Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1929, Page 14

UNON BUS DEOT PROETS ASSRED OF SPEEY ACTIN Utilities Commission ~ Will| Give Consideration to Plans for Terminal Here. PRIVATE >CA;’|TAL SEEN AS SOURCE OF FINANCES Chairman Childress Cites Advan- tages of Such Proposal in Con- | venience to Public. So desirous’ is the Public Ulmuesi ssion to eliminate the 15 scat- | gg}"}‘mwa\k terminals of motor busses i engaged in interstate transportation that it will give special consideration to | any plan of the bus ‘operators or real | estate investors to erect a union term- inal in Washington. it was announced | today by John W. Childress, chairman. | The commission has long recognized | the need of a bus terminal. (‘rnlrall\" Jocated. Mr. Childress pointed out. no only as a public convenience, but to/ alleviate the acute traffic condition in, the downtown business section, where | virtually all of the busses terminate. The commission, however, he explained, i without authority to create such a The Mayilower, yacht for Presidents of the United States since 1905. FEEEREE VAOHT MAYFLOWER AN SHOT FLEEING Childress Favors Plan. | wpersonally. 1 am strongly in favor; of :.Pumnn bus terminal.” declared M'.‘ Childress. “In fact, I have been an ardent advocate of such a project from the very beginning of my service on the commission. The present si u‘zh | tion, due to the lack of a terminal wif ; bus lines terminating at 15 difler!n( points and discharging their passengers | on the sidewalk. is ridiculous. e “Moreover, & stranger does not Know where to go to board one of the busw‘,. and T doubt. too, if very many. people in Washington are familiar ‘al!h|t e | starting point of some of the {:c.e i Frankly, I could not tell any one “’hi“h a bus for many of the places to W flc‘ they operate can be found without firs examining the files of the commission Mr. Childress laid particular stres; on the fact that Washington is m?l:h‘nh’ the few cities in the country from t‘doe< a number of bus lines radiate thxa o not have a union terminal. r:lrl‘uv' apolis, lehvil]r“:nld Al;lnr;:lfiiciht:n :h’ s terminals, he 5 e :;io‘icr‘:.slndmmpolis is ranked gs the model for the Nation. Business Increase Is Result. hildress indicated that he h: ..?f; Considerable study to_the bus terminal problem in other cities as 'v}/‘e' as in Washington and has learned thal in most instances the projects were financed either by the motor bus lines r by real estate Operators, the buildings and conces- In those cities which replaced | makeshift terminals ~with moger: depots or stations, it W {;)ug 2 steady increase in riding Tesultes il which the impl’o\'ed“:‘:flli!lts alone wi esponsible. hl'll'dh;‘,l’:len;slp:mhibluve cost of re‘ll estate in the business section Drobn: y would make n“one‘ o‘rh \z: “.::)r‘\!‘ t\':lf o the , Tathi R e ar. Childress bd:,eov%e v] likely would prove . -h;or:d“mn:'flerunenty if located under & department store. About a year ago h'; revealed certain real estate inuras‘ planned to erect a large dzplnmen' store in the downtown area and '?e;vi' the basement for a bus cermmn& “t. this proposed project apparently did nof develop any further than the architec- tural drawings. Grant Idea Cited. t feasible plan yet suggested, M‘\!'thec'}!.‘un;ress said, came informally nearly two years ago from Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks of the Na- tional Capital, who conceived an idea for locating a bus terminal under- ground in the square on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Un- der the Federal Government's gigantic building program the buildings on this square are to be razed and it is to be developed into a park approach to the New Department of Commerce Building the south. o An underground terminal at that point would be ideal.” said Mr. Chil- dress. “A better location could not be found, as a majority of the busses come into Washington from the south and | west. It also would be in close proximity to the new Government buildings. Legislation Required. “The underground terminal likewise wonid take the busses off the street in an area that is not intensely mn-‘ gested, and will be more 50 when the | new Government buildings are com- f pleted. But legislation would be re- quired to build such a terminal, and I | feel that it might take too long to pro- vide a station for the busses. The prob- lem is an acute one, which demands im- ' mediate attention, and it will continue | to become more aggravated with the | &teady increase in motor bus lines.” Aside from taking the busses off the the Washington yard. his decision yesterday to withdraw the Mayflower from commission, the Presi- |dent made it clear that his action was ! prompted by the interests of economy. but he does not care to have the Gov | commission Mr. Hoover will know that | pooy 1 5 WILL BE RETIRED Hoover Orders Craft Qut of Commission in Interests of Economy. Herbert Hoover—figuratively speaking —has hauled down the ensign on the { presidential yacht Mayflower and con- | |signed that historic vessel to unevent- | Louis Burton, colored, 29 years old, 930 | ful old age in a navy vard, perhaps In announcing President Hoover is fond of yachting, ernment