Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1928, Page 3

CINCINNATI CHEST WELL SUPPORTED Subscriptions to Community Fund Total $5 Per Capita of Population. This is the last of a series of articles by @ staff correspondent of The Star on the successful operation of the Com- munity Chest in laroz cities of the East and Middle West. The chest will be inaugurated here Winter. BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CINCINNATI. December 8.—Cincin- nati has learned how to give, By a gradual development through 12 | years of co-operative effort a commu- nity spirit has been created that makes the success of any worth-while project for which an appeal is made to the pub- lc almost a foregone conclusion. in the 1928 Community Chest cam- PAgn held last April this city of 415,000 population gave $2,058,000, approxi- mately S5 per capita, for the support of 86 listed agencies. This is the high- est per capiia contribution in any of the larger citles which operate on the Com- munity Chesi plan. It is explained by the Community Chest directors as a development of soclal consciousness and of a sense of social duty among all classes of people. The city has been taught the habit of giving, and the Community Chcst has been the trainirg school. Rich and Door give in proportion to their incomes. They recognize a common citizenship. The habit extends far beyond the che: campaigns. For example, some time 2go Charles P. Taft offered to the city his palatial home, his art collection, valued at from $14,000,000 to $16,000,- 000, and a $1,000,000 endowment on the condition that the gift be matched with a $2.700,000 contribution, from the public within a year. Any city would have been ouick to take advantage of such an offer, but when it came to sctuallv raising the money in a given time difficulties would be encountered. Cincinnati, trained to give, had the money in hand in a week. New Hospital a Year. A new hospital has been built each | year for five years from contributions of the general public. These plants have ranged in cost from $500,000 to $2,000,000. One of the most remark- able civic financing campaigns ever conducted was carried out a few years ago under the Community Pund organi- zation plan.. Two million dollars was reised by popula:r subscription for a Masonic temple. In every civic project there is a minimum of racial and sec- —— SPECIAL NOTICES. AL M] LD- s o T ST 2% its banking house in Washintton. D. C. o8, Tupsday, Janugrs o, 1638, at 11 o'clock am. for the election of directors for the ensuing vear and for such other business as mey proberly come betore said meeting: L A ROSATE. SecBNICIOS. President. THE ANNUAI ETING " THE & holders of the Lincots Nations] B the election of directors and such other busi- ness as may properly come before the me ing, will be held ‘at the main banking hou e oy for ine anateret om; and ;. ranster of stock wil closed_ from December 20. 193 ary’s. 1620, """ JAMES 7/ SOPER. Onshy S s Company of the L\trict of Columbia, Tor the purpose of elechng 15 t; the company for the <eyui: held st. at the office of the col Tuesday, Jgnuary 8, 19; The Dmll;'lll be o] p.m. ks~ for of stock will close December 30, to January & 1920, both dates Inelusive. 3 CHAS. E. MARSH. Secretary. HE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF the shareholders of the Columbia National Bank of Washington will be held Tuesday. 925, at, its banking house, . for mar ore. eeting. Polls open from 12 noon until 1 o'clock p.m. ARTHUR N. MITCHELL. 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Jan. 12th, 1929, commencing at 7 p.m., in the office of the secretary. rsons desiring to take this guamination will please communicate with the secretary on’ or lore Dec. « M. LUTHER D? Secretars-Treasurer, 1319 P St. N.W.. Washington, D. C. NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK of Washington, D. C. December Tth, 1928— The annual meeting of the shareholders of this bank for the election of directors an the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting will heid ‘at the banking h on Tuesday, n¢luded! JACOBSEN. Oashier. YO oat, and Call_Atlantic 3551-J. I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by any one other than my- sif. HAROLD P. BERKLEY, 1916 Lawrence ne. o ARE YOU MOVING ELSEWHERE? OUR transportation system will serve you better. Large fleet of vans constantly operating be- tween all Eastern cities. Call Main N_TRANSFER & RAGE BRIGHTEN KITCHEN WHERE are—Pal 36 to $15: 1 coat lead THE ted, ofl: _guaranteed. ROOP REPAIRING, PAINTING. GUTTER- ing. spouting: furnaces repaired and cleaned: Teasonable prices. North 5314, ight. AJAX ROOFING CO.. 2038 T N 18th n.w. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN T THE Rosslyn Steel & Cement Co. first mortgage 5. 127, 134, 138, . 326, 05" at ‘the Fed 1 ok, Washington, D. C., . 