Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1929, Page 17

Washington News - The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D O, THURSDAY, MARCH STEPS T0 ASK BIDS ONNEW NAVY YARD MACHINERY TAKEN Specifications Being Rapidly Whipped Into Shape by Officials. $200,000 EXPENDITURE MAY BE NECESSlTATEDi Capacity to Be Increased. but No Marked Increase in Force FLOWERS SHOWN I | | | Is Expected. The Navy Department is preparing to | call for bids in a few days for additional | machinery at the Washington Navy Yard that will be used in the construc- | tion of gun mounts and other arma- | ment and may necessitate an expend ture of $200.000 Officials at the navy yard said tod: that the specifications for this new ma- chinery are being rapidly whipped into | shape so that the department may sub- ‘ mit them to contractors for considera- tion. The supply bill that laid the| groundwork for preparing for construc- tion of the 15 new cruisers and one airplane carrier, recently authorized by Congress, provides for a sum up to| 200,000 for additional equipment. ‘This | sum is made available immediately. so | that the department can call for bids | at an early date. i i Needed Machinery Listed. The additional machinery that \x‘illl be necessary in the Washington Navy | Yard, officials explained today, is an addition to the foundry of a sand glass and cleaning shed, machinery to in- | crease the capacity for a boring mill | and a number of machines to take care | of the different type of work necessi- tated by the design contemplated for the new cruisers. ‘There will not be any marked in-| crease in force at the Washington Navy Yard, officials said, but it is definite that there will be some increase pend- ing the development of the work and available appropriations. This will not take place for several months, however, it was said. Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, said that he expects to pass on the specifications for the new machinery, submitfed by the Washing- ton Navy Yard, in the course of a few days and that.bids will then be called for. This machinery, he said, will in- crease the capacity of the' Washington Navy Yard. “It is practically certain that the Washington Navy Yard will have suffi- | cient work to fill it to capacity,” Ad- miral Leahy told The Star. Gun Manufacture Proceeding. The manufacture of guns with the eigtht cruisers riow under construction— | the Pensacola, Salt Lake City, Louis- ville, Chester, Northampton, Chicago, Houston and Augusta—is proceeding satisfactorily; at the Washington Navy Yard, it was learned. The guns are being made ready for delivery to be installed at the dates fixed, so that the ships may be completed on schedule. ‘The guns are made ready a year ahead of the delivery date of the vessels so that they can be placed in position in the various shipyards. Officials of the navy yard declined to indicate the number of guns that have now been manufactured there on the eight-cruiser program. Information is lacking at this time concerning just exactly what extra out- put will be made possible through the mn;zmplnted expansion at the navy yard. BISHOP GIVES PRAISE | TO HOOVER REGIME Commends New Administration for| Seeking to Rectify Law- lessness. “The Hoover administration has al- | ready done far more than we have been | vsed to in an effort to make Washing- | to a Christlike city and the country a Christlike Nation,” Bishop W. F. Mc- Dowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Washington said in his ser- mon at the noonday Lenten services today at the First Congregational Church Bishop McDowell praised the new ad- ‘Ministration in taking immediate steps to rectify the condition of lawlessness prevalent throughout the country, and in urging the abandonment of spiritual mediocrity said that we should have greater expectations in things Christ- like. . Bishop McDowell was called by the ‘Washington Federation of Churches, under whose auspices the services are held, to take the place of Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, pastor of the Central Con- gregational Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was compelled to return home sud- | denly last night to officiate at the| funeral of two members of his congre- gation. Dr. Cadman will re sume his series of talks tomorrow. The invocation was offered by Dr.