Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1928, Page 7

BALLOU SHTISFED || ON SCHOOL FUNDS Commends ~ Appropriations Committees for Consider- ing System’s Needs. Satisfaction with the provisions for the public shool system contained in the approprition bill just signed by President Colidge and comme for the mesbers of the Se House approyriations comm considered sciool needs in fram bill, was voled in a_statement today by Dr.Frank W. Ballou, supe tendent of saool “The approriation bill for the fiscal year ending .une 30, 1 which I just been ent Coolid most s om the standpoint ©of the pu ou said “No preceding d made such adquate public scho bill, Representaive Rol &nd Senator Lewrence G. entitled to the sincere appreciation the people of the District for the pains. taking care witk which the respective committees consitered the school needs | and made appropiations therefor.” Provisions Are Cited. Among the prousions made for the public school systez in the appropria- tions bill for 1929 wiich Dr. Ballou cited in his statement wee an assistant prin- cipal for the High School, a} principal for the Bisiness High School | Tor colored pupils,to be established in | September; principls for the Gordon | 8and ‘he Garnet-Paterson Junior High Schools, to be opesed during the next school year, and u principal for the Potomac Heights fchool. The super-| intendent cited als salary adjustments | for the principals of the Burroughs, ! Bruce, Barnard, Iangdon, Bryan ai.i the Smothers Schols. Fifty additional eachers are provided President Coolidge is shown presenting the Luther C. Steward, president of the National Fe federation, and Representative Richard J. Welch of California, author of the bill, look on. n with which he signed the Government workers' increase pay bill to tion of Federal Employes, while Gertrude McNally, secretary of the in 27 PAY BILL NOW LAW, : WITH COOLIDGE 0. K. Few Present for Brief Cere- mony at Signing of Measure. . Balloumentioned also seven ad- clers to be placed—one in the Businest High School for colored ‘Garnet-Patterson The amended Welch-Smoot bill pro- viding a $20,000,000 annual increase in the salaries of 135,000 Federal employes, 45,000 of whom are living in Washing- ton, is now a law of the land, having i E § i = & The signing took place in the execu- ;| tive office. Grouped about the Presi- hmhemphn:dtwhanlm company present, because of | 1ate arrival of the bill from the Budget the manual | Bureau and the lack of time many of AMUSEMENTS It was our own Clifford Brooke of the National Players who directed the orig- inal production of “The Poor Nut,” the NATIONALPLAYERS—*“The Poor Nut.” | EMPLOYES OF .G, GET DOUBLE RAISE amusing reflex of college life by J. C. and Elliott Nugent, which has achieved | | the reputation of being one of the best and most amusing of college plays since Benefit Under Welch Bill and George Ade first took a shot at that sort of comedy. It was therefore to be ex- pected that the performance of the play at the National Theater last evening, also directed by Mr. Brooke, would be as near up to the mark as might be pos- sible with a stock company of ordinary attainments. It is possible, however, that last night's audicuce had the sur- prise of its life in what occurred, for be it sald with candor and truthfully the | National Players’ production 1 equalled, if it did not surpass, the orig: inal as first seen here in Washington, | for Stanley Ridges, its new leading man | the title role. There were indeed many who agreed with this reviewer in pro- ’nouncmg the performance as a whole far better than that given by the Nu- gent company. Mr. Ridges’ bit of fine comedy, never overdone and always amusing without even being ri- the chap who ever undertook to match the Nugent performance. Manager Cochran may content himself with the belief that he has now one of the finest leading men hz has ever had, and the many patrons of his players will look forward with high anticipation to fur- ther good work by Mr. Ridges. Miss Lencta Lane also gave a fine | performance of the sympathetic girl, Marjorie Blake, whose gentle influence | upon “the poor nut” made it possible fully | fairly challenged the younger Nugent in | “work was an exceptional | diculous, a danger that would threaten | $171,400 Fund for Salary Parity. A large proportion of the employes of | the District government will get a double | increase in pay beginning July 1 as a result of the enactment of the Welch bill and a special provision attached to | the District appropriation act for the coming fiscal year, which is intended as | he initial step toward placing a certain | group of municipal workers on a_com- parable salary