Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1928, Page 7

MARYLAND WOMEN STUDY CHILD NEEDS Convention Turns to Welfare Problems as Session Nears End. Concluding its eighth annual con- ‘Vention at the Manor Club today, the Maryland lLeague of Women Voters turned its attention to child hygtene and welfare, heard national and State needs outlined by several speakers and passed a resolution urging additional appropriations to enlarge the work of the Maryland Bureau of Child Hygiene. Declaring that maternal mortali constitutes “an _indictment of our intel ligence,” Dr. J. H. Mason Knox, jr. the head of the bureau, urged the league to work for legislation designed to protect the health of expectan! mothers and young children. He said that the pre-natal and early childhood were the most neglected at present. Estimates Value of Children. Dr. Knox said that great strides had | Deen taken in recent years in saving ehildren of school age and those in industry. Estimating the value of a male child at $9.000 and the female | child at about half that, he dermredi that public health work has saved the United States on the average of a bil- lion dollars & year. Reports of the main department of | yesearch and legisiation were made by Mrs. G. Abram_Moss on child welfare | Jegislation, by Miss Mary Wooten on | the child labor legisiation, by Miss | Helen Brown on the status of illegiti- | mate children and by Miss Gertrude McNally on women in industry. Mrs. Ellicott Re-Elected. | Mrs. Charles E. Ellicott of Baltimore | was re-clected president of the league | and the following vice presidents were chosen: First. St. George Barbe: ond, Mrs. Calvin Gabriel, Mrs. L.| Emmett Holt, jr.; Mrs. Charles S. Wood- | Tuff was re-elected secretary, and Mrs. | Edwin W. Rouse, jr.. treasurer. | The following district directors were | nmamed: First district, Mrs. James | Bayard Noble; third, Mrs. John P.| Guckert; fourth, Mrs. Ralph Bonwit; | fifth, B. F. Wade; sixth, Mrs. B. Ashby Leavell. i The child hygiene resolution indorsed the work of the bureau in Baltimore | and asked for additional appropria- tions to extend the bureau's activities to children of 1 age. Back Forest Reserve. Other resolutions recommended that the legislative conierence of the league indorse an apprepriation for a woman's dormitory at the University of Mary- | land; recommended purchase of waste Jand for a big forest reserve; indorsed the enabling act to permit countries to establish regional institutions for the aged and dependent poor: and peti- tioned Gov. Richie to appoint 8 woman member of the board of regents of the University of Maryland. ‘The work of the National Park and | Planning Commission was outlined at| the luncheon meeting by Col. U. S.| Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capi- tal. Col. Grant explained the regional development by which the Capital's park system would be extended into Virginia and Maryland, illustrating his talk with | | slides showing the proposed extension in Maryland. Maj. E. Brooke fl- of Suburban ver r Short on Lee spoke on “Prob- Administration,” and “Stated Retirement operation of Muscle Shoals as a “yardstick” was urged at the opening session by Mrs. Harris Baldwin of Washington, chairman of the pational committee on living costs. The convention wil continue throgh | | Mrs. Baldwin urged the women to support the bill now before Congress so that the country would have an oppor- | tunity to compare Government opera- - tion with that of private interests. She ) however, that the league @id not advocate the general policy of ‘Government operation of industries. Gives History of Project. |and Sweden and the National Women's THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON., D. ¢. THURSDAY. MAY 24, 1928 |CONNECTICUT AVENUE APARTMENT PLANNED |Cost of Five-Story, 150-Room Structure of Brick and Stone Set at $300,000. J. E. Douglass, Washington realtor, | has’ filed plans with the District build- {ing inspector calling for a five-story brick and stone apartment house to be erected at 5130 Connecticut avenue. The actual building cost is estimated at $300,000 and a value of about $400.000 has been placed on the com- pleted structure., The site fronfs 147 feet on Con- | necticut_avenue and about 136 feet on | Chevy Chase parkway. The building { will be 123 by 122 feet. It will be| | 85 feet above the curb line. | _As designed for the owner,by George | T. Santmyers, local architect, the build- {ing will contain 150 rooms divided into |50 apartments of two to four rooms, | kitchen and bath. Some apartments | will have porches. Plans call for an clevator and steam heat. The facades will be of brick, limestone entrance and trimming. with WHITWELL ELECTED i ROTARY CLUB LEADER Organization Votes to Pay Ex-| penses of D. C. Boy on Trip to Europe. George M. Whitwell was elected presi- | dent of the Rotary Club of Washington