Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1929, Page 12

2 . THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 17, 1929—PART 1. DRATORS COMPETE IN THREE MEETS MORE SCHOOL ORATORS CHOSEN Students in National Contest to Compete in Interschool Meetings This Week. Forensic swords will clash in the high &chool realm of the District of Colum- bia and Maryland this week when the interschool phase of the Sixth Natlonz Oratorical Contest in The Star’s area is launched tomorrow afternoon by four young orators competing for places in the private and parochial district finais Two other private and paroch group meetings will be held followin tomorrow’s fray with the oratoris weck ending Friday night with the firs the Maryland district meets Bethesda. The first private and parochial group at | FEDERAL WORKERS HEALTH A TESTED |Experiment Being Conducted to Insure Proper Amount ! of Moisture in Air. Uncle Sam now is investigating a | proposal for insuring the propes amount | | of moisture in the atmospherc in the | verious Government buildings in Wash- | ington, in the hope that thousands nf‘ | dollars in the Government fuel bill will | be saved and the health of the workers | benefited. | Under the direction of Lieut. Col. U. | S. Grant, 3d. director of public buildings and parks; Maj. S. M. Corbett, profes- | sor of military science and tactics at George Washington University and | inspector of the office of public buildin; | i i | lon a 20-mile marathon run on t;}e;LUNCH meeting will be held at 3 o'clock to- | morrow afternoon at' McMahon Hall, | Catholic University. Three girls and | one boy, champions of their respective | gchools. will compete for the right to | contend later for the championship of | | and public parks, is supervising the ex- | periments now going forward at the | Interior Department, with two humi- | | difiers in’action. | | " If the experiments measure up to ex- pectations, Maj. Corbett f these | beneficial ‘results: An appreciable sav- 48 Business Men, in Track Marathon, To Get Y. M. C. A. Emblem as Winners The proverbial tired business man his general physical condition—or pos- 4 i sibly, personal appearance. apparently 15 not quite <o tired today| STt SO Ve (i month and a halt as he is generally supposed to be. At/ for some to complete the 400 laps, but | least some business men are not, as| 48 reached the goal, he reports witnessed by a demonstration just con-| Rules of the marathon restricted a ! man to running not more than 2 miles cluded in the physical department of | 5 day or less than half a mile, the run- the central M. C. A. here. ning being done only at one time during Eighly Washington business men bent | a day and without any rest period in on “waist suicide”—or, in the layman | the minimum of a half mile, terminology, reduction of oversize waist- | line measurements—started February 16| | EON MARKS BOOTH ANNIVERSARY AS JURIST track in the gymnasium of the Y. M.| . A.,_this representing the distance | from ‘Mount Vernon fo the local Y| Building, 1736 G street. | —_— Last night by actual count by C. E.| Chief Justice Fenton R. Booth of th Beckett, men's physical director, 48 of | United States Court of Claims was guest | this group of “tired” business workers, |of honor at a luncheon of the tired this time in fact, completed the risters' Club yesterday, the twen: necessarv 400 laps around the running | fourth anniversary of his appointment track. For their long jaunt they will|to the bench he now occupic: be awarded the Y. M. C. A. marathon | After the luncheon, which has held emblem, and most of them have the | in the Cosmos Club, Chicf Justice Booth | satisfaction of being able to shorten |made an address, in which he com- their belts. ;mrndrd President’s Hoover's committec | It was a real struggle for some of the (0N law enforcement as ep in the original 80, and some got, so tired they right direction, which may be expectcc dropped out of the race entirely, but | to produce valuable results.” While the Dircctor Beckett proudly points out |Present administration of justice is not that more than 50 per cent demon- |free of imperfections, he said, it is not strated that the modern business man is | 4°Serving of all the criticism it has re- more Conference, who s one of the speakers, is well known in Washington, where she has frequently visited and | has many relatives. Before her mar- | riage to Rev. C. T. Coliyer, who is now | a retired preacher. <he was Miss Arrena Carroll, a native of Virginia. BSHOPTO ADDRESS MISSON COUNGL Dr. Mouzon of M. E. Church Scuth to Preach Sermon at Meeting Today. Survey of Missions. The opening of remote lands fo twentieth century ecivilization through broadening application of _scientifie development and as a result of the | imperialistic policies of government has lifted foreign missionary work of ! churches to the category of a special | art, the council was informed las | ning in a report of the commi: | the re-evaluation of the missionary task. Under direction of