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‘SCHOOLS FEEL AID OF FIVE-YEARPLAN Facilities Provided for 4,535 Punils in 1926-27 Program, Dr. Ballou Reports. With additional facilities for 4.535 slementary and high school pupils pro- vided during the school year, 1926-27 the public school system of the Dis trict of Columbia has begun to feel the effect of the five-year school build- m, it is set forth by Dr. Ballou, superintendent of ing prog Frank W. echools, in the first section of his an- nual report, made public today. building heen Recording the fact that and classroom facilities ~had made available for 695 high pupils and 1,600 elementary pupils in the two new junior hh:h‘ school buildings and the three junior high school additions, and Ihnf’ imilar provisions had been made for 2 40 ele- Tentary school pupils i four new ele- mentary buildings and two additions. Dr. Ballon declares that “the school year, 192627, saw an unusually large humber of additional school facilities opened.” Building Space Increased. The first building to become avail- able from appropriations made under the provisions of the five.year build- fng program were opened September and embraced four new ele- hool buildings and two ele- school additions. The more school building expansion was during _February ~and when the new Francis and Stuart Junior High Schools and additions to the Randall and Mac- ¥arland Buildings were opened for oc: cupancy. The addition to the Hine Junior High School, completed too jate for opening before the close of school last June, was occupied for the first time only last month, Dr Ballow's report shows. The initial section of the rveport is, in effect, a Jog of the school year, 1926-27. While he makes no personal con ment upon the affair, Dr. Ballou has Incorporated in this section all of the official correspondence of the contro- versy aroused by Maj. Gen. Amos A, Fries over the definition of “socialisa™ which Henry Flury, teacher in East ern High School, submitted to the Forum Magazine last October. The Jetters contained in the superintend- ent’s report include Gen. Fries' first mentar: recent completed March, 1927 Jetter of complaint addressed to Dr. Ballou, Dr. Ballou’s reply, Gen. Fries' subsequent letter to the superinendent, Mr. Flury's com- munication to Dr. Ballou in which he defended his out-of-class rights, the letter of commendation for Mr. Flury written to the Board of- Education by Charles Hart, principal of Eastern, and that of Harry O. Hine, secretary of the Board of Education, outlining the Red Cross Denied Right to Solicit Fundsin Navy Yard By the Assoclated Pre: NEW YORK, October 22.—De- claring the solicitation of contribu- tions would be “an imposition” on the 3,000 low paid civilian workers in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, com- mandant, has barred the gates of the vard to the Red Cross Annual Roll Call. When informed today that the Brooklyn chapter had asked John Barton P e, national chairman, to appeal to the Navy Department from Admiral Plunkett's refusal, the navy vard commandant said he would lay his side of the .con- troversy before Secretary Wilbur Admiral Plunkett explained that he had given an emphatic “no” when a Red Cross representative made “peremptory demands” that he permit the roll call to be taken in the yard. He would not sanc- tion ity he said, because yard work- ers aré paid lower wages than out- siders doing the same work and because he felt that most of them contributed to the Red Cross out- side of the navy d. NAVAL ACTIVITIES TOBE DISPLAYED Air Station, Yard and Obser- vatory to Be Open to Public on Thursday. Every naval activity in and around the National Capital will be placed on display next Thursday, the birth- day anniversary of the lute President Theodore Roosevelt, which has been designated as Navy day. The Navy Yard, the Naval Hospital, the Naval Observatory, the Navy Department the Naval Air Station, all in this city and the Navy's torpedo manufactur ing plant at Alexandria, will thrown wide open to visitors. A general assembly of patriotic and civic organizations will meet at 12:30 o'clock at the east end of the Navy Building. The Marine Band from Quantico, Va., will give a concert be- ginning at noon. These exercises will be presided over by Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of the national com- FOUR DAYS' SEARCH FOR WOMAN FUTILE Wife of Visiting Minister Still Missing Despite Ex- tensive Search. The fourth day of the search for Mrs. Ann Ramsey Forbush, 33 years old, wife of Rev. Dascomb E. For- bush, pastor of First Congregational Chureh, Canandaigua, N. Y., who dis appeared Wednesday night while at Keith's Theater, victim for the third time in eight yi s of an obsession to isolate herself, began this morning without a clue having been developed. Despite the unceasing vigilance of her husband and his brother, Bliss Forbush, secretary of the Quaker Meeting, Baltimore, who have been assisted in their quest not only by the police of the District of Columbia Virginia and Maryland, but by nearly 2,000 Boy Scouts and scores of in- terested individuals, every lead has proven fruitless. No fear is entertained by those ac- quainted with Mrs. Forbush and the peculiar nature of her obsession that she has been subject to any impulse to take her own life. On both pre- vious occasions on which she has dis- appeared, once from Baltimore eight years ago and again from Canan- dargua three weeks ago, she has been found hiding in a_thicket within a few hundred feet of water. Searchers are handicapped by the tendency previously manifested by Mrs. Forbush to stay always in one place, which would make it possible for them to pass and repass