spend $300,000 annually to satisfy the presidential taste for cruis- | ing. This amount, the President has ilearned, is required yearly for mainte- nance of the Mayflower. Mr. Hoover has found that the yacht requires a complement of nine officers and 148 enlisted men. | And further, Yacht Acquired in 1905. By withdrawing the Mayflower from the annual saving in maintenance aid the Navy's expansion program, and that the officers and men now manning that vessel will be distributed among the war fleets, thereby solving a minor recruiting problem. Since 1905, when 'President Roose- velt acquired the Mayflower, the yacht has become more or less of an institu- tion in Washington, where it has been moored at the Navy Yard when not cruising. In spite of its popular classification as the “presidential play boat,” the ves- sel .has a history of which her crews | have been proud. She figured in the Spanish-American Wa: the blockade of Havana, under com- mand of Comdr. Wainwri principally in ght. The Mayflower has had aboard many notables, including the King and Queen of Belgium and the members of the Russo-Japanese Peace Commission. The latter, brought together by President Roosevelt, went aboard the boat at Port. Smith, N. H. ing the war between Russia and Japan was negotiated. ‘The Mayflower temporarily served as | the flagship of Admiral George Dewey, | . Where the treaty terminat- the hero of Manila Bay, after he was made a rar admiral and was in com- mand of the Atlantic fleet. The yacht was serving as the ad- miral's flagship at the time President Roosevelt commandeered her for presi- dential purposes, and since then each President has used the boat more or less frequently. President Taft made numerous cruises aboard the Mayflower, as did President Harding. President Wilson used the craft only infrequently. pparently not caring for cruising. It was President Coolidge, however, who seemed to derive the greatest amount of satisfaction from the presidential vacht, and he found the boat a satis- | factory medium for vacationing from | the duties of President. as well as a means for entertaining his friends. Craft Was Built in 1896, ‘The ensign of its commander will be taken down, the washrooms dismantled, the deck chairs and saloon furniture stored in the hold and the silver and glassware service placed in locker: This _in itself is requiem enough for a boat that has held the proud position | of ‘the Mayflower. but more mourning s added when it is considered that - POLIGEMAN DIES Bullet Ricocheted From Pavement, Detective Says. | Inque'st to Be Monday. | work wil be carried on in the n i r Shot Thursday morning as he was ! { fleeing from a car he had deserted, and | which later was found to contain liquor, | E street southwest, died this morning | in Casualty Hospital. The bullet that caused his death was fired by Detective bert F. Langdon of the fifth precinct and struck Burton in the back. ‘The shooting occurred at South Capi- | tol and I streets. Langdon reported thai | he and another officer in an automobile | pursued Burton through the Southeast section of the city to a spot near First {and I streets southeast. where the col- |ored man and a companion deserted their car and ran. Head Probes Case. Langdon gave chase on foot. He said | he fired at the ground behind Burton, | but the bullet ricocheted from the | pavement and An investigation of the shooting was | made by Inspector Albert J. Headley, who reported it was not unjustified. Burton’s companion, Charles = Fell: colored, 25 years old, of the 1200 bloc of First street southwest, is being held at the District Jail for action of the { grand jury. He is charged with illegal | transportation and possession of whisky, | now a felony. | The police claim they found 88 quarts | of corn whisky in the rear compart- | ment of the small roadster occupied by it after the shooting. Langdon also said he found a .38-caliber pistol of | Spanish make in Burton's pocket. Inquest Is Ordered. He said he fired when Burion made a gesture which he interpreted as an attempt to use the pistol. Langdon shot. Burton at Half and I streets southeast as the colored man was rounding the corner in an effort to es- cape. After the shooting, Langdon placed Burton in the roadster which the two colored men had been driving and took him to Casualty Hospital. Arriving at | the hospital, he put Burten out and left | quickly, without making his identity known, according to hospital attaches. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt will hold | an inquest at the morgue today. | PREVENTS COAT THEFT. Detective Runs Down Youth Ac- cused of Taking Garment. | The quick action of Headquarters | Detective Jacob Wolf yesterday saved | Matthew X. Stone of 1728 Kenyon {street an overcoat. | Wolf was in a dentist’s office in the 800 block of Fourteenth street and his car was parked outside. Stone’s ma- chine was parked next to the detec- tive’s. Wolf says he saw a young man approach in a furtive manner and take | the coat from Stone's car. | Wolf immediately ran to the street and the youth took to his heels. The | chase ended after three blocks with the | capture of the fugitive and the recovery |of the coat. At police headquarters this | for Jong, uninterrupted intervals. truck the man in the | Burton and Fells when they examined | | Following them in the solar spectrum | BIRDS AND BATS T0 USE QUAINT TOWER ! Smithsonian Flag Structure to Serve for Studies of Solar Radiation. ATMOSPHERIC 0ZONE BOMBARDED BY SUN ( | | Northern Hemisphere Phenomenon j and Human Body's Radiation to Get Attention. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. For half a century the undisturbcd retreal of birds and bats,. the top of the 200-foot flag tower of the Smith- {sonian Institution is being made ove: |into a laboratory for studies of solar { adiation, under direction of Dr. Charles |G. Abbot. secretary of the institution. | Work of equipping the tower with jan clevator now is under way. Below | the solar laboratory, offices will be pro- vided for other Smithsonian scientists | The top of the tower commands an | | undisturbed sweep of the sky, and pro- | | vides an excellent location for carrying | |out part of a new research project ito be undertaken by the Smithsonian | +in an cffort to determine the effect of | sunlight on the growth and health of plants, animals and children, This ly_partly has been provided {for by a $15,000 grant from the Na- { tional Research Corporation and will (b undertaken by Dr. Abbot and his jassistants. The extent to which this v labo- ratory, Dr. Abbot, said. is undetermined | It may be feasible to make only prelim- inary Investigations here and then trans- | fer them to a Smithsonian station in the Southwest, where the sky is clear | This, | has been found necessary in solar ob- | servation projects in the past which have been started at the astro-physical | observatory and then transferred as the need of more precise measurements | made under better observing conditions | became apparent. I Great Exactitude Required. Due to the experience of the Smith- sonian staff and to some of the mar- velously precise instruments perfected by Dr. Abbot, the Smithsonian is in a unique position in & project requiring great exactitude. The results of two | Dprojects largely based on such measure- iments have just been announced by the institution. | The first is a study of atmospheric | ozone, conducted by Frederick E. Fowle | of the staff of the astrophysical ob- servatory, and the second of the radia- tion of the human body by L. B. Al-| drich. | The sun at certain times is bombard- | ing the outer atmosphere of the earth in the northern hemisphere with elec- trified particles shot outward into space at such tremendous velocities that the: escape the sun's gravitational field. This is a conclusion suggested by the | study of atmospheric ozone by Mr. Fowle. Ozone is a colorless gas. a special | { arrangement of oxygen atoms, which | ordinarily is formed by the passage of electricity through oxygen. It has a {pungent, chlorine-like * odor, which | { sometimes is noted after an electrical storm. Popularly the term often is | confused with oxygen. Layer in Upper Air. In the upper atmosphere, approxi- | mately 40 kilometers above sea level, | there is a layer of this gas which long | has been of interest to meteorologists | because of its absorption of radiation coming to the carth from the sun. Without this layer, it is likely, the pres ent forms of life could not exist on eart The layer is believed to be due to absorption by the atmosphere of certain wavelengths of the solar spec- trum—particularly a considerable part! of the ultra violet. If these extremely short wave lengths of light bombarded the earth without any screen the re- sults probably would be_disastrous. al- though problematical. Ultra-violet light is beneficial to life only in limited and carefully balanced quantities. This bal- ance has been taken care of by nature. The fullest possible knowledge of the causes and effects of this atmospheric layer is of special significance in the Smithsonian studies of the effects of variations of solar radiation on weather. | A basic factor in these studies is the | determination of the amount of radia- tion which strikes the outer atmosphere of the earth and its progressive reduc- tion at. lower levels due to absorption by various mediums. Mr. Fowle's study is based on observa- tions taken for approximately 1,000 days at the Smithsonian observatories at Harqua Hala and Table Mountain in the Southwest, Montezume, Chile, and Mount Brukkaros in South Africa. Certain wave lengths of ultra-violet light radiation passing through the at. mosphere, Mr. Fowle concludes, cer- tainly would produce ozone, but these could not penetrate iower than about 40 kilometers above the earth's surface. come other wave lengths, which destro; ozone, but which penetrate deeper, wip- | SCIENTISTS ROUT ! purchase and Perry farm were found { having had possession. 