at the annual meeting last night in the New Willard Hotel. Arthur J. May w. elected vice presi dent: Dr. Arthu C. Christie, Hen N. Brawner, 2 and William 'F. Ham were named directors. Whitwell succeeds W. W. Everett, retiring president, who pre- sided last night. The club voted to pay the ex- penses of Robert Benhett. member of the junior class of Eastern High School, chosen by the American Boys Abroad Committee as one of 100 boys from all parts of the country who will spend two months in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The movement was fos- tered by the Rotary Clubs of Norway G. M. Whitwell. Clubs and town committees of Denmark to promote friendship between the boys of foreign countries. DELEGATES PLAY GOLF. Tournament at Congressional Course Ends S. A. R. Convention. A golf tournament which got under way at the Congressional Country Club today brings to a conclusion the activi- ties of the delegates to the thirty-ninth annual congress of the National So- ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution. Col. Franklin Blackstone is national chairman in charge of ar- rangements for the tournament and Capt. A. J. Gore, chairman of the local committee. ‘The delegates brought yesterday's activities 1o a close with a pilgrimaye | to Mount Vernon, where they paid trio- ute at the tomb of George Washington. Bridge Problems Considered. The Fine Arts Commission spent this morning in considering plans related to the approaches to the new Arlington | Memorial Bridge, now under process of construction. The commission arranged to make a personal inspection of the bridge to enable it to better solve the | questions that have arisen. | argued, the Government could get bet- | adopted today by the National Confer- PROEGTON0F O BUYERS STUDE Weights and Measures Parley| Adopts Standards for Grease Sales. The motorist who suspects he is not getting full measure of gasoline, grease or oil at the corner filling station will be relieved of all anxiety if regulations ence on Weights and Measures are put into effect, The conference, meeting at the Bu- reau of Standards, approved a code of specifications and tolerances for all de- vices used in dispensing motor fuel and lubricants. One of the outstanding recommendations was that grease and transmission oil hereafter be measured by the pint, instead of the pound. It was pointed out that grease-dis- pensing machines in common use toda: have no weighing attachments, but are equipped to measure contents by vol- ume. The popular belief that a pint and a pound of grease are Synonymous has been investigated and found to be untrue, a pint of some greases weighing more than others, and vice versa. Pump Rules Made. Standard specifications for grease pumps were promulgated, and regula- tions governing their operation recom- mended. Other codes for the measuring of ofl and gasoline were to be acted upon this afternoon. The committee on specifications and tolerances will recom- mend the use of standard bottles for measuring lubricating ofl, and will sug- gest rules designed to protect gasoline customers from error in measuring of motor fuel. A Nation-wide campaign to insure correct weight in coal deliveries, spon- sored by the National Better Business | Bureau, was outlined to the conference this morning by Edward L. Greene, gen- eral manager of the bureau. He sald the bureau believes a serious short- weight problem exists in Chicago. Conditions in other cities, adversely affecting the custemer, were related. Some dealers in New York were found to be mixing pea and buckwheat coal with larger sizes so that customers ordering nut or egg coal received a mixture containing from 30 to 50 per cent pea or buckwheat. Vegetables Sold by Weight. The Better Business Bureau is co- operating with weights and measures officials in correcting such conditions. Mr. Green said. O. C. Adams, president of the south- ern division of the Great Atlantic & Paeific Tea Co., told the conference of efforts by dealers to protect the public against deception or error in measure- ment of commodities. He said the chain of stores which he heads has ploneered in weighing vegetables instead of selling them by container or number Even bananas now are sold by the pound, as a safeguard to the customer, he declared. He said reputable dealers welcomed inspections by weights and measures officials. Bousfield, chief engineer of E. & T Fairbanks & Co., who told of the part /| played by the scale in development of industry. The afternoon session will be devoted to reports on tests given gasoline meters at the factory and in the field, and to consideration of the reports of the com- mittee on specifications and tolerances Church Men to Give Play. Special Dispateh to The Star. HYATTSVILLE. Md., May 24.