within a few feet of her place of conceal- ment without catching a_glimpse of her. It is possible, Rev. Mr. Forbush pointed out, that she is hiding in a thicket or grove in one of the parks here. Rev. Mr. Forbush, almost fran- tic with grief and physica clings to the hope that the love a mother for her children may influ- ence his_wife and drive away her strange obsession, impelling her to re- turn to her friends and seek her chil- dren, the oldest of which Is 7 and the youngest 18 months. When Mrs. Forbush left the theater she wore a snug brown hat, a brown coat with raccoon collar, a brown dress, and hose and shoes (o match. She has light bobbed hair and gray eyes. Rev. Forbush has offered a reward of $200 for her recovery or information leading to it. mittee of the Navy League, and Sec- retary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur will deliver an address. The usual honors will be rendered Mr. Wilbur as he steps aboard the platform—the same that he gets whenever he visits a ship or naval station. The drummers will give four ruffles and the buglers will sound four flourishes. A company of Marines from Quantico will “pre- sent arms,” and the band will play the “Sec 'etary’s March.” board’s action to Gen. Fries, thereby closing the incident as far as the an nual report is concerned. Vocational School Lauded. Praise for the success of the Den- nison Vocational School for Girls, an Innovation during the year to permit girls to receive practical training sim- ilar to that received in the masculine field by the boy students in the Abbott Vocational School for Boys, is con- tained in Dr. Ballou’s report. On this subject, the superintendent incorpo- rated in his own volume the annual re- port of Miss Emma 8. Jacobs, director of domestic science, whom Dr. Ballou describes as “one of those most re- sponsible for the organization and the success of the school.” While setting forth the vocational or trade limitation of Washington—a non-industrial city—the quoted report of Miss Jacobs declared: “That there was marked improve- ment in the girls was attested by teachers, friends, girls themselves and observers having no connection whatever with the school. Many of the girls proved they had in high degrees the qualities of initia- tive, leadership, dependability and steadfastness, good fellowship and sympathy, qualities which are re- quired for success in business.” The report continues: “On the strength of this, plans are being made to accommodate at least twice as many were enrolled during the first Reviews Opening Hour Study. Dr. Ballou reviews the inquiry and study made last year into the advisa- bility of instituting a “staggered hour” opening time for the schools as a means of lessening the traffic danger to children enroute to school. He re- calls the ballotting which The Eve- ning Star conducted in its effort to ascertain the concensus of public opin- don on the proposed plan and the sub- sequent canvass of the various parent- teacher associations for the same pur- se. Dr. Ballou includes in the initial section of his report the establish- ment of the Board of Education’s *unfavorable” attitude toward special “wecks.” He recalls that the board to authorize a “narcotic ,” fearing that direct attention to the evils of drugs might work a real harm to the young pupils. That action ultimately “brought about the board’'s adoption of its present policy regarding “weeks” on the ground that so many special events seriously “Interfere with the orderly conduct of the schools.” Bus Line to Be Continued. The experiment of bus transpor- tation for children to the tubercular schoo'= in lieu of the issuance of street car tokens for use of the pupils on the trolley lines, proved so success- ful during the year, Dr. Ballou re- ports, that it will be repeated during the present year. The superintendent reported at fength upon the proposals made during the past two years to lengthen the classroom day and lessen the amount of home work assigned pupils. Public opinion, he points out in his report, was opposed generally to the proposed scoedule, and he recalls the vote taken by The Evening Star and the inquiry made by the Board of Education it self. both of which furnished the cross- section of the opposition. Reporting the pupil field day In the American League Base Ball Park last May, Dr. Ballou Incorporated the en- tire program of events of the festival and the letter of appreciation and commendation which he wrote to Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad, director of phys- ical training, who was largely re- sponsible for the success of the meet. The letter, subsequently was pre- mented to the Board of Education and made a part of that body's records. BALL PLAYERS FACE TRIAL Frederick, Md., Blue Law Case Comes Up Tomorrow. Special Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., October Eighteen players and the umpire, participated in a base ball game p! on Sunday here in July between Hagerstown and Frederick clubs of the Blue Ridge League, will go on trial before a jury in Circuit Court here Monday. They are charg=d With wviolating the old Maryland blue laws, prohibiting working on Sunday. ed the | Navy Yard to Be Open. PYTHIANS PLAN HOME DEDICATION Virginia Body to Gather at New Market, Where Work Has Been in Progress Year. The Washington Navy Yard w:ll\ be thrown open to visitors from 8 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in the evening. Guides will be available to conduct visitors through the yard and the many shops. The public is especi- ally invited to see the pouring of a heat of iron at the foundry at 10:30 o'clock in the morning and a pouring of a heat of steel