1S, GRANTS LAND HERE FOR PITTANGE Formality of Clearing Title Corrects Error of More Than 100 Years Ago. ALUMNI DINE TONIGHT. Hold Charter Event. nor, to be given tonight at 7 o'clock st the' City Club. ixty first anniversary of fhe university, Dr. John C. Merriam, president of master and Dr, commissioner of 2uest of honor. DUPONT TRAFFIC William J. Cooper M?lxr‘nlmn. will For 3 shillings and ® pence per acre Byron E. Hamlin, formerly of Detroit has acquired title to four acres of land in the city limits of Washington after an extended investigation that involved real estate men, lawyers, a title com- pany, sudveyors, county officials and finally the United States Government And all because some person un- known to history made a minor error more than 100 years ago in describing the limits and bounds of adjacent land. nrdln entering the description for rec- or The four acres are part of a tract of 119 acres lying in Anacostia south of Pennsylvania avenue, at the junction ' of Branch avenue and U streei, which Mr. Hamlin purchased some time ago from the W. A. Clarke estate. Papers | in the transaction were submitted to the Columbia Title & Trust Co. for | certification of title. as a matter of form, and the difficuity arose when the company declined to guarantee the title of the four acres in question. | Busy Circle to Be Regu- lated Tomorrow. Washington pedestrians, ystems at street crossings, will get Pedestrians will be allowed 20 seconds Once Known as Perry Farm. Originally the land was part of tracts known as Perry farm, Green's purchase and the Aaron tract. During the years it had been presumed that the south line of one was the north line of an- other. but a survey revealed that after complying with every limit described in available descriptions of the tracts there was a triangular tract of about four acres that could not be accounted for. Then was begun a painstaking work. The original patents granting Green's Circle lights. and Assistant he scheme of traffic_things. System Is Outlined. Here is the way the Dupont Circle light system will work when the lights 20 on tomorrow morning, starting with the green “go” signal for | traffic: First indication—Green “g signal tamber and red lights off) will signal vehicular traffic to get under way and will be on for 45 seconds. at the courthouse at Upper Marlboro, | Md., but no record could be found of the Aaron tract. Surveyors again were called upon. In all three surveys were made and each wound up with the four-acre triangle unaccounted for. There was no conclusion then, but that title to the land rested in the United States. It had not been granted by the King of England, Lord Baltimore or_any other authority. During the vears the four acres prob- ably had changed hands scores of times and any number of persons had figured in transactions involving the land which presumably was privately owned. Mr. Hamlin paid $2.000 per acre for it. although he is the only person officially credited with ever | join green light (red light off) signal- ing vehicle drivers to get ready to halt #nd clear intersections. Green light remains oun for 5 seconds. Third indication—Red light will join amber (green going off) signaling all vehicles to halt and pedestrians to move Signals Pedestrians Off. Fourth indication—Red light (amber and green off) signaling pedestrians to sumption of vehicular traffic. stays on for 5 seconds. Fifth indication—Red goes off and light flashes back to the green of first indication, signaling vehicular traffic to | move for 45 seconds. Hamlin Obtains a Patent. Regarded technically as a “squatter” by the Decpartment of Interior, Mr. | Hamlin applied to the department for A patent, and it was issued just as it might have been issued to a home stead claim in the wastes of Arizona or Nevada. The land was paid for at | the rate of 3 shillings and 9 pence per | fina "Siature, ana tne. paiens tmsa| CAPPER SENDS HESSE NOTE OF CONFIDENCE point of 10 street. ‘ tem 1is admittedly an experiment, and some changes may be necessary after ihe control has been given a thorough test under peak traffic conditions. under the act of Congress of February 16, 1839. | Although the novel transaction served | merely to validate the purchase and | guarantee to Mr. Hamlin possession of the land, the issuance of a patent, fur- nished a commentary on the tremendot public streets during the layover period, | {morning the prisoner was charged with increase in land values. When the Mary- | tration,” Senator Tells Retiring Mr. Childress emphasized that a union | terminal would be a great public con- venience, providing shelter and lunch facilities for long distance travelers who are forced to stop in Washington | P’ to make connections. It also could maintain. he said, an information bu- reau and eliminate the troublesome system whereby bus riders are now re- | many of the warrant. officers and en- listed men on the yacht have homes and families in Washington and will be ordered away as a result of the sident’s decision. he Mayflower was built in Scotland in 1896. for the late Ogden Goelef grandfather of former Senator Pete: Geolet. Gerry of Rhode Island. It is understood the yacht was patterned petit larceny and gave his name as Ar- { nold Woods, 18 years old, of Bridgeport, | 1 Conn., | | MAJ HENSLEY DEAD. | By the Assoc | The War Department yesterday an- ing out the ozone in their path. Thus| the ozone layer due to the ultra-violet | absorption almost of necessity must be at'a very high altitude. Evidence of Lower Layer. But in the Northern Hemisphere there is