1929, 'from which time inf ds e Ll %, t) on Feb- terest on MEETING OF THE STOCK: ot “tie BlstHiet: of Corutmbis; for electing. 15 tri e ensuing year. . 192! i be FD";: between the " be d from mber 1. to December 17,1536 bt es inclusive CHARLES E. MARSH, Secretary. If You Are Tired and Call our service to renovate your mattress. The cost s small and the improvement BEDELL M'F'G CO., 610 E ST. N.W. IAIN 3621. Art Training Positions assured. Commercial art, inte- rior decorating, costume designing, etc. Liv- ingstone Académy, 1333 P n.w. Mel. 3883 WANTED. of furniture to or from Boston, Richmond and Smith’s Transfer & Storage C T R North 3343 1 NEVER DISAPPOINT. BYRON S. ADAMS PRINTING IN A HURRY {as a wholé has caught on to the spirit e | $500, or 18 per cent.,There were 100,000 bg | contributors - below $100. A total of thiul service. | sectarian agencies particiy st. n.w. 2nd | oheration has been cent. A few years ago, . | asked no more for local charities that d | man, but that the two Catholic agencles ago U | givers to the first Community Chest. onaao. cent, Mr. Bookman explains, includes £ |all the research work conducted by the i | This, however, all has been due to a |tnr1m feeling, due in large pa i to the | 12 years of training. The rich men of the city have been taught to give in seven figures. Col. {William C. Proctor, the soap manufac- turer, recently gave $1,500,000 for a children’s hospital and provided it with a $2,500,000 endowment for research in |diseases of children. His partner gave |another $1,000,000 for general research in children’s diseases. Mrs. Mary M. Emory recently left an estate of $10,- 000,000 to be devoted generally to public | health and welfare. Another estate of | $3,000,000 is in hand for the same pur- | pose. The thought of donating wealth for the good of the public has been put in the minds of rich and poor alike, largely through the general fi?ohnz of welfare and charity interests in the Community Fund, which provides for the wants of organizations of all creeds. The city works together. It is advancing rapidly toward the possession of one of the finest community equipments in the| country, which Is certain to have a| revolutionary effect on the health, hap- | piness, peace and culture of the popu- | iace. Yet 12 years ago when the Com- munity Fund was established civic spirit here was at a low ebb. There were numerous factions and cross currents. Conditions were far from encouraging. Hospitals were running up big deficits every year. Social relief agencles were running practically in competition to nwl‘\. other and duplicating each other’s work. Able Leaders Head Chest. ‘The Community Fund has succeeded 50 well, it is claimed, largely because of the quality of men who have devoted themselves to its leadership. The point has been reached where chairmanship of a campaign is considered a high social honor, und friends of some of th> biggest men in the city start campaigns for placing them in that office a year in advance. . It didn't start off with a bang. When the Community Fund campaign was first started there was a good deal of out- speken opposition, espacially among the wealthier residents, some of whom were distirguished for their private philan- threpies. They were individualists; they didn’t believe very much in organized charity. ““When one of my men is in trouble,” one of the city’s wealthiest nianufac- turers told C. M. Bookman, director of | the community fund, “I want him to feel free to walk into my office and | talk things over with me. I want to treat his case as that of an individual. I want to know what I am giving for. I don't believe in this machine-like | relief work.” “Quite the contrary,” said Mr. Book- man. “You mean that you don't want to give for the good it will do. You want to give for the satisfaction you get out of the person’s gratitude, ex- ressed to you personally, regardless of what the effects will be.” ‘The man was angry at first, but he thought it over, and now is one of the foremost supporters of the Community Chest. Cincinnati residents have had the thought put in their minds that since a 1good deal of their money has come from the community it should go back to the community. But it has been stressed that this money should be given from year to year. Twenty-four Each Give $10,000. The manner in which the community is shown by the figures. This year 24 persons gave more than $10,000 each, a total of 17 per cent of the whole. From $5,000 to $10,000 was contributed by 31 persons, making 9 per cent; 316 persons - contributed from $1,000 $5000 slightly more than 24 per cent; 341 gave from $500 to $1,000, or 10 per cent; 2,219 gave from $100 to $250,000 was raised from contributions under $25. This, Mr. Bookman believes, is about the percentage which should obtain everywhere. Contributions of more than $500 should account for slightly more than 60 per cent of the total. The extent to which the idea has - | permeated the depths of the city’s con- sclousness is shown by the fact that some considerable contributions were re- ceived this year from families who had year before. Catholic, Jewish and non- ipate. The co- practically 100 per after the bud- gets had been aj upon and raised, two of the Catholic welfare agencies found that they had a larger job than they had figured on. They ?rmmed a good case, but it was felt that it would be poor psychology to authorize @ supplemental campaign when the city had been promised that it would be Protestan year. All the agencies had been cut to & minimum, but there were some which, bylmnk.