Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1928, Page 17

,,.,,flg‘ A s g 1t The star says, “Ah!” Beatrice Lille, English comedienne, now appearing in a New York show, sets a good example in the health campaign for regular physical examinations, sponsored by the Bellevue-Yorkville Health Center. TWO ARMY BILLS PUPLENROLLWENT LINTATON URGED Chevy Chase Citizens’ Asso- ciation Acts to Relieve Over- crowded Conditions. Limitation of enroliment in public schools to the number which each school is designed to accommodate. and renting of additional quarters for sur- plus students was urged last night as @ feasible means of relleving over- | crowded conditions in Washington's | public schools by the Chevy Chase Citi- | vens' Association at its regular meeting in the E. V. Brown School. In a letter to the Board of Education outlining the plan of the new schools committee of the association, J. Francis Moore, chairman of this committee, took particular notice of conditions at the E. V. Brown School. ‘The new plan, it was claimed, not only would relieve congesilon in every school in the city, but would result in such confusion and dissatisfaction that Congress would eventually be brought 10 a realization of the pressing needs of ‘Washington’s schools. Congesticn Is Cited, ‘The E. V. Brown School has an en- rollment of more than 1,100 chlldren| in a structure normally infended to| accommodate but 725. It was suggest- ed that the School Board prohibit the enrollment of more than the normal number and to rent quarters nearby for the instruction of the surplus. This, it was said, could be done at much less expense and, though lacking in de- sirable features, would at least pro-| vide a desk for each student. It was| said that relief had been promised, but | in the meantime overcrowding con-| tinues. preventing proper and complete | education of those forced in the build ing, and also violating the qrdinar; ruies for health and sanitafion. Had Congress and the Budget Bureat maintained the proposed amnual aver- | age 'of appropriating $20,000,000 for | carrying out the provisions of the five- vear school building program *hg n- pleted appropriations would now rep- resent 80 per cent of the total amount but instead, it was shown, only about 53 per cent had been attained. Failurc to maintain the pace wae attributed as one cause for conditions in this school 70w, THA Cws-year program has turned 4 ‘Sxght or nine year program, it 3 antd. Mefbers of the committee indicated vt they would not be content with whe plans they had suggested, but, while awaiting the slow process of congres- sional action for permanent relief, rent- ed quarters would be accepted. The request, along with the limitation of | pupils in the E. V. Brown School, also urged an eight-room building on Broad Branch road and a junior high school on the Rep~ site, 4asvitrions Adopted. H. '¢. Schreiber, chairman of the safety committee, said a survey had been made of traffic conditions along Connecticut avenue, and offered. reso- lutions, which were adopted, supporting 2 petition of merchants asking that a one-hour parking limit be established on the avenue in the Chevy Chase busi- ness district. Resolutions presented by Lewls Rad- cliffe and adopted recorded the dis- approval of the association in the build- ing within its environs of homes of construction and architecture inferior to those representative of the section and urging all builders and those mak anz loans on homes to discourage the ‘Wide World Photos. . URGED BY DAVIS $890,000 for Medical Center Here and $30,000 for Boll- ing Field Radio Asked. ‘Two military legislative measures af- fecting the Army establishment here are to be urged for passage at the next session of Congress by Secretary of | War Davis, it was announced today. The two are part of a group to be pressed by Mr. Davis in addition to the regular Army appropriation bill, and eall for appropriations of more than $900,000. The largest item—$890,000—is for con- tinuation of work on the Army Medical Center under a program already ap- proved. ‘The other, $30,000, is for installation of a radio_and communication. center | at Bolling Field, for all Air Corps and Signal Corps transmitters here. ‘This legislation is already in committee, Other items are: Authorization of appropriations for construction at military posts, for which the House has passed a bill involv- ing $15,066,260 for improvements at many air fields and posts, both overseas and continental. Remedial action on the promotion situation, for which purpose a num- ber of bills are pending. Seeks to Elevate Chiefs. Provision of the rank of major gen- eral for future chiefs of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, from which post Maj. Gen. Frank McIntyre retires Jan- uary 5 next. Authorization of appropriations for construction at the Military Academy, for which a bill authorizing $609,000 has been passed by the House. Provision for the retirement of en- listed men of the Philippine Scouts fter 30 years of service. Provision to permit the procurement by the Secretary of War of motor trans- portation believed best suited to the needs of the service. / Equalization of the Tank of the chicf of