| Harvey Baker Smith, president of the! ‘Washington Federation of Churches. | MELLON TO RETAIN | DEPARTMENT STAFF, , Treasury Chief Indicates Little| Concern Over Attacks Made on Him in Senate. By the Associated Press. Andrew W. Mellon, the only Secre- | fary of the Treasury to serve in that | office under three Presidents, will con- tinue with the same stafl organization that has served the department for yeals. The gray-haired cabinet officer indi- y that he was unruffied by st him in the Senate which culminated in the adoption of a reso- Jution by Senator McKellar, Tenessee, to_investigate his right to continue in office without being reconfirmed. Mr. Mellon came into the cabinet eight years ago and was confirmed only once, when his name was first presented to the Senate by President Harding. Only one Secretary of the Treasury served longer than has Mr. Mellon. Al- bert Gallatin, also of Pennsylvania, served from 1801 to 1813. but part of c time he was aboard and during that ! Legion posts in the Department of the | District of Columbia will be massed on their lives in the World War. ! mander of the post, who will be unable | L One of the rare blooms at the amary! and Miss Dorothy Smith, ATTRACTIVE SETTING Hlis show is displayed by Miss Louise Rae Star Staff Photo. | NOTABLES ATTEND | AMARYLLIS SHOW New Cabinet Members and| Wives See Exhibition of 1,200 Plants. The new cabinet members and their wives are guests of the sixteenth amaryllis show of the Department of Agriculture today and tomorrow, and | the public is crowding to the green- | houses at Fourteenth and B streets to get is first glimpse of the new official family. Secretary Hyde of the Department of Agriculture, with Mrs. Hyde and their jaughter, Caroline, opened the show yes- | terday, being escorted about the green- | houses by Dr. William A. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry. The amaryllis show this year is the largest in number of plants and blooms and in the wide range of coloring ever held in this part of the world. The bulbs, now in flower, are all hybrids inated by the department. | They are the results of the cross pol- | lination of 12 varieties imported from England in 1909. There are 1,200 plants in this exhibition, each plant bearing from one to six flower stems, with from | two to seven flowers on each stem. A number of the seedlings are flowering | for the first time. | ‘The school children of Washington | and nearby Maryland and Virginia "ei invited to attend the show on Saturday, when special arrangements will be| made for taking care of a record-break- ing attendance. Reservation of special parking space | in the department grounds for show visitors has increased the attendance. LERON BSERVES FOUNDIG TONGHT George Washington Post Has Arranged Program Celebrat- ing Tenth Anniversary. George Washington Post, No. 1. the pioneer post of the American Legion, will celebrate its tenth anniversary to- night at 8 o'clock at Memorial Con- tinental Hall. ‘The program will open with selections by the United States Marine Band, fol- lowed by the sounding of “Assembly” and calling of the meeting to order by | Paul V. Collins, commander. The colors of all of the American the stage under direction of Maj. E. L. Dyer. Invocation will be pronounced by Rev. Howard E. Snyder, post chap- lain, after which the audience will re- main standing for one minute of si- lence in memory of those who gave Taps will be sounded by a Marine Band bugler and Herman Fakler will sing “Flanders Requiem,” accompanied by Mrs. Stuart Johnson. Comdr. Col- lins will deliver an address on “Patriot- ism,” followed by the repeating of the preamble of the constitution of the Legion. Greetings will be read from President Hoover, Gen. John J. Persh- ing and E. Lester Jones, first com- to attend the exercises. Department Comdr. Harlan Wood will speak on “The American Legion,” followed by the singing of war songs| and an address by Department Adjt.| Howard S. Fisk, the first adjutant of George Washington _Post, Founding of George Washington Pos No. 1.” Herman Fakler will sing Who Have Faith.” accompanied by the United States Marine Band Orchestra, under the leadership of Capt. Taylor Branson. This selection, set to music by Mrs. Stuart Johnson, from a poem | found on the body of a dead soldier on a battleficld in France shortly before | the armistice, has been orchestrated by | Capt. Branson and is dedicated to| George Washington Post Past Department Comdr. Amos A.! Fries will speak on “Battles in Peace,” followed by singing. and an address by | Rear Admiral R. E. Coontz, U. S. N., {on “The Seven Seas” and closing with | an address by Rev. James Green, chief ! of the American Red Cross speake bureau. on “The National Red Cro | Society and the Disabled Veterans.” | VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. Icelandic Disturbance Is Far From | Inhabited Parts of Island. COPENHAGEN, March 7 (/). — The Icelandic legation received reports today of an eruption of the volcano Kverkf- joll, 60 miles from the southeastern coast of Iceland. The volcano is located far from the inhabited parts of the island. but the ime his office was declared vacant, so that he actuglly served only about 11 wears, eruption is plainly visible from north- ern Iceland. Kverkfioll is about 180 miles east of Reykjavik, the capital, | the commission. The commission stand: | List of Citizens’ Associations to Be | to conside B STREETPLANS WILL BE STUDIED National Capital Park and| Planning Commission to Meet Tomorrow. The project for the widening and improvement of B street from the Potomac River to the Capitol will be one of the major proposals to come up for consideration tomorrow at the meeting of the National Capital Park | and Planning Commission. At various times, Maj. Carey H.