Mrs. Luke Johnson of Atlanta, Ga. the com- | mission is conducting a comprehensive pal Church South, an outstand-| curvey of the denomination’s mission field, at nome and abroad Conditions generally were found to be gratifying. but the commission Bishop E. D. Mouzon of the Methodist | Epls ing leader of the denomination, will de- liver the conference sermon to the Women's Missionary Council of the | precied dissafisfaction with work amo church today, m., at Mount Ver- | §otes e & “this connection re the council is| pointed out “that boys and gitls above {16 yvears of age are reached enly in small numbers in our settlement: There ed for leaders, it w clared. it m “Making America Christian unced as Bishop Mouzon's He 11 be introduced by Rev Lambeth, pastor of Mount Place Church. Rev. Mr. Lambeth also will preside at is an- subject. | w. Vernon s de- a meeting of the cou retary of the comm: el thi vening, at 8 o'clock. when reports will be made by | Miss Helen B. Calder. promotion secre- . American Board of Foreign M nd Rev, Milton T. Stauffer, sec- ce of reference | While a policeman, working a: undercover man, sat Naples restaut Eleventh street VICE SQUAD TAKES TWO. s an in the Garden of nt in the 490 block of ith an alleged high- + their district and its accompanying | | really concerned about the upkeep of | ““/Lier 4o justice was presented by F. nd counsel of the reign Missions | ball on the table before him, Sergt ing in fuel, reaching about 37 per cent award of $100 Tomorrow's Contestants. In the order in which they will de- liver their speeches, tomorrow’s contest- ants and their reespective oration sub- jects, are: Miss Hollis Essex, of Holy Cross Academy, “The Constitution in | the Daily Life of the Individual”; Miss | Eileen Haltigan of St. Paul's Academ: “The Development of the Constitution Miss Marie E. McCray of St Academy, “The Citizen: His Rights and Duties Under the Constitution,” and Lorend Freund of Gonzaga High School, “The Constitution.” Rey. Charles A Hart of the Catholic University faculty. will be chairman of the meet. ‘Three boys will comprise the field at the second private and parochial district meet at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Corcoran Hall, George Washington University. In the order in which the: will speak, the contestants are: Henr: Riggs of Emerson Institute, “The Con- stitution”; Richard Snead of the Wood- ward School for Boys. “The Present Sig- aificance of the Constitution,” and Lawrence Gunther of the Devitt Pre- paratory School, “The Citizen: His Privileges and Duties Under the Con- stitutiol Rev. George L. Farnham of the George Washington faculty will pre- sid e. Girls will predominate in the con- cluding private and parochial group meet at 3:30 o'clock Thursday after- noon in Gaston Hall of Georgetown University, when only one boy will com- pete in the field of three. The order of the speakers and their respective orations are: James Leonard. Butch of St. John's College, “The Constitution and the Individual”; Miss Nellie McCor- mick of St. Patrick’s High School, “The Citizen; His Privileges; His Duties Under the Constitution,” and Miss Louise Waters of Holy Trinity High School, “The Constitution of the United State: Its Origin.” Rev. John J. Toohey, 8. J., of Georgetown's faculty, ‘will be chairman. Six in Maryland Contest. Six contestants will launch the Mary- land district's group phase at 8 o'clock FPriday night in the auditorium of the Bethesda elementary school, George- town road and Wilson lane, Bethesda. Of these, two have not yet been chosen by their schools, so that the order of | speakers now can be given only as follows: John G. Gott of Dickerson High BSchool, “The Development of the Con- stitution”; the as yet unchosen repre- sentative of the Georgetown Univer- sity Preparatory School of Garret Park; Miss Doris Palmer of the Gaithersburg High School, “The Constitution: A Guarantee of Liberty to the Individual”; the as yet unchosen representative of the Rockville High School; Miss Mar- garet Benson of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, “The Citizen: His Privileges and Duties Under the Con- stitution.” and David Trundle of the Poolesville High School, “The Privileges and Obligations of a Citizen Under the Constitution.” Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Star, will pre- side at this initial Maryland interschool meet. The winners of the three private and parochial district group meets will com- prise the field of contenders for the right to enter The Star finals April 25, as the champion of that district. Simi- larly the winner of the first Maryland group meet will compete with the win- ners of the subsequent Maryland group meets for the championship of the Maryland district and the subsequent g;lmege of competing in The Star It is in The Star finals in which the 11 “district” champions will fight for the grand prize of the three-month tour of South America and an additional award of $200. The winner of the newspaper finals must represent The Star in the national finals in the Wash- ington Auditorium in May in order to receive the grand prize, CONVICTED OF KIDNAPING, BUT VICTIM IS MISSING Ohio Pair, Father and Son, May Be Sentenced to One to Twenty Years on Jury's Verdict. By the Assoclated Press. WOOSTER, Olio, March 16.