\nx sacrifices, could get along on less. These were called into conference. There were two Protestant, two Jewish, one Catholic and one mon-sectarian lxenc{ ‘The plight of the two Catholic agencies was explained. Mr. Bookman asked them voluntarily to cut their own budgets and e the sacrifices, in view of the unexpected plight of the two Catholic agencies. They to do so without a dissenting vote. ‘There is no question, says Mr. Book- would have done the same under simi- lar circumstances. All the agencies have come to see that the vital problem to get the work done in the most effective way possible by the agency best equipped to handle it. Twelve years there were 6,000 Last April there were that many cam- workers alone. ‘The cost of raising and administering the money is 2.7 per cent, compared to a minimura of approximately 15 per cent’ which it costs agencles to conduct their own campalgns. But this 2.7 per not only the actual cost of the campaign and the office expenditures but items of overhead that no business corporation would include in its overhead—such as Council of Social Agencies. Many Cincinnati business firms now set aside a contribution to the commu- nity fund as a part of their year's bud- . They have found that it is “good ", that it pays them in dollars and cents to improve social conditions in the city’s great tenement house dis- trict, where many of the workers live. long process of education. Budgets Are Respected. ‘The various agencles are kept within their budgets, and the Council of Social Agencles, acting as a co-ordinator of activities and always keeping track of efficiency in operation, has been able to bring about some enormous reduc- tions in expenses and increase in earn- ing power. The hospitals of Cincinnati are almost in a position to balance their budgets because of the business meth- ods introduced through the Community Chest organization. ~When the Com- munity Chest operations started a sur- vey showed that a iotal of about $10,000 a year was contributed by hus- bands who had left their wives for the support of their minor children. The THE TEVENING STAR, "WASHINGTON, "D.. C, SATURDAY,; DECEMBER 8, -1928. erccted the tower as a memorial to his Lake Woles, Fla. BOK GARILLON CHIMES IN FLORIDA A carillon, medieval Europe's warning of flood or war, sounded a note of | peace when the dream of Edward Bok became a reality and his memorial tower of chimes was played for the first time. | Bok, a Philadelphia phllanthroplst‘! parents. It is at Mountain Lake, near | was that very large sums had to be expended by the various family relief and child-caring agencies in order to keep the families together. been so corrected by the educational process that now $200,000 a year is contributed by these vagrant fathers, and it has been done with very few court orders or arrests. It has been entirely a project in constructive so- clology. ‘With the increased amounts contrib- uted by the public and the increased earnings, Cincinnati now spends ap- proximately $5,000,000 a year in charity and welfare work exclusive of amounts contributed, by State and city for tax- supported activities. The Community Chest organization and the Council of Social Agencies are not distinet organizations here, as they are in most cities. Such duality between the money raising group and the group whose work 1is actual charity is a mistake; Mr. Bookman believes. Sooner or later, he says, they are almost cer- tain to work at cross purposes. The social agencies who understand the field to |will be demanding more money for problems which they see around them. The financial group, on the other hand, will insist on further economies and close their eyes to the growing needs. Council Is Delegate Body. ‘The Council of Social Agencies is a delegate body from the different organ- izations. 