| Brown, the commission’s engineer ex- plained today, the commission has ap- proved part of the plan, but a complecs plan will be presented tomorrow for ap- | proval of the commission. The street i widths and set-back of buildings on the | street will be considered during the discussion of the program. Capt. P. St. J. Wilson, chief engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads, Depart- ment of Agriculture, and E. W. James, chief of the bureau’s design division, will explain to the commission at to- morrow afternoon’s session the present status of the Mount Vernon Highway project. Memorial Bridge to Come Up. Plans and suggestions relative to the | development of the Virginia end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge will come before the commission tomorrow. The work is progressing now to such a poing that formation of definite detailed plans for the treatment of the bridge head in connection with the highways of Vir- ginia is considered necessary, Maj. Brown asserted. Sometime tomorrow, the commission will visit the exhibition ‘“Washington, past, present and future,” arranged by the inaugural committee, under Lieut, | Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, on the ground floor of the Washington Building, Fifteenth street and New York avenue. Land Purchases to Be Discussed. It is expected that the commission, prior to the next meeting, will designate a committee for preparation of a pra gram for land purchases for the com- ing year. Some questions regarding land purchases will be passed on at the two-day meeting of the commission starting tomorrow. Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis- trict committee, who is a commissioned member, is vice chairman of the con- gressional committee named to investi- gate the airport situation in this vicinity and he will unofficially act as liaison officer between the legislative body and ready, it was explained, to undertake any study that legislators may request. POLL GROUP TO GIVE UTILITY POST NAMES Furnished With Data An- nounced by Committee. | apart, COSMIG NUCLEUS OF SKIES SOUGHT BY ASTRONOMERS Dr. Shapley Explains Nature| of Search Being Conducted by Scientists. GALAXIES 07F76ALAXIES REVOLVE IN HEAVENS Solar System But Dwarf Member of Galaxy, Including About 30,000,000,000 Stars. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Harvard University astronomers are | trying to find the center of all things— the cosmic nucleus around which re- volve galaxies of galaxies of stars, among which the Milky Way system, of which | the earth and the sun are a part, is| only a single galaxy. The nature of this search was ex- plained by Dr. Harlow Shapley, direc- tor of the Harvard Observatory, in a! lecture at Central High School audi torium last night. Much progress al- ready has been made under Dr. Shap- ley's direction in penetrating toward | this cosmic center. The work is being carried on at two observatories, one in Cambridge for observation of the north- ern heavens and one in South Africa for study of the much richer astronom- ical material of the southern heavens. ‘The sun and the solar sysiem, Dr. Shapley explained, is a dwarf member | of a galaxy which includes about 30.- 000.0000,000 stars at great distances of which the nearest Alpha Centauri in the Southern Hemisphere, about 25,000,000,000,000 miles away, so that it takes light from this next door neighbor approximately four years to reach the earth. ‘The earth is in the inside of a lens- WROUGHT like distribution of these 30,000,000.000 stars and the outlook from the earth | toward the Milky Way is toward the | rims of the disk. | Formerly the earth was believed to be approximately in the center of this | galaxy, but within the past few years | evidence has accumulated that it act- | ually is about 200 light years away from | the actual center where the telescopes | have revealed a vast conglomeration of | stars and star clusters, which apparently ; act as a central nucleus for the Milky | Way galactic system just as the sun is| a central nucleus for the eight planets | which revolve around it. 1 ‘Whirl at High