Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1928, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. G5 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 9 Dy 1928. Delegates of 40 nations attending the sessions here of the first International Civil Aeronautics Con- ference. The group, including many of the world's most prominent figures in aviation development, was photographed outside the Chamber of Commerce Building, where the conference sessions are being held. cast in tonight ~—Wide World Photos. the Grecian play, “Manhood,” to be presented by the Masque and Bauble and tomorrow night at Gaston Hall. Left right: Robert Criscuola, Miles O’Brien, Frank Wenzler, Peter Keber and Jack Hayes. The play was written by Rev. Thomas B. Chetwood, regent of the Law School, and is being directed by Rev. Francis Fay Murphy. REFORM MEETING OPENS TOMORROW International Federation Holds. 33d Annual Confer- ence in D. C. ‘The International Reform Federation, Blaiming a membership of about 1,000,- | P00, will convene here tomorrow in its thirty-third annual conference, to be featured by a banquet and mass meet- ing in Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth hnd H streets, tomorrow evening. The program will open with devo- tional services, conducted by Rev. O. R. Miller of Albany, N. Y., superintendent of the New York Civic League, in the ization’s headquarters, 206 Penn- ivania avenue southeast, tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, to be followed by & memorial breakfast there at 9:15 o'clock. Mrs, Rose E. Pennell will be postess at the latter. An executive session, at which re- ports will be made by the heads of the various departments of the organi- gation, will be held at the headquar- ters at 10:30. Addresses will be delivered at the banquet tomorrow evening by Miss Frances E. Winters, field secretary of the Federal Motion Picture Council in America, who will speak on “Modern Dilinquency,” and by Rev. William Bheafe Chase, pastor of Christ Episco- pal Churcn, Brooklyn, and superintend- eni of the International Reform Fed- eration, whose subject will be “Motion Pictures and Youth.” Discussions will be led by Rev. Henry N. Pringle, director of law enforcement of the federation. U. 8. Prohibition Commissioner Dr. James M. Doran, Representative Wil- liam H. Sproul of Kansas, and Clinton N. Howard, chairman of the National United Committee for Law Enforce- ment, will speak at the mass meeting in Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow nilght following adjournment of the! banquet meeting. ‘There will be no meeting of the fed- eration Saturday. Former Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Dr. Chase, former Representative William D. Up- shaw of Georgia and Mr. Howard will speak at the final meeting of the fed- eration in Calvary Baptist Church Sun- day afternoon. This meeting is to convene at 3 o'clock. NAVAL GUN FACTORY FORCE SHOWS GAIN Increases in the working force at the Jocal naval gun factory during the past year, of more than 35 per cent, were reported to Secretary Wilbur in the an- nual report of Rear Admiral William D. Leary, chief of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance. He says that the gun factory has continued during the last fiscal year in its upward trend of increased personnel and production of ordnance material The working force has been increased about 1,000 employes, bringing the total - | license and gasoline taxes. HIGHWAY FINANCE METHODS DEBATED Missouri and Wisconsin En- gineers Discuss Proposals at Meeting in District. Merits of the bond issue and pay-as- you-go plan in financing improved roads were discussed at the opening ses- sion of the Highway Research Board at the National Academy of Science Build- ing this morning. Advocates of both plans, insisted that the cost of road construction should be carried by the automobile owner through T. H. Cut- ler, chief engineer of the Missouri Highway Commission, insisted that the greatest economies were secured by large bond issues, the interest and amortization charges on which could be met out of the ges and license taxes. J. T. Donahey, former chief engineer of the Wisconsm Highway Commission, said it was pessible to build almost 50 per cent mye roads at the same cost under the pay-as-you-go plan. Mr. Donahey said when large sums of money are made suddenly avafiable the State road builders lose their sense of economy and waste is certain to re- sult. He insisted that a mile of im- proved road costs a State approximately $3,000 each year. When roads are built on the pay-as-you-go plan, he said, those routes receiving first attention are those which are needed locally by the people who pay the taxes to build and support them, while under the bond issue