—Flias “Nul” Arnold, 55 and his son, Arthur, 17, both of Orrville, a small town near here, were found guilty by a common pleas jury here late todey of kidnaping Melvin, 4-year-old son of Raymond Horst of Orrville, who was sent out to ezplay the afternon of December 27 and never returned. Under the verdict the Arnolds face & penalty of 1 to 20 years’ imprison- ment The jury was out eight hours. The trial started Tuesday. It followed an intensive search, in which every build. ing in Orrville was ransacked and the streams and ponds were drained Despite the conviction, the where- abouts of the child remain as deep a ery as it was when the town turned out to search the afternon and evening of his disappearance. Junior Hanna, 8-year-old playmate of Melvin's, said he saw the younger Amold entice Melvin into the Amold home and then drive away in an auto- mobile with him A majority of the farms of Wisconsin are worked by German navian farmers, admitted to be best farmers in the country. the NoTablets to Break No Powders to Sift ENTERTAINING INSTRUCTIVE and Scandi- | Cecilia’s Upper, left to right: Richard Snead of the Woodward School for Boys and Miss Nellie McCormick of St. Patrick’s High School. H [ Lower, left to right: Miss Doris Palmer of Gaithersburg High School and Miss Margaret Benson of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. TWO ARE ACGEPTED FOR COUNGIL SLATE Federation Acts Favorably‘ on Lodge and Grove, Despite Lateness. ‘The Federation of Citizens’ Assoclas | tions last night accepted the nomina- tions as candidates for places on the | Citizens’ Advisory Council of Thomas E. Lodge, American University Park, (and Harry C. Grove, Connecticut ave- nue. According to the council's organic {act, the nominations must be submit- |ted to the federation not later than March 12. The nominations of the two |in question were made late, but the federation felt that should not act to deprive them of their chance for elec- tion, particularly as Mr. Lodge is al- ready a member of the council, The election will be held at the next meeting of the federation, April 6. President George C. Havenner ruled that Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, nomi- nated for the council by the Progres- sive Citizens’ Association of George- town, was ineligible for election because she was a part-time employe of the community center department. Not wishing to see the ticket without a woman aspirant, however, the federa- ion voted to allow the association one week to nominate another. Police Promotion Favored. ‘The federation adopted a resolution | presented by N. F. Jenn Anacostia, recommending that the new chief of Washington’s police force to succeed Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, who has asked to be retired, should be chosen from the ranks of the police department. The proposal of the Zoning Commis- sion to allow certain merchantile estab- lishments to be operated in hotels and apartment houses in residential districts was debated at great length. The fed- eration’s zoning committee brought in a resolution to condemn the proposi- tion. The resolution was finally re- ferred back to the committee, which was instructed to report to the federation's executive committee before the next meeting of the Zoning Commission, March 27. Road Project Indorsed. ‘The federation adopted resolutions in- | dorsing improvement of Magazine road to the Naval Research Laboratory and opening of Franklin street from Bla- densburg road to North Capitol street with overhead bridges over the railroad | tracks, commending President Hoover | for extending the term of Lieut. Col. U, | 8. Grant, III, as officer in charge of { public buildings and parks of the Dis- | trict, and expressing sympathy at the | death of Ivan C. Weld, president of the | Washington Chamber of Commerce. | A resolution favoring the Stalker- | Capper airport bill, which was laid on the table at a previous meeting, wa: taken off and referred jointly to the fiscal relations and highways, parks and | waterways committees for action. |~ The committees on public utilities and highways, parks and waterways were in- structed to examine and report on the charges made by the Potomac Electric | Power Co. and the Washington and | Georgetown Gas Light Cos. against cus- tomers covering half the cost of con- necting service mains with the house. The whole cost of these, according to William McK. Clayton, chairman of the | public utilities committee, is claimed by | the companies as part of their valua- | tion and the consumers are required to | pay a return on it. | TENNESSEEANS TO MEET. | Society to Gather Thursday Night for Dancing and Bridge. | "The Tennessee Society will meet next | Thursday