Speeds. Around this galactic nucleus, Dr. Shapley said, the majority of the 30,- 000,000,000 stars and star systems are| whirling at high speeds, varying ac- cording to their distance from the cen- ter. It requires approximately 300,000,- 000 vears to make one complete turn constituting a single galactic day, com- | pared to the 24-hour-day of the earth ‘The Harvard astronomers now are try- ing to find the actual speed of the, heavenly bodies in this galactic revo- lution. This vast galactic system. Dr. Shap- | ley pointed out, really is only the start- | ing point of the exploration of the heavens. At incredible distances beyond it are other galactic systems, the exist- ence of which was hardly dreamed of a few years ago. These are sometimes discernible to the naked eye in the form of luminous, tiny clouds among | the stars, which were formerly consid- | ered as nebulae creating stars. About five years ago, however, it was possible to detect in these luminous patches | stars with alternating periods of bright. ness and dimness, by which it was pos- | sible to measure the distance. It turned out to be approximately a million light | years for the nearest. | ‘The discovery of the cephid variables | in the nebulae by an astronomer of the | Carnegie Institution of Washington practically was conclusive proof that | each of these luminous patches was not a part of the Milky Way galactic system, but a system in itself. None yet found, however, have approached the size of the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers Set to Work. , Once the determination was made that | he great nebulae were “island uni- erses,” the Harvard astronomers set. to work to discover more of them and map their approximate locations in relation to each other and to the galaxy of which the earth is a part. Between Arcturus and Regulus in the Northern | heavens the galaxies have been found particularly massed, leading to the theory that they may be companions | of the Milky Way galaxy in a single galaxy of galaxies. Thus far the Harvard astronomers have discovered 2775 such galaxies. One girl worker in the Cambridge labo- ratory has discovered about 2,000. Near- ly all were unknown before the present work started. ‘The committee conducting a public | | poll to determine those whose names | they desire presented to President Hoo- | ver for consideration to fill the existing | vacancy on the Public Utilities Com- | mission and another vacancy to occur | June 30, today announced that the! names will be presented for considera- tion by the following citizens' associa- tions: Before the Manor Park, Stanton Park and Takoma Park Citizens’ Assocaitions, | March 11; American University Park Citizens' Association, March 12; Gar- field and Richmond Park Citizens' As- sociations and to the Soroptomist Club | of the District of Columbia, March 13; | Glover Park Citizens’ Association, March 15: South Washington Citizens’ Association, March 20: Federation of Civic Associations. March 22: Mid-City Citizens' Association, March 25, and Georgetown Civic Association, March 6. The list of persons the poll commit- ng the varlous citizens' groups r to fill_the vacancies on the Public Utilities Commission has been | made public in the press. tee is as| WORK OF NURSES SOCIETY| IS DESCRIBED AT MEETING Bolling Addresses. Members of Starmont Aid Miss for Consumptives. The work of the Instructive Visiting | Nurses' Society was described to mem- bers of the Starmont Alr for Consump- tives at a meeting in the Women's City Club yesterday by Miss Gertrude Boll- ing, head of the Nurses' Society. Miss Bolling said that many of the services now performed by the Public Health Department were begun as ex- periments by the Instructive Visiting Nurses' Society. She suggested that Starmont organize a clinic committee to transport tuberculosis suspects to clinics for observation. Luncheon was served following the meeting. Dr. Shapley and his associates have found one system -of galaxies which is approximately 2,000,000 light years across, compared to about 300,000 light years for the Milky Way system. This is the Coma-Virgo cloud, named for the stars which lie in the path of its light rays coming to the earth, about midway between Arcturus and Regulus. The center of this galaxy is about 11,000,000 light years from the earth. Even with this, Dr. Shapley said, the | astronomers’ search for the center of all things has only started, for there still are apparently endless stretches of space beyond which there is no reason to suppose voids exist. Dim and distant beyond the Coma-Virgo cloud, the sky photographs have revealed three or four other star clouds. Thus far 45 galaxies of galaxies have been located. Dr.Shapley pointed out how- | ever, that there is