staff of the Army with that of the chief of naval operations. Provision for advancement on the re- tired list of Maj. Gens. Hunter Liggett and Robert! L. Bullard to lieutenaat general, the rank they held as com- manders of armies in the World War. Authorization for the sale of unserv- iceable ammunition and the purchase of new with the proceeds. Approval of action of the War De- partment in the relief of Mississippl River flood sufferers. Provision for an international aircraft procurement board. practice. It was recommended that all plans for homes receive the ap- proval of the American Institute of Architects. The Commissioners will be requested to lay sidewalks on Thirty-third street from Rittenhouse to Oliver street and to resurface Nevada avenue from Rit- tenhouse to McKinley and Patterson street from Chevy Chase parkway to Broad Branch road. Curbing and gut- ters also are requested for Military road between Connecticut avenue and Thirty-ninth street. M. C. Turpin of the Washington Electric League out- lined plans for the presentation of prizes for best outdoor electrical dis- plays during the Christmas holidays. New members elected were Col. H. L. Gilchrist, Willlam R. Mason, John A. Gamage and Lawrence Turville, First Vice President Arthur Adelman pre- sided. . THE EVENING STAR, WASHI Central High School students in the cast of the school’s Fall play to be presented tomorrow and Saturday nights. Left io right, back row: Ruth Rush, Kenneth Romney, Harold Vatter, Carl Carlson, Eu- gene Stevens, Lorie Rush. Front row: Joe 3TON, D. C, THURSDAY, A Democratic round on the course of the Edgewater Gulf Hotel. Chairman John J. Raskob of the National Democratic committee (left). and Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi on the course of the gulf resort, where they are vacationing with Mrs. Coolidge christening the proxy for the Christopher Columbus, flagship of the Pan-American Airway System, at the Hoover Field exercises yesterday, for the opening of the new air line that will link North, South and Central America. Danzansky, Reba Stewart, Ruth Leon. Gov. Al Smith. —Star Staff Photo. —Assoclated Press Photo. —Star Staff Photo. William T., beating the field home in the second race at Bowie yesterday. Finishing a length and a half behind the winner is Campanini, wiih Tinita placing about the same distance behind him. A 40-foot wall of molten lava de is near the rallway station. TREASURY EMPLOYES GIVE TO RED CROSS Clerks, Who Have Contributed $3,000, Expeoct to Raise Sev- eral Thousand More. Employes of the United States Treas- ury Department have contributed more than $3,000 and many members to the twelfth annual roll call of the District Chapter of the American Red Cross now in progress and it is expected that this department will turn in scveral thousand dollars more before the close of the roll call. Other departments of the Government are working with equal vigor to go over the top for the Cross this year. One of the most useful groups of vol- unteers in the District chapter roll call is the motor corps under command of Mrs. C. H. Jewett, captain, which is giving many hours of service to trans- porting Red Cross workers and supplies to the varjous booths and stations throughout the city. The women in the motor corps supply their own cars and fuel. Among the motor corps who are serving-the roll call are Mrs. members Jewett, Mrs. E. G. Montgomery, Miss | Miss _ Lillian | Virginia Breckinridge, Breckinridge, Mrs. John S. Bennett, Mrs. E. G. Breeding, Mrs. C. P. Clark, { Miss Celene DuPuy, Miss Margaret Em- bick, Miss Helen Gatley, Miss Frances L. Gore, Mrs. J. G. Haskell, Miss Louise Hayden, Mrs. R. C. Heflehower, Mrs. H. M. Henderson, Mrs. C. A. Hensey, Mrs. O. B, Hiller, Mrs. Edmund Morgan, | Miss Edna Jones, Mrs. H. R. Kimbrill, Mrs. Blanche MacKensie, Miss Doro- thea Lane, Mrs. Kate Belt Perkins, Mrs. E. T. Pickard, Mrs. M. Pickens, Mrs. Charles C. McPherson, Mrs. Harwood Read, Mrs. A. J. Sanford, Mrs. M. L. Richardson, Mrs. Catherine Scott, Miss Edna Sheehy, Miss Eleanor Smith, Mrs. J. 8. Vance, Mrs. Irene H. Waldo, Miss Harriet Whitford, Miss Sarah Worth- ington, Mrs. W. O. Boswell, Miss Mary Crook, Miss Lillian M. Thompson, Miss Betty Potter, Miss Agnes Bryan, Mrs. L. H. Hedrick, Mrs. A. J. Smith, Mrs. John Munroe and Mrs. George Ricker. A model railway recently exhibited in London can be packed in a rette can, the train being one-half inch high, and is Tun by an electric motor over a track having a three-eighths-inch gauge. INCREASE IN GAS RATES . IS OPPOSED BY CITIZENS Conmnecticut Avenue Association Asks One-Way Trafic on Twenty-Seventh Street. A resolution opposing any increase in gas rates in the District of Columbia was adopted by the Connecticut Avenue Citizens’ Association, meeting in All Souls’ Memorial Episcopal Church Par- ish Hall last night. Another resolution was adopted ask- ing the traffic director to designate Twenty-seventh street as a ‘“one-way street,” for southbound traffic only, be- tween Cathedral avenue and Woodley road. ‘The question of all-night parking of automobiles in the section, which was to have been considered by the associa- tion, was postponed until a future meet- ing because of the small attendance. William 8. Quinter, president of the as- sociation, who presided, expressed the opinion it was a matter that should be acted upon by a large percentage of the association’s members. escending on the Sicilian town of Giarre, which was virtually buried in the recent MANUFACTURERS HIT U. S. INTERFERENCE Ask That Railroads Be Given Chance to Earn Guaranteed Return. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—Resolu- tions opposing Federal interference with railroads and congressional interference with the present railway rate structure were adopted yesterday by the Railway Business Assoclation. The organization, made up of manu- facturers of railway equipment, ma- terials and supplies, also urged that the railroads be given an opportunity to earn the 53 per cent return guaran- teed them in the railroad laws. Alba B. Johnson of Philadelphia was re-elected president of the association. Seven vice presidents elected were M. G. Truman of Chicago, W. L. Conwell of New York, George A. Martin of Cleveland, F. H. Bard of Chicago, Charles J. Graham of Pittsburgh, J. W. Bettendorf of Iowa and Dwight P. Rob- inson of New York. Frank W. Noxon of Philadelphia was re-elected secretaary and. P. Harvey Middleton of Philadelphia, treasurer and assistant secretary. tions of The Star. It will not be long tunities for 15 Salesmen. 1 Carpenter, 4 Boys. 1 Bookkeeper. 1 Collector. 1 Drug Clerk, 1 Factory representative. 2 Meat Cutters, 1 Painter. Several men to distribute circulars, 1 Office Man. 1 Presser. Several Tinners, 1 Truck Driver, SUCCESS depends largely on being engaged -in work suitable to your talents If you are working at something to which you are entirely unsuited, consult ‘the opportunities presented daily in the Help Wanted classifica- tunity for something more nearly in your line. In today's Star are 85 Help Wanted advertisements, offering oppor- before you will find therein an oppor- 1 Shoemaker. 1 Window Washer. 1 Farmer-Dairyman. 1 Instrument Repairman. 2 Apprentices for Beauty Parlors. 1 Editorial Assistant, 7 Salesladies. 2 Stenographers. 1 Telephone Switchboard Operator. 1 Typist. 1 Lady for Victrola Department. Also 8 opportunities for domestic positions, —=Star Staff Photo. Mount Etna eruption. This scene —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. AUDITORIUM IS HELD UNSUITED FOR GUARD Board of Trade Committee Makes Adverse Report on Its Use as an Armory. A proposal that the Washington Audi- torium, Nineteenth and E streets, be leased or purchased by aot of Congress for use as an armory for the District National Guard has been rejected by the military and naval affairs committee of the Board of Trade. An adverse report on the alternative proposals was adopted at a meeting of the committee late yesterday after months of study. The suggestion for the purchase was made months ago and before publicity was given the proposal experts were set at work surveying the property and its cost. The Auditorium was found unsuitable for armory use without extensive alter- ations, which would make the cost too high in the opinion of the committee. A report on the action of the commititee will be sent to members not attending the session yesterday for indorsement. Maj. Gen. Eli A. Helmick, U. S. A, re- tired, former inspector general of the Army, is chalrman of the committee. FUNERAL SEfiVICES HELD FOR COL. J. C. McARTHUR Infantry Officer Was Decorated for Gallantry in Cuba and Argonne Forest. Funeral services were held at Arling- ton National Cemetery this afternoon for Col. John C. McArthur, U. S. In- fantry, who died at Fort Hoyle, Md., Tuesday.. .The honorary pallbearers were Maj. Gen. Briant H. Wells, Brig. Gen. Frank Parker and Cols. John L. DeWitt, Charles F. Martin, Ephraim G. Peyton and Lincoln F. Kilbourne. Col. McArthur was decorated for gal- lantry in action at San Juan Hill, Cul July 1, 1898, and in the Argonne Forest, France, in October, 1918. He was born at Plainfield, Mo., August 20, 1869, and was graduated from the Military Acad- emy June, 1894, and assigned to the infantry. His last station was at Fort Sam Houston, Tex, P Senator Charles Curtis, Vice President-elect, enjoyed a couple of hours of his favorite sport when day. The Senator, once a jockey he took in the Bowie races yester- himself, is shown between Jimmie Milton (right), starter at the track, and D. L. Rice, Wuma'gum horseman. VARE AND WILSON - CONTEST DELAYED Senator Waterman Says Matter Will Not Be Settled at Early Date. ‘The contest brought against Senator- elect Vare of Pennsylvania by William B. Wilson, his Democratic opponent in the 1926 election, is not ely to be settled at an early date, in the opinion of Senator Waterman, Republican, of | Colorado, chairman of the subcommittee handling the question. | _Returning to Washington yesterday, Senator Waterman, Republiean, of the contest indicated there was little likelihood that the Senate would be | able to act on it at this short session. | This would throw the case into the | hands of the new Senate, with a much larger Republican majority, which meets next year. Complexities Cited. The Senator described the long- standing contest as “one of the most complex in the history of