'The community fund board consists of 36 members, 12 of whom are elected each year—b5 by the -council, 3 by the campaign organization of 36 district chairmen, and 4 by the board itself. The budgets are passed upon by an executive budget committee of nine members. Four are appointed by the Community Chest board and five by the Council of Social Agencies. Any agency which feels that it has been mistreated by this committee can appeal to the Council of Social Agencies as a whole. In 12 years this never has happened. The council has done much valuable work in building up preventive pro- which will save the money of the public and human misery in the future. Just now the National Child Welfare Association is making a study of the situation in Cincinnati which is ex- pected to result in some radical im- provements. Some time ago a similar study was made by the National Mental Hygiene Association. Among the rec- ommendations was that a mental hy- giene clinic be established. This would cost $30,000 a 3:ar. The sentiment of a group of 500, a representative cross- section of the previous year's commu- nity fund givers, was sounded by let- ters. Approximately 60 per cent re- plied. The clinic was established, and —revealing, Mr. Bookman says, the ex- tent to which the city has been edu- cated—the first patients were not sent in by physicians, but were husbands brought in by their wives, who sus- pected they were going “daffy.” Cincinnati, despite its public gener- osity, still is far from its ideal, but it is making rapid progress. But, after all, says Mr. Bookman, the acid test is not the amount of money raised but the it of the giver. The gift with- out the giver is bare. ‘The outstanding result has been the fostering of the spirit of democracy and of responsibility. Responsibility Is Held Key. ‘The key to the success of any com- munity fund, he says, is a proper ap- preciation of responsibility. Spreading the thought of giving over a wider circle of people is not sufficient, but those who are able to give generously must be shown that the success of the movement depends upon their steady, substantial c. .atributions year after year. A large number of $5 gifts will not make up a substantial Community Chest. There must be a proper bro- portion of $10,000 and $5,000 contribu- tions. ‘There should be a few well above $10,000. The following summary of the work done with the Cincinnati community fund in a typical year illustrates the extent of the activities: Different individuals served during camp season, 4,375. Days’ care given, 63,888. ‘Total attendance at other activities, 787,905. H Public and parochial school pupils enrolled in the Civic and Vocational 985. in behalf of service men ad- justed, 581. Thousands of other serv- ice men given recreational and club privileges. Victims of injustice to the number of 2,789 had legal difficulties adjusted by the Legal Aid Society. Persons cared for Chest hospitals, 17,681. Days of free service, 37,319; days of part-pay service given, 111,689, Different parties given medical care in Community police and courts could do no better in in dispensaries, 28,745. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAPTER making these men pay up. The result| This has | 1,155, Aged and homes, 409. Several hundred Little Brothers and Little Sisters given sunervision. Children cared for in day nurseries, incurable cared for in Dependent children cared for in homes for this purpose, 5,494. Unmarried mothers and their babies given care in maternity homes, 210. Children protected from cruelty and neglect, through the Ohio Humane So- ciety, 6,485. Travelers Given Service. Travelers given adyice and direction by the Travelers Aid Society, 13,983, and 4,782 more given aid where there| were real social problems to be worked cut. (The number of individuals in large as the figures indicate, because the figures represent cases which are as apt to be a whole family or group of individuals as a single person.) | Boys and girls of teen age enrolled |in scouting and similar activities, 7,307. Patients visited by the nurses, 15,561. Deaf, blind and otherwise handi- C:gped individuals receiving service, More than 6,000 homeless men and ‘women given lodging and care. ‘The agencies decing public health education have Jistributed 188,745 pieces of health literciure and have given health addresses before 41,927 people. There is considerable duplication be- tween the different services which is unavoidable, viz.. a family may be gettting relief, have a child in a day nursery and another in scouting. Hours of labor given opportunity workers by good-will industries, 88,136. ‘Wages paid opportunity workers, $24,175. Social Service Exchange—Total in- quiries, 31,121, of which 16,690 were Identified. Homes' Are Inspected. Better Housing League—Visits made to families, 5,312; house inspection and supervision visits, 4,826; repairs made, 3,398; conveniences installed, 2,443; fire risks removed, 1,501; of houses cleaned, papered and painted, 7,309; houses torn down, 68; houses va- cated, 58; families moved, 208; over- crowding eliminated, 128; eviction cases handled, 260, and interviews with pwn- ers, 1,346, Smoke Abatement League—Inspec- tions made, 647; furnace tests, 197; furnace repairs, 42; fuel changes, 42; steam air jets installed, 69; new