accumulating evi- dence for the belief that the galaxies of galaxies themselves may be only units in a still lighter cosmic system. Apparently, he said, none of the great galaxies are entirely independent of each other, despite the distances be- tween them, but are attached across space by some slight gravitational at- traction bond, just as the earth is at- tached to the other planets and the sun to stars in its system. Battery of Six Telescopes. The distant star clouds are discovered by star photography. Those being made at the South African station of the Harvard Observatory have proved es- pecially valuable and soon the univer- sity will have.a battery of six tele- scopes in this section. The photo- graphs are forwarded to Cambridge, where the actual work of discovery and co-ordination is carried on in the as- tronomical laboratory. The actual center of the Mily Way galaxy, Dr. Shapley said, cannot be seen from the earth since it is screencd by one of the mysterlous “clouds of darkness,” which are frequent in the heavens. ‘These clouds of darkness, he said, probably are made up in part of such material as eonstitutes the tails of comets, which, escape into space, meteors, and possibly dead planets and dead suns. BY GALE WHICH LIQUOR CAR SEIZED BY POLICE SQUAD Youth Arrested After Chase! Through Northeast Sec- tion of City. Cutting in on an alleged liquor con- voy of three cars coming in Benning | road, at about 4:30 o'clock this morn- | ing, Sergt. Little and the police liquor | squad, after a chase through the North- | east section of the city that ended in | an alley off Morse street, reported seiz- | ing a car containing 239 quarts of | whisky and arrested George W. Brew, 23, of the 900 block of New York avenue on charges of possession and transporta- tion of liquor, reckless driving and fail- ure to change the address on his driver's | permit. Sergt. Little reported that the con- voy consisted of a pilot car. Brew's car and a car in the rear of these two, designed to block police pursuit efforts. The three cars were sighted, he reported, near the Benning Bridge. He said the | rear car blinked its light a couple of times and the middle car raced away. Disregarding the other two cars, Little’s squad made after the middle car. The report by Little on this case was followed by the declaration by Assistant United States Attorney R. F. Camalier that drivers of convoy cars used by rum runners to avoid capture will be | charged with aiding and abetting a ! felony. Hyde’s Prohibition Stand Is Shown in W. C. T. U. Honors By the Associated Press. The prohibition leanings of Ar- thur M. Hyde, new Secretary of Agricuiture, are plainly evident, for he is one of threce men who have served in the cabinet who have been able to write “Hon. Mem. W. C. T. U.” after their names. The others to hold cabinet of- fices. who have held honorary membership in this women's tem- perance organization, are Jo- sephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, and the late William Jennings Bryan, who served as Secretary of State in the Wilson cabinet. The Missouri W. C. T. U, conferred the honorary member- ship on Mr. Hyde. THOM IS INDORSED. Alfred P. Thom, sr., former president of the Virginia Bar Assoclation, was indorsed last night as a nominee of the Friendship Citizens' Association, at a meeting of the association in Janney School, Albemarle street and Wisconsin avenue. The association also indorsed William McK. Clayton for appointment to the Public_Utilities Commission, on motion by Wilson F. McCray, secretary of the association. Other resolutions recommended es- tablishment of safety zones on Wiscon- sin_avenue north of Albemarle street, and equipment of the Janney School auditorium as a gymnasium. A contribution of $10 toward im- proving -the grounds of the Friendship Branch of the Public Library was au- thorized. Roy C. Bowker bresided nli the meeting. Taxi Thief Leaves Half Her $72, Woman Victim Reports to Police How an unidentified thief went “30-50" with her yesterday afternoon, leaving $36 and taking $36 from her pocketbook, was related to police by Mrs. Robert E. Cornick, 811 Farragut street, whose complaint was one of several lodged at headquarters. Mrs.. Cornick said she missed half of the $72 on returning to her home from upper Connecticut avenue in a taxicab, recalling that she had left the pocketbook in the cab for 10 minutes while she entered a buildivg on the avenue, m.zs, ywas snatched from lored’ boys Theft of nine vending machines and two cartons of chocolates valued at $150° was reported to the police by Harry J. Wolcher, 1105 L street. He said his property was taken from a ga- rage in rear of 2111 Eighteenth street, where entrance was gained by breaking a lock on a door. Margaret