evidence of a lower ozone laye which consequently must be due to something else. Mme. Curle, the co- | dome of the Capitol Building is visible, | ment—one of the first patents signed by | land statute was new, lands were avail- able at about $1 an acre. The four cres in Anacostia, from which the | Superintendent. cost Mr. Hamlin $8,000 Mr. Hamlin, who resides at 2400 Six- | 5 Pr00f of the confidence of Senator University of California Group to More than 50 Washington alumni of the University of California are expected io attend the annual Charter day din- The dinner marks the the Carnegie Institution, will be toast- be LIGHTS NOW READY Motorists and Pedestrians at :» another taste of regulation tomorrow morning when the signals controlling “he 10 streams of traffic entering Du- Douglas Mallory, 24 vears old. of 1369 | pont. Circle are turned on at 10 o'clock. Mount Rainier, Md.: Ethel M. Dorsey, vehicular Second indication—Amber light will across at intersections for 15 seconds. | clear streets and get ready for re-| sma Red light e started early in July, it was learned | While it has been worked out care- | July 1 is well under way and the bu- fully on paper and from studies of the | reau is turning out traffic streams which flood the meeting | daily. But the national bank note cur- | the Dupont Circle | rency of reduced dimensions is still in | Gave “Clean and Honest Adminis- for SEVEN ARE INIURED INTRAFFIC MISHAPS of the foundinz Equr Children in List, One Montague street escaped with only a few minor bruises last night when his automobile slid the end of the street near his home. He was backing to make a turn when the accident occured. | Star Staff Photo. Believed to Have Leg Seven persons, four of them children, , fairs. Fractured. were injured in traffic accidents yester- day afternoon and last night. COMPLETE RETURN ASSURED BACKERS OF INAUGURATION Expected Surplus of $35.000 Will Be Given to Com- munity Chest. |GENERAL COMMITTEE WINDS UP ITS WORK Grant and Other Chairmen Are Praised for Efficient Handling of Arrangements, | With more than $36.000 taken in ove: and above the expenses of the inau- gural, guarantors who backed the gen- cral inaugural committee will receive 100 per cent refund and the surplh. after a few outstanding bills are paic will g0 to the Community Chest. it wa decided at a meeting of the committer at_the Willard Hotel yesterday. The committee, according to I. .1 Roberts of the finance subcommitter | Will turn over to the Community Ches: the surpius of at least, $35,000. Gross Receipts Are $131,000, According to the report made at th- meeting gross receipts from the va- rious inaugural activities, which j cluded the sale of seats in the sta concessions, sale of programs. adt | tising and souvenirs, were $131.000 in | round figures. Expenditures to date | approximate $95.000. s meeting. which is the | At yesterda | final “one for the general commitiee ziven | credit for the good showing was | to Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. general | chairman, ~ and various committ chairmen, Col. Grant. disclaimed an ,personal credit for the success of he | indertaking and enthusiastically praised !the workmanlike manner in which the | various subcommittee chairmen had | handled their work. The commitice | chairmen were equally as enthusiastic | over the efficient manner in which Col. | Grant administered the committee’s af | So that the work of a S suceessful naugural committee might be saved for udy by future inaugural committees, Six-year-old Jefferson Lee Ford. 3d. con of the manager of the Colonial Ho- tel, was knocked down by a taxicab as emerged from an alley into Pifteenth reet between L and M streets, John W. Kay of 1408 Chapin street, driver of the machine, took child home, where he was treated for bruises and a possible fracture of the right leg by Dr. Ernest Mitchell of 1428 Fifteenth street. Norman Silver, 3 years old. of 830 ! Seventh street southwest rode his scooter into the side of a truck passing near his home and was slightly injured. who have The truck was operated by James In- balked at previous traffic light control gram, colored. of 463 Delaware avenue southwest. Norman was treated by Dr. J. E. Lewis at EmeJrgency Hospital for abrasions. Others sustaining minor injuries were Irving street; Mrs. Annie Wightman of colored, 3 years old, of 1404 Eleventh of every 70-second. cyele of street: Norma Johnson, colored, 4 years Tyele Of the Dupont | C1d, of 1081 Twenty-second strest, and Director M. O. Eldridge belicves this is ' 1nez Thompson, colored, 22 years old, the first break they have received in © f 413 New Jersey avenue. SMALL BANK NOTES PRINTING PLANNED Other Currency of Small Dimensions Well Under Way | at Bureau Here. Printing of the new small-sized na- | tional bank notes to conform with | ller paper money of other kinds will | today at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The printing program for all other | paper money to be released to the public | volume huge the preparation stage and it Is expected | | that the dies will not be completed until some time in June. The difference in time of distributing | | national bank notes and the other kinds | | of currency means that the bank notes of large size now in'the hands of the ! public will remain in ecirculation after | all other paper money has been changed | to the smaller size. A standard design will be used for all bank currency, leaving a blank space the name of the bank. In the meantime the program of pro- | duction of new paper money is proceed- | ing at top speed at the bureau, with about. 