at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Band concerts will be held during the day, and guard mount will be conducted at 9:15 a.m. The model basin in the construc- tjon and repair building will be on exhibition and the public will shown the many experiments ‘which are made with ship models to de- termine the tygle‘o(cem::tlmry re- ired, water resistance, quThe ‘President’s yacht, the b'lluyflow- er; the Secretary of the Navy's yacht, the Sylph; the destroyer Allen, naval reserve training ship, and the de- stroyer Reid from the Atlantic scout- ing fleet will be open for inspection all day. The Reid will take the place of the crack destroyer Goff, which had been originally ordered here for the occasion. The latter vessel was in collision Friday, it was said at the Navy Department, with the destroyer Bainbridge at the Charleston, 8. C., navy yard. There will be a gun arill aboard the Allen at 11 o'clock ip the morning and on the Reid at 1 0 ‘clock in the afternoon. All of the ships will be in *full dress” in the vari-col- ored signal flags. Air Station to Be Inspected. The Naval Air Station will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Visitors will be given an opportunity to in- spect the station and the planes there and various types of land and sea planes will make flights during the day, so that visitors may observe them taking off and landing. The Naval Hospital at Twenty- third and E streets will be open to visitors from 1 to 5 o'clock p.m. Members of medical societies, medical students and others of the medical profession are especially invited to visit the hospital. The Naval Observatory will be open to the public from 9 am. to 4 p.m. and to visitors with tickets from 7:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Tickets may be ob- tained by application to the superin- tendent of the Naval Observatory and will be issued in the order of the 1e- ceipt of the application to the extent of the capacity of the observatory. During the day there will be a dresses to the student bodies of col- leges and universities by officers on duty in the Navy Department here. FOUR GIVEN CORONET BY MASONIC COUNCIL Body Concludes Yearly Session Here After Week’s Meet- ing at Temple. Four new active members were coroneted by the Supreme Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Masonry, Southern Jurisdiction, at its session here yesterday. They are Charles A. Moffett of Montgomery, Ala.; Albert ¥. Pray of Minneapolis. Walter R. Reed of Fargo, N. D.; and A. U. Thomas, of McAlester, OKla. The supreme council concluded its annual session yesterday afternoon wt the House of the Temple, 1733 Six- teenth street, where it met all last week. The 1928 meeting will be held next June in Portland, Ore. ) Many prominent Masons from this country, Canada, Mexico and severai European countries attended the sessions. It was reported that Masonry is making progress in every country, except, Italy, where Premier Mussolini opposes the order. RUSS PROGRXM TONIGHT. Special Musical and Dance Num- | bers to Be Given. A special program of Russian mu- and dance numbers will be pre- d tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth and Q streets, under auspices of the Russian Culture Club of this city. Those who will be featured on the program are Alexandra Dronoff, dra- matic soprano, formerly in opera in Arrests were made following the | Russia; Helene Dronoff, character game and _ch defendant was released |dancer, and Alexander Zadorin, in §25 bond to await a trial by jury.|dancer, comelian and teller of Rus- Similar cases in Baltimore, Cumber- land and Hagerstown have resulted in *“hung” jurie: Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 22.— DEMOCRACY FAILURE, DURANT, AUTHOR, DECLARES IN DEBATE English Philosopher Combats Idea, Claim- ing Proof of Negative Lies in Happi- ness of Average Citizens. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 22.—Demo- cracy is a faflure, and liberty, equality ind fraternity on economic grounds have vanished from the United States, Dr. Will Durant, author of “The Story of Philosophy,” said tonight in a de- bate in Mecca Temple with Bertrand Russell, the English philosopher, con- ducted under auspices of the discus- slon guild. “The original purpose of democ- racy.” he said, “was government of the people, for the people, by the people. “But if there is any one here who thinks that the people rule in this country—that they decide war and peace, agricultural policy and tariff rates or nominations—such a person belongs to a different country from the one in which I am living.” Best Held Disqualified. Mr. Durant maintained democracy not only had failed to give us govern- ment of the people, but that it dis- qualified the best and most educated people from public office by exacting the price of lif2-servitude to a political machine, to which no thinking person would submit. Mr. Russell was more optimistic, holding that democracy had not failed and that proof of this lay in the fact, which he asserted, that the avera.e citizen of democracy today was hap- pier than the acerage subject of older times. Dr. Durant said in part: “It is conceivable to me that some form of democracy should be a suc- cess, but our question is whether democracy has failed of its original purpose to establish government of the people by themselves. In various degrees and places it exists, but In the large any tyro, any sophomore, knows that the Government of America is not the people. Falls to Get Able Me . “If democracy had even given us not a government by the people but a government by the best, then we might have forgiven it a great deal. But if there is any form of gover: ment in history that has failed to tract