Stewart, 1811 Ninth street, was the victim of a pocketbook snatcher | while on T between Sixth and Seventh streets about 12 o'clock last night. She told police her handbag, containing her by a Above: Roofs uplifted from three houses at Eighteenth and B streets southeast. Center: Firemen of No. 2 Truck Com- pany clearing debris from the top of a building at 1530 Fourteenth street. The metal roof was picked up by the wind and thrown onto/ the one-story annex in the rear. / Below: Thirty-foot 1 steel _eylinder, erected on the Bureau of Standards, | which collapsed under the pressure and nearly carried down a man standing on the roof. —Star Staff Photo. BALLOU OUTLINES Depend on Congressional Action on Appropriation. Establishment of special facilities for instructing crippled school children and pupils handicapped by weak eyesight | will be carried out as soon as Congress | makes funds available. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, last | night told the District of Columbia Pub- | | lic School Association, meeting in the | | District Building. | Mentioning several changes intended | to improve instructional conditions, Dr. Ballou said a co-ordinated effort would called free text book and sabatical leave bills at the special session. Special classrooms for crippled chil- yet to be designated. Dr. Ballou said. and plans are being formulated for establishment in all public schools of “eyesight conservation” classrooms, in which text books printed in large type may be available for use. Eighty Need Special Attention. School authorities estimate approxi- mately 80 crippled children of school age in Washington are unable to attend classes. When classrooms have been set aside for them and desks and benches provided in conformance to their in- firmities, transportation will be provided to and from homes and a physician will be made available at each of the two schools for their attention. Dr. Ballou said the school board would be prepared to ask Congress for funds for establishing a school for the crippled when circumstances indicated the efficacy of the program. ‘The standard of eligibility require- ments for teachers in the public school system will be raised 10 conform to edu- cational facilities made available with establishment of a teachers’ college and a junior college, both of which were au- thorized by the last Congress. Dr. Bal- lou said school officers are studying i plans for carrying out the authorization. It seems only just to public school chil- | dren, he said, that teachers should be required to have at least a college de- gree and a course in specialized work before being permitted to teach. Grad- uates of the two-year normal school course are eligible for teaching positions jin the elementary grades under the present standard of requirements. Senate Failed to Reach Vote. Doubt was expressed that the special session of Congress may consider the free text book and sabbatical leave bills | under a call of the President not men- tioning the subject. ‘The free text book bill, under which | the privilege of free books now enjoyed only by pupils in the elementary grades would be extended to all grades, was passed by the House at the last session but failed to reach a vote in the Senate. Dr. Ballou said he thought the District Commissioners and the Budget Bureau would not oppose the sabbatical leave bill, under which school teachers might take leave, not exceeding one year in seven years of service, for the purpose of continuing education. Half salary would be paid during the leave. ‘Herbert Bryant, president of the Pub- lic School Assoclation, presided at the meeting. Cnvn]; to Hold Last Ride. | The last ride of the season by the | cavalry and artillery units at Fort ) will be held in the riding hall there at 2:30 o'clock tomorroy afterncon. Sec- zetary of War Good will be present. - SCHOOL PROGRAM Special Facilities for Crippled | | be made to have Congress pass the so- | dren are to be provided in two schools PAGE 17 SWEPT CAPITAL TODAY IH.".I. REPAYMENI OF INAUGURAL FUND GUARANTORS SEEN Accurate Check Is Unavail- able, but Committee Fore- sees 100 Per Cent Return. RECEIPTS FROM BALL MAY REACH $40,000 Box Seats Alone Bring in $25,000, Mrs. Dougherty Announces. Medals Oversold. A return in the neighborhood of 100 per cent to guarantors for the inaugural fund was forecast today. ‘While there can be no accurate check- up until all reports are in and all vouch- ers paid, inaugural committee officials. on the basis of returns up to noon today, declared the 90 per cent return predicted Tuesday was assured. that the { return might reach 100 per cent and might even go so far as to leave a bal- | ance’ above expenses. If a balance is left, it will be turned over to charity, although