200 people on the night shift. In (one division the personnel has been | shifting from day to night and vice versa. | There is some overtime work also at the | | the "committee, on motion of W. T Co lliher, treasurer. voted fo have all 1cporis of the chairmen compiled in & book to be handed over to the next inaugural committee. Hoover and Curtis Pleased. District Commissioner Proctor L. + Dougherty of the law and order aub- | committee reported yesterday that onlv | $18,000 of the $25,000 appropriated for special police during the inaugural cele- bration period was used. Col. Grant_reported both President Hoover and Vice President Curtis as highly pleased with the gold reproduc- tions of the inaugural medals presented them. Both, he said, also paid hign compliments to the efficiency of those who directed the inaugural affairs. i | | \PHILADELPHIA JOINS 'CATHEDRAL CAMPAIGN Philip Henry Gadsden; President ! of Quaker City Chamber of | Commerce, on Committee. | Philip Henry Gadsden. president of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, has accepted membership on_ the national executive committee for Wash- | ington Cathedral in the country-wide "nmpnlm to hasten the eompletion of the great church structure rising on Mount. St. Alban. Mr. Gadsden will be associated with | Arthur W. Thompson, who also repre- nts Philadelphia on the Washington athedral executive committee, in | bringing the message of the cathedral builders to the attention of the people of Philadelphia. Former Senator George Wharton Pepper, also of Philadelphia, is one of the national leaders of the movement. He is devoting a generous share of his time to activities as execu~- tive chairman. The national chairman is Gen. John J. Pershing. The father of Mr. Gadsden was a clergymen in the Episcopal Church and his grandfather was Right Rev. Christo- pher Edwards Gadsden, Bishop of South Carolina from 1840 1852, i came to Washington as chairman of the national committee on public utility conditions. He also was a member and subsequently chairman of the War Board of the American Electric Railway Association. Mr. Gadsden is a vesfry- men of the Memorial Church of St. Paul, Overbrook. Pa. “FAITH VICTORIOUS." Dr. U. G. B. Pierece Announces Sub- ject of Sunday Sermon. “The Faith Victorious™ is the subject of Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce. minister of All Souls' Church (Unitarian). Six- teenth and Harvard streets, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning The speaker at the book chat at 5:30 p.m. will be Dr. William L. Corbin of the New National Museum. At 6:13 o'clock the young people will be ad- teenth street, now has a lengthy docu- | i GAPPEr in the honesty and in- | the bureau, which has been in effect for | dressed by Prof. Joseph B. Mattheus tegrity of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, retiring | superintendent of police, was shown in a President Hoover—setting forth under | et Vel &8 00 (o o e sen- the seal of the United States that he is quired to call three, four or more bus | nounced the death of Maj. William N. ator recently, stating that the latter be- lines to ascertain bus schedules, fares, | ete. PROTEST IS AIMED - | Unjustifiable Shooting of Colored; Men Alleged by Federation of Civic Associations. | i A protest_against shooting of colored | the Mayflower has sleeping accommoda- | men by Washington policemen was lodged with the Federation of Civic As- sociations at its meeting last night by a | delegation of 20 members of the Parent- | Teacher Association of the Martha Briggs School. Mrs. Ada Frazier, after the imperial yacht Meteor, which belonged. to Kaiser Wilhelm II. After a short cruise in the Mediterranean, Mr. Geolet died and his body was brought to this country on the yacht. In 1898 the yacht was bought by the Navy for use in the Spanish War for $430,000. - It has cost many thousands ince. not only in pay and maintenance for the ‘officers and crews, but in fre- quent overhauling, repainting and re- fitting. Four years ago the boat was converted into an oil burner at heavy cost. The Mayflower is 320 feet long, has a 34-foot beam and draws 17 feet. The maximum speed is 14 knots an hour. Besides quarters for officers and crew, tions for about 14 guests, Served as Dispatch Boat. ‘When first commissioned in the Navy, the Mayflower was utilized as a d patch boat. Soon afterward it was Hensley, the first American to make a non-stop. flight by air from the United States to Europe. | The Army officer died on a train while en route from Walter Reed | Hospital to the Mayo Clinic. in Roches- ter, Minn. He was born in Columbus, ' Nebr., in 1881. ‘The War Department’s announcement said Maj. Hensley was a passenger on the British airship R-34 on its return flight from Mineola, N. Y., to