stacks erected, 30; stationary stack observa- ;,Igroxg, 11,988, and railroad observations, Families to the number of 8,222 _re given major care and assistance by the family welfare agencies. The average number receiving relief monthly was 592. Minor care cases numbered thou- sands. The amount of direct rellef given, not including that obtained from other sources, was $147,735. RED CROSS REMOVES ROLL CALL QUARTERS Work to Be Conducted From Chapter Offices Until Quota Is Obtained. The roll call headquarters of the Dis- trict Chapter of the American Red Cross were moved today to the chapter house, 821 Sixteenth street, from 1342 G street, where they have been since before the roll call opened Armistice day. In order to enroll the quota of 40,- 000 members for the District chapter, the roll call will be continued until that number is obtained. The roll call is now more than 10,000 short of this membership and it is urged that citi- zens enroll as fast as possible in order that the quota may be reported by Christmas day. Among the reports which came in yesterday in donations and member- ships were the following: National headquarters Red Cross, ad- ditional, $164; The Evening Star per- sonnel, $734.50; Miss Madeira’s School, $23! the Misses Eastman School, $106; Naval Air Station, $141, and the Department of the Interior, $628.63. Staunton Postal Employe Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., December 8.—Wil- liam B. Henkel. 48 years old, died at hie home on Frazier street Wednesday at 6 p.m,, following an illness of 10 days: He had been connected with the posl office here more than 20 years. Puneral services were held yesterday. AMERICAN RED CROSS Official Reliet Organization of the Government this group is three or four times as|Edwin AMBULANGE MEN FREED BY COURT Policeman Unable to Identify Driver in Traffic Violation. Inability of a policeman to identify | the driver of the Emergency Hospital ambulance, which he said passed on the wrong side of a street, car Tuesday, | prevented a test case yesterday to de- | termine whether such tactics on the part of an ambulance driver constitutes reckless driving. Subpoenas were issued for Dr. I. Rut- koski, staff physician, and Wililam Plersen, colored driver, who appeared with another colored driver in the as- sistant _corporation counsel's office at Police Court yesterday for a preliminary hearing. _Plerson claimed he was off duty on Tuesday, and the policeman de- clared neither of the two drivers looked like the driver who went on the wrong side of the street car. Accordingly the case was dropped without any papers being issued. ‘The policeman stated the ambulance was going north on Fourteenth street, lat L street and although he claimed there was plenty of room for the vehicle | to pass on the right, the driver, he said, “got paralyzed” and drove to the left. Offictals of the corporation counsel's office told the men they considered it more dangerous to pass a street car on the left than to drive on the wrong side of the street, and were ready to send the case into the Traffic Court when it developed the driver could not be identified. ROCKVILLE. cial).—Columbus G. Bean, farmer, died suddenly Thursday night at his home near Lay Hill, aged 56 years. He was stricken after returning to his home from visiting a friend in the hospital at Sandy Spring, and died within a very few minutes. Heart disease is given as the cause. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Effie Bean, formerly a and a daughter. The funeral will take place from the home at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, burial to be in Forest Oak Cemetery, Gaithersburg. Mr. Bean was a son of the late Cor- nelius Bean and was a lifelong resident of the county. He was a_brother of John H. Somerville and Windsor L. Bean of Washington and Elijah T. and Spencer J. Bean and Mrs. Maggie ‘Welsh of this county. The monthly conference of the high school teachers of the county, of which there are approximately 75, was held in the Rockville High School auditorium vesterday afternoon, conducted by Prof. lwin W. Broome, county superintend- ent of schools, assisted by Thomas W. Pyle, county high school supervisor. The - teachers were separated into groups according to subjects “taught and worked over the substance of the different subjects as being taught dur- g the current month. All were en- tertained "by the faculty of the Rock- ville High School. Marriage License Issued. license has been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of Cornelius H. Holt, 26 years old, of Chicago, and Miss Beulah Esther Kidwell, 18, or- Arlington, Va. The Norman B. Price American Legion Post of Sandy Spring has elected the following officers for the ensuing yvar: Commander, H. M. Carroll; vice com- mander, L. T. Bussler; adjutant, Reuben Brigham; finance officer, F. A. Thomas; historian, R. L. Benson; chaplain, Thomas