the best into office—failed to bring men of ability and integrity into public places—it is democracy. Such men have got into office in the 10? years through epochal acoldent only. “What I see before me as the funda- mental reality is that the economic freedom of the individual has disap- peared; that the equality of opportu- nity has disappeared; that even eco- nomic fraternity and brotherhood have disappeared. That smells to heaven. And with the decay of democ- racy has come a growing complexity of government. “A government is a laborious and clumsy mechanism for the adjustment of thousands of disputes among hun- dreds of warring groups. Yet we de- liberately disqualify educated people for office by arranging that nobody shall get Into office except by life long servitude to a machine, and no educated man will pay the price, and the result is visible right here in New York State. Only those who follow the machine can advance themselv 5 Mr. Russell countered by say that the democratic countries were ‘happier, more intelligent and progres: sive than the undemocratic ones. “If you are going to say democracy is a failure,” he continued, “you must not compare it with some remote ideal. When one looks at the govern- ments which have been in past times, the undemocratic systems that have existed, ask yourselves, have they been wise men who have governed the world? I think not. Sees Great Educational Merit. “Democracy has certain great mer- its which to my mind make it well worth preserving. It has in the first place the educational merit, and that educational merit is an enormous one. Do you suppose that if in this coun- try you had a government of the best people, and by the best people—I mean the 5 per cant who have the most money, because this is what will always be in practice—well, 1 say, do you suppose if you had a government of that sort, there would be anything like the money spent on education that is now spent upon it? “The second great merit is that it prevents certain forms of gross cruel- ties. In all the cases that history has ever shown us at the present day, where one set of men has the power to govern another set of men, those who will have power will exert the grossest cruelty they can use. “If you ave going to have people with self resnect, who are not viewed with contempt, you must endow them with their share of power, for power is the one thirg which in the long run brings the respect of others in the mars; and any class which is destitute of power will be despised and accused of every kind of crime and harried and ill-treated and subjected to cruelty. “There is a third reason which I think in the present state of European world is very visible and obvious, and that is that democracy, when you can get it established in my country and your country, makes a more stable form of government and more easy to put up bulwarks against civil war and strife than any other form of government. In any other form of government the minority has the power, and in this case if there was an appeal to force, the force would not be found on the side of government. “In undemocratic countries you get insurrections, revolutions, all sorts of change of government by violent means, and the only way I know of to prevent a change of government by violent means is to have a rule that the majority shall have the law-mak- ing power, because then if you do have an appeal to force, then the vic- tory would go to the constituted authorities.” Pythians of Virginia are to gather at New Market next Saturday for dedi- cating the Pythian Home for Orphans at that place. The property was pur- chased mor. than a year ago and since that time it has been in the hands of the contractors. The property com- priscs several acres, and is declared to b ideally situated. The home has been remodeled and made fireproof, ele trically lighted, heated by steam, with school rool a medical department and playrooms. The furnishings have been provided by the Pythian Sisters, they having been given representation on the bourd, and they proceeded to take up their part of the work of caring for the homeless by gathering up the fur- niture that was needed for its com- plete equipment. The dedication and formal opening will be_ attended by officers of the Grand Lodge of Virginia and others. Roanoke will send a large delegation, and there will be a band of 40 pieces for the ceremonies. RODIN’S “THE KISS” REPORTED UNEARTHED Long Search by Owner, Who Lost Bronze Years Ago, Ends at French Home. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., October 22.— ‘The Baltimore Sun will say tomorrow that the second casting of Rodin's famous bronze, “The Kiss,” “lost” for some years, turned up here today, when Meyric R. Rogers, director of the Municipal Museum of Art, an- nounced that Jacob Epstein, its owner, had loaned it to the museum for ex- hibition. Mr. Epstein, who, through his agents, had conducted a search for this treasure for some time, located it in a French home, the articlg says. When that estate was distributed the Baltimore collector acquired the bronze and quietly brought it here last August. The price paid was not an- nounced. This casting of “The Kiss” is the only bronze replica. of the original, now in Luxembourg, Paris, the article continues. Many othef copies were made in marble, however. The bronze, which is three feet high, was modeled at about the same time as “Eve,” “Genius of War” and “Danaid,” and several years before the famous “Thinker.” —_— CARNIVAL AT TUXEDO OPENS FOR SEVEN DAYS Baby Show to Be Held Monday. Governor May Speak on Last day of Week’s Fete. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. TUXEDO, Md., October 22.