions the the vacancy h of Asst and it likely wetion will taken voturn Commissioner Dougherty ild - the | superintendent _do so in, the | seantime. r. Dougherty is sched return from his vacation in i s September §, and it is believed that an appointment may be made at the board meeting of the Commissioners the following day. Hesse Considering Candidates. the sudden d Massa . Hesse, however, is giving s the position, the fi 1 | which will result automatic | . | 11 win the Inspector F the central d holds the rar endent, may be de the assignment of t Evans, which invol the uniformed forc f ing | detailed to head th Inspector Pratt and performed the same command of the uniformed forc divided between the two. Inspector | Pratt, therefore, is familiar with the ! work. The transfer of Inspector Pratt to e administrative branch of the de-| ment, however, would not mean | advancement, he already holds title and draws the salary of an stant superintendent. It would | Iv be a change in work, which | ector Pratt is said to desire. H Two Mentioned for Post. The shifting of Inspector Pratt to | the administrative offices would cre- | ate a vacancy in the office of the chief | of detectives, which, under the law, | must be given to a police captain. | Two captains have been mentioned for | this post. G . Burlingame of the | second prec »d M. Corn- | well of the tenth Both have served at the central burean for long | periods of time and are familiar with | the The elevation of a rank of inspector for he detective bureau also would cre- a vacancy which undoubtedly would be filled by the promotion of a lieutenant, and o on down the line j. Hesse pointed out that ther me Ve efficient detective ser- geants in_ the central bureau who | would make excellent heads of that | but that the law pre-| from consideration in con- | ion with the appointment of an | inspector. ! lic wi 1so | vin- | over b supt 1S | wins the ptain to the ignment to SCHOOL MARKS SIMILAR. | Good Scholastic Records Run in i Families, Survey Shows. | Special Dispatch to The Star. EUGENE, Oreg., August 27. marks in school “run in fami the grades of a hundred brothers and sisters in the University of Oregon are | any testimony. 1 The records of related students se- lected from the period since 1919 were examined by Dr. R. R. Huestis, as- sistant professor of .genetics, and T. P. Otto to test the principle that in- dividuals of the same heredity brought up in the same environment react in the same way. Brothers showed greater divergence than sisters while the girls had con- sistently higher grades than the boys, Dr. Huestis declared in a report of the test to the Journal of Heredity. MAN DIES AT AGE OF 109.. Special Dispatch to The Star. EMINENCE, Ky.. August David Carter, said to be the oldes! man in the Middle West and South, | has just died here at the age of 109. | He was bhorn and reared in that sec- ! tion of the country known as Black- well's Stand, where his father erected | 2 home on the site of what had been | the first settlement in the practically | trackless wilderness. He celebrated his 100th birthday | with a great “party,” which he re- galed with stories of pioneer times, | when the Indians roved this area. | AUGUST SALE :° 27-‘ Used Free Bench—Free Rolls—Free Delivery! PAY ONLY $ Beautiful Player Offere in This August Sale UPRIGHTS (Used) $30---$45---$50 = UPRIGHT, be- The cause of its adaptable to any small room. It’s ment for practice for the CHILDREN. "ling | the right Jight well to the right and b Lincoln nortrait, ¥ | Dunlicats kev. PIANOS |WOMAN LAWYERS' | 70 ATTEND PARLEY Will Consider Advisability of Abol- *{ ishing Capital Punishment. Meet in Buffalo. Woman lawyers of the United States will consider the advisability of abol- | ishing capital punishment at the an- nual session of the National Associa- Ition of Woman Lawyers. which opens tomorrow in Buffalo, N. Y. Miss Katharine R. Pike of this eity, head | of the draw-back division of the United States Customs Service, is president | of_the organization. | Many woman lawyers of the District | will attend the session the sessions of the Ame ation following during the week. Judge Mary O'Toole of this city will er at the dinner to be held ion with the convention to- women in legal circles are also on the program. The capital punishment resolution. which is to be sponsored by Mrs. Rose Falls Bres of New York and Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz of California, which is expécted to be a topic of the convention, calls for the filing of a| protest by the association with the various State Legislatures against con- | tinuance of capital punishment. | SR A FIREMEN GATHER Arlington-Fairfax Session at Po-| tomac to Hold Big Parade. i Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va. August are nearing completion for the two- | day convention of the Arlington-Fair- | fax Volunteer Firemen's Association, | to be held in Potomac Friday and Sat- | urday. | A parade in which all departments | affiliating with the organization will | take part will be one of the outstand- | ing features, The proceeds from the | convention will go to the relief fund | for volunteer firemen of the two coun FRIDAY. | 27.—Plans | morrow night, and other prominent KATHARINE R. PIKE. BLINDING HEADLIGHTS AGAIN ISSUE IN FRANCE Practice of Shutting Off Lamps ‘When Passing Other Cars Blamed for Crashes. fhe Associated Press PARIS, August 2 utomobiles By —Blinding head are in an | hutting off the nother car at > responsible for Leaders in the driv- zest it would be safer to let the < glare rather than drive in comparative darkness for two or three seconds. The law requires headlights to be so directed as not to blind other driv- but this has been found diffi- One solution has been to direct lights when passing nig worlc cult to shut off the left light only when meeting other Prof. de ne of the Academy of Medicine, a noted expert on optics, says most people suffer a sort of blind- ness for several seconds when the brilliant headlights are shut off sud- denly, and during these seconds eath travels usually a dozen or more lengths. Words cannot c - COUNTRY LIFE TAUGHT. Girls Learn Art of Being Wife of Gentleman Farmer. Correspondence of the Associated Press. ANGERS, France.—How to run a countr; home or the essential ac- complishments of a future wife of a gentleman farmer are being taught in a new “housekeeping-farm™ school opened at Angers. This fills a gap, say supporters, in the ‘education of coung girls of the ‘world.’”. The world,” in this case, means the up- per crust of society. 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