I. J. Roberts, secretary of the finance committee, could rot say today what charity would receive such surplus. The inaugural committee disclosed today it had an understanding with Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, general i chairman of the inaugural charity ball committee, that if returns to guarantors from committee sources of receipts did not reach 90 per cent, the balance need- €d to bring the guarantee fund return up to 90 per cent would be taken from receipts of the charity ball. The Inaugural committee now does not need to avail itself of this source of revenue, according to Mr. Roberts. Ball Fund Not Totaled. Mrs. Dougherty also was not able to give an accurate account of the money realized for charity from the sale of | tickets to the charity ball, but hoped it might reach $40,000. Sale of box seats alone brought in about $25,000, she said, and when final reports are available from tickets sent out to the various States, receipts for charity might reach $40.000. Similarly, there were no reports on money received from sale of souvenir programs, but an oversale of the in- augural souvenir medals was reported by Julius Garfinckel, chairman of the medals and badges committee. More or- ders for the medals have been received than can be filled, and a number of other medals may have to be ordered from the mint. They seil for $2.50 each. Committee to Meet Saturday. ‘The budget committee will meet at a luncheon at the Willard Saturday aft- ernoon to go over the accounts of the inaugural committee, in so far as is pos- sible in their vet uncompleted state. A meeting of the executive committee of | the general inaugural committee is to be held next week. Meanwhile, Washington continued to dig itself out from.the temporary stands that seated thousands of persons on Inaugural day. Workmen proceeded rapidly with the task of tearing down the official stand in front of the White House and with the job of clearing the Capitol plaza of the rows of seats near where Herbert Hoover took the oath of office last Monday. Circus stands along Pennsylvania avenue between Thir- teenth and Fourteenth streets were ready for demolition, with chairs await~ |ing trucks to haul them away. The stands along the Fifteenth street side of the Treasury vanished rapidly before the onslaught of a corps of workmen, under orders from the Treasury chief clerk to clear them away as swiftly as possible. DR. HAWKINS LAUDED FOR WORK FOR RACE 300 Leading Colored Citizens of Various Sections of Country Attend Meeting Here. Dr. John R. Hawkins, director of the | colored voters' division of the Repub- { lican national committee, was praised | for his labors in behalf of his race by | speakers at a meeting in his honor un- der auspices of a citizens’ committee in the Armstrong High School last nighi. About 300 of the leading colored citi- zens from various sections of the coun- try attended. Dr. Hawkins® leadership in the educa- tional, business ana re:gious world was praised by Dr. Emmett J. Scott, -resi- dent member of the executive commit- tee. Judge James A. Cobb spoke of Dr. Hawkins' fitness for leadership in poli- ties. G. C. Wilkinson, assistant superin- tendent of schools, also eulogized the guest of honor and his efforts in build- ing up the finances of the African | Methodist Episcopal Church were praised by Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president | of Howard University. Other speakers were A. L. Holsey, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Rev. W. H. Brooks, ss Nannie H. Burroughs and Mrs. Myrtle Foster Cook. President Hoover was paid special tributes at the meeting, and letters were read from Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of the Republican national committee, and others. The colored voters’ division was con- i gratulated by Dr. Hawkins on electing to the presidency “a man who believes in an equal.opportunity for all.” QUEER WILLS DESCRIBED. Strange Documents Told Of by D. C. Register. Many strange wills come regularly into his office, Theodore Cogswell, reg- ister of wills for the District of Co- umbia, told the Lions Club yesterday, at its meeting in the Hotel Mayflower. Copies of wills of distinguished per- sons, including the late President Wood- row Wilson and Chief Justice Marshall of the United States Supreme Court, were exhibited. President Wilson typed his own will and this is considered a model, Mr. Cogswell asserted. One distinguished jurist forgot to have his will witnessed, he explained. Robert L. McKeever, pres- ident, presided at the meeting. — American Economist Is Dead. LONDON, March 7 (#).—Allyn Ab- bott Young, American economist and professor of political economy & University of London. died tod: formerly Harvard University.