Hyde, 4th; sergeant-at-arms, H. L. Harding; color bearer, A. T. Clark; executive committee members, Edward Snowden and J. Ferguson Barnsley, delegates to meetings of Montgomery County American Legion Council, H. M. Carroll, Reuben Brigham and J. Fergu- son Barnsley. ‘The Post decided to present bronze medals to the boy and girl making the best all-around record as members of this year’s graduating class of the Sandy Spring Grammar School. Refreshments were served following the meeting. The contract for the erection of a modern banking building for the Farm- ers' Banking & Trust Co. of Rockville has been awarded to the Tighlman Moyer Co. of Allentown, Pa., by the building committee, consisting of Rol G. Hilton, president of the bank, Dr. Ernest L. Bullard and Thomas W. Perry, directors. and it is stated that work will be started early next year and completed by November 1. The cost will be something over $100,000. The structure will occupy the site of the present building, according to present plans, and will be of stone and brick construction and two stories in height. The lower floor will be exclusively for banking purposes and on the upper floor will be office rooms. Driver Given 18 Months. Andrew Wood, colored, of Washing- ton, found guilty in the Circuit Court here last week of manslaughter as a result of the death several months ago of Maurice L. Thompson, well known young resident of Colesville district, who was struck and instantly killed by an automobile driven by Wood while he was repairing a tire of his own car on the side of the Colesville pike, near Colesville, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Robert B. Peter to 18 months in the House of Correction. Other sen- tences imposed by Judge Peter were: Walter Booker, colored, 18 months in House of Correction for larceny, and Irvin Hoes and Leonard Hoes, colored, brothers, one year in the House of Cor- rection for larceny. Rev. Joseph H. Balthis of Washing- ton, presiding elder of-the Washington district of the M. E. Church South, will deliver the sermon in the Rockville Methodist Church tomorrow evening, according to announcement by the pastor, Rev. Frank T. Tyler. Licenses were issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here yesterday for the marriage of Thomas Vernon Gar- rison, 33, of Hyattsville, Md., and Miss Merle J. Payne, 26, of Washington; James 8. Searle of Los Angeles, Calif., and Miss Pearl Aurdrey Bursler of Clarendon, Va., and Angelo Borello and ;m;':, Angelina Bruno, both of Wash- ington. sy Accident Victim Succumbs. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 8.—In- dent on November 24 proved fatal yes- terday to Ralph Troxell, 25 years old. He had been unconscious at_the local hospital since the accident. He is sur- vived by his mother and stepfather. * The Brighton 2123 California St. N.W. Several very desirable apart- ments, in periect condition, ROCKVILLE, Md., December 8 (Spe- | Miss Nullican of this county, a son ! GIRL, 18, 1S HURT Driver Also. Suffers Injury. Retiréd Army Enqineer Knocked Down. ‘Thrown from the automobile in which she was a passenger when it overturned after striking a telegraph pole near ing, Miss Doruthy Murphy, 18 years old, 42 Rhode Island avenue, was rushed to Casualty Hospital and found to be suffering from severe head in- juries ana cuts and bruises about the body. Her condition is sald to be serious. Miss Murphy is said to have been riding n an automobile with Thomas W. White, 21 years old, 132 Q street, and Walter M. Wilson, jr. address un- known, White was brought to the hos- pital with her and treated .for cuts and bruises, Wilson, the driver, was un- injured and was arrested by Prince Georges County authorities on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Passing Motorist Gives Aid. The crash occurred in front of the home of Lloyd A. Douglas, on the Marl- boro pike. He hailed a passing motor- Ilst and sent the injured to the hos- ital. - The same accident indirectly resulted in the injury of Policeman Charles W. Cummins, 31 years old, of the ninth precinct. Cummins, who lives at 216 Eleventh street northeast, had gone to | the hospital to get a report on the ac- cident and was riding his motor cycle out of the driveway when it skidded, | throwing him to the street. He was carried into the hospital and found to to have a broken leg. Col. Fitch Severely Injured. Col. Graham Denby Fitch, 65 vears old, 2400 Twentieth street, prominent retired Army engineer, was injured last road near Nineteenth street by an auto- mobile operated by Miss Helen Koontz, 3313 Twentieth street northeast. He was taken to Emergency Hospital where his injuries were found to consist of | severe cuts. Col. Fitch is the father of Lieut. Graham Newell Fitch, who lost his life in the sinking of the submarine §-51, a year ago. Miss Barbara Morris, 17 years old, 3003 Thirty-fourth street, suffered lacerations to the forehead last night when the automobile she was driving was in a collision at Twentieth and P streets with a street car operated by Motorman C. H. Henderson, 1437 D street southeast. Miss Morris was treated at Emergency Hospital where her ccndi- tion was said to be not serious. e CONGRESS SESSION HIT. Public Affairs Institute Speaker Against “Lame Ducks.” Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 8— Addresses on current political topics featured the first session of the Mary- land Institute of Public Affairs held here yesterday. Dr. Elizabeth Baldwin of Hood College sion of Congress” and advocated its abolishment. Prederick Tyrone, econ- omist of the Bureau of Standards, dis- cussed water power and Dr. T. B. Sy- mons, head of the extension service of the University of Maryland, urged a greatest interest in agricultural research and educational work. Mrs. Raymond Morgan of Washing- ton, chairman of the committee on per- manent peace of the National Council of Women, discussed the Kellogg-Briand peace pact and predicted its ratification by the"United States Senate. Mrs. Har- i ris T. Baldwin of Washington, who was scheduled ‘to’ speak. was unable to at- tend. .Mrs. R. Morrison Henry of Wash- Ington, presided at the afternoon session. 'ROBBER GETS 15 YEARS. Winchester Man Sentenced Attacking Coal Merchant. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va. December 8.— William C. Robinson, who recently con- fessed he held up, beat and robbed G. O. Snapp, merchant and coal dealer. in the latter’s office, entered a plea of guilty in Corporation Court today and was sentenced to 15 years in the peniten- tiary. His only excuse was that he was out of work and needed monev for his family. Mr. Snapp, who was in a pre- carious condition for a week, is recover- ing from his wounds, inflicted by the butt of a revolver. Firman Rickard, 18, of Shenandoah County, who engaged in a fight with ‘Washington Coombs, Moorefield, W. Va., at » lumber camp near here last June. resulting in Coombs’ death the following day, pleaded guilty to voluntary man- slaughter and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Fall Kills Parrot, 40-Year-Old Pet Of Luray Caverns for Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., December ‘Polly,” a parrot belonging to the family of Rev. Walter Strickler of Luray, and known to hundreds and thousands of visitors to Luray Caverns, died a tragic death Thursday when blinded by the midday sun it stepped into space from a porch roof, falling to the street and dying. ‘The parrot was 40 years old. It had stood by while Rev. Strickler married more than 500 couples at his home. Invariably the bird upon completion of the ceremony, would utter the word: “Congratulations.” juries sustained in an automobile acci- |- ¥ e m—— DEVONSHIRE COURTS North Cleveland Park Wis. Ave., from Upton to Van Ness —e andsome. new. well - planned building enjoying a most des! and_convenient location, INOVERTURNED CAR night when he was struck on Columbia | attacked the present “lame duck ses-' Will Rogers Says: | { NEW YORK CITY.—Hoover is going in and out of those South American countries so fast they must be equipped with revolving doors. That Vestris investigation certainly turned in a thorough re- port. They said the ship was wrong, the crew was wrong, thie ciptain was wrong, the inspectors were wrong, England was wrong, America was wrong, the ozean was wrong. The only thing tacy failed to criticize was the thing that caused it alj. That was the weather. e CR. FOWLER VOICES SEAL SALE APPROVAL Health Officer Gives Particular Praise to Work of Tuber- culosis Association. Upper Marlboro, Md., early this morn- | | | | Dr. William C. Fowler, health officer, | today voiced his hearty approval of the {annual sale of Christmas health seals because the funds thus raised have enabled the Tuberculosis Asso- ciation of this city to make important contributions to- ward the preven- tion and spread of tuberculosis. Dr. Fowler sald: “In particular I would Jike to com- menced the work of this association, on the board of which I have served for several years, for its demonstration of the need of a sanatorium for tubercu- lous children. This has been shown through the operation of the Chil- dren's Health Camp during the past several Summer seasons. There a group of children excluded from the regular schools because of known tub.r- culous infection have been given day and night care, with adequate rest, daily sun baths, open-air slaeping, su- gjertvlsed occupations and a halanced Cash received for Christmas seals at the headquarters of the seal sale, 1022 Eleventh street, up to noon today. represented the sale of about 900,000 seals, or $9,000 toward the budget goal of $40,000. i HELD IN GIRL'S DEATH. DE SOTO, Mo., December 8 (4).