—A car- nival to aid the fund to pave the Tuxedo road from River road to the Beaver Dam Golf Club opened here tonight and will continue until next Saturday night. . Gov. Ritchie and other State and county officials are scheduled to speak on the closing day, when a tournament will be held, for which 30 riders. a record number for Prince Georges County, have been entered. On Monday night a baby beauty contest will be held. The proposed road will give a direct route from the District of Columbia to the coun- ty seat by way of Tuxedo and Land- over. DANCER’S HUSBAND HELD. Arrest Recalls Hasty Wedding to Fawn Gray. BALTIMORE, Md., October 22 (#). —Hamilton J. Smith of New York, husband of Miss Gladys M. Brown, known as “Fawn Gray,” a dancer, was held by police today for the In- dianapolis, Ind., authorities on a charge of jumping bail there. Mrs. Smith petitioned the courts here last month to annul her, marri- sian anecdotes in Balalayki languag». A feature of the program will be the presentation of a short play by Chec- —. The prettier a girl is, the more often ahe wants to be told about it. hov, “Chirurgia.” accompanist for the evening Madame Marie Zalipsky. The will be age to Smith. She claimed she was Intoxicated and did not know what had happened. She won a_similar suit here last year from Theodore McFarland, Philadelphia, whom she married during a party. DELEGATES TOGET CONSULAR REPORT Pan-American Commission to Receive Standardization Draft Tomorrow. Delegates from the 21 American | republics comprising the Pan-Ameri- can Commission on Simplification and Standardization of Consular Procedure will reassemble here tomorrow, to re- ceive the report on which the draft- ing committee, appointed by the com- mission at the close of its prelimi- nary sessions, October 13, has been at work during the interim. Adopted in Principle. The commission adopted in princi- ple a number of resolutions tending to bring about a uniformity in the practice of consular offices so as to facilitate an easler flow of trade be- tween the American republics. Some of these resolutions deal with a standard form of consular involce and other features of consular docu- mentation, the question of consular fees and practices, and facilitating conditions of shipment and reducing fees on parcel-post packages. Practically all the differences which threatened at one time to disrupt the sessions have been ironed out, and a speedy agreement {is expected on m‘tm‘ that still remain to be threshed out. The report, which the commission is expected to adopt, will be transmitted through the Pan-American Union to the governments represented at the conference, which in turn will issue whatever instructions they deem ap- propriate to their delegates to the sixth international conference of American States, generally referred to as the Pan-American Congress, which will meet in Havana, Cuba, be- ginning January 16, 1928. Attended by Attaches. ‘The delegates to the present con- ference consist in the main of the commercial attaches in Washington and the consuls general in New York of the different American countries. Frederick T. F. Dumont, consul gen- eral of the United States, will preside | over the sessions. 5 OWNERS SEEK TO EVICT 270 STRIKERS’ FAMILIES Coal Company Applies to Court for Right to Dispossess Miners. By the Associated Press, COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 22.— Eviction of 270 families of union coal miners from company houses in Bel- mont County was requested of the Federal Court here today by the Clark- son Coal Mining Co. and the Atlantic Contracting Co. The court will hear the application November 19. 1In applying for a peremptory order of injunction to compel evacuation of their houses by former employes, the companies, which heretofore had ob- tained injunctions against officers and members of the miners’ union prohibit- ing molestation in the companies’ ef- forts to operate their mines on a non- unfon basis, charged refusal of the union miners to vacate the property constituted a conspiracy to prevent operation of the mines. BIG STORE IS SOLD. American Corporation = Acquires Brager Firm in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Md., October 22 (#).— Officlals of the American Department Stores Corporation, with headquarters in New York, announced today they have purchased the Brager depart: ment store here. The corporation acqulived the entire interest of the Brager firm and oh- tained a 20-year lease o1 the property. The purchase price was not an- Bounced, SEPARATE AGTION ON FLOOD CONTROL House Committee Agrees to Oppose Tying of Other Bills to Program. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 22.— Agreement to forestall any efforts that might be made to tie up other proj- ects with that of flood control at-the coming session of Congress was reached today at a conference of three members of the House flood control committee. The Representatives, Frank R. Reid, of Illinois, chairman of the committee; W. J. Driver of Arkansas and W. J. M. Whittington of Mississippi, agreed that the greatest danger to the achieve- ment of genuine flood control legisla- tion was the possibility that persons interested in other projects might try to capitalize the favorable public senti- ment to flood control. Official Aid Promised. “Leaders of the House and Senate have assured me of their desire to hasten flood legislation,” Mr. Reid said, “but we will get nowhere if other in- terests such as navigation, reclama- tion or irrigation are tied up with it.” After leaving Memphis, the commit- teemen will tour the Mississippi and Louisiana flood areas. Totul damage to the State of Mis- sissippi from the Spring flood was placed tonight. at $45,931,294 by the Mississippi River Flood Control Asso- clation, following an extensive survey of the 21 counties affected. Similar data will be obtained from Arkansas, Illinols, Missouri, Tennes- see, Kentucky and Louisiana and be submitted to_Congress at its coming session, F. D. Beneke, secretary of the association, said. Crops Hardest Hit. Heaviest damage in Mississippl was suffered by this year’s crops, the Asso- ciation report listing crop losses at $23,117,829. Eight hundred thousand acres of crop land were flooded and the cost of replanting was estimated at_$1,654,950. Property damage was estimated at $15,238,965, including the destruction of 2,726 houses and the damage to 22,- 940 others. Business losses were listed at $3,220,000; hardwood lumber industry, 42 mills affected, $1,165,000; damzge to school buildings and equip- ment, $103,000, and damage to high- ways and bridges, $400,000. Losses of live stock totaled $1,031,- 550, it was shown, Shaw Goes to Convention. Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assoc- iation, leaves today for Columbus, Ohio, to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Com- mercial Organization Secretaries Oc- tober 24-26. The association is com- posed of the secretaries of more than 1,000 commercial and trade organiza- tions throughout the United States and Canada. - Alien Defeats Deportation. NEW ORLEANS, October 22 (#).— Violation of prohibition and narcotic laws does not constitute a sufficiently grave display of moral turpitude to warrant the deportation of an alien, the United States Court of Appeals decided in the case of Nicholas Skrmeta of Savannah, Ga. The de- cision was announced here today. o Frederick Fair Success. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK. Md., October 22.— Frederick’s annual fair terminated yesterday when 30,000 people were ad- mitted to the grounds. For the first time harness races were run, rain and a wet track forced postponement of these events on three previous days, Despite rains, officials of the Fair Association say there will be no financial loss. Receipts will be far be- low those of last year, however. . ‘ 1927—PART 1. GREEKS OPPOSIN EXCAVATION PLANS Natives Living Over Famous| Ruins Refuse to Sell, Hop- ing for Big Prices. BY DREW PEARSON. | Modern Greeks who live over the| ruins of ancient Athens are up in 'ms against American archeologists who waat to delve into the most fa: cinating page in history which Ili beneath them. ‘The issue was brought to a head | last week when a gift of $2,250,000 for the excavation of these ruins was an- nounced on behalf of an anonymous American by Col. Arthur Woods, for- mer police commissioner of New York. Probably the chief objections behind | the opposition of Athenian hous holders is a higher price for (holrl property. But at any rate they have organized a Home Preservation As soclation and are determined to thrash the matter out in the courts. As a result the work of excavation cannot begin before 1929, Meanwhile the area under which they live contains treasures which may rewrite the history books of the world. No other spot in Greece, probably no other spot in the world is so rich in opportunities to fill out the pages of ancient Athenian history. The rest of Greece has been dug over fairly thoroughly. Even most of the city of Athens has been delved into, except for this one area, the Agora, which was the market place of the ancient city. This has been guarded by the stubborn opposition of 20,000 people who live over it and who re- fuse to move. Greatest Rains at Stake. | In this much disputed area now covered by nondescript dwellings, the greatest buildings of Athens were | erected from Pericles to Hadrian.| Some of these still jut above the | surface, but for the most part, the | wastage of the centuries has filled | the Agora with earth. Turkish and Byzantine bufldings lie nearest the surface, sometimes above it. Ten feet below this is the Roman period, un der which is the Hellenistic, or con- necting period, 12 to 14 feet deep. Lowest of all are the ancient monu- ments of the purely Hellenic age. Within the Agora is the Roual Stoa where Socrates was first ar-| raigned and the prison where he drank the fateful hemlock; also the temples of Zeus, Ares and Aphrodite. Here met the court of Areopagus, within which archeologists expect to find the first drafts of the early laws of Athens. Over this area, once the center of the world’s culture and government, there now runs a maze of crooked streets, threaded between little red roofed houses. In the masonry of their walls can be seen stones mark- ed with the tools ‘of ancient civili- zations. About the backyards, a visitor who is trusted can see virtual museums of antiquities dug up from the gardens and kept illicitly, for the Greek law now provides that all such antiquities go to the government. Thronged With Tourists. Donkeys, street urchins and beg- gars crowd against classic monu- ments. Every third house is a cafe, with wine tables filling the dusty sidewalk in front of it. Show lane, famous for its coins and other antiq uities, is crowded with American tourists. And all of these modern in- stitutions of Athens oppose the Amer- ican spade, which threatens to upset the dusty drowsiness of its life. Under the terms of the agreement between Prof. Edward Capps of Prince- ton, who initiated the project, and the Greek government the latter is obligated to buy the land on which these 20,000 people live. This will re- quire at least $1,000,000 and has been estimated as high as $3,000,000. This alone is something of a stumbling block in the path of excavation pros- ress, for the Greek government in the first place has not an