basis with Federal em- ployes holding similar positions, it was revealed today by Auditor Daniel J. Donovan. ‘The appropriation act for the new fiscal year, Donovan pointed out, con- tains an item of $171,400 for raising the'| pay of the municipal workers whose sal- ary is below the average of Federal em- | ployes holding like’ positions under the | classification act. The $171,400 will permit only an increase of approxi- mately one-half of the amount.neces- sary to put the District workers on a wage parity with those in the Federal | service, but the House appropriations committee, the auditor explained, Ln-. tends to provide the additional amount in the 1830 appropriation bill. Under the Welch bill 3,088 employes of the municipal government will be | given increases. The increase provided { | | AUTO DRVER HELD I DEATH OF AN Youth Who Fled Scene to Be Tried on Charge of Manslaughter. Herman Esworthy of Germantown, Md., 21-year-old driver of the automo- bile which Sunday night ran down and caused the death of Peter Snyder, 69 years old, of 1305 Thirty-fifth street, pleaded not guilty and waived his pre- linimary hearing on a charge of man- slaughter when arraigned in Police Court today. Bond was to be fixed this afternoon. In the midst of a city-wide search for the driver and occupants of the car, who left their victim dying in the street, Esworthy about, 8:30 o’clock last night walked into the seventh precinet police station and surrendered. With him was James Reader Lyon, 18 years old, of 2 Dent place. From informa- tion obtained from the young men po- lice were able to locate the third occu- pant of the car, who was taken into custody about 2:30 o’clock this morning. She was Miss Adeline Winebrenner, 17 years old, of 4815 Conduit road. She spent the remainder of the night at the House of Detention. Esworthy and Tron were confined in a cell at the pre- cinct. Two Held as Witnesses. nd Miss Winebrenner were held States witnesses and ed on their personal | ‘This morning Esworthy, still suffer- ing from fright, told police that he was driving south on Thirty-fourth street at approximately 15 mile® an hour when the accident occurred. They were on their way to the home of another girl. Snyder darted into the path of his car from behind a parked machine, he sald. As soon as he saw the man he jammed on his brakes and shouted, but was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident. Miss Winebrenner and Lyon imme- diately jumped from the automobile and pulled Snyder from beneath the wheels, ~ Miss Winebrenner declared | that she became so frightened she be- gan to run and did not stop until she reached Thirty-sixth and P streets, where she boarded a street car for home. Lyon dragged Snyder to the curb and then he also fled. Became Panic Stricken. Esworthy stated that when left alone he became panic stricken and drove away. Last night after reading of Snyder's death he was conscience stricken, he said, and drove from his home in Germantown to the Dent place address, where Lyon lives. He per- suaded Lyon to surrender to the police, and the two drove to the station house. Esworthy was first charged with murder, but when the case was taken to Police Court todev the charge was Woman Clears Innocent Man After 13 Years By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, 8. May 20.—Con- sclence and justice have set Ben Bess, colered, free—after 13 years behind the bars an innocent man. The woman whose testimony sent him to prison on charges of assault for 30 years, has filed an affidavit, part of which reads. “Since I have not much longer to live, I hereby desire as much as pos- sible to undo the great wrong I have done this negro, Ben Bess, and I hereby declare my testimony upon the trial of this case to be untrue” Gov. Richards gave Bess a full pardon. The woman, who 8 white, failed to give any reason for her false testimony. ; PRESIDEN T SIGNS DEFICIENCY BILL | Measure Carrieg $146,000,- 000, of Which D. C. Will Get $11,000,000. The second deficiency bill, carrying a total appropriation of $146,000,000, about $11,000,000 of which will be spent by the Federal District Govérnments in the Capital, was signed by ident Cool- idge shortly before noon today. The bill appropriates $7,000,000 for purchase of the privately-owned prcg; erty in the triangle to be a part of ti Mall project and appropriates $2,500,000 for the beginning of work on the me- morial highway between Mount Vernon and Washington. Of the latter amount $500,000 is'to be immediately available Among other important items af fecting the District are those providin $225,000 for the District government to meet certain deficiencies, $200,000 for | the acquiring