plan, miles of roads are built through a State for the benefit of interstate traffic, which contributes nothing. The annual meeting of the Highway Research Board was opened by Vernon Kellogg, secretary of the National Re- search Council. The discussion on highway financing was conducted by H. J. Kirk, director of highways of ©Ohio. UNMACHT IS ELECTED HEAD OF SOJOURNERS New Officers of National Group| Will Be Installed ‘at January Banquet. Capt. George F. Unmacht was elected president of Washington Chapter, No. 3, of the National Sojourners last night at a meeting in the Mhyflower Hotel. The principal address was delivered by Rep- resentative Albert Johnson of Wash- ington, who spoke on “Immigration and Its Relationship to Crime.” New officers will be installed at_the annual banquet at the Mayflower Jan- | uary 11. Col. Paul V. McNutt, national commander of the American Legion, will be the speaker. Other officers chosen last night in- clude: Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland, Rear Admiral T. J. Cowie, Maj. Gen. John |A. Lejeune, Dr. William O. Boss, i Comdr, Charles S. Root and Comdr. P. C. Whitney, vice presidents; Past Pre: ident Bolivar J. Lloyd, chairman of the planning committee; Capt. Edwin S. | | Bettelheim, jr., secretary; Capt. Alfred of shop employes to about 3,800. The office and drafting forces have been in- ‘creased by -10, C. Oliver, chaplain; Maj. E. T. Come- sentinel, » —Star Staff Photo. Orville Wright, aviation pioneer and honored delegate of the air conference, is greeted by Secretary of Commerce William F. Whiting (left) as he arrives to attend the opening session of the conference at the Chamber of Commerce Building. —Associated Press Photo. The first step in the Wright brothers’ conquest of the air 25 years ago. This historic photograph shows Orville Wright, honored delegate of the United States in the present air conference here, making one of the first flights in the Wright heavier-than-air glider over the sand dunes at Kitty Hawk, N. C. The glider flights guided the famous brothers in their construction of the first successful motor-driven plane. —Copyright, H. D. Jones, from Fotograms. A new disciple of Carrie Nation and the Kansas City saloon upon which she descended with .a hatchet the other day after claiming liquor had been sold there to her husband and daughter. Mrs. Maude Wilson (inset) wielded the hatchet that caused this shattering of mirrors, plate glass windows and fixtures. Christian Brothers breaking ground yesterday for 3 new institution at Queens Chapel and Chillum roads, to bo known as De La Salle College. Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic University, holds the spade in this group at the ground-breaking ceremony. school for boys and also a house of study for the Christian Brothers Order. It will occupy a 55-acre site. The institution will be a boarding —Star Staff Photo. NURSES TO APPEAR AT'HOUSE HEARING Delegation to Give Views on Bill to Amend Registration in District. Superintendents of Nurses in Emer- gency, Casualty, Georgetown, George Washington, Columbia, Providence, Garfield, Gallinger and other hospitals, with a delegation of nurses from each Institution, are to appear at a hearing tomorrow morning before the subcom- mittee on public health, hospitals and charity of the House District commit- tee, of which Representative Bowman of West Virginia is chairman. Dr, Fowler, the District health officer, also has been invited to testify regard- ing the bill introduced by Representa- tive Fish of New York to amend the act of February 9, 1907, providing for registration of nurses in the District. ‘The witnesses, from the superintend- ents of nurses and nurses, will be in charge of Miss Janet Fish, superin- tendent at Emergency Hospital. ‘The bill provides for a nurses’ ex- amining board of five members with five-year terms appointed by the Dis- trict Commissioners from nominations made by the Graduate Nurses' Associa- tion, of which each examiner must be | a member. This board shall issue cer- tificates of registration, shall maintain a registry of nurses’ training schools in the District approved by the board, and the executive secretary of the board shall make regular inspection of recognized schools of nursing in the District and report to the board on the efficiency and quality of training af- forded by such schools. Purse-Snatcher Gets $5. Dorothy Bell, 919 Third street, was the victim of a pocketbook snatcher early last night while on L between Fourth and Fifth streets. An unidenti- gys, treasurer, and Capi. L. L. Shook, | fied colored man snatched her. pocket- ook containing $5. ON 20 YEARS' RE Congratulatory letters from President Coolidge and Chief Justice William Howard Taft were read last night at a