Pulham, England, which began July 10, 1919, {and lasted 75 hours. i e — travel and not once during his use of i the yacht did it go to sea. The Mayflower conveved the French | war commission, headed by Gen. Joffre, !from Hampton Roads to Washington during the World War. Brown Seeks Transfer. Besides Capt. Wilson Brown, who has mother of Albert Frazier, recently shot agsigned to the Cuban blockade, and in | commanded the Mayflower for more by Policeman Robert J. Allen, was a member of the delegation. The protest was recelved by the federation and re- ferred to the public safety committee. The federation adopted a rcsnluflnn‘ calling for reorganizing the Police Trial Board by making up its membership by appointing a member of the bar and one representative each of the Federa tion of Citizens’ Associations, the Fed. eration of Civic Associations, the | Chamber of Commerce and the Board | of Trade. John E. Bowles was named chairman of the board of judges for election of twe members of the Citizens’ Advisory Council at the next meeting of the fed- eration, April 5. 4 The make-up of standing committees | for the year was announced. 1900 was assigned to special service to sufferers of the Porto Rican typhoon. For two years thereafter she served as a cruiser in the Caribbean Sea. In 19 Admiral Dewey was raised to the ranl of admiral, and the Mayflower was turned over to him as a flagship. President Roosevelt first spied the craft at a fleet maneuver review. His order assigning the yacht to the sole use of the President followed soon after. President Wilson confined his trips aboard the Mayflower principally to naval reviews, or such occasions as might be classed as official. President Harding reviewed the Atlantic fleet from the Mayflower, as did President -Cool- idge two years ago. President Harding went to sea several times in the boat. He cruised as far as Plymouth, Mass., West Point Military Academy and Long government will Peking municipal primary #oon introduce compulsory ~aghool education. sland Sound. _President Ccolidge’s cruises were confined wholly to smooth waters. He took mo delight in ocean than three years, the list of officers of | the yacht includes Lieut. Comdr. L. H. j Thebeaud, executive officer; Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, medical officer, who has recently been assigned as White House physician; Lieuts, J. F. Reese, chief engineer; T. H. Bunch, L. | J. Johns, W. A. Griswold, E. T. Hipp, Supply Corps, and First Lieut. B. L. Bell, U. 8. M. C. Capt. Brown will continue as chief naval aide to the President until an- other is appointed. It is understood that Capt. Brown requested several months ago that he be given another assignment, explaining he had been commander of the Mayflower and aide to the President for more than three years. Comdr. Boone, veteran medical officer of the Presidential yacht, has held that post sinee 1922. Dr. Boope » served as special ‘physician to Mr, “Hoover and the members of his party on the South American good will tour, | due to the seasonal change of the earth’s discoverer of radium, Mr. Fowle points out, has shown that the passage of alpha particles from radium salts change oxygen into ozone. Other in- vestigators have indicated the great probability that electrified . particles from disturbed areas on the sun gain | such velocities that they are p!‘ojeclfdi into space. Hitherto there has been no evidence as to what became of them. | Previous efforts have been to estab- | lish the identity of what appeared to be | the two ozone layers and to explain it all as due to the light wave absorntion. Mr. Fowle has worked out a correlayon be- ween one of them and certain sun-spot phenomena observed on the sun. The first layer, he concludes, does not vary with the sun-spot numbers, is lo- cated over both the Northern and| Southern Hemispheres, and shows a| progressive and regular variation in amount with the seasons. It reaches its maximum in the Spring and its mini- mum in the Autumn in both hemi spheres. This he explains as possibl position in respect to the sun and the scattering of ultra-violet light waves by the greater extent of solar corona. ‘The second layer is present only in the Northern Hemisphere, does not vary with the seasons, and varies markedly | with the sun-spot periods. At the only i um period this layer ppears. The electrical | Mr. Fowle points out, appar- y are so polarized that they are drawn to the arth’s Northrn Hemi- sphere. ‘The study of body radiation conducted by Mr. Aldrich is expected to prove of special value in such matters as the design of school rooms where seats can bz arranged and ventilation provided with these highly technical findings in mind. At a distance of 30 centimeters, Mr. Aldrich found, no heating effect of the presence of the human body could be detected in still air. the owner of four acces that until a short time ago was “public land.” lieved Hesse had given Washing- clean and honest administra- i | The letter from the chairman of the UL L Bl L | Senate District committee came several The Navy Department announced | gays ago, but Maj. Hesse would not al- yesterday that Ernest Lee Jahncke of | jow it fo be published