Congress.” Ballots in six counties have been re- counted by the committee, but no tabu- lation of the results has been com- pleted. Senator Waterman declared that further counting and checking of the votes in the contest are in prospect. It may be necessary, he added, to check over voting lists with registration lists. Meanwhile the seat is vacant. Mr. Vare, who was elected in 1926, was denied the oath of office when he presented his credentials a year ago, pending the outcome of the contest being waged by the Reed Senate com- mittee against him on account of ex- penditures in his primary campaign. ‘That contest is still pending, but Sen- ator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, the chairman of the committee, is expected to submit a report at this session. It is the final session for Senator Reed, who is retiring on March GRAND VISITATION MADE Grand Master Calls on Osiris, No. 26, and Washington Centen- nial, No. 14. With the series of grand visitations to the constituent lodges drawing rap- idly to a close, the grand master of companied by the officers of the Grand Lodge, last evening made his annual call of ceremony on Osiris_Lodge, No. l Masons in the District of Columbia, ac- i 126, at 8 o'clock, and on Washington Centennial Lodge, No. 14, at 8:30 o'clock. Osiris Lodge, of which Paul L. Gardner is master, was chartered May 14, 1890, and has a membership of 612, while Washington Centennial Lodge, William Watson Ayres, master, chartered No- ‘Ilearflx;)cr 4, 1852, has a membership of Each of the two lodges visited has interesting historles, and Grand Master Gibbs proved his familiarity with the same by citing interesting details. He also reviewed such features of general interest to the fraternity which had im- | pressed themselves on him during his year as the head of the order in the District of Columbia. The final week of the grand visita- tlons of 1928 will be inaugurated with a call on Dawson Lodge, No. 16, next Monday evening at 8 o'clock. It is the only visitation scheduled for that eve- i, TO TWO MASONIC LODGES | —=Star Staff Photo. 'FAUST' GAPTURES - LARGE AUDIENCE Brilliant Throng Hears Clos- ing Opera of Short Season in Capital. ‘The largest and most brilliant audi- ence socially that has attended any of the three performances in the short season of opera presented here this week by the American Opera Co. show- { ed increased enthusiasm for the produc- | tion of Gounod's “Faust,” which closed | the local engagement last night at Keith’s Theater. It was this particular “Faust” which was the company’s first presentation in the National Capital a year ago. I is one that has won much praise wherever it has been given. In it Mr. Rosing, the director, develops the psy- chological suggestions offered by the different characters with skillful aid from the impressionalistic stage settings and _the fantastic costumes designed by Robert Edmond Jones. Mr. Rosing makes even more picturesque use of his chorus groups and the kermess fi:ne is especially realistic and effect- Mr. St. Leger, the excellent con- ductor, on his part has emphasized and given skillful interpretation to music in the Gounod score that is rarely brought out so beautifully. This w especially noticeable in the simplici of singing the theme that Marguerite sings at her spinning wheel just prior to the more showy “Jewel Song,” and the exquisite chorale that is sung after the death of Valentine. There are a few changes from the production last year. Mephistopheles is not so much the evil influence in churchman’s guise, but rather is shown with shadowy attendants. Another change, less effective, is the arrange- ment of the cross vision at the very end of the opera. Pictorially and vocally Natalie Hall is an ultimately satisfying Marguerite, girl- ish and charming with .lovely liquid voice. Brownie Peebles is equally well cast as the worldly Martha and John Gurney, the youthful interpreter of Me- phistopheles, is excellent. Mr. Gurney combines a feline grace with rich deep voice and well restrained acting. Allan Burt is an admirable Valentine and Harold Hansen gives reality to the slen- der, gentle youth that is Siebel. Pat- rick Killikelly's lute-like Irish tenor brings a crystalline quality to the voiced longings of Faust, the scholarly ancient who is loning for youth and its pleas- ures. Clifford Newdall, a robust tenor, brings ‘excellent vocal equipment to his role as the impetuous lover who loves 50 deeply that he retains his conscience and has constant struggle with it even after he has sold his soul to Mephis- topheles. John Uppman made the most of the small part of Wagner. ‘The artistic success of these young Americans cannot be too much em- phasized, and Mr. Rosing and Mr. St. Leger both deserve a maximum of praise for the consistency and thor- oughness of their efforts in building this company that gives American audiences operas in the language and with singers and style of presentation that are native to this country. H.F. More than 250 policemen of all ranks recently went from Dublin, Ireland, to Rome, where they were recefved by the Pope—the largest body of policemen ever received at the Vatican and the first in which the members have appeared im 3 1