Red .Cross banquet in the Willard Ho- tel commemorating the twentieth an- niversary of Col. Ernest P. Bicknell's service with the organization. Col. Bick- nell is vice chairman in charge of for- eign operation of the Red Cross. Both the President and Chief Justice Taft expressed their regrets at being unable to attend the function and ad- drssed the following letters to Miss Ma- bel 'I'. Boardman, secretary: “riy Dear Miss Boardman: As presi- denl- of the American Red Cross, it is a_givat pleasure to testify to the high charicter.of the service rendered to our orgihization for the past 20 years by Col. Ernest P. Bicknell. I am glad you are o recognize them by giving a dinner in Ni's honor. “lLoyalty and unselfish devotion are| not uncommon traits of Red Cross worsers, But they have never been exelplified more strikingly than by hips. who now is givifg his time and ¢ italeuts in the important post of vice ch#irman in charge of foreign opera- tiosis. Very truly yours, “CALVIN COOLIDGE.” Chief Justice Taft wrote: “My dear Miss Boardman, I am very sorry that because I do not go to dinners or go out at night I cannot attend the din- ner to Mr. and Mrs, Bicknell. Mr. Bicknell’s loyal and devoted service to the. . Red Cross certainly deserves a recgnition of what we owe him. His experience has been of the highest valie and his willingness most com- melidable. I hope that you will pre- serl to Mr. Bicknell my sincere ap- preciation and felicitation on the rec- ord . which he has made in this field of humanity. Sincerely yours, » “WILLIAM H. TAFT.” Judge John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, presided. COL. E. P. BICKNELL IS HONORED D CROSS SERVICE Speakers included Miss Boardman, Hastings H. Hart of the Russell Sage Foundation of New York, Mrs. William K. Draper, James L. Fieser, Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs. August Belmont and Douglas Griesemer. Navy Man Killed. NORFOLK, Va. December 13 (#).— Rufus Autrey Whitlock, 38, chief boat- swain’s mate, attached to the Hampton Roads Naval Receiving Station, was killed instantly late yesterday, when his gun discharged accidentally while he was hunting with a party of friends near Hickory, Norfolk County. ‘Whitlock was a native of Knoxville, ‘Tenn,, and is survived by his widow and two children, He had been in the Navy 15 years. 12 TO BECOME HONORARY ALMAS TEMPLE MEMBERS Nine members of the House of Rep- resentatives and three officials of other temples will be made honorary mem- bers of the Almas Temple at the last ceremonial to be held this year. The induction will take place Monday night at 7:30 o'clock in the .President Theater. ‘The Representatives are Charles A. Christopherson, Henry F. Niedringhaus, John T. Buckbee, Joseph T. Deal, Clif- ton A. Woodrum, S. D. McReynolds, Prank Murphy, Noble J. Johnson and Orie S. Ware. Members of the Shrine from other cities who will be made honorary mem- bers include Albert H. Fiebach, po- tentate of Al Koran Temple of Cleve- land; Dana S. Williams, imperial sec- ond 'ceremonial master, of Lewiston, Me, and Clyde I. Webster, interior honor guard, of Detroit, Mich. great sacrifice. ments in The Star. Antique Furniture Chairs Desks Dining Room Set Dresses 2 Furniture of various kinds Mirrors Rugs Pianos Good Business in Buying A merchant is able to mak chase as by a clever sale. The same is true of the individual. Often a family is leaving town or forced to discontinue housekeeping for other reasons. household articles, frequently very valuable, are offered at a These offerings most invariabl: the Sale Miscellaneous classification of The Star. of anything of the kind, better read these little announce- In today’s Star, on page 56, there are 91 Sale Miscel- laneous advertisements offering— Kitchen Cabinet Mattresses Piano-Player Radio e as much by a judicious pur- The furniture and other y appear in If in need gewlng Machines ofa Typewriters Vacuum Cleaners Washing Machine ‘Washstands —Associated Press Photo. DRUG TRADE YOTES - TOAD ININQUIRY Will Co-operate With Federal Study of Chain Store Problem. | The National Drug Trade Conference, | which is ending its annual session at the Hotel Washington today, went on record to co-operate with the Federal | Trade Commission in its inquiry of the | chain-store problem in-so-far as the drug interests are concerned. ‘The conference, which is made up of | delegates from the National Drug As- | sociations, retailers, wholesalers, manu- | facturers, colleges and boards of phar- macy all being represented, decided to | render all available information to the | inquiry on the cost of medical care of the general public now underway by a committee headed by Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Leland Stanford University and a brother