at the Willard Hotel at 9 | o'clock, for an evening of dancing and | bridge. John A. Chumbley, president of the | soctety, is in charge of arrangements, | R. B. Barker, vice president, will assist. | of the Dulin & Martin Co. and at pres- STEPHAN INORSE FOR SCHRL POST National Guard Leader Has Veterans’ Support for Business Manager. ing officer of the District of Columbla National Guard and prominent member of numerous clvic organizations here, has been proposed for the position of business manager of the public schcols by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, it was revealed yesterday by Capt. Edwin S. Bettelheim, chairman of the’ veteran body’s legislative committee, Gen. Stephan himself, however, has not submitted his application for the position, and while he said last night that he is “not a candidate,” he would not say definitely that he wouid refuse the position if it were offered him. ‘The proposal of Gen. Stephan by the Veterans of Foreign Wars was maue by letter to the Board of Education last month but the school officials did not make the fact known that the National Guard commander’s name was among the long list of names before it for con- sideration in appointing the new official. Basis of Indorsement. In the formal indorsement, which | was signed by Capt. Bettelheim, it was set forth that Gen. Stephan is “a for- mer national officer of this (Veterans of Foreign Wars) organization, presi- dent of the Kiwanis Club, president of | the City Club, member of the New: comers’ Club, Merchants and Manufac- | turers’ Association and numerous other enterprises.” “His reputation and ability,” the in- jorsement continued, “are so well| tnown that it seems hardly necessary | to bring it to your attention, but we| trust that his name will be given care- | tul consideration. Asked by The Star last night if he would consider the position of business manager of the schools, Gen. Stephan replied that he is “not a candidate.” He said that when he learned of his nomination several days ago he was “surprised.” He added that he under- stood some of his friends were “push- ing” him for the position, but that he 1ad “done nothing to seek the position.” | Asked pointedly if he would accept the position if the school officials asked him, Gen. Stephan replied: T don't think I can consider it at this time.' He would not say defi- nitely, however, that he would refuse the position. Gen. Stephan has been a resident of ‘Washington since boyhood. He was graduated from the Washington public schools and from Georgetown Univer- sity, where he took the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws. He is a member of the District Bar. Until recently he was general manager nt he is treasurer of the Real Estate Mortgage and Guaranty Corporation. Active Service. | .. Gen. Stephan has been an officer of the D. C. National Guard since 1892 | and he has seen active service on the | Mexican border and in the World War, | in_which he was colonel of Infantry. Besides the Veterans of Foreign Wars Gen. Stephan is past commander of Spengler Post of the American Legion and in addition to the organizations named by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in their indorsement of him Stephan |also is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce, At present more than 20 men hav applied in person tq the school offiicals for consideration as business manager, | The officials will study the field care- | fully, they have indicated, and will | make their recommendation to the Board of Education before July 1 when | the appropriation for the newly created | position becomes available. (6 These soon grow into h andsome trees worth many doliars o Early Spring Delivery, at Once Order S Pink and white. s $1.10 Trees HARDY AZALEAS balds ReadyTs Esch Q7.10 [order of §5.50 & ove RHODODENDRONS (Hexmim § plants (one to_one and half ft. high). Colorado Blue Spruce ™ is glistening A faint idea of the magnificent beauty of culture directions., Selected, 5-6 years. 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Corbett explained yesterday. 1If the | Government is able to maintain a tem perature of 70 degrees Farenheit, in- stead of the much higher temperatures that now prevail, the heating operation cost would be something like 37 per This repre- sents an enormous saving in fuel costs. With proper humidification—the tech- | nical term for putting into the atmos phere the proper amount of moisture to replace that consumed by the heat— Maj. Corbett that Government workers at their daily tasks in the Wi ter months will be much more comfort able than in a higher temperature with | dry air. If proper humidification can be obtained, Maj. Corbett asscrted, the rooms in which Government workers | tofl will have an atmosphere compai able to pleasant Spring and Fall da Ideal Temperature 68 to The ideal temperature for a room, with proper humidification, is between 68 and 70 degrees, Maj. Corbett said. 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