overflowing treasury, while the property owners in the second place, are holding out for high prices. Dazzled by dreams of American gold, they have banded together and retained expert attorneys for the bat- tle in the courts. By law they are allowed eight months notice before re- quired to abandon their property, but this period does not begin until after the test cases have been decided. Moreover it is doubtful if the court will require them to move unless they are adequately paid for their property and it is doubtful if the: Greek gov- ernment is prepared to do this any time soon. For several years the gov- ernment has postponed the money issue, feeling safe in the belief that American archeologists would be a long time in raising their share— $2,000,000. Now that $2,250,000 has tumbled down unexpectedly to them, it is not likely to come immediately. W. E. RODERICK ENDS LIFE WITH GAS IN BALTIMORE Former Chicago Tribune Corre- spondent in Capital Found Dead in Home From Fumes. ‘Walter E. Roderick, 39 years old, formerly of the Washington staff of the Chicago Tribune, was found dead from gas poisoning at his home in Baltimore yesterday. Dr. J. S. Potter, Baltimore coroner, gave a certificate of suicide. Roderick, who was em- ployed by the Baltimore Sun, had been il for some time. Several years ago Roderick drove an automobile onto a street car load- ing platform at Twelfth and Pennsyl- vania avenue and killed a_man. Roderick was born in Washington, the son of Capt. Edmund Andree Rod- erick, U. 8. N. For many years he was on the staff of the Chicago Inter- ocean and the New York Tribune. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eleanore Roderick and an_adopted son, Walter. An aunt, Mrs. Helen Mc- Leod, resides in .Washington. RELICS OF RAILROADS STAY IN BALTIMORE Only Likely Chance of Removal Seen in Government's Adoption for Museum in Washington. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October ‘The col- lection of relics of early railroading | that formed the nucleus of the trans- portation exposition at Halethorpe, will remain in or near the city of Bal- timore. i This assertion was made by Balti- more & Ohio Railroad officials, who have received several requests from Northern cities, which sought for their* communities the permanent housing of the exhibits. Chicago, Philadelphia and New York have made overtures to the local railroad officials to that end, it was announced. The only chance, however, of the collection being removed to other quarters is the possibility of the Federal Government making the re- quest and taking over the ancient en- gines and other relics for a national museum of transportation in Wash- ington. 2! s The South Australian wine yield this year 18 16,000,000 gallons, an in-; crease of 3,000,000 gallons over the | last vintage, with record wine stocks of 14,000,000 gallons. RED CROS | group to win the special first aid bras- Sergeant Liked First Shake With Summerall Best| By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 22 —For the second time in his life, a regular Army sergeant shook hands today with Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum- merall, chief of staff of the United States Army and commander of the famous First Division in the World War. Sergt. Eugene Hickey shook hands the second time while pos- ing for a picture with Gen. Sum- merall at the 1st Division reunion here. The first time was just 10 vears ago today when Maj. Gen. ymmerall visswd a hospital in rance where Sergt. Hickey lay wounded. | “The first time was the best” | remarked Sergt. Hickey, “because | after he shook hands he told a edical officer with him to give me plenty of bread and gravy. He didn't say anything about eating today. | S PRIZE IS AWARDED HERE Woman’s Police Bureau First to Win Brassard for First Aid Work. Discussing the all-year health-build- ing program of the American Red ross, the annual report, made public vesterday, reveals that the Women's Bureau of the District of Columbia Police Départment probably has the distinction of being the first women's d, which was presented by the Red Cross for completion of an intensive training_course. The Red Cross’ fitinerant public health nursing service to ald smaller communities unable alone to finance their own programs, is proving in- creasingly popular, the report de- clared. Reserve Nurses Help. | Maintenance of a reserve of Red 0ss nurses from which needs of the disaster rellef service can be met en- ables emergency fleld nursing serv- ices to be maintained, the report, which is for the fiscal year ending last June 30, said. The nursing reserve | was placed at 45,242, and 731 Red Cross public health nurses were on ac- tive duty throughout the year aiding the betterment of health conditions over the country. A group of 1,108 nurses served as instructors in home hygiene and care of the sick, and 60,850 were so in- structed, 43.422 being school students. A total of 39,440 certificates for com: pletion of the course were issued. Turning its attention to the nutri- tion feature of Red Cross work, the report said that 3,736 classes, instruct- ing 131,426 school children, in addi- tion to aduits, ere conducted. Payne Urges Enrollment. ‘Through its first aid service the Red Cross trained 24,812, who qualified by examination for certificates. Since 1914, the report recalled, 134,582 have been trained in life-saving service, with 82,506 additional admitted during the past year. In making the report Chairman John Barton Payne urged Natlon-wide en- | rollment at the coming membership roll call, November 11 to 24, inclusive, | saying that an enrollment of 5,000.006 | is the objective. ! ELEVEN ARE RESCUED | FROM BURNING SHIP| By the Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 2. Eleven seamen were rescued by the British steamer Sythian, Rotterdam to Jacksonville, 15 miles north of the St. Johns bar this afternoon when fire of undetermined origin suddenly enveloped and destroyed the four- masted schooner Elizabeth Freeman, bound from Jacksonville to Boston with a cargo of 1,250,000 feet of creo soted ties. ‘The fire was discovered a little more than an hour and a half after the vessel had left its tug tow at the mouth of the St. Johns River, Capt. M. C. Decker said. “It seemed as if the ship became afire all at once,” he said. “It was not 20 minutes after the blaze was detected that the sails were flaming and the dire was sweep- ing the boat from torward to stern.” Dense smoke hindered efforts made to fight the flames, he declared. The Sythian was passing southward in ballast from Europe and picked up the seamen who had -put out in a life launch. It was Capt. Decker's second dis- ster in his 27 years’ of following the ea, the other, he said, was off Central America, in 1906, when his schooner was capsized when struck by a water spout. ADVE — | Dailey, "ENGINEERS WIN RIFLE MATCHES District Guardsmen Hold nual Shoot at Camp Simms’ Range. Company E, 121st Engineers, made a clean sweep in the annual rifle matches of the District of Columbia ational ‘Guard yesterd:x. by winning the company team chanipionship and the automatic rifie event. ‘The matches took ulace at the Camp Simm's rifle range in Congress Helghts. Piling up a total of 1,903 points out of a possible 2,100 with the service rifle, and 806 points ont of a possible 1,000 with_the Browning automatic, Company E experts captured both events for the second consecutive year. Headquarters and Service Com- pany, 121st Engineers. rioving up a notch from last vear, finished second in the rifle match with a score of 1,808 points. Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, winner of the silver medal last year, dropped to third place with an aggregate of 1,741 points. Ends At Twilight. The shooting yesterday did not con- clude until late in the afternoon when marksmanship was handicapped by twilight. The order of finish and the score of the remaining entries was as fol- lows: Fourth place, Company C, 121st Engineers, 1,733; fifth, State Staff, District Militia, 1,699; sixth, Company B, 1,672, and seventh, Company D, 1,451. Company F. 121st Engineers, could not stand up under the stiff competition d withdrew from the match at the final 600-yard range. Shooting perfect scores in the 200- yard sitting and kneeling stage, and the 200-yard prone rapid fire stage, Second Lieut. Henry C. Espey, Com- pany E, 121st Engineers, was high in- dividual with a total of 329 points out of a possible 350. Lieut. Edward A. McMahon, Headquarters and Service Company, was second high, with 327 points, while Sergt. George E. Votava. Company E, 121st Engineers, took third honors with 326. Three Perfect Scores. First Sergt. Willlam H. Clements, Company E, 121st Engineers, distin- guished himself by shooting three per- fect scorss, more than was made by any other marksman. His possibles were made at the 200-yard prone, slow and rapid fire stages, and at the 200 yard sitting rapid fire. This excellent exhibitio 3ave Sergt. “lements the honor o ©eing high “tyro” of the match, a tyro being one who has never before fired in a rifle match. Fifty per cent of the shoot- ing members of each team of six men were required by the regulations to be “tyros.” As a result of this victory, Company E retains in its orderly room the Soldier of Marathon Trophy, a bronze statue. Individual shooting members were awarded gold medals—copies of the trophy. Corp. James M. Barry, Company E, former Georze Washington Univer- sity shorpshooter, was easily high sun with the Browning Automatic, making 417 points out of a possible 500, which is 27 points above the War Department rating of automatic rifle expert s skooting Staff ecor tner, Sergt, pa P r Smith, finished h'gh with a total of 389. only cne point behind expert. Both men reeeived old medals. Team Personnel. The first two teams to finish in each event were composed of the fol- lowing men: Service Rifle Championship Team AMatch. Company I, Second Le Espey, score 329: Sergt. Votava, 3 First Lieut. Thaddeus A. R team ccach, 321; First Sergt. Willlam H. Clements, 319; Corp. Malcolm F. 310, Corp. Benson C. PBrad- shaw, 298. “apt. Clarence S. Shields, team captain. Headquartes and Service Company. First Lieut. Edward A. McMahon, team coach, score 32 Technical Sergt. Frank 3. Kaye, 315; Sergt. | Donald Faulk, 307; Pvt. Imple Rob- ertson, 301 Danforth, 271; Capt. captain. Automatic rifle team championship. Company E, 12ist Engineers, Corp. James M. Barry, 417; Staff Sergt. Baxter Smith, 389; Company B, 121st Engineers: Sergt. Lloyd L. Gibson 305; Sergt. Milton E. Davis, 289. Today the entire personnel of the Capital militia participates in the in- dividual rifle matches, and the annual turkey shoot and oyster roast. About 400 Guardsmen and their friends are expected to turn out for the occasion. Arrangements will be in charge of Capt. Just C. Jensen, Guard Ordinance Department, executive officer, and Capt. C. S. Shields, Company E, Chief range officer. Technical Sergt. G. C. 287; Sergt. A. B. Smith, Walter S. Welch, team One of the two Soviet submarines which sank on their first trial has heen refloated. RTISEMENTS B ol RECEIVED HERE Duncan’s Pharmacy—1st & K Sts. NN\W. Is a Star Branch Office Make use of The Star Clas- sified Section for anything THE. ABOVE SIGN s DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH OFFICES that you want. 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