of land for public parks, $20,000 for completing two public bath- ing ls, $75,000 for a salary survey by the Personnel Classification Board, as_authorized by the Welch salary increase bill; $60,000 for the United States Employes’ Compensation Com- mission in ca g out the terms of the Blaine-Underhill workmen's com- pensation bill; $45,000 for an athletic fleld at Western High School, and $300,000 for additional buildings at Walter Reed Hospital. Press Club Given Passes. YADEN DECLINES FURTHER SERVIGE President of Citizens’ Feder- ation Announces Intention to Refuse Re-Election. ’ James G. Yaden, president of the Federalion of Citizens' Associations, in an address before the Mid-City Citizens Association, in the Thomson Commu- | nity Center last night, reiterated that 7 WELCH GET RING FROM EMPLOYES {Federation Presents Token to Pay Bill Author as Sur- = prise in Office. § | | The National Pederation of Peder Employes gas Representative Richard ! Welch of California a surprise party his office today and presented him i platinum ring in commemoration of’ he would not he a candidate for re-|passage of the Welch pay bill /s election to the presidency of the fed-| Inscribed in n’;:r ring e :l& P . " lame, the number of R eration, and added: “The work that|game; the number of thEERCR-HNER. falls on_the shoulders of the president | signed by the President, “May 28, 1928." of the Federation of Citizens' Assocla- | The presentation was made by Luther tion is really too heavy.” | C. Steward, president of the federation, “There are many calls on the fed-|and Miss Gertrude McNally, secretary. eration head that the people know | Mr. Steward said: nothing about” Mr. Yaden continued,| “Now that this round of the battle is explaining that often certain authori- |over, the membership of the National ties seek to learn from him “how the | Federation of Federal Employes desires people feel” on a certain question, but | in some way to express deep and abid- | ask him to keep the conference secret.|ing appreciation for your faithful work Mr. Yaden declared “there never has | in putting through this beneficial legis- been a time when the wishes of the!lation and your real belief in the mer- people in the District have been so its of the salary increases.” totally disregarded,” as they have on| “The real work in putting through the market question. |the salary increase measure has been The speaker did not give any direct | done by your organization and by the reason for not being a candidate 10T | newspapers supporting the bill so tena- re-election as federation executive. |ciously,” Mr. Welch sald. “The news- The association adopted a resolution | papers crystallized public opinion and indorsing the Senator Tydings bill pro- | practically forced passage of the bill.” viding for the appointment of “a com- | mission to investigate and report on the | relocation of the food distributing dis- | | trict of the District of Columbia to be 3 { moved to make way for the public building program, and for other purposes.” A complaint against the usage of sirens on Emergency Hospital committee for a report at the next meeting. Wiliam H. Richardson charged: “Every time an interne wants ambulance down the street with the iren wide open.” A resolution also was adopted urging the further use of traffic lights in vari- {ous sections of the city. Judge Robert E. Mattingly of the Municipal Court was felicitated upon his reappointment to office for a third term. He responded with an address of thanks and spoke generally of the im- portance of upholding the various provi- gom in the Constitution of the United tates. The following were appointed to rep- resent the association at the celebration am- bulances was referred to the executive | a package of cigarettes they send the | ES we are glad to extend charge accounts to re- sponsible patrons. SPINDLERS 801 11th N.W. Main 129-135 W. 48 ST, l NEW YORK CITY Room—$2.50 Room (with bath)$3.00 Also 3 Ia Carte Service Ideally located a few minutes from shopping and amusement centers yet quiet......you can sleep. | 1o commemorate the opening of the old | Chesapeake & Ohio canal, June 2: | George T. Bowman, Dr. F. T. Evans, | Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richardson, Edwin | | Potter, Mrs. Annie Spur, Mr. and Mrs. | 25 Members of the National Press Club | E. W. Huff, M. E. Salsbury, Miss E. L. will be given an opportunity to see and | Grosvenor and A. J. Driscoll, president hear Mr., Robert Benchley, noted dra- |of the association. matic critic, in a movietone film sketch | ———— Round Trip 3. changed to manslaughter. | entitied “The Treasurer's Report,” be- | Slayer of Cousin Indicted. !bruise on her head. | 