—"The Womanless Wedding” will be presented by men of the Memorial® Methodist | east, when the property owners thought | they were making protest against the | regulations to give consent was a small | that much less than 75 per cent of the |of them whose names appear as con- Another speaker this morning was A Episcopal Church in- Masanl Hall to- night at 8 o'clock. | ter prices for its power. The work done by the University of | { Maryland to educate the women of the | State politically and economically was | | outlined by Miss Adele Stamp, dean of | women at the university. She pointed | out that through its various extension | | courses the university was increasing | |the interest of women in political The support of the Nation was also | affairs. | urged on the ground that Muscle Bhoals is needed for national defense and for development of fertilizer Baldwin said that although the Norris bill was not exactly what the league ‘wanted it was the best proposition pre- sented so far. Tracing the history of the Muscle Shoals development and outlining the various proposals for private operation, she said that the best bid so far offers just about the amount of money that the Government now makes by running four of its eight power generators. If Jong-term leases could be granted, she healthy b is three years old and looks six; is active and happy, and unusually Mrs. | Mrs. Ellicott Reports. | Contrary to the expectation of suf- | trage leaders, she said, women did not | | become interested in politics after the | passage of the nineteenth amendment, and only by a united effort of organi- | zations such as the League of Women | Voters could they be interested. She ! asked the league to lurporl the cam- | palgn for approximately $100,000 for | [tndlma for women at the university. | —_— | Washington wants no Power Trust, | —Advertisement. Francis De Sio 101 Custer St., Buflalo, N. Y. oy— bright. Three times a day, for two years, Fran- cis has had Toddy added to his milk. And how he loves it! Toddy nearly doubles the food value of milk, makes milk more easily digested and supplies vital food elements needed for health, growth and strength. Itisthe safe and sane food-drink, replacing tea, coffee and cocoa in millions of homes. 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Charging that the Standard Oil Co., through its representatives, hoodwinked property owners into signing consents to the locating of a filling station at Fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue south- use of the property, the District Com- missioners today asked the District Su- preme Court for an injunction to pre- vent the company from erecting, main- taining and operating the filling station under a permit which they claim was secured through misrepresentations. The court is also told that included within the area required by the zoning triangular plot owned by the United States. Consent for this plot appearsd on the application of the Standard Oil Co., as given by Harris Jones, assistant director of public buildings and public parks, who supposed that the company had already obtained the consents of more than 75 per cent of the privately owned iand. The Commissioners -ay private owners had consented and many senting have since stated that when they signed they understood it was a protest and did not intend to consent to the establishment of the filling sta- tion. The Commissioners say they have re- voked the permit, but the company threatens to proceed with the erection of the station under authority »f the original permit and this the courl is asked to prevent. Corporation Ccunsel Bride appeared for the Commissicners. $10,000,000 LOAN ASKED FOR PARKS Senator Phipps Introduces Bill to Advance Money for Buying Sites. A $10,000,000 advance from the Fed- eral Treasury to enable the National Park and Planning Commission to ex- tend the park and playground system more rapidly is provided for in a bill introduced in the Senate yesterday lby the next session. The Treasury would be reimbursed out of the combined revenues of the District of Columbia up to $1,000,000 a ear. ! Senator Phipps, who handles local appropriations in the upper branch of Congress, believes the park commission could carry out the park program more economically if it had a substantial fund available with which to buy at the most opportune time tracts of land that would be bought in later years. The bill does not contemplate the payment of any interest on the loan. CELEBRATE SIGNING OF FORESTRY BILL An impromptu Iuncheon to celebrate | the signing by President Coolidge of the McNary-McSweeney forestry re- search bill was held by members of the Society of American Foresters to- day in the Cosmos Club. Guests of honor were Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, Representative John McSwee- ney and Earle H. Clapp, in charge of research Forest Service. Among those present were Maj. R. Y. Stuart, chief forester; William DuB. 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