— Sol Hohenthal, 55, wealthy retired mer- chant of th's city, was arrested and re- leased on a $10,000 bond yesterday on a warrant charging him with second degree murder in the death of Pearl Potoskey, 25, St. Louis beauty shop owner, found slain in his bachelor apartment last Sunday, a bullet through her brain and her skull fractured in three places. Hohenthal has asserted Miss Potos- key, with whom he associated for nine years, ended her own life, but her sisters and mother test'fled he frequently had threatened to kill her. Christmas' Party Wednesday. Special Dispatch to The Star. ' COLLEGE PARK, Md., December 8. :scn‘rnmmas party will be held Wednes- Yy ular meeting of the Progress Club, at_the home of Mrs. Harrison. Next Friday the annual card party arranged of the College Park Volunteer Fire De- partment will be held at the Delta Psi Omega Fraternity house on College avenue. Mrs. S. S. Steinberg is chair- man of the arrangements committee. Mrs. E. M. Pickens heads the tickets committee, Mrs. Fix and Mrs. Brunck will have charge of ‘the tables and Mrs. W. A. Holbrook is chairman of the re- Ireshments ‘committee. Cadets Given R. 0. T. . Lessons. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., December 8.—Col Harry Cootes of the 18th Division. U. 8. A, held a group class for Reserve officers Wednesday at Staunton Military Acadmy, 14 Reserve officers being pres- ent, Col. Cootes’ subject being combat orders. .After the lecture the office: wel:.c glven problems dealing with the subfect. Newly Redecorated Four Rooms, Kitchen and Bath in Modern Fireproof Building Moderate Rental THE MONTANA 1726 M St. N.W. ' LEETH BROS. Open Daily Sunday 8 AM.-11 P.M. -5 P.M. P.M. 9 AM.-5 P.M. INVEST YOUR = 100 Monthly Sample Home 1731 Upshur St. N.W., [ 1018 Third St. N.E,, j connection with the next reg- | by the club for the benefit Bk R CONMISSIN. SUBJECT OF PARLEY | . Measures for Prolonging Its Life Considered in Confer- ence at Capitol. By the Associated Press. 5 The approaching death of the Radio | Commission, which goes out of office next March 16 under the present law, was the subject of conferences yester- day at the Capitol and at the commis- sion. Introduction of legislation to prolong the life of the body was considered at a meeting of Senate and House mem- bers called by Chairman Watson of the Senate interstate commerce com- mittee. It was decided to determine. the sentiment of Congress on the sub- ject before attempting a move in this direction. Senator Dill’s Proposal. Senator Dill, Democrat, Washington a member of yesterday's conference, expressed a desire to initiate legislation” extending the commission for another, period. It was pointed out at the meet- ing, however, that any serious opposi-, tion to such a bill probably would be successful in view of the limited term of this session and the crowded cal: endar. Others attending the meeting at the Capitol included Representatives White, Republican, Maine, and Davis, Demo- crat, Tennessee, the ranking members or the House merchant marine committe~ which handles radio legislation. Commission Members Not a Unit. At the commission headquarters ther: was a division of opinion as to the ad- visability of continuing the body over a new period. Some members believed its work could be disposed of by the March 16 deadline. Others were doubtful. Regardless of the outcome of the proposal for extension, the members of the commission will continue to serve after March 16 as an appellate body, hearing appeals from rulings of the Department of Commerce. which' would be charged with the control of radio thereafter. SIS RABBIT BAN APPLIED. | Maryland Halts Importations Be cause of Tularemia. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 8.—Follow ing_reports of discovery of tularemia |in Prince Georges and Kent Countles yesterday a ban on the importation of out-of-State rabbits for propagation work has been ordered by E. Lee Le- Compte, State game’ warden, “This will be the first time in many years in which the State has not pur- chased and released thousands of rab- bits in the counties,” he said. “With the disease prevalent in every State, ex- cept six in the New England area, 1 do not feel that it is proper to add to the :’ljoubles which we already have with the isease.” » } Whether you rent or whether you buy You pay for the hom¢ you oceupy.” | Apartments of Distinction in Yashingtcn’s most :xclusive building T e ““even and nine rooms _ and three baths with ! enclosed porches. Each apartment has a servant’s room and bath. Your Inspection Invited. H. L. RUST COMPANY 1001 15th St. N.W. Main 8100 TP I PP LIPS I VLI LI LI P 0y s N I Let Christmas 19 be long remembered XMAS SAVINGS FUND CHECK IN A NEW HOME CAS Payments - s Open Toda , just west of 16th St. 1204 Hemlock St. N.W., near 16th St. ust north K High grade, but not high priced. ___ 512 11th 8t. N.W. ROOFING—by Koons Slag Roofing. 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