000 in ; increase of $20,000 | those directly interested in the carry- |for the awkward, diffident, hopeless| in the appropriation act will be dis- of 3 the measure to victory were un- mw 4n the fund forfuel and electric light, furniture and guipment for the H Tecnical School; the President. The pen and occasion will be the federation out the better @ general increase inistration of He ex- us dur- | lary ad- 3 classi- Representative Welch and the offi- j eers of the federation recailed the pe simistic outlook when the proposal 28 teward was presented the pen | golden cup for the Ohio State from the Wisconsin college. Julla Winters, the | girl with the psychology, who sought. in | pique, to do for the backward boy who {loved his botany beiter than the career | complished in a different way, was equally good, her performance being amusingly effective In a high degree. Mrs. Hibbard, too, gave a character flash as the hard-bolled keeper of the college bookstore which won many & laugh and rated high histrionically. Robert Brister as “Spike” Hoyt, the | Wisconsin rough-riding champion; Billy Phelps, as the Ohio cheer leader; Ed- ward Amold as the coach; Arthur ] Rhodes as “Doc” Spurney, the trainer; | 8ol Orleans as the young freshman and | Charles Ham as the professor, | al with others of a large cast, in- clu Mr. Cochran’s own daughter, | Miss Cecelia Cochran, and, of course, | Miss Dorothy Tierney, contributed 1o | one of the best comedy entertainments i of the season. | It would seem that Director Brooke | were singling out individual members of | his fine company for stellar opportuni- ties, Billy Phelps having had his 1 young man to win the laurels of the| tributed among a group of 2,500 who |of a bond salesman, what Marjorle ac- | | are below the average in salary of Fed- | eral workers. Of these 2,500, Donovan | sald there are 1,543 who have never | been advanced under the classification | act and are now at the minimum scale. There had been grave fears among | the District employes that, beacuse of | the enactment of the Welch bill, they ! | would not receive the increase provided | in the appropriation act. | _Auditor Donovan has ruled, however | that the raise provided in the appropri- |ation act must be granted, as it was | recommended by the House | ations committee for the sole purpose of bringing the employes in the munici- | to & comparable salary basis | with those in the Federal service who have the same status. The dual salary increase will raise the District’s payroll approximately $500.000 a year according to the auditor. The advances provided by the Welch i bill will be sought in a deficlency ap- propriation bill. Patents recently claimed in England | include a table that may be converted |into a bed, a washstand, dressing table, At the time of the accident Esworthy, Lyon and, the girl were all occupying the front seat of the car. When Es- worth jammed on his brakes in an at- tempt to avoid hitting Snyder, Miss | Winebrenner was thrown against the windshield and sustained a severe| JADWIN DISAPPROVES 2 VIRGINIA RIVER JOBS| Improvement of Chuckatuck Chan- nel Held Too Expensive for Bene- fits That Would Be Derived. An adverse recommendation has been made to Congress by Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin on a proposal to improve the channel of the Chuckatuck River in the Counties of Isle of Wight and Nansemond, Va. Gen, Jadwin said that “a readjust- ment of transportation in the general vicinity of Chuckatuck River will be | caused by the construction of the | James River Bridge.” | “It seems certain that the business | now handled by the ferry will be! hmely diverted to the highway,” he said. “A channel across the bar at the mouth of the river would be expensive to maintain, as the locality is exposed to westerly storms. The general bene- fits appear to be of insufficient magi. tude to justify the l.:erge expenditure which would be requi to provide a dependable channel.” | ing shown at the Fox Theater this week, plimentary tickets to the club “for use of members only,” by S. J. Stebbins, managing director of the theater. Pl Experiments for the production of synthetic milk direct from grass, with out cows, are now being conducted in Great Britain. | through the presentation of 700 com- | Svecial Dispatch to The Star LURAY, Va, May 29.—Herbert Breeden. alleged killer of his cousin, Houck Breeden, April 20 at closing ex- | ercises of the Meadows School, in the | mountains, was indicted yesterday on a | first-degree murder charge. He was ar- | raigned. pleaded self-defense while act- ling as peace officer and trial was set for Thursday. 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