until he received New Orleans would assume his duties as | the Senator's permission Assistant Secretary of the Navy April| My dear Maj. Hesse." Senator Cap- 1. Mr. Jahncke succeeds T. Douglas' per wrote, “I have just learned through Robinson. | The Washington Star which reached - - me lodai" that {ou H'"f"swhnedD“slsflu; i rintendent of police for the Distric Swarthmore President to Attend. | FF"GUNEE °F Bave atways nad faith Dr. Frank Avydelotte. president of in you. I have always given the City of Swarthmore College, will attend the| Washington a clean and honest admin- Friends meeting, 1811 I street, at 11 istration. I wish you suecess in all your o'clock tomorrow ! tuture efforts. gpotlight DazzlezsiVice Squad in Raid When Three Are Seized Under Dry Law rested were brought out to be put in the police patrol a crowd of almost 300 persons had gathered in the street. Ac- Letterman, a police- liguor from the As Sergt. Oscar J. Letterman’s vice | squad entered the Paradise Club in the | 1200 block of U street between midnight and 1 o'clock this morning a large spot- | cording to Serg light used to illumine the performers man had bought was flashed full on them, and behind | persons charged. the dazzling glare they heard the break- | Earlier in the night the same officers ing of gla Festivities were suspended | arrested a man who gave his name as and two colored women and a colored | Charles Dienelt of Alexandria, Va. as man were arrested on charges of sale | he came out of an apartment house and possession of liquor. in the 1600 block of S street with nine At the eighth precinct the prisoners | quarts of alleged liquor in his arms. were booked as Edward Toliver, 20 |He got in an expensive automobile and years old, of the 1400 block T street; | Letierman placed him under arrest and Virginia Delaney, 31 years old, of the|seized the car. Dienelt is quoted by 1100 block P street, and Sarah Lucas|the policeman as saying he bought the 29 years old, of the same address. alleged liquor for his personal use and The officers say that when they could | accounted for the large amount by see again after being blinded by the|saying that the man from whom he they rm_'é_p d numerous xl-ms\boufiht it was having a bargain sale. overturned and" their contents spilled | He i3 charged with transportation and on the floor, By the time those ar-| n. i some time in order to turn out the! required amount of new currency. | PARENTS PAY VISIT | T0 GORDON SCHOOL 500 Members of Association Inspect Work of Instruction at New Junior High. Five hundred parents in the Gordon Junior High School district last night went through the daily routine followed by their children as guests at a “back to school party” held under the suspices of the Gordon Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation. The program. which followed the daily school routine, opened with as- sembly in_the school auditorium. Mrs. Franklin D. Jones, president of the as- sociation, introduced the officers of the association. Mrs, Giles Scott Rafter, president of the Congress of Parent- Teacher Associations, welcomed the new association and made a plea for larger attendance at parent-teacher meetings. At the close of the assembly, which was preceded by a half hour of musie, under direction of Dr. E. C. Barnes, musical director in the public schools, | the parents visited the classrooms of their children. The teacher of each class explained | the work to the parents as they traveled from room to room. After all the class- rooms had been visited the parents went to the cafeteria in the basement, where refreshments were served. ‘The Gordon Junior Hhigh School was compizied last October. There are 673 pupils in n& g s seventh and eighth, un is the principal. Frank A. Woodward on the subject, “Youth and World Peace.” The feature at the motion picture hour, at 7:30 p.m.. will be the historical romance, “Glorious Betsy." REVIVAL TO BE HELD. “Cowboy Joe" Payne to Lead Washington Baptist Program. At the West Washington Baptist Church tomorrow Dr. C. B. Austin will preach at 11 a.m. on “Jesus’ Way of Life.” and at 8 p.m. Dr. H. P. Cochrane of Burma will speak. Revival services will be held April 7 to led by “Cowboy Joe" Payne. HOLD JOINT SERVICES. Hyatteville Methodist Churches to Combine Next Week. The two Methodist Churches of Hyattsville, Md.. will hold joint Passion week services. Tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday nights the services will be held in First Methodist Episcopal Church South and Wednesday. Thurs- day and Friday nights the services will be held in Memorial Methodist Epis- copal Church. Rev. U. S. A. Heavener will preach tomorrow night and Dr. D. L. Blakemore Monday night, and then alternating each night. Easter Sunday night all meet at the Memorial Church. 4 - i Beach Drive Will Be Closed. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d. director of public buildings and public parks, announced today that reconstruction will begin at once on the trafic highway bridge 2t Kalmia street, at the north end of Reck Creck Park. In conjunc- von with this work, he said, Beach drive between Kalmia street and Dan- fels road will be closed to trafic.