of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur. The conference ap- pointed a committee to co-operate with Dr. Wilbur, this committee to center its work on the pharmaceutical side of the inquiry. Indorsement of the proposed creation of a pharmacy corps for the United States Army was recorded. The con- ference expressed the opinjon that the members of their. profession were en- tiled to equal recognition with members of the medical and dental professions and that the men in the Army were en- tiled to the same opportunity for com- plete medical attention as is now avail- able to the general public. ~he present practice of the Federal Government, in cases arising under the -pure food and drug act of “multiple seizures;” ,whereby identical cases are brought against manufacturers in magy judicial districts was condemned as be= ing contrary to law. ‘The passage of new legislation for the control of the labeling of poisons was advocated for the better protection of the general public. At present, it was pointed out, there is such a con- flict in the laws and their judicial interpretation that it was agreed that legislation was needed to specifically name all drugs that are poisonous and which should be so lobeled. ‘The conference will adjourn today to meet here, as it is its practice, in December of next year. GAS TAX REFUND PLEA GIVEN SENATE GROUP The report of Controller General Mc- Carl, showing that the various Govern- {ment departments in Washington have paid a’total of $18,220.19 under the Dis- trict gasoline tax law on automobiles, has been referred to the Senate claims committee for whatever action it deems advisable. ‘The controller suggested in his report that Congress could either authorize re- imbursing the appropriations of the | various departments from some District funds or authorize the charging of ap- CITIZENS TO HEAR OF SCHOOL NEEDS Board of Education Will Con- fer With Capital Resi- dents Tonight. The Board of Education probably will seek the public’s stamp of approval upon its recent efforts to obtain what it believes are improvements in the relations between the school system, the District government and Congress, when it meets at 8 o'clock tonight with civic group representatives in the Frank- lin administration building. Acting on authority voted him at the last meeting of the board, Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Education, will address the citizens on conditions surrounding the framing of the school estimates in the 1930 budget. ess he will explain the school board’s attitude in seeking au- thority to submit its school needs esti- mates direct to the Bureau of the Bud- get, and its proposed legislation direct to the District committees of Congress, as well as other changes in the present practice under which the school system operates. { At the last meeting of the board Dr, Carusi indicated that he would put the continuation of the school authorities’ efforts to obtain these improvemants squarely up to the citizens themselves, Whether the opinion of the citizens wjll be sought by the adoption of a resolu< tion at tonight's meeting, or by a series of resolutions adopted later by the in- dividual civic and trade bodies was not determined this morning, Although it is definite such an expression of opinion will be invited. The first open indication of the school board’s efforts to change its re- lations with the District government came early this Fall, when the board refused to cut $1,000,000 from its 1930 estimate at the request of the Dis- trict Commissioners. Tonight’s meeting is the semi-annual meeting which the school authorities hold with the citizens following the presentation of the budget to Congress. A -similar meeting is held in -April, when the school authorities consider with the citizens the school needs, while tonight the school people will render their account. | GAS REVALUATION HEARING ADJOURNED The hearing of the Washington Gas Light Co.’s revaluation case proved un- productive today when Swager Sherley, counsel for the company, announced that in several conferences with the le- gal representatives of the Public Utili- ties Commission no decision could be reached as to the concessions the com- mission would allow in case the com- pany agreed to its appeal from the 1917 valuation order now pending in the District Supreme Court. The hearing was then immediately adjourned to 10 a.m. next Monday. propriations available for purchase of gasoline with the amount of the Dis- trict tax when the tax is included as a part of the price the Government paid for gasoline, th: meantime it is expected that fur- ther